The Oskaloosa herald., July 01, 1886, Image 1

About The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919

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DENTISTS.
UKrwTH. REILLY,
Dentist.
Office over Dodge's Boot nod Shoe Store,
weet aide of tbe squares Oskalooaa, lowa. Mtf
""uT MILLAR.
. Dentist.
Office on south side of Square over J. M. Jones
* Co’s., shoe store. Nitrous Oxide Qas used
for painful operations. ‘M
■ \K. M. L. JACKSON,
Surgeon Dentist.
Office in Exchange block, on High street,
Oskalooaa, lowa, over J. w. Morgan’s drug
store. 80
MEDICAL.
Tj JOBKPHINB TENNEY, M. D-,
iM. Physician and Surgeon.
Office on west aide of public square, over
Miss Anderson s millinery store. Night calls
promptly iiUeuded.
80. J. TURNER, M. D.,
Physician and Surgeon.
Office on Market street, over Boyer A Barnes’
store. Residence two blocks south and two
blocks weet of postoffice. *°
Dlt. J. C BARRINGER,
Physician and Surgeon,
Oskaioosa. lowa. Office northeast corner ol
square, middle rooms up stairs in new Masonic
budding Residence on Higb street, 3 blocks
east of square. Telephone oonneution at offloe
and residence with all parts of tbe city. HO
UR. W. M. WELLS,
Catarrh, Throat A Lung Physician,
And Specialist for Chronic Diseases generally.
Consultation personally or by letter. Office
and Dispensary over Mays’Drug Store, West
High Street. Office hours from# to 12 a. M., and
from Ito fir. m. Consultation free. n2O
D. A. UorruAM. M. D. R.C. Hopfma*, M. D.
| aRS. D. A. A R. C. HOFFMAN.
Physicians and Surgeons.
Office two doors north of Simpson M. E.
ohurch, uear 8. B. corner of square, Oskaioosa,
lowa. Residence ou Main street, three blocks
east of the publio square. A)
J. L. cornu. J. 8. Hod*ie.
/ piFFIN & HODGE.
Physicians &Surgeons.
Will attend all calls, day or night. Office in
the Fraukel rooms in Union block. Dr. Coffin’s
residence, corner of Elieu and Jefferson; Dr.
Hodge's, residence on West Main Street. 2**
To Physicians and Familes !
I am a Professional Nurse, and those requir
ing the services of such can find me at the resi
dence of Mrs. J. C. Fisk. Reference from the
leading physicians of Denver—my late home
furnished ii desired.
s<tf MRS. M. S. LISKHAN
ATTORNEYS.
UM. PERDUE.
• Attorney-atrLaw,
and Notary Public, Rose Hill, lowa. 20
JA«. E. SERVERS.
Attorney-at-Law,
And Notary Public. Office in Union block,
over Moores Millinery store. Oskaioosa. la. 4utf
MeFALL A JONES.
Attomeys-at-Law,
And Notaries Public. Office over Smith &
Brewster's boot and shoe store, Oskaioosa. 20
/ i REASON A HASKELL,
Attorneys-at-Law.
Office in Pbcenlx block, Oskaioosa, lowa.
Business promptly attended to. 20
JOHN A HOFFMAN.
** Attorney-at-Law,
and Notary Public. Office southwest corner of
park, over Levi's Clothing Store. -Otf
IaOLTON A MCCOY,
Attorueys-at-Law,
Oskaioosa, lowa Office over Knapp A Spald
ing’s hardware store. 2W_
0- LIVER N. DOWNS.
Attorney-at-Law,
Oskaioosa, lowa Office over Mltch Wilson’s.
N. E. ootner of Park. Farm and city property
for sale. Mtf
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ikLANCHAUDA PRESTON,
A* Attorneys-at-Law,
Oskaioosa. lowa. Wll practice in all tbe
courts Office over the Oskaioosa National
Book. 2"
L' M. DAVENPORT,
• Attorney-at-Law,
Oskaioosa, lowa. Business attended to in both
state and Federal Courts. Office, rooms 1 and
2, over Weeks A Steward's store. JU
QUO. *. La PFKKTY.
LAFFKKTV & MOftGAN,
Attorneya-at-Law,
Office over Oakalooga National Bank. Oeka
looaa. lowa. 20
C. P. Skaki.i.
mCAKLB Ac SCOTT,
Attorneys-at-Law,
an.l Notaries Public. Office first door west of
Recorder's office. National Hank building,
otkaloosa, lowa.
I lOfIBKT KISSICK,
Attorney-at-Law,
and Notary Public, Oskaloosa, lowa. Office in
Ctntcuuial block, over Franker* clothing
•tore, north side square. Practice In ail of the
conrtfc ol the State. 80
| OHN P. LACEY.
" Attorney-at-J^w,
and government claim agent- Office in Boyer
A Barnes’ block, Oskaloosa, lowa. Prompt at
tention given to collection*. Probate business
will receive careful attention. Business at
tended to in the U. 8. and State courts. 20
pIiILLIPS A GREEK,
Attorneys-at-Law,
and Collection Agents. Attend to any legal
business in the Suite and Federal Courts en
trusted to them. Office overS. Y. St Co's
.Jewelry Store, toutb side of public square, Os
ksloots, lowa *1
JAME-H C'AKKOtX. OAgIEL DAVIS.
a davis.
t Attorneya-at-Law.
Otkalooea. lowa, wlil practice in all courts.
Collections ma>le a special feature. Office over
Fraokel A Go's.. Bank. Branch office at New
Sharon. , *0
J. A L. Ckookham. J.O. Ckoukram.
/ t KOOK HAM A CKOOKHAM,
Attorneys-at-Law,
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Oskalooea. lowa. Office over Mahaska County
Bank, south we*'- comer public square. Col
lections made and remitted promptly. Convey
ancing done. 30
BANKING.
J*o. Si cake. JkO. H. Wakkks,
President. Cashier.
L. C. BlahchAH... Vice-President.
The Farmers’ & Traders’
NATIONAL BANK,
OF OBKALOOSA, IOWA.
CAPITAL 1100,000.
DIRECTORS:
Jno. Siebel, L. C. Blanchard.
T. J. Blaokstone. U. B. McFall,
H W McNeill. Matthew Picken,
W. C. Sheppard. Peter Stumps.
J. B Whitmore.
CORRESPONDENTS:
First National Bank. Chicago.
Metropolitan National Bank. New York.
20 Valiev National Bank, St. Louis.
Yanking house”
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FUSEL BACH i CO.
The Oldest Bank in Mahaska County.
Will receive deposits and transact a Kenerai
banking. exchange, and collection business, the
same as an incorporated bank.
Exchange on all the principal cities of the
United SUtlea and all cities of Europe bought
and sold at sums to suit the purchasers.
Passage tickets to ami from all points in
Europe for sale at the lowest rates.
Collections will receive prompt attention.
We do s strictly leg’ll mate banking business,
sod give the wants of customers special at
tsntion. J*_
H. L, HrepcEK, O. B LortABD,
President. Cashier.
—THE—
Oskaloosa National Bank,
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WM. H BBETEK*. J W.McNcam.
J. H. tines*, D. W Lomimo,
If. L. Spxmobk. W. A. Lini>i,v.
Jamb* Mscolcoom.
COKKBHPOVDBNTK:
First Nations! Bank. New York.
Oilmen, son A Co, New York.
Firat National Bank, Chicago.
Citixen’e NatT Bank, lira Moines.
20 Davenport Nat'l Bask, Davenport
i. a. L. ckookham, H. S. Howard.
