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The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1915-06-10

Several lost articles have been re-
ported and any that are found are
to be left at the tent of Superintend,
ent V. K. Daniels, at the entrance to
the grounds. A small pocketbook
with Some money and valuable pa,
pers was lost on the north side OF
the tabernacle on Saturday and ii
found should be left with Mr.. Dan,
iels.
-.
A scare has been started in re-
gard to the use of the city water
Oskaloosa has a health officer and il
is part of his duty to keep the people
posted regarding the safe condition
of the water. The water is sup
posed to be good unless we are in
formed to the contrary. If anything
is wrong the public will be duly in
formed.
80 - -
REV. J. II. Flower of st. Louis
who has been with us for a few
days, was Obliged to return home or
Monday.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1915-06-10

Sunday was an ideal day at the
camp. Not in years perhaps, have
the grounds appeared so fresh, so
clean and so beautiful. Nature has
done her best to provide an earthly
temple and the handiwork of man
has added his portion and so we have
the attractive camp of today. At
500 o'clock the day was opened with
a sunrise prayer meeting and again
at 900 o'clock a praise service was
held and this was followed by an old
fashioned Love Feast and experience
meeting.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-01


 est event in the history of Harmony ris there you meet the kindest. most responsive and generous hearts, whose Joy 1t is to serve you with the best in the land.
 To see the immense table spread with the "fatted calf" fried chicken in heaps as long as your arm, cakes. pies and oustards, of which your loftiest imag- nation never dreamed, spread as for kings and queens! The wonderful bar. hecued hash that Edgefield coun- ty alone can make. it's pepper and sauce used. only by South Carolina's aris- toeracy of brain. On through the heat and dust people drove in automobiles and buggies, knowing what lay ahead for soul and body.
 Bishop John C. kilgo is one of the abiest, most spiritual bishops of the Methodist church. He is ever fearless in delivering the truth of the Bible. and, going down to the very bedrocks Of this truth and love. he reaches and Inspires his hearers. In the new birth of regeneration he believes that we can do all through Christ. Would that more such sentinels were guarding the Walls of zionl" Dissensions and bloody revolutions would grow less and the whole human race would stand with one accord for the Lord God AL mighty's spirit--love. love, love your neighbor as yourself.
 May God forever bless our deep spiritually minded ministers of the gos- pei wherever they are. crown their efforts to save souls with success; their fervent prayers reach to the uttermost parts of the earth. have a medium, as the big newspapers, to extend to the multitude just as our paper publishes our own Dr. II. M. Edmond's daily prayer. That short prayer helps to lift the burden from many a heavy ladened soul, and the writer prays: God bless and keep Dr. Edmonds in the Hollow of His hand"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-01

pie do not understand. Not line in any newspaper there can be published without passing through the hands of the of icial censor.
 No law is needed to enforce these regulations. They call it the admlnis. tratgfe way. The administrative way ineains Siberial This is the spectre whssh has hung like pail over War saw; it is the nightmare which has imr rinted itself upon the face of every man and every woman of that great city.
 At this hour new spectre hoyers about the city. Long has the question lbeen, What is to become of Warsaw esand poor Poland?' Now the question spresents itself in new form: Can warsaw, beset by her new and frenzied enemy. longer endure, or shall Warsaw be one with Nineveh, Tyre, and Lou vian?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-01

k E. Chadwick, cashier Bank of Ems ley; There can be no doubt of an i'm p1eVement in general business conditions. Our savings deposits are good and while they have shown not enough increase 10 Hnord a comparison with the past few months, they are unmistakably improv- ing, and that is one of the best signs of better times. I know that more money IS In circulation the past couple weeks By the time another pay day arrives perhaps it will require two, conditions will have reached practically normal. The pay roll of the district is nearly normal now, and 1t usually takes about three or four weeks for outside circles to share fully in the improvement"
 I. F. West. mems clothier: "Custo- mers are coming into the store with more money. It is good sign. In the past few months the average greenback a cus- toner has had Is about S2. Now they come in and make purchases and hand you a s10 or s2O bill. I simply can't keep any change in the store the past few days. Business has not increased to normal, but it is getting better and I feel sure that within another two or three weeks 1t will be normal.'
 NJ. H. Mcdowell, Ensley company: Real estate is better. There are some sales in prospect but the significant de- Velopment is the improvement in rental collections.
 T feel that prosperity is in midst. know that the resumption of the steel mills at full capacity and the operation of all six of the local blast furnaces is going to result in resumption of both coal and iron ore mines and coke ovens. You can't run the steel mills without pig iron and you can't make iron without coke, and you cant make coke without
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-01

