Iowa State Bystander

IOWA STATE BYSTANDER. PUBLISHED EVERY FIDAY BY THE BYSTANDER PUBLISHING COMPANY, FIFTH AND LOCUST. MOON 405 MANQUAND BLOCK. IOWA 7PHRON 800. OFFICIAL PAPER OF THE AFRO-AMERICAN PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATION OF IOWA. OFFICIAL PAPER OF THE MOST WORSHIPFUL UNITED GRAND LODGE OF IOWA, A P. & A. M. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. One year. $1.50 Six months. 75 Three months. 50 All subscription payable in advance. J. L, THOMPSON, EDITOR. J. H. SHEPARD, MANAGER. Send money by post office order, money order, express or draft, to the IOWA STATE BYSTANDER Publishing Company. Communications must be written on one side of the paper only and be of interest to the pubi- c. "Brevity is the soul of wit," remember. We will not return rejected manuscript, un- less accompanied by postage stamps. IOWA'S LEADING COLORED PAPER. CITY NEWS Mason's, Bonets and Hat 609 Locust. Thanksgiven is next Thursday—poor turkey. Our advertisers will appreciate your trade. Midway Coal, 212 W. 7th street, both Phonea. W. L. Morris the florist has removed to 609 W. Walnut street. J. L. Nelson of Chicago was visiting in the city last week. Miss Maple Morton is preparing to give a concert. If You want to know what the race is doing subscribe fo the Bystander. J H. Mixon, Jeweler, No. 316 West Third street. Tunes Pianos and repairs Organs. The A. M. E. Sunday School is preparing to give an entertainment in the near future. Mrs. L. J. Phillips was confined to her home the first of the week, being quite sick. As the month of December comes nearer Rollen Weeks becomes more sedate. Free night school at the Lincoln school building, corner of Ninth and Mulberry street. A public wedding with a number of friends invited to the reception, will be the social event in December. The first quarterly meeting at St. Paul's A. M. E. church this conference year will be December 2. WRITE The African Monarchs of America. They have something to tell you. Sioux City, Ia. Mr. J, T. Washington of Muchakinock, who was the guest of Miss Zella Davis last week, returned home Monday. When you go shopping remember the firms that advertise with us. Send in your orders for coal to the Thompson Bros., 405 Marquardt block. Take your Thanksgiving dinner at the Elite Restaurant and hear the sweet strains of music. Read their bill of fare in this issue: GERMAN REMEDY Cures Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Male and Female Weakness. Send $1.50; German Medicine Co. Des Moines, Ia. One of the best toot ball games of the season will be played at the ball park, on Thanksgiving day; Drake vs Grinnell. Game called at 3 p.m. sharp. Night school opened last Monday evening with a large attendance. This is an excellent opportunity for those who cannot attend day school and are not satisfied with their education. Mr. T. J, Blagburn, assisted by members of his companies, gave a rag social at the A. M. E. church last night. It was well attended, however only a few wore rag attire. The members and friend of the A. M. E. church are working very hard for the coming rally of the church, when they expect to pay off their entire indebness. GLOVE INFORMATION Why pay big prices at retail stores for your gloves and mittens when you are given the opportunity of getting them direct from the manufacturers at nearly one-half the cost, and again you assume no risk. The manufacturer guarantees every pair. Fully three-fourths of the people of Des Moines are now wearing a "Cownie Glove." Why?—because they have learned that they can get a better glove for less money at our store than an place else. Come to our store and we will convince you. THOMPSON BROS. Dealers in Coal, wholesale and retail $2.75 per ton and up. Iowa 'phone 899, room 405 Marquardt Block, Fifth and Locust street. J. H. Cownie Glove 514 Walnu THOMPSON BROS. Dealers in Coal, wholesale and up. Iowa 'phone 899, roo Fifth and Locust street. our Orders Sollicited. New Meat Market. 1012 CENTER STREET has opened a New Meat Market. He carries all grades of meat and delivers to any part of the city. Street Hats 50c Mason's SECRET Fraternal Beneficiary lodge for the colored people only. African Monarchs of America, Sioux City, Ia. We the people of Fraser congratulate Mr. Isaac Nelson formerly of Fraser and his new bride, wishing them success through life. A surprise party was given in honor of Miss Lula Jackson, 1192 Eighth street Saturday evening, by Miss Ethel Romans and Miss Gerty McCraven. Games were played and refreshments served. All report a good time. Mrs. Wm. Hammett who has been sick for several week had recovered enough to be able to go out, taken a relapse last Monday and is confined to her room. The H. B. S. was plessantly entertained by Mrs. Jackson Thursday. As usual the meeting was full of vigor. Mrs. Warrick's paper on "The advantage of Club Life" was brimming full of good thought. Mrs. Denney's talk was heartily appreciated. Mrs. Jackson's brief remarks on club life was well received also. The club will meet with Mrs. Paluner December 6. Last week we printed 500 statements and 500 envelopes for the Carpet Dusting Machine Co.; also 500 letter heads for the Movable Calk Horseshoe Co., and several hundred book for the A. M. E. church, also some envelopes for the First Baptist church at Saylor. When you need anything in the way of printing remember our job department is complete. THE ELITE RESTAURANT 314 3rd St. Their bill of fare for Thanksgiving day will be: Mock Turtle Soup Baked White Fish Roast Beef, Turkey and Cranberry Sauce Potato Salad, Sweet Potatoes, Mashed Mince Pie. Dinner will be served from 1 to 3 p. m. Dinner 25s. Music will be furnished by Mandolin Orchestra. At 9:00 p. m. an o'posum supper will be served. I have several small houses with 3 to 6 rooms that can be sold on payments and bargains. Stop paying rent and take the money you are payling rent with, and pay for a home. Also have several nice desirable resi- dence lots, will sell on payments. If you will write me stating what you want, I will call and see you and give you prices and terms. This is equal to savings bank. W.R. BIGGS, Percy Townsend, one of our bright students from Drake University Pharmacy department, completed his course at the University this week, and has been employed by Namure & Vincent Co., formerly the Curtis-Stream Co. Mr. Townsend came here from Denver, Colo., about two years ago. He has worked in a drug store in Denver and is well recommended. We wish Percy success. GENTS GOODS Gents fine kid gloves, lined and un- lined, plain and fancy colors. 500 Real kid mittens, wool lined, con- gress wrist. 500 The swellest kid glove in Des Moines for. $1 00 A big line of working men's gloves and mittens, lined and unlined, including our popular line of mule skin goods, the greatest wearers on earth. 250 FROM FRANKELS Love Co. Retail Store out Street. and retail $2.75 per ton and room 405 Marquardt Block, Prompt Delivery. WHAT SOCIETY AND CHURCH P20. LE ARE DOING. Rev. L. J. Phillips, pastor of the A. M. E. churce, will preach at Saylor Sunday afternoon. E. W. Thompson was th guest of Geo. Wilson at luncheon Wednesday at the Kirkwood. Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Johnson will entertain a few of their friends next Tuesday evening. Rev. Bates, pastor of the Corinthian Baptist church, spent last Sunday in Saylor. Mr. and Mrs. A. Pierson of 614 Chestnut street, were pleasantly surprised on last Tuesday evening. The Misses Ida and Francis Harding with their guitar and mandolin furnished some excellent music at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Pierson for several hours when refreshments were served, Miss Stella Pierson was also present. The announcement of the wedding of two of the leading society telles will soon be made. Mrs. L. J. Phillips will preach at St. Paul's A. M. E. church, Secoud and Center streets, Sunday morning at 10:30. The pastor's subject at 7:30 p. m. will be "Some Responsibilities and Caution on American Lynching." The C. E. will meet at 6:30. A cordial invitation is extended to all. A very nice surprise party was given by some of our young ladies on Mrs. M Measo last Wednesday. A pleasant time was had and an elegant lunch was served. WE WANT colored organizers for the best thing on earth for colored people. African Monarchs of America, Sioux City, Ia. HELP THE GALVESTON RELIEF Come and be made happy yourself. The mutual Perfecting Association, 312 West Seventh street, will give 25 per cent of all orders for piano tuning and perfecting musical instruments, for 30 days. Address manager, 312 West Seventh street. (Mention Iowa State Bystander.) BURLINGTON ROUTE To all western points and the Pacific coast, embodies the very acme of comfort, speed add scenic splendor. Two through trains leave Des Moines every week day. Tourist sleeping cars run every Monday and Thursday. For full particulars, address F. L. Gannaway, City Passenger Agent, Burlington Route, 400 Locust St, Des Moines, IL. Are you going to entertain? If so you will need invitations, call and see our prices, our prices are the lowest IF YOU WANT a good smoke or play a game of pool, why not go where can get the best oigars and tobacco in the city for the money. ...318 West Third Street..... YOUR TRADE IS SOLICITED. W. P. LEWIS, Proprietor. AMUSEMENTS. Mr. F. C. Huebner's dramatization of Saphon has been the bill at the Mirror theater since last night. There will be three more performances to night, tomorrow afternoon and night. Matinee tomorrow afternoon at 2:30; admission 10c. "Pawn Ticket 210" and "Ticket of Leavand," 2 beautiful melo-dramas will be presented next week. Prices 10, 20 and 30 cents. This is the second week which the Auditorium has been open and the attendance and performances have been very good. Prices 10, 25 and 50 cents. SERIOUS ACCIDENT. Mr. Henry Brown, one of our worty and industrious citizens, met with a very serious accident last Wednesday. While going home from his work he slipped on the sidewalk, fell and broke his collar bone. Dr. Rood was immediately summoned and set the bone and dressed the wound. It is quite sad for Mr. Brown, as he is a hard worker, man and has a family to support. He lives on the corner of West Eleventh streets. DIED NEGLECTED AND ALONE. Mrs. Laura Gray of 609 Railroad avenue, near the Great Western railroad bridge, was found dead in bed at her home Thursday morning. Mrs. Gray married Alex. Gray at Macon, Ga., two years ago where Gray was stationed as a member of the colored "immune" company of which Amos Brandt was captain. Since returning to Des Moines, Gray has repeatedly abandoned his wife, going away and remaining absent two and three months at a time. She was in ill health, but made a brave struggle for bread that some of their neighbors took pity and assisted her to make a living. At intervals Gray would return and occasionally he sought employment. Recently Mrs. Gray's health has been very bad. Friday she told Pearl Dimmitt, w.o saw her Friday for the last time, that she she feared she would not live more than a few weeks. That was the last time she was seen about the house. Gray was at some Wednesday night, and remained until 8 o'clock yesterday morning. About 11 o'clock he went to the residence of Mrs. Williams, colored, residing next door, and told ner he thought his wife was dying. Mrs. Williams hurried over only to find the woman dead. Gray stayed about the house until yesterday morning, when he peared and was not again seen during the day. Coroner Ankeny, after hearing the stories of several of these women decided Mrs. Gray had died from illness and lack of care, and gave it as his opinion that no inquest was necessary. Last Wednesday evening at the Corinthian Baptist church occurred the marriage of Mr. S. Renix and Miss Mary Capart. Only a very few of their friends were present. Rev. Bates performed the ceremony. Mr. Renix has been a resident of this city for several years and is well known in musical circles, being a member of the tenix Bros. Mandolin friends extends congratulations. orchestra. Miss Capart enjoys a large acquaintance and si very popular. The Bystander with numerous. The Bystander with numerous friends extends their congratulation. DEMEANOR AT CHURCH. There is a growing tendancy among the young of to-day, to cause annoyance when they attend church services by whispering, laughing, ect., much to the discomfort of a great many people. It is indeed a sad state of affairs when the preacher is forced to reprimand any one for misbehavior in the house of God. Yet they are compelled to do so, and sometimes the ushers are officers of the church, are sent to quell the disturber and in some places the courts are asked to tell the guilty ones of their misbehavior. It does seem as though the young men and women should have enough common sense to act and hehave as a gentleman and lady would while attending services. There are few youths and misses (who have the idea that they are men and women) who secret themselves in the rear aprt of the edifice, apparently for the sole purpose of commenting about the apperances of the congregation and, they take greater interest in watching who coming in, than they do in the preacher or the sermon he is preaching. If you only go to church to see and be seen and talk while the sermon is being delivered, it's better by far to stay at home, and then you will not annoy those who come to hear the sermon. Now young men an women, not only for the sake of yourself and those who sit near you, but for the sake of your parents, when at church pay tribute and homage to He that ruleth all thing, by conducting yourselves as ladies and gentlemen. COLORADO LYNCHING. The recent burning at stake of John Porter for the terrible murder of Little Louise Frost has been subject of much talk and all the leading papers have discussed the horrible murder and the flendish mob that burned the criminal. Inceeed, it is horrible to discuss either the murder or the act of the mob. We condemn crime in all its forms and want to see every violator of the law punished. Certainly there is no punishment too great that the court and law may inflict on such a criminal, but the act of the criminal does not justify the more flendish act of the mow, for an no instance ought lynch law to be tolerated or be made justifiable, for lynching is a crime greater than one criminal can commit. 1 is a crime against God, a crime against man and humanity. It inaugurates the rule of anarchy and abrogates the majesty of our laws which forms the corner stone of our republic. Think of this shocking horror, the burning of a human being alive at stake by the best people of Lincoln county, Colorado, and the officers tacitly turning the criminal over to the murderers for they knew that to take Porter back to Limon was sudden death. It simply adds a lasting disgrace to the state of Colorado. If citizens are permitted to take law in their own hands wiltout trial and burn people our country is worse than the cannibals of the far-off islands. CEDAR RAPIDS BUDGET The stewardess o. the A. M. E church is busy preparing for their annual Thanksgiving dinner. They hope to be more successful than any time in the past. The board was reorganized this year and is as follows: President, Mrs. F. Hawkins; secretary, Mrs. M. Wade; treasurer, Mrs. M. Brown, Mesdames A. Perkins, Pouise Perkins and May Tyler. P. E. Bundy was in the Rapids last week and spoke at the Wednesday night prayer meeting. Owing to a severe cold he could not preach, as was announced by the pastor. Mr. Sadler, who was hurt at the B., C. R. & N. shops last week, is improving. Miss Myrtle Cooper has entered the canvassing field. We hope she may be successful. Medames Fannie Hawkins and Mattie Wade returned Wednesday night from Toledo. Be sure and eat your dinner at the A. M. E. church Thanksgiving. The ladies will have everything good to eat. News is very scarce this week, as every one is staying home getting ready for the turkeys. NEWTON NOTES. Henry Welton is seriously at this writing. His many friends hope he may improve soon. E. W. Thompson, traveling representative for the Bystander, made our city a visit last week. By his gentlemanly and unassuming manner he made several friends, who hope he may favor us with another visit. Mrs. Paul Weldon has returned from her visit, in Albion and reports a splendid time. Mrs. Georgia Oliver of Colfax made a business trip to our city last week. Mrs. E. J. Daniels has gone to Grinnell where she will visit relatives before returning to her home in Chicago. Messrs. Waldon, Watson Mayes and Fine are to be most heartily congratulated upon the excellent music rendered by them at the Livingston recital held in Lister's opera house last Wednesday evening. The wedding bells will ring about A. Hayes and Miss Lettie Miller were indisposed last wee. A. Thanksgiving entertainment will be given at the A. M. E. church Thanksgiving evening. MT. PLEASANT NEWS. Mrs. Dora Smith Rice has returned from Burlington. Miss Louise Mason has gone to Evanston, Ill., to spend the winter with her brother. Mrs. Alfred Beatty died at her home on West Madison street last Saturday night. The H. V. D. club met at the home of Mrs. M. Burnaugh's last Thursday night. MUCHAKINOCK NEWS. Wm. Lee