The Oskaloosa herald., November 10, 1887, Image 1

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DENTISTS.
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” • Dentist.
Offli* over poatnflL-e, In Times Block- Ni
t rou» uil'lc a »« use-1 for painful operations. »>
| vtt. H. L J At'KSON,
” Surgeon Dentist.
Oiß,t< In Exchange block, on High street,
Oskaioosa, lowa, over Rader it Mowry’a drug
• 'ore. *i
pwH. J. K FLKENKK.
* Dental Surgeon.
Work done of every kind and in the most
approved arienttflc manner. Office over J. M.
Jones A f’o.'a shoe store, sotith side. Oskaioosa,
lowa *yl
J- BK VAN.
* Physician and Surgeon.
Office in Herald Block, over T K. -Smith’s Jew
elry store Kesideme. S.-oond avenue, between
A and B streets. Telephone No. 90- iltf
fTTTmH.M.D,
J * Physician and Surgetni.
Office on south side of square, over Wilson’s
harness store. Residence three blocks south
of opera House l’-Rf
Vf JOSEPHINE TKNNKV, M. D.,
Physician and Surgeon,
office on west side of public square, over
Miss Anderson's millinery store. Night calls
promptly attended. 30
JL. COFFIN,
• Homeopathic Physician ASurgeon.
Will attend all calls, day or night. Office in
ibe Kran kcl rooms in Union block. Residence
corner ol Ellen and Jefferson. n2o
n EO. J. TURNER, M. D.,
Physician and Surgeon.
Office in Bridges’ building, one door west of
Farmers and Traders National Bank south side
square. Re idence 3 blocks south and 2 blocks
west of Herald Block. 30
UK. J. C. BARKINOER.
Physician and Surgeon,
Oskaioosa. lowa. Office northeast corner ol
square. middle rooms up stairs In new Masonic
bunding. Residence on High street, 3 blocks
east of square. Telephone connection at otfloe
and residence with ai! parts of the city. 20
he i>. A. HorruAN. M. D. R. C. Hoffman, M. D.
P* j vKH. D A. * K. 0. HOFFMAN,
* ' Physicians and Surgeons.
' Office two doors norm of Simpsou M. E.
VT >huroh, near 8. E eo*Arfof square. Oskaloona,
lowa. Residence cyAlaiu street, tbree blocks
**a i of the pubUo iTuarc. Ju
■ |r. J. w. mo*Juan,
•* Gfland Ear Physician.
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Eyes carefully tested and measured for specta
cles. Oskaloosa. lowa. 20
- ATTORNEYS.
T L. WARREN,
BP • Attorney-at-Law.
Collections made; real estate sold and ex*
changed. Offloe oxer Matiaska County Bank. 19
TAMES A. RICE.
** Attorney and Counselor at Law.
Office over M. Wilson's store. Oskaloosa,
lowa. 90tJ_
. I v M. PERDUE.
U* Attorney-at-Law,
and Notary Pablic, Rose Hill. lowa. to
t * T AS. E. SERVERS,
** Attorney-at-Law,
And Notary Public. Office in Union block,
over Weeks A Steward’s store. 3<>tf
IfOFALL A JONES.
Attorneys-at-Law,
And Notaries Public. Offloe over Smith A
Brewster's boot and shoe store, Oskaloosa. 2*l
TOHN A HOFFMAN,
I " Attorney-at-Law,
1 * and Notary Public. Office southwest oomer of
park. over Levi's Clothing Store. 20tf
|V I >OLTON A MCCOY,
Attorueys-at-Law,
Oskaloosa, lowa. Office over Knapp A spald
|B-*" » tag's hardware store. 90
Bpt’ / vLIVER N. DOWNS,
Attorney-at-Law,
j Oskaloosa, lowa. Office over Mitch Wilson’s.
N. E. oorner of Park. Farm and city property
for sale. _ wtf
T VLANCHARD A PRESTON,
** Attorneys-at-Law,
Oskaloosa. lowa. Will practice in all the
courts. Office over the Oskaloosa National
Bantu *0
Gao. W. LArraaTT. Geo. O. Morgan.
LAFFKRTY A MORG AN,
Attorneys-at-Law,
i Office over Oskaloosa National Bank. Oska
tocaa. lowa. 20
r 4* SIT W. HASKELL, W. A. GREER,
»* • County Attorney. Deputy.
HASKELL A GREER.
I Attorneys-st-Lsw.
Offloe in Phoenix block. Oskaloosa. lowa,
8 usiness promptly at tended to. *9tf
C. P. BEARLE. L. A. Boott.
O EARLE A SCOTT,
O Attorneys-at-Law,
and Notaries Public. Office first door west of
Recorder's office. National Bank building,
osxaloosa, lowa. w
J* fIOBKRT KIBSICK,
Attorney-at-Law,
as 4 Notary Public, Oskaloosa, lowa. Office In
Centennial block, over Frankel’s clothing
store, north side square. Practice in all of the
Yi „ courts ol the State. *>
1 OHN F. LACEY.
" Attorney-at-Law,
and government claim agent. Offloe in Boyer
A Barnes' block, Oskaloosa, lowa. Prompt at
tention given to collections. Probate business
will receive careful attention. Buslneea at
tended to in the U. 8- nod State courts. 20
Jambs Carroll. Daribl Davis.
I f lARROLL A DAVIS.
L ;p U Attorneys-at-Law.
%// Oskaloosa, lowa, will practice in ail courts.
Collections made a special feature. Offloe over
l.* Frenkel A Co’s., Bank. Branch office at New
FV • Sharon. *>
J. A-L. CEOOEBAM. J. O. CBOOBHAM.
C*’ ROOK HAM A CROOKHAM,
1 Attorneys-at-Law,
Oskaloosa. lowa. Offloe over Mahaska County
V Bank, southwest corner public square. Col
lections made and remitted promptly. Convey
■Re anclng done. So
MOHTf, LAND, Ac.
1 M E. BENNETT,
BeaJ Estate & Loan Agent.
MONEY TO LOAN
at • per oent In tercet on one to tea years
time. »J
JOHN F. LtcFf’S UNO iGEICT,
I hare ob my books a large number of farms
aad boat, a In town; also many thousand acres
it wild load. If you bare real estate to sell or
wish to buy, fire me a oall. I pay taxes In any
■art of the (Mate. Conveyancing done. Offloe
ln Boyer k Barnes’ block, OsEaloosa, lowa.
_ One hundred nice building lots la Looey's addi
ct tion to oskalooea. *L
O'Haras losorancn Agency
REPRESENTING
A Number of Old ?nd Reliable
American and LiUglish
Companies-
Office at the Famous. au< and Mb E. High Are.