President. V.-Prre.
Joan K Bakvbs. cashier.
MAHASKA COUNTY BANK,
OP OSKALOOHA. IOWA.
Organized Under the State Laws.
PAID OP CAPITAL, SIOO,OOO.
atockboblen liable for double tbe amount
* of Capital >u>ck
DIRECTORS: _ _ „
J. A L. Croobkam. W. A. Bee eera. John O.
Malcolm, MUloo Crook bam. Jacob Vernon.
W. C- Rkiaetoart, 1L bed man, W.O.
1C upland.' John Vuorbaee.
Jobe Weak. and
au M h RnvsH
MACHINE WORKS.
W. E. VERNON. Prop.
Small Steam engines, Steel Dies.
Models and all General
Job Work.
m OUULOOSA. IOWA.
Professional Cards.
advertisements under this bead will be charged
at the following rates :
Five tinea or leu, per year S 6 OO
Each additional line 1 OO
VETERINARY SURGEON.
RP. STKDDOM,
• Veterinary Surgeon.
(Graduate of Toronto. Ontario, Veterinary
College'. Office on second door in the Times
Block, Oskalooaa. lowa. 87 “
OF OSKAIAJOHA. IOWA.
DIRECT ORA:
VERNON’S
MANI'FACI CKKK OF
VOL. 37, NUMBER 45.
FAMILY GROCERIES.
FOR
Fresh Family an Fancy
Groceries,
Queensware and Glassware.
Provisions of All Kinds
AND
FRESH VEGETABLES,
In their seaeon. go to
A. W. MARTINSTEIN,
'-*> Southeast Corner of Square.
I VB. J. W. MORGAN,
Eye and Ear Physician.
J. H. Sheak,
DBAL.IK IM
o-ir^iust,
Will pay the highest market pri. - .e in Cash
For all Iriais ol Grain.
YOU WILL FIND TH*
ELEVATOR
<>n the Central of lowa Kail way Track, Waat
High Street. Oakalooaa. lowa. r 20
GROCERIES.
See vers & Neagle’s
PRICE LIST :
11 B>s Granulated Sugar $1 (X)
12 tt.s A Sugar 1 U)
13 It.s White Extra C Sugar 1 UO
14 tt.s Light Brown Sugar 1 00
18 tt.s Good Brown Sugar 1 00
7 tt.s Arbuckle’s Coffee 1 00
lo it s Good Green Coffee 1 00
8 tt.s Choice Browned Coffee 1 00
20 tt.s Rice 100
20 tt.s Prunes 1 00
20 tt.s Dried Peaches 1 00
23 Bars White Russian Soap 1 00
12 tts Lard 1 00
King of Dakota Flour per sack... 1 45
White Rose Flour per sack 1 40
Tallow, per 11 3
n2lyl Southwest Corner Square.
H. Snyder & Sob,
-DEALERS IN—
GROCERIES
Will sell as cheap aa any other bouse in the
city. If you want a sack of the
BEST FLO URI
In the city, call on us.
Everything Fresh.
H. Snyder Sl Son.
Gbo. C. Mohuan.
L. A. SOOTT.
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OSIvAi 003 A. IOWA.
GRAIN.
LUMBER.
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MONEY, LAND, Ac.
Israel M. Gibbs, Broker.
Loans of all kinds negotiated. Mercantile
paper bought and sold. Room 8, over Farmers
Traders' Bank, Oskaioosa, lowa. 20
Chas. Phelps’
INSURANCE AND LOAN AGENCY.
Money to Loan in sums of f2OO and upwands
at lowest current rates of luterest. Office north
side s*iuare, over Fran kei, Bach A Co's., Bank,
Oskaioosa, lowa. lotf
JOHN F. LACEY’S UND AGENCY.
I have on my books a large number of farms
and bouses in town; also many thousand acres
of wild land. If you have real estate to sell or
wish to buy, give me a call. I pay taxes iu any
part of the State. Conveyancing done. Office
in Boyer A 3arnes’ block, Oskaioosa, lowa.
One hundred nice building lots In Lacey's addi
tion to Oskalooaa. 20
Land Agenoy
Farms and Town Property tor
Sale, Taxes Paid, and
Conveyancing Done.
Office over Oskaioosa National Bank.
• Sit Lffifftrty A Morgan.
M. E. BENNETT,
Real Estate & Loan Agent.
MONEY TO LOAN
In large or small amounts, on long or short
time, on Ueal Estate Security. SO
•100,000 In <IOO,OOO
Money to Loan!
At Six Per Cent Annual
Interest,
on 5 years’ time, in loans of SSOO anti upwards;
with privilege of paying 9100 and aoove in an
nual payments, if desired.
jo JOHN P. HIATT.
Cowan & Hambleton’s
Loan & Abstract Office.
•200,000 to loan at 6 per cent interest on live
years time; borrower having the op
tion to pay part or all of prin
cipal after first year.
We also have a complete set of Abstract Books
of all
Lands and Town Lots
in Mahaska County, lowa.
ABSRACTB OP TITLE MADE ON SHORT
NOTICE.
Office in front room of new Masonic building,
north-east corner of Public Square.
n2O OSKALOOSA, IOWA.
MISCELLANEOUS^
\f All ASK A LODGE NO. 1«, I. O. O. F.,
ill meets every .-Saturday evening at the Odd
Fellows’ Hall, one block Dorth of the Postoffice.
Visiting brothers cordially invited to attend,
(.'■as. Wray, W. L. llow*,
Secretary. [SIJ 8. G.
jjllAS. W. TRACY,
Civil Engineer.
Otfico anil residence on High street. 3 blocks
east of Court House. Oskaloosa, lows. 20
Henry Walling,
Dealer in
Building Material of all Kinds,
and contractor of
BRICK AND RUBLE STONE
WORK.
Cisterns, Flues and Cellars
Built ou short notioe- Also have good Brick
for sale at lowest market price,
nflo Oskaloosa lowa
tIKBAT KNCLINH REMEDY.—
RAV’N MPKUIFIC.
A guaranteed cure for all nervous diseases,
such as Weak Memory, Loss of Brain Power.
Hysteria, Headache, Pain iu the Back, Ner
vous Prostration, Wakefulness. Universal
Lassitude, in either sex. caused by ludiscietion
or over exertion, and which ultimately lead to
Premature Old age. Insanity and Consumption.
fl.oo a box or six boxes for $5.00. Sent by mall
on reoeipt of prioe Full particulars in pam
phlet, sent free to every applicant.
WE GUARANTEE NIX BOXEN
t-> cure any case. For every $5.00 order received
we send six boxes, with a written guarantee to
refund the money if our Speci io does not ef
fect a cun. Address all communications to
the Solo Manufacturers,
THK MUKKAY MEDICINE CO
Kansaa City, Mo
*0- Sold in Oskaloosa by
W. A. Wells & Co.
38yl Boie Agent.
PATENTS
Obtained, and all PATENT BUSINESS at
tended to for M ODER A TE FEES.
Our office is opposite the U. S. Patent Of
fice, and we can obtain Patents in less time than
those remote from IF ASUINUTON.
Send MODEL OR DU AIV l NO. We ad\iso
as to patentability froeof charge; and we make
NO CHARGE UNLESS PATENT IS SE
CURED.
We refer here to the Postmaster, the Supt. ot
Money Order Div., and to officials of the U. 8.
Patent Office. For circular, advise, terms and
references tdactual clients In your own State
or County, write to
C. A. SNOW & CO.,
Opposite Patent Office, Washington, D. C.