has returned from Des Moines, where he has been for a few days taking examination in stationary engineering. We are glau to know of his success. Great preparations are being made by the ladies of the A. M. E. church for a Thanksgiving dinner. Arthur Wright was in Buxton last Sunday. P. O. N. B. club gave a party at the opera house last Friday evening. Twenty-eight couple were present. Music by different members was the main feature of the club meeting. Tea was served at 12 p. m. Revival services are still being carried on at the A. M. E. church. Nearly 40 families will depart from our little village this week for Buxton. W. C. Rhodes acts as a poor guide No.23. poss. He with three young ladies unfortunately led one into a rain barrel, and was quite frustrated in the operation of pulling her out on the evening of the Swanee Quartet concert. He was a Poor Harry and the Guide Post. John T. Washington reports a pleasant visit to the capitol city last week. We are afraid he and our drum major may become rivals. SAYLOR NEWS. Rev. Higgard has organized a sewing circle. The following officers were elected: President, Mrs. N. Streeater; vice president, Mrs. M. Barefield; treasurer, Mrs. C. Barber; secretary, Mrs. A. Jenkins; assistant secretary, Mrs. J. Howell. L. G. Garrett, superintendent of the Sabbath school, met with an accident Monday; also Samuel Carter. Mrs. W. Hill and Mrs. R. Pritchard are on the sick list. Mrs. M. Branch is able to be out again. John Cooper's son of Fraser, Iowa, is with us now. Omer Houston and Miss Blossie Jenkins will lead prayer meeting Wednesday evening. Martin Russell has returned from Cleveland, Iowa. Mr. Walker Hill made a flying trip to Frazer, Iowa, recently. We, the young ladies of Saylor, are contemplating organizing a Willing Workers society. Everybody is cordially to attend the Thanksgiving dinner and supper. The church and friends have made Rev. Haggard a present of a nice overcoat, for which he returns heartfelt thanks. Rev. Bates of Des Moines preached at the First Baptist church Sunday at 11 a. m. After the sermon there were 24 persons baptized and several will be baptized in the near future. The collection was nearly $20. Rev. L. J. Phillips of Des Moines Rev. L. J. Phillips of Des Moines will preach here Sunday afternoon. THE ELITE Restaurant, 314 W. Third street. Best 150 meal in the city. A trial will convince you. E. G. MOAFEE Prop. CLINTON Ownig to the inclement weather which existed on Sunday quarterly meeting was postponed until the 25th. Rev. Bundy left Sunday night for his home in Chicago. There are still some in this city who owe the Rystander. Do not wait for the agent to ask you for it all the time, but make an effort to see him and settle the account. Wm. Emerson is reported as being considerably indisposed at his home on Third avenue. The parsonage of the A. M. E. church has recently been in the hands of fthe paper hangers, which Swain's Nashville Students will appear at the Economic theatre on Monday evening, November 26th. They are also expected to sing at the services of the First M. E. church on Sunday. Genevieve and Curtis Clyde, children of Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Bush, are improving rapidly from their recent illness. Mrs. Prof. Damon, president of the Literary society, recently purchased 28 suits of underwear for 14 of the motherless children in this city. They were also distributed by the president on the basis of two suits to each child. No discrimination therefore was shown. A pound party, under the supervision of Mrs. Prof. Damon, was tendered Rev. Peterson and wife on last Thursday evening at the parsonage. It is said to have been a success. The attendance, though not large, was good. A committee of ladies met at the residence of Mrs. Damon on Thursday afternoon and made skirts for some of the poor children of the city. Subscribe for the Bysander, the only colored paper in Iowa. BURLINGTON BOUTE Affords you a most enjoyable trip to California in the shortest as well as the quickest possible manner. It is peerless in its accommodations and high class service from Des Moines. Tourist cars run every Monday and Thursday affording luxurious comfort at small expense. For particulars address F. L. Gannaway, City Passeuger agent Burlington Route, 400 Louust St, Des Moines, Ia. When in Muchakinock, Iowa, stop at MRS. ADDIE JOHNSON'S RESTAURANT for good meals or short orders; also Ice Cream, Prompt attention given to all orders. NERVOUS WEAKNESS CURED VIRTUMA is a French treatment for both sexes that is positively guaranteed to cure IMPOTENY vitality 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 3 for $5 Ask your duggeist, but refuse cheap substitutes. Sent anywhere prepaid on receipt of price and guaranteed by the Kidd Drug Company, Elgin, Illinois. Retail and wholesale by J. T. Huribut Co., Des Moines, Ia. Full line of Rubber Goods; name what you want. [OWA STATE BYSTANDER: : VOL, 7. DES MOINES, IOWA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 238, 1900. No. 23. yal, 212 W. 7th, _— rs Alex Wo and Mra, yurday epaah== _ Watto' isiting Pe raterny red ped Ayerid Pel. gs.tu ~ een ee | ; schoo} ber of 0, nd we b ih wares n reeei h Putt: oved to secured Houste vaister in Bab Villie St, Mra. Curtt > Tuesday 2 ng in Der eubout a —— BS. R Dee. 6, wil Mr} Mry LE—Lad! be sold td, and have! ,in, 220, NT color bing on ¢ frienn Mot Is. nie Murra} at the resid 8 Des Moin ers are requ! of the (Bresi M. E. Sunday\ ) give an entg | promises to | eseasun- Thi chours, quart aus, te whicl nderwood, the; nderwood, wh relatives in thi tay to join her , whiere he bai sige tthe Bapt — PURSUED RVENY FRIDAY BY THE DYETANDED TOUBURIRING COMPANY, FLFIIU ANU LOOUST. MOUM 409 MANQUANDE BLOOK. OWA "PHONE BO, ‘OWPIUIAL PAPER OF THR A¥IO-AMERIOAN PRO- ‘PECTIV® ASSOCIATION OF 10WA, OFACIAL PAPER OF THN MOST WousIPrUL UNITED GHAND LODGH OF TOWA, Air da. Me ‘TERNS OF SUBSCRIPTION, QMe FOOT. 6... seseeeseee ceetsepe ee eeer es BL MO iim imouto S0s6optot« Wistets sonst ~FEbree Month oc oer ‘Alt subscription payabie ia advaucs. J. lL, THOMPSON, EDITOR, J. H. SHEPARD, MANAGER. ‘Send money by post fice order, money order, express of draft, to tho Towa StamE Bystax- xn Publishing Company, Cosmontcations must be written on one side of tre paper only and:be of interest to the pub- {o, ‘“Brovity is the soul of wit," remember. We will not return rejected manuscript, uu- £89 accompanied by postage stamps, | e IOWA'S IPADING COLORED PAPER. CITY NEWS Mr. A. Pierson is improving slowly. Mason's, Bonets and Hat 609 Locust. Thanksgiven is next Thursday—poor turkey. Our advertisers will appreciate your teado, Midway Coal, 212 W. 7th street, both | Phones. W. L. Morris the florist has removed to 609 W. Walnut street. J, L. Nelson of Chicago was visiting in the eity last week. Miss Maple Morton is preparing to give a concert. It You want to know what the race J H. Mixon, Jeweler, No. 316 West, “Whird street. Tunes Pianos and re- palrs Organs, x ‘The A. M. E. Sunday School is pre- paring to give an entertainment in the near future, Mrs. L. J. Phillips was confined to her home the first of the week, being nite sick, ‘As the month of December eomes nearer Rollen Weeks becomes more sedate. Free night school at the Lincoln school building, corner of Ninth and Mulberry street. A public wedding with a number of friends invited co the reception, will be the social event in December. The first quarterly meeting at St. Paul’s A. M E. church this conference year will be December 2. WRITE The African Monurebs of America, ‘They have something to tell you. Siovx City, Ia. Mr. J, T. Washington of Muchakin- ock, who was the guest of Miss Zella Davis last week, returned home Mon- day. When you go shopping remember tho firms that advortise with us, Send in your orders for coal to the ‘Thompson Bros., 405 Marquardt block. Take your Thanksgiving dinner at the Elite Restaurant and hear the sweet stroins of music, Read their bill of fare in this isene: German ReMepr Cures Rheumatism, | Neuralgia, Maleand Female Weakness. Send 81.50; German Medieine Co. Des Moines, Io. One of the best toot ball games of the season will be played at the ball park, on ‘Thsnkegiving day; Drake vs Grinnell, Game called at 3 p m. sharp. Night school opened last Monday eyening withalarge attendance. This isan excellent opportunity for thoso _who cannot attend day school and are ‘pot satisfied with their educaticn. Mr. T. J, Blagbarn, assisted by mem- bers of his compunies, gave 8 rag social atthe A. M.E, chareh iastnight. It was well attended, however only n few wore tag attire. ‘The members and friend of the A. M. EB. chureh are working very hard for the coming rally of the church, when they expect to pay off their entire in- deb:edness, OS AA a EL eine SUSE NES ELS SURETRN oN OUR PERERA IS eee I mT ae Ee ee Te Why pay big prices at retail stores for your gloves and mit- | tens when you are given the opportunity of getting them direct | from the manufacturers at nearly one-half the cost, and again | you assuine no risk. ‘I'he manufacturer guarantees every pair. | Fully three-fourths of the people of Des Moines are now wear- | ing a “‘Cownie Glove.” Why?—because they have learned thay | they can get a better glove for less money at our store than an | place else. Come to our store and we will convince you. LADIES GOops. GENTS Goobs. A big line of Ladies fine kid gloves, | Gents fine kid gloves, lined and un- ; all colors, all sizes ..........59¢ lined, plain and fancy colors..60c | Fine kid mittens, wool lined, pia Real kid mittens, wool lined, con- ; TOP rene ceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeer ee 2BG | gress wrist. .cvccceeeesee+ 16 BOC. Fine kid mittens, fur top, wool| The swellest kid glove in Des Vined.....ceseese veeveeseeee BOS Moines for............-...$1 00 A bug lit if kit "a gl Wool mittens, single ............60 | A big ling of working men's gloves } Woot mittens, double..........10C| jneluding our popular line of mule | Children’s mittons in kid fancy | skin goods, the greatest wearers COLT. eeeeeeseeeseseesee2BO | OM EMT. eee eeeeeee cree ZEO JUST ACROSS FROM FRANKELS J. H. Cownie Glove Co. Retail Store +514 Walnut Street. Baa il Sa RE NN lel THOMPSON BROS.,2==— Dealers in Coal, wholesale and retail $2.75 per ton and up. Iowa ‘phone 899, room 405 Marquardt Block, Fifth and Locust street, our Orders Solicited. Prompt Delivery.. ———————— porwr HAT SOCIETY AND CHURCH P20. New Meat Market. ARB DOING + W, A. ANDERSON... i 1012 CENTER STREET TEES 5 has opened a New Meat Market, $|_, Rev. L. J. Phillips, pastor of te A. | He carries all grades of meat and ¢}%. churee, will preach at Saylor Sund delivers to.any part of the clty, afternoon, E, W. ‘Thompson was th guest of Ge “Btreet Hate 500 Mason's | Wilson at luncheon Wednesday at 1 Kirkwood. SECRET Fraternal Benefivisry lodge| Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Jobnion will ¢ for the colored poople only. African tettain a few of their friends next ‘Tu Monarchs of America, Sioux City, Ia. | day evening, ——_ Rev, Bates, pastor of the Corinthi We the people of Fraser congratulate] Baptist church, spent last Sunday in Se Mr, Isaao Nelson formerly of Fraser and! lor. his new bride, wishing them success! afr, and Mra, A. Pierson of614 Chest through life. hive: Gann Glanenwtite ‘ainvenelaad cam <b ' A surprise party was given in honor of Miss Lula Jackson, 1192 Eighth atreet Saturday evening, by Miss Ethel Romans and Miss Gerty McCraven, Games were played and refreshments served. All re: porta good time. Mrs, Wm, Hammett who bas been sick for several week had recovered enough to be uble to go out, taken a relapse last‘Monday and is confined to her room. ‘The H. B. S. was pleasantly entertained by Mrs. Jackson Thursday, As asual the meeting wastullofvigor. Mrs. Warrick’s paper on “The advantoge of Club Life” was briming full of good thought. Mrs. Denney’s talk wss heartily appreciated. Mrs, Jackson's brief remarks on club_ lite was well regeived also. ‘Tho club will meet with Mrs, Palmer December 6. Last week we priated 500 statements and 500,envelopes for the Carpet Dust- ing Machine Co.; also 500 letter heads for the Movable Calk Horseshoe Co., and several hundred book for the A. M.E, church, also some envelopes for the First Baptist church at Saylor, When you need anything in the way of printing remember our job depart- ment is complete. THE ELITE RUS PAURANT 314 3rd St. ‘Their bill of fare for Tuavksgiving day will be: Mock Tartle Soup Baked White Fish Roast Beef, Tarkey and Cranberry Sauce Potato Salad, Sweet Potatoes, Mashed Potatoes and Green Peas Mince Pio. Dinner will b2 served from 1 to 8 p,m. Dinner 25¢, Music will be furni hed by Mandolin Orchestra, At 9:00 p. mi. an o’pposum supper will be served. have several small houses with 3 to 6 rooms that can be sold on payments and bargain, Stop paying rent and take the money you are paying rent witb, and pay for a home. Also have several nice desirable resi dence lots, will sell on payments. If you will write me stating what you want, I will call and seo you and give you prices and terms, This is equal to _eavings bank. W. R. BIGGS, Room 49 Clapp Block. Percy Townsend, one of our bright students from Drake University Pharmacy department, completed his course at the University this week, and has been em- ployed by Namure & Vincent Co., former- ly the Curtis-Stream Co. Mr. ‘Eownsend came here from Denver, Colo., about two years ago. Heé has worked ina ng store in Denver and is well recom: ‘mended. We wish Percy success. WHAT SOCIETY AND CHURCH P20, LE ARE DOING. Rev. L. J. Phillips, pastor of tke A. M E. churee, will preach at Saylor Sunday afternoon, E, W. ‘Thompson was th guest of Geo. Wilson at luncheon Wednesday at the | Kirkwood. | Mr, and Mrs. W. F, Jobnion will en. tertain a few of their friends next ‘Tues day evening, Rey, Bates, pastor of the Corinthian Baptist church, spent Inet Sunday in Say. lor. Mr. and Mrs, A. Pierson of 614 Chestnut ‘street, were pleasantly surprised on us ‘Tuosday eveniug. Tho Misses-Tan. an Francis Herding with their gwtar an¢ mandolin furnished some excellent music at the home of Mr and Mrs, Pierson for several hours when refreshments were served, Miss Stella Pierson was aisc present. ‘Tre announcement of the wedding ot two of tho leading soeluty teties will soon bo made, Mra. L. J, Phillips will preach at St Paul's A. M. E. chureh, Seeoud and Cen. ter streets, Sunday morning at 10:30 The pastor’s ut ject at 7:30 p. m, will be “Some Reeponsibitities »nd Caution ot American Lynching.” The U. E. wil ‘mie? at 6:80. A cordial invitation is ex ‘tended to all. A very nloo surprise party was giver by some of our young ladies on Mrs. M oan last Wednesday, A pleasant time | was had and an elegant lunch was served WE WANT colored organizers for the best thing «n earbi for colored people. African Monarchs of Americe, Sivux City. Ia. HELP THE GALVESTON RELIEF. Come and be made happy your- self. The mutual Perfecting Association, 312 West Seventh street, will give 25 per cent of all orders for piano tuning and per- fecting musical instruments, for 30 days. Address manager, 312 West Seventh street. (Mention fowa State Bystander. BURLINGTON ROUTE ‘To all western points and the Pacific coast, embodies the very acme of com: ie speed add scenic splendor. ‘I'wo through traios leave Des Moines every | week day. Tourist sleeping cars ron every Monday and Thursday. For full leon address F. L. Gannnway, City Passenger Agent, Burlington “ Route, 400 Locust St, [es Moines, In. Are you going to entertain? If so you will need invitations, eull and see our samples, our prices are the lowest IF YOU WANT a good smoke or play a game of pool, why not go where can get the best cigars and tobacco in the city for the money. +318 West Third Strect... . | Your Trae 1s Soxrcrrep. W. P. LEWI®, Proprietor. _ AMUSEMENTS, Mr. F, C. Huebner's dramatization of Sapho has been the bill at the Mirror theater since last night. There will be three more performances to- night, tomorrow afternoon and night. Matinee tomorrow afternoon at 2:30; admission 10¢. “Pawn ‘Ticket 210" and “Ticket of Leay- Jand,” 2 beautiful melo-dramas will be presented next week. ‘Prices 10, 20 and 30 cents, This is the second week which the Auditorium has been open and the attendance and performances have heen very goou, Prices 10, 25 and 50 SERIOUS ACCIDENT. i Mr. Henry Brown, one of ous wor- jthy and industrious citizens, met ‘with a very serious accident last Wednesday. While going home from his work he slipped on the sidewalk, fell and broke his collar bone. Dr. ‘Rood was immediately summoned ‘and set the bone and dressed the wound. It is quite sad for Mr. Brown, as he is a hard workiy’, man and has a family to support. He lives on the corner of West Eleventh streets. PEED NEMMEV EID AND ALONE, Mrs, Laura Gray of 609 Railroad avenue, near the Great Western rail- road bridge, was found dead in bed at her home Thursday morning, Mrs. Gray married Alex. Gray at Macon, Ga. two years ago where Gray was stationed as a member of ‘the colored “immune” company of which Amos Brandt was captain. Since returning to Des Moines, Gray has repeatedly abandoned his wife, going away ana remaining ab- ‘sent two and three months at a time. She was in ill