coal. Everywhere are the signs of ini- provement, and by another month 1 be- lieve conditions in Ensley will be normal !"
 Dan Truck, Truck Grocery company
 There Is no doubt but what there is an Improvement in business conditions hl Ensley, and there is no doubt but what we all are glad to see 1t. It has not af- fected us much yet, for 1t has only been the past two or three weeks that things began to pick up. But all the signs arc here and we feel sure that in another four weeks we will be in the midst. of prosperity"
 w. W. Ellis, Ellis Jewelry company: There is no doubt that there is an improvement in business conditions in Ensley and there is no doubt that We all are glad to see 1t. It has not affected us much yet, for 1t has only been the past two or three weeks that things began to pick up. But all the signs are here and We feel sure that in another four weeks we will be in the midst of prosperity"
 H. E. Dalbey, cashier First Bank of Fairfield: AS compared with conditions month ago, there has been unmistakable improvement. Practically all of our plants are running; their pay rolls are increased and at the present rate within short time should reach normal. The benzol plant Is nearing completion and the work is being rushed, The savings deposits here at the bank are increasing A partic- ularly good phase of the situation is that many of the foreigners are opening sav- ings accounts.
 There Is not house for rent in Fair field. Yes, that probably means some construction work here in the near future. The wire mill appears to be getting good orders. We all feel very optimistic"
 H. S. Meade, Pegram x Meade, real estate: Our empty houses are filling up. Rent collections are better. The improve ment Is real and we are feeling very good over it. There Is no doubt, however, but that it will require three or four weeks yet for all lines of business to fully feel the effect of the normal pay rolls
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-01

Better times at Ensey and Fairfield are not pipe dream n IS Ill the ar People are talking about it. They signs o it. In many they see more than signsthe actna m And everywhere confident that within another o days at most all signs will have disappeared to give way to the actuality
 Following are merely optimistic paragraphs cleaned rom ouslness men of the section They air They oe rom conservative level headed business
 touch With affairs and know of what they speak Their Wof are good for the soul Peruse them be comforted
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-01
Dubious Economy

From the Boston Transcript
 An old couple who used 10 buy a quart of ale every night were persuaded by a friend to purchase keg of the beverage on economical grounds. The evening that the keg was preached and the first quart consumed the old wife said:
 Well. George. we've saved cents on cur ale tonight. and cents Sd Yci is cents earned"
 That's so." relHsu her husban l Lets have another quart and save 10 cents"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-01
Another Word
 From Edgefiled, s. c
By ROSA cLIsBY JOHN

The monotony of our quiet yillaya was relieved by visit last week to Harmony, community of peaceful. godly people, five miles east of Edge field.
 The gathering of a crowd of 2OoO or 5000 folk to witness the dedication of the beautiful brick and stone church built by Bishop John c Kilgo was the great
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-01

Ned Braces articles and I think I can see much between the lines which he does not put into black and white print For the past several weeks his articles in each Sundays Age-Herald have seemed to be especially optimistic. and I know that we have good times ahead of us
 Foster Hamilton. cashier the Bank of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-01

Alabama: There are good signs of pros perty and the improvement from now on in my estimation will be steady and strong. We need one or two more pay days and then general conditions in Ems ley will have returned practically to nor maj if the improvement continues at the present rate.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-01
His Maiden Name

From Everybody's.
 What is your name?" Kentuckian asked a negro boy.
 "Well, bos," he answered. everywhere goes dey gives me a new name. but my maiden name was Moses
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-01

stanley Woodward, manager Barrett manufacturing company: We have been aHeeted by the conditions of the past sev- eral months only in our export business
 "nieh Was cut off because export freight rates were too high. Now. however, the export business is beginning to improve and we have good prospects. Our busi-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-01
Courtesy Appreciated