*IOO,OOO is •100.000
Money to Loan!
At Six Per Cent Annual
Interest,
on 6 years ttasa, la loans of *MO and upwards;
with privilege of paying SI OO aad aoovs la an-
Baal pay menu. If desired.
90 JOHN P. HIATT.
Cow&n & Hambleton’s
Loan & Abstract Office.
•■TSftsir! ‘JX.’zsztgtt?*”
_ Uon to pa; port or all of prin
cipal after first year.
We aloe hare a complete set of Abstract Books
of all
Lands and Town Lots
la Mahaska County. lowa.
ABBRAUTB 07 TITLI MADE OH SHORT
votiok.
OSes ia front room of new Masonic building,
north-east corner of Public Square
at* OHKAIOO6A, IOWA-
- MORE EWI PLOY M ENT
m Parulahed Vdariy to the Graduates ot tbs
STERLING BUSINESS
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VOL. 38, NUMBER 12. OSKALOOSA, MAHASKA COUNTY, IOWA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1887. ESTABLISHED 1850.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Israel M. Gibbs, Broker.
Loans of all kinds negotiated. Mercantile
paper bought and sold. Room S, over Farmers
Traders’Bank, Oskaioosa, lowa. SO
Mahaska lodge no. is, i. o. o. f„
meets every Saturday evening at the Odd
Fellows’ Hall, one block north of the Postofflce.
Visiting brothers cordially invited to attend.
Frank ULazn, W. L. How a.
Secretary. [6IJ N. O.
(JHAS. W. TRACY.
Civil Engineer.
Office and residence on High street. 3 blocks
east of Court House, Oskaioosa, lowa. 30
VERNON’S
MACHINE WORKS.
W. E. VERNON, Prop.
MANUFACTURER OF
Small Steam Engines, Steel Dies
Models and all General
Job Work.
Oskaioosa, lowa 20
L. Cook & Son,
Steam Plow Shops.
We make a BPBCIALTY of
Plow, Reaper, and all kinds of
Farm Machinery
Repairing.
Goods warranted to give satisfaction in all
cases. Como in SDd see us and
give us a trial.
*0 L. Cook & Son.
PATENTS
Obtained, and all PATENT BUSINESS at
tended to for MODERATE FEES.
Our office Is opposite the U. 8. Patent Of
fice, and we can obtain Patents In leas time than
those remote from WASHINGTON .
Send MODEL OR DR A WING. We advise
ns to patentability free of charge; and we make
NO CHARGE UNLESS PATENT IS SE
CURED.
We refer here to the Postmaster, the Supt. ol
Money Order Dlv.. and to officials of the U. s.
Patent Office. For circular, advise, terms and
reterences to actual clients in your own State
or County, write to
C. A. SNOW & CO.,
Opposite Patent Otfloe. Washington. D. C.
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BANKING.
J. A. L. Crooeham, H. 8. Howard,
President. V.-Pres.
John K. Barnes. Cashier.
MAHASKA COUNT? BANK,
OF OSKALOOSA, IOWA.
Organized Under the State Laws.
PAID UP CAPITAL, SIOO,OOO.
•Cockholders liable for double the amount
of capital Stock.
DIRECTORS:
/. A L Croohkatu, W. A. Seevcrs. John O-
Vah olm. Milton Crookham, Jacob Veruon,
A. J. Jarvis, R. Red mm, W.C.
England. John Voorheos.
John Nash. and
H ft Howard.
H. L. Spencer, C. E Lovland,
President. Cashier.
—THE—
Oskaloosa National Bank,
or oskaloosa, iowa.
DIRECTORS:
Wm. H Sbkvbrs, J. W.McMcllin,
J. H. Grkbn, D. W. I,orinq,
Jno. J. Price, Jr. H. L. Hpenoer,
James MoCulloch.
CORRESPONDENTS:
First National Bank, New York.
Gilman, Son A Co., New York-
First National Bank, Chicago.
Citizen’s Nat'l Bank, Des Moines.
20 Davenport Nat’l Bank, Davenport.
BANKING HOUSE
-OF
FRANKEL, BACH 4 CO.
The Oldest Bank in Mahaska County.
Will receive deposits and transact a general
banking, exchange, and collection business, the
same as an incorporated bank.
Exchange on all the principal cities cf the
United States and all cities of Europe bought
and sold at sums to suit the purchasers.
Passage tickets to and from all points in
Europe for sale at the lowest rates.
Collections will receive prompt attention.
We do a strictly legitimate banking business,
and give the wants of customers special at
tention. 20
Jno Sibbel. Jno. H. Warren,
President. Cashier.
L. C. Blancharl. Vice-President.
The Farmers’ & Traders’
NATIONAL BANK,
OF OSKALOOSA. IOWA.
CAPITAL 1100,000.
DIRECTORS:
Jno. Slebel, L. C. Blanchard,
T. J. Blaokstone, G. B. McFall,
H. W. McNeill, Matthew Pioksn,
W. C. Sheppard. Peter Stumps.
J. 8 Whitmore.
CORRESPONDENTS:
First National Bank, Chicago.
Metropolitan National Bank, New York.
20 Valiev National Bank, Bt. Lonis.
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MEDICAL
IjaY egeUHe
Toroid conditioner the Over, It Cures Dynprpm
Constipation, fill.nunm-HS, Jaundice, Headache Malaria,
Rheumatism Mon liidfum result from an Unhealthy
Liver than any other eaum. t)r Hanford’s LI verlnvfg.
orator Regu lute* the Rowels, Purifies Die 81-cd, Assists
lAgestlonl Rtren-'thens thn Hystem. Prevents Fevers.
_lglTI« lIFLUtIt a.s'D INVaLCaBLI PSMILT MTDICIXa
Thousands of testimonials prove its mcmt
AhV PKUOCIST VIU. TCLi. YOB IT, axPCTi rsut
WHEN YOU TRAVEL
Take the
Line selected by the United States Governmert to cany
the Fast Mail,—the
Burlington
Route
C.8.&0.R.R.
At it it the Line tunning Through Traint to tnd from the
following cities and towns on its own Linas:
CHICAGO,
AURORA, OTTAWA,
STREATOR,ROCKFORD,DUBUQUE,
LACROSSE, ST. PAUL, MIRNEAPOLIS,
MEHDOTA, PEORIA, GALESBURG, ST. LOUIS,
SUINCY, KEOKUK. IURLIHOTOH, WASHIHQTON,
SKALOOSA, OES MOIRES, CHARITON,
CRESTON, ST. JOBEPH, ATCHISON,
KANSAS CITY, NEBRASKA CITY,
OMAHA. COUNCIL BLUFFS,
LINCOLN k DENVER,
Making Direct Connections
TO AND FROM
REW YORK,
BALTIMORE, WABHIHOTON,
CINCINNATI, PHILADELPHIA, BOSTON,
NEW ORLEANS, LOUISVILLE, SAN FNANCISGO,
LOS ANGELES, SALTLAKECITY. COLORADO AND
PACIFIC COAST RESORTS, CITY OF MEXICO,
PORTLAND. OREGON, MANITOBA,
VICTORIA AND PUQET SOUND
POINTS.