■sur
elys Catarrh
CREAM BALMMW tL , . ig
Hives Relief cq\J^
once and Cures ■ u *M J
COLD m HEAD.
CATARKH. FKArrtVtßw^
HAY FEVERK, /
Hnuff,or Powder^^^
Free from Inju- I
rictus Drugs and u.a*.|
offensive odors. HAY-FEVER
A particle is applied into each nos’ril and is
agreeable. Price fto cents at Druggists. By
mail, registered, 60 cts. Circulars free. ELY
BHOS„ Druggists, Owego, N. Y. noyl
MARBLE WORKS.
OskaToDsa Marble Works.
F. OT. McCall,
Dealer in
Moium,. l. ..Ij,, H... 1 Btuu... Scoteti .Dd
American Mrenlte Monuments, As.
Wi OHRAUMISA. IOWA
FINE STOCK.
A. J. LYTLE,
OSKALOOHA. IOWA,
•Breeder of Premium—
POLAND CHINA SWINE
of the cbolsest strains, stock all recorded.
Prices reasonable Correspondence solicited.
Residenoe miles N. VV. of Oskaimwa. l»y 1
Gartieltt berdof Stiori-Horns
■i
Thos. ( : . Beach, Proprietor.
farm «4 mils* northwest of Oskalooss on the
Psllsiosd Only keep s few, »n<) they are of
the heat Younir Mary*. Louisas, Pans ». Hose
of Hustons. Lady llaroiptons, to Tomur
stock for sale at all Mate*. A few rood you us
thoroughbred bulla now on hands for sate at
taaaonaole prices. Also a few high grade hou
ses. Address P. O. Box OSS. feylpd
The
6R»N
Cures Female Complaints. A Great Sidney
Bemedy. W* SOLD BI ALL DBUQQISTB.
I?aVegetable "ffi
Toroid condition of the Liver. It Cures Dyspepsn
Constipation, Bil.ousnew*, Jaundice, Hwadachc.Malaria,
Rheumatism Mom ln.-c.isea ivviiltfrom an In healthy
Liver than any o*her cause. I>r Sanford’s IJvcr Invig.
orator ItonulHtee the Rowels, Pui-lfl,-sthe Blood, A arista
Diires'i.m, Str, n'-th.us tho System. Prevent* Fevers.
t-WITIS ARCLIAKI.K A VT) INVALUABLE FAMILY MBDICINK,
THOIJSAMOSOV f ES.T IMONIALS PRO VEITS MERIT
any lU.tUlil.f \ ILL TLLI. YOU ITS OEPSTAfIOIL
JIQTUMA CURED!
II A I n IVI U A HIELB TBIIL ton
fit# I IIIV 111 Tincetthe most skeptical
GERMAN ASTHMA CURE levestliel
most violent atta, k , insures comfortable sleep;
effects cures whore all other remedies fall
No waiting tor results. Its iirlinn is
immediate, direct mid certain, and a
curcis effected in all t I UABLR CASKS
It permanently cured me Refer to me at any time.'*
//<>». B. Lott, St. Foul, Minn.
"I am entirely restore** to health by German Asthma
Care." Thus. Fittom, Hamilton. Ohio.
"German Asthma Cure is all you • lam* for iL It never
fails." i*ro/. K. Von Fxngeilm, GrrenviUo, S. C.
Mt physician recomraendt;d Ocrmau Asthma t’ure It
cured me. Mrs V L. Tetrick. Londonderry, Ohio
Thousands of similar letter* «*n Ale. Ash any druggist
about 11.
(scrnnin AhiHiuh Cure is *old by all
Mri-'tn at 50<% and It 1« or sent by mail on receipt
of price. Trial i»acKa*ro free to any address for
Stamp. KaHCliirrMAX, M.l>. m.PauUMtpp.
SCOTT’S
EMULSION
OF PURE GOD LIVER OIL
And Hypophosphites of Lime & Soda
Almost as Palatableas Milk.
The only preparation of COD LITER OIL that
can be taken readily and tolerated for a long time
br delicate stomachs.
AND AS A REMEDY FOR fONSTTIPTIOS,
SCKOKILOIS AKEEtTIOSS, ANAEMIA, GEN
ERAL debility. corpus and throat aT
FKCTIfr.VS and all WASTING DISORDERS OF
liHLDKEX It is marrcllons in Hs rcsnlts.
Prescribed and endorsed by the best Physicians
in the countries of the world.
For Sale by all druggists.
(Copy.) Chicago, April2lst, IRBB.
This is to certify, that the Illinois Trust and
Savings Bank has this day received from the
Union Cigar Company of Chicago, to Lie held
as a Special Deposit,
U. S. 4°lo Coupon Bonds,
as follows :
So. 2202* l». *4OO. , Market Value of which is
4120* 100. |
•• 41204 100. I slOl2.
•• 42*70 100 f
*soo. ) (S.) Jas. S. Gibbt, Cash.
We offer the above as a FORFEIT, If our
“ FANCY GROCER" does not prove to be a
genuine Havana-filler Cigar.-Union Cigar Co.
fANCY
CroccK
CIGAR
Our LA LOMA Irtc. Cigar is strictly Hand
made. Elegant quality. Superior workmanhtp.
Sold by all Grocers.
UNION CIGAR COMPANY.
76 N. Clinton SL, • CHICAGO.
Retail by
UY , 11. Howard & Son.
Q-tOy 1
—MI K
ARE BY FAR THE MOST POPULAR COR
SETS EVER INTRODUCED.
HI? A 1 11\I F lB superior to •whalebono.
I •UI\RLI|II- cannot be broken.
| j la Hexlbls and eaey to tha wearer.
—— Is used In no Roods except thoeo
made by Warner Bros.
REWARD
FOR ANY STRIP OF CORALINt THAT BREAKS
WITH SIX MONTHS ORDINARY WEAR IN A CORSET.
AVOID CHEAP IMITATIONS BONED WITH VARIOUS
KINDS OF CORO. Al L GENUINE COR ALINE COR
-6ETB HAVE.CORALINL PRINTED ON INSIDE OF
STfEI COVER.
For Sale by all Loading Merchants.
A> -
J. & T. CdUBINS'
HAND J^T"7
U-WLQ /<? I W I
The only GENUINE ones made.
The most comfortable ~anf durahfs
shape for walking.
Perfect fit.. Mo wrinkles.. .Easy as 09
old shoe. -JUwayt retain the shape.
Will not tire the feet in long walks.
Made in 11 widths and all sizes.
Look on Sola for Nuns and Add raw of
J. *c T. COUSINS}
«LW YOUK.
Smith & Brewster,
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Oskaioosa
OSKALOOSA, MAHASKA COUNTY, IOWA, THURSDAY, JULY l, 1886.
MEDICAL.
CORSETS.
A Profitable Industry.— From
the Ventura (Cal.) Free Press we learn
of an enterprise undertaken by Mrs.
Theodosia B. Shepherd, whose friends
here will hear with pleasure of her
success as florist and seed-grower in
that sunny land of flowers. From the
above we quote: “Only two years ago
siie embarked in the business, let] up to
it by her success with dried mosses,
ferns, and other souvenirs of the Gol
den State, which commanded a ready
sale among Eastern people. Her means
consisted chiefly of a love for the work
and perseverance in the face of every
obstacle. One by one the difliculties
have been surmounted, and this year
she expects to clear $2,000. She has
two acres in the town of San Buena
ventura, covered with a wonderful va
riety of plants. Last year she made a
specialty of calla lily bulbs for the East
ern raaiket with gratifying results.
