Iowa State Bystander

IOWA VOL. 7. IOWA STATE BYSTANDER. PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY BY THE BYSTANDER PUBLISHING COMPANY, FIFTH AND LOOCUT. NOON AND DARK BLOCK. IOWA, PHONE 890. OFFICIAL PAPER OF THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN PRO- TECTIVE ASSOCIATION OF IOWA. OFFICIAL PAPER OF THE NOST WORSHIPPED UNITED GRAND LODGE OF IOWA. A. F. & A. M. TREES OF SUBSCRIPTION. One year. $1.50 Three months. 75 Three months. 50 All subscription payable in advance. J. L. THOMPSON, EDITOR. J. H. SHEPARD, MANAGER. Send money by postoffice order, money order, express or draft, to THE IOWA STREAKER PUBLISHING COMPANY Communications must be written on one side of the paper only and be of interest to the public. "Brevity is the soul of with." remember. CITY NEWS Mrs. Lena Reed left Thursday evening for an indefinite visit in the west. The picnic next Thursday promises to be a success. All are invited. Mr. D. Roy was quite sick this week, but is some better at this writing. J. H. Mixon, Jeweler, No. 316 West Third street. Tunes Pianos and repairs Organs. Miss Sophia Bass has not been so well this week. The changeable weather has been against her. Mrs. R. J. Wright of Marshalltown is in our city attending the Holiness camp-meeting. Mr. C. B. Woods, the delegate to the A. M. E. S. S. left on Tuesday for the gate city. Mrs. Lena Mason will be here to conduct a series of meetings the latter part of June. The visiting delegates to the Baptist S. Convention who called on the Bynder were Mrs. Mary Coleman ofoser, Rev. P. W. Jones of Centerville, Dr. J. Tate of Evans. Father Wood, is expected home this week from the southern part of the stat to attend the Ministers Union and Sunday School Convention. The girls of Mr. Blagburn's class has prepared a good programme for Children's day, which they will present next Sunday at 3 o'clock. Miss Luhu Nesbitt of Carrolton, Mo., arrived in our city last Thursday to visit with her uncle, W. H. Humburd and family. She may spend several months in our city Mr. and Mrs. Geo, J. Wilson, have opened an ice cream parlor at 314 W. Gand Ave., they also serve meals and lunches all are invited to give them a call. Mr. Harrison Gould, who has been quarantine for several weeks was discharged last Monday. He is looking well much better than he did before he went to the hospital. Miss Zella Davis, the alternate delegate to the A. M. E. S. S. Convention last Thursday for Keokuk to attend the convention. Miss Davis is on the program at the banquet, she will respond to the welcome address. Miss Eva Bates, of Muhakinook and the secretary of the Baptist Sunday School Convention, is the guest of her cousin Mrs. Howard Williams of Woodland Avenue, while in the city. Mr. R. N. Hyde, a member of the Iowa delegation to the National Convention, left Thursday for Chicago, where he will join other Iowaans; from there they will have a special train to Philadelphia. Mr. Hyde will visit New York City before he returns. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Coalson left last Thursday for Chicago, where Mrs. Coalson will visit with relatives and friends for a fortnight. Mr. Coalson will attend the Republican National Convention at Philadelphia. When in Muchaunock, Iowa, stop at MRS, ADDIE JOHN- SON'S RESTAURANT for good meals or short orders; also Ice Cream, Prompt attention given to all orders. STATE Colored Jeweler at 310 West Third street; will buy old gold or exchange for new. Miss Mollie Wood, of Ft. Madison is the guest of her aunt Mrs Eliza Wood while in the city attending the Sunday school Convention. Mrs. C. H. Richardson, who was at the Meray Home, returned to her home a: Clive last Saturday. She is improving at this writing. Ben Mitchell, one of our faithful citizens, left this week on his summer tour with a party to Lake Okoboji. The band boys gave him a reception. The annual sermon of the State baptist S. S. Association, was prelast thursday evening by the Rev. P. W. Jones of Centerville it was very interesting and effectively delivered. The Brotherhood Band gave an excursion to Camp Douglass. Quite a number went out to enjoy the music of the new band. We congratulate the band boys for their hard work. There will be a lawn sociable at Mr. and Mrs. Vaughn's home near Seventh and School Streets in honor of the delegates to the Sunday School Convention, Saturday evening. Elza and Jim Dimmett who were recently brought back from Chicago on several charges, were were tried and found guilty of several different crimes and was sentenced Thursday morning, Elza getting in all thirty-three years, and Jim twelve years in the penitentiary. Our city collector will call on our subscribers this month for their annual subscription and those owing us will please be ready to pay promptly. Some of our subscribers will remember that they did not pay up last year and therefore you will owe for two year. Mr. Edward J. Moseley of Helena, Montana, a well known Des Moines man, arrived in our city this week to visit relatives and friends, after an absence of a few years. We are glad to welcome our young friend Edward. He is looking well and the girls think he is as nice as ever. He has also visited his parents in Mt. Pleasant. A very pleasant surprise party was planned by the Misses Alice and Nettie Williams, on Miss Fannie Walker 1653 Lyon street. It was a complete surprise on Miss Walker, as she was away from home and on her return she beheld about twenty of her friends and High School associates. A very enjoyable time by each was the parting words of all after they had been served with refreshments. Mr. and Mrs. George Staples gave a most delightful birthday party on last Friday afternoon, from three to five o'clock, for their oldest daughter, Grace, it being her eighth birthday. Invitations were issued, and all cheerfully responded and enjoyed themselfs. They served an elegant luncheon, and when the parting hour came, all donned their hats, congratulated their little friend on her eighth summer, and wished for her many more such bright birthdays as the one just passed. The editor will visit Evans, Oskaloosa Mushakinock, Colon, Ottumwa, Keb, Fort Madison, Keokuk, Burlington, Mt. Pleasant, and others cities and towns along this rout, in the interest of the Bystander. We trust that those who are reading it will be prepared to settle and those who are not reading the paper and are desirous of knowing the progress the race is making will be ready to subscribe. We want 5,000 subscribers by September the first, we want every man woman, and child in Iowa and the adjoining states to read the Bystander. CHILDREN'S DAY PROGRAMME. GRAND COURT SESSION. The annual meeting of the Grand Court of H. of J. held its session in the city of Ottumwa; covning June the 11th. We are unable to give a detail report in this issue, the followering are the officers for ensuing year: L. R. Palmer, G. M. A. M.; M. E. Dixon, V. G. M. A. M., A. A. Bland, G. W. J. Ruth Richardson,G. S., Anna Dodd-G. T., Cora E. Jones, G. I. G. K., John L. Brooks, John Mitchell, C. McGlinnis, Grand Court Directors, Ella Tervie, G. O. G. K. The next meeting will be at Hurlington. Mrs. R. P. Wright, of Marshalltown will preach at the A. M. E. church Sunday evening. RESOLUTION OF SYMPATHY. Whereas it has pleased the Almighty God to take from us our beloved sister, Susan Bates, who departed this life at 4:15 a. m., Sunday, June 10, 1900—whose quiet constitant, Christ-like life has endearled her to our hearts and immortalized her in our memory; be it Resolved—That we hereby express our deep sympathy for our beloved brother and co-worker, in this his hour of bereavement, and pray our Father's comfort and strength to sustain him. Resolved—That we extend to the Corinthian church and congregation our condolence, remembering the saying "That God Removes His Workmen but the Work Goes on." And be it further Resolved—That a copy of these resolutions be spread upon the minutes of the meeting, and a copy be sent to the family, and also published in the city papers. Committee on resolutions: Josedh D. Underwood. M. J. Burton, J. M. Haggard, S. M. Arthur and P. W. Jones. Through the courtesy of the Capital City Commercial College we were permitted to run the above cut of Miss Zella Davis, who is a graduate from the short hand department of that college, and at present she is employed in the well known Des Moines Life Insurance Company, as stenographer. Miss Davis is one of the best educated and most accomplished intellectually of any young lady of color in Iowa, she has but few equals and certainly no superiors, she is thoroughly a Des Moines girl, having been raised and educated in the public schools of our city and she graduated with honor from the high school before entering college. Her dignified and lady like appearance command and attracts society people (both races, she is well liked by her employer and her efficient work bespeak much for our race. She takes an active part in society, this week she is attending the A. M. E. S. Convention at Keokuk. RAPTIST UNION MEETING The Ministerial and Deacon's Union of the Iowa Baptist association convened at this place June 12, at 10:30 a. m. The president, J. H. Jones, being absent at the hour of opening D. J. Tate of Evans, Ia., called the meeting to order. The roll was called and the following members responded, Rev. M. J. Burton, Davenport: Rev. E. Roey, Fraser; Rev. D. J. Tate, Evans; Rev. P. W. Jones, Centerville. Rev. J. H. Jones of Ottumwa reached the city in time for the afternoon service, also Rev. A. M. Coalston and S. S. Miller. The following are the names of new members who joined the Union: Rev. D. J. Underwood, Fraser; Rev. S. M. Arthur, Centerville; Rev. J. M. Haggard, Coalfield; W. E. Eliston, Marshalltown. Owing to the death of the wife of Rev. S. Bates the chairman appointed a committee on resolution of sympathy, which resolutions were to be prepared for the funeral services of Mrs. Bates in the afternoon. The Union adjourned to attend the funeral, having held but a brief service. If troubled with rheumatism, give Chambelain's Pain Balm a trial. It will not cost you a cent if it does no good. One application will relieve the pain. It also cures sprains and bruises in one-third the time required by any other treatment. Cuts, burns, frost-bites, quinney, pain in the side and chest, glandular and other swellings are quickly cured by applying it. Every bottle warranted. Price 25 and 50 cts. For sale by All druggists. A STREET PICTURE DAILY CYRUS FIELD ADAMS. It is with pleasure that we are able to present the picture of one of our leading and efficient race men, Hon. Cyrus Field Adams, who was recently elected South Town Clerk of Chicago. The south Town of Chicago is the richest town in the world. It comprises that portion of the city from the river on the north to thirty-ninth street on the south, and from Lake Michigan on the East to the river on the west and includes wittn its limits the intense business district with its skyscrapers and vast merchantile emporiums. The tax levy which amounts to about $115,000,000 annually, is collected by the South Town Office, and represents one-third of all the taxes paid in Cook County. Mr. Adams was born in Loniusville Ky. about the time that Cyrus Fields completed the successful attempt of laying the Atlantic Cable. He first attendd a private school, later the public schools of Cincinnati, later he entered the Oberlin High School, later the Oberlin College. He was employed in the public schools of Louisville, Ky. and in conjunction with his brother they started a newspaper. In 1884 Mr. Adams traveled over Europe and perfected the German language, and he now speaks six languages fluently. In 1885 the brothers launched the Appeal with offices in St. Paul, St. Louis, and Louisville. Mr. Adams has one of the largest stamp collections in the U. S., as he has six thousand varieties. Mr. Adams is one of the coming young men of our race in the northwest. In Their Sixteenth Annual Meeting at the Corinthian Baptist Church. On Thursday morning the first session of the Iowa State Baptist Sunday Scoll association was called to order by the president, Rev. M. I. Gordon of Davenport. Thirty minutes of praise meeting was held, after which the president announced the committee on credentials and they made a report. Those reported as delegates and were present are: Keokuk, Miss Mattie Clemens; Muchakinock, Miss Eva Bates, Mrs. Margaret, Coleman, Mrs. Mamie Bickley and Amanda Grever; Fraser, Miss Mable Coleman; Centerville, Rev. S. M. Arthur, Rev. P. W. Jones, Mrs. S. Noah and Maria Emanuel; Colfax, Miss Beatrice Terrell, Rev. A. M. Coalston, Mrs. W. B. Battle, Mr. A. O. Terrell; Ft. Madison, Mrs. Hrittie Winfrey; Keosauqua, Rev. Wm. Brown; Des Moines, Mesdames Henry Brown, Rosa Johnson, Sophia Burnside, Mr. Watson Erickson, miss Mellie McClain; Ottumwa, miss Ednor Martin; marshalltown, miss Clara Wilkerson; Coalfield, Rev. J. M. Haggard; Evans, D. J. Tate Davenport, Rev. J. M. Burton, Mrs. F. Baker Mr. J. T. Mabry, W. S. Bates, Mrs E. J. Sanders and Miss Ella Baker: Ft. Dodge, Miss Flaire Kennet: Colon, Warren Johnson, Rev S. M. Miller, Rev C. R. Brookins: Hooking, Mrs. Jennie Wright: Fraser, Rev. J. D. Underwood, Rev. E. Roey. Visiting ministers, Rev F. F. Walker, Pittsburgh, Reverends J. E. Bell and Woods of Des Moines. During the time the credential committee were making up their report the convention called for speeches; editor J. L. Thompson was first called and made a fine address which was loudly applauded. Rev F. W. Walker of Pittsburgh, Pa., formerly a pastor in Iowa, made a powerful speech. Then the nominating committee was sent out and reported the following officers who were elected for ensuing year: President, D. J. Tate, Evans, Vice, Mrs. W. B. Battle, Colafx, Recording Secretary, Miss Clara Wilker son, Marshalltown, Corresponding Secretary, Mrs, H. Winfrey, Ft. Madison, Treasurer, Miss Eva Bates, Munchakk-ion; Members of the Board, Miss Mattie Clemons, Keckuk; Miss Ella Baker, Davenport. OBITUARY Died at her home on West Eleventh street, Mrs. Susan Bates, the wife of Rev. Samuel Bates, after an illness of several weeks. She died last Sunday morning of complication of diseases. She was born in Troy, Mo., 1850; married to Rev. Bates 1897 and has been an earnest and faithful Christian worker, a true helpmate and a society lady. The short time she lived in our city she made many friends. She leaves a husband, two children of a former marriage, and a host of friends to mourn her loss. The funeral services were held at the Corinthian Baptist church, under the auspices of The Knights and Ladies of Honor of the World, which were out in full number and with beautiful regalia. They marched to the cemetery. Our highly esteemed Dr. Dulin, a close friend of the family preached the funeral and many sad hearts and regrets of sorry were seen as they viewed the remains, which was laid to rest in Woodland cemetery. Many reaths of flowers were given. The Bystander joins with their friends in extending condolence. NEWTON NOTES Mrs. John Hale and son Roy will make an extended visit with relatives and friends in Missouri during the months of July and August. Mr. C. J. Tolliver of Rock Island, was the guest of Newton friends Monday. The Golden Eagle Quartette, assisted by other voices, was quite a prominent feature of the entertainment at Lister, Opera House, Friday evening. The moon tight sociable at the church, Saturday evening, was pronounced the most delightful event of the season. Much credit is due Rev. Basfield and his wife for their uniting efforts in making it a success. Mr. Orange of Ft. Madison is a guest of Mr. and Mrs. Olay Cunningham. A number of young people will give a picnic Thursday. We regret that our Sunday School delegate was unable to attend the convention at Kookuk. IOWA CITY BRIEFLETS. Miss Alehandra Gaunsalei, left Monday for a visit her grandmother in San Francisco, Cal. Mr. and Mrs. H. R. Wright, will spend their summer vacation at their home in Marshalltown, they left for their home on Friday. Mrs. Berta Doran and Miss Lillie Brickle, Messrs. Will, Paterson and Paul Ward went to Marion Iowa Monday to attend the wedding of Mr. Patterson's mother, Mrs. Libbie Patterson we did not get the name of the groom. Miss Lucy Bowers in company with her grandmother left for their home in Elizabeth Tennessee Tuesday. They have been with us all winter and we regret to see them go. We wish them a pleasant journey. Miss Mattie Gaunsalei, of Manilla, Philipine, was an over Sunday visitor with her sister Alehandra. She is on her way to Chicago. Mrs. Winston, Mrs. McNeil and Mr. Milton Thompson, are repapering their houses this week. ALBIA NEWS Miss Henrietta Jones, has returned from her nine months course in college Johnnie Thomas, has come home to make a short visit. Mrs. Malby, is visiting Mrs. Meadows from Muchakinok. The children's day exercise was very nice, Mrs. Sonddy superintendent, Mrs. Meadows, organist: short address, Mr. Buttler; essay, Miss Henrietta Jones; solo, Mrs. Buttler: speaches and songs by the children. they were very interesting, the church was beautifully decorated with flowers, Miss Maggie Carter and Miss Nettie Hill of Hocking attended exercises, closing address by Rev. W. A. Searcy. Subscribe for the Bystander. No.1. Plan of Lodging a Sneaker So as to Prevent Other Gunsets Among a group of newly arrived travelers who clustered about the desk of one of the large city hotels the other evening was a big, jovial looking man with a Roman rose and a collection of double chins leading down to his collar like a flight of stairs. He nodded to the head porter as he came in, and before he registered he shook hands cordially with the clerk. It was evident that he had been there before. "Well, my boy," he said, after he had inscribed and blotted his autograph, "what can you do for me tonight?" The clerk consulted the room chart. "I can give you 'steen eleven,'" he replied. "It's a very nice room at the end of the corridor; plenty of light, air and lots of privacy. Front! show the gentlemen to 'steen eleven'." "But hold on," protested the large man. "don't want that room; it's too far off. Why can't you give me my old room on the third floor?" "I'm very sorry, Colonel," replied the clerk, "but that one on the corridor is the last one on the chart. Honestly, I'm lucky to have your, with all this Mardi Gras rush." "Well, if it's Hobson's choice, I guess I'll have to take it," said the big guest, and moved away toward the elevator. Later on the clerk made a confession in strict confidence to a curious bystander. "Yes, I admit I have a few other rooms," he said, "but they are all in the middle of halls, and this gentleman is the champion snorer of West Virginia. Last time he was here I couldn't keep anybody on either side of him, and the result was that we had two rooms tied up from which we were deriving no revenue. We can't afford such a waste of space sq near Mardi Gras, so I put him in one of our special snorer's apartments, of which we have four, all isolated at the ends of corridors. The wall spaces are filled with non-conducting packing, the transom is nailed shut, and he can snore there until the cows come home without disturbing anybody. Oh! yes, we keep a record of snorers, also of folk who talk in their sleep and holier murder in nightmares. Have to do it to protect our other patrons."