Good Equipment,
Good Service,
Cood Connection.
For information concerning the Burlington Route, apply
to the nearest Ticket Agent of the C., B. 3c Q. or con
necting railroads.
HENRY B. STONE, PAUL MORTON,
General Manager, Gen’l Pasa. A Ticket Agt.,
CHICAGO, ILL.
W. L. DOUGLAS
$3 SHOE.\si/
The only S 3 SEAMLKSsI I ;
Shoe in the world, with-I KB--]
out tacks or nail*. / H-'S XI
Finest Calf, perfect fit. jWffy 8
and warranted. Ku c/j \
Button and Lace, all c,y 'V mjfM uj m
atylea toe. As stylish Ajg A* wAM coAk
and durable as those tj »
costing $5 or $6. Boys/ A/ ,c■
all wear the W. JT < v
JL. DOCGLASX rfF J
-a *-T--TT rf ml B*m!}
W. L. DOUGLAS 82.50 SHOE 1* unex
celled for heavy wear. If not sold by your dealer
cell -vy .
write W. L. DOUGLAS, Brockton. Mm,
H. Snyder & Sod,
-DBALERH in—
GROCERIES
Will sell as cheap as any other house in ths
city. If you want a sack of the
BEST FLOURI
in the city, call on us.
Everything Fresh.
20 IT. Snyder Sc Son.
FINE STOCK.
Rose Hill Herd
—OF-
Holstein Friesian Cattle.
Hf . f
MOORE A GRACE, Proprietors.
Major Keno, No. 1893, heads the herd. The
oowh were imported by Mann A Son, Elgin,
111. Every one are from full registered sires
and dams of national reputation lor thoir milk
and butter qualities. We have a few thorough
bred young bulls and graded heifers for sale.
Correspondence and inspection of herd is
inviteef Farm 14 miles northwest of Rose Hill
Address P. O. box *■>. 19m6
STOVES
STOVES
STOVES
DRINKLE,
The Bargain Man
Will show you the largest and most
complete line of Heating Stoves for
Hard or soft coal, Cook Stoves for any
kind of fuel that can be found in Ma
haska county.
TBEHENDODS BMIINS
in all kinds of
FURNITURE
To make room for our fine display of
STOVES.
Gasoline Stoves
AT COST.
DRINKLE!
THE BARGAIN MAN.
OKUIINAL NO fIC*.
To Henry 8o«H.
You are hereby notified that on or before the
f4ih day of October, IKT, a petition of Mary
Hoou will be r lcd in the nf&oe of the clerk of
the district court of the atate of lowa, in aad
for Mahaska county, claiming of yon a
divorce.
And that unless you appear hereto and de
fend before noon of the Second day of the
December term, A. D„ iWI, of sold court, which
will ooeamenoe oo the oth day of December.
1*67, default will be entered axainst you and
Judgment and decree rendered thereon ms
prayed for la sold petition.
J.r.a W.IL Lacsv,
19w4 Attorneys for Plaintiff.
—The report that there are more
students and graduates of West Point
than can receive appointments in the
army, induces various persons and
papers to propose means of employing
them, as, for instance, providing one
for each college in the United States
as a military instructor. After 20 odd
years of peace, and with every prospect
of au indefinite number more, it would
be strange if the country was not over
provided with young possible generals.
Why would it not be a good thing if
Congress reduced the number of ap
pointments in the future?
—As to bow the average reformer
performs in the Legislature, let us
quote from the record: Senator Cas
sat was absent from roll call 270 times,
and absent at the passage of nearly all
important bills. Then there is Senator
Dooley, over in Keokuk. He missed
roll call only 131 times, and among the
measures that he failed to vote on
were there: The labor arbitration bill,
the Sweeney Corporation bill, the oleo
margarine bill, the obscene literature
bill, the alien land bill, and several oth
ers. These reformers think that the
people never go through the record af
ter it is made, but they are mistaken.
—Wheat production during the past
sixteen years in the States and Terri
tories between the Mississippi and the
Rocky Mountains has undergone a
great change. The population of this
vast region has greatly increased in the
period indicated, that is, from 5,638,628
in 1870 to, approximately, 13,070,278 in
1887. The increase in the wheat pro
duction is shown by the following: In
1870 this section produced 51,810,000
bushels of wheat; in 1880, 133,082,319;
and in 1886, 175,065,000 bushels. The
increase in the production of wheat
from 1880 to 1886- was 33 32 per cent,
and from 1870 to 1880 the increase was
81,272,319 bushels, or 155.86 per cent.
The per capita production of wheat in
the region indicated was 9.19 bushels
in 1870, 1416 in 1880, and about 13.40 in
1886. The area in 1886 was 14,166,241
acres and the average yield per acre
was 12 36 bushels. The requirement
for seeding 14,166,241 acres at 1.40 per
acre, is, says Bradstreet't, 19,832,275
bushels, and the consumption of 13,020,-
278 persons for food is equal to 58,866,-
251 bushela, and for seed and food 78,-
648,988 bushels. Deducting this from
the total production, 175,065,000 bushels,
leaves a remalnedr of 96.416,012 bushels
for shipment.
A girl of twenty, on the New York
World’s staff ot reporters, was commis
sioned to obtain information concern
ing the treatment of inmates ot the
city’s Insane Hospital, on Blackwell's
Island. Nellie Bly feigned Insanity,
frightened the people of the house
where she was temporarily boarding,
into having her arreeted, was taken be
fore a Police Court, and by it commit
ted to Bellevue Hospital for examina
tion as to her mental soundness. Here,
three physicians—the olty’s insanity
experts—pronounced her insane, and
bad her committed to Blackwell’s Is
land Asylum. The police, the Court,
the nursee and physicians at the fam
ous Bellvue He ipltal, were all success
fully duped by a mere girl, totally un
informed as to the peculiarities of de
mented persons, all of them, unwitting
ly helping her forward to the asylum
which her mission required her to gain
access to as an inmate. After ten days
of observation and note taking of the
treatment of the unfortunates by the
officers and attendants—all of whom
supposed her insane—Nelly Bly’s
friends secured her release, what was
the consternation of those who took
part in forwarding her to the asylum,
and of the asylum authorities and at
tendants. to read in tbe World of Octo
ber 9 Nellie’s ten-column beginning ot
ot tbe narrative, finished in the edition
of October 16, of what she saw and ex
perienced en route to and within tbe
Insane Asylum.