Orders are now coming in from distant
florists, aa many seeds and bulbs that
hitherto have been procured from the
south of Germany can be cultivated
equally as well in this climate. Mrs.
Shepherd is confident that seed-grow
ing will eventually prove an important
industry of this State, and when 1 jok
ingly asked her if she wished for com
petition, she replied that she would be
very glad to see large bulb farms and
seed fields in existence here as in
Europe, especially if tended by women
in need of an income and tired of the
beaten paths that have restricted their
field of labor iu times past. Mrs.
Shepherd is to raise a large number of
very rare bulbs, called fusia refractu
alba for Peter Henderson; also 30,000
coleus seeds, and is to experiment witli
the milla biflora for Hal leek, Son &
Thorpe. She lias produced a new
mignonette, which she calls the Theo
dosia.”
To Graduates. —The Chicago
Journal has spoken some words of
wisdom to college graduates which are
so sound and sensible that we reprint
them with pleasure, commending them
to the several graduates that have been
sent out of our institutions this year:
“A word to the college graduates just
now being turned out in such large
numbers throughout the country. It
is not necessary for you, young gentle
men, to go a thousand miles or more
from home in order to find your work.
You need go neither to Dakota nor
California, lo Kansas nor to Colorado.
If you clmuce to live in the vicinity of
New York and Boston, you need not
even come out to Chicago, unless you
want to. If you are disposed to hunt
for a place where the timber is small
and scattering you may find it, but you
will also find that it is a place where
timber will not grow tall, even when
transplanted from a richer soil. The
place where a man begins his work is
far less important than the manner in
which he begins it. For the quick,
competent, hard-working, reliable,
pushing roan there is an opening any
where. Such a person will do well
wherever he may be, but he may go to
Montana or the Pacific cosist only to
find that he left better opportunities
in Illinois and Michigan. The perspec
tive of a thousand miles gives a rosy
tint to the view that is apt to be very
deceptive. On the ground things look
different; and some things look less
promising than they did at home. The
main thing is to get down to work.
Choose wisely, stick to what you have
chosen, and be satisfied with what may
at first seem small results. The larger
ones will come in due time. It is not
of much consequence whether you live
in a large town or a small one, in the
city or in the country. After all, life
is much the same everywhere, as those
have testified who have traveled much
and lived iu many places. There are
advantages and disadvantages connect
ed with all places and with all con
ditions. A man can be just as great on
an Illinois prairie farm as he can lie in
the great city of Chicago, and perhaps
he can be as great in Chicago as on a
prairie farm. The main thing is to take
up some honest work somewhere and
do it with all your might.”
Tiie Mound Builders.— Some speci
mens of arrow heads and other remains
of this prehistoric race, sent to us re
cently by Mr. Fred L. Kobinsoii, of
Kalioka, Mo., were accompained by a
private letter, from which we make
some interesting extracts; “This
county is undoubtedly one of the rich
est in the remains and relics of this
wondrous race, a nation of semi-civil
ized people that once filled this beauti
ful valley of the Mississippi with busy
life. Here the\ built villages, and had
some form of government—patriarchal
may tie as that is usually the (irst form
of government; erected maun factories
of pottery, arrow and spear points, and
also carried on a system of commerce
with tribes living in other parts of the
country. That they had some form of
government or some one vested with
the power to control the movements of
large numbers of these people is
evinced in some of the large mounds.
The one known us the Cahokia mound
near East St. Louis, or the large one
north of Way land, known as the Coop
er mound; or the group of large ones
west of Wayland; where iu all of these
instances cited it would take a large
number of people controlled intelligent
ly weeks or months to pile up these
immense masses of earth. There is a
great variety in the forms and si/.es of
the (lints found in this county,
which would indicate that this territory
was occupied at different periods of
lime by different tribes of people, or
else this variety was brought about by
barter or exchange with parties from
distant localities, as the material of
which some of these points are made
can not be procured in this part of the
country; whereas the dints found on
the Sand ltidge south of St. Francis
ville are usually of one shape and in
variably of the same quality of
material. On this sandy terrace was
undoubtedly located one of the most
extensive collections of mounds in the
upper Mississippi valley, and for sev
several miles the ground is strewn
with fragments and dakea of dint and
pieces of broken pottery with a great
variety of ornamentation which is un
doubtedly an evidence of this place
having been occupied a long period of
time as a manufacturing center. The
stone axes found in this vicinity are
all very much alike in shape and
material usually of a grey granite with
a groove around the top. In one in
stance 1 saw one with two grooves, the
only one I have ever seen of the kind.”
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Green & Bentley can always be re
lied upon to carry in stock the purest
and best goods, and sustain the reputa
tion of being active, pushing aud reli
able, by recommending articles with
well established merit and such as are
popular. Having the agency for the
celebrated Dr. King’s New Discovery
for Consumption Colds and Coughs,
will sell it on a positive guarantee. It
will surely cure any and every affec
tion of throat, lungs or chest, and in
order to prove our claim, we ask you
to call and get a trial bottle free. 1
- DOMESTIC JESTH ETICS.”
ORATION BY CLARA R. GREEN, CLASS
’B6, PENN COLLEGE.
In these times when men more and
more feel it their duty to spend their
superfluous time and means for the
elevation and enligbtinent of their de
based and ignorant fellowmen, it be
comes a grave question, to what extent
a Christian may go in surrounding him
self with luxuries and things of beauty.
Both nature and God teach that in
adornment, not only the becoming is
allowable but the really beautiful, and
that it was so designed. Hence it be
comes the duty of each one to seek
beauty, moral and physical, iu our dress
and surroundings, so long as it is used
to serve higher purposes aud ends and
not made the one desire of life. The
right use of beauty may be a lever for
raising men to higher planes, as is
knowledge. And it must act most
efficiently, with most power, in the
home where our lives are moulded.
Since so many fine mansions and
homes stand as monuments of pride or
selfishness,aud as barriers between the
cultured and the uncultured, it would
seem to be the Christian part to deny
ourselves and share our bounties with
our humbler neighbors. Would this
accomplish what we seek ? Thegrowth
of society has been compared to that of
a tree. When the branches and leaves
increase and expand at the top, the
growth of the lower limbs and trunk
is marked ; if the top be stunted and
dwarfed, the growth l>elow is likewise
impeded. The more comforts and re
finements with which the cultured sur
round themselves, the more emulation
they awaken in the less cultured, who
become eager to gain the top them
selves. The more churches, schools,
museums.art galleries,and enlightened
men there are, the easier will be the
ascent of these. While the more en
lightened homes there are, the more
enlightened men there will be.
The aesthetics of home cover a wide
field—books, painting, sculpture, music,
and whatever else refines manners, de
velopes the intellect, elevates society,
and tends in any way to make complete
men and women. But these are all
accessories and not really essentials.
Something more is needed than what
merely pleases the eye and the other
senses, and panders to all our fancies.