From the London Mail.
 Did you tell that young man of yours that I am going to have the light switched off at fo7''
 Yes. dad
 .Well2n
 Hes coming at 10 in future"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-01

ness has not D cen affected, however. like the iron and steel industry We have
 operated practically full capacity all the time, and while we have made some slight curtailment, I've still are practically going at our limit Of course, we are glad to hear of the Improvements in the iron and
 steel industry and from what I have been
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-01

able to learn. 1t is the real thing"
 j. J. Walker. real estate man; We nave the genuine symptoms of prosperity Inquiries are much better In the real es- tate business. I really believe that within three months, Birmingham's better half as call Ensley. will have the best times In the history of the city. I always read
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-01-28
Clearing the Atmosphere.

In his capacity OF dramatic critic Mr..
J. Comyns Carr. the author, wrote Il
notice of the play of Charles H." In
which Irving played under the man
agement of Mr. Bateman. His criti-
cism deeply incensed the manager In
order perhaps to find the opportunity
of informing the critic OF his disap-
prevail. the manager invited him to
supper ut the Westminster club on the
second or third night of the produc
ton. When he thought the fitting mo-
ment bId arrived Mr.. Bateman led the
conversation 10 the point at issue and.
emphatically banging the table with
his fist, declared in the loadest OF
tones that lie did not produce his plays
ut the Lyceum theater to please Mr.
Comyns Carr. There was moments
awkward silence, which Mr.. Carr con
fesses he did not feel quite able to
break. but which was released by
wit Of the company with the happy re-
tort, well, dear boy. then you can't
be surprised IL they don't please him"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-01-28
SUGAR MAKES YOU GROW.
That, It Seems. Is Why Our Girls Are
Becoming Taller

English and American girls just
reaching womanhood, and the next
generation in its early teens. are I'M
usually tall, standing head or more
above their mothers This has been
remarked on over and over again and
has been the subject of learned dis
quisitions. Yet no generally accepted
cause for the fact has been given up
to this time.
Now comes a London physician of
note and says that it is simply case
OF heightened sweetness. BY sweet
ness" in this particular case the ma
ture of the young ladies' is not referred
to. but their diet. In fact, statistics
of recent years show that Americans
and Britons of both sexes are increas-
ing in height and weight Why? The
physician referred TO says it is sugar
Great Britain and America are the
sugar eating nations of the world and
have quadrupled their saccharine con-
sumption In the last score of years.
This is now the best explanation of
an accepted fact, and it will have TO
stand until better one comes along
London Tit-Blts.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-01-28
SOUTH SALISBURY

The installation OF officers Of Ores.
cent Rebekah Lodge was held Friday
evening ana the following officers
were installed: Mrs. Charlena Hill
ard. Noble Grand Mrs. Helen Beagle,
Vice Grand; Mrs. Grace Percy, sec
rotary; Mrs. Emma Salmon, treasur-
err; Mrs. Martha HaN slHs. right sup
porter to Noble Grand; Mrs. Maria
Goewey, lott sunportcr to Noble
Grand; Mrs Anna Amidon, right sup
porter to Vice Grand; AIRS Pearl Har
wood. left supporter to Vice G and;
Mrs. Emma D0ckUn. chaplain; Mrs.
Laura Galusha, warden; Miss Sarah
Salmon, conductor: Mrs. Arthur Row
land, right altar support; Mrs Susan
Gordon. left altar support; Arthur
Perkins, inside guardian; Rupert
Harwood, outside guardian.
Miss Rebecca W. Wright of the
We mont Fee Library Commission is
TO speak at the Graded School build
ing at South SALISBURY on Friday
evening at eight o'clock. All inter
ested in having a library in this town
and TO know why and under what
conditions the State is willing to give
800 worth of books for the establish
ment OF library should endeavor to
be present at the meeting and hea-
Miss Wright. the Secretary OF the
Commission, discuss the matter Of
Free Public Libraries, Miss Wright
comes to South SALISBURY to SPEAK
unde rthe= auspices Of the schools and
il is desired hat "a ha,4As children
in the schools will be present with
their children. Supt. j. D. Whittier
has arranged for Teachers meeting
to be held ct Arlington on Jan. 18th
at which time all the schools of the
supervisory union viii be closed that
The teachers may attend the meeting
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-01-28