—New Orleans Times-Democrat. HISTORICAL PALACE FOR SALE. Many of England's Kings and Queens Resided There. The crown lease of Eldhum court and palace, which forms one of the most interesting links with the past which have ever passed into the estate market, is advertised for sale, says the London Chronicle. Its history dates from the time of Edward the Confessor (1042-66). At that time the manor belonged to the crown. It was granted by William the Conqueror to his brother Odo, earl of Kent, but reverted to the crown. While the date of the erection of the palace is uncertain, it is known that it was a royal residence from 1270 to 1628. "John o' Eltham," Edward II., Edward III., Richard II., Henry IV., Henry V., Edward IV., Richard III., Henry VIII., Mary, Elizabeth and James I., all resided at the palace. It was there, also, that Edward III. held his parliament, Richard III. entertained the captive king of France, Henry IV. was espoused to Joan of Navarre and Edward IV.'s daughter Bridget was born. After passing through other royal hands, the palace came into the possession of Sir John Shaw. It is from one of the three parks known as the middle park that the "Mild Park Plate" takes its name. The present house retains the old most and part of the original palace is still standing. Sir Walter Scott's Dog. Sir Walter Scott had a bull terrier named Camp, which he taught to understand a great many words. Camp once bit a baker, who was bringing bread to the family. Sir Walter beat Camp and explained to him what a great offense he had committed, after which, to the last moments of his life, he never heard the least allusion to the incident without getting up and slinking off to the darkest corner of the room. Then, if you said: #The baker was well paid," or "The baker was not hurt at all," "Camp would come out from his hiding place, caper about and bark joyfully. When he was oid and unable to accompany Sir Walter when horseback riding, Camp would watch for his return, and, if the servant said that his master was coming down the hill, or through the moor, Camp was never known to mistake him, but would start off to greet his master—Buffalo Times. Puttlar on Slate Roofs. One objection to the use of slate for roofing has been the impossibility of removing it without breaking after once it was laid. This trouble is done away with by a new idea. The opening in the slate is cut in the form of a keyhole, the larger part below. The nail is driven in and the slate is hooked on by passing the nailhead through the largest part of the opening, the slate then slides down so that the narrow portion resists on the nail. It is said to be impossible to displace the slate by any ordinary storm of wind, and the work of removal is naturally easy and without danger of breakage. --- ```markdown ``` NOTES FROM THE CAPITAL Daz Momma, June 19, 1999. Hon. Smith McPherson has redesigned his office as congressman from the fifth district of Iowa and qualified as judge of the federal court of the southern district of Iowa. "The 1000 crop of corn in Iowa is going to be a record breaker," said J. R. Sage, director of the Iowa weather and crop services. "Men who have studied the conditions report to us that at no time in ten years has the corn at this time o' the year looked so clean and appeared to be in such perfect condition. Its color is fine, the stalks are firm and sturdy, and the promise of a magnificent crop is a considerable increase in the acreage of corn in the state; it may amount to two percent. That does not sound like much, but it means a great deal when you remember that the acreage last year was something over 8,000,000." Governor Shaw has appointed Jesse A. Miller, of Des Moines, to investigate and report to him the rumors concerning the conduct of the clerk of the supreme court in alleged retaining of fees for copies of opinions, and other records and documents belonging to his office. He is especially charged to report the nature and extent of all services of a clerical or official character rendered by the present incumbent. The keys of the new auditorium of Drake University were formally turned over by ex-Governor Drake to the treasurer of the university, J. B. Burton, of Des Moines, a few days ago. The exercises which marked the formal dedication were among the beat of commencement week at the university. There was an immense audience, almost exhausting the seating capacity of the new auditorium, estimated at nearly twelve hundred persons. Ex-Governor Drake sat upon the platform, conspicuous among the distinguished speakers and visitors of the day. At the fourteenth annual meeting of the Iowa Bankers' Association, J. E. Markley declared in an address that "the bankruptcy law is imminent to the interests of bankers. It was not designed to benefit bankers. There is no provision for any banker becoming a voluntary bankrupt. The law does not require bankers in the same district regard as others debtors. The insolvent banker who incurs new debts is to-day regarded as a criminal and may be punished by imprisonment. The insolvent tradesman may incur debts with impunity." The state association of Swine Breeders and the national association of Expert Judges held a profitable meeting in Des Moines. Both conventions will meet in Des Moines during the month of June next year. The national association elected officers as follows: President, A. W. Lambing, Secretary, W. M. Lambing, West Liberty, Ia. The state association will not elect officers until next fall, when they convene at this place in regular fall session. At the meeting of the state association a number of valuable papers were read, short discussions following each number. Hoh, John Cohn delivered the lecture by some of the representative breeders of the state and the nation, who discussed topics of interest to the members of both associations. The Iowa Bankers' Association, at its recent session, elected the following officers for the ensuing year: President, E. B. Huxford, cashier Cherokee State bank, Cherokee; vice-president, C. B. Mills, president State security bank, Davenport, Secretary, J. M. Dinnidie, cashier Cedar Rapids Savings bank, Cedar Rapids; treasurer, L. F. Potter, cashier First National bank, Oakland. Another piece of good fortune has come to Drake university. At the recent meeting of the board of trustees Ex-Governor Drake announced that Dr. E. J. Toof of New Haven had forwarded him $25,000 with which to endow a chair in Drake university to be known as the E. J. and Mary Toof chair. The gift was secured through the personal influence of Ex-Governor Drake, who has been a life-long friend of the university with him when he lived in Fort Madison. It is thought the money can go into the general endowment fund but for the present a part of it will be applied on the chair of Old Testament and New Testament history. Some time ago State Dairy Commissioner Norton asked the attorney general for an opinion as to whether wholesale dealers in milk should be regarded as milk dealers under the law and as such subjected to the regulation of milk. He alsovised the dairy department that any person selling milk in cities of ten thousand population or over, whether by wholesale or retail, must comply with the law governing the industry, and is therefore subject to the same license fee exacted of retail dealers. BRISTOL. LONDON, June 13.—The war office casually sent to June 9 answer 23,966, besides 792 officers and 12,355 men sent home as invalids, but not including the sick in South African hospitals. Buller Agala Advance. LONDON, June 9—Gen. Buller has at length taken the offensive, and, by maneuvering, he has secured a position west of Laing's nek, by which he believes he can make the Boer positions untenable. Presumably he will immediately follow up his success. Lord Roberts has communicated nothing for three days, nor permitted the correspondents to wire what is going on. London's inference is that he is resting, although he is possibly disposing his army for a course after Commandant General It is reported that Thomas Burgers and William Hanson, who live on a farm near Des Moines, purchased three buffaloes, a bull, a cow, and a calf, for which they paid $1,000. The animals were raised at Cochrane, Wla. by a firm that makes a business of that industry. The new owners expect to engage in the same business. It will pay them, undoubtedly, as the supply is quite limited and the demand good. The twenty-sixth annual encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic, department of Iowa, recently held a meeting at Davenport, had 1,200 soldiers in the parade. The following officers were elected: Commander, M. B. Davis, of Sioux City; senior vice commander, T. E. McCaryd, Hazleton; junior vice commander, Lawrence Schoonover, Anamosa; medical director, L. D. McCoy, Algona; chaplain, Rev. P. J. West, Magnolia. The next encampment will be held at Dubuque. Congressman W. P. Hepburn was nominated by acclamation by the Eighth congressional district republican convention, hold at Creston. Complete harmony was the special feature. The convention resolutions unqualifiedly endorse the administrations of President McKinley and Governor Shaw, recognize the merit and ability of Allison, Gear and Hepburn, and hope that Dolliver will be McKinley's running mate, closing with an eulogistic tribute for Colonel Hepburn and the Nicaraguan canal measure. Charles Rinehart, of Oidbolt, who recently mured his wife of two months and then tried to kill himself, finally succeeded in taking his life, cutting his throat with a razor. The deed was committed in his own home. The nurse and W. C. Arthur, who were attending him, had gone to breakfast. Rinehart had been left in charge of Constable Barkley, who stepped out of the house for a moment, leaving Rinehart alone. Although suffering from two bullet wounds inflicted by his own hands, he had strength enough to run up stairs, unlock a trunk and take a razor there, with which he severed his jugular vein with one sweep. He died in a few moments. Attorney General Remley, in an opinion transmitted to the state auditor, holds that insurance companies must maintain the legal reserve with the auditor in the form of fully valid securities. They cannot lawfully withdraw securities on reinsurance and they cannot maintain securities at the auditor's office which have been partially or in whole' liquidated. It has been the custom of some companies, it is said, to receive payments on notes and mortgages in the possession of the auditor, maintaining the securities of the company and securing securities on deposit. The attorney general says that it is an illegal way to do business and that persons paying on notes not in the possession of the company lay themselves liable to collection a second time by the state for the protection of their personal property necessary. The opinion is of vast importance to every insurance company of this character. Organizing and running a theatrical syndicate proved a costly experiment to Samuel Pickett of Sioux City, who was sentenced by Judge Oliver P. Shiras of the federal court to one year and one day in the Anamosa penitentiary. The charge against Pickett was fraudulent use of the mails. He was the organizer of a theatrical trust which operated in Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska and the Dakotas and did a big business during its brief life. The headquarters were in Sioux City: Pickett appointed agents in small towns, who were to have charge of shows and to be remunerated in commissions on the net box office receipts. The scheme worked like a get-rich-quick concern and agents were secured galore. Pickett required a bond as evidence of good faith in the case, and numbered him later required a cash deposit. He garnered a harvest of gold from unsuspecting people, but the shows failed to appear, the cash deposits to reappear and the federal officers nabbed him. The windstorm of the 11th was at once the heaviest and in some respects the most peculiar that has visited Des Moines and the country surrounding in recent years. The tempest was only at its height for about half an hour, but it extended over an unusually large area. The wind blew at a high rate almost directly from the west. Boone is the most northerly of any of the towns that felt the full force of the gale. Stuart is the most southerly, Marshalltown, Ames, State Center, Tama, La Mollie and Cedar Rapids, all on the main line of the Northwestern, where the whole town other things damaged to a considerable degree, and the Northwestern railroad suffered to such an extent on account of washouts on the roadbed that train service, both passenger and freight, was greatly delayed. The rainfall in all these places and in Redford, Stuart, Adel, Ded Soto, Guthrie center, and Washougal was heavy. In Des Moines, however, it was comparatively light. Crops were badly damaged throughout the section visited. Louis Nusz, a well-to-do farmer, who lived four miles northwest of Waverly, killed himself by cutting his throat with a common jack knife, after first taking a dose of laudanum. Dependency caused by ill health was the cause of suicide. At the convention held at Council Bluffs Judge Walter L. Smith was nominated by acclamation by the republicans of the Ninth district for member of congress to succeed Judge McPherson. The convention was largely attended, every delegation being complete. Delegates and State Candidates. Des Mornes, June 14.—The delegates of the prohibition party at the state convention selected delegates at-large as follows: Rev. Dr. E. L. Eaton, O. D. Elllett, Malcom Smith, J. H. Campbell, D. S. Dunlevy, Mrs. A. E. MeMurray, A. U. Coates. State officers were nominated as follows: For secretary of state, S. O. Pillabury of Wright county; for treasurer of state, Dr. W. L. Ranom of Dallas county; for auditor of state, C. H. Lockin, of Cherokee county; for supreme judge, J. A. Harvey of Dallas county; for attorney general, J. P. Furgoson of Cedar county; for railroad commissioner, Sherwood Dixon, of Marion county. The electors-at-large are H. A. Buchanan of Marshal county and James Scull of Jasper county. District delegates and electors were also chosen. The resolutions adopted acknowledge God as the author of civil government; express the belief that it is the first duty of the state to forever prohibit the manufacture of intoxicating liquors as a beverage; commend congress for the passage of the anticanteen law, and Secretary Long of the navy for his faithful enforcement of it, but declare the people have been outraged by the abused construction put upon it by the attorney-general in which, against all possible appeals, the president remains silent and acquiescent. The resolutions also affirm the former position of the party in favor of equal suffrage. A resolution was passed instructing the delegates to the Chicago convention to present the name of Rev. Dr. Eaton of Des Molines as a candidate for vice-president. John P. Suttman, ex-county recorder of Grundy county, was found dead in his hog pen, at Grundy Center, a few days ago, the hogs having rooted him into the mud and were eating his body when found. He was cleaning out the pen, and it is supposed dropped dead while at work. The cause of death is not known. Fire started from a gasoline stove used for heating irons in the tailor shop of William Werner at Britt, setting fire to the building and calling out the fire department. They soon had it subdued, but in trying to get the stove out of the building several men were severely, and Herb Redmond seriously burned on head and arms by the burning gasoline. Peter Van Doran, a resident of Muscatine, committed suicide by hanging from the rafter of his barn. He used a rope and a nail key as pedestal from which he stepped down. He and his brother-in-law some years ago set fire to a building occupied by them for a meat market. He lately confessed to this and troubles resulting from same drove him to do this rash act. The coroner's jury found Engineer Robert A. Primrose and Conductor O. P. Chapman, of the Northwestern railroad, responsible, with mitigating circumstances, for the wreck at Des Moines in which Engineer Thomas W. Smith, of Boone, was killed and Governor Shaw and two or three others injured. They were in charge of the special. They are new men on the Des Moines branch and on that account the jury added the clause partially exonerating them. Samuel T. Davis, one of the earliest settlers in northern Iowa, was struck down by a street car at Sioux City and died an hour later, as a result of the shock. He was struck in the head by the fast moving car, and his skull was fractured at the base of his brain. He did not regain consciousness. Deceased came to Sioux City in 1856, when the town was made up of six log cabins and two tents. At one time he was said to be the richest man in Sioux City, but the crash after the boom days robbed him of that distinction. He was a lawyer of unusual ability, at one time enjoying the reputation of being one of the foremost practitioners in the state. Of late years he has not engaged in active practise. Two Northwestern passenger trains collided, head end, at the tile worksin East Des Moines a few nights, ago. Both engines are a wreck. Engineer Thomas Smith was fatally injured and three other persons were hurt: Governor L. M. Shaw, slight gash on temple and arm lacerated; Mrs. B. F. Jones, of Ames, hurt in eye, not serious; W. F. Kught, conductor, Des Moines, shoulder dislocated. Governor Shaw was going to Mount Vernon to attend a meeting of the trustees. He was not seriously injured. His temple was cut when he fell forward, hitting the seat in front. He walked to Dr. Priestley's office and then went home and went to bed. Engineer Smith lived at Boone, where he had a wife and family. His legs were crushed and his abdomen torn open. The regular passenger, left the station on time, but it is understood the special bringing the mail from Ames had orders to make Des Moines before the passenger left. Mrs. Ole Hanson Fugleberg, who resided five miles northeast of Thompson, committed suicide by hanging. She was discovered by her husband, her lifeless body swinging at the end of a rope which she had made fast to a rafter in the granary. Mr. Fugleberg at once called his two sons, and with their assistance cut the body down, thinking that perhaps life was over. She was cold in death. She was 61 years of age. Despondency caused by the loss of a daughter a few weeks ago is supposed to have caused her to commit the rash act. Cheering Nees for These Who Sympathize With the Boer. LONDON, June 13.—The Boer government is issuing news cheering to its sympathizers. The following bulletin, the Boer version of the disaster to the Derbyshire, was posted by President Krenger at Machadodorp: "On June 7 four divisions of burghers, commanded by Steenkamp, Foneran, Duploy, Foule and Hel, attacked the British at Roedervil, killed 290, took 700 prisoners and captured immense stores of food and ammunition—a Maxim gun and 1,000 Jydie shells. Some food was taken by the British and captured. The English mail was taken. The burghers attacked from the open veil and gave evidence of unprecedented bravery." General De Wet was also fighting on June 2, whether at Roodeval or elsewhere is not clear, but the Boer war office gives it out that he captured 3,000 suits of clothing, blankets, boots, gloves, etc. Being unable to carry them with him in his rapid sweep through the country, according to the Transvaal war office, he burned the whole mass. General De Wet has also reported that he put 1,000 British out of action and destroyed property valued at £100,000. As Lord Methuen is officially described as fighting on June 7, it is possible that he was engaging General De Wet. RUSSIA IS DETERMINED. Erdently insists on the Dimmemberment of China. LONDON, June 15.—A special dispatch from Shanghai says: "A report has reached here that the British, American and Japanese ministers favor the restoration of Emperor Kwang Su, but that the French and Russian ministers insist upon the powers taking charge of China. It is further reported that the respective divisions of the country have already been assigned. The belief is that the withdrawal of the British ships from Angola is an indication of Great Britain's disclaimer of the 'sphere theory.' Later reports from Tien Tsin confirm the news of the burning of the Japanese legation, but the rumor that a minister has been murdered is not confirmed. Fifteen hundred Russians with four guns have arrived outside of Peking. This makes 4,000 Russians who have landed. "It is regarded as certain that the Japanese government will take active steps concerning the murder of the chancellor of the Japanese legation." MURDER A GENERAL. Boxers Kill Yang Loh, Who Was Parlaying With Them. VICTORIA, B. C., June 13.—The steamer, Queen Adelalde, from the Orient, brings a story that six weeks ago Japan and Russia were close to war over land of a Japanese trader, whose removal was requested by Russia at Masampo. War is said to have been averted by the refusal of Great Britain to act with Japan. Advices from Shanghai tell of the military chief general, Yang Loh, while parlaying with Boxers near Ting Fu. He was cut down from behind. The French consul at Yarran has been found to be supplying arms to rebels in South China, and the Chinese government has asked for his removal. KAISER, WINS HIS POINT. Bundesmarch Passes Navy Bill to Increase Germany's Navy Germany's Navy. BERLIN, June 15.—The bundesrath has approved the navy bill and the measures providing means to carry out the projected plans as already passed by the reichstag. Emperor William, who is said to be delighted at the result, has signed the bill, and the Reichsanszeiger will immediately publish it, thus making it law. It is reported that the kaiser, when news that the bill had passed wired him, exclaimed: "Now we know where we stand. At last there is solid bottom under one's feet." DEMOCRATS WIN. Kentucky Court gives Minor State Officers the Hooverville Fellowship FRANFORT, Ky., June 14.—The court of appeals entered an order sustaining in part the motion of Attorney General Breckenridge in minor state contests. The effect of the decision puts the democratic state officials in possession of the offices and buildings immediately. Powers Opening Communication. WASHINGTON, June 12.