health, but made a brave struggle for bread that some of their neighbors took pity and assisted her to make a liv- ng. At intervals Gray would return and occasionally he sought employ- ment. Recently srs, Gray's health has been very bad. Friday she told Pearl Dimmitt, w..o saw her Friday for the last time, that she she feared she would not live more than a few weexs. ‘That was the last tme she was seen about the house. Gray was at nome Wednes- day night, and remained until 8 o'clock yesterday morning. About 11 o'clock he went to the residence of Mrs. Williams, colored, residing next door, and told ner he thought his wife was dying. Mrs. Williams hurried over only to find the woman dead. Gray stayed about the house until yesterday morning, Wisc ae uy peared und was not again seen dur- ing the day. Coroner Ankeny, after hearing the stories of several of these women decided Mrs, Gray had died from illness and lack of care, and gave it as mas opinion that no inquest was necessary. Last, Wednesday evening at the Corinthian Baptist church occurred the marriage of Mr. 8. Renix and Miss Mary Capart. Only a very few of their friends were present.” Rev. Bates performed the ceremony. Mr. Renix has been a resident of this city for several years and is well known in musical circles, being a member of the Kenix Bros. Mandolin friends extends congratwations. orchestra, Miss Capart enjoys a large acquaintance and si very pop- ular. ‘The Bystander with nuinerous ular, ‘The Bystander with numerous friends extends their congratulation DEMEANOR AT CHURCH. There is a growing tendancy among the young of to-day, to cause annoyance when they at- tend church services by whisper- ing, laughing, ect., much to the discomfort of a great many peo- ple. Itis indeed a sad state of affairs when the preacher is forc~ ed to reprimend any one for mis- behavior in the house of God. Yet they are compelled to do so, and sometimes the ushers are of- ficers of the church, are sent to quell the disturber and in some places the courts are asked to tell the guilty ones of their misbe- havior, It does seem as though the young men and women should have enough common sense to act and behave as a gentleman and lady would while attending. ser- vices. There are few youths and misses (who have the idea that they are men and women) whc |secret themselves in the rear aprt lof the edifice, apparently for thc sole purpose of commenting about the apperances of the congrega- tion and, they take greater interes in watching who coming in, thar | they do in the preacher or thc ‘sermon he is preaching, If you jonly go to church to see and be | seen and talk while the sermon i | being delivered, it’s better by fa \to stay at home, and then yor | will not annoy those who come t \near the'sermon,’ Now youn men an women, not only for the sake of yourself and those who sit near you, but for the sake of your parents, when at church pay tribute and homage to He that ruleth all thing, by conducting yourselves as ladies and gentle- men. COLORADO LYNCHING. The recent burning at stake of John Porter for the terrible murder of Little Louise Frost has been sub: ject of much taix and all the lead- ing papers have discussed the hor- rible murder and the fiendish mob that burned the criminal. Inaeea, it is horrible to discuss either the murder or the act of the mob. We condemn erime in all its forms and want to see every violator of the law punished, Certainly there is no punishment ‘too great that the court and law may inflict on such a criminal, but the act of the criminal does not justify the more fiendish act of the mov, for in no instance ought lynch law to be tolerated or be made justaable, for lynching is a crime greater than one criminal can commit. 4 is a crime against God, a erime against man and nu- manity. It inaugurates the rule of anarchy and abrogates the majesty of our laws which forms the corner stone of our republie, Think of this shocking horror, the burning of a human being alive at stake by_ the best people of Lincoln county, Colo- rado, and the officers tacitly’ turn- ing the eriminal over to the mur- derers for they knew that to take Porter back to Limon was sudden death. It simply adds a lusting dig- grace to the state of Colorado. If citizens are permitted to take law in their own uands wiktout. trial and burn people our country is worse than the cannibals of the far- off islands, CEDAR RAPIDS BUDGET. The stewardess o. the A. M. E. church is busy preparing for their annual Thanksgivmg dinner. They hope to be more successfuk than any time in the past. The board was re- organized this vear and is as fol lows: President, Mrs, F. Hawkins; secretary, Mrs. M. Wade; treasurer, Mrs. M. Brown, Mesdames A, Per- kins, Pouise Perkins and May ‘Tyler. P. E. Bundy was in the Rapids last week and spoke at the Wednesday night prayer meeting, Owing to a severe cold he could not preach, as was announced by the pastor. ‘Mr. Sadler, who was hurt at the B., C. R. @-N. shops last week, is im- proving. Miss Myrtle Cooper has entered the canvassing fied, We hope she may be successful. Medames_ Fannie Hawkins and Mattie Wade returned Wednesday night from Toledo. Be sure and eat your dinner at the A. M. E, church” Thanksgiving. ‘The Indies will have everything good to eat. News is very scarce this week, as every one ix staying home getting ready for the turkeys. NEWTON NOTES. Henry Welton is seriously at at this writing. His many friends hope he may improve soon. E. W. Thompson, raveling repre- sentative for the Bystander, made our city a visit last week. ‘By his gentlemanly and wnassuming iman- ner he made several friends, who hope he may favor us with another visit. Mrs. Pant Weldon has returned from her vist. in Albion and reports a splendid time. Mrs. Georgia Oliver of Colfax made a business trip to our city last, week. Mrs. E. J. Daniels has gone tc Grinnell Where she wilt visit rela. tives before returning to her home in Chicago. Messrs. Waldon, Watson Mayes and Fine are to be most heartily congrauated upon the — excellent music rendered by them at the Liv ngston recital heid n Lister's opera house last Wednesday evening. ‘The wedding bells will ring abou December 4. . A. Hayes and Miss Tettie Mille were indisposed last ween. A Thanksgiving _ entertainmen will be given at the A. M. E. churel Thanksgiving evening. 3 MT. PLEASANT NEWS. Mrs, Dora Smith Rice has returned from Burlington. Miss Louise Mason has gone to Evanston, IN, to spend the winter wth her brother. Mrs. Alfred Beatty died at her home on West Madison street last Saturday night. ‘The H. V. D. club met at the home of Mrs. M, Burnaugh’s last ‘Thursday night. ised MUCHAKINOCK NEWS. Wm. Lee has returned from Des Moines, wnere he has been for a few days taking examination in station- ary engineering. We are glau to know of hus suecess. Great preparations are being made by the ladies of the A. M. E. church for « Thanksgving dinner. Arthur Wright was in Buxton last Sunday. P.O. N. B, club gave a party at the opera house last. Friday evening ‘Twenty-eight couple were present Music by different members was the |main feature of the club meeting Tea was served at 12 p.m, | Revival services are still being car | ried on at the A. M. B. church. | Nearly 40 families will depart fron our little village this week for Bux | ton. | W. GC. Rhodes acts as a poor guid Poet. ie with thees young Indies an fortunately led one into a rain bar- rel, and was quite frustrated In the operation of pulling her out on the evening of the Swanee Quartet con- cert. He was a Poor Horry and the Guide Post. John ‘T. Washington reports a pleasant visit to the eapitol city last week, We are afraid he and our drum major may become rivals. SAYLOR NEWS. Rev. Haggard has organized a sew- ing circles ‘The following. officers were elected: President, Mrs. N. Streeter; vice president, Mrs, M. Barefield; treasurer, Mrs. C, Barber; secretary, Mrs. A. Jenkins; asstiant secretary, Mrs. J. Howell. L. G. Gar- rett, superintendent of the Sabbath school, met with an accident Mon- day; also Samuel Carter. Mrs. W. Hill and Mra, R, Pritchard are on the sick list. Mrs. M. Branch is able to be out again. John Cooper's son of Fraser, Iowa, is with us now. Omer Houston and Miss Blossie Jenkins will lead prayer meeting Wednesday evening. Martin Russell has returned from Cleveland, Towa, Mr. Walker Hill made a flying trip to Frazer, Iowa, recently. We, the young ladies of Saylor, are contemplating organizing a Willing Workers society. Everybody is cordially to attend the Thanksgivng dinner and supper. ‘The church and friends have made Rev. Haggard a present of a nice overcoat, for which he returns heart+ felt thanks, Rev. Bates of Des Moines preached at the First Baptist church Sunday at 11a. m, After the sermon there were 24 persons baptized and sev- eral will be baptized in the near fue ture, ‘The collection was nearly $20. Rey. L. J. Phillips of Des Moines will preach here Sunday afternoon, THE ELITE Restaurant, 314 W. Third street. Best 150 meal in the city. A trial will convince you. E. @. MoArse Prop. CLINTON. Ownig to the inclement weather which existed on Sunday quarterly meeting was postponed until the 25th. Rev. Bundy left Sunday night for his home in Chicago. ‘There are still some. in this city who owe the Bystander. Do not wait for the agent to ask you for it all the tme, but make an effort to see him ond-settle the account. ‘Wm. Emerson is reported as being considerably indisposed at his home on ‘Third avenue. The parsonage of the A. M. E. chureh has recently been in the hands o fthe paper hangers, which Swain's Nashville Students will ap- pear at the Economic theatre on Monday evening, November 26th. ‘They are also expected to sing at the services of the First M. E. church on Sunday. Genevieve and Curtis Clyde, child- ren of Mr. and Mra, A. A. Bush, are improvng rapidly from their recent illness. Mrs, Prof. Damon, president of the Literary society, recently purchased 28 suits of underwear for 14 of the motherless children in this city. ‘They were also distributed by the president on the basis of two suits to each child. No discrimination therefore was shown. A pound party, under the supervi- sion of Mrs. Prot. Damon, was ten- dered Rey. Peterson and wife on last ‘Thursday evening at the par: sonage. It is said to have been a success. ‘The attendance, though not large, was good. A committee of Indies met at the residence of Mrs. Damon on Thurs day afternoon and made skirts for some of. the poor children of th city. Subseribe for the Bysander, the only colored: paper in Iowa. BURLINGTON ROUTE Affords you a most enjoyable trip to California in the shortest as well as the quickest possible manner. It is peerless in its avcomodations and high elass service from Drs Moines. ‘Tourist cars run every Monday and Thursday affording luxurious comfort at small expense. For particulars address F. L, Gannawoy, City Passenger agent Bur lington Route, 400 Loeust St, Des Moines, Ia. . When in- Muchakinock, Lowa, stop at MRS, ADDIE JOHN~ SON’S RESTAURANT for good meals or short orders; also Ice Cream, Prompt attention given to all orders, NERVOUS WEAKNESS CURED. VIRTUMA 's * French treatment for both sexes that is itively guaranteed to cure IMPO- FENcy ‘vitality and vigor restoring the desires, ambitious and aspirations of youth and heaith, fitting for success and happiness in basiness; professional, social and married life. $2 a package or 3 for $5 Ask your druggist, but re- fuse cheap substitutes, Sent unywhere repaid on rereipt of priee and.guaran- Test ty the Kidd Drug Company, Elgin, Miinois. Retail and wholesale by J.T. Hurlbut Co., Des Moines, I. Full line of Rub- ber Goods; name what you want. NOTES FROM THE CAPITAL Des Moines. November 23. 1900. After a personal inspection of every county and private institution in the state in which insane are kept, the board of control has adopted rules by which hospitals shall be governed in the future. While the rules cannot be called radical, the board, having made an exhaustive study of the situation, has attempted to make some needed reforms. There are 1,200 insane patients in county institutions and several hundred more in private hospitals. In not more than ten of the county institutions were the insane found to be well cared for once, but managing officers are given until January 1 and board of supervisors until February to make the required changes. Under the new rules paupers and insane patients will not be permitted to mingle and male and female patients will have to be cared for separately. Female patients will have to be employed to care for insane only men shall care for male patients. Night attendants will be required, and one attendant will be demanded for each twenty insane persons. The new rules are very explicit regarding care of the patients and sanitary conditions of the buildings. The best physicians only will be employed and physicians will not be cared for drugs. Not 1:1 than two fire escapes will be required on each building. The board also demands that records of the institutions be kept. The supervision of county and private insane hospitals was put in the hands of the board of control by the Twenty-eighth general assembly because of the deplorable conditions in which many of them were known to be. The monthly report of the state board of control shows that there is a credit balance in the support fund of $107,154, which is but $1,000 less than in November, 1899. This is regarded as a very credible rise in prices in the year that has just passed. The report also shows that there has been an increase of thirty-six in the number of convicts at the state prisons, two, of course, to cold weather and the heat. There are also 300 convicts, 461 at Ananassa and 649 at Fort Madison. Smallpox is very prevalent in Iowa this winter. At least a dozen cases from various parts of the state have been reported to the state board of health, and there is every indication that there will be as much of an epidemic in this direction as last year. With one or two exceptions there is but one case in a community, and the disease has only manifested itself in a very light form. The last report received came in this morning from Hocking, Monroe and Jackson, and it moved in from the state of Washington, evidently bringing the disease germs with them. Many of the cases smallpox was prevalent last winter, largely in the mining communities. The plan of action in the Titus amendment matter seems to be very clearly outlined, and the plan which is now being discussed is the one which will afford the most speedy relief. it is the enjoining of the governor from issuing certificates of election of the different state officers elected at the last general election. This will bring the matter slightly before the supreme court at the December term, and an opinion can thus be had before the first of the year, and rendering any delay unnecessary. The other plan suggested was to have the supreme court on a motion as to whether General Remley or Senator Mullan should be recognized as the attorney general in the case and had in this case until the 7th of January, however, hence the plan of enjoining is much more practicable. Justice Blyler of East Des Moines will not go out of his office on the first Mo.day of January next without an attempt to find out whether or not he is obliged to do so. He says he believes the Titus amendment will stick as it reads, and he believes he will be obliged to do another term. He is determined to stick to his job if he can do so all right. Judge McPherson has dissolved the restraining order issued Nov. 2 against the Tri-City Labor congress. Judge McPherson declared he had issued the restraining order under a misapprehension of the facts. He held in dismissing the case that the court had no jurisdiction. This is the case known as the "government by injunction," as was outlawed against the strike of banners ployed by plaintiffs, who are clothing merchants, because of their refusal to accede to the demands of the Retail Clerks' union. After the strike the trades' organizations paraded the streets of the three cities and displayed banners urging a boycott of the firm, attacked it through their union publication and delegated union members to pick up grabs of the firm's place of business, calling attention to the boycott. The firm secured a restraining order from the United States court, prohibiting then from doing all these things. Roberts Hogrs to be About. "Johannesburg, Nov. 22.—My horse fell with me and Sunday and bruised me somewhat. Am doing well. Hope to be about in a few days." Americans Had Three Killed. Manila, Nov. 19.