Many say, “Give us money and we will
give you beautiful homes.” But wealth
does not make a beautiful home ; beau
tiful housekeeping and beautiful liv
ing should be the foundation. A room
almost scantily furnished, adorned with
tasty, home-made ornaments, may be
far prettier than oue filled with costly
statuary and paintings, with no har
mony of arrangement. There is a sort
of reflection of the character of the
possessor shown in the arrangement of
the furniture, the colors displayed, the
books and ornaments selected. If on
entering a room one found stiff,
straight-backed chairs set close against
the walls at regular intervals, like sen
tinels on duty ; window blinds pulled
well down to keep the sun from fading
the carpet; china toys of ancient pat
terns sitting in their appointed places
on the mantel-piece, not daring to move
on pain of death—if one found these,
would he expect also to find there a
bright, energetic body, full of life and
animation? Or, on the other hand, if
all were carelessly disposed, yet with
neatness and taste, with cushions
enough for comfort, and plenty of air
and sunshine, would one think to find
in their midst a “ last leaf ” which the
frost had already nipped ? With the
former surroundings one feels stifled,
and the air seems filled with the germs
of melancholy. Under the cheerful
influences of the latter, latent forces
are aroused, the animal spirits rise and
with them the mental. “ A great part
of our education is sympathetic and
social,” says Emerson. Boys and girls
who have been brought up w'ith well
informed and superior people, s :Ow in
their manners an inestimable grace.
The subtle and indirect influences are
what cause the lasting results. Books
are essential as containing the tinest
records of human thought, yet their
arrangement on the shelf, their style of
binding, may teach lessons of neatness
and order. Painting and sculpture, if
there be no evil admitted, may correct
one’s taste, soften manners, and estab
lish high ideals in the mind for action.
The tranquil, quiet marble suggests
self-poise and serenity and tends to
abolish haste. Not that the ideal home
is one of luxurious indolence which
continually remiuds oue of the homes
of the Orient, where the inmates re
cline on their couches in dreamy repose,
lulled to slumber by the floating dra
peries stirred by gentle, perfumed airs.
Beautiful homes are not to be examples
of selfishness and indolence, but some
thing nobler. Amid refinements and
comforts they should teach well their
girls the culinary and housekeeping
arts, and above all the arts of kindness
and genuine politeness ; the line arts as
opportunity arise. Accomplishments
add grace to the character and give it
a rounded contour.
A recent writer has said, “A beauti
ful form is better than a beautiful face ;
a beautiful behavior is better than a
beautiful form ; it gives a higher pleas
ure than statues or pictures ; it is the
finest of the fine arts.” Another has
written : “The fountain of beauty is
the heart, and every generous thought
illustrates the walls of your chamber.”
If we would reflect the beauty of our
homes in our lives, the heart must be
“swept and garnished,” tljpt we may
think beautiful thoughts and do beau
tiful deeds.
The earliest signs of progress toward
civilization were the rude attempts at
adornment,displaying the natural fond
ness for pretty things. This especial
trait is usually attributed to the fem
inine nature, but it certainly dwells in
the opposite also, in a good degree.
That it is not the resultof culture, but
is natural, is shown in the delight of
the savage in ear rings, nose-rings,
feathers and war paint. This charac
teristic however may not always be
apparent. Our bachelor friend, Tbo
reau, when living alone in the woods,
was kindly offered a rug by a lady
friend, which he declined, upon consid
eration of the time it would take to
shake it.
The first principle of domestic ms
thetics is embroidered in the law of
love. This should pervade the home.
Each member should not only recog
nize the rights of every other but also
try to aid him in securing these rights.
Here there should be co-operation. It
is the thoughtfulness for others and
helpfulness that make the sunshine
seem bright and the cares seem light.
We often hear and read of persons and
once in a while find one who always
carries sunshine with him. However,
as one of Eggleston’s characters, the
“ Basket-maker,” says : “We’re all sel
fish ukordin’ to my tell," yet it is possi
ble to cultivate this unselfish disposi
tion, this cheerful way of viewing
things, and it is certainly worthy of
our attention, for by it we can make or
mar a home.
Herald.
Educatioiial Department.
HOMER H. SEERLEY,
Superintendent of Oskaloosa City Schools,
EDITOR.
News and Note*.
Oskaloosa enrolled last year 1520 pu
pils ; about 72 per cent of her children
of school age.
Knoxville is said to be considering
tbe question of trying the lluttan sys
tem of heating in her school buildings.
Dr. E. E. White, formerly the presi
dent of Purdue University, is tbe suc
cessor of Dr. John B. Peaslee in tbe
superintendency of the schools of Cin
cinnati, O.
Miss Beam and Miss Heard, of the
Beacon schools, have honored them
selves by tiling some beautiful work
from their schools for the county fair.
Their exhibit is remarkably tine.
Mr. E. H. White, of Class ’HO, Penn
College, left last week to visit Storm
Lake, where l.e is employed as high
school principal for the coming year.
He is a promising young man and will
give his employers faithful service.
The Cedar ltapids board of educa-
tion is reported as being a tie on the
selection of a superintendent for the
coming year. As long as the vote
stands three to three.it is not likely
any one will he invited to take charge
of affairs.
Miss Eva S. Waggoner delivered the
annual alumnal address at Penn Col
lege. She chose as a subject, “Edgar
Allan Poe,” and handled it in an able
and critical manner. The address was
one of great merit, and evinced care
ful study of a difficult subject.
The Penn College Commencement
Dinner was a grand success, and was a
fitting way to close the program. Prof.
Haworth aud his student assistants
accomplished well the undertaking of
handling the hungry crowd of friends
and invited I'uests. It could not have
been better done. All were pleased.
Walter G. Wilson and Mae J. Evans,
of O. 11. S., Class ’BS, the past year stu
dents at Penn College, are specially
commended by Prof. E. Haworth for
work in chemistry. He gave the class
the problem of determining what sub
stances were mixed in a solution. They
were among the ones that scored an
excellent record.
Union township has been testing a
case of chart-buying indulged in by
the hoard of directors, before the coun
ty superintendent. It wont take very
long to spend two or three times as
much as the charts cost in lawyer fees
and other expenses ; hut then we sup
pose there is some principle at stake
w'tiich justifies this contest.
Supt. B. A. Hinsdale, for the past
three years the superintendent of the
Cleveland, 0., schools, was recently re
jected for the next year. He resigned
the presidency of Hiram College to
accept this position. He w;is the suc
cessor of Andrew J. Rickoff, who was
also defeated in a similar way. Ohio
heats all the western states for getting
politics into school management.
The Indianapolis schools are finely
commended as being up to the stand
ard. Their report is quite creditable
to the teachers, Mr. Darluiul and Miss
Fry. A fine school exhibit has oeen
placed on file at the county office by
Mr. Darlaud. We are glad to know of
the excellent success that has attended
the year’s work in this wide-awake
village.
Mrs. J. Ellen Foster, of Clinton, de
livers an address at Topeka, before the
National Educational Association. She
gave up a SSO engagement, we are told,
to accept the appointment, and then
this great organization, which took in
at least SB,OOO at Madison, two years
ago, had no money to remunerate her.
Such methods deserve censure. Where
does the money go to? No report is
published so that any one might find
out who had the curiosity to investi
gate.
The North Western Journal of Ed
ucation proprietors have sold its sub
scription lists and good-will to E. L.
Kellogg & Co., of New York, who will
fill out the time yet due to subscribers
of the Journal. We do not know the
causes for this closing-out, but respect
the action in not quitting publication
without providing for the unexpired
subscription. Miss Ella A. Hamilton
has proven herself strong as a journal
ist, and we predict that she will be
heard from in a similar line before
many months.
A great many excursion parties are
being organized to go to Topeka to
attend the National Educational Asso
ciation next month. Hates are low,
and it is said many are going. So far
as now known few Oskaloosa teachers
are preparing to go. There are many
reasons for this, but the principal one
is that Topeka has no attractions as to
scenery or climate to induce any one to
take the trip. We believe it was a mis
take to go there when there were much
better places wanting the association.