—The following undated dispatch was received at the navy department from Admiral Kempff: Secretary of the Navy: The forces landed by the different nations are opening communications to Pekin. Americans joined. Admiral Kempff also reports the arrival of the Monocacy at Taku. Beer Raiders Are Defeated. LONDON, June 13.—The war office has received the following from Kelly-Kenny, at Bloemfontein: "Our troops from the north, at Honigspur, where the Boers cut the British lines of communication, have defeated the enemy. They will be at America siding to-morrow. General Knox has moved out from Kroonstadt to intercept the enemy." United States Consulate Hit. LONDON, June 9.—A dispatch from Pretoria has been received which look effect in town the day prior to the occupation of Pretoria hit the United States consulate. Hunter Makes Big Capture. VENTERBOUR, June 12.—Two hundred and fifty Boers have surrendered to Hunter and the remainder in this district have promised to give up their arms. Another Filipine Leader. Captured MANILA, June 9.—Gen. Flo Pdl Pilar, the Filipino leader, has been captured near Manila. NO GIVE HOPE OF AUTONOMY. Philadelphia Platform Flank on Expansion to Decide a Liberal Policy. CHICAGO, June 13.—Walter Wallman, the Washington correspondent of the Times-Herald, sends that paper the following dispatch: Bateson of the Philippines with local government and autonomy to follow as rapidly as possible under American sovereignty. "Indorsement of the administration's general policy of the government of our insular possessions as compelled in the legislation for the appointment of civil officials these without any specific declaration of colonialism. "Denunciation of trusts and a demand for their suppression, accompanied by a carefully drawn distinction between corporations and corporations which are trusts or monopolies in restraint of free competition. "These are the striking features of the republican platform to be adopted by the Philadelphia convention. "That platform is now in writing, so far as its chief sections are concerned, has been drawn and published by such senators as Allison, Foraker, Hanna, Lodge and Fairbanks, and have been submitted to President McKinley for his approval." BRITISH DEFEATED. Reported Boers Recaptured Bloem- fontein. Stevie Made President. fontenin — Steyn Male President. LONDON, June 13.—According to a report from Lorenzo Marquez, DeWet, with 13,000 burghers, is marching on Johannesburg. The Boers have retaken Bloemfontein, where Steyn has again occupied the presidency. The British have sustained severe defeat at Elandfontein, and have also lost 750 killed and wounded and 150 prisoners in sight of Vredefort. Nothing from any other source lends color to these stories with the exception of the last, which is probably the Boer version of the disaster to the Fourth battalion of the Derbyshire regiment at Roodeval. In regard to Steyn being at Bloemfontein, a dispatch from Maseru, Basutoland, dated Monday, June 11, says Steyn was then at Vrede, two hundred miles from Bloemfontein. SAMPSON GETS THE GLORY. Court of Claims Decides That He Com- manded at Santiago. WASHINGTON, June 14—The United States court of claims passed upon the suit of Admiral Sampson and others under his command at Santiago for prize money on account of the destruction of the Spanish fleet. The court declares that Sampson was commander-in-chief and Schley commanding officer of a division of squadron thereof, on duty under orders of Sampson. The Spanish squadron was found by the court inferior to the American force and a bounty of $100 therefore awarded for every officer and man under Admiral Cervera's command. The total amount of bounty money allowed is $166,700, of which Sampson will receive $8,335 and Schley about $3,000. Besides finding that Sampson was in command during the battle, the court declares that the New York was among the war vessels engaged. BULLER FORCES A NEK. Enemy Makes a Hard Fight and British Losses are Heavy. LONDON, June 13.—The war office posts the following dispatch from Gen. Buller: Headquarters in Natal, June 11.—We forced Almonds Nek today. It is not on the map but is the latest defile to Charleston fats. The enemy was in considerable force, with several guns in position. Brunt of fighting fell upon the Second Dorsest, who carried the position of the enemy at the front and the Third Cavalry brigade, who were heavily attacked on our right from a very broken country round Ikelini mountains. I hope our casualties are less than 100, which considering the extreme length of the position, is much less than I expected. The whole attack was directed by Hildyard, whose dispositions are astonishing, and a brilliant, the Tenth brigade, and the Third Cavalry brigade did most of the work. LORD ROBERTS ADVANCING. Meets the Hoers Under General Botha and Winsta a Victory. LONDON. June 14.—Lord Roberts has fought a battle with General Rotha, at the end of which the British gained considerable ground, though the Boers were not beaten. All is quiet at Pretoria and Johannesburg. Roberts's line of communication has been practically restored by a complete victory gained by Generals Methuen and Kitchener over General De Wet. The Boer camp was captured and the burghers were scattered in all directions. BRYAN 18 RENOMINATED He Has Secured Sufficient Instructed Delegates. CHICAGO, June 15.—By the action of the democratic state conventions in California, Missouri, Kentucky, Georgia and Vermont, Hon. W. J. Bryan is assured of the nomination for the presidency on the democratic ticket. The instructions given delegates by those five states carry Bryan's vote. it is believed, considerably over the two-thirds necessary to nominate him. The West African War, LONDON, June 9.—According to a dispatch to the Daily Mail from Acera, dated June 8, a native Sirrom is in circulation there that Sir Fredrick Mitchell Hodgson, governor of Gold Coast Colony, made a nortie from Kumassan, where he has been besieged by the Ahasiant, but was forced to retire, and ultimately to surrender. Mall advises from Acera, dated May 17 says: "Fifty-thousand Ahasiant are in arms, and the insurrection is spreading. I is besieged into the interior successfully during the rainy season." 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Now, as the host of Jephthah marched down the streets of Misper, while all along the people cheered and shouted as they passed, behold at Jephthah's side, in front of them, there rode the young man Adina, and not behind, as was his wont. And by this token all the people knew that he had won glory for himself in battle, and that Jephthah strove thus to show the favor which he had toward him, and with the noise of their shoutings, "Long live Jephthah, the Gileadite!" were mingled cries of "Long live Adina!" And as these sounds came even to the ears of Namarah, behold upon her cheeks grew deeper and her eyes yet more glorious. And ever the soldiery pressed onward, followed by the shouts of triumph from the crowd. And Jephthah, the mighty captain, rode a night-black charger, while that of Adina was white as milk. Both men were clad in gleaning armor, on which the rays of the setting sun made blazes of vivid fire, gliding the silver at the old man's beard, and burnishing the gold of Adina's thick curls, which seemed a part of his shining helmet. And ever, as they rode, the eyes of both were turned toward the house of Jephthah, for Jephthah had vowed a vow unto the Lord, and had said: "If Shou thaft without fall deliver the children of Ammon into my hands, then it shall be that whatsoever cometh forth of the doors of my house to meet me, when I return in peace from the children of Ammon, shall surely be the Lord's, and I will offer it up for a burnt offering." And he looked to see what it should be. But the young man Adina, who knew not of Jephthah's row, and had said naught of the idlings sent to Namarah by the carrier bird—that being a secret between the malden and himself—knew that Namarah would be prepared for their coming, and rightly thought that she would come to meet them. And now, as they began to come nigh the house, behold, the great doors are thrown open, and forth there are the maiden Malamarah, clad all in white and gold, and after her maid with timbels and dances. But woman came first, with her head and all her face made glorious joy. The childish timidity she went to show had vanished now, and faced the band of soldiery a princess in her bearing. She self a guern, indeed, for happy crowded her. As she came, behold the two she were at the head of the great grow rein and suddenly checked horses, and all the soldiery halt-All eyes were on the beauteous car of the majestic malen, here only seeing the faces of the two men who led the foot. Her gaze gave first the face of Adina, with a treacherous fealty which she could not control, and as their looks met thus, behold the joyousness of his heart gleaned forth into his eyes, which met her, with a look that thrilled her soul with rapture. For a moment she was blinded with ecstasy, and saw naught before her but light, supreme, bewildering; and then, with the reflection of that light upon her face, she turned her raptured gaze upon her father, and suddenly the great light became a great darkness, which likewise cast its reflection upon her; for the face of Jephthah her father was as the face of a man in mortal throes, and behold the hand that held the bridle shock and fell, and his body awerved in the saddle, so that he would have fallen but that the young man Adina, seeing the malden's sudden change of countenance had looked toward its source, and was just in time to put out his hand and stay Jephthah in his place. Then Adina dismounted and ran to Jepthath's side, and while the maiden Namarah herself laid held on the bridle of his horse, the young man assisted him to the ground, and with Namarah's help led him into the house. The eyes which had but lately looked such joy into each other, exchanged now looks of pain and horror, for it was quickly passed from mouth to mouth that the great captain had been seized with mortal illness, and that the joy of his victorious return and meeting with his daughter was like to cost him his life. But Jephthah, when he heard these words, denied and said: "It is not as ye say, O men of Israel; nevertheless the hand of the Lord is heavy upon me this day. Cause to go out from me all save the malden Namarah and the young man Adina." And when they had no done, behold Jephthah rest his clothes, and said: "Alas! my daughter; thou hast brought me very low; and thou art one of them that trouble me; for I have opened my mouth unto the Lord, and I cannot go back!" And Namarah said unto him: "My father, if thou hast opened thy mouth unto the Lord, do to me according to that which hath proceeded out of thy mouth; forasmuch as the Lord hath taken vengeance for thee of thine angels, even the children of Ammon." Spake she, and her voice was firm and clear, but her face went deadly pale, even as the face of the young man Adina put on a ghastly pallor; and as he stood before her in his shining armor a great trembling seized him, so that his armor shook and sounded. And as she looked on him and saw his grief, behold her heart bled for him, and for all the visions of her happy love; and she about to him and threw her arms to his neck. And Adina clasped her to him, careful not to hurt her tender body against his mall-clad breast, and it seemed unto them both that the barrier that had come so suddenly between their two souls was even as this barrier between their bodies—hard and cruel and impassable. But there was no barrier between their lips, and as they softly touched and trembled on each other, they knew not whether that moment's ecstasy was of pain or joy. And Jephthah sat and gazed on them, and as he looked he was no longer the mighty man of valor, but a creature sore stricken, so that his hands shook for very weakness, and feeble and impotent tears fell down upon his arm, and trickled to his armor, while his face was changed and piteous to behold, and he looked, all at once, as armed man. Turning her eyes toward him, and seeing him in such unhappy case, Namarah slipped from her lover's arms, and went and knelt beside her father, circling his neck with her tender arms, and calling him all manner of caressing names, while she kissed him with deep lovingsome on his forehead, his cheeks and his lips. Then did she loosen his heavy armor, and remove each piece in turn, beseeching him to take comfort, and avowing toward him an affection more fervent and dutiful than ever she had shown him in the past. But Adina spake no word either with or against her, but stood where she had left him, with his right-hand holding the elbow of his left arm, which was raised toward his face, his chin sunk in his palm. He was still in complete armor, only he had removed his helmet, so that his sunny curls were uncovered. Right goodly to look upon he was, in the majesty of his stalwart youth, but his ruddy skin was ahen whites, and in the great blue eyes, which had so lately glowed with so luminous a love-light, there was now the shadow of great despair. And ever his eyes were fixed upon the maiden, following a movement that she made, and the hunger of his soul was in them. CHAPTER VIII When Jephthah, at her bidding stood up, that Namarah might lift from him the weight of his heavy armor, he turned and looked upon Adina, and a great cry broke from him, and he sank backward info his seat and covered his face with his hands. But Namarah bent above him and drew away his hands, kneeling on her knees before him, and holding them in both her own. "Nay, grieve thee not, my father," she said, tenderly. "Let it be done to me according as thou has vowed." "Thy life is mine, and vowed to me!" burst forth Adina, hotly, taking a step toward her, as if he would wrest her from her father. But the compelling eyes of the maiden Namarah arrested him, and he turned, and began to pace the apartment with the angry strides of a caged beast. "Ah, woe, my daughter," Jephthah spake, "that thy father, who hath so loved thee, should bring thee now such hurt. It had pleased me well that thou shouldest wed Adina. It was but the morning of this day on which I dreamed these dreams, and to what they come? Alas, my daughter, why canest thou forth to meet me, so contrary to thy wont and usage? Thou wast ever affirred before the soldiery and held backward when they came about the door." "I was even bold and fearless, my father, against my usual wunt, because happy case, Namarah slipped from her that love had made me so, and in the presence of my lord, Adina. I had but one fear only, lest I might fall of my honor to him—who knew not my ways as thou knew them—and appear unloving and unraucious in his eyes. At these words Adina's motions grew more gentle and he checked him in his walk, and came and stood near by, his chin sunk in his palm, as before, and his eyes, with a most mighty tenderness in them, bent upon Namarah. "But, how knewest thou, my daughter, that the victory was won and thy father's host returning, seeing I sent no messenger before me, but made haste myself to bring the tildings?" Then Namarah turned her fair face upward, and said: "Adina, speak. Let it be known unto Jephthah, my father, that the thing that is come upon us was partly of our own doing—thine and mine." Then Adina, softened, mayhap, by the sight of the old man's suffering, and more yet by the nobleness and submission of Namarah's spirit, answered, and said: "These words be true, O Jephthah, for it was even I that sat unto the malden tidings, by which she gained the knowledge of our approach." "But how sendest thou these tidings," said Jephthah, "seeing that I gave thee no leave to take a messenger?" "Therein the fault was mine," Nemarah said, "if fault there be—for, were it not the will of God, naught that was done or is to be were possible—seeing that I gave unto &dina one of my carrier birds, to send me word of thy triumph and return, and the bird, in truth, brought me the tidings this morning. Seest thou not then therefore, oh, my father, that this thing that is befallen us was to be?" Then Jephthah bowed his head upon his hands and uttered a mighty groan. "How sayst thou, my daughter, that we shall be delivered? Knowest thou not that according to my vow thou must be offered a burnt sacrifice?" As he spake these awful words, the maiden's face grew whiter still, though the courage of her eyes faltered not, and through all the body of the young man Adina there ran a great shiver that again made to shake his arm that it rattled and sounded, seeing which, Namarah rose and ran to him, fearing lest he might even fall to the ground, so greatly he tootled and trembled. Taking him by the hand, she led him to a place beside her father and gently pressed him to a seat, while she herself sank back upon her knees before them, holding a hand of each, and as she lifted up her head and looked at them, it seemed unto the father and the lover both that her face was as the face of an angel. "Hearken to me, O thou to whom my soul best loveth," said Namarah, "for there is a voice within me that seemeth to me to speak, and that most dread and sacred voice saith to me what it shall comfort thee to hear. I will deliver thee, the voice crief continually, and shall we not believe this Heavenly voice? Let us, therefore, be comforted, and take courage and pray continually for deliverance from the terror whereweth we are affrended. For what is it that thy soul feareth O Adina, and O Jephthah my father? It is not even the thought of parting?" As Namarah spake these words, the spirits of the men who listened to her grew suddenly more calm, and the faith and courage with which her own heart was animated seemed to be in some sense imparted to them, so that Jephthah turned unto Adina, and spake unto him in these words: "Let not thy soul within 'thee hate me, O Adina, for my heart is sad even unto death. Forgive me the harm that I have done unto thee through ignorance, and let it be with us both even according unto the words that this malden hath spoken, and let us take comfort and have hope. Let us together pray continually for the deliverance that she feeleth to be in store for us." And Adina answered, and said: "It shall be as thou sayest, O Jephthah, and the God of power hear our prayers." Then Jephthah caused him that he knelt in front of him, at the side of the malden Namarah, and as they rested so, Jephthah lifted up his hands, and blessed them. And as their heads were bowed together, the short golden curls of the man beside the long dark tresses of the malden, Jephthah rose, and softly left them; and when they lifted up their heads, behold they were then. (To be continued.) Misunderstood Patriotism. Prof. Alfred B. Adams of New York was a soldier in the civil war, and took part in the Red river campaign under Maj. Gen. Banks. "At one place," he said recently to one of his classes, "we surprised a southern garrison and took many southern prisoners. They were guarding a mountain of cotton bales which were intended for shipment to Europe on account of the southern government. Gen. Banks promptly confiscated the cotton and transferred it to his flotilla. Each bale was stencilled 'C. S. A.' and over this the northern soldiers with marking brushes wrote in huge characters, "U. S. A.' I was on guard at the time, one of my prisoners, a handsome, bright-eyed young southern officer, said, 'Tank, what's that writing there?' I looked proudly at him as I replied: "The United States of America over the Confederate States of America. Can't you read—U. S. A. over C. S. A.?" He looked at me quizzed. "Thank you," he said. "Do you know, I thought it was United States of America Cotton Stealing association" The next question he put to me I didn't answer."—Penladelphia Post. Church's Most Pressing Need. Mrs. De Silke—"I wish to give a memorial of some kind to the church, in memory of a relative. What would you suggest?" Struggling Pastor—"A—er—an appropriately decorated—er—new church furnace, madam, and a—a few tons of coal." Dentistry Among the Ancients. The manufacture and use of false teeth is unobviously a practice of great antiquity. The ancient Egyptians were not mean dentists. Jawbones of mummies have been found with false teeth in them, and also with teeth filled with gold. Of the Old Block. "James, you ought to control little Jim better." "Mother, we can't; he's too much like you."