Mr. H.Osrl. 1» Fourth Street, Troy,
N. Y, says: “My daughter had a sprain
ed ankle; St Jacobs Oil cured her la a
day or two. My son had rheumatism
about nine years ago; he has not been
affected since.”
A Story of Intense Interest, and a Most Important Con
tribution to War History.
During and Suffering!
The Story of the Most Heroic and Tragic Episode of the Civil War.
SPLENDIDLY ILLUSTRATED!
■ m '»■
A History of the Andrews Railroad Raid into Georgia in 1862, embracing a full and accurate account of the Journey in Disguise to
the Centre of the Confederacy, The Capture of a Railway Train, The Terrible Chase by the Enemy,
with the Subsequent History of the Leader and His Party.
By WILLIAM PITTENGER, A Member of the Expedition.
The Author has consulted every available source of information, has gone repeatedly over the ground, explored the Government ar
chives at Washington and flies of Confederate newspapers, and obtained the assistance of survivors on both sides of the struggle. He is
thus able to present a vivid, impartial and perfectly authenticated picture of the most romantic event of the Civil War, the full story of
which has never before been told.
CAPTURING A LOCOMOTIVE.
A Score of Soldiers have come in disguise from their commands , 200 miles away , to the very
centre of the Confederacy , and have succeeded in the most daring enterprise of the
Civil War—-the capture of a crcnuded Railroad Train in the
midst of a Confederate Camp.
THE FOLLOWING QUOTATIONS SHOW THE CHARACTER OF THE RAID:
•' The e.-oedition in the daring of its conception, had the wildness of a romance; while in the gigantic and overwhelming result*
it sought, and was likely to obtain, it was absolutely sublime.”—Judge Advocate !leneral Holt’s Official Report, from Official War
Records, Series 1., Vol. X., Part 1., page 680.
“ It was all the deepest laid scheme, and on the grandest scale, that ever emanated from the brains of any number of Yankees com
bined.”—The Southern Confecekacy (Atlanta, Ga.), April 15, 1862.
“ Despite its tragic termination it shows what a handful of brave men could undertake in America.”—Coinpte de Paris’ History
of the Civil War in America, Vol. 11., page 187.
This Story will be Published as a Serial in
THIS NEWSPAPER.
Watch far the Opening Chapters!
The Niles, Mich., Dtmocrat heads one
its articles: “The Greatest Woman in
the Country; But she’s Married!”
The greatness of this woman is thus
graphically described:
“This lady is Mrs. Catherine Carber
ry, and the record from the fall of 1885
to the fall of 1886 is substantially as
follows, in her coucise language:
“Shelled fifty-five bushels of corn and
put in the bm. Got home 6,300 pounds
of coal and put it in the bin. Trimmed
eighty rods of fence and burned most
of the brush. Sheared eighty sheep
Dropped eleven acres of corn and
helped cover it. Worked three acres
of corn, ploughed it five times and hoed
it once. Topped it and hauled the
fodder to the barn. Snapped the corn
and took it to the barn, where my
husband, aged eigbty-six years, busked
it. It made one hundred and five
bushels in the ear. I gathered my
pumpkins and dug my potatoes, and
got fifteen cords of wood in the shed
and piled it up. Gathered my apples
and put them in the cellar. Took my
cider apples to the mill and brought
back five barrels of cider. Took one
load to the mill and sold them. I
spaded up the ground and planted and
worked my garden. Moved twenty
rods of rail fence and helped move
twenty more.
I cut aud made my husband one coat,
and cut and made a vest and pants and
four shirts, and hemmed three pocket
handkerchiefs for him. Made myself
six dresses, (three nice ones and three
common ones) nine aprons, one polo
naise, eight pairs of pillow esses, four
sheets and hemmed twelve napkins.
There are 923 pages in the Old Testa
ment, and 1 read 619 pages, besides re
ligious and other papers, and kept a
diary of the weather and my work, and
an account of what we bought and
sold, with day and date. Did my
housework and took care of my stock
three horses, three head of cattle, eigh
ty sheep and fifty hens—and l raised a
pet cat.”
In addition to the above, the lady
has taken care of an invalid husband
and done many things unmentionable
in this account, and among them we
may mention that she has taken and
paid for in advance the local papers
and has honorably paid every cent for
everything she has bought.
If this woman wanted a voice in the
law-making of her state or country
would some monumental idiots assert
that she was “unable to do military
duty?” Would she be called “the
weaker vessel?” Would there be a
great hue and cry about women getting
out of their sphere?
The Best 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 Piles,
or no pay required. It is guaranteed
to give perfect satisfaction, or money
refunded. Price 26 cents a box. For
sale by Green A Bentley.
—Minneapolis is tbe first city to put
in its formal bid for the republican na
tional convention next summer. The
Union League of that city has prepar
ed a pamphlet setting forth the advan
tages of the city, showing railroad con- 1
nections, hotel accommodations and
guaranteeing the payment of all ex
penses.
Give Them a Chance!
That is to say, your lungs. Also all
your breathing machinery. Very
wonderful machinery it is. Not only
the larger air passages, but the thous
and of Tittle tubes and cavities leading
from them.
When these are clogged and choked
with matter which ought not to be
there, the lungs cannot half do their
work. And what they do, they cannot
do well.
Call it cold, cough, croup, pneumo
nia, catarrh, consumption or any of the
family of throat and noee and head and
lung obstructions, all are bad. All
ought to be got rid of. There is only
one sure way to get rid of them. That
is to take Boschee’s German Syrup,
which any druggist will sell you at 75
cents a bottle. Even if everything
else has failed yon, you msy depend
upon this for certain. 1
—Young Mr. Voorhees, tbe son of
the tall gum tree of Indiana, says that
Mr. Cleveland is not the choice of
western Democrats. It is believed
that young Mr. Voorhees believes that
pa would be a favorite.
The Value of a Woman.
From the Question.
Booklan’a Araioa Salve.
BACK AT THE OLD HOME.