—Two hundred holopen with fifty rifles, attacked Chief Bugazon Island of Ponoy, October 30. The Americans lost three men killed—Lieutenant H. M. Keontz, Sergeant Kitchen and Corporal Burns—all of Company F. Forty-fourth infantry. The enemy lost 100 killed, 21 wounded and 20 prisoners. THE NEWS IN IOWA THE NEWS IN IOWA SALES ORDERED STOPPED. An Edict That Will Give Cigarette Smokers Some Grief. Des Moines, Nov. 23—The American Tobacco company, through its Iowa representative in this city, Charles H. Rolls, has requested that the company discontinue immediately the sale of all cigarettes of its manufacture. The order is a result of a decision of the federal supreme court, rendered on the 18th in the case of William B. Austin vs. the state of Tennessee, involving the validity of the law in that state regulating the sale of cigarettes. As the Iowa law is similar, the company says there must be a discontinuance of the sale of its cigarettes in this state until it is learned whether the decision compares the situation here. In an article the American Tobacco company is supposed to have been protecting the dealers in the few years ago, after the antigarette law went into effect, this corporation sent cigarettes to retail dealers in bulk. That is, instead of selling in lots of 500, as had previously been the case, cigarettes were sold in lots of ten, or by the box, to the retailer. If he ordered a thousand cigarettes, they would come in sacks or baskets, but ten being fastened together. It was said this was the original package, and the fight to and sell cigarettes under the provisions of the interstate commerce laws was claimed. In case decided by the supreme court the Tennessee law was issued as an infringement on the right of congress to regulate interstate commerce. The case grew out of the importation of cigarettes into Tennessee from North Carolina. They were taken into the state in the ordinary sized cigarette package, about two by four inches, and these packages were loosely thrown into baskets, which were uncovered. Justice Brown, in missing upon the case, said that the packages undoubtedly made up with a view of violating the law in the point of the decision of the state court to the effect that the packages were not originated fully confirmed. The Tennessee court held that cigarettes were not an article of commerce. With this view Justice Brown took issue. There was a dissenting opinion by Justice Shiras, in which the chief justice and Justices Peckham and Brewer joined. (MPROVEMENTS AT OSKALOOSA. Franchises Granted for Electric and Heating Plants. Oskaloosa, Nov. 22.—Ordinances which promise a great improvement for Oskaloosa have been passed upon their third readings by the city council. The ornamances grant a twenty-five year franchise to the Oskaloosa Street Railway and Land company to erect and operate an electric street car line in Oskaloosa, and from Oskaloosa to Beacon, also to build an electric light plant and light the city a commercial plant. The company bound by bonds to erect plants within one year and if this is not done, they forfeit not only the bonds but also all rights they have acquired under the old franchise by the terms of which they are now operating a horse car line. This property is valued at $10,000, so it looks like the new company business. A special election for the ratification of the ordinance been called for in July 17. The investments mean a $300,000 improvement. Oskaloosa next summer. This is on top of a new $50,000 government building now in course of construction and a new $25,000 jail voted for at the recent election, will make the old town boom for the next few years. AFTER A 200, SHOOTS HIMSELF Police Office sz Ottumwa Carelessly Handsles a tign. Ottumwa, Nov. 23.--While attempting to shoot a dog a dog Desk Sergeant J. L. Kent accidentally shot himself in the right leg. After being absent for some time a searching party was organized, and after a short hunt found Officer Kent lying insensible along the sidewalk, having fainted from the loss of blood. He was contracted to the police station and physicians summoned, and after making a close examination the ball was located about six inches above the knee. Up to the present Kent has not regained consciousness and is now in a critical condition. Rapist Heavily Sentenced. Waverly, Nov. 23.—Roscoe Sewell of Shell Rock, 19 years of age, was sentenced by Judge Clifford Smith to eight years in the penitentiary at the prison where he was sentenced. The trial has been of more than passing interest in this community, because of the victim of the crime being an inmate of the Orphans' Home of the Lutheran church, and only 15 years of age. Dove, 19 years of age, presented a petition of citizens of Shell Rock asking the leniency of the court as to length of sentence. Cigarette Tax Attacked. Muscatine, Nov. 21.—Judge Brannan, in the district court, has granted a temporary injunction restraining Muscatine county from collecting the $300 state nulet tax from local cigarette dealers. The American Toxacco company et al. have backed local dealers in disregarding the anti-cigarette law, claiming that it interfered with the interstate commerce law. A test case is now pending. Burglar at Marshalltown. Marshalltown, Nov. 19.—A bold silk robbery has occurred in Marshalltown. Shortly before the hour for closing three men walked into the dry goods store of M. F. André, who asked them to the clerks in conversation, two others took some choice pieces of sus from the counter, and secreted them under their coats, made their escape. The robbery was detected, however, and the officers notified. Charles Sundell and F. S. Parker, two young men of this city, were arrested, and it is said some of the stolen property was found in their possession. They waived examination and were bound over to the grand jury. KNOCKS OUT TAX FERRETS. Judge Quarton of Algona Renders an Division Against Them. Des Moines, Nov. 21.—Judge Quarton of Aigona, presiding judge of the Fourteenth judicial district, has given the tax ferrets a black eye in a decision just rendered in a case tried in Pocahontas county. He contends in his decision that the law is not and necessarily can not be retroactive in effect, that when the legislature passed the act it applied to future taxes which would eventually become deli quent. The decision is important insomuch that throughout the state in eighty counties out of the ninety-nine there are tax ferrets at work under contract with the board of supervisors collecting delinquent taxes, as well as taxes on property not reported for taxation. The effect of the decision of Judge Quarton, if upheld by the supreme court, will be to discontinue this work. In April of this year the board of review of the incorporated town of Rolfe adopted a resolution reciting that W. D. McBwen, C. A. Grant & Son, Agnes Ferguson, Ferguson & A. V. Grant and C. S. Toifesrude had large sums of tax credits which were withheld from the county, for the years 1895 to 1899, inclusive, stating the amount in each case and requesting the county treasurer to estimate the amount of taxes due thereon, make a demand therefor, and in default of payment, bring a suit to recover such taxes, under the provisions of section 1374 of the code. Thereupon treasurer made an order to deem the payment being refused, suits were brought to recover such taxes, resulting as above. AMENDMEST CONTEST ON. The Sioux County Officers Will Test Titls Law. Sioux City, Nov. 22.—The incumbent county officers of Sioux county have furnished very substantial evidence that the Titus amendment tangle is not to be unmarried without trouble. Contest papers have been filed with the clerk of the district court at Orange City by P. D. Vanosterhaut, democrat, county attorney; Harry Melrose, republican, county clerk, and B. e.' Jones, republican, county auditor. These men propose to hold their offices against the claims of Attorney-elect A. Tepaska, Clerk-elect Brewer and Auditor-elect Jonggeward on the ground that the amendment must be accepted just as it-reads. As a test case this will be watched with intense interest through the state. DEMISE OF L. P. SHERMAN. Brother of the Late Senator and of Hort Sherman. Des Moines, Nov. 22.—Lampson P. S. Sherman, a brother of Hoyt Sherman of this city, of the late Senator John Sherman and of General Sherman, died at his residence last evening, following a stroke of paralysis last Saturday evening. He steadily declined from the time of the paralytic stroke until death came. He leaves a wife and four children, all but one of whom, Chas. H. Sherman, were at his bedside when he passed away. Mr. Sherman was one of a family of eleven brothers and sisters, of which Hoyt Sherman of this city is now the only survivor. DIOCESE IS TO BE DIVIDED. New Catholic's See to be Established at Shiloh City Dubuque, Nov. 23.—It is authoritatively announced that Archbishop Keans has received a papal encephalic orbital division of the Duxbury diocese, with a new see at Sioux City. The bishop's council and suffragin bishops will meet here next week to decide upon candidates. It is stated Bishop Mechan of Cheyenne and Father Heer of Dyersville are the leading candidates. The apportionment of the new see is not yet decided, but the present diocese will probably be equally divided, putting Fort Dodge, Sioux City's rival for the see, into the new diocese. ALARM AT SPENCER Four Deaths From Diphtheria, Two Children and Two Adults Spencer, Nov. 20.-Spencer people have been alarmed over diphtheria. About four weeks ago two cases appeared in the Brandon family, which proved fatal. About a week later two other cases, one a Mrs. Wise, a professional nurse, and the other Miss Tercay, a lady of about 20, also proved fatal. Since then there have been two mild cases, both of which are recovering. Strict quarantine measures have been adopted. Threw Himself on a Buzz Saw. Ottumwa, Nov. 21—Lewis Westhoff suicided by throwing himself before a swiftly revolving buzz saw. His body was severed in twain and death was almost instantaneous. He leaves four young and motherless children. Westhoff lived at Stiles, a remote point in Davis county, and he, with a number of neighbors, was engaged in sawing up cord wood. After due deberation, Westhoff coily buttoned his working coat, walked near the saw and placed the saw and before any one suspected his intentions threw himself on the toothed instrument. The bystanders were so horrified they could make no movement until the halves of the body fell from the table. Smooth Game With Checks Sioux City, Nov. 20.—Two smooth bogus check workers, a man and a woman, have been at work among Sioux City retail merchants for several days past, fleeing them out of several hundreds of dollars. They called at a long list of stores, made small purchases, presented small checks on various banks, received the change and then disappeared. The checks were not exactly forgeries, because the initial letters were made of genuine names. Probably a dozen or more merchants were victimized. KRUGER IN FRANCE. Ex-President of the Transvaal Geta Warm Welcome Marselles, Nov. 23.—Ex-President Kruger inked here yesterday, Senator Paulian, the president, and other members of the Paris and Marselles reception committees assembled at the University of Hawaii being drawn up in a long line, were delegations of various patriotic societies, with embroidered silk standards. Kruger cannot but be elated at the warmth of the reception by the people of Marselles. The broad streets and boulevards from the lanag stage to the more presented at the moment the barge left the side of the Geldnerland with Kruger, who appeared to be in good health and was surrounded by Boer representatives, a storm of cheering broke and never ceased until Kruger entered the hotel. Even then a vast concourse of people remained in front of the building until Kruger appeared and the main time uncovered, acknowledging acclamations of his thousands of admirers. Replying to addresses of welcome of the presidents of the Paris and Marseilles committees, Kruger, after thankening committees for the warmth of the reception accorded him, expressing gratitude for the sympathy he had received from the French government, he spoke of the war as terribly conducted by the British. He said: "I have fought with savages, but the present war is even worse. We will never surrender. We are determine to fight to the last extremity, and... the republics of the Transvaal and Orange Free State lose their independence it will be because they have lost every man, woman and email." This declaration dispelled let once any impression that he intended to accept a compromise from the British government was greeted with a roar of cheers and cries of "Vive Kruger," "Vive les Boers," "Vive La Liberte." At a banquet given in honor of Mr. Kruger in the evening, Dr. Leyds represented the ex-president and read the following message from him: "I am fatigued and in mourning. Moreover, I never attend banquets. Otherwise I should have liked to spend a few minutes with you and to thank you. I shall never forget the warm welcome we have had in beautiful city, which gave France her admirable hymn, that 'Marseillaise' which is the song of all peoples whose independence is threatened and who are struggling against invaders. "I wish that your acclamation could have been heard by all those Boers in arms who are encamped in our mountains. They would thank you from the bottom of their hearts. I thank you in their behalf. Could have been with you, with all those who thanked us, thanks to all France and would have raised my glass in honor of her worthy president, M. Loubet." Mr. Kruler has sent the following dispatch to President Loubet. "In debarking upon the hospitable shores of France, my first act is to greet the worthy chief of the French republic and to forward to you a testimonial of my gratitude for the marks of interest your government and country have so kindly wished to offer me." Reducing the Revenue Washington, Nov. 22.—The republican members of the ways and means committee have made much progress with the bill to amend the war revenue law. The committee has decided to make the bill for a reduction of $30,000,000 a year. This is the amount suggested by Secretary Gage and it is understood meets the views of the president. In fact, the members of the ways and means committee, who saw the president, say that before Secretary Gage appeared before the committee the whole matter had been carefully considered by the president and the secretary. Sir Arthur Sullyan Dead. London. Nov. 23.—r Arthur Sullivan, musical composer, is dead of heart disease. Sullivan's death was very sudden. At 9 a. m., while he was laughing and talking in the house here, he fell down and died within a few minutes. He had been alluring "or some time, but it was not believed his heart was anected. Recently he had been in better health than for some weeks past. English Comment on Kruger. London. Nov. 23.—The morning papers devote an unusual amount of space to Mr. Kruger's arrival at Marseilles and his doings, but are inclined to treat the matter with comparative indifference, in the conviction that nothing can be more suitable than South Africa. No resentment is displayed at what is regarded as "the harmless enthusiasm of Frenchmen." Ohio's Official Vote. Columbus, O. Nov. 22.—The secretary of state today completed the official count of the ballot for presidential electors. The result shows McKinley has 543,918; Bryan, 474,882; McKinley's plurality, 69,036. The top candidate, the Democratic governor, McKinley received a plurality of 51,100 out of a total vote of 1,020,100. "Very changeable man, isn't he? I wonder what his latest whim is. "Well—a I—guess I am. We're engaged." Boer Force Was Badly Cut Up. Bloomfontein, Nov. 19. The Boers heavily attacked the railroad at Edensburg Nov. 15 (Thursday). It is reported that the Boers were completely cut up. One report has it that seventy-five of the party were killed or wounded. Durban, Nov. 19.—The Natal Mercury reports that among the measures to be adopted in order to pacify the Boers is the reconcentrado plan of Lord Roberts. Lord Kitchener has declared that he is difficult of dealing with the armed Boers while hampered by the civilian population in the outlying district. In Case of Davis' Death Lind Would Appoint Him. Washington, Nov. 23—"Charlie Towne may be United States senator from Minnesota for four weeks and thus break the record. To fill the vacancy in the United States senate in the event of Mr. Davis' death Governor Lind will appoint Towne—that is certain." These two positive statements were included in Washington yesterday by a prominent northwestern editor, who used all his resources during the recent campaign to elect Bryan. "It is perfectly understood," he said, "that Governor Lind and his party in the state will seize the opportunity to honor the man who next to Bryan in all the country is regarded as the abest political leader and statesman. If appointed Mr. Towne will have a shorter term than Tabor of Colorado did, but in the course of the few weeks he may have in the senate 'towne will awake the echoes with speeches which will deserve the earnest attention of every c.izen in the country and show what sort of men the senate must have in it to make it a brilliant body." Inasmuch as the editor is a close personal friend of Mr. Towne and we in Minnesota a few days ago his anno-encement is readily believed in this city. FOUR SCORE ARE DEAD Results of Cyclone in Mississippi and Tennessee. Memphis, Tenn., Nov. 21.