—Indianapolis Journal. World's Largest River. The Nile is the longest river in the world, 4,300 miles. The Niger is 2,500 miles and the Kambelai 1,000 miles. In an open letter addressed to Gen. Charles H. Grovenor, Chairman of the House Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee, Alexander R. Smith of New York, a former member of the New York Commerce Commission, answers an attack on the Ship Subsidy Bill, which has been favorably reported to each branch of Congress. Mr. Smith openly charges that the foreign shipping interests aided by the free traders and other enemies of American shipping, are striving with might and main to destroy the one American line now engaging in our trade with Eurasia. "Mr. Petody's assertion that 'the cream of the industry is designed to fall to those vessels of the International Steamship Company,' is not only erroneous, but seems purposefully designed to prejudice the public against that line—the only line, by the way, engaged in our trade with Europe under the American flag. This line has been singled out for the most virulent, malignant and frequent attacks ever since the shipping bill has been before the public. It has been asserted, but without a word of truth, that it is controlled by the Standard Oil and the Pennsylvania Railroad companies. "That line has been pictured as part of a monopolistic trust, whereas it is battling, single handed and alone, against the most powerful steamship lines in the world. These other lines—all under foreign flags—are backed up with unlimited wealth and the support of their several governments to whatever extent may be necessary to enable them to successfully compete for the transatlantic trade. "The American line in question is struggling at considerable pecuniary loss to succeed and to still further increase its tonnage under the Stars and Stripes in the face of this concentrated and united opposition. In doing so it has been subjected to the unbridled abuse of every free trader, every free trade newspaper, every enemy of American shipping, and every defender of foreign shipping, in the United States. "If the stockholders of this line are ready to invest still further in American ships, in the hope of ultimately earning a profit, and are ready to subject themselves to the fiercest and most concentrated competition of the most wealthy and powerful ships in all the world under foreign fags, the American people will applaud and commend them. "The deadly purpose of this opposition is manifest, when we study the statistics of the United States for the last fiscal year. Of the total foreign trade of the United States, 67.07 per cent is with Europe—more than two-thirds of our total foreign trade is with Europe. Of our imports from Europe, valued at $353,844,534, only $15,430,242, or 4.35 per cent, was carried in American vessels. Of this, the ships of the American line carried imports valued at $14,813,033. Of our exports to Europe, valued at $362,806,038, but $27,586,078, or 1.30 per cent, was carried in American vessels, the ships of the American line carrying exports to Europe valued at $25,077,749. "The value of the imports and exports carried in the ships of this line was $99,890,782, out of a total of $160,-612,206 carried in all of the American ships engaging in our entire foreign trade. The ships of this American line carried within a fraction of 25 per cent of all of the imports and exports of the United States that were carried in American ships. If, therefore, the four steamships of the American line—which rendered such exceptional and invaluable auxiliary naval service to our government during the war with Spain—can be driven out of our trade with Europe, the proportion of our carrying under the American flag in our trade with Europe will drop from the present 2.15 per cent of the total to but 0.2 (two tenths of one) per cent. That is to say, the foreign ships now monopolize 7.78 per cent of our carrying with Europe, and are striving with all the power and influence at their command to increase their proportion of our carrying to 99.8, leaving for the stray American vessel that will dare to venture into that trade, the carrying of 0.2 of our imports and exports! By driving these ships out of our foreign trade, the proportion of the entire foreign trade of the United States carried in American vessels, would be reduced from 8.9 to just 7 per cent, leaving for foreign ships the carrying of 93 per cent of our imports and exports, and the estimated $200,-000,000 in freight earnings that are taken from the United States each year. "No wonder," concluded Mr. Smith in discussing this portion of his reply, "the foreign steamship lines, and all other friends of foreign shipping, and every enemy of American shipping, concentrates his opposition on the American line—the single heroic carrier of the American flag in our transatlantic trade." Fewer Porto Rican Taxes Under the American administration of Porto Rico the old Spanish taxes are, being gradually abolished. The consumption tax, landing and transportation charges are now done away with on petroleum, charcoal, firewood, fresh beef, veal, pork, and mutton, fowls and eggs, fruits, vegetables, flour, corseal, bread, rice beans, salt pork, ham, bacon, fresh fish, codfish, herring, soup paste, dreded beef, sugar, mo- lasses and coffee. The Porto Ricaans will gow be able to take a bite without being taxed for it, and they will soon be able to enjoy the privilege of a free square meal, paying less in taxes and having more money for food. CUBAN TARIFF CHANGES. Reduced Rate for Railroad Material Imported Within a Year The War Department has again revised the schedules of the Cuban tariff, to go into effect June 15th. It is hoped that this will increase the imports from the United States, as we now have less than half the trade of the island. A previous reduction of the duty on food stuffs and live stock has not lessened the cost of food by the consumer, so that no changes are made in the revision in the food duties except to reduce the duty on flour from $1.30 to a dollar a barrel, and on salt cod and stock fish from $2 to $1. In view of the necessity for the construction and reconstruction of railroads in Cubs, and upon the assurance given by the various companies that if material for the construction and equipment could be imported at a reduced rate they will at once begin to import large quantities, a special provision has been inserted in the tariff which allows railroad companies to import these supplies into the island for a period of twelve months from the date of promulgation at a rate of 10 per cent ad valorem. Some few changes have been made in the free list, one or two fresh additions being made and one or two articles being taken out and put on the dutiable list. Crude petroleum is taken from the free list and the original duty of $1.40 per 100 pounds restored. Petroleum and other mineral oils, rectified or refined, intended for illumination or lubrication, per 100 pounds, $2.80. Business Good Everywhere. Business continues to be good all over the western and southern sections of the country, as shown by Brad- street's returns of bank clearings: ern ..... 565, 593, 643 466, 436, 337 In every one of these sections the bank clearings have been larger this year, up to the end of April, than in the corresponding months of 1899, when the volume of business transacted in the country broke all previous records. Prosperity is still with us. Farm Products Higher. Comparing prices on May 1, 1900, with May 1, 1899, there has been an increase in the following products of the farm: Corn, sheep, hogs, prime, horses, hogs, carcasses, muttons, carcasses, milk, beef, pork, bacon, hams, lard, butter, coffee, beans, lemons, ralsins, hides, cotton, wool, hemp, jute, flax, tobacco, hay, cottonseed. Cowboys for McKinley. Geo B. Hendricks, of the San Angelo country, Texas, says that the cattlemen in his section are almost a unit for the re-election of President McKinley. He says the cowmen are satisfied with their present prosperity and do not care to see the existing confidence among the people disturbed by the election of any other man as president. Party of Destruction. One Southern editor has made so bold as to suggest that David B. Hill would add strength to the Kansas City ticket as a vice presidential candidate. The Kansas City ticket will be made by the subtraction system rather than by the process of addition. The policy of the present Democratic leaders is to tear down, not to build up. Packed and Pledged. The Declaration of Independence was signed on the Fourth of July, 1776, but the chances are that the Democratic party will not have the courage to sign a Declaration of Independence on the Fourth of July, 1900, as the convention is already packed and pledged to by-gone issues. Receipts at Manila Manila's customs receipts last March amounted to $515,575,as compared with $242,468 in March, 1899. Under Spanish rule the largest March receipts were $299,442, in 1897; so that their record has been beaten by $216,000 for that month under American administration. A Mlx-Up. It is quite likely that the Sioux Falls convention named a stalking horse for the Vice Presidency. The second place on the Kansas City ticket will eventually go to a Democrat, thus giving that party representation. Which Was Which? If the present Popocurc party were to undergo an operation for appendicitis, it would take a skilled political anatomist to tell after the operation which was the appendix and which was the, the, corpus delicit. Our Enemies and Their Allies. All of the foreign enemies of the United States are hoping for Democratic success in November. The Democratic party always was unfortunate in its away-from-home sympathy. COLORADO SHEEP. Senator Wolcott Tells of Their Grumier Value. Washington.—"Colorado has just been through a remarkable experience in regard to its flocks of sheep and its wool," said United States Senator Edward O. Wolcott of that state today when discussing the general prosperity of the country. Farmers out there have had their object lesson, and a very strong one on the evil effects of free trade and the advantages of protection. I have prepared some figures on the subject which are interesting. Year. Number. Value. Pet head. 1891. 1,519,569. $3,308,555. $2.27 1892. 1,718,888. 4,386,873. 2.65 1893. 1,828,058. 4,386,873. 2.65 1894. 1,828,058. 2,384,396. 1.69 1895. 1,855,989. 1,894,084. 1.69 1896. 1,819,949. 2,251,881. 1.73 1897. 1,411,852. 2,488,989. 1.70 1898. 1,655,951. 4,486,545. 2.71 1899. 1,655,951. 4,486,545. 2.71 1900. 1,858,857. 6,250,988. 2.89 "You will see from this table that the value of sheep in Colorado on the 1st of January, 1891 and 1892, was nearly $4,300,000 each year. At the end of 1892, just as soon as it was known that there would be a complete Democratic administration during the next four years, the farmers began to sell their sheep, the total number of the flocks decreasing by nearly 500,000 within a year. The value of each sheep also decreasing by $1 a head between the years 1893 and 1895. "I immediately after the election in the fall of '98, when Republican control of the Government was assured, the farmers began to increase their flocks, knowing that protection would again be given to wool. They had suffered under the disastrous effects of free trade in wool, and immediately set about to recover their losses. Between the first day of January, 1897, and the first day of the present year, the sheep flocks of Colorado have increased by 774,000 and their value by upwards of $3,750,000, each sheep in the state being worth $1.10 more this year than it was just before President McKinley's inauguration. "But the value of the sheep alone does not tell all the story. Look at this next statement giving the prices per pound of Colorado wool as sold in that state." Year. Fine. Clothing. Mexican. Greatest. 1891.....16 14 15 1892.....15% 13% 14% 1893.....10 9 10 1894.....8 7 8 1895.....7 6 7 1896.....6 5 7 1897.....8 7 9 1898.....10 10 12 1899.....12 10 12 1900.....11% 15% "You will see that all grades of wool began to drop in '93. Between the time of President Harrison's administration when wool was protected under the McKinley tariff, and the free trade period of President Cleveland, there was a difference of 10 cents per pound to the farmer on the best wool that he had to sell. His loss per pound on medium wool was 9 cents, on Mexican wool 8 cents, and on greasy wool 2 to 4 cents per pound. "Wool values began to increase again just as soon as protection was assured by the election of President McKinley and a Republican Congress. Prices had already advanced early in '97, and they have kept on advancing ever since. "Now, I have taken the quantity of wool produced in Colorado in the years 1891 to 1895 and 1900, with the average value per pound at which it was sold, and it shows the following result: Year. Pounds. Value. 1891. 11,827,198. $1,655,880. 1894. 14,904,828. $1,933,880. 1900. 14,594,825. $1,933,880. "Besides a loss of $2,320 in the value of their sheep between '91 and '95, the farmers of Colorado lost $1,150,000 through the smaller prices at which they sold their wool. For one year their experience with free trade cost them almost $3,500,000. "Comparing this year with 1895, there has been an improvement of $4,266,000 in the value of Colorado sheep, and of $1,124,000 in the value of the wool grown in that state, making a benefit to the farmers under protection, in one year almost $5,400,000. Put this against the loss of $3,470,000, and we have a total of $8,860,000 and the gross difference to sheep farmers in Colorado between free trade and protection in one single year." Not Jerry's Work. Jerry Simpson is suspected of the authorship of the Sioux Falls platform. Jerry has had some newspaper experience and, had he been entrusted with the composition of the document, would undoubtedly have provided I with a "Going Backward" scare head This lack of editing ought to enable Jerry to prove an albl. Experience with Jones. The Cincinnati Enquirer wants the Ohio Democrats that they cannot secure the votes of the men who supported the Hon. Sam Jones for governor last year. The owner of the Enquirer had one experience with Jones and knows what he is talking about. A Side Show. "What sort of a show will the Demer- ratic party have this year," inquires an esteemed contemporary. According to the proceedings at Sioux Falls and Cincinnati we should say a side show would be about its size. Must Hide His Head. The gallant Colonel who was going around the country a short time ago looking for General Prosperity will have to hide from that enemy to his ambitions plain. FRIDAY, JUNE 15. MUSCATINE NEWS. Mrs. Maggie Pearson is reported sick. Rev. Gordon and I. P. Johnson left Tuesday morning for Keokuk to attend the convention. Stephen Melton and Miss Dora Huston were married Friday. The chair renders a sacred concert Sunday evening. Children's day exercises will be held on Sunday, June 24th, owing to the delay of the programme. As Mrs. Nelson Carr and son, Junius Brown of New York City, N. Y., were driving to town, the horse became frighten and ran away, throwing Mrs. Carr out and bruising her considerable. The buggy was demolished. The D. Y. W. Y. K club met at the home of Miss Florence White last Tuesday. After the transaction of business they were treated to ice cream and cake. They will give a concert at the home of Samuel Barnes, June 21, for the benefit of the church. FRASER The weather has been very pleasant. Revs. Roey, Underwood and family L. G. Garret and Mrs. Mable Coleman left for Des Moines to attend the state convention. Sunday services at 11 o'clock, Sunday School at 3 p. m. Children's day exercises at 7:30 Sunday was witnessed by a crowded house and was the grandest ever held in Fraser. The church was nicely decorated and the programme was as follows: Song, Sunday School; Prayer, R. Payne; Recitation, Dora Taylor; Dialogue, nine little girls; Song, Sunday School; Recitation, Little Herbert Thomas; Dialogue, Eva Barber and Josie wood; Song, Sunday School; Recitation, Garfield Fulton; Dialogue, May Bell Underwood and Rosa Barber; Song' Sunday School; Recitation, Little Minnie Bryant; Dialogue, twelve girls; Song, Sunday School; Welcome Address, Superintendent L. G. Garrett; Response, Rev. J. Underwood; Song, Sunday School. Tuesday night is Young Peoples' prayer meeting. Mrs. M. Emery is some better at this writing. MT. PLEASANT. Miss Mary Mosely, youngest daughter of Mr. Henry Mosley, graduated from Normal course from Mount Pleasant Academy, June 5. Her subject was "Our Early Training." Miss Mosely has a sweet clear voice and we were all pleased to hear her. Mr. Pleasant is certainly proud of her five young lady graduates this year. Mr. Ed. Mosely of Helena, Montana arrived in our city last week to visit relative and be present at the graduation of his sister, Miss Mary. Mr. James Johnson of Ottumwa was in the city last Friday and Saturday on business. Mr. Alfred Coalson bought the residence of the late Mr. Henry Johnson last Saturday. Mr. Earl Mosely of Ottumwa accompanied by his sister Mrs. Luella Shelton and her son Carl came to hear their sister graduate. Mrs. J. A. Carter has been indisposed Mrs. Clay Reed went to Burlington last Saturday on business. Mr. Joe Arbuckle still keeps very sick. Mr. O. Folks of Burlington was a Sunday visitor in our city. Mrs. Rhinehart went to Keokuk last Tuesday. Miss Myra had a bad attack of asthma last Monday night. Our delegate, Miss Lyda Bartlett left for Keokuk last Wednesday afternoon. Children's day exercises were held at Second Baptist church last Sunday, under charge of Miss Maude Arbuckle. The children did fine. Next Sunday the children of the A. M. E. Sunday School will hold Children's day- SIOUX CITY ITEMS. Rev. T. A. Clark returned Saturday evening, bringing with him his two little daughters who will spend a few days in our city. Mrs. Hester Whiddon has returned from a weeks visit at Yankton, S. D. Mesdames, Johnston, Parsons, and Wright, came down on the expiration from Yankton, Sunday, and spent the day visiting friends, returning in the evening. Mrs. M. Smith is quite sick with pneumonia. Mr. John Morgan had the misfortune to lose his valuable home last week. Mr. Isaac Walkins and his daughter Miss Edith, arrived from Sioux rapids, Iowa, Saturday morning, to reside permanently. They will make their home with his laughter, Mrs. Early. An entertainment was given Tuesday evening to defray the expenses of the delights to the Sunday Sabbol convention which convenes at Kochuk. Mrs. James Washington has opened a neat little ice cream parlor in the rear of their store and is serving first class ice cream. Mr. George Washington, who has been running a fruit stand in this clay for a number of years, has sold out and will rest for a while. Great preparations are being made for Children's Day which will be held on the 17th. There will be an excellent program rented at each service during the day. The Young People's meeting which is held at 3:30 was not very well attended last Sabbath, perhaps on account of the excursion. We hope to have a large attendance on Children's Day. ACUTE SENSES OF THE SAVAGE Scientific View of Their Alleged Super- city to Chilified Mau in his last lecture on the "Senses of Primitive Man" W. H. R. Rivers discussed the acuteness of hearing in savages. In this respect none of the Torres Straits natives were superior to one of the Europeans composing the expedition, while the majority were inferior. No great weight, however, could be attached to the observations, because all the people were divers—an occupation that certainly damaged the ears to some extent. To investigate their range of hearing a Galton's whistle was used, and it was shown that they could hear very high notes. Their sense of smell was tested by means of a series of tubes containing solutions, of varying strength, of odorous, substances like valerian and camphor, and the results, while not altogether satisfactory, tended to show they had no marked superiority in this respect over the members of the expedition. With regard to taste it was very difficult to get information, as the natives, naturally enough, did not like strange objects being put into their mouths. One fact, was noticed, which was interesting when it was remembered that our most definite sensations and that cold exactly as was the case with Europeans. the data were very scanty, but it was found that the natives had points on their skin specially sensitive to cold exactly as was the case with Europeans. As to touch, when tested to see how close the points of a pair of compasses must be put on the skin before they ceased to be felt as two, their sensitiveness was in general better than Europeans, but there was always the doubt whether they were really able to bear pain with more fortitude. However, the conclusion that the Murray islanders were distinctly less sensitive than the Europeans in the expedition was supported not only by their subjective statements, but also by object tests depending on the conditions of the blood pressure. In