Fort Washington. Ohio, Nov. 3d "
1887, Editor Herald.— ln the midst of w
promiscuous tangle of grape, hop and v
hollyhock vines, clinging to the quaint 81
old cottage, the spring house and the v
locusts we drop or rather tumble down ti
into a little quaint old rocker at the t'
“left oblique” of a lfttle quaint old
grate coal fire, for the purpose of try- 8
ing to interest a few of my friends and n
acquaintances and the many readers ”
of your able bodied and valuable a
pioneer journal, by a very brief letter, r
in which I will endeavor to gather a D
few things of interest by the way, and n
now gentle readers please quiet your n
nerves, calm your minds and dismiss D
your forebodings for I aiu not going to P
compete with Britanicaor Appleton or 8
even Zell. Well, we left via C. R. I. & t
P. at 5:15 October 31st. and with many t
a grunt and snort of the O. R. I. & P. 8
thoroughbred, we flew along the 1<
way under the moonlight, starlight t
and falling frost crystals through the v
best agricultural country on earth, c
reaching Chicago at 6:30 in the morn- a
ing, were transferred to the Pan Han- a
die or Union depot aud elected (our- 8
selves) to stay one day in the champion “
city of the world and get a little ad- y
ditional inspiration from the atmos- t
phere of the place, so rife with vim and t
vigor. It would be taking a large risk I
of committiug the unpardouable sin if a
I were to attempt in any degree to im- ®
pose upon your readers so cruelly as to d
attempt to enter in to any detail of the t
city and therefore I will only sav that a
at this time of the year, favored by the d
lovely weather, the city can be seen at
the Zenith of her marvelous power and
glory. We took the street cars and
ran up to Lincoln Park and spent about
one-half day rambling among the beau
tiful scenes of nature and art, and for 1
the benefit or interest of those who 1
may never have visited this park or i
any other park would give a brief de- i
script ion of some of the salient points I
of interest entirely from memory for- '
getting to make any notes of any thing. I
The city has a lake front of about 1
eight or ten iqiles length and five 1
miles wide. This park is on the lake *
front and extends perhaps from two
to three miles in length and from one- \
half mile to a mile in width. It is laid !
out in a picturesque manner, with
most lovely drives and walks of sand
and pebbles. The combined loveliness ]
of the immaculated Indian summer day i
in our latitude, with the blue and lazy 1
smoke so mellowing all the scene, the 1
milky waters of the lake, glinting in |
the sunlight on all the broad expanse
of Lake Michigan, the inspiring and |
invigorating condition of the atmos- 1
phere, the charming blandness of the J
lovely face of nature, with the purple, |
scarlet, golden and many colored leaves <
and foliage falling gently, filling the
air and rustling under your feet, all
conspire to present a scene of most in
toxicating loveliness. I stood and with <
a feeling of reverence and awe gazed
upon the bronze statue of Lincoln
standing upon a pedestal of granite,
and just in front of a massive chair
of bronze. I could but think and feel
as I gazed upon his rugged form and
features, bow much in keeping with
his rugged features were the grand,
noble and sublime characteristics and
the nature of the man. Well, we
rambled among dens and lairs of wild
beasts, cages’as large as some dwelling
houses, for collections of birds, etc.
The most interesting features of this
department were the enclosures con
taining the bear, buffalo, elk. wolf, etc.,
etc., furnished as much as possible,
with the comforts and advantages
that would be their choice in their na
tive element,—for instance—sand for
the luxury of a “buffalo wallow,” for
the benefit of the American bison, also
for the sand hill crane, which I observ
ed was industriously engaged in dig
ging a hole in the sand, with his long
t>ill, rocky grottoes and caves with
trickling and flowing fountains for
the delectation of the denziens of the
woods and prairies, such as bears,
wolves, foxes, coons, badgers and bea
vers. the last supplied with mud and
sticks with which to amuse and de
velop his architectural mind, etc. Beau
tiful crystal sheets of water here and
there distributed furnish a paradise
for some of the aquatic fowls, such as
swan, duck, wild goose, etc. Stepping
into the green house, you are at once
introduced as if by magic into the dense
and gorgeous jungle of some tropical
region, on a small circle, except the
large trees. The Botanical Depart
ment is not extensive but select. Well,
now, 1 must get aboard the car (re
lucantly) and return to the Union de
pot and now we are there, but having
some time to spare, I could not resist
the temptation to walk aloof through
the tunnel under the Chicago river and
succeeded in performing the hercu
lenium task of carrying the river,steam
tugs, sail boats aud all upon my back
with perfect ease, after which I felt en
couraged to try Lake Michigan, and
accordingly, Todd and myself boarded
a small sail boat and plowed the soap
suddy waters of Michigan through a
“chopped” sea out a short distance be
yond the Government pier and back,
took the Pan Handle R. R., at 8:30 in
the evening and ran through Illinois,
Indiana and a part of Ohio in the night,
and saw several towns lighted up by
natural gas for fun, which did n .t pro
duce any striking effect as it was
bright moonlight. Found dry country
all along the route. I must now re
deem my promise, so adieu.
Respectfully,
Thos. Buck.
An End to Bono Scraping*
Edward Shepherd, of Harrisburg,
111., says: “Having received so umch
benefit from Electric Bitters, I feel it
my duty to let suffering huaunity know
it. Have had a running sore on my leg
for eight years; my doctors told me I
would have to have the bone scraped or
leg amputated. I used, instead, three
bottles of Electric Bitters and seven
boxes Bucklen’s Arnica Salve, and my
log is now sound and well.'’
Electric Bitters are sold at fifty oents
a bottle, and Bucklen’s Arnica Salve at
250. per box by Green & Bentley,
The New York Evening World
makes a good hit when it says: M lt is
all very well to stop collar-button raf
fles and the little fair lotteries, as the
law pronounces against them. But the
great wheel of chance in Wall street
still revolves, and gamblers with big
stakes flourish high above the statues.
An innocent slipper raffle is at once
surpressed. But a speculator’s corner
in the necessities of life goes unrebuk
ed. The camel is un-noticed, while the
gnat is promptly squelched. What a
scathing satire on tne inequalities of
our laws.
Good Roralts in Every Cut,
D. A. Bradford, wholesale paper deal
er of Chattanooga, Tenn., writes that he
was seriously afflicted with a severe cold
that settled on his lungs; had tried many
remedies without benefit Being in
dnoed to try Dr. King’s New Disoovety
for Consumption, did so and was entirely
oured by use of a few bottles. Since
whieh time he has used it in his family
for all Coughs and Colds with best re
sults. This is the experience of thous*
ands whose lives have been saved by this
Wonderful Discovery. Trial Bottles
free at Green A Bentley’s Drug Store
Many men claim to be firm in their
principles when really they are only
obstinate in their prejudices.
Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy is skillfully pre-
Eared for the special treatment of
owel complaint. No other treatment
is necessary in any case. It is safe,
prompt and always cures. Thousands
of bottles have been sold in the west
during the past fifteen years. For
references, ask any person who has
ever tried it or seen it tried. Prepared
only by Chamberlain A Co., Dee
Moines, lowa. Sold by Green A Bently.