Mr. W. 11. Cathcart’s success at New
Sharon is phenomenal. It is rare that
everyone will speak well of a princi
pal, but, so far as we can hear, the de
sire to have him stay was the same as
unanimous. Such feeling insures all
the needed support and the next year’s
school, so far as the principal’s work is
concerned, is an assured success. We
have watched Mr. C.’s career since we
knew him as a student at Penn College.
He has the ambition and the applica
tion that make good, live teachers. It
is gratifying to see his upward march
in usefulness and popularity.
A Proposed Solution of an Old
Problem.
A recent article in a metropolitan
journal advocates the opening of the
public schools on Sunday for the pur
pose of devoting the time to instruc
tion in morals and religion. The theory
is that the public school teacher could
be endowed with such authority that
he could become an instructor in these
elements as well as in the elements
that make up an intellectual education.
The inference is that the Sunday
school is not reaching the great mass
of children, and as a consequence the
teachers of the public school must be
called upon on the Sabbath to supple
ment the work of moral instruction.
Of course, the new proposition is
a chimerical one. There is no possibil
ity of the public agreeing with this sug
gestor of remedies. He would be
arraigned as one in favor of a union of
church and state, which in this country
under the present order of things is in
compattible with our institutions.
However, the fact remains that the
mass of the childreu of this country are
coming up to maturity with but little
morul instruction and trifling moral
training. There has been a reaction
that promises to drift the nation iutoa
lack of the elementary factors that in
sures obedience to law and order.
This lack of respect for law and for
the will of the majority is getting to
be very noticeable. There is a large
class of these enemies to good morals
and uprightness. They are usually the
children of tbe public school, as all tbe
education and restraint they ever ob
tained came from its inlluence. But
their generation was a wicked one and
their home training was of a debased
type. As a consequence, tbe school
was able to accomplish but little to
ward ameliorating their condition.
Anyone who studies this problem
will conclude that souiethiug should be
done to relieve the disease that is prey
ing upon tbe body politic. It is natural
in days that one’s mind should
turn toward tbe schools, since all re
formers are striving to make tbe
schools tbe agent for carrying out their
ideas for the improvement of the race.
They all seem to have the impression
that the schools have the opportunity
to reform ttiis world if they will only
fulfill their province. Ileuee the pro
vince is l>eing constantly increased, re
sponsibility is being changed from the
church and the home to settle upon the
shoulders of the school, hoping that
the teacher will be great enough to
solve the problem and that his strength
will he able to hear the imiaised bur
dens.
What is needed more than anything
else to-day is the enforcement of law;
the giving of the evil-doer the conse
quence of his actions. Instead of that
being done, we are inclined to pity the
criminal, to make his deserved penalty
a misfortune, and to surround his life
aud fate with the elements of heroism.
As a consequence, the murderer, the
embezzler, the defaulter, the wretch
poses as au unfortunate and great man.
Flowers are sent to him, friends visit
him, newspapers make a hero out of
him by detailing everything he does
and says as m uch as if he was presi
dent or king. In fact, this method of
making great men out of those who
abuse their privileges of citizenship,
out of those who trample upon the
good and the pure and represent the
vicious and the vile, is the chief cause
for this demoralizing tendency among
the young. Object lessons are more
powerful than moral precepts. Actions
speak louder than words. What the
public praises and cherishes, what it
favors and encourages, what it thinks
and does, has a great influence upon
the early life of the observing hoy and
girl.
There must he more rigid enforce
ment of law, a more hitter hatred of
vice, a more determined action toward
the criminal classes, if the moral bet
terment of the race is to he secured.
It will never he done by moral lessons
in the public school, by enacting new
law's, or by thrusting responsibility
from the shoulders of every citizen
upon the day school teacher.
The patrons of the Star school in
East Des Moines township are highly
pleased with their spring term. Miss
Adda Myrick is their teacher.
Miss Mary Bovell, long an acceptable
teacher in the district schools of this
county, has been elected to a position
in the What Cheer schools. She will
take to her new field of labor the confi
dence and esteem of all who know her.
Mrs. Mary B. Cook has accepted the
primary department of the Delta
schools.
Mr. B. V. Garwood takes charge of
the Delta schools this year. Mr. G.
was principal of the fourth ward school
in this city for several years, and held
the same position for three years in
New Sharon. After a year’s vacation
he now falls into line with renewed en
thusiasm for the work.
We want all the exhibit w’ork in this
office by J uly 10. As soon as you have
finished the work bring it in. Some
time will be needed to arrange the
work for binding. Whether you con
sider it worth binding or not, please
file it at this office, that others may see
what has been done.
The home is woman’s domain, bhe
has absolute sway over her little sub
jects. They look to her for everything,
and unconsciously find in her a model
for their opeuing lives. It has been
said that “ one good mother is worth a
hundred schoolmasters.” The impres
sions made by her are never effaced
A happy home is the dream of the
statesman and the goal of the philan
thropist. The home is the first foun
tain from which we all drink, and from
that first draught we measure the
world in all coming time. The first
thing continues for* ver with a child.
The first joy, the first sorrow, the first
victory, the first defeat, marks the
starting point of the child on life’s
highway. The humbleness or the lux
ury of the home does not affect the
mould in which life is cast. We never
get entirely away from the early influ
ences of home. All the little occur
rences of life are so many seeds sown
to bring forth their fruits in due
season. “The childhood shows the
man as the morning shows the day.”
Those impulses to conduct which last
the longest and are rooted the deepest
always have their origin near our
birth. In childhood the mind is most
open and the ideas are caught quickly.
The germs of virtues or vices are thus
implanted which determine the char
acter for life. The atmosphere of the
home is to the moral well being what
the physical atmosphere is to the body.
A noble, generous nature cannot be
reared in a home where coarseness and
impurity prevail. lirilliant furniture
alone will not make home attractive.
It must be pervaded by a spirit of love
and self-sacrifice.
W. D. Hoyt & Co., Wholesale and Re
tail Druggists of Rome, Georgia, say :
We have l>een selling Dr. King’s New
Discovery, Electric Ritters and Buck
len’s Arnica Salve for two years. Have
never handled remedies that sell as
well, or give such universal satisfac
tion. There have been some wonder
ful cures effected by these medicines
in this city. Several cases of pro
nounced consumption have l»een en
tirely cured by use of a few bottles of
Dr. King’s New Discovery, taken in
connection with Electric Ritters. We
guarantee them always. Sold by Green
A Rentley. 1
“What shall we do with our spare
time?” asks a writer, if you are like
the majority of pen-pushers you might
put it under a microscope and see if
you can find it.
The Rest Salve in the world for
Cuts, Bruises, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fe
ver Sores, Sores, Tetter, Chapped Hands
Chilblains, Corns, and all the skin
Eruptions, and positively cures Files
or no pay required. It is guaranteed
to give perfect satisfaction, or money
refunded. Price 25 cents a box. For
sale by Green & Rentley.
No man who can earn his liviug hon
estly ought to write a novel.
We are pleased to announce that we
have another supply of Burks’ White
Pine Balsam. Green A Rentley.
County Notes.
By M. Hed\ie.
Home lufluenoeo.
Wonderful Cures.
Buokleu'a Arnioa Salve.
ESTABLISHED 1850.
A KANSAS LETTER.
Wellington, Kan., June oth, 1886.