—A tornado, bounding through a narrow stretch of territory extending from a point three miles north of Lula, Miss., to La Grange, Tenn., caused a heavy loss of life and property yesterday. The storm so completely interrupted telegraphic and telephonic communications that neither the orign or the ending of it can be determined nor can the extent of the disaster be learned. Freezing cover only three points, it appears that nineteen lives were lost, and the destruction of property was also heavy. It is believed that in the cyclone's path between the towns heard from numerous farm houses and interior communities of more or less considerable population were struck and these being cut off from the outside were unable to give notice of their distress. Accompanying the tornado was a rain storm of terrific proportions. The tornado struck the town of Grange, Tennessee, on the Southern railroad in Fayette county at 4:30 o'clock, and as a result not a church is left standing except the Episcopal. The streets are littered with the debris, telegraph and telephone wires and poles. Nashville, Penn. Nov. 22.-Dispatches indicate that Tuesday night's storm, which swept over northern Mississippi and western Tennessee, was one of great severity. Advices by the Associated Press and from special correspondents show that the loss of life in the three cities visited by the tornado already amounts to sixty-four and the number injured to over fifty. Telegraphic communication to the regions visited by the cyclone is suspended and it is feared that when full details are known the list of the dead will be lengthened. The following table shows the loss of life, together with the injured, compiled from dispatches forced through by courier and telephone from the devastated locations. Columbia, Tenn La Grange, Tenn Lavergne, Tenn Thompson, Tenn Nolansville, Tenn Love Station, Tenn Love Muss, Muss Lin, Miss Hernando, Miss Batesville, C, Miss Boxley's Store, Tenn Franklin, Tenn Arkabula, Miss ENVOYS ARE NOT PLEASED. Regard Chinese Funishment Edicts as Unsatisfactory. London, Nov. 23.-Dr. Morrison, wiring to the Times from Peking "The appointment of Yu Chang as governor of the province of Hu Pei has been cancelled. This is due to the strenuous British protest. Ching Hsing, treasurer of the province of Ho Nan, who has been appointed in the Chinese have shown in disseminate this place, is regarded as almost equally objectionable. The Chinese have agreed that the consistent bad faith which abrognd misleading intelligence shall be recorded in the preamble of the conjoint note. "It is reported that Chinese troops have repulsed a German expedition, but no details have been received." "Sine of the foreign envoys," says the Peking correspondent of the Morning Post, wiring yesterday, "have written strong letters denouncing the punishment edict and declaring Tung Chun Hailing as sheriff. Dr. Mumu von Schwartzensten, the German minister, has told Li Hung Chang that the foreign powers must themselves punish the guilty officials." Cornellus Alvord la Held New York, Nov. 21.—Cornelius L. Alvord, Jr., the former note teller of the First National bank, who is accused of embezzling $690,000 from that institution, was held today to await the action of the grand jury. Just a Little Hint to the Nultan. Washington, Nov. 20.—The first-class battleship Kentucky, now in Mediterranean waters, has been ordered to touch at Smyrna, Turkey, on her way to the Philippines. The Kentucky's presence in Turkish waters will be coincident with renewed efforts on the part of the administration to collect from the Turkish government payment of indemnity claimed by the United States for the destruction of missionary property in that country some years ago. The claims approximate in amount $100,000. TEXT OF CHINESE DECREE Formal Proclamation Ordering Punishment of Leaders. washington, Nov. 21.—The Japanese legation has received from the foreign office at Tokyo the text of the Chinese imperial edict, duted the 13th inst., on the punishment of the antiforeign officials. It is to the following effect: "Orders have already been issued for the punishment of the officials responsible for opening the hostilities upon friendly powers and bringing the country into the present critical condition by neglecting to suppress and even encouraging the surrenders. But as sitting and the neighbourhood not entirely cleared of the Boxers, the innocent people are still suffering terribly through the devastation of their fields and the destruction of their houses, a state of affairs which cannot fail to fill one with the bitterest feelings against these officials. And if they are not severely punished, how can the anger of the people be appeased and the indignation of the foreign powers allayed? "Accordingly, Prince Tunn is hereby deprived of his title and rank and shall, together with Prince Chwang, who has already been deprived of his title, be delivered to the clan court to be kept in prison until the restoration of pence, when they shall be deprived of their title, and to be imprisoned for life. Princes Yi and Tsai Yung, who have both been already deprived of their titles, are also to be delivered to the clan court or imprisonment, while Prince Tsai Lien, also already deprived of title and rank, is to be kept confined in his own house. Duke Tsai Lan shall forfeit his ducal salary, but may be transferred with the degradation of one rank Chief Censor Ying Nien, who has been deprived of his transfer, as to King Yi, minister of the board of civil appointment, upon his return from the commission on which he had been sent for the purpose of making inquiries into the Boxer affair, he memorialized the throne in an audience strongly in their favor. He should have been severely punished, but for his defiance, in illness, and all penalties accordingly remitted. Chao Si, the minister, who had been sent on a similar similar to that of Kang Yi, turned almost immediately. Thou such conduct was a flagrant off of his duties, still he did not mourn a distorted report to the throne, therefore he shall be deprived of rank, but allowed to retain his present office. Finally, Yu Hsien, ex-governor of Shan Si, allowed, while in office, the Boxers freely to missacre their victories. For this he deserves the severest punishment, and therefore, he is to be banished to the furthermost border of the country, and there to be kept at hard labor for life. ceden "We have a full knowledge Sauras' Deed for present trouble from the very deed anes leisure ginning, and therefore, though no jie be made wipement has been brought by Clompleted sece officials at home or abre J. H Phillip against Princes Yi, Tsai Lien Liem of奈尔 of Tsai Yung, we order them to be punished in the same manner as those who have been impached. All who see this edict will thus perceive our justice and impartiality in inflicting condign penalties on these officials." unty, as Peking, Nov. 17—Via Taka, Nov. 17, which took, and via Shanghai Nov. 21—It is realized now that the execution of Chinese officials, who were implicated in the massacre at Pao Ting Fu, by order of the international commission was a tremendous blunder. In the first place they were tried, convict and executed by a foreign court, and are, therefore, regarded by the countrymen as martyrs. Further more, they surrendered themselves to these foreigners by commissioners, who were carrying on negotiations with the powers, and the Chinese look or made with their execution as treachery. The understanding was that if the H. Phillips, international commission decided the ear of card defendants were guilty and should be executed, the Chinese would carry out the sentences, even though the officials felt when they surrendered that they would not be killed. In vie of these executions and the surroun ling there appears that the for be some reason for the empress desaste, situate ager's expressed belief that the proof described a leses of representatives of the powl. in block that no harm will come to her if n to Polk City court returns to Peking form amn the 5th day of sufficient guarantee. L. Wilson, the conduct of the German soldi thereof is not at Chou Chou has been denounced Wilson, and the Rev. W. S. Ament, if the American expired the bond to foreign J. W. will pass to Peking to vandersein tion from surr a soldier told him that from fortyeight days from sixty Chinese women who had b b service of the hiding in any stacks from the sold had been assaulted. The soldiers f November. Also imposed a fine of 3,000 j. L. Wilson, the head official of the town, s Mones, Iowa, when the money was not forth- ing they confiscated everythin FROM TAX Brown Goes to Canada Newport, Ky., Nov. 21.—Accredited that the fol- to a dispatch from Fort Wayne estate, altuate Frank M. Brown, late assistant, and described a ier of German officers, and a who defi- nished the need of nearby Sea Co. Addition to caused his flight, is now in Co. the taxes on He was seen and recognized 1 1897 to J. L. Will Wayne by Fred J. Stone, an store of sale and acquaintance, and the latter, Wilson, and the Brown is in Canada. Thirty-Eight Turks Drown London, Nov. 20.—The Daily Ad- mission from such publishes the following from service of this "A party of thirty-eight Tur- ing to leave Russia, secret- ing of November. A at dead of night from Ts- cross the Black Sea. arose and the boat filled. baggage was thrown overbo- the children, and finally the converse committed to death. California and Pa- did not prevent the vessel on Thursday of each dering, and all perished asleep sleepers are who clung to the mast and and Thursday, af- fed ashore." A Sacrifice To Conscience "Good night, then! See you tomorrow, old chap." "All right. Good night, Hogan." The last speaker turned away, and the hansom drove off in a westerly direction. Paul Enderby, larrister, walked slowly along the embankment toward the Westminster bridge. It was a bright night in May, and such a night as one seldom sees in that month, falsely, if poetically, pronounced "the sweet o' the year." It is the month when colds in the head are most rife, when fair faces are blue where they should be red, and red where they should be white; when poets try hard to get up enthusiasm over "gentle spring," and sneeze in the middle of a poetic aggression. But this year she was really doing herself justice. It was a lovely night—soft, warm, and balmy, and a silvery moon hung high in the blue heavens. As Paul Enderby half-absently turned slowly to cross the bridge, he was struck, prosaic barrister as he was, with the beauty and silence around. At 1 o'clock in the morning the traffic of the great city is over, and only an occasional rattle of hansom wheels broke the stillness. The river looked like the river of a dream—still and black, with its rows of red lights gleaming all along its banks, and high above all the moon's illumery light. Almost on its edge, as it seemed, the light pile of Westminster loomed. Kelly through the darkness, more massive in the spectral indistinct-ness of night than in the glare of day. Daily. Dearby stood for a moment looking All other train. He knew London well, both by and day; but somehow he had been struck by the sublimity and darkness brought great world center as now. Rose to his lips, and half the very houses seem lose its size pounds its weight Pounds and pounds and pounds mighty heart is lying his lips had ceased startled by a sound the strange stillness in round was distinctly perceptible, the sound of light flying foot-tops racing madly over the pavement just behind him. He turned immediately. Then he saw just turning the embankment corner into the bridge the figure of a woman, running onward with extraordinary activity. Enderby passed, half out of sheer surprise, half out of curiosity. The figure flew on till it was close to him. Then, by the light of a lamp almost beside him, he saw her distinctly. She was a young girl, perhaps not more than fifteen or sixteen, and was covered with a tweed cloak, which she heu round her shoulders tightly. Her head was bare, and thick masses of brown hair—it seemed brown in the dim light—streamed down her shoulders. Her face looked ghastly white in the gaslight, her lips were parted, and her breath came pantingly, almost choking, through them. The fact struck him as a remarkable one, but he had not time to speculate as to whether it was beautiful or the reverse. She was past him almost in a flash; but as she paused she looked at him. The glance gave Enderby a curious sensation, as if some dying animal had looked pittingly and appealingly into his face. Then she was past, and he looked after her flying figure. There was no policeman on the bridge at that moment, and he could see the girl flying on without check. Paul Enderby was, as has been said, a practical young man; but that did not prevent him feeling a strange interest and curiosity in the girl. He had seen in a minute that there was something of refinement in the face of which he had only caught a glimpse. Suddenly he saw the figure stumble, trip and fall. He ran forward. Ere he reached it she had risen; but she staggered a little and uttered a faint cry. Without more ado Enderby went up to her and spoke. "You have hurt yourself, I see. Excuse me for addressing you; but is there anything I can do? Could I get a cab? You seemed in a hurry?" She had uttered no exclamation as he spoke to her and glanced round quickly, terror written on every line of her face. For a moment she did not answer; perhaps she could not; her lips were parted, and she seemed gasping for breath. She had evidently slipped off the curb, and that had caused her fall. Enderby guessed that she had hurt herself from the way in which she stood, leaning her weight on one foot, and evidently not able to use the other. As she made no reply, he spoke again. "Please let me help you if I can. May I see if a cab is to be got anywhere?" "No, not!" she answered, in a kind of gasp. "B-I I cannot take a cab; I must walk. I was going to the hospital." "At this hour?" Enderby answered in a tone of surprise. Then he remembered he had no right to express any. "You are quite near the hospital; a few seconds will take you there," he said, pointing to the row of buildings on the water's edge. "Yes. I must get there." Her voice was quite a refined one, and it was rather sweet, though now it seemed hoarse with pain and exhaustion. She made a step forward, but gave a low moan she did so, and nearly fell again. "I'm afraid you are very much hurt; perhaps your ankle has been sprained by the fall!" he said, anxiously looking around for the welcome sight of a policeman; but not one was to be seen. "What can be done? Were you going to the hospital on your own account?" "No, no; on my father's. He is very, very ill," exclaimed the girl; and there was now a tone of agony in her voice. Once more, as if the words had stung her into action, she made an effort to move forward; but again the attempt wrung from her a little cry of pain. "Oh, it is dreadful!" she ejaculated. "I must have sprained my foot. And my father—he will die without help if I cannot get it at once." "Let me help you," said Enderby, a feeling of strong compassion for the childish creature taking possession of him. "Will you lean on me until you get to the side of the bridge? You can at least lean on the wall there." He offered his arm, and the girl, after a moment's hesitation, took it. Then with evident pain she dragged herself to the stonework, and leaned against it heavily. "Now," said Enderby, "you can tell me what it is your wish at the hospital? One of the house surgeons, I suppose?" "It is Dr. Lynden; he is a friend of ours, and he was to be ready to come any moment we wanted him," said the girl faintly, and with what seemed to Enderby strange hesitation. "But I am afraid we shall be too late. He was taken ill so suddenly, and there was no one to come for the doctor but me!" Another little cry of anguish broke from her. Enderby looked around in perplexed anxiety. What on earth was he to do? He had saddled himself with a task which seemed one of the most difficult to perform he had ever undertaken. He could easily run along to St. Thomas and deliver the message, but what, meantime, was to become of the girl? Could he leave her, helpless and incapable of moving—to be attacked, perhaps, by one of those night wolves which creep out of their lairs into London streets by night. Even as he stood for a moment uncertain what to do, he heard the sound of cab wheels coming over the bridge. They approached. He turned to see if by chance it might not be an empty one. No; a man's face, crowned by an unimpeachable silk hat, looked out over the doors of the hanson as it passed. Enderby saw the face distinctively, and the man in the cab saw him distinctively; of that he was sure. But the latter made no sign of recognition. He drew his head in instantly, and leaned back in the seat, an unpleasant smile curling the corners of his thin, hard mouth. "Dalton! What evil chance brought him across the bridge just now?" Enderby muttered to himself, a feeling of annoyance and foreboding of evil coming over him. But he had no time to think over the matter now; he turned to the girl. "I shall go to St. Thomas for you. Give me your message," he said, quickly. "It is the only thing to be done. I shall try to get a cab at the same time. Tell my message." "It is—that David Lloyd is very ill, and he must come immediately," said the girl. And for a moment Enderby saw her eyes, deep and dark as the river beneath them, fixed on his. "Tell him—oh, tell him to come quickly!" "I will, and you must not stir from there. If I see a policeman I shall send him to you until I return." said Enderby. Then, without another word, he turned away, feeling as if he were leaving the girl thus thrown on his hands to an unknown danger. He hurried along to the end of the bridge. A solitary policeman, whose footsteps fell with a dull thud on the quiet pavement, was coming slowly along, his lantern a moving speck of light. Enderby hurried up to him and gave him a brief description of the girl. "She is an aequaintance of mine, and has sprained her foot," he said, thinking there was no use entering the particulars with the official. "Look to her till I return, policeman." He slipped a silver piece into a not unwilling palm. And the official in blue, touching his helmet, answered: "Yes, sir. All right, sir." A few minutes brought Enderby to the entrance of the hospital. He rang the night bell. It was presently answered by a sleepy porter, to whom Enderby delivered his message. "Lyndon, sir? Doctor Lyndon? There ain't no doctor 'ere o' that name, he answered shortly. Then, a flash of intelligence flashing over his drowsy mind: 'Oh, you're meaning Dr. Lyndon as was assistant surgeon to Dr. Ballantyre? Wy, 'e left us a month ago. Is that all you want, sir? 