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The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-12-24
Columbus.

From all accounts. Christopher Go.
lumbus was an Italian, having been
born In Genoa, Italy. His birth year
was 1895 or 1856. the exact date being
uncertain. The reason why he en-
tered the service of Spain, rather than
that OF his native country. was owing
to the fact that at that time Italy was
not much interested in matters OF dis.
coyery. 6 s C
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-12-24
WAY NOT DO IT NOW?

WHY NOT DO IT NOW?
when the New Year comes my broth
er.
why not cut it out?
Let's declare to one another,
Tention, face about"
We've been mixing all night sessions,
Shady stunts and indiscreticns,
Raven-splits and bum confessions
Long enough. old scout.
Something's made our manly noses
Like the blood RED beet
Like the hue OF crimson roses
Minus all their sweet.
Something's made our vision bleaTy,
Made the friends we did have, weary,
Made the lives of home folks dTeary
Sad and incomplete.
When we start the New Year rightly
Let our motto be,
Fireside, home, aud mother, nightly,
Some do, so can we. " s
When the midnight bells are ringing
New Years Gladstone tidings bringing
Then let's make it strong by singing,
Never more for me.
When we've put the breaks on drink
ing,
Like sane man would,
Then let's switch our brand of think
ing
While the switching's good.
Sure ! know the way TO do IL,
Easy, ii we only knew it.
Make a start and then stick to IL
Like a fellow should.
Let's avoid the thirsty creatures
Who have been our chums.
Let's not further mar our features
Hooking up with buns.
Then let's go TO church on Sunday
Go to work on time next Monday
And be men at least one day
When the New Year comes.
Yes, and 10 It's worth the trying,
Why delay this vow?
Prayers put of till one is dying
Don't go anyhow.
Fools or wise men, let's take warning,
Crepe. our doors may be adjoining,
III we wait till New Years morning,
Why not do il now?
NAL Rose.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-12-24
$40, 100000 TO COLLEGES
The Above Amount of John D. Rock.
efeIler's Money Was Distrub-
uted During Past Year.

New York. Dec. 23.-Ten and one.
half million dollars of John D. Rock.
efeller's money was distributed to
universities and colleges during the
last year, according to a report of
the general educational board today.
Iowa schools received moey as fol.
lows; Coe college, $146,5l5; Cor.
nell. 100000; Drake, 100000; Grin
nell and Morning Side, $4,000.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-12-24

those of Germany. The foregoing
statement summarizes the statistics
OF coal exports compiled by the bu-
reau of foreign and domestic com
merce. department of commerce.
Exports OF domestic coai have
doubled during the last decade, hay
ing increased from S,432.Se7 long
tons in 1904 10 1864 $50 tons in
1914, the latter total being with one
exception (19l3) the largest on re-
cord. In addition TO the exports
consigned to foreign countries, do
nestle coal laden on vessels engag-
ed in foreign trade for use as fuei
amounted in 1914 to 7,8ll,9l3 tons
and shipments to Hawaii and Porto
Rico aggregated 133.50l tons, max
ing the total shipments out Of main
land ports 27.609,4 94 with an aggr1-
gate valuation of $50 1926, O0l.
The leading ports In the exporta'
ton of coal are; (D On the Great
Lakes Cleveland. Toledo and other
Ohio points, with a total in 1914 OF
6.06S 900 tons; Buffalo 4,S05,0OO
tons; Ogdensburg, l,6S5.000 tons; Ro
chester 1,445,000 tons and Detroit
and other Michigan points $4,000
tons. (2l On the Atlantic coast,
Norfolk and Newport News, with a
total of 2,499,000; Baltimore $4,000
tons and Philadelphia $4,000 tons,
go On the Pacific coast, Seattle and
Tacoma, with a total OF $4,000 tons
(4l. On the Gulf of Mexico, New Or
eleans, $4,000 tons and Mobile. 5000
tons: while Pensacola in recent
months has become an important
handler of coal for export, having
shipped more than $500 tons la
the two months ending October 81
last. New York handles about forty
per cent of the bunker coal entering
export trade, Norfolk and Newport
| News about Is per cent and Phila
delphia and Baltimore each about
| z per cent. Considerable quantities
of bunker coal are also handled al
Pensacola, Mobile, Boston, San Fran
cisco, Seattle and Tacoma.
Anthracite coal supplies about one
third OF the total exports in ques
ton and while about 80 countries
appear as points of destination Can
ada Is the caiaf foreign market
having taken in 1914 201a million
| out OIL Il ittlst less l4lStH 81 Huliiloi
dollars worth exported.
Bitumlnons coal is exported tc
about 40 different countries, but
chiehy to Canada, Cuba, Panama
Mexico and the West Indies. II
very recent months Italy has be
came large market for this com
modify. During the four mouth:
ended with October 1914, exports
there to aggregate 344,141 tons val
ued at 0$1,33,SS5, or double the fig
ures of the corresponding months
last year. The exports to Mexico II
the same. priod incrasd from S4,Slt
tons to 137,467 tons and those to AR
gentina, Brazil and Uruguay as a
whole from 143,643 tons to 276.57t
tons. Exports of bituminous coal tc
Canada in the four months decreas
ed from 6,11S,705 in 1913 to 4,701,
496; those of Cuba from 427 ,295 tons
to 369, 639 tons, and those to Pana
ma from 140,S9S tons to S8,3S9. 9th
! er countries as whole show
large increase from 241, 642 tons in
IJu1y--Octoher, 1913, to 3S9,773 tons
lin a like period of the current year
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-12-24