the discrimination of weight it was curious that these natives, who had no abstract idea of weight and no word to express it, and who, moreover, could have had no practice, were more accurate than a practiced European. Finally Dr. Rivers, while commenting on the defective knowledge of some of the senses he had treated and on the absence of comparative data, concluded that in general the sense organs of the savage were not markedly superior to those of the normal of average European, and that the recorded instances of apparent extraordinary acuteness were to be explained by his habits of observation and specialized knowledge. Subscribe for the Tystander. Explosives Confined and Unconfined. There is a widespread misapprehension in regard to the devastating effect of high exposures. When unconfined the effect even of large charges of them upon structures is comparatively slight. At the naval ordinance proving ground, so long ago as 1884, repeated charges of dynamite, varying from five pounds to 100 pounds in weight, were detonated on the face of a vertical target consisting of eleven one-inch wrought-iron plates to a twenty-ninth oak backing, until 440 pounds of dynamite had been so detonated in contact with it, and yet the target remained practically uninjured, while at Braumfontein the accidental explosion of fifty-five tons of blasting gelatin, which was stored in railway vans, excavated but 30,000 tons of soft earth. Thus at Fort Lee, on the Hudson, but two tons of dynamite placed in a chamber in the rock and tamped brought down 100,000 tons of the rock; at Lamberis, Wales, two tons and a half of gelatin, dynamite, similarly placed, throw out 180,000 tons of rock, and at the Taleen Mawr, in Wales, seven tons of gunpowder placed in two chambers in the rock dislodged from 125,000 to 200,000 tons of rock. The Ages of Men. A great man does not always attain a ripe old age; in fact, hardly half of the greatest men of modern and ancient times have reached the limit of age set by the Bible. Among statesmen: Mirabean was #42; Pitt, #47; Caesar, 55; Richelieu, 57; Cromwell, 58; Frederick the Great, 74; Diorrell, 75; Bismarck, 84; Talleyrand, 84 of great conquerors. Alexander the Great died at #32; Napoleon at #51; Hannibal at #38; Marlborough at #72; Blucher at #76; Wellington at #83; Xenophon at #60; Molle at #11. The age of the decease of philosophers was: Spinoza, 44; Descartes, 58; Aristotle, 62; Socrates, 68; Linnaeus, 70; Copernicus, 70; Gallio, 78; Kant, 78; Plato, 73; Newton, 84; Humboldt, 89. The longevity of great writers, poets, varies from Byron, #30 to Sophocles, #90. To painters death/came at ages varying from Ranabed at #77 to Titan at #99 THE SPORTING GOODS SEASON IS OPEN Base Ball, Tennis, Golf, Fishing Tackle, Athletic Supplies of all kinds, Hammocks, Etc. New stock up to date. NATIONAL On other days during the summer round-trip tickets will be on sale to tourist points. The rate for these will be slightly higher than the above and they will be good until October 31. See F. L. GANNAWAY, City Passenger Agent, for Particulars. CITY OFFICE 400 Locust St. Des Moines, Iowa. MONTROSE BICYCLE SENT FREE SEND ON YOUR ORDER, state whether you wish with lady's or man's wheel. THE WHEEL, G. O. D. on approval, allowing you to increase and examine it fully before you accept it. 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The dif ference only in circumstances. RAM'S HORNS. Growth makes the glad Christian. A half success may be a whole failure. The place of prayer becomes the bosom of God. He who falls before Him will be raised beside Him. The greatest motive forces are the ones that cannot be moved. To jump down a man's throat is a poor way to get to his heart. If our hands would touch humanity, our hearts must touch Heaven. God may deny you many toys, but He will certainly give you the kingdom. There was more dancing over the golden calf than over two tables of --- Siektets will be sold on these days to Denver, Colorado Springs, Glenwood Springs, Utah, the Black Hills and Wyoming, and will be good until October 31. CHURCH AND CLERGY. The Rev. J. Wilbur Chapman is to write the life of D. L. Moody. Bishop Edsall has just completed a highly successful mission at Jamestown, N. D. Tomkins Avenue Congregational church of Brooklyn raised over $27,000 for missions during the year. The death roll in the Congregational ministry in Great Britain was unusually heavy during the year 1899. A congress of the history of religion will be held at Paris, France during the first part of September next year. The receipts of Plymouth church, Brooklyn, for the year make a total of $38,000, of which $17,000 is from pew rents. The annual council of the South African churches was held at Graaf Reinet, and owing to the preoccupations of the war, only thirty-eight delegates attended. Since his resignation from the Church of the Pilgrims relief from care has conducted to a marked improvement in the health of the venerable v. R. S. Storra. Juan Carlos Renouzois His Citizenship Rome, March 22.-Don Carlos, the Spanish pretender, has appeared in court at Lucca and renounced his Spanish citizenship, declaring himself an Austrian subject. 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Owing to the large number of inva- Uids who have called upon the British Doctors at the office room, 204 and 205 Marquardt Block; and who have been unable to see them, these eminent gentlémen have, by request, consented to continue giving their services free for three months to all invalids who ‘call upon them before June 10th, ‘These services will consist not only of consultation, examination and ad- vice,but also of all minor surgical op- erations. ‘The object in pursuing this course is to become rapidly and personally ac- quainted with the isick and afflicted, and under no consideration whatever will any charges be made fof any. ser- vices rendered for three months, to all Who call before June 10th. ‘The doctors treat all forms of disease ‘and deformities, und guarantee a cure im every cave they undertake. At the first interview a thorough examination is made; and, if incurable you are frankly and kindly told s0, also advis. ed against spending your money for usclese treatment, ‘Male and female weakness, eatarrha deafness; aleo cancer without pain or cutting; all skin diseases, rupture and all diseases of the rectum are positively cured by their treatment. Dr. J, Boyd, the chief consulting sur. geon of the institute, is in personal charge. Orrien Houns:} Ny Sanday Hours, SPECIAL NOTICE—If you cannot call, send stamp for question blank for ‘home treatment BE PROMPT Se Parnas : baa | ree a sia> Cee aaa y Get your Gas Range now, so that you will not have to wait long for the necessary connections. Last year during the ‘‘rush” some oftders were unavoidably delayed. ‘This year’s business is trebling that of last year’s. So take time by the forelock. YOUR MONEY BACK if the Gas Rang purchased of us works unsatisfactorilly and you re tum it within 30 days. Gas Light Company, 413--415 Locust Street. Would Not Suffer So Again for Fifty Times Its Price. Lawoke ‘ast night with severe pains in my stomache. I never felt so badly in all my life. When I came down to wotk this morning I felt so weak I ould hardly work. I went to Miller & McCurdy's drog store and they recom- meu ded Chamberlain's Cough Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. It worked like magic and one dose fixed me all right. It is certainly the finest thing I ever used for stomach trouble. I shall not be without it in my home hereafter, for I should not care to en- dure the sufferings of last night for fifty times its price—G. H. Witson, Liveryman. Burgettstown, Washing- ton Co., Pa. This remedy is for sale by all Droggists. 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Dory, Des Moines, Iowa, For sale by all Druggists, | CEDAR RAPIDS BUDGETARIAN. Rey. Bass and Mra, Della Marshall are attendiig the District conference ‘and Coovontion at Keokuk at this writing. Mrs. B.C. Thomas accompanied by little Andey Morgan lett for Ottumwa Monday morning to attend the Grand Court, Mrs, Tonnié Wade of Springfield, 111, is expected in the city about the frst week in July to visit with Mr. and Mrs. Geo, H. Wade of 1029 8, Seventh St. ‘The A. M. E, church 1s preparing for ‘a grand rally for the latter part of July, Every effort is being put torth to make it'a success in every respect. Soliciting ‘cards have been given out to different ‘ones. A beautiful gold watch has been 'offerend to the parson bringing in the |iargest amount of money. A gold ring will be the second prize, Are you 8 contestant. Geo. H. Wade was quite unfortunate last week, when heaccidently fell from his wheel, breaking it up so that he was compelled to secure another; fortu nately he escaped with only a hard fall, and will be more careful In the tatue. Little Forest Martin is convalescent. Wm. Martin Jr. is visiting his paren- talhome, Willaim claims Moline as his home now and thinks that the only city. ‘The Industrial Circle meets this week with Mrs. Pierce. ‘The A. M. E, choir sang excellent Sunday evening. Rev, Bass gave a brief talk on his recent visit home end to the Genera) Conference, to # crowded house Sun- doy. < {Lams Week's Correspondence, | Rey, Bass returned last Saturday from a two wesk's visit to the General Conference and his home in Toledo Ohio, He reports s pleasant trip, and will on next Sunday give a brief synop sis of the conference. Be sure und ut tend, ‘Mrs, Kidd of Galesburg is in the cits ti remain indefinitely. ‘A mass meeting of all the members is called at the A’ M. E, church, Turs day evening of this week, to arrange for church work for the remainder o} the conference year. It ig the desir. of the pastor that all the members b present. Mra, J. E. Milligan very elegant); entertained the members of the Indus trial Circle at her residence ont in the surburb, on last Eriday June 1. William H. Lavell met with quite s { painful accident while at work in the | Electric Light and Power Co., in some manner he was handling hot wate which flew back on his left arm, scald ing the skin off: He had the doetor tc dress it and is getting along nicely. Mesdames Ben Hawkins, f. Perkins, L, Perkins, Jno. Van Co np, H. Martin and G, H, Wade very pleasantly spen the day out to the beautifal countrs home of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Milligan last Friday. Mesdames Perkins an Van Camp went ont on their wheels while the others drove out. A bette time could not have been had an3 place. Our ety is full of strangers this wel | visiting the home Manufactures Exhi | vition at the auditorium, Mr, and Mrs, Pierce, pioneer resident |ocehe "Rapida;" are contemplating 0 locating else where. Schools will close this week, mucl to thedelight of many. Henry Brown is cooking at the hote | Daniels, Marion. Have you any items for the Bystan der? ,Ifso please hand them to th agent, 1022 8 Seventh street. NERVOUS WEAKNESS CURED. VIRTUMA is. French treatment for both sexes that is poritively guaranteed to cure IMPO- TPENCY vitalify and vigor, restoring the desires, ambitions and aspirations of youth and health, fitting for success and happiness in business; professional, social and married life. $2 a package or 3for 85. Ask your druggist, but re- fusecheap substitutes. Sent anywhere prepaid on receipt of price and guaran- teed by the Kidd Drug Company, Elgin, Mlinois. Retail and wholesale by Hurlbut & MeArthur, Des Moines, In, Last fall 1 sprained my left hip while handling some heavy boxes. The doc- tor Icalled on anid at fires it was a slight strain and would soon be well, Dut it grew worse andithe doctor then I had rheumatism. It continued to grow worse and I could hardly got around to work. I went to a drag store and the druggist recommended me to try Chamberlain's Pain Balm. I tried it and one-bali of a 50-eent bot- tle cured me entirely. I now recom- mend ft to all my friends. —F. A Baxcocr, Erie; Pa. It in for sale by al) Droggists. ‘Subseribe for the Bystander. Through a Woman's Eyes, °° ‘The «drees of Mrs, A, J.. Murray of Washington D, C., revenily delivered be- fore the National Mother's Council, at Des Moiner,-Jowa, is an. encouraging sigo, "When the best women of both ra-’ 8 meet in a feibndly, elsterly council and inouss plane for the, saying of white aud: back children, the white women of Amer- toa will better appreciate the sacrifice andt stuggle of their colored alsters. ‘They will be more willing to ald them with heir advice aud sympathy, and on the other hand, the colored women’s horizon willbe wipened and they will retura to thelr homes with new Inspiration and with quiekondd faith in-the possibilities of christian womanhood, ‘No class of women neod a helping band ‘more than the cvlored women of America who are trying to overcome the evils forond upon them by years of slavery, It is therefore to bo regretted that the Feder- ation of Clbs which met in Wilwaukee Inst week, rejected Mro Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin, their only colored delegate. It showed by their aotion, that while they wore organized for tho uplifting of wo- men, the eolored women, the most belplese of all were to bo excluded. ‘All honor io the women of Bfassachu- ‘sette, and Illinois, and Towa who gave their protest against such an unwomanly procedure. : Mra, Rofilin addressed a large mixed audience ‘at Quinn Chepel Sunday eve ning. ‘The Woman,® Mite Missionary Xoolety of St. John’s A. M. E. Chureb gave a benefit bazar for St. Johns Chureh and cleared $64.57. ‘The Stowardesses of Quinn Chapel gave six o'clock dinner inthe. lecture room, ‘Monday, June 4th in honor of Hev. C. L. Bradwell, an uncle of Dr. A. J. Carey. Thore were present, Elder Snelson of ‘Africa, several other visitiog delegates, P, E. Games and all of the city pastors. ‘The St, John’s Trumped is a neat sheet ‘edited and published by Rev. Tillman, in the interest of the ebureb and vommuni- ty. It shows push and enterprise. ‘The National Association Notes. pub- sisbed by Mrs. Booker T, Washington, 16 ‘a very helpful piper, and deserves. the patronage of ull colored women. ‘Miro, Emma 8. Ransom, the lovely and cultured wife of Dr. Ransom, dolivered an address at Bethel Sunday evening on “The Birth of a New Consctonsuess”, and Dr. Runsom spoke on “The Cla Women ot America and ‘The Denial of Sisterhood.” Rev. Cornelius Wright, formerly » member of the own Conference, bas with his wile, eome from Washington, D. ©, where they have resided for the lest ‘two years, and wilt remain in Chicago for ‘awhile. i We congratulate the Bystander on. it Sixth Anniversary. Long may it live! KATHERINE DAVIS TILLMAN. MARSHALLTOWN ITEMS. ‘Mr. Thompson had a fine horse killed by the traia’ last Friday. ‘Mrs. Carrie. Wheeler went to Ottumwa to vislt old triends and attend the Graf Court, : ‘Miss Ada Greene is visiting her grand- ‘mother, Mrs, Thompson, ‘Mr. and Mrs, H.R. Wright have re- turned from lowa City, where has been ‘taking a course in iaw. ‘There is quite a talk of a picnic on a large soale, the Fourth of July. ‘Mr. K. J. is spending a few days in Davenport thiv, week, while his wife is attending the camp meeting at Des Moines. Quite a crowd of strangers visited our city in the past fow days. Some were in- vited to stay and some were told to go. DOCTOR YOURSELF. “Genova” ‘Tablets are mailed and aranteed by Kidd Drug Company Elgin, I, to cure all forms of diseases of Urinary organs, and system, Bladder, ete., including ‘Gonorrhoea, Gleet, Whites, Lucorrhoea, unnatural dis charges, irritations and ulcerations of the urinary orgaps wad mucous mem- branes never gives stricture, harmless and painless. An internal remedy with injections combined: only one in the worid. Sent per mail on receipt of rice, $3 per packageor 2.for$5. Don’t foot "with dhe ubstitntan,Ratah and wholesale of Hurlbus & McArthur, ‘Des Moines, Ia. LADIES DON'T WORRY. “Dr. Le Dues Genuine French Fe- mmale Ropalstoe i poutaly gonrne- toed and’ mlled by Waa Drug Gos Bl gin, Il,, to remove and releive Monthly ‘Stoppages, Female irregularities, Sup- pressed Menstruation, obstructions ané suppressions, from whatever course, or send free medicine until cured if Gosranteed ot does ot relive Seok ‘on receipt of price, $2 a package or 3 for $5.00 Retail and wholesale of Hurlbut & McArthur, Des Moines. TRUSSES, 650, $1.25 AND UP Js $Pee arena | | 2 aie ai | 3 elie waa Ft 2 fa Be onan eats rete auras Racoon apes ean ergs RES eae naiaet trial Seid ibrar teieeth Sore ‘etait fhrve tsa out pricepoucantetura vasa wee Sinema eee MAILE FOR FREE THUSS ChTALORUE mates a ae ies ane rep eee $1, ioe res Ee ee $203 cept fate ed of t & Der la was finer fee fren as fio 0 fae’ Ae fan, Nem jas juld be pee yady net a tiwed. ting be heres fd Sat ay Cor at Se ec. oe fisce se ‘ultiptic ithe leavy t first fain Keene jultunec tit ee fer hour x ) advan b the « - para ie Seat se Twenty English Killed and 113 Wounded. Weiss Report Heavy Fighting near Earre Fabriker and Donker Hook—Robert Biegun Bothe Near Preteris—Methuen and Kitchener Win. London, June 15.—A dispatch from Gen. Buller, dated Ingogo Station, June 13, says that the British casualties at Allemann's nek were 2 officers killed and 6 wounded, and 18 non-comissioned officers and men killed and 113 wounded. An unofficial Boer story that comes by way of Lourenco Marques mentions very heavy fighting near Earre Fabriker and Donker Hook, which is apparently the same action. According to this brief account the British were repulsed. There seems to be no reason for accepting the story as true. ROBERTS FALLS ON BOERS. singages Botha Near Fretoria—Burghers Not Beaten. London, June 14.—After a week's silence Lord Roberts has been heard from, his line of communications having been practically restored by means of a complete victory gained by Gens. Methuen and Kitchener over Gen. Dewet at the Rhenoster river yesterday. The Boer camp was captured and the burghers, it is added, were scattered in all directions. Lord Roberts, on being notified of the cutting of his line of communications, sent Gen. Kitchener in all haste to join Gen. Methuen. June 11 Lord Roberts attacked Gen. Botha, who was in strong force fifteen miles southeast of Pretoria. After strenuous opposition, the British forces gained considerable ground, but Gen. Botha, when Lord Roberts left the field, was still undefeated. All is quiet at Pretoria and Johannesburg and Lord Roberts says the government need have no apprehension about the security of the army in South Africa, as it will not take long to remedy the reverses and repair the railroad. A lengthy dispatch forwarded to the war office by Maj.Gen. Knox from Kroonstad, presumably sent there by messenger, reads as follows: "Kroonstad, June 12.—We have been requested to forward you from Lord Roberts the following dispatch from the Pretoria residency at 8:08 a.m. today: "Pretoria, June 12—Pretoria and Johannesburg are perfectly quiet and several of the inhabitants have expressed gratitude for the peace and order which prevail. "After surrendering the city, Botha retired to a place about fifteen miles east on the Middleburg road. He had a small force at first, but during the last few days his numbers increased, and his being so near the town kept up the excitement in the country, prevented the burghers from laying down their arms and interfered with the collection of supplies. It therefore became necessary to attack him. This I did yesterday. He held a very strong position, practically unassailable in front, which enabled him to place the main portion of his troops on his flanks, which he knew from former experience were his vulnerable parts." Norwegian Bark Is Lost. Norfolk, Va., June 15—Sixteen men, captain and crew of the Norwegian bark Cleveland, were brought in here by the British freighter Iran of the William Johnson line, Captain Jacobs commanding. The freighter, bound from Liverpool to Norfolk, took Captain Paul Vinsnes and his fifteen men off the Cleveland and left her off the Irish coast June 4 in a fair way to go to the bottom within a few hours. Death did not seem far away to the crew of the bark when the Iran came in the night and rescued them. The bark was abandoned in latitude 48.58 north, longitude 27.18 west. The ship's chronometer and the crew's dunnage was saved. Otis Returns to Washington. Otis returns to Washington. Washington, June 15. - Maj-Gen. E. S. Otis, who left the city to attend the graduating exercises at West Point, returned to the city again. The general's stay in Washington will be brief, as after a call on the president, he will leave the city for Rochester, N.Y., where a celebration in his honor is to be given Friday. The general's daughters, the Misses Otis, joined their father on his return here. Horrors Money from Russia Borrowes Money from Russia. Belgrade, Servia (via Semlin, Hungary), June 14.