'Cause, if so, there ain't no use your waltin' longer—is there?" Enderby was as much puzzled as if he himself had required Doctor Lyndon on a matter of life and death. He was so astounded that he had no reply ready, and when the porter made a movement as if to shut the great door he made an effort to prevent him. He turned away, wondering for what reason this night adventure had been thrust upon him. A cab was rumbling slowly towards the bridge, he hailed it, and with a brief word to the sleepy driver, got in. It was a hansom. So it was quite easy for him to see the dark figures of the policeman and his charge as he approached the spot where he had left the girl. He stopped the driver and got out. The girl was watching, and she made a painful step forward. He could see her pale face, with its weird, dark eyes, distinctly in the gaslight. A strange feeling of protection, of pity, of friendship, as if he had known her for a long time, came over him as he saw her. "The doctor—is he with you?" she cried out, cagerly. Enderby felt his own heart sink like lead as he had to answer. "No, my child. I am sorry to tell you that he is gone. He left the hospital a month ago." CHAPTER II. "Gone? Oh, no, no, he can't be gone! Oh, father, father!" "My poor child," said Enderby, touching her arm gently, "we must get another doctor to your father. That is quite easy. He turned to the policeman. "Do you know any doctor near here, policeman?" "There's Doctor Howarth, sir. E's the nearest, I think," said the man in blue, giving the address. "You'll be taking this 'anson, sir'" "Yes," said Enderby. And addressed the girl. "Let me help you into the cab, my child. We shall get Doctor Howarth and drive on to your home." The girl allowed him to lift her into the cab, making no protestations. She was like one dazed by a terrible shock, ghastly pale. Her breath came short. She lay back against the cushion, and fast. Enderby slipped another shining piece into the hand of the stalwart guardian of the peace, who gave the driver Doctor Howarth's address, and the cab started. As soon as it was moving the girl started forward with a terrified look in her eyes. "Where are we going? Oh, I can't let another doctor come—I can't! Doctor Lyndon was the only one my father would allow. I can't let another doctor see him!" Her evident terror and distress puzzled Enderby. The whole adventure seemed to him strange and unusual; and he could not help wondering how he, the prosaic, ordinary London man of the Temple and Piceadillah, had got himself involved in so strange an affair. There was something mysterious and inexplicable about the girl's manner and Enderby did not know what to do. "If you would rather not have this Doctor Howard to see your father, Miss Lloyd, shall I tell the man to drive you straight home? In that case I will leave you at once. You are safe now." (T2 be continued.) A Valuable Storm: According to the Kansas City Journal one recent day's rainfall was worth $55,000,000 to the Sunflower State. Says the newspaper referred to; "The rainfall was general over the corn bolt, and was sufficient to break the price over four cents a bushel on the Chicago market. Speculation as to Kansas corn prospects changed materially within a few hours, and there were yesterday plenty of men who said there would be 80 or 85 per cent of a crop of corn in Kansas, while Sunday the man who predicted half a crop was regarded as an enthusiast. This means nearly 100,000,000 more bushels, or probably $35,000,000 to Kansas. Bunglng Methods of Instruction. If instruction do not join as a volunteer, she will do no good service. Some tales put one in mind of those clocks and watches which are condemned "a double or a treble debt to pay," which, beside their legitimate object, to show the hour, tell you the day of the month or the week, give you a landscape for a dial plate, with the second hand forming the salts of a windmill, or have a barrel to play a tune, or an alarm to remind you of an engagement, all very good things in their way, but so it is, that these watches never tell the time so well as those in which that is the exclusive object of the maker. Every additional movement is an obstacle to the original design.—Archbishop Whately. She—A married couple should pull together like a team of horses. He—Yes, and they probably would if a team of horses they had but one tongue between them. SEVENTY-NINE ARE DEAD Known Victims of Great Southern Storm. LAKE REGIONS ALSO SUFFER. Forty Killed at Columbia. Tennessee—Tenn. Dead at Arkabutah. Miss.—Over Seventy Injured—Numerous Craft Wrecked and Lives Lost on Lakes. Memphis, Tenn., Nov. 23.—Seventy-nine dead and seventy-one seriously injured are in the known list of victims of the cyclone which swept through central and western Tennessee, northern Mississippi and eastern Arkansas. It is feared this list will be greatly swelled when telegraphic communication, still practically severed, is restored. From advices up to to-day, received here via courier or by telephone, the following tabulated list of victims is obtained: Killed. Injured. Columbia, Tenn. 40 25 Lagrange, Tenn. 3 6 Lavergne, Tenn. 2 1 Thompson, Tenn. 1 0 Nolansville, Tenn. 2 8 Love Station, Tenn. 2 1 Arkabutla, Miss. 10 20 Tracy, Miss. 3 0 Tunica, Miss. 5 0 Lula', Miss. 4 0 Hernando, Miss. 2 0 Batesville, Miss. 0 8 Boxley's Store, Tenn. 3 0 Franklin, Tenn. 0 2 Blackton, Ark. 1 0 Molro, Ark. 1 0 Most of the victims, according to all reports, were negroes. The cyclone began in Tinicau county, Mississippi, and was distinct from the rain and electrical storm that prevailed in this city. It swung on a circular route northeastward into Tennessee and is supposed to have spent its force immediately south of here before going northward toward the great lakes. It was accompanied by an exceedingly heavy rainfall, and in many places hailstones of phenomenal size are reported. In Nashville the rainfall for twenty-four hours up to noon-to-day was six and two-hundredths inches, but that city luckily escaped the destructive winds. STORM ON LAKES AND LAND. Wind Causes Great Damage and Loss of Life Chicago, Nov. 23.—Gales on the great lakes and tornadoes on land caused serious loss of life and property yesterday. To the north, east, south, and west of Chicago the storms raged, sinking vessels or driving them ashore on the inland seas and wrecking hundred of houses in towns visited by the high winds. Rivers were turned into torrents and bridges carried away. During the last twenty-four hours the telegraph service between Cleveland, Chicago, Buffalo and Columbus has been badly crippled as the result of the storm. The wind knocked down telegraph wires between Buffalo and Chicago, and Cleveland and Columbus, and an army of linemen has been sent out to repair the damage. On the northern tier of lakes the hurricane was most severe, numerous disasters to shipping being reported. Hundreds of vessels, warned of the peril, remained in port and refused to risk the danger of a voyage. At Buffalo, on Lake Erie, the wind reached a velocity of eighty miles an hour, and at other points it was almost as severe. Ohio and Colorado suffered heavy loss from tornadoes. In the former state Tippecanoe, Bucyrus, Sandusky, Leipsic, and Lima reported considerable damage by the wind. In the oil fields derricks were blown down, sheds wrecked, and tanks damaged. California, too, reports a severe wind and rain storm, causing loss to shipping along the Pacific coast. Two Drowned in Saglouw Bay: Bay City, Mich., Nov. 23.—Frank Benway of this city and William McKay of Kawkawlin, fishermen, were drowned in Saginaw Bay. They were fishing several miles from the shore and a heavy windstorm which suddenly sprang up capsized their boat. Both men sank almost instantly. Founders in Lake St. Claire. Detroit, Mich., Nov. 23.—After pounding around in Lake St. Clair for several hours fighting the storm which had raged all day, the small steam barge Myrtle M. Ross foundered and went to the bottom three miles to the east of the south end of the ship canal. Captain J. W. Surls and a crew of five men and a woman cook were rescued from the rigging of the steamer, where they had been clinging for over an hour, with the heavy seas breaking completely over them, by the crew of the steamer W. L. Frost. Barge Sinks Near Toronto. Toronto, Ont., Nov. 23.—The steam-barge Jennie of Hamilton, loaded with pig iron and bound for Coburg, sank outside Pickering harbor, about 20 miles east of here, during the storm today. The crew reached the shore in safety. It is thought that the cargo can be saved. Five Hurt in a Train Wreck. Cumberland, Md., Nov. 22.—A car roof, tossed on the track by the wind, wrecked Baltimore and Ohio passenger and express train No. 46 near Cumberland. Fred Carts, engineer; E. G. Harn, fireman, both of Baltimore; Daniel De Grange, baggagemaster; J. W. Snowden of New York, express messenger, and J. M. Trenary, route agent, were all injured, but not seriously. Falling Theater Kills One: Montreal, Quebec, Nov. 23.—A portion of the new Theater Francais, now being built on St. Catherine street, was blown down and a number of people were buried in the ruins. One man was killed and several people seriously injured. Isaac Ellwood Is Aground. Detour, Mich., Nov. 23.—The steamer Isaac Ellwood, bound down with iron ore, ran hard aground at the east end of Mud Lake in the snowstorm. Tugs have been sent from the Too to its assistance. One Killed and Five Hurt. Paterson, N. J., Nov. 23.—One man was killed and five were seriously injured by being hurled under the wreck of five half-built icehouses, which were blown down by the high wind. Died in Attitude of Prayer. East St. Louis, Ill., Nov. 23—Kneeling at the side of his bed, with hands clasped in front of his face, in an attitude of prayer, the body of W. F. Feagle, an expert in cotton, was found in a room at the South End hotel this morning. A box of morphine pills and an empty laudanum bottle told the story. Feagle had bathed and robed himself in silk underwear, evidently in preparation for his burial. His home was in Fort Smith, Ark., where, it is supposed from letters found in his room that his family resides. Misa Gaat Still Loads. New York, Nov. 23.—Up to the end of the raining to-day at the Clermont Avenue rink Miss Gast was still leading by two laps, Miss Brandon of Canada being second. Mrs. Jane Lindsay of Merrick road fame came next, and Marle Davis was fourth. Mrs. Bayne and Miss Pethard made good showings. The score: Miss Marguerite Gast, 241.15 miles; Miss Lottie Brandon, 241.14; Mrs. Jane Lindsay, 23.6; Mrs Marile Davis, 236.16; Mrs. Emma Bayne, 234.3; Mrs Pethard, 181.11. Trap a Corpse Bayer. Chicago, Nov. 23.—Body-snatching is the charge preferred against Robert Holland, a reporter for a local newspaper, who is locked up in the Harrison street police station, although late to-day he was still unbooked. Holland attempted, for purposes unknown, to secure two cadavers from the Cook county hospital, and in conducting his negotiations walked into a trap which had been laid for him by Warden James Graham and Bookkeeper Joseph Purvis. Bellevue Andrea Is Allye. Minneapolis, Minn., Nov. 23.—Dr. George H. Shurburg of Troy, N. Y., who has spent some time in the arctic regions, believes that Andree is still alive, but shut out from the rest of the world by a sea of ice. Dr. Shurburg is contemplating a trip to Greenland next spring. The object of the voyage, he says, will be to determine if Greenland is a solid body of land or if it forms an archipelago at its extreme northern extremity. Prisoners Help in Thrashing Topeka, Kan., Nov. 23.—Men who conduct thrashing machines in Central Kansas are calling for help. Much of the wheat will remain in stack over winter. Yesterday at Alblene the police authorities were requested to release three prisoners held on trivial charges to help out a thrashing gang. The Salina police station also gave up two inmates, who went to the country with the thrashers. Woman on Trial for Murder Eldorado, Kas., Nov. 23.—Miss Jessie Morrison, charged with killing Mrs. G. Olin Castle last June, by cutting her throat with a razor, was placed on trial here today. The case is one of the most remarkable in the history of Kansas' crimes. Miss Morrison's alleged motive for the murder was jealousy, she having been a former sweetheart of Castle, who is a clerk in a local "racket" store. Corn Is Still Biasing: Chicago, Nov. 23.—The corn trade has kept George H. Phillips, the young bull leader, very busy. The price advanced from 41½ cents to 45 cents. Phillips helped it along a little, but it was the impression of the operators who stood in the pit, which was crowded with excited operators, that he had bought more than he had sold. Young Woman Is Murdered. Rochester, N. Y., Nov. 23.—Miss Theresa Keating, a respectable young woman, was found murdered in a vast lot off Davis street, near the New York Central railroad tracks, at noon today. She had been robbed of her money. Lord Roberts Severely Injured. London. Nov. 23.—The Evening Standard in a special edition this evening says: "Just as we are going to press the news has reached London that Lord Roberta has been thrown from his horse and received severe injuries." Gov. Beckham Is Married. Owensboro, Ky., Nov. 23.—The marriage of Gov. John Crepps Wickliffe Beckham and Miss Jean Raphaea Fuqua was established here last night before one of the most brilliant assemblages ever gathered in Kentucky to witness a nuptial event. Emperor Honors His Mother. Cronberg, Hesse-Nassau, Nov. 23.—Emperor William lunched with the Empress Frederick today, on the occasion of her birthday. His majesty toasted the empress in the presence of six reigning princes and princesses. --- SIGHT KRUGER'S SHIP. Th. Geldierland Is Reported (to Be Off Toulon, France. Marseilles, Nov. 22, 2 p. m.—The Dutch cruiser Geldierland, having on board ex-President Kruger of the South African republic, is reported to be off Toulon. The reception of Mr. Kruger is likely to be postponed until tomorrow. In spite of a heavy rain which prevailed all night and during the forenoon today, the streets of Marseilles were filled from an early hour by great crowds of people intent on extending a welcome to Paul Kruger, ex-president of the African republic. At 11:30 a.m. Geldierland, carrying the naked voyager, not having been sighted, the committee having the details of the reception in charge, announced an adjournment until 2 o'clock p. m. Early in the day Dr. Leyds and Messrs. Fischer and Wessels and the other Boer delegates boarded the launch of the captain of the port with the purpose of meeting and boarding the Gelderland outside the harbor. The sea proved too rough, however, to permit of their carrying out their intention, and they were obliged to return. The scene at the dock was very picturesque. Every colign of vantage was occupied by sightseers. The landing stage was gayly decorated with the Transvaal and Free State colors, the French tri-color and shields bearing the blue cross of the arms of Marselles. A red carpet covered the ground, forming a bright splash of color at the quayside. Decorations elsewhere in the city were practically nonexistent, only a few flags being visible along the route which Mr. Kruger will traverse in going from the quay to the hotel. OPPOSED TO THE BOYCOTT. Illinois Federation of Labor Likely to Rule Against "Unfair Liket" Kewance, Ill., Nov. 22.—The State Federation of Labor is expected to decide upon several changes in constitution and platform today. The committee in charge of those matters is understood to be opposed to the boycotting of firms and employers which have heretofore been placed on what is known as the unfair list. The committee will recommend that wherever there are difficulties between the employers and employees or a grievance against a business the same course shall be pursued as that laid down in the laws of the American Federation of Labor; it shall first go to the executive board for consideration and be reported back with a recommendation by that committee. This action will be in line with the recommendations made by President McLean in his annual address. TO AMEND INTERSTATE LAW. Committee of Commercial Organizations Prepares for Work St. Louis, Mo., Nov. 22.