First came the Wilson tariff
bill" says the Fairfield Ledger, ito
work and distress and disturb bust
ness, and now it is followed by the
war" stamp tax when there is no
war In the meantime the democrats
are starting out with other expert
ments in legislation which are not
like to restore confidence"
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-12-24
Horse Trade Quiet.

Chicago, Dec. 23.-- Horse receipts
were small and the market quiet and
unchanged. There will be no market
during the Christmas holidays, and
even now buyers are getting scarce
Some good horses today sold at 5000
@250, with the light and medium gen.
eral purpose horses at $150@175.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-12-24
coal expoRTs rRoM q

The United States, watch produ-
ces 40 per cent Of the worlds coal,
exports annually 2711 million tons,
or about 5 per cent OF the output OF
last year, the total export In the de-
cal year being valued at So million
dollars. or les Fthan half the value
of the coal exports d the United
Kingdom and slightly less than
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-12-24

/ for him to secure employment, yet
he struggled on. II he had faults
they We're of the head rather than
of the heart He was honest and
painstaking in his efforts to dis
charge the duties imposed upon him
lby his employers. II was his creed.
And IL he knew no other, who shall
say that Il was Insufficient Striving to
provide for his family, he was out
lplcking up coal from the tracks,
when struck by the train which kill.
| ed him. II was a mental task, but he
was striving to carry warmth and
comfort to his family, Thus occupied
he drifted away from the shadowy
river that flows forever to an un-
! known sea. And who shah say that
when we have all made our voyage
we shall not meet Poor Billy, his face
shining and the light of contentment
| in his eyes?" @ IN.
Burlington Hawk-Eye: The 800 &C.
re farm near New Sharon, in Mahas.
ka county, formerly the property OF
William Harper has been sold TO J. M.
ITimbrell, of Lakonta. II was cash
transaction involving 1900. That
makes selling price $2i0 per acre. Ma
haska county people are not surpris-
ed as there have been similar figures,
land probably some sales of better fig
lures. IL is a poor Iowa county indeed,
that could not furnish long tales of
Thigh land prices and of marvellous
increases in the price of land, that
could be had at a very small figure
as late as twenty-five years ago. Hence
there is nothing of special interest in
connection with such reports, only in
sofar as they demonstrate that the
prices are still rising and that the de-
mand seems to keep ahead Of the Of
ferings There is but one thing that
might be of special interest in con-
nection with these getlrich-qIlick
stories and that is what valuation the
Assessor may have placed on that
land, which the buyer considers cheap
lat 1910. 1t seems as if the assessors
were some third Of century behind
the times, and had never heard OF
5000 land in Iowa and would not
Icredlt such idle rumors If they came
Ito their ears. o.
Fremont Gazette: Day before yes
lterday a perfectly nice lady called us
Iup with tears in her voice reproved
us for not mentioning the fact that
Ishe had had friend visiting her last
week. We told her that she had n9t
let us know anything about it and
therefore we did not know that she
had a visitor. Then she said, We'll
you should have known. thought you
were running q newspaper" Wouldn't
that rattle your stats? Some people
think that an editor ought to be a
cross between Argus and Anna Eva
Fay~They seem to think that our five
Isenses are augmented by sixth that
lets us know everything that happens
even if we see. hear, feel, taste or
smell it not. Dear lady, editors are on
lily human, or, at least, almost human.
If you have a friend visiting You, ii
you are going away, or have returned
from a visit out of town, if Johnnie
falls and breaks his arm, if your hus-
band chops his toe instead of a stick
of wood, if anything happens that
makes you glad or sad, happy or mad,
call us up. Tell us about it. That's the
lway to get it in the paper.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-12-24