Editor Herald :—l thought a few lines
about Kansas, as seen by one that spent
two weeks on a visit in its hounds
might perhaps interest some of your
readers. 1 left your city June 3d bv
way of Eldon, over the C. It. I. & I*.
which landed me in Kansas City at 8
p. m. Of course I saw hut littleof that
hustling city save the Union depot,
where I took a chair car on the Union
Pacific road to McPherson via Salina.
Most of the run was in the night hut
about daylight we run into Junction
City, Davis county. This is a nice
little place, surrounded by a fair coun
try, although a little rocky, and has a
population of about 5,000. From there
I came to Abilene, a town well and
substantially built with a very good
surrounding country. It is the county
seat of Dickinson county and claims a
population of 6,000. At one time it
was a great shipping point for cattle,
hut in this respect its glory has depart
ed; yet it is a town having a good
business, and is having a steady growth.
The county is tolerably good and has a
population of about 22,000. The next
town of importance that we reached
was Salina, the county seat of Salina
county. This is one of the good towns
of Kansas, well laid out, and large and
tine business houses; also some fine
dwellings, in fact I may say it is one
of the most enterprising towns of the
state. It has tine churches and school
houses, and they are now erecting
A LARGE COLLEGE,
which is to cost $4,000. They now have
tliree railroads and another one build
ing, with as good country surrounding
them as we saw in the state, with good
water and soil. Their crops were good,
having the best wheat that we saw in
the state and excellent corn. They
have three newspapers published there,
and the county has a population of
about 18,000. 1 spent some time here
and took my first breakfast at a hotel
called the Pennsylvania house—and
what a burlesque on the name of that
good old state. My advice is to all that
visit Salina to give that house a wide
berth. From thence to McPherson,
the county seat of McPherson county.
This is a good town well built of brick
and stone, and has about 3,000 inhabi
tants, two railroads and a good county.
There the crops consist chietly in wheat,
yet they raise some good corn. They
have a population of about 22,000, and
the county is
WELL IMPROVED.
There I spent about 8 hours and left in
the evening for Lyons, the county seat
of Rice county. They raise some good
corn here, hut their wheat with a few
exceptions is not half a crop, and the
oat crop is almost an entire failure.
They have a good county of land set
tled’by a thrifty and intelligent people,
and Lyons has a population of about
1,200. It is a nice clear little city with
good churches and a good school house.
They have three county papers, Demo
cratic, Republican and the first and last
Prohibition paper I found in this state.
Here I met my old time friend, Rev. T.
C. Miller and his kind wife, formerly
of lowa, and was by them entertained
during the night. He is presiding el
der of the Lamed district, and to him
and his wife I am greatly indebted for
kindness aud valuable information
concerning the western part of the
state. The next mornine I left for the
west and passed through Great Bend,
the county seat of Barton county. This
place is on a great boom and will per
haps build 300 houses this summer;
this will double their population which
is now 3,000. Two railroads are being
built into the city and property is very
high, in fact they talk about a second
Kansas City. But time flies and 1 am
off for Larned, the county seat of Paw
nee county, and here I found a tine
place with a population of 3,500. This
town is also on a boom, houses going up
everywhere and I think that I counted
SEVENTY-ONE BUILDINGS
going up. Some of them would do
credit to any town. They have more
than doubled their population in the
last two years. The county is fast set
tling up, so that they now have a popu
lation of over 10.U0U. The north, west,
and east parts of the county consists of
good, tillable land, but the southern
part is too sandy. The Arkausas river
runs one mile south of the city, and all
who have seen this river know that it
is famous for its sand and sand-banks.
After dinner my friend Miller and 1
took a buggy and team and started for
the northwestern part of the county,
passing by old Fort Earned and the
reservation. A few years ago this fort
was on the frontier, and Uncle Sam’s
boys were on guard to protect the few
inhabitants from the savages; but now
the old fort and its buildings have been
sold and turned into a large horse
ranch, and they are raising and selling
tine blooded horses. Hut on we go,
still penetrating further into the great
American desert. Here for the first
time we see the ground covered with
buffalo grass and find the buffalo wal
low, and see the wild cactus growing
and blooming. Here we see large cat
tle ranches, dug-outs, and sod houses,
and once in a while we come to a neat
farm house and fields of good wheat
and corn. Hut here we struck the dry
belt. We spend the night here and
next day retrace our steps to Earned.
There we take the cars on the Santa
Fe road and go still further west. Now
WE COME TO KINSLEY,
the county-seat of Edwards county.
Kinsley eighteen months ago had fioo
people, but now it has 1,800. We take
dinner at the Hlanch Hotel, procure a
team and start to Greensburg, the
county-seat of Kiowa county, which
was organized hist winter. 1 cross
the Arkansas river on a bridge a
mile south of Kinsley, aud for the
first time struck the sand hills
along the Arkansas river. If you
could have seen me, plodding my way
with buggy wheels in the sand six
inches, and saw' those Texas ponies
puffing, you would have been tempted
to say go it my old fellow. These sand
hills extend seven miles south of the
river. Then I passed twolarge ranches
of Texan ponies, with some 4 or 5
hundred in each ranch of all ages and
size; they are sold from $25 to S3O each,
and when broken make good hardy
teams. After passing seven miles 1
struck a fine rolling prairie with many
well improved farms; now we came to
what is called Hattie Snake Creek
minus any* water, there sand prevails,
and it is but one vast plain of sand;
but I found it covered with bunch
grass and many a hardy settler plow
ing it up, and what astonished me I
saw excellent corn and wheat growing;
the wheat ready for the sickle. I came
across a young man from York State
living in a little sod house with wife
aud child. He told me that he raised
on the sod, or more properly speaking
on the land 30 bushels per acre. I also
saw wheat here that will average 25
bushels per acre; but the ponies are
on the trot, aud 1 ascend to an
elevation on the prairie and about 3
miles south of me 1 see Creenbrough
TUE COUNTY SEAT
of Kiowa county. 1 drive up to the
Queen City hotel and put up for the
night; a very good house with good
accommodations. I find a town of
about 400 people, one year old, and
everything crowded full, and men,
women and children camped out on
the prairie I make a hasty examina
tion of the town and county, the
land east, south and west of the
town is as good as I saw any
where in the State. They have
had plenty of rain and the buffalo
{jrass looks green and the prairies are
>eautiful. Good land can be bought
cheap. Here I meet with Tr. Hacley,
baother of John Hadley, deputy treas
urer of our county. Mr. Hadley is one
of the county commissioners, and, with
the oaher twocoinmisstoners, was rent
ing rooms for county otllcers and a hall
to hold their first court in September.
They have no railroads but will have
two in the near future. They have
voted bouds to the amount of #120,000
to aid in their construction. The next
day 1 retrace my steps back to Kinsley,
stoppiug on the way at the foot of one
of those sand hills to gather a handful
of saud hill plums that grow on bushes
about two feet high, said to be very
delicious when ripe. They are as large
as our wild plums and said to be much
sweeter. My letter is already too long
and I must close, but will give in my
next a description of some of the newer
portions of this great state. Yours,
B. Make.
For any irritation of the throat or
lungs, use Little Giant Cough Cure.
Sold by W. A. Wells A Co.
The Novel but Prosperous Experi
ment Tried in Southern Californio
—Fortune* Made From Feathers.
Camel raising lias failed in Nevada,
but the ostrich ranch is destined to be
come a prominent feature south of the
Sierra Madres, writes a Los Angeles
correspondent of the Philadelphia
Times. Two English companies were
organized three years ago and the pros
pects are so extremely favorable that
the live stock is being rapidly added to.