—The executive committee appointed at the meeting of the League of National Associations of Industrial and Commercial Organizations yesterday to secure the passage of the Cullom bill amending the interstate commerce law has elected E. P. Bacon of Milwaukee chairman, C. H. Seybt of St. Louis was made vice-chairman, R. S. Lyon of Chicago treasurer, and Frank Barry of Milwaukee secretary and manager of the work at Washington. The committee decided to raise a fund of $5,000 to meet the expenses of the convention here and the lobbying committee at Washington. For Recruiting Two Americans Washington. Nov. 22—The state department has forwarded to the ambassador at London a gold watch and chain to be presented to Capt. A. W. Richardson of the British steamship Orange Prince, in recognition of his services in rescuing two American fishermen who, while fishing in a small boat, had become separated from their vessel on account of heavy fog and had drifted to sea. Hayana Port Statement: New York, Nov. 22.—The division of customs and insular affairs, war department, makes public a statement of transactions at the Havana custom-house during the month of October, 1900. The total amount of duties liquidated at the port during the month was $1,061,045. A total of 5,272 passengers landed at Havana from points outside of the island, 4,047 of whom were from Spain. Schooner Reported Lost. Cleveland, O., Nov. 22.—A telephone message from Lorain, twenty-five miles west of this city says that the schooner St. Lawrence has gone off that port and asks that the Cleveland lifeboat saving crew be hurried to the scene. The wind was blowing sixty miles an hour when the message was received. Lexington (Ky.) Merchant Shot Dead, Lexington, Ky., Nov. 22.—Charles S. Milward, aged 35, a leading merchant of this city was found dead on his rear porch at 6 o'clock this morning by a servant. He had been shot through the head, but whether by himself or another is not known. The Erie land Towed to Port. Southampton, Nov. 22—The Red Star steamer Friesland, Capt. Nickels, which sailed from New York Nov. 7 for this port and Antwerp, p. Hurst, Castle at 9:35 this mor tow of two tugs. Gaso Suspendit Refunding Washington, D. C., Nov. 22. -The secretary of the treasury has issued a circular under today's date suspending the refunding operations, to take effect Dec. 31, 1900. BE CURED. DR. J. M. 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This is a fine public pleasure ground and favorite resort in Dublin, Ireland It is one of the beauty spots of the city, and is much admired by tourists Fine Tart n Fishing All of the nimroos in Tampa are much exercised over the tarpon fishing in the bay, at the very doors of the city, says the Florida Times-Union. Capt. Warner, who tenis the buoys in the bay, reported that Monday he encountered a school of fifteen or twenty of them, and lost every hook he had in an effort to land at least one. Yesterday he saw another large number playing in the bay, no further away than the third, light. This is something new in the tarpon line, for they have never before been so near the city. Our job department motto is prompt service, good work and low prices. A trial will convince you. Administrator's Sale! KAHLER'S SHOE STOCK BY ORDER OF THE COURT. Exceptional Shoe Values TO-MORROW and FRIDAY. These exceptional values are crowding our store daily. 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See Chap. 260 Foot Fo2 More Than 350 Feet Tall. I would like to draw attention to a bunch of immense trees in the mountains fifteen to twenty miles from my place, near Latourell, on the O. R. & N., says a correspondent of the Portland Oregonian. I used to make every year a trip to the mountains, lasting generally eight to ten days, and it was on one of my last trips, about four years ago, that I discovered on the northeast side of the divide, between the waters of the Bull run and the Hood river, this bunch of giant trees. The like I never saw before or since. Before I saw these giants I had measured from time to time some trees at home which girdled 29 to 30 feet around about three feet from the base, but these trees could not be compared at all with the big trees I found in the mountains. They would appear as mere sticks against those giants. I honestly believe that those giants will girdle 60 to 80 feet around near the base, and that they are 350 to 400 feet high. They stand on a kind of flat or bottom and this flat is well protected from discovery, as far as I could perceive, by steep and high bluffs not only from the Hood river side up, but from the main water divide down. These big trees are, in my mind, somewhere near the north line of the National park, but it is doubtful if they are in it. There are two species of the giant trees. One species has a yellowish and not very rough bark, is straight and round as a candle, has no limbs to an immense height, and has a nice, wonderful crown. The father of this very aristocratic species in our mountains is surely the emperor of our forest. People must not think that this tree is the so-called "noble fir," because I know not only the "noble fir," but many other mountain trees very well. Nor must they think that this species is one of the common trees in the mountains. I cannot say how many such giants there are. There may be hundreds, there may be thousands. On our way home one of my companions was drowned in the Bull run, and therefore I never went to the mountain again, but have always had a desire to go and investigate further about those big trees. Cedar is the second species of the big trees. They rival in size and grandeur the first species. But the most wonderful thing about them seems to be that they are, in spite of their immense diameter and age, seemingly sound and hard, through and through. "I have used Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy an find it to be a great medicine," says Mr. E S. Phipps, of Potcan, Ark. "It cured it enured me of bloody flux. I cannot speak too highly of it." This remedy always win the good opinion, if not praise, of those who use it. The quick cures which it effects even in the most severe cases make it a favorite every who e. For sale by all Druggists. DOCTOR YOURSELF. "Gonova" Tablets are mailed and guaranteed by Kidd Drug Company Elgin, Ill., to cure all forms of diseases of Urinary organs, and system, Bladder, etc., including Gonorrhoea, Gleet, Whites, Lucorrhose, unnatural discharges, irritations and ulcerations of the urinary organs and mucous membranes never gives stricture, hailiness and painless. An internal remedy with injections combined; only one in the world. Sent per mail on receipt of price, $3 per package or 2 for $5. Don't fool with cheap substitutes. Retail and wholesale of J. T. Hurlbut Co., Des Moines, Ia. Full line of Rubber Goods; name what you want. SIOUX CITY ITEMS. Mr, James D. Gardner of Peoria, ill., was in the city a few days last week. Mr. Gardner is a great Catholic missionary worker and was here in the interest of that work. The ladies of the church gave a very successful entertainment at the church last Thursday evening. The crowning event of the season was the wedding anniversary given by Mr. and Mrs. John Williams, at their cozy little home, 900 W, Seventh street. A table was stretched the full length of the dining room and handsomely decorated with chrysanthemums and ferns. In the center was a large cake, beautifully trimmed and surrounded by all the decoes of the season. There were twenty courses in all. About forty guests were present. After a very pleasant evening all departed for their homes, wishing Mr. and Mrs. Williams many happy anniversaries. They were the receptants of many presents. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 Mr. Gardner lectured at the church Monday evening to quite a little crowd. He departed Tuesday morning for Yankton, S. D. Mr. and Mrs. G. C. Young came up from Le Mars Wednesday to attend the dance which was given by the Young Men's Dancing club Wednesday evening. Mrs. A. Morgan had quite an accident last Thursday. One of the children threw a lighted match in her clothes chest, setting fire to her clothes and destroying nearly everything. The Grant children have the chicken pox. Mrs. Ed. Comly of Winnebago, Minn., is expected down to spend Thanksgiving with her parents. Look for Thonksgiving announcement later. The Trustees of the church who have been elected for the ensuing year are: J. W. Norris, P. D. Brown, L. Grant. Mr. Isiah Watkins and family passed through the city one day last week from Minnesota, and spent a day with his father, Isaac Watkins, and brother Chas. Watkins and sister Mrs. R. E. Darly and Miss E. Watkins. They left Saturday for Oklahoma to reside. LADIES DON'T WORRY. "Dr. Le Dues Genuine French Female Regulator" is positively guaranteed and mailed by Kidd Drug Co., Elgin, Ill. to remove and relieve pathological Monthly Stoppages, Female irregularities, Suppressed Menstruation, obstructions and suppressions, from whatever course, or send free medicine until cured if guaranteed lot does not relieve. Sent or receipt of price, $2 a package, or 3 for $5.00. Retail and wholesale of J. T. Hurlbut Co., Des Moines. Full line of Hubber Goods; name what you want. West Superior, Wls., Nov. 10,—Ed. Iowa State Bystander:—Sir: Enclose please find One dollar for subscription to your valuable paper. I like your paper very much and will try to induce some of my friends to subscribe. Yours Very Truly T. D. HAMPTON, West Superior Hotel. A handsome but simple frame house at Lawrence, Long Island, surrounded by some five acres of land, is the quiet retreat where the tired Wall street magnate, Russell Sage, has enjoyed his summers for many years. Here he is a typical Long Island farmer in old clothes and straw hat. Many a man farming for a bare living could gain information in his own business from Russell Sage. He has no use for orchids, and costly fads, but he watches the development of every field within a radius of many miles about his country home. In the stable are half a dozen horses, raised and broken to harness by the great financier, and he shows the delight of a boy in pitching them up and arriving over the country roads. There are a goodly number of domestic pets. It may be said that there are two Russell Sages, one the financier familiar to New York. the other the man of leisure in his country home. Jon Carlos Renounces 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. Sultan Said to Have Yielded to Czar London, March 22.—It is announced that the sultan has yielded "in all essential particulars" to the Russian demands respecting railway concessions in Asia Minor. Nine Nuns Receive White Vell. Dubuque, Iowa, March 22.—Nine young women, six of whom are from Chicago, received the white veil and were admitted to the mother house of the Sisters of Charity Tuesday. --- AN UNCONVENTIONAL THANKSGIVING By HOPE DARING The train due at Paris Junction at 9:35 was ten minutes late on Thanksgiving morning. As it halted before the little station, which stood amid bare brown fields at the crossing of the two railroads, a gentleman and a Lady stepped to the platform. The lady gathered her skinsalk cape around her and hurried into the depot. She was a plump, middle-aged woman with a clear, dark face. When the gentleman entered the room, she was addressing the station agent. "How 'long' before the next train west on the other road?" she asked in a voice of peculiar sweetness. The man started and drew nearer. "There won't be 'nother tran till 4:10." "But there is one due in a few minutes." "It's gone. Your train was late." She gasped. "What am I to do? I must be at Latimer before 2." "I don't know." She turned appealingly to her fel- "LEON BARTLEY!" Low traveler. He stepped forward, lifting his hat. A glance into the strong face lighted by frank gray eyes, and she gave a little cry, a soft rose-pink flush staining her cheeks. "Leon Bartley! How do you happen to be here?" and she timidly extended her hand. "I am on my way to spend Thanksgiving with my old friends, the Herrington, at Latimer." "And I to eat my Thanksgiving turkey with my cousin, Lulu Myers." A moment's silence fell between them. The station agent had retired to his little den, which contained his desk, leaving the two travelers in possession of the room. There was a brisk fire in the stove, and the air was laden with the fumes of the soft coal. Aside from the stove, the sole furniture of the room consisted of a wooden bench which extended along two siles. The uncurried windows were dingy and dirty. Outside there was only the shining cracks and the fields. At a little distance a solitary farmhouse could be seen. They were roused by a dash of frozen steel against the windows. Bartley advanced to the door of the little inner room, saying: "I will see if there is not some way out of our trouble." Left alone, Zoe Freeman drew her cloak around her and let her mind waander back to the past. Fifteen years before she had been the promised wife of Leon Bartley. They had quarreled and, in a fit of plque, she had married Robert Freeman. Wealth and social position had been hers, but Freeman soon became a helpless invalid, and life held little for her save the cares and duties of a nurse. A year ago death had set her free. Leon Bartley had never married. They had met occasionally, but never since Freeman's death. Here her thoughts were interrupted by the return of Bartley. "It is as you feared. There is no way you can reef. Latimer before 5. There are few passenger trains upon either of these roads. I am very sorry for your disappointment." Her face flushed, then paled. "We must wait with what patience we can," she said, unconsciously using the plural. He brought for her from the inner room the only chair in the building. A few moments later the station agent said: "I'm goin' to the house awhile." He strode away, and they were alone. Outside the sheet continued to fall. Zoe turned from the dreary picture framed by the window with a sigh that sounded strangely like one of content. They talked fitfully. Both avoided referring to the past, and the present held little in common for them. Yet as they talked of the events of the day, of books, and of people whom they both knew, an unconscious change came over them. As in the days of old, the was aware of a tender deference shown toward her, a deference that was genuine and had in it nothing of patronage. After a time Bartley glanced at his watch and rose to his feet. "I am going to raid the surrounding country and see what I can do in the way of a Thanksgiving dinner." "Not in this storm," she cried, and her clear dark eyes fell before his. her clear tears. "I have an umbrella. Besides I am used to storms." He was gone some time. When he returned, she was at the door to meet him. "I see you were successful," pointing to the bundles he carried. He shook his head. "You will think it a poor success. At the agent's home dirt was too plentiful. I saw we could not think of dining there. I made my way to another house, only to find it locked. However, there is a postoffice near, where the agent assured me I would find a 'store.' There—well, the contents of these paper bags will tell the story." She laughed as merrily as a child, and began to peer into the bags. Soon they were seated, she in the chair, he on the bench in front of her. Sheets from a newspaper he happened to have in his pocket were spread over their laps, and on these they placed crackers, cheese, peanuts and sticks of red and white stirred candy. "I'm sorry." Bartley began, eyeing the spread with evident disfavor, "but it is the best the land affords. Here is a part of every eatable thing in the merchant's stock, save gum, molasses and articles that must be cooked. It is a poor Thanksgiving dinner to offer you, Zoe." The name slipped from him unawares. She blushed and began to talk lightly. All constraint vanished. The burden of years seemed to have fallen from them. Suddenly she looked up, an arch smile curving her lips. "Think of the tables at which we expected to sit today. Remember the various delicacies, the silver, china, embroidered linen and flowers, then note the contrast. Is not this a strange Thanksgiving?" He leaned forward, and again her eyes sank before his. "I remember it all, and yet I feel like returning thanks because I am here with you." Just then the station agent entered. A freight train came in sight and halted. Zoe retreated to a window while the men went out and in the depot. After a short time the train went on, and the agent again left the travelers alone. Bartley came at once to her side. "In an hour there will be a train going back to your home. You will take it, will you not?" She nodded. In an hour they would be separated. There would be nothing of this strange Thanksgiving day save a memory. He came a step closer. "Let me go with you, Zoe." "What do you mean?" "I mean I love you still. Neither have you forgotten. Why should we