The Pella Booster announces
that it's subscription price has been
raised to $50 a year. That seems to
be the tendency of the times. The
fact is that $3.50 will not go as far
toward the production of a. newspap-
er today as did $100 a few years ago.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-12-24
Gun nEioHsoR,s OPINIONS.

OF the death OF VIM. Myers, the os-
kaloosa Times says Poor Billy. As
the light was given him 10 see so did
he live. Battling with poverty all his
life. with Iittle education and with
an ani:etion Which made 4 harder
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-12-24

1T is hard for the people Of this
great, rich Mississippi valley to re-
alize how fortunate they are even
when the countries of Europe are
raVaged by war. This is indeed the
region of greatest opportunity favor
ed not only by its wealth.producing
soil, but by it's privileges of independ-
emf citiZenShiD
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-12-24

VIM. Penn, in his charter Of
Rights, provided tiat for every five
acres of forest cleared one acre should
be left in woods. ForesteTs today
maintain that on an average one-fifth
OF every farm should he in timber.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-12-24

Mrs. Ophelia Arnold, the mother
of Mortimer. E. Arnold Of Sparta
Wis, had the unusual pleasure of at
manifold struggles and defeats,-A.
She is now in her one hundredth year
tending her sons golden wedding
and still retains all her faculties.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-12-24
staggered the Witness.

Nov tell US" sternly demanded the
young legal luminary whose brow
oyerhung like the back OF swapping
turtle. addressing the covering wit
ness. what was the weather, II any,
upon the afternoon in question:"
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-12-24
Closing Prices.

HOGS-Market more actice and
strong at yesterdays average; mixed
and butchers $69O@7.25; good to
choice heavy $7.O5@725; rough heavy
$6.SO@7OO; light $6.SO@7.2O; workers.
$7O50715; bulk, .$7.O5@7.20; pigs
$5.50@7.1O; clearance yesterday fair.
CATTLE-Strong.
SHEEP-Strong.
Official receipts yesterday - Hogs
80 ,695, cattle 1859, sheep 1928.
Official shipments yesterday-Hogs
,915, cattle 161 sheep 239.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-12-24

-Boxmakers IN the United States
use more than four and half billion
board feet OF lumber each year or
L,ore than one-tenth OF the entire
humber cut of the country.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-12-24
Lot az Wool an Hand.

One firm OF Knoxville wool deal.
ers. Messrs, Shive. Feagona 4 Co.,
now have from 100000 TO 100000
pounds OF the fieecy product packed
away In their various storage hous-
eA.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-12-24
Provision Markets.
Cash Quotations.

Corn-No. yellow 65GR6aMc; No.
4 yellow 64ls 665c; No. & yellow
64Ac; No. mixed G5665Ac; No. 4
white 64Ac. T..
Oats No. 2 white 49c;;, standard
4S1A @4S94c; No. 8 white 4S@4SRc.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-12-24
$500 Morth u rurkexs

On Wednesday OF last week over
$1,000 worth OF turkeys were brought
to Milton by farmers and sold to
dealers there. MIR. Plowman, OF
chequest township, brought Ia $500
worth
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-12-24

Americas Christmas ought to be
81 lie most thankful kind. Compari-
t,gn with conditions in Europe and
many other parts of the world should
impress us with the full meaning of
ua9pa
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-12-24

Success is sweet; the sweeter if
long delayed and attained through
manifold struggles and defeats.-A.
Bronson Alcott.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-12-24

At the November election the
progressive party in Oregon cast less
than five per cent OF the total vote
and will lose its place on the official
ballot of the state.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-12-24

Alex Miller fears that If it were
not for home talent shows, some PEG
pie would never get to the opera
house
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-12-24

The colt that is broken with a
club will return kick or run away
LATER on. .Els
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-12-24

There Is a good deal of the cow
ard in most of us,-only it SHOWS up
under different circumstances.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-12-24
GettInn Thelr share.