A BUDGET OF RHYME.
An Eai-lfr Fro»».
WRITTEN BY A BARBER.
The grass, like whiskers on the earth.
Was waving fair and free;
The tufted moss grew on the rooks
Much like a French goatee;
The garden smiled beneath mine eye
Thro' all th j livelong hours,
And lifted toward the summer sky
It’s sweet mustache of flowers.
But ah 1 the cruel frost came down
Where those sweet flowerets grew.
And lathered all the landscape o'er
With its oold, white shampoo!
Bo Time’s keen sickle shaves us all.
By our wild prayers unvexed
Be stands and hones his gleaming edge
And sternly murmurs “Next!”
Yankee blade.
Grandfather's Day Dream.
Tm old and gray and I’m worn with care.
My strength has well-nigh fled;
I sit alone in my old arm chair,
My comrades all are dead.
My memory will backward roam;
It brings before me now
Each hill and dale of my childhood’s home.
And the swing on the apple tree bough.
Swing, swing, swing,
I fain would be a boy again
And swing on the apple tree bough.
The birds that caroled above my head
Were not more happy than I,
The golden moments so lightly sped
Till summer days flew by;
Those hours were bliss without alloy,
No cloud was on my brow.
For life has brought me no purer joy
Than to swing on the apple tree bough.
Swing, swing, swing,
I fain would be a boy again
And swing on the apple tree bough.
And there was one in the swing with me,
A lovely fair-haired child
Whose life was like a summer sea,
So gentle, calm and mild;
An angel now, she waits tor me,
A crown is on her brow,
Yet still a golden-haired child I see
In the swing on the apple tree bough.
Swing, swing, swing.
I fain would be a child again
And swing on the apple tree bough.
Carrie W. Petnher ,»'» Farm Heme
ABOUT KITE-FLYING.
Wholesome Advice Which You Can Apply
to Yourself, if You Please.
The following lines from the pen of Mr.
Ed. R. Pritchard—who, under the worn de
plume of “Uncle Sam,” gives considerable
good advice to his young nephew in Indiana
—deserve the careful consideration of all
young men troubled with a surplus of am
bition : A man without ambition is about as
bad off as a hunter in a good chicken coun
try and no ammunition. But, on the other
hand, a man's ambition must be kept within
certain limits, or it will do him more harm
than good. Owen Meredith, in “Lucille,”
says:
Fly your kite. If you please,
Out of sight; let it go where it will on the
breeze;
But cut not the one thread with which It is
bound.
Be it never so high, to this poor human ground.
I hope it won’t “paralyze” you to hear
your old uncle quoting poetry; but don’t for
get that I have always been a lover of
books, and that I read “Lucille” twenty
years ago. The lines quoted, my dear
boy, contain a text for a much better
sermon than I could get up on ambition. In
fact, the whole sermon is contained in the
passage itself; it only needs to be thought
over a little.
How many men there are who cut their
kite strings; not content with watching
their kites sailing almost to the clouds, they
want to see them go higher. So having no
more string to pay out, and forgetting that
one end of it must be held on the ground,
they let go, and away goes kite, string and
all, carried hither and thither by the winds
and shortly comes back to earth a total
wreck. So, however lofty your ambition,
never lose sight of the practical.
There are two classes of the moralist who
write for the guidance of the young; and of
these two I can select no better types than
were, in their day, Weaver and Holland.
The former in his ‘ Ways of Life,” wrote in
a manner that would inspire a man fitted
only to be a good farmer or a fair mechanic
with the idea that he could t>ecome a states
man. The latter in his “Timothy Titcomb
Letters,” while he wrote much that encour
aged the young toward a higher and better
life, did not encourage unhealthy, impossi
ble or preposterous ambitions. But rather
did he advise the study of the reasonably
attainable, a direction of the aims, hopes
and ambitions of life toward the higher and
better, but always within the bounds of
reason. In other words, he approved of
kite flying, but did not believe in cutting
the string.
Now, as a business man, it is quite sight
and natural that you should have an ambU
tion to increase your business and to look
forward to the day when you will be the
proprietor of a large wholesale establish
ment and doing a bigger trade than any of
your competitors. But suppose you should
go to the theater to hear Booth or Lawrence
Barrett and become fired with an ambition
to be an actor. Right then and there you
would cut your kite-string, and so in many
other directions you could make the same
mistake.
Of course, I don't mean, George, that you
can’t do any thing but keep a grocery store;
but the chances are, with your knowledge
of the business, your training and expe
rience in that line, that you can succeed—
that as well, and doubtless better, than in
any other calling—and so stand a better
show to have your ambition realized. I sup
pose that 1 ought to confess that I have done
some kite-flying myself in my time, and that
once or twice I forgot myself and cut the
string. But I have always found that when
I was reasonable and practicable in my
ideas of how high the kite ought to go I
had much better success and came some
thing nearer the accomplishment of my
cherished plans. My advice, then, is, don’t
cut the string.
SOUND SLEEPERS.
The Surprising: Conditions Under Which
the Average Russian Can Rest.
During the long days of summer the
Russian peasants live almost without
sleep, except that which they snatch at odd
momenta—at meal-time especially. Natu
rally they acquire a facility in falling asleep
any where, and Mr. Robert Bremner gives
a rather entertaining sketch of their per
formances in that line, in his “Excursions
to the Interior of Russia.” Some of our
numerous suffers from insomnia may well
read it with envy. Poverty and hard man
ual labor have at least some compensations.
What struck us most in regard to those
slumbering scenes was the suddenness
with which the men fell into repose. Some
people are said to be able to comdtand
sleep the moment they court its favors;
and the Russian peasants would seem to
have the same power, for ho is asleep as
soon as his tools are thrown down. One mo
ment of the vacant hour is given to a
scanty meal (an onion and a piece of rye
bread need but little carving) and all the
rest is bestowed on what, next to drinking,
seems to be their favorite dissipation.