On one occasion Gustave bore, the
artist. lost his passport while on tour
in Switzerland. At Tuccrne he asked
to be allowed to speak to the mayor.
10 whom he gave his name.
you say that you are NJ. Gustave
Dore, and | believe you" said the
mayor, but" and he produced piece
Of paper and a pencil, you can easily
prove it,"
Dore looked around him and saw
some peasants selling potatoes in the
street With few clever touches he
reproduced the home,y scene and. APP
pending his maine to the sketch. pre-
scented it TO the mayor.
Your passport IS all right" remark
ed the official, but you must allow me
10 keep it aud TO offer you i'll return
one of the ordinary form"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-01-28
When Coal Fires Were Barred.

Fires were at one time a great lux
ury in England, and even the right to
use the fire had been bequeathed
Thus the will Of one Richard Byrchett
Q5l6) read:
81 will vt sayd Nell my wye shal
have ye chamber she lyes in and lyb-
erte at We flyer in the house; all yese
thyngs shall she have so long as she vs.
wido"
Coal was first imported into London
at the end of the thirteenth century,
but the smoke produced by burning
it in improperly constructed CRATES
caused such prejudice against it that
in 1906 law was passed making it
capital offense TO burn coal in the city.
The Tower records give details OF IA
mans trial and execution for the Of
fense,-London Graphic.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-01-28
GEORGIA BLO0DHOUNDS.
Keen Scent Enables Them to Perform
Almost Incredible Feats.

HiTHOSS iHSTSGiDie FeaSS.
What the Georgia bloodhound can do
seems almost incredible \ convict
sleeping in one bunk of Il hundred.
shod and clad precisely rs the hundred
convicts about him. may slip his chain
and fee. Ten miles away lie may
meet his fellow prisoners again. may
run to and fro among them or walk
with them a mile and leave them.
Six hours after these hounds. put on
his track where he slipped the camp,
will FOLLOW him TO where he met his
gang, will tread his track In and about
with hundreds of tracks, take 1t up
where lie leaves them ard run him
down though he cross convict gangs
every mile lie runs.
This escaping convict, clad in stripes
cut from the same holt with Il hundred
others. may run through the woods,
touching weeds and bushes rs he rams.
Fifty other conviets may run through
the same woods In every direction.
The dogs viii hold his scent, running
full tilt. breast high. If he makes
curve of forty-live degrees the dogs
will not run fhe line. but will catch his
scent thirty yards away and across the
angle, though II We're filed with the
conyicts who had eaten and slept with
the fugitive.
Often Il dog Will carry scent in
gallop, running parallel thirty yards to
Al Il
bic little beast is the red bone hound,
trained for the hunting of man.-Phil-
adelphia Inquirer.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-01-28
BULLETS ARE TRICKY.
One Chance Shot That Brought Down
Three English Officers.

! 1t has been truly said that once you
| fire bullet from modern rife no one
can forecast where it will ultimately
come to rest. Even when bullet has
an uninterrupted course 1t is capable
of upsetting all known calculations OF
its flight and range.
Before the battle Of Omdurman a
lick officer was carried across the Nile
and placed under an awning no less
than $500 yards from the nearest
point ofepossibe fire. This should cas-
lily have insured him margin of safe
ty, but it didn't. A stray bullet ate up
the intervening three miles OF desert
air struck him in the head and killed
him,
Shortly before another battle in the
Sudan General Sir Archibald Hunter,
Colonel Hacket-Thompson c. b., and
another officer were accommodating
through an opening in the wall of a
dlsused sakieh, or waterwheel The
hole in the wall was so small that the
officers had to stand one behind the
other to see anything
The officer whose name is not given
in the incident, was in front using
pair of binoculars. while Sir Archibald
Hunter was in the rear. The CLINT
caused by the setting sun shining ON
the glass of the binoculars attracted
the attention of dervish. who. with
others, was retiring along the Nile.
He stopped, took rapid aim and fred.
1t was very good chance shot. for
1t sped through one Of the lenses of the
binoculars. through the brain of the
officer holding them, killing him on the
spot, through the shoulder Of Colonel
Hacket-Thompson and finally lodged
in the breast Of Sir Archibald Hunter,
where it remains to this day.-London
Mail.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-01-28
ALcoR, THE DOUBLE STAR.
Much Brighter Now Than II Was In
the Tenth Century.