Express Companies are not losing
out this season. They are claiming
their fal shore Of the trade.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-12-24

Mems best successes come after
their disappointments.-Henry Ward
Beecher
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-12-24

The proposal to hold elections on
Sunday will not get very far in Iowa.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-12-24

AN Iowa gasoline engine factor!
has opened branch in East Africa.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-12-24

Wide tire wheels on wagons
lsngthen the life OF street paving.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-12-24

--In Is years the sugar consumpt-
Ion of fhe country has slrnost srebled
and has Increased from 50.44 pounds
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-12-24

Everybody may be opulent in OPP
timism.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-12-24

Cheer up, the days are growing
longer.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-12-24
WEDNESDAY MARKET
QUOTATIONS ON STOCKS, GRAIN
AND PROVISIONS, CLEANED BY
WIRE FROM ALL PARTS OF
THE COUNTRY.
chIcaoo Grain Markets,

FURNISHED by the C. o. Patton
Grain Co, correspondents, Lamson
Bros. & Coz III.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-12-24

rents and the increased cost OF living
generally is given as the reason for
increasing the price.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-12-24
Reeeipts a slx Markets.

Receipts at six western markets
for Monday, with comparative totals
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-08-27

The French empire In the northern part
OF Africa alone i in length a. far as from
Buffalo 10 San Francisco and in depth a.
far a. from Milwaukee to the City Of Mex
leo. I'm the requirement Of this she has
been often at odds with the kaiser, whose
possessions in Africa are nearly as large
a the portion of the United States west
OF the Mississippi river. In turn the activi-
ties Of the kaiser in Africa nave FLASHED
also with the colonial designs Of Great
Britain.
Great Britain, with control over Egypt
and the country about the -onthern point
Of Africa extending northward, j. broken
In its continuity in a serious way only by
the possessions al Germany on the east
coast. There l. 4 wondrou. difference in
the methods If colonization between these
three countries. II j. said: sNvhen the
English occupy o country the first thing
they build ia customs house, the Germans
a barrack and the French a railway"
A. Q result ef one clash between the
French and, the Germans the latter have
taken . good bite out Of the rich Moroccan
country in the, northwestern corner Of
Africa. They have haggled much and
crossed each others purpose often before
Germany managed TO secure what foothold
she has In the Dark continent. She has
gained every inch Of African territory nj
the expense of friction.
Not TO mention the possibility, which l.
not remote, that the French IN the present
war might bring up native soldicry from
her African possessions, let a. consider
what may possibly occur in rcpartition &c
the territory already held in the great
southern continent.
Possibly enough has been indicated Of
the possibilities as between France and
GcrmaRy. : Should France ~ victorious
she would almost certainly demand the r.
stcration Of the piece cf Morocco which
vas taken from her. II would seem like.
IN that the portion of German territory
further south IN the west coast known ~
New kamerun might also be taken in add
ton to Aisace-Lcrrainc.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-08-27