Another herd of ostriches has been
recently brought from South Africa
and a new ranch started near Los An
geles. Through the courtesy of the
proprietors and at the risk of contin
ually exciting and annoying the birds,
the ostrich farm is thrown open to the
public, a nominal charge being made to
pay the expense of a guide, who goes
around with each party to see that in
quisitive Americans do not help them
selves to plumes. The herd or dock at
the ranch numbers sixty-four at pres
ent.
“The questions people ask are some
what remarkable,” said our guide as
we reached the ostrich tarm and stop
ped in front of a pen of two-year-old
chicks. 'One man wanted to know
where the birds roosted, and one of our
hoys said on the fence. ‘But how is it
that they don’t get into each other’s
pens?’ he next asked. ‘Oh,’ said the
hoy, ‘we go around in the morning with
a lantern and shove them off into their
own pens.’ Most people think that the
turds run their heads into the sand or
hush when afraid. They got this idea
from the old primers, you know. The
difficulty is that the tame adult ostrich
is afraid of nothing, aud it is a danger
ous matter to go into the pens'”
The guide vaulted the main fence and
approached the corral, where a tine
male was kept to show its method of
manifesting its rage. The bird, which
was at least eight feet high, immediate
ly came near him, and at lirst seemed
looking at a place on his head to peck,
then, bracing back, it pitched forward,
then again hack, and after dually set
tling upon its knees it lifted its wings
and threw its neck hack, striking its
head violently upon each side of its
hack alternately, making a somewhat
similar movement with its wings, pre
senting a picture altogether indescrib
able, except by instantaneous photog
raphy.
When for any reason the keepers
enter the corral they take a long pole
with a crotch at the end, and when the
bird makes tor them they are gently
met by this, placed around the neck.
This is absolutely necessary, as the
birds kick forward, and have been
know n to kill a man instantly, though
not here. The legs are enormously
powerful and the two toes armed with
formidable claws, one being two inches
in length and capable of a vigorous
blow.
The ranch embraces about two hun
dred acres, is on fiat, sandy, adobe soil,
selected for its immunity from frost.
The farm is divided off into a number
of corrals. The largest contains the
two-year-old birds—tine specimens, all
extremely tame and well feathered.
About one-half the land is sowed with
alfalfa, the clover of the country, this
forming the principal food of the birds,
which require an abundance of green
material. Each bird eats, by actual
weight, about forty pounds of alfalfa
a day, besides corn, carrots, ground
shells, etc.
In the inner corral of about ten acres
there are subdivisions or pens inclosed
with fences four feet high, in which,
with one exception, where there was a
young br.HHI, there were breeding pairs
a male and leimtle, the latter distin
guished by its smaller statue and
brownish gray color—the males having
the black plumage, with white tail and
wing feathers. The birds in the large
corral are feeding continually aud the
others are given the alfalfa and various
vegetables twice a day. Shells and
pebbles are brought once a week from
the seashore and the former when
ground are given the birds to help make
egg-shells and the latter presumably to
aid in digestion.
The female bird sets all day, and
about sundown the male lakes her
place and relieves her until sunrise.
The nest is merely a shallow spot made
by scratching—a hole four or five feet
across and ten or twelve inches deep.
Here the heu lays from twelve to six
teen eggs, each weighing about four
pounds. An egg is laid every other
day, and a good nest for setting will
weigh seventy-five pounds, if the
eggs are taken from a nest, the hen
will sometimes lay twice as many.
This circumstance is going to be taken
advantage of, and eggs will he taken
from the nest and placed in an incu
bator. The young are hatched in forty
two days by the birds, and the chicks
are watched by them for a mouth or
more with great care, after which they
are taken from the parents and cor
ralled. In a month from this time the
lieu begins to lay again,aud an ordinary
bird will produce three broods a year,
or perhaps forty young birds, while
first-class birds lay ninety eggs a year.
Assuming that of these seventy live,
these will begin to lay when four years
old, though they cannot he considered
first-class birds until older, when they
have a record like their parents of sixty
or seventy birds a year. Birds greatly
differ, and in their selection, perhaps,
the greatest secret of the trade lies.
Some never make good breeders, laying
inferior eggs. Expert ostrich men,
that is, men who have made the birds
an intelligent study, of course have
the advantage, aud can tell more read
ily a good breeder thau a green hand.
Yet so free are the birds from disease
or troubles of any kind, that undoubt
edly parties with little or no experience
woulu meet with few draw backs, and
as the increase after a few years is
very rapid, there is much to encourage
one.
The birds had been plucked a few
days previous to our visit, and so did
not present as attractive an appear
ance, though the plucking does not
strip them, as is sometimes thought.
They are plucked about every seven or
eight months, both sexes producing
about twenty-five living white plumes,
that are valued, raw or salted, at from
$3 to $5 Some of the two-year-old
chicks had been plucked three times,
at first when six months old. The
feathers of these birds were valued at
about $2 each, and when three years
old or so they produce the finest feath
ers.
This ranch is the pioneer one in the
country, and it was established iu 1883
as an experiment, to determine whether
ostrich-farming was at all practicable
here. The incentive lay in the fact
that the business in South Africa has
assumed mamoth proportions, aud the
ostrich feather as an article of import
ranks next to the diamond. To snow
lietler the value of the industry. $50,-
OOO.UUO is estimated to be invested in
the iudustry in Cape Colony, while the
Orange Free State, the Transvaal, and
Natal have at least as much more.
The ostrich men there receive $7,000,-
000 for Uie feathers they send out, of
which America, that receives one-half
the lot, pays certainly $4,000,000, be
sides the import duty of 50 per cent
upon raw feathers and 25 upon dressed.
These figures naturally set capitalists
to thinking, and the result is the ostrich
rauch.
That the South Africans are jealous
of their prerogative is evident from the
enormous export duty they charge,
amounting to SSOO on every bird taken
from the country, irrespective of age,
and $125 on each egg, in other words,
they are determined to make the busi
ness as expensive as possible to others,
and to prevent any opposition in this
country. The ranch recently visited is
owned by a stock company, with a cap
ital of $30,000. Operations were begun
three years ago, with twenty-two birds.
The southern California experimen
talists are naturally reticent as to the
profits of their undertaking. It is not
to their interest to encourage the for
mation of too many farms, but that it
is a success everyone iu this section
knows.
‘ The great thiug about it is,” said the
guide, “that the birds rarely, if ever,
get sick, and they live to perhaps a
hundred years.”
For Hay Fever.
“Give Ely’s Cream Balm a trial. This
justly celebrated remedy for the cure
of outarrh, hay fever, cold in the head,
&c., can be obtained of any reputable
druggist, and may be relied upon as a
safe and pleasant remedy for the above
complaints and will give immediate
relief. It is not a liquid, snuff or pow
der, hits no offensive odor and can be
used at any time with good results, as
thousands can testify, among them
some of the attaches of this office.”—
Spirit of the Time#, May 29, 1886. 45
A gushing young lady calls tlirting
the “inush”-ional game. Some of the
young men who engage in it often go
“out on a fly” if the girl’s father wit
nesses the game.
Josiah Davis, of North Middletown,
Ky., writes: “1 am now using a box
of your lIENRYS CARBOLIC
SALVE upon an ulcer, widely for the
past ten days has given me great pain.
This salve is the only remedy 1 have
found that has given me any ease. My
ulcer was caused by varicose veins and
was pronounced incurable by my med
ical uoctors. I find, however tha HEN
RY’S CARBOLIC SALVE is affecting
a cure.” Beware of imitations,
ON AN OSTRICH RANCH.
Jo—ah Davis’ Trouble.