The two stars, SIizar and Alcor. form
a double star system which can easily
be perceived by the naked eye. This
was not the case formerly. as the
Arab used the resolution of the system
into it's two components as test for
good eyes.
1t would seem, therefore, that this
star has increased in brightness since
the tenth century. supposition which
is supported by the fact that it is not
mentioned by the anclents.
The history of this star was familiar
to astronomers when it was found, in
1907, that Alcor is itself double star.
1t is now discovered by Harlow Shap-
ley that Alcor varies in brightness. the
variations having feeble amplitude
and a short period The spectrum type
of Alcor, which is star A5--that is to
say, white star with hydrogen pre-
dominating and the doubling of the
lines-announces a variation of the AL
COL type, by eclipse rather than con-
tlnuous variation.
1t is supposed that there exists n
couple of elliptic stars very close to-
gether and inclined on their orbit in
such a way that the mutual eclipse Is
feeble or almost nothing. the variations
of brightness resulting from their
marked ellipticity. - Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-01-28
Thy Women Suffer
Many Bennington Women are Learn.
ing the Cause.

Many Bennington Women are Learn
ing the Cause.
Women often suffer not knowing
,he cause.
Backache. headache. dizziness, ner.
yousnes,.
irregular urinary passages weak
ness, languor-
Each torture of itself.
Together hint at weakened kidney
Strike at the root-get 10 the cause.
No other remedy more highly en-
dorsed than Doan's Kidney Pills.
Recommended by thousands
Endorsed at home
Here's convincing testimony from
Bennington.
Mrs. Bridget Mcnamara, All Coun-
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and ] consider them the best remedy
TO be had for kidney and bladder
trouble. They rid me OF constant
dull ache in my back that had bother
ed ne for years and also wonder
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other kidney sufferers to try Doan
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Price SOC. at all dealers Don't
simply ask for kidney remedy yet
Doan's Kidney pills-the same that
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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-01-28
How to- Cut a La Grippe Cough

Coughs that hang on" demand
treatment Stop and think! Reason
and common sense tell you that 1t is
folly to grin and bear It," Those
racking Ia grippe coughs that wrench
the body and cause soreness and
pains in the lungs yield more quickly
to Foloy's Honey and Tar than. to
any other treatment. Forty years
record of successes proves this. For
coughs, colds, Group and other dis
tressing ailments of throat, chest,
lungs, larynx and bronchial tubes,
you can find nothing that win com
pare with this reliable remedy Sold
by Harold w. Cole.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-01-28
POWELL BUYS VAN NESS
Hotel May Be Closed a Portion OF the
Year

Burlington, Jan. 26-Max Powell
has purchased of former Gov. U. A.
Woodbury., the Van Ness house in
this city The two houses, the Yer
mont and the Van Ness will be run
under the same management in the
future.
Mr. Powell has not made any def
nate plans and he does not know
whether he will keep the Van Ness
open the year around or simply main
tain it in the summer or will keep the
Van Ness open as an adjunct in the
winter and serve meals in the Yer
mont
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-01-28
The codex sinaiticas.

Tie most an tent of the New Tesla
ment manuscripts is the one known as
the 'Codex Siuaiticus," published ut
the expense OF Alexander IL. OF Rus
sin since the Crimean war. This codex
covers nearly the whole of the Old ANA
New Testanents aud was discovered
in the Convent of st. Catherine on
Mount Sinai by the celebrated Tischen-
dof. 1t is generally ascribed to the
fourth century. New York American.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-01-28
Food and the Human Body.

The chemical composition of the hui
man body and of the food we take is
quite similar. About twenty elements
are found chiefly, with trace of 9TH
ers. Oxygen. hydrogen. carbon, nitro
gen. calcium. phosphorus and sulphur
are the chief. Sixty per cent OF our
bodies is water and probably like
percentage exists in our food. Mineral
matter exists in our food and in our
bodies to about per cent of weight
Eating to Live"