But will the kaiser dare 10 try the hnz-
ard Of aggressive action III Afriea-or will
Great Britain and France pres the war IN
that part Of the world against their mutual
foe and deprive him Of hi colonial possess
lsions altogetherl iii either event II H. in
conceivable that the territorial divisions of
Africa will remain ~ they are today when
the treaty OF peace hall have been signed
IA the end Of the present conflict.
A glance IA the military positions "a
Germany and France ia Africa will bc in
tcrc~ting IN view of the ominous uncer-
~taintics Of the situation. Dine thing must
Ne borne clearly In mind III any attempt ~
understand the strength ~ France a. a
colonial power IN Africa. and that l. the
loyalty Of her subject races. France has
accomplished IN Africa what no other
colonizing power has ever approached in
Africa or any other black mans country.
She has made Frenchmen Of her subject
peoples.
The Egyptian feIlah may respect his
British master, but ne does not love him.
The black man Of the German possessions
both fears and dcte.t~ the ruler who wears
the spiked helmet. But the Kabylc or
Tunisian or Algerian, be he Mo>lem or
jew. regards the Frenchman a. a fellow
citizen, with whom he stands on an exactly
equal footing in the courts and In the pub
lie service.
Algeria j. a. much "A part Of France I'm
loyalty and pride Of country a. j. the de-
partment Of Loire. In Tunisia the Calls
spirit j. being cultivated in the same way.
Even some Of the nomad tribes are proud
10 enroll themselves under the tri color.
Some military authorities are Of the
opinion that in case Of need France could
raise an army Of a quarter Of a million
men in her African possessions. II would
surprise nobody who has studied the spirit
and the possibilities Of this black soldicry
II they were to play d part IN the military
operations Of the present war ON European
soil.
To be sure, there H. an nnwritten law
against the employment Of so-calIed black
troops in warfare between white nations.
II was in Difference To iris unwritten IN W
that France in 1870 refrained from en-
ploying her African soldicry in the defense
Of the country against Germany.
But times have changed since 1870. The
adhesive power Of treaties and understand
ings has been % weakened by the pressure
Of passions and necessities that the Ger
mans in their attempted march to Paris
may yet find themselves facing black Afri-
can troops.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-08-27
Map Of Africa Endangered
By War = = Hs!z1 :: z 2sss:s : Z =. y z;:s go ss

The cables from Europe have indicated
very plainly to those who lave taken in
fcrest IN the study Of colonial projects OF
the European countries that Inc maps OF
The world will suffer important changes in
other countries than Europe.
Not to consider the possessions Of the
lesser countries, ii i interesting TO see how
the clash OF interests between the colonial
ambitions Of Germany, England and France
= likely to resound through the continent
OF Africa. For the present their possess
sions m other parts of the world may be
disrcgardcd, % full Of important probable
ity l. the situation in the Dark Continent.
r. Alexander Powell says in his recent
work, "The Last Frontier
we a witnessed one Of the most re-
markablc episodes in the history Of the
world. In less than "A generation we nave
seen the French dream Of an African en-
pire stretching without interruption from
the Meshterrean TO the Congo literally full
nlied. In the two score years that
have elapsed since Frances terrible war
her neglected and scattered colonies have
been expended into a third empire, an en-
pre- over the sea. She has had her revenge
for the loss Of Alsace- Lorraine BY fore
stalling Teutonic colonial ambition in every
quarter OF the globe. In China, Australia,
Equatorial and Morocco the advance Of the
German vorlopcrs has been halted by the
harsh "qui vivcl" Of the French videttes.
- Her sphere Of influence extended over
40 per cent Of the land area and "a per cent
OF the population Of Africa"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-08-27

fFrom the Wall Sfrccf JoHrRal.)
The leading banker said ON Thursday.
that h. wished All the gold la the world
was IA the bottom ~ the sea-. The
scramble to ss1'urc gold and 40 protect
the gold supply has become a comedy.
Heavy gold shipments from this coun-
try are sent abroad. and when the tide
turns the gold i sent back here. In some
instances the original seals placed on
the casks i'm New York have not beer
broken when me s1fpmtnr ras beeR- r.
turned from Europe 10 New York. Gold
IL "A shuttlc-cock never at rest but keep
ing international markets constantly
stirred up.
Major Thomas II. Kirby. who was
for MANI years Money Editor Of the
Wall Street Journal. and Cope White
house, who was an international author
ity ON gold. were once discussing the hca-
w export Of the yellow metal from this
country during 1909.
Major Kirby said: MIR. Whitchouse
the only way that we can ever settle this
problem Of the shipment Of gold To Eu-
rope, foreign exchange, the risk and the
incident worries and details, would be-
10 have an International Congress OF
the Worlds Powers agree to load the
worlds hoard Of gold on worn out ships
Against this gold the International Con
grcss should issue negotiable %certifi-
Gates to the various powers representing
the amount OF the gold each owned ON
these vessels.
"Then on a given day all Of these gold
laden vessels should set sail for the
middle Of the Atlantic Ocean. When
the vessels met, their holds should h.
loaded with dynamite, a time-fuse set
and the crews withdrawn. The explo-
sion should send the gold to the bottom,
and settle for all time To come the non
s~ensical performance Of carting the
stuff back and forth across the ocean,
Wall Street Journal.