The positions they choose for this purpose
are often most surprising. Where a piece
of pavement is under repair, in a crowded
street, you may see them sleeping among
the stones and mud, liable to be run over by
the first wheel A droschky-man falls
asleep standing by his horse’s shoulder, and
leaning his head on the poor animal, which
never moves an ear for fear of disturbing
him. In short, a Russian sleeps in every
attitude, and on every kind of bed—sitting
or standing—on the top of dung-carts, or
perched on a load of stones. Sometimes the
post which he takes up is still more danger
ous. We have seen workmen stretched on
the ridge of some roof which they had been
repairing; and passing along the quays, you
may see them at any time soundly asleep on
the narrow parapet, where, if they turn but
from the right side to the left, they have not
an inch to save them from rolling into the
deep river below. They may even be seen
fast asleep in the sun on the narrow edge
of a loaded barge, near the strongest part
of the stream; yet so sound is their repose
that though you watch them till their short
hour is out you will not see them move limb
or feature. Tell the peasant of his danger
in thus exposing himself, remonstrate with
him on his rashness, and he will not under
stand you .He does not know what fear is;
his fatalism makes him careless of life.
The famous edict of Judge Hilton against
the Jews proclaimed a few years ago at
Saratoga has had the results so familiar to
students of history. The Jews had mul
tiplied at Saratoga at an astonishing rate.
Over half of the hotel population this sum
mer at that resort aro Jews, an increase
certainly of one hundred per cent, since the
edict. Several of the hotels are now
owned by Jews, which is an innovation;
and there is a rumor that a Jewish syndi
cate is waiting to buy in Hilton’s own hotel,
the Grand Union, when it goes under the
hammer next year with other property of
the Stewart estate. A battle in the auction
room between Hilton and a son of Israel
would be a trustifying spectacle, and if
Hilton should receive a notice to quit the
premises—but the subject is too painful to
oon template.
——J
An Kapensive Hog.
The oldest lawsuit in Illinois b*s been o»
the docket for forty-two years. It bags?
about a two-dolinr bog and baa cost
principals about
Hebrews in Saratoga.
Otkaloosa District Conference.
Pella Blade.
The District Conference of the Os
kalo sa District, lowa Conference,con
vened at the church in this city, on
Monday evening, and continued until
Wednesday evening. These meetings
are a part of the policy of the M. E.
church, and take place at various points
throughout the District. Its business
is to consider and deal with the various
questions of interest to the Methodists
throughout this District. There was
a large attendance and a great interest
taken in the exercises, which at times
were quite interesting. The Presiding
Officer was Rev. John Haynes, the new
Presiding Elder, and successor to Dr.
Dennis Murphy, who is so well known.
Rev. Mr. Haynes is a man of tine pre
sence, a man of force, and one who has
been singularly successful in his min
istry. There were in attendance the
following ministers from the various
churches of the District:
Reverends S. H. Thomas, of Beacon;
C. V. Cowan, of Brooklyn; F. A. Piper,
of Deep River; J. W. Fraker, of Gran
ville; T. B. Hughes, of Grinnell; F. W.
Mair, of Griunell Circuit; James Clu
low, of Kellogg; C. E. Lewis, of Mon
tezuma; J. W. Lambert, of New Shar
on ; I. O. Kemble, of Newton; A. S. Lov
all, of Newton Circuit; W. H. H. Pills
bury, of Oskaloosa; J. E. Corley, of
Oskaloosa; M.S. Stryker, of Reasoner;
J. G. G. Cavendish, of Rose Hill; W. S.
Groome, of Pella, and Matt S. Hughs,
of Ewart.
The opening sermon of this session
was preached on Monday evening by
Rev. Walter F. Mair, who will be re
membered by the readers of the Blade
as the erst-while popular occupant of
the M. E. pulpit. The church was tilled
and the close attention given the speak
er denoted the interest with which he
invested his subject. The many friends
of the young gentlman were glad to
have the opportunity of again hearing
him. The sermon was but the prelude
to the regular organization which took
place on Tuesday morning with Rev.
Haynes in the chair, Rev. Matt S.
Hughes secretary, and Rev.
A. S. Lovall, assistant secretary. The
morning hours were wholly given
up to the routine of the disciplinary
order of business, which ordinarily
would be of but slight interest to the
general public.
On Tuesday afternoon an election
of officers for the Oskaloosa District
Campmeeting Association, which is a
child of this Conference, took place
with the following result:
Board of Trustees—Rev. J. Haynes,
President; W. H. H. Pillsbury, J. E.
Corley, J. W. Lambert, T. B. Hughes,
H. W. McNeill, C. F. Craver; J. B. Mc-
Curdy, Treasurer, and W. H. Shaw,
Secretary.
Board of Managers—Rev. John
Haynes, President, C. E. Lewis, I. O.
Kemble, J. W. McMullen, A. Vickers
Daniel Hays, J. C. Donahay, Wm
Crossen, Rufus Ricker, H. 0. Reed and
J. W. Long.
The following was the programme
of literary exercises as prepared by the
committee of arrangements, and which
was carried out with but few altera
tions:
Our Church Periodicals,—Their val
ue to our Church Membership: Ist.
As helps to Spiritual Life. J. W. Lewis
aud S. Breden. 2nd. As Educators in
Church Polity and Work, C. E. Lewis
and F. A. Piper. 3d. Their cost, J. W.
Fraker and Matt S. Hughes. 4th.
Should Christians pay to the Cause of
Christ in proportion to income? M. S.
Stryker and W. S. Groome. sth. How
can we succeed in bringing our people
to the point of proportion to be given ?
Jas. Clulow and R. A. Allison. The
lowa Wesleyan University: 1. Our
Relations to it as a Conference, 1. O.
Kemble. 2nd. Our duty to it, O. F.
Crayer and W. H. 11. Pillsbury.
Church Finances: Obstacles in the
way of raising them, Jos. Kelly and O.
F. Dorrance. Our Missionary Work:
Ist. The Foreign Field, C. V. Cowan
and R. Weese. 2nd. The Domestic
Field, A. S. Loveall and J. G. G. Caven
dish.
Wednesday evening the Conference
closed with two able addresses deliver
ed by Rev. T. B. Hughes and J. W.
Lambert. A large and attentive audi
ence was present, and that night and
the next morning the visiting minis
ters bid their kind entertainers fare
well and left for their respective homes
feeling that it had done them much
good to have spent a few days in Pella.
—Pella Blade.
From Philipsburg, Pa., Mr. S. M.
Cross, writes, briefly and pointly, thus:
“Your St. Jacobs Oil has cured me of
neuralgia of the face and head.” Price
Fifty cents.
Nothing shows greater abjectness of
spirit than a haughty demeanor toward
inferiors.
Stonebraker’s Nerve and Bone Liniment
cures paralysis, rheumatism and all pains for
man or beast. 25 cents.
Use Stonebraker’s horse and cattle powders,
the oldest and most reliable.
Stonebraker’s powders are the old standard
and will positively cure cholera and gapes.
Stonebraker’s Iron Tonic as nerve food has
proved to cure dyspepsia and build up a weak
constitution. 50 ceuts.