—Russia has lent Montenegro 2,000,000 rubles ($1,030,000) for the purpose of putting the financial affairs of that principality in order. The porte has promised the Servian minister at Constantinople, M. Stolian Novakovitch, that in future it will prevent Albanian raids into Servia. Oldenburg's Grand Duke Dead. Oldenburg, June 15.—The grand duke of Oldenburg died at noon at his summer residence at Rastede. The Grand Duke Frederick Peter Nicholas was born in 1827, and succeeded his father in 1853. Married in 1852 Elizabeth, the daughter of Prince Joseph of Saxe-Altenburg, by whom he had two sons. Gunboats for West Africa. London, June 15.—The Central News states that the admiralty has ordered five ships of war and shallow draft gunboats prepared immediately for service in West African rivers. CHIEF OF FOSSE IS SHOT. Two Car Blows Up and a Third Middlet. St. Louis, June 15—As Col. J. H. Cavender, commanding officer of the sheriff's posse comitatus, was riding on a street car he was撑 on the body by a bullet from a noiseless gun, at Tenth and Pine streets. He was struck a glancing blow and not much hurt. Col. Cavender saw the man when he fired on him, and jumped off the car and tried to capture him. The man dodged into a brickyard and escaped. At 11:45 p. m., as a mail car was coming south on North Broadway, it was greeted with a volley of shots from both sides of the street when crossing Gano avenue. The motorman turned on full power and got away. The car was riddled with bullets, but fortunately nobody was hurt. Frank J. Stevens of 1410 Dillon street was in charge of the clerks. During the course of a heated argument over the strike, Sherman C. Patterson, president of the local street railway men's union, was stabbed in the back and mortally wounded. Edward Canty of St. Louis is accused of the crime. Patterson was taken to the city hospital, where an examination of his wound revealed that the jugular vein had been perforated. His death is momentarily expected. Canty was arrested. At midnight a car on the Olive street cable line, at Twenty-first street, was badly damaged by some sort of high explosive placed on the track by strike sympathizers. The roar of the explosion awoke residents for blocks around. No one was injured. A car on the Baden extension of the North Broadway division of the Transit company was blown from the tracks. It is supposed that the car wheels exploded a dynamite cap. The front trucks of the car were almost entirely demolished. Motorman John H. Gray was slightly injured. No arrests were made in connection with the case. John Goetttling, who was shot in the back during a disturbance at Fifteenth and Chambers streets, June 7, died, making the twelfth strike fatality. A Shut-Down at Muscle. Muncie, Ind., June 15.—The Midland steel works closed down at midnight for an indefinite period, with the notice posted, "Orders short." The employees threaten that within thirty days work may be commenced upon a large cooperative steel mill here to take the entire force from the Midland. W. P. Beaver, New York; S. M. Cooper, E. R. Crawford, Goldsmith, and G. M. McGinnis, Pittsburg, are here to take an inventory in the Midland. Wages to Be Increased. Cincinnati, Ohio, June 15. It is reported that the Covington, Newport & Cincinnati street railway directors will grant similar concessions to their 700 employees that have been granted on this side of the river by the Consolidated. This will be shorter hours with slightly increased wages. Superintendent James R. Ledyard said that his company would do so in order to place his employees on an equal footing with those in Cincinnati. Spring Valley St:lke Ends Spring Valley, Ill., June 15—The strike has been declared off by President John M. Hunter and the United Mine Workers after having lasted just fifty days and at a cost of $50,000 to the Spring Valley Coal company. General Manager S. M. Dalzell of the company telegraphed his signature to the articles of agreement from Chicago. He recognized the Hoisting Engineers' union. Strike In Newfoundland. St. Johns, N. F., June 15—The strike situation at the Belle island mines has become more serious. Steamers cannot load ore. The strikers now assume a threatening attitude and mutterings of an ominous nature are heard. LYMAN ABBOTT ON LABOR. Favors Laws to Force Corporations to Accent Arbitration. Cleveland, Ohio, June 15—Dr. Lyman Abbott in an interview here touching on the St. Louis strike and similar, labor troubles declared that no municipality ought ever to have relinquished the control of the streets to a private corporation. He added: "Where the city has given the control of its streets to a private corporation it cannot take that control back without making compensation. But it can insist that the corporation shall manage the highways both in the interest of the public and in justice to its employees. There should be a law giving to employees of any city railroad the right to present their grievance to a disinterested tribunal. The tribunal should have power to require the corporations to accept the decision or surrender their franchises to those who would." Weds a Red Cross Nurse Wabash, Ind., June 15—Miss Susan Holderman, who gained distinction as a nurse of the Red Cross society in Cuba, was married at her home in North Manchester to the Rev. William Howe of Deshler, Ohio. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. D. M. Howe, a brother of the groom. The Rev. W. Howe was formerly connected with Manchester college and is widely known in educational circles. The couple will reside in Porto Rico, where Mr. Howe will teach. Cooley Elected Superintendent. Chicago, June 15—Edwin G. Cooley, principal of the La Grange school and principal-elect of the Chicago Normal school, was chosen by a unanimous vote of the board of education to succeed Dr. E. Benjamin Andrews as superintendent of Chicago schools. WORK OF A FIEND IN OHIO. Girl Assaulted, Stripped of Clothes, and Burned. TREATMENT MAKES HER INSANE Fose with Bloodhounds Searching the Woods—They Promise a Lynching if They Can Catch the Accomplish of Corn Bown, the 17-Ker-Old Victim. Canal Dover, Ohio, June 15—Burned, bruised, bleeding and unconscious, pretty 17-year-old Cora Bowers, daughter of W. W. Bowers, a well-known citizen of New Philadelphia, the county seat, three miles from here, was found in the back yard of her home in St. Clair street, in the heart of the city. When she regained consciousness Miss Bowers told a story of a most fendish assault by an unidentified ruffian, whom a posse of desperate men is now trailing with blood-hounds. If caught he will certainly be lynched. Every foot of Tucarawas county is being searched for him. Miss Bowers' parents left home early in the evening to call on relatives in another part of the city, leaving their daughter in company with her small brother and sister. At 9 p. m. they had not returned, and then Miss Bowers out of the rear door of the house to close the gate. As she did so a man sprang out of the darkness and clutched her about the throat, preventing any outcry. While people were passing along the street in front of the house he silently bore her to the ground, still keeping firm on her throat. She fought and struggled desperately. Then her assailant held her firmly with one hand and with the other tore from her body all her clothing, save her stockings and shoes. Nude and terrified, the girl tried to scream, but could not. Then, as a climax to his inhuman cruelty, he kicked her clothing into a heap and deliberately set a match to it. When it had blazed up he forced the naked girl on the flames and held her there until her senses left her. Her 6-year-old brother heard her moans and ran out the door in time to see a man leap the fence and disappear. His screams attracted the neighbors, who arrived rapidly, and dragged the helpless girl out of the smouldering fire and carried her into her own home. Sheriff James Heffling was at once notified, and within half an hour a hundred or more desperate men were scattering out of the town in all directions. Two bloodhounds belonging to the county were at once put on the trail of the criminal, which they followed four miles south to the opening of an abandoned coal mine. This was thoroughly explored, but no one was found inside. Later the dogs took up the trail and followed it still farther south, where it was again lost in a field where horses were pastured. It is believed that the man, fearing the keen-scented brutes, corralled a horse and rode it some distance to throw the hounds off the track. The search was abandoned when daylight came, but is now being continued. It is believed that the fugitive cannot escape the cordon of armed men, who have the greater part of the county covered. Miss Bowers is in a critical condition. Her back, arms, left breast and limbs are terribly burned and she is in a sad state of nervous and mental excitement. Home Wrecked by Dynamite. Home Wrecked by Dynamite. Chippewa Falls, Wils., June 15—The farmhouse of John Peterson, eight miles north of Cadott, was wrecked from the explosion of a charge of dynamite. Some unknown would-be murderer put the explosive under a corner of the house, where the wife and children were sleeping, and that side was completely shattered. The bed was blown to pieces, and how the sleeping occupants escaped is nothing short of miraculous. A mill hand who boarded with the family suffered a similar experience. Two of the children were severely injured, and Mrs. Peterson is seriously ill from the shock. Car Driven by Corpse. Chicago, June 15—With the motorman dead on the front platform, an Indiana avenue electric car crowded with passengers shot across the railroad tracks at Fortieth street just ahead of a freight train last night, and for three blocks ran full speed with no one at the controlling lever. The motorman, H. A. Morgan, had fallen helpless of heart disease, but the passengers did not realize their danger until after it was over and the car had been stopped by the conductor. Compassion Merchants Win: Commission Merchants Win. Lansing, Mich., June 15.—The Chicago commission merchants who attacked the new Michigan statute which provides that all commission merchants doing business in this state shall pay a license fee and file bonds, conditioned on the faithful accounting for goods intrusted to them for sale, scored a victory in the supreme court Wednesday. That tribunal was unanimously of the opinion that the statute was unconstitutional. Ohio Bride-to-Be Disappears. One more to do is to Toledo, Ohio, June 15—Pretty Susie McManus, 21 years old, of 2127 La Grange street, well connected, disappeared from her home on Saturday, the eve of her wedding. She was to have been married to Fred Moore of South Bend, Ind. Her mother believes she left home because she wished to escape the marriage. The neighbors believe other the girl has been killed or is detained somewhere against her CAN'T SAVE FOREIGNERS Chinese Viceroy Declares That He Is Powerless. LOXDON, June 11.—The situation in China appears distinctly graver. The destruction of a Russian chapel at Tung Tingan has provided Russia with the desired-pretext to land more troops. A dispatch from St. Petersburg that the government is resolved, if the dangerous situation in China continues, to take immediate military action to repress the anti-foreign movement, may be regarded as a semi-official utterance, meaning that if there is any hesitancy on the part of the powers Russia will act alone. All reports agree that the Boxer movement is spreading. The report is confirmed that the French agents at Mong Tae and Yu Nan Fu have been compelled to retire, and this shows that the ferment has reached southwestern China and has provoked France into taking active steps. Sir Clause MacDonald, British minister at Peking, has wired the British consul at Shanghai confirming the reported outrages and the fact that the throne and government have been actuated by a secret sympathy with the Boxer movement, which the government has ample power to suppress if it so desired. His dispatch, however, is in no way of an alarmist nature. The latest Tien Tien dispatch says that the dowager empress has appointed anti-foreign generals with the pretended mission to suppress the Boxers, makes it impossible to doubt that the time has arrived for energetic action. ROBERTS HEARD FROM. Fights a Battle With Both Which Re- resents in a Draw. LONDON, June 14.—After a week of silence, Lord Roberts has been heard from. His line of communication has been practically restored by means of a complete victory gained by General Methuen and Kitchener over General DeWet at Rhenoster river. The Boer camp was captured and the burghers scattered in all directions. Lord Roberts, on being notified of the cutting of his line of communications, sent General Kitchener in all haste to join General Methuen. On Monday Lord Roberts attacked General Botha, who was in strong force fifteen miles southeast of Pretoria. After strenuous opposition the British forces gained considerable ground, but General Botha, when Lord Roberts left the field, was still undefended. All was quiet at Pretoria and Johannesburg. Lord Roberts says the government need have no apprehension about the security of the army in South Africa, as it will not take long to remedy the reverses and repair the railroad. MUST FIGHT THEIR WAY. Chinese Will Oppose Advance of Foreign Contingent. LONDON, June 14. The Chinese are entrenching outside of Peking to oppose the advance of the international column. A dispatch from Tien Tsin, dated June 12, says: "I learn that the Chinese have guns trained on the American mission and the British legation. Two thousand Russian naval and infantry, with artillery, have landed at Taksu." The Shanghai correspondents report that United States Minister Conger, by courier, asks for 2,000 United States troops. The question of provisioning the relief force is already difficult and it is predicted at Shanghai that it will become acute. FOUGHT WITH THE BOXERS. Foreign Forces Win a Victory on The Way to Pekin. LONDON, June 13. - Sixteen British marines reconnaissance in advance of the international column marching to Pelik, were attacked by 2,000 Boxers. The marines kept up a hot fire as they retreated, and when finally reinforced from the column attacked the Boxers, whose losses were estimated at forty. The Boxers fled and the Europeans, following up their success, cleared two villages. The European expedition numbers 2,044 as follows: British, 91; German, 250; Russian, 300; French, 128; Americans, 104; Japanese, 52; Italian 40, and Austrian 25. MORE TROUBLE IS AHEAD. Entire Chinese Empire is Apparently in a Ferment. LONDON, June 15.—Observers at Shanghai and Tien Tsin think there is a great deal more trouble ahead for the concert of the powers than merely reaching Peking with 2.044 men. Serious disturbances are taking place at Yung Nun Fu and Meng Tze, as well as at other points, at a considerable distance from the capital. The whole Chinese empire seems to be in a ferment. Roberts Reports Losses. LONDON, June 14.—Lord Roberts sends to the war office the following from Katsbosch: "In Monday's engagement Gen. Methuen had one killed and eighteen wounded. On the seventh the Derbyshires lost thirty-six killed and one hundred and four wounded." Prisoners Taken from Pretoria. LONDON, June 9.—The Daily Express has the following from Pretoria: "The 1,000 prisoners who were deported from Waterval were told that they were about to be given up to Lord Roberta. They entrained cheerfully and, were conveyed to Nooit Gedache, instead of Pretoria. General Louis Botha, with a rear guard of 2,000, left Pretoria during the night. The British advance guard on entering was upon the very heels of the retiring Boers. Gen. Botha has worn to carry ph the war in the mountains." Why Does Some Sorghum Kill? The Nebraska Experiment Station has been unable so far to discover the reason for the occasional fatal effects of sorghum when fed green. A recent report says: In view of the common practice of cutting the first crop of sorghum for hay and pasturing the second crop, it is not difficult to understand the reason for the prevailing impression regarding the injurious effect of the second growth. It is very likely that if the unmatured first growth were fed as freely as is the second, the number of cattle affected would be more nearly the same in each case. Beyond a doubt the symptoms developed in all the cases cited indicate the action of some sort of poison. The sudden and violent death, the lesions produced, and the post-mortem symptoms, all seem to point to one cause—poison. Yet, in the analysis made, no poison was found, and so far as could be ascertained no chemist has ever found an appreciable quantity of poison in any sorghum. It is believed that the suddenness of attack in such cases does not necessarily preclude other explanations than that of poisoning. An animal may be at times in such a condition physically that wholesome substances—substances that are not of themselves poisonous—will have, when eaten, a toxic action or even cause death. Prof. Connell says regarding second growth cane, "In every case coming under my observation, death has occurred when the cow's stomach was unaccustomed to such food. A small amount of this crop swallowed quickly into the paunch may produce a vast quantity of expansive gas, causing death." Another authority, Prof. V. K. Cheen, states that "the qualifications involved in a definition of a poisonous plant are numerous. It may suffice to say that death in some cases is attributable not to any poison which the plant contains but to immoderate or incautious-eating or to mechanical injury." Before any decisive conclusion can be drawn in regard to this trouble some typical case must be studied in all its phases. Besides studying the plant microscopically and chemically, it will be necessary to consider the animals more carefully. Their condition must be noted, the various foods that have been supplied must be subjected to the closest scrutiny and the ante-mortem as well as the post-mortem symptoms must be observed and recorded. It must be admitted that positive proof is still lacking regarding the cause of the disease occasionally induced by sorghum plants. Negative results of an analysis are usually not satisfactory, but in this case they are at least quite conclusive. In view of the analyses and of the collateral evidence given, it seems certain that the toxic effect of this plant which manifests itself at times is not due to a chemical poison inherent in the plant and is not peculiar to the second growth alone. This last statement is of special importance. It is in direct contradiction to the prevailing popular opinion, but all the facts at hand sustain the conclusion. The proof of this once accepted and the prejudice against the second growth thereby removed, will result, it is believed, in a greatly increased use of the valuable forage crop. The greater the number of cases studied the more evident it becomes that this is a matter governed entirely by local conditions and that the safety and health of the herd may be controlled to a large measure by the herder himself. The Annual Flower Bed Give the water plenty of time to drain out of the soil before the flower beds are made. It should be so dry that when thrown from the spade it will break apart readily. The soil should be stirred to the depth of at least one foot; a foot and a half is better. It should be thrown up as loosely as possible, and left exposed to the air till it is in a condition to crumble easily before further work is done; then some well-rotted manure should be added and mixed thoroughly. This should leave the soil light and mellow. The ground should be good and warm before the seeds are sown. The design of the beds for flowering plants should not be too elaborate. If beds are wanted for producing striking effects in outline or pattern work, such foliage plants as Alternanthera, Coleus and Tresiones should be used. The beds should not be made so large or wide that they cannot be worked without trampling over them. It is best not to have too many kinds, if the space for growing them is small. After the beds are made, smoothed over, and the seed is sown, the soil should be firmed down. This brings the seed in close contact with the soil, and they are less apt to dry out and will germinate more quickly. The soil should be sprinkled at least once a day; if the weather is dry, this should be done either in the evening or early in the morning. The plants from which cut flowers are to be taken should be set out to one side or in a corner of the flower garden—W. H. Moore, Kansas Agricultural College. A Chicago paper complains that $130,000,000 worth of real estate in that city is held by absentee landlords. The swine breeder should