lose one hour of the happiness life holds for us? We will go to your home and this very night become husband and wife." She shook her head, although she "IT IS A POOR THANKSGIVING DINNER." did not draw back when he took both her hands in his. "No, Leon. Not today." "Why not?" "It's—well, it's unconventional." "It's—well, it's unconventional." He laughed lightly, for he knew his victory was won. "This has been an unconventional Thanksgiving, darling. It is a real one, though. I never knew what the word meant until I could give thanks for you and your love." Raisln Cake. Cream one cup of butter and two cups of sugar. Add one cup of milk, three eggs, two cups of raisins (stoned) one grated nutmeg, a tablespoonful each of grated cloves and cinnamon, about four cups of flour, two heaping teaspoonfuls of baking powder. Make about as stiff as pound cake. Joy softens more hearts than tears. — Madame de Sartory. To the popular mind the word "Thanksgiving" stands for a day of festivity. But they who lose its subjective meaning in mere creature enjoyment suffer a misfortune and miss an opportunity. To our fathers, Thanksgiving was a sacrament. It was one of their acts of religion to set apart for it an annual day. Heaven had blessed their harvests, and they wished to express in a special way appreciation of its favors. Nothing in their example was more sane and sensible than the creation of this November family custom, now become national. There have been changes of our social life since the old time. These have made it less easy to observe the day so generally with public rites of worship, but the ordinance holds its place with pleasing fitness, and with ample reason. We have a thousandfold more to be devoutly glad for than our fathers had; and the feeling and the faith they carried with them to the "solemn assembly" we can radiate in brighter homes and wider activities of kindness. The unfolding Christian age has given us the larger thought of the meaning and mission of freedom and of civilization; the grander type and idea of benevolence; the tenderer beliefs that sweeten life and death with hope. For all these let us thank God. Gratitude is not only "a natural function of the healthy soul"; it is its wealth. Invest it. Its interest will enrich the character, and uplift the whole life. THE FIRST THANKSGIVING. The snow upon the hillside lay. And thatched the cottage roof. The web of vines by the algirim's door Was filled with lew woof. The boughs were leafless on the trees. Across the barren plain The north wind swept decoringly And mown like one in pain. (It whimpered like some hungry child that clauses its parent's hand. And abandons when there is none. In all the dreary land.) Above the little Plymouth town, Circling with empty maw. Mentioned by the crow, "Shroiling his 'haw, haw, haw." Patience, a blu-eyed maiden. (Her eyes with tears were dim.) From hunger feeble, trembling knelt And raised her voice to Him. Mentioned by the tones, plaintive and sweet. "We almost 'tarved, an 'nw'to please Send down some fings to eat?" Then all day long her watchful eyes Gazed down the village street. Not many would see Some one with "fings to eat." And, lo: before the sun had set, Four hunters from the forest drear Came marching into town. And (as in answer to the prayer). To add to all the cheer, And banish famine from the place, Came indianize. The loyals lingered out. The laden ones to meet. But Patience knelt and said: "Fanks, Dod, For sendin' fights to me." Arthur J. Burdick. THANKSGIVING MENU. Oysters. Cream of Glume. Red Snapper a Tiareenne. Tenderlion Pique a la Tiareenne. Stuffed Mushrooms. Roast Turkey. Cranberry Sauce. Cauliflower. Saratoga Potatoes. Squabs a in Compote. Roast a in Vention. Macedone Salad. Coffee. Fruit. Thanksgiving House Parties. The country has its charms for not a few Thanksgiving lovers. Country-house life has grown in popularity of recent years. Thanksgiving house parties at the great country mansions on Wednesday (Thanksgiving Eve) last until the following Monday. Twenty-five people at least, perhaps thirty, are invited for these festivities. The girls bring wardrobes. They must have ball gowns, morning frocks and athletic costumes. The days are devoted to sports, the evenings to singing and music. There are horses, bicycles and carriages for everybody. Thanksgiving day itself is marked by a superb dinner. A ball follows. Servants at Thanksgiving In the great houses of New York the masters and mistresses do not have all of Thanksgiving. It is generally felt that the servants should have an hour or two. A special "Servants' Thanksgiving 'Dinner' is provided, generally at midday. The family makes arrangements to go out at this hour, so the servants may not be called upon. The table in the servants' hall is spread with almost the same meal the househola itself will have. It is a long course dinner. The butler takes the head of the table, the housekeeper the foot. Between come the maids, the men, perhaps a dozen. The Instinct of Liberty. Nature imprints upon whate'er we see, That has a heart and life in it, "Be free!" — Cowher. CANNOT SPARE NICHOLAS. DR. TALMAGE'S STRONG WORDS days That the Peace of Europe and the Progress of the World Is at stake—Best Friend in Europe of the United States. Washington, Nov. 22.—Dr. Talmage, pastor of the President's church, is deeply affected by the nature of the dispatches that come from St. Petersburg, telling of the seriousness of the Czar's illness. Today he said: "The serious illness of the Czar of Russia fills me with inexpressible grief. His death would be a hemikpheric, yes, a world-wide calamity. He represents peace on earth and good will to men. The conference at The Hague will keep his name in honor as long the world lasts. "If I ever saw an honest man, I saw one when I saw him. Kindness in every feature of his face and every word of his mouth. "Russia cannot spare him, nor can the United States spare him, for this country has no such friend in Europe as Russia, and no ruler on earth so much wishes us ell as does Emperor Nicholas. "God help the most beautiful empress of all the earth if this woe shall strike her. It was an old-fashioned love match, as any one could see who saw them. "Grand Duke Michael would make a worthy successor, but he is only 21 years of age, and it would be an awful thing to have so heavy a burden as the government of Russia rolled on him." Czar's Condition Better. Livadia, Nov. 23.—The bulletin issued today by the Czar's physicians was more satisfactory. It reads as follows: "The Czar passed a satisfactory day yesterday. His condition is good. Temperature at 9 last evening, 102.6; pulse, 76. He slept little during the night, but from no disturbing cause. His majesty's general condition is satisfactory. Temperature this morning, 100.6; pulse, 70." BONI'S COUSIN IN NEW YORK. Count Aldemar Castellane Travels Jacq2 Under Family Name. New York, Nov. 22—The Herald says: "Count Aldemar de Castellane arrived from abroad incognito on the steamship Aquitaine. The count, who is a cousin of Count Boni de Castellane, embarked from Cherbourg last week. Under a forgotten family name he passed unrecognized on board the Aquitaine. He was registered on the ship's books as "Comte de Norante." His only traveling companions were M Paleologue, an artist, and their man servant. The party brought little baggage and were among the first to leave the ship. Even the captain of the French liner was in ignorance of the identity of "Count de Norante." He arrived unheralded at a local hotel and was found stopping there last night. A report that the count is engaged to Miss Lucille Bacon, daughter of Daniel Bacon of this city, was denied by Mrs. Bacon. Mr. Bacon also discredited the report. PAY FOR DELAGOA BAY ROAD. Award for the Original Owners Is Settled by Portugal. London, Nov. 22.—The Delagoa Bay railroad award was paid today. The Americans received their share through the Solligans. The award of $3,062,800, with interest at 5 per cent from June 25, 1889, is the result of the seizure of the Delagoa Bay railroad by Portugal. Besides the principal of the award and the interest, totaling about $5,000,000, Portugal paid on account $140,000 in 1890. The Americans interested are the heirs of Col. McMurdo, who, with several English capitalists, built the road. Wrong Man Was Unlushed. Phoenix, Araz, Nov. 22—Gov. Murphy has commuted to four years the sentence of John Echols, who has served three years of a ten years' sentence. His imprisonment was the result of conviction for stage robbery, and the commutation is prompted by the confession of King Ussery, a noted criminal, who says he was the guilty party, and adroitly arranged his plans so that suspicion fell on Echols. Minister Fleuds Not Gullity: Wilkesbarre, Pa., Nov. 23.—The Rev. Dr. Stuart, the Baptist clergyman who was arrested at Philadelphia on the charge of murdering his wife, has been taken to Wyoming, Pa. He was arraigned before a justice of the peace and pleaded not guilty. His counsel waived a hearing. The justice admitted Stuart to ball in the sum of $1,500. The ball was furnished. Armed Guards Placed in Cars. Cheyenne, Wyo., Nov. 23.—Fearing an attempt will be made to hold up the Overland flyer, the Union Pacific has placed armed guards on the trains between Cheyenne and Ogden. Large sums of money are being transferred to the Pacific coast at this time, and a successful robbery would result in heavy loss to the express company. Independence Mine is Good Victor, Col., Nov. 22.-John Hays Hammond, after an examination of the Independence mine, has cabled to London advising a reduction of dividends and extensive development. He is having assays made on thousands of samples. He is confident the mine still has a great future. Armies of Chinese Regularies Encountered by Russian Troops. St. Petersburg, Nov. 23.—Dispatches received to-day at the headquarters of the Russian general staff describe wide spaces in Manchooria as in a disturbed condition. Several small armies of Chinese regulars have been encountered by the Russian troops during the last three weeks, and elsewhere robbon bands are raiding and plundering the country, fighting on Russian foragers, General Longinoff, with a mixed force. Oct. 31 engaged the Chinese about seventy versts north of Kwang Tscheng Tse, capturing 300. A company of guards, with two guns, while on the way to Tio-Lien to re-enforce the Russian garrison there, came into collision with a body of Chinese cavalry. Mukden is tranquil. Prince Tuan Under Arrost. Prince Tuan Under Armour Berlin, Nov. 23.—A special dispatch from Pokin says that Princed Tuan has been arrested and stripped of power by order of the emperor and empress dowager; but that fears are felt of Gen. Tung Fuh Slang, who, with 16,000 regulars, is in Hujangpu. Opposed by 10,000 Chinese. Berlin, Nov. 23.—Count von Walder, see cables from Pekin that he will return the viceroy's visit today. He has avices from Col. Yorck's corps showing that the Chinese admiral Hoi with 10,000 regular troops and artillery, is near Kalgan prepared to resist energetically a further advance of the expedition. Col. Yorck, therefore, will await re-enforcements before attempting to proceed. ORGANIZE FOR GOOD ROADS. Advocates of Highway Improvement Form Permanent Association Chicago, Nov. 23.—During the closing hours of the National Good Roads convention a permanent organization was effected. The National Good Roads Association is the name of the new organization. Headquarters will be in Chicago. Officers were elected for the first year, and it is the intention of the association to continue the agitation and work for the improvement of the public highways along the lines suggested by the convention. The articles of association state that the new organization is to represent the various national, state, agricultural, industrial, commercial, transportation, wheeled men, and automobile associations of the country which are furthering the cause of good roads. Officers were elected as follows: President, W. H. Moore, Missouri. Secretary, R. W. Richardson, Nebraska. Treasurer, Edwin A. Potter, Illinois. The convention took a stand in favor of the employment of convict labor in the improvement of highways. DAILY MARKET REPORT. Odd-Fellows Elect Officers Springfield, Ill., Nov. 23.—The grand lodge I. O. O. F. of Illinois elected officers as follows: Grand master, J. R. Kewley, Chicago; deputy grand master, J. W. Yantis, Shelbyville; grand warden, Charles Harris, Galesburg; grand secretary, J. R. Miller, Springfield; grand treasurer, T. B. Needles, Nashville; grand representative, Cicero J. Lindley, Greenville. Resolutions were adopted providing for raising an endowment fund for orphans' and old women's homes by voluntary subscription from membership and for the purchase of forty acres of land for an orphans' home at Lincoln Condition of Senator Davis. Condition of Senator Davis. St. Paul, Minn., Nov. 23.—The forenoon and early afternoon are Senator Davis' most comfortable hours, and during those hours today he slept almost continually. At noon his temperature was normal, but his pulse and respiration were so high as to indicate fully the advance of the disease. This is combined with a delirium that manifest itself almost continually during his waking hours. Cheer the New Duchess. Belfast, Ireland, Nov. 22.—The duke and duchess of Manchester arrived at Tanderagee castle, Armagh, yesterday, and were received with great rejoikings. Bonfires blazed and illuminations were general. The crowds cheered as the couple drove through the town, and the duke thanked his tenants for their reception of his bride. The duke and duchess will go to India and Japan from the United States. San Carlos Indians Oulet. Phoenix, Ariz., Nov. 22. - A message received here from the San Carlos reservation, contradicting the belief that the Apache band, which has been on the warpain in Mexico, came from San Carlos. There are no indications of uneasiness among the San Carlos Apaches. STORIETTES The late John M. Palmer was one of the wits of public life. When he retired from the senate he showed no signs of discouragement, but said to some friends: "Patience is all I need. I come into fashion about every ten years in Illinois." An Irishman was wheeling a heavy barrel up a street the other day when some one asked him, "Mike, what have you got in that barrel?" Heard I would. I hardly know myself, for it has 'whisky' on one side and 'Tat Duffy' on the other. Mark Twain lays great stress on the pause just before the point, in the use of which he regards Artemus Ward and James Wkcomb Riley as the greatest adepts. For instance, Artemus Ward would say eagerly, "I once knew a man in New Zealand who had a tooth in his cheek; his animation would die; a silent, reflective pause would follow, then he would say, dreamy and as if to himself—"and yet that man could beat a drum better than any man I ever knew." When Rudyard Kipling was a lad he went on a sea voyage with his father, Lockwood Kipling. Soon after the vessel got under way, Mr. Kipling went below, leaving the boy on deck. Presently there was a great commotion overhead, and one of the ship's officers rushed down and banged at Mr. Kipling's door. Mr. Kipling out on the yard-arm, and if he lets go he'll drown!" "Yes," said Mr. Kipling, glad to know that nothing serious was the matter; "but he won't let go." The Oldest Banknote Is in the possession of the Bank of England. It is dated December 19, 1690, and is for 555 pounds, but on account of its age same is made very valuable. One or the oldest and most valuable stomach medicines is Host-later a Stomach Bittern. For fifty years it has cured dyspepsia, indigestion, nerves or insomnia. It will cure when faithfully taken. A waggish stranger complained to the police of Salina, Kan., that a resident of that town had fleeced him out of a $40 bill. After the police had spent a day hunting for the rogue, and finally located the pected man, it suddenly dawned upon the sleuths that there are no $40 bills. A manufacturer of paste jewels at the Paris exposition says that the best customer he ever had was no shah, and finally located the quantities of jewels for the Iersieurs, his daughters, and their masters; but he thought imitation Deersly good enough for the lesser cost of his harem. The quantity $40 to Persian was incredible. Nedodesh, Kan., has a passed the fun of about 1,500, which includes reedy, and people than any place two thither for life in America. Many of the complete knowledge less than one hundred of government from the very though in good health. Before, though no say that the petroleum governmen brought by Cag gas wells there are responsible in making the people look like whited refugees from a famine district in India. Switzerland's universities are still the most popular educational institutions in Europe for women students all parts of the world. Of 859 students at the University of Zurich 218 are women. One hundred and twenty of these are studying medicine, fifty-eight philosophy, twenty-one natural science and eleven jurisprudence. Only eighteen are of Swiss nationality. Ninety-seven are Russians, twenty-nine are Americans and twenty-nine are Germans. NEARLY A BREAK DOWN. Mrs. Olberg, a Prominent Minnesota Lady