Devil Among Kats, price 10 cents. Sold by
our wholesale agents. Green & Bentley.
700 rats killed in one night by Stonebraker’s
Rat and Mouse Exterminator. Price 26 cents.
Use Stonebraker’s Cough Syrup and you will
be satisfied with charming results.
Stonebraker’s Blood and Liver Cordial has
done more in relieving the human family of
liver complaint and blood poison than any other
sold. All the above sold by
Grkix & Bextlxy,
9yl Wholesale and Retail Agents.
For the live disobedient to these two,
Justice and Wisdom, is no life at all.—
Mathew Arnold.
Green & Bently have the agency for
one of the most remarkable medicines
of modern times. Its properties for
quickly relieving painful ailments and
chronic lameness, is astonishing. The
medicine referred to is Chamberlain’s
Pain Balm. Every one who has given
it a trial are delighted with its effect.
They speak of it in the highest terms.
It is just what the people want for
rheumatism, stiffness of the joints or
muscles, sprains, enlarged glands and
for a general household liniment, it
is prepared only by Chamberlain & Co.,
Des Moines, lowa.
—ln the city of Burlington, during
the month of October, 1887, there oc
curred 27 deaths of which twelve
were among children under ten years
of age, and seven of these twelve were
of children in the first year. Of the
twenty-seven eleven were married, all
were white, sixteen were born in lowa,
six in other states, and five in other
countries.
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Educational Department.
MANOAH HEDGE, Editor.
Superintendent of Mahaska County Schools.
Examinations last Friday and Saturday of
each month.
Horry graph*.
Miss Lucy Taylor, of Leighton, goes
to Sioux county to teach a winter and
spring term.
A wise teacher will see much and at
the same time not see a great deal more.
—Central School Journal.
Supt. R. W. Anderson, of Davis
county, declines a nomination for
fourth term.
Supt. Frost, of Cass, declines re
election, and Prin. Crawford, of the
Lewis school will succeed him.
Supt. W. Haver, of Adair, is a candi
date for re-election, Prof. Wilson, form
erly principal of the Greenfield school
is also a candidate.
The State Teachers Association will
be held at Cedar Rapids, December 27th,
28th, 29th and 30tli. Teachers will re
ceive the usual reduced rates. Mahaska
county should send a good delegation.
Supt. C F. Saylor, of Polk, will be
his own successor. Mr. Saylor has
shown remarkable ability in the man
agement of his county’s school affairs.
Supt. Miller, of Guthrie, will be h»s
own successor. J. W. Ross who was
nominated by the United Labor party
has withdrawn his name from the
canvas.
A. Dilly, of Dallas county, is a can
didate for re-election and will have but
little opposition. His ability as an
organizer and effective school worker
is being realized more every month.
Candidates for State certificates will
be examined at Des Moines on Friday
and Saturday, Thanksgiving week.
Miss Katie Deßoard remains at
Hawkeye for the winter term. She
reads the Normal Monthly and the
Central School Journal and is well
pleased with the work of teaching.
The following is a report of the school
taught in the Rose Hill, Independent,
District, for the term ending Nov. 4,
’B7: No. enrolled, 38; average attend
ance, 29.57. Those that were neither
absent nor tardy during the term: Juli
an Wymore, Hattie Wymore, Fannie
Wymore, Garret Elkin, Cary McKenna,
Harley Currier, Myrtle Moore, Mary
Moore, Hestella Moore, Clarence
Wright, Homer Wright. Albert Sou
ter, Teacher.
Mrs. Lida Sharra, of room No. 3,
Third Ward, has an enrollment of 48,
with an average attendance of 44, aud
a i>er cent, of punctuality of 99.6. This
is from her monthly report for Octo
ber, which containes quite a number
of interesting statistics aud facts about
the attendance and work done in her
room. The monthly report of a teach
er in the city is more minute and spe
cific in every particular than a term
report of the average district school.
They are required to file these reports
before they draw their pay for the
mouth. We want to speak more fully
at another time of the order aud sys
tem of keeping records and reports re
cently devised for the city schools by
Superintendent Scott. The plan is
complete without being laborious, and
is right along a line of work to which
the districts need to give more atten
tion.
One of the teachers inquires for
“(low’s Good Morals and Gentle Man
ners.” It is published by Van Ant
werp, Bragg & Co., and is worth one
dollar, and excellent for teachers and
schools.
One of the questions in Theory and
Practice in the last examination was,
“How many public schools in the state
of lowa, in your own county, in the
township in which you reside?” A
majority answered that they did not
know. Some guessed from 300 to 1,300
schools in the state; others allowed
there were about fifty schools in this
county and one to each township, and
so It went round. A very few answered
sufficiently approximate with refer
ence to the township and county, but
no one answered correctly as to the
state. These questions are all com
monplace and practical, and the teach
er who does not have a pretty definite
idea of the school system of his state,
county and township, is certainly very
much wanting as an educator of the
people. The last report of the State
Superintendent gives the number of
schools in lowa to be 13,624; number of
school houses, 11,844, and number of
teachers, 22,516. The permanent school
fund of the state is now almost $5,000,-
000. A full report of the county will
be made this fall when the County Su
perintendent’s rejiort is complete.
A letter from M. S. Allen, of Peoria,
states that he is regaining his usual
health, and hopes to be ready for the
winter term of school.
We have received from Eugene J.
Hall, No. 11, Michigan ave., Chicago,
three numbers of Original Recitations
for home and school entertainments.
Mr. Hall is a well known humorous
poet and lecturer, and the selections
are all his own. They are in pamphlet
form, nicely illustrated and well worth
ten cents a copy for school use. There
are some twelve numbers in all. Send
a postal card to the above address and
you will receive particulars.
One of the very formost papers in
the country is The Journal of Educa
tion, published in Boston and Chicago.
Superintendent, O. C. Scott, is the state
editor from lowa, and he keeps its
readers posted on the leading educa
tional news of the state.
Educational Soap-bubble is the head
ing of an article in the N. Y. School
Journal. Almost anything can be
used as an educational agency if prop
erly handled.
Mr. H. G. Parry has become quite a
factor in the schools at Excelsior. He
is one of the teachers who is better ap
preciated the longer he stays, and will
be missed very much by his school and
the community when he does leave.
A door of usefulness is always open to
persons who do their work well.
Miss Floy Cricket is doing her first
work in the school room, out in
Adams Center district. •
Out of twenty-nine reports received
last week, the wages range from twen
ty-three to thirty dollars per month.
The fall term throughout the county
will average about twenty-five dollars
per month.
Mrs. V. K. Logan, the city teacher in
music, is well pleased with the pages
ef music now being published in the
' Council. She thinks
is worth