breed and feed to conserve the vitality of his hogs as well as to build up a frame. Scabby apples decay quicker than perfect apples, unless kept in a very low temperature. Apple scab fungus on the twigs in winter has the appearance of a greenish mildew. The ultimate crown awaits industry. It is recorded that a Scottish imkeeper once said of the late, Bess of Argyll: "His grace is in a wondrous gift of possession whatever. His pride of intellect will not let him associate with men of his anin birth, and his pride of birth will no' let him associate with men of his anin intellect." Archbishop Temple, of Canterbury, in always impatience of those clerical bores. One of the clergy of his diocese, who had pestered him a good deal recently, wrote an inordinately long letter describing a picture which he proposed to put in the chancel of the church, and asking permission to do so. By the time his grace was quite exhausted, his tenience was quite exhausted, and he replied on a post-card: "Dear Bless—Hang the picture!" The clergyman is still wondering how he ought to regard the reply. At a certain cloth factory in Scotland it was the custom to fine the workpeople for turning out bed work. One day a workman brings a piece of cloth to be examined, and the manager found two little holes about an inch apart. He then showed these to the man and demanded two shilling one—a shilling for each hole, is it a shilling for each hole?" The manager, "Yes," said the manager. "And is it the same for every hole, big or little?" "Yes, exactly the same," said the manager. "Well, then, I'll save a shilling," and putting his fingers in the holes, lie soon made the two into one. Ex-Governor George W. Peck, of Wisconsin, author of "Peck's Bad Boy," was running a little country weekly in the pineries in the early sixties. It was an unimportant sheet save for one column of jokes which Peck wrote each week. This department caught the eye of the Democratic legislature in Washington in La Crossie, Wis., and one day he wrote to Peck, asking him whether he would be willing to go down to La Crossie and work for the Democrat at twenty-five dollars a week. Three days later Mr. Pomeroy got this telegram: "I accept your offer quicker than instantly. For heaven's sake don't withdraw it." A barefoot scout boy applied for work at a manufactory; he was told he must "get shoes to wear." In two months he earned the shoes, and applied again, but he was ragged. He was told he would not "you must read and write." For fifteen months longer he studied at evening school. The boy became foreman of the establishment. A soldier in the Philippines from Kansas writes home: "I don't see how any fellow over here can go back an a girl at home, for we have learned now to appreciate any white girl, the like of which we never see here, and when I think of breaking my promise to—well, I guess nii!" Are You Using Allen's Book-Page? Are You Using Allen's Foot-Knee? It is the only cure for Swollen, Smarting, Burning, Sweating Feet, Corns and Bunions. Ask for Allen's Foot-Ease, a powder to be shaken into All Daughters and Shoe Stores, 25c. Sample sent FREE. Address Allen S. Olmsted, LeRoy, N. T. Never salt beef in cooking because it extracts the juices and begghes the fibra. As a labor savior Maple City Self-Washing Soap has no equal, and it does not inject the clothes. Ask your dealer for it and try it according to directions. All good grocers sell it. The songs in the night the young father hears are not the ones referred to by David. Permanently Curved. No Stu or nerveness first day's use of Dr. Kline's Great Nerve Excuse. Dr. Kline's Great Nerve Excuse. Dr. D. Kline's Great Nerve Excuse. Calm seas make careless sailors. Send for Choice Recipes by Walter Baker & Co., Ltd., Dorchester, Mass. mailed free. Mention this paper. Pride is increased by ignorance; those assume the most who know the least. WHAT WOULD YOU DO? Everyone Can't Go to Paris. Those that can go, will it be happy to go to Paris or the Western Line? but to those who can not go we commend some of the many American resorts, reached via the "Northwestern Lake." Get Spring, South Dakota. To the invalid, the tired person and to the young people, and others care for a good time, this resort offers an easy trip is not long, and is interesting. Take a train on the FREMONT, ELKHORN AIRPORT and a most excellent Nebraska town and your route will then be through the northern part of Nebraska. Every Nebraska will tell you that the "Elkhorn Valley" is the best farming portion of the state, year round. The grazing portion of Nebraska, where cattle, sheep and goats are fed in small and large fields, Hot Springs without You cannot visit Hot Springs without visiting the Black Hills. The hot Springs are in the Black Hills-southern portion—in a valley sheltered by surrounding hills or mountaining. You will be surprised to see well-worn trails in the warm, natural water baths—no artificial heating necessary—scenary beautiful, the Eveens, large, modern and fashionable to the cozy cottage or private boarding house. In the upper portion of Hot Springs, in the upper portion of the Black Hills, in Deadwood, Lead City and the rich and beautiful attention just now. Look up the standing and output of the celebrated "Homeestay" operating daily with servants of one in eight Spirit Lake, Gobblebelt. Quaker mason, but also place, situated in northwestern Jewa, and reached by the "Northwestern Line," a favorable resort for hunting and fishing. The Lake Jackson River tells you how many miles there are in Minnesota, but we would like to say that there are a great many miles in Lake Jackson, and that some of all kinds, such as, abounded in this region. The trouble with the trusta is that the trustees will not trust the people. Insist on having Maple City Soap if you want the best. If your dealer does not keep it he will get it for you. All grocers. PUTNAM FADELESS DYES do not stain the hands or spot the kettle. If some people don't watch out, Gabriel's horn will not wake them up. A Warning. 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If you want a special inside price on binder twine, either Sial, Standard or Manila, eat this notice out and mail to Sears, ROBERT & Co. (Sluder Twine Department, Chicago, IL). When you receive this note you will require and how soon you will want it, and they will save you money by quoting you a price that matches the cost of the party who supplies you to sell to you at a lower price than he otherwise would. How few kind words we ever think to say one another. Children love to take Morley's Little Liver Pills, for minious people, because they are small, look and taste like candy and do not gripe nor sicken them. Sugar-coated. One a dose. In Prussia habitual drunkards may be legally put in charge of guardians. Keep Your Hair On by using Dandruff Cure. Money refunded if it fails. $1.00 a bottle. The bible was the best selling book of the past year. The American Bible Society put out 1,400,801 copies. Good Housekeepers Use Maple City Self Washing Soap because it gives the best results. 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Over $6,000,000 of Mrs. Hetty Green's enormous fortune is invested within a hundred yards of New York's city hall. Lock Jaw. E. H. Hardin China Springs, Tex. says: "One large dose of Morley's Wonderful Elk raced my mire of lock-jaw. It was a wonderful and saved me a $6,000 animal." Sold by agent in every town. Probably the dog didn't want to go into the ark because he had a bark of his own. LIKE MANY OTHERS Clara Kopp Wrote for Mrs. Pinkham's Advice and Tells what it did for Her. "DEAR MRS. PINKHAM:—I have seen so many letters from ladies who were cured by Lydia E. Pinkham's remedies that I thought I would ask your advice in regard to my condition. I have been doctoring for four years and have taken different patient medicines, but received very little benefit. I am troubled with backache, in fact my whale's body aches, stomach feels sore, by spells get short of breath and am very nervous. Menstruation is very irregular with severe bearing down pains, cramps and backache. I hope to hear from you at once."—CLARA KOPP. Rockport. "I think it is my duty to write a letter to you in regard to what Lyda E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound did for me. I wrote you some time ago, describing my symptoms and asking your advice, which you very kindly gave. I am now healthy and cannot begin to praise your remedy enough. I would say to all suffering women, 'Take Mr. Pinkham's advice, for a woman best understands a woman's suffering,' and Mr. Pinkham, from her vast experience in treating female illness, can give you advice that you can get from no other source." —CULA KORP, Rockport Ind., April 13, 1899. OUR BUDGET OF FUN. One Way of Settling the South African War — An Absent-Minded Beggar — Flotam and Jetsam Front Funny Papers. Going to Headquarters. The little ones are often unconciously sacrilegious. A few days ago a 5-year-old boy in North Omaha rushed into the house and excitedly rang up "central." "Number, please," said the girl in the central office. "Jus' gib me Dod," lisped the little fellow. "Central" grasped the situation and said, "All right," waited a moment and then asked in a changed tone of voice: "Well, my little friend, what is it?" "Say, Dod, dem Smith chillums across ze street keep tomin' over here an' stealin' my playn's, an' you has jus' got to put a 'top to it'" shouted the angry lad.—Omaha World-Herald. One Way. Oom Shultz—Vouldn't it be a great joke unt a great saving of life if der Queen Victoria unt Oom Paul would git married, ain't it? O'Grady (who has domestic troubles) —'Dade an' it would thou, an' this they could fight it out at home. A Bitter Spell of Hatred. "Gammidge is such a friend of the Boers that he goes to almost any length to show his hatred of the British." "What's his latest effort?" "He spells English with a small 1." —Cleveland Plain Dealer. He- I make it a rule to never speak I know what I am talking shrill Domestic Repartee. She—I always speak out when I have anything to say. He—Yes, but the trouble is that you do not limit yourself to speaking out when you have anything to say—Chicago Times-Herald. "Mrs. Dudd seems always to have her own way." That means when she can't have it she treats that the other way is her."—Philadelphia Billette. An Absent-Minded Beggar. GEEV'VE GOT THE WRONG SIGN ON! I HAVE LOST BOTH LEGS IN A WARDIMT Speaking of Lawyers. "What sort of a legal light is a pettifogger?" asked Dimling, when a discussion arose about lawyers and lawyers. "A pettifogger is a legal light-weight," replied Larkin—Detroit Free Press. About the Size of It The Maid—Oh, what a grand thing it must be when husband and wife are of one mind! The Wife—Well, that depends a great deal on whose mind it is—Chicago News. A Frequent Discovery. "Yes," she said, "I have found my husband out." Landlord—"Oh, you've come after the place as barman, have you? What wages do you want?" Applicant—"Ten shillings a week sir; or 25 if you've got a patent ttl."—Ally Eloper. 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The armor he made was composed of small links of very hard steel, woven together so compactly that one could not thrust even a pin through the interstices, and it was said that the "coats" would turn either a knife or a bullet. They were fashioned something like a sleeveless undershirt, and were intended to be worn immediately beneath the outside garments. In those days the use of such devices was popularly attributed to fellows who wanted to secure an unfair advantage in duelling and the reputation of wearing one under any circumstances was fatal to a reputation for courage. Consequently the old German didn't go to any palms to exploit his business and his customers must have come to him through many devious channels. I knew the old chap quite well when I was a boy, and I have often seen him putting the mail together in his little back room. He got the links from Germany, and they came in long single strand chains, which he fastened together at the edges with small steel rings, thus building up a fibric, like knitting a stocking. The coats were made over a wooden form, shaped like a man's torso, and were astonishingly light. After the war broke out a good many men bought them openly, as a legitimate protection, and for a while the old man had more business than he could attend to." A DEPARTED SPIRIT Attends His Own Funeral and Thanks His Friends Of peculiar interest were the funeral services of Gerry Valentine. Mr. Valentine was one of the early settlers of this place, and was more than 80 years old. He was an ardent Spiritualist, and when he died he left directions for his funeral, which were intended to be a practical demonstration of his belief. The services were held in the Universalist church. The preacher was Samuel Wheeler, a noted Spiritualist of Philadelphia, and he chose "The Rainbow Bridge" as his subject. Then the meeting was given over into the hands of Mrs. Minnie Brown, a clairvoyant from Philadelphia. Immediately after Mrs. Brown had taken her position several raps were heard. Our brother has a message for Cyrus F. Osogood, said the medium. "He wishes to thank Mr. Osogood and the others for their care in carrying out his wishes in regard to his funeral ceremonies." Mrs. Brown then gave the information that Mr. Valentine was not alone, but that J. O. Ransome, Mr. Parkhurst and Mr. Wyatt, former friends of the dead man, had accompanied him on his "little journey in the world." Several other shades of departed Spiritualists had come with them. They reported that they had made things homelike for Mr. Valentine, and gave messages to the friends of the latter which were intended to cheer and comfort them. The announcements were hailed by the many Spiritualists in the audience with pleasure, and after a few more congratulatory raps Mr. Valentine's spirit and its companions rapped "Adieu." Hammanton (N. J.) Special New York Herald. Grave Filling Device. A device for use in constructing graves, the invention of Henry D. Cameron, of Burlington, Iowa, is designed to fill the grave with earth after the coffin has been lowered, and to conceal as far as possible the actual throwing of the dirt upon the coffin, the most trying termination of the grave ceremony to the bereaved mourners. It consists of a receptacle, with detachable sides and bottom, and a gate in the latter so arranged as to be capable of being opened to allow the contents to fall. The front is a flexible curtain, extending from the top to the gate, and designed to prevent the earth within from being seen. This receptacle is filled with earth previous to the ceremony and carried to a convenient point. When all is over and the grave is to be filled, the receptacle is placed over it, and the gates opened, thus gently closing the last and scene in a much more fitting manner than the seemingly cold-hearted return of the earth with a spade. Prescher Wants No Discount. Rev. Mr. Arthur Creasy of Oswego Kan., said in a recent sermon: "The world's need is Christian manliness. Knowing this I shall no longer ride on railroads for half fare; what is good enough for you is good enough for me. Please do not discount goods to me because I am a preacher. I ought to pay my taxes, and my church should not be exempt. Christ did not borrow, beg, besech His bread; He bought it like other men. If I am His follower I will pay my way as He did. Dear friends, for four long years your hearty support and the prompt kindness of your treasurer have enabled me to do business on a cash basis. I fear none; but stand in the power of my manhood alone." The Largest University. 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One was to be a clerk in the victualing office, one was to be a court water; one was to be a "settled tidesman;" another was to have anything that happened to be going. Charles Fox assisted, unwittingly, at spreading the belief in the lady's powers and promises, because he frequently drove to her lodgings, and left his carriage outside for all the world to see. The reason was not friendship, but interest. He, too, received promises. He was at the moment impeccable. The lady promised him a West Indian heiress, with $300,000. He called daily to inquire after his heiress with all the eagerness of a young lover. Also! the heiress was never visible; she was even reported to be laid up with small-pox. Her visits were so useful to the Hon. Elizabeth that she actually lent him $1,500, a step which naturally made him believe more firmly in the West Indian. Of course, when the expectant man found that there was nothing for them they went to court and saw the mistress. It came out, on investigation, that the lady was not in any sense honorable; that she was not related to any great people; that her history was a mass of lies, and that she was nothing more than an ex-convict recently returned from Virginia. They kept her in prison for a twelfemonth—the delay is not explained—and then banished her for seven years. HEAVY GUNS DESTROY EARS. Why So Many Artilleymen Suffer From Defective Hearing. The stunning report of each gun as it is fired is something that a stranger on the deck of a ship of war will long remember. There is an old saying, "deaf as a post." Now in the English navy this is changed to "deaf as a post captain." No man can go through a long series of gunnery practices without having his hearing seriously affected. Some men put cotton in their ears, but even this precaution does little to deaden the terrible shock. And if the firing of one or two guns has such a shattering power, what would be the effect if the whole armament were in action together? It is impossible to conceive the strain on nerve and senses of the rending conclusion. If a visitor watches the firing of one of the monster nine-inch guns and then places himself beside one of the smaller pieces, the report made by the one will not appear much louder than that of the other. The extra distance to the muzzle of the big pieces discounts the sound. The only apparent difference between the two appears to be that the small pieces have a sharper, higher-pitched note, and that the six and nine-inch guns speak with more of a bellowing roar. One piece of advice may be given to any one who finds himself in the neighborhood of a gun in action. The noise will not have nearly the same effect if you are watching the gun as if the crash comes unexpectedly. Unconscious nature prepares you to resist a shock which is known to be impending. 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Great Rock Island Route Leave Chicago on Big 5 at 10:00 p.m. All the best scenery of the Rocky Mountains and the Sierra Nevada by daylight in both directions. These cars are carried on the limited trains of the Great Rock Island Route, Denever and Rio Gande (Scenic Route), Rio Grande Western and Southern Pacific. Dining Car Service Through Buffett Library Cars. JOHN SEBASTIAN, G. P. A., Chicago. Men's Jumbo Brand Straw Hats 48c In soft brims with ventilated tops or yacht shapes, plain, blue, black or polka dot bands, swellest shapes and best wearing straws ever shown—worth 75c and $1.00 to-morrow 100 dozen at choice. 48c BOSTON CHEMICAL CO. 411 N. Twenty-Third Street, RICHMOND, VA. CHOICE FINEST FLOUR COPYRIGHT HALF RATES TO DES MOINES, Via the North-Western Line. Excursion tickets will be sold at one fare for the trip round, from all stations in Iowa. May 31 and June 1, also for trains arriving in Des Moines before noon June 2, limited to June 4, on account of United Commercial Traders' Meeting and Pienic. Apply to agents Chicago & North-Western RY. WANTED SEVERAL PERSONS FOR DIS AND OFFICE MANAGERS in this state to rep resent me in their own and surrounding counties. Willing to pay yearly 800, payable week end. Please contact us for job open- portunities. References exchanged. Enclose self addressed stamped envelope. S. A. Park 380 Caxton Building Chicago Subscribe for the Bystander. $9.45 bo Brand Straw Hats 48c ties with ventilated tops or yacht blue, black or polka dot bands, ties and best wearing straws ever in 75c and $1.00 to-morrow 100 48c Ties Everybody Else Sells for 15c. Swell bandanas, in initial colorings—just the thing to be shish from the boxes— 15c FOR BISCUITS AND BREAD only the best flour is good enough. Bread forms so large a part of the family that it ought always to be A r in quality. This very desirable result is most easily and surely attained by the use of FALCON Flour. An army of housekeepers have given it their preference. Exaeocience is unimpeachable witness. Made and guaranteed by SHANNON & MOTT Co., DES MOINES, IOWA less, offensive, obnoxious, greasy mass of man, benefit youth, and gladden old age. Dering down with grease. OZONO indi-hair to its natural color. It will cause ag, humiliating Scalp Diseases, Dandruff, morn, and harmless as the ripping water or scalp is covered with scurf and dar-ment with gerns and mibobes, that are goo- it is grime. It is your place to and permanently remove all the diseases, other hair remedies, stands as high as the nea iil Vneaeleeeeneemene eater neh a a ae nen f on ae re ee ene ee en ee ee Se re ee De ee nese Sere rae coc (OE enn peaaeeart Summers oe AER er ere te he oy Ue nremgn eee no mene CAaMaE 008 aa en ee “WHEN OUSLO WERE FOUGHT, | OECEIVED THY BRITISHERS. tt A Ath aie ")Geateot-Maty A\ About. two, yours ago,” said’a onl “a ) man to ® New. Orleans’ Times: Democrat reporter, ‘there “ated ‘at: the Charity’ hoapmitewn caseantett old Ger- “man Who-onee-tupor a time followed he) queereat “trade Inthe World, He ‘why a’maker of ‘coats: of mall.’ Long @efore the war he had a little jewelry ‘shop on the north side of Canal atrect ‘and the coat of mail business was a sort of private alde line. The armor fie miade was composed of small links ot very hard steel, woven together s0 compactly that one could not thrist ‘even a pin through the interstices, and At was said that the “coats” would turn either a knife or'a bullet. They were fashioned something like a sleeveless wndershirt, and were intended to be worn immediately beneath the outsiile garments. In those days the use of ‘such devices was popularly attributed to fellows who wanted to secure an n2- fair advantage in duelling and the rep- tation of wearing one under any cir- cumstances was fatal to a reputation for courage. Consequently the old German didn't go to any pains to ex- ploit his business and his customers must have come to him through many devious channels. I knew the old chap quite well when I was a boy, and £ have often seen him putting the mail together in his little back room, He got the links from Germany, and they came in long single strand chains which he fastened together at .the edges with small steel rings, thus building up a frbric, like knitting a stocking. The coats were mace over a wooden form, shaped like a man's torso, and were astonishingiy light. After the war broke out a good many men bought them-openly, as a legiti- mate protection, and for a while the old man had more business than he could attend to.” A DEPARTED SPIRIT Attends His Own Funeral and Thanks PERE Seo ee Of peculiar interest were the’ funer- al services of Gerry Valentine. Mr. Valentine was one of tife early set- tlers of this place, and was more than 80 years old. He was an ardent Spir- itualiet, and when he died he left di- rections for his funeral, which were intended to be a practical demonstra- tion of his belief. The services were held in the Universalist church. ‘The preacher was Samuel Wheeler, a noted Spiritualist of Philadelphia, and he chose “The Rainbow Bridge” as his subject. ‘Then the meeting was given ‘over into the hands of Mrs. Minnie Brown, a clairvoyant from Philadel phia, Immediately after Mrs. Brown had taken her position several raps were heard. ‘Our brother has a mes- gage for Cyrus F. Osgood,” said the medium. “He wishes to thank Mr. Qegood and the others for their care in carrying out his wishes in regard to his funeral ceremonies.” Mrs. ‘Brown then gave the information that ‘Mr, Valentine was not alone, but that J. 0, Ransome, Mr. Parkhurst and Mr. ‘Wyatt, former friends of the dead man, had accompanied him on his “lit- tle journey in the world.” Several other ‘shades of departed Spirtualiste had come with them. They reported that they had made things homelike for Mr. Valentine, and gave messages to the friends of the latter which were fntended to cheer and comfort them. ‘The announcements were hailed by the many Spiritualists in theaudience with pleasure, and after a few more con- ‘gratulatory raps Mr. Valentine's spirit and its-companions rapped “Adieu,”— Hammanton (N. J.) Special New York Herald. Grave Filling Device. ‘A device for use in constructing graves, the invention of Henry D. Cameron, of Burlington, Iowa, is de- ‘signed to fill the grave with earth after the coffin has been lowered, and tc conceal as far as possible the actual throwing of the dirt upon the cofiia, the most trying termination of the grave ceremony to the bereaved mourners, It consists of a receptacle, with detachable sides and bottom, and a gate in the latter so arranged as to be capable of being opened to allow the- contents to fall, The front is a flexible curtain, extending from the top to the gate, and. designed to pre- event the earth within from being seen, ‘This receptacle is filled with earth previous to the ceremony and carried to a convenient point, When all is over and thé grave is to be filled, the receptacle is placed over it, and the gates opened, thus gently clfsing the last sad scene in a much more fitting manner than the seemingly | cold- Hearted return of the earth with a spade. SA aN a Rev. Mr. Arthur Creasy of Oswego ‘Kan., said in a recent sermon: “The world's need is Christian manliness. ‘Knowing this I shall no longer ride on railroads for half fare; what is good enough for you is good enough for me. Please do not discount goods to me be- cause I ama preacher. I ought to pay “my taxes, and my church should not be exempt. Christ did not borrow, beg, beseech His brea¢; He bought It like other men. If I am His follower I will pay my way as He did. Dear friends, for four long years your hearty support and the prompt kind- mets of your treasurer have enabled tie to do business on a cash basis. “I fear none; but stand in the bower of sy manhood alone.” : pee The Largest Univesity, “The University of Caleutts is: acd ta be the largast ofucationay orporBilca fm the world. It examines more than 90000 students annually, | DECEIVED THY BRITISHERS. oO hag a High Rote in Lenady. “PHY Dlatbry of Hob. <Haabeth ter tlet'Grieve, who flourished tn’ England In 1279-74, Ulusteates’ @ tavorite meth- ‘Od by which’ the Soe @ndeayored to secure shug places ‘Thia luily, who sald that she wae first cousin to Lord North, second ‘cousin to'the Duke of Grafton, nearly related to Lady, Fitaroy and a personal friend of Lord Guilford and Charles James Fox, drove about London in a hand- some chariot, with footmen; her char- fot stopped St the doore of great houses; she received great people at her own house, notably Charles James Fox; she also condescended to receive smaller people. The latter gave her large sums of money, in return fot, which she promised them places, One was to be a clerk in the victualing of- fice, one was to be a court waiter; one was to be clerk in the admiralty; one was to be a “setiled tidesman;” an- other was to have anything that hap- pened to be going. Charles Fox as- sisted, unwittingly, at spreading the belief in the lady’s powers and pro- mises, because he frequently drove to her lodgings, and left his carriage out- aide for all the world to see. The tea eon was not friendship, but interest. He, too, received promises. He was at the moment impecunious, The lady promised him a West Indian heiress, with $300,000. He called dally to in- quire after his heiress with all the eagerness of a young lover. Alés! the heiress was never visible; she .was even reported to be laid up with small- pox. Her visits were so useful to the Hon, Elizabeth that she actually lent him $1,500, a step which naturally made him believe more firmly in the West Indian. Of course, when the ex- pectant men found that there was nothing for them they went to court and saw the mrgistrate. It came out, on investigation, that the lady was not in any sense honorable; that she was not related to any great people; that her history was a mass of lies. and that she was nothing more than an ex-convict recently returned from Virginia. They kept her in prison for a twelvemonth—the delay is not ex- plained—and then banished her for seven years, HEAVY GUNS DESTROY EARS. | Why So Many Artilierymes Suffer From Defective Hearing. The stunning report of each gun as ‘It in fired is something that a stranger on the deck of a ship of war will long ‘remember. There is an old saying, “deaf as a post.” Now in the English navy this is changed to “deat as a post paptain.” No man can go through a long series of gunnery practices without having his hearing seriously affected. Some men put cotton in their ears, but even this precaution does lit- tle to deaden the terrible shock. And if the firing of one or two guns has such a shattering power, what would ‘be the effect If the whole armament were in actign together? It is im- possible to conceive the strain on netve and’ senses of the rending concussion. If a visitor watches the firing of one of the monster nine-inch guns and then places himself beside one of the small- er pieces, the report made by the one will not eppear much louder than that of the otter. The extra distance to the muzzle of the big pieces discounts the sound. The only apparent difference between the two appears to be that the small pieces have.a sharper, high- er-pitched note, and that the six and nine-inch guns speak with more of a bellowing roar. One plece of advice may be given to any one who finds himself in the neighborhood of a gun in action, The nolse will not have nearly the same effect if you are watching the gun as if the crash comes unexpectedly. Unconsciously nature prepares you to resist a shock which is known to be impending. The Flight of Emprow Eugenie. The true story of the flight of the Empress Eugenie from the Tuilleries will soon be published. It is now in the form of a manuscript left by Dr. T. W. Evans, the American dentist, who accompanied the Empress in her flight to England, Dr. Crane, who aided Dr. Evans in protecting Eugenie and accelerating her flight, says he only awaits a decision of the court be- fore publishing this contribution to French history. The reason why it was not published during Dr. Evans’ life- time is because it deals hard blows at those who deserted the Empreas in her hour of trial. Now that most of the chief actors in the drama of 1870 have passed away, the venerable ex-Empress has expressed the wish that this inter- esting manuscript be published, ‘An Encounter with » Mad Ball. A telegram from Paris describes an encounter with a mad bull at Mont de Marsan, A woman was terribly in- jured, and an officer who went to her assistance with a drawn sword was tossed several yards and badly hurt, A sergeant charged the animal with a fixed bayonet, but was knocked down and trampled upon, being frightfully ‘mangled. The bull next charged the village omnibus, killing both the horses, Several villagers, armed with riftes, at length succeeded in killing it. ‘Nathan Hale's Schoolhouse, Nathan Hale's schoolhouse in New London, Conn., is attracting consider- able attention at the present moment. ‘The old house where he taught after leaving Yale College until the break- ‘ng out of the revolution, and where hé made a patriotic, speech to his scholars just before be joined the Com. Hinental army, in still standing, and the Connec!"t ‘society of the Sane of cn fam L=intinn propose t “Kage Ut and restos W to Its formes endition. is rs Coe FES ea i & Rat ! a % N aN , eo tee Ss my e ae | 6S Na Wee Nes NG =e er | ers e e e a we 2 Amey K fH D ney 1 et ® E* APS King of Hair Dressings. (yds CN , y : i : BEFORE, AFTER, Se ee acrone, (SAFER WHAT IS OZONO? AA preparation prepared solely and distinctly to improve the condition of the hair of the negro race. Nota worthles, offensive, obnoxious: grdhey mass of injurious nostrums, but a delicately perfumed unguent, beautiful to look upon; made to adorn the lady, polish the gentleman, benefit youth, and gladden old age. OZONO straightens knotty, nappy, kinky, refractory hair. OZONO does this alone. No hot irons are necessary : no plastering down with ase, OZONO indi- peidually straightens, without any outside assistance. It will cause the hair,to come back on bald spot It will restore gray hair to its natural cotit It will cause the hair to grow long and straight, soft and fine, avd beautiful asan April morn, It will cure all itching, burning, running, humiliating Scalp Diséases, Dandruff. Tetter, Scurf,and Eczema. Itch cannot live after OZONO has been applied. It is as pure as the dew-drop, beautiful ‘as the morn, and harmless as the rippling water in the babbling brook. Cleanliness is next to Godliness ; filth is a crime. If your hair is short and harsh and kinky ; ie yous scalp is covered with scurf and dan- druff, or itch, or eczema, it is doubtless your fault alone. If your little ones’-heads aro a mass of crusty, scaly. flaky scurf, teeming with germs and microbes, that are invisible to the naked eye, but which are sapping the life from the hair and Sestroring it forever. and you allow this state to go on, it isa crime. It is your pice to Mop this—a duty you owe:to yourself. to your cild, to your Maker. “OZONO ia your remedy, OZONO will postively aad permanently removo all the diseases, and straighten and beautify the hair, making it silky and Gon and ‘black as the raven’s wing. OZONO, as compared with other hair comedies stands as high as the mountain peak, fair as the lily, and glorious asthe sun, OZONO is King. The price is SOc. box. It requires about four boxes to complete the treatment, Write to us at once, enclosing the'small sum of ONE DOLLAR, and we will immediately forward to you four large boxes of OZONO. We will also send you one large bottle of ELECTRIC SKIN REFINER, which makes rough skin soft and brightens the blackest skin, making it several shades lighter. Now, there is much fraud practiced with face bleaches. Understand, we do not advertise this bleach to make one white. God alone can accomplish this. and it would be miracu- lous: Ustis your faith from frauds. We assert that our Reiner will soften rough skin and brighten black skin, but it can do no more. Take our advice; don’t fool with any bleach that is advertised to make you white; it is more op ‘40 poison you. We will also include one fancy jar of ELECTRICAL SKIN FOOD, which is & sure remedy for ali Skin Eruptions, Pimples, Black Heads, Liver Spots. and ait Skin Diseases. It will remove Wrinkles, Scars, Facial Blemishes, and will peste take out Smaii-Pox Pits This is sayin; E5ibo% deal, but it is true. It makes the old look young sud the young look youneet And. lastly. to prove our liberality, we will.add « one-pint package of ANTI-ODOR, This remedy. removes all smells and odors arfaing from the Fuman body. Its uses are too numerous to mention. Full diteetions go wich all goods, ‘This grand aggregation ls worth $880, Send $1.00, mention the name of this paper, ad you will get the goods at once. We ship ali orders same day goods are received. ¢ Wo wish to sate tbat we aro a thoroughly reliable fm, baviigmany thousand dollar in ont Dusines We refer tothe efor of this paper, oF to any Uusines: house’ Richmond,” Our remedies and our business fs founded on the aitar of truth. Write your aame aud address plainly. 72.» BOSTON CHEMICAL CO... OZONO IS GUARANTEED. . 411 N. Twenty-Third Street, RICHMOND, V2- ‘ Y OUNG. AND OL) NO es Up N Feel The a POUR ANS 5 « BS J WS WANING 24 ar. aie Band they 1 ioe Alii NEED To consult skilfull Specialist like Dra. Fellows & Fellows, that the strength, vigor and power of manhood may be restored to them. tea duceasad uae SPBRMATORRHOEA {3,% “or tne soenal organs of the male, where Shey are #0 weak as to permit of a relaxation of the muscles, ducts and fabers, as to allow ® leakage of seminal fluid. This loss ‘sups the vitality, undermines the ¢ons- titution and wrecks the general health. Nine men out of every ten suffers ir. this way. 7 ; oeken, is an enlargement of the VARICOCELE veins of the scrotum, itis very painful and if permitted to enlarge, will gradually grow worse, and finally rob a man of his power. ‘This condition which ‘ren- IMPOTERCY crs aman useless, a8. his power is now gone, may ‘be removed by 50, stone ipening the entize sexual or- ganism as to fully restore the desired vigor. All secret, nervos, PRIVATE DISEASE chrovic, intectious and private discases of men, whether acute or sub-acute, speedily and per- manently cured, ‘Everything confi- dential. Consultation and examination free. Write or call today. Home ‘Treatment sont by mail or express: DES MOINES IOWA, - 413-415 Walnut St, EXCURSION TICKETS VIA THE Burlington Route. Reservations for sleeping car berths should be made early with ticket agents. NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT G. A. R., Chseago. Tickets on sale August 25, 26, 27, 28 and 20. REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVEN. tion, Philadelphia, Pa. ‘Tiekets on sale June 14, 15 and 16. PROHIBITION NATIONAL CONVEN- tion, Chicago, Ill, Tickets on sale Tune 25, 26 and 27. ANNUAL MEETING, NATIONAL Education association, Charleston, S.-C. ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CON- vention, Baptist Young People’ Union of America, Cincinnati, Ohio. Tickets on sale July 10, 11, 12 and 13. BIENNIAL CONCLAVE KNIGHTS of Pythias, Detroit, Mich.” Tickets on sale August 25, 26, 27 and 28. ANNUAL CONVENTION, YOUNG People’s Christian Union of the United Presbyterian church of North Americs, Denver, Colo, Tickets on sale Jnly 23 and 24. SUMMER EXCURSIONS TO COL- orado, Utah, Black Hills, Yellow Stone Park and many other poipts in the North, West and Northwest. Special rates on certain dates. NEW, TRAIN TO CALIFORNIA, Daily Pullman Sleeper, Chicago to San Francisco, and weekly tourist sleeper, Chicago to Los Angeles, via the attrac: tive Denver and Rio Grande Route, with its magnificent Colorado scenery. HOME SEEKEKS' EXCURSION tickets on sale on the first and third ‘Tuesdays of June, July and Augast. For particulars call upon i F. L, GANNAWAY, City Passenger Agt, 409 Locust St Des Moines, Iowa. HALF RATES 7O PHILADELPHIA PA., Via the North-Western Line. Excur- sion tickets will be sold at one fare for the round trip, June 14, 15 and16, limited to June 26, on account of Re- publicrn Nitional Convention. Apply to agents, Chicago & North-Western Railway. Greatest Clothing Sale Goer Known | a a El The Entire Surplus Stock « Leon Wechsler 749 Broadway, New York--Came to us at About 47 cents on the - Dollar and Goes to you at the Same Ratio, This Unapproachable Sale Embrace Strictly Up To Date Suits made from the finest woolens of England, Australia, Belgium. Austria, and America—fabrics are fancy, stripe and check worsteds; ever lasting cassimers, in all colors, beautiful cheviote, in light and dark coloring; clay worsted, in brown, gray and black; -blue and black serges; must beautiful scotch mixtares, anything and every. thing youcan ask for in round cut, square cut, single and double breasted and cutaway styles—singie or double breasted vests; peg top pants, stylishly cut and tailored—750 suits in the assortment, comprising 100 different styles. Come in and with your own eyes be-convinced that this.is the greatest clothing sale, and most far reaching public benofitever instigated—Your unlimited choice tor.........s6e.005 vee a : : § Silk Shirts Worth up to $1.50 | Men's Jumbo-Brand Straw Hats 48¢ - eee | iene eee nD Fall colored silk bosums, to be worn without | In soft brims with ventilated tops or yacht vests—all colors of the rainbow—in stripes, shapes, plain, blue, black or polka dot bands, plaids, etc., strictly fast colors and all the rage swellest shapes and best wearing straws ever just now—500 dozén to select from early | shown—worth 75¢ and $1.00 to-morrow 100 comers get choicest pickings take | dozen at Pubeei sp ence, AOE T we ik ee Oe . , yy The Kind of Ties Everybody Else Sells, Attention Everybody for 48c--here for 15c. ‘Seel bandanas, in” large English squares and flowing ends persian oriental and colonial colorings—just the thing to be worn without vest—Come in and take your pick of 100 dozen, just fresh from the boxes— Your unlimited choice... s..0so.eeevereeiee seen ernie eee LES Subscribe tor the Bystander. CALIFORNIA. Broad Vestibuled First-Class Sleepers DAILY— Between Chicago and Sanfrancisco Mar Leave Chicago on Big 6 at 10:00 p m. All the best scenery of the Rocky Moun- tains and the Sierra Nevada by dag- light in both directions, ‘These cars are carried on the limited trains of the Great Rock Island Route, Denever and Rio Gtande (Scenic Route), Rio Grande Western and Southern Pacific. Dining Car Service Through Buffett Library Cars. JOHN SEBASTIAN, G, P. A., Chicago, i= ZB FOR, BISCUITS AND BREAD tl fon F an only the best flour is goéd enough. ( Si oreo Bread forms so large a part of the-. hs | a ( sassy shat it ought sear to be ell Lallprnitg | Ax inquality. This very desirable i A ONY Vince result is most easily and surely, | a eS SS j tained by the use of Aeon =i ri: 23 Flour, An army of: housekeepers (bl ile have given it their preference. Ex- ne A Saleen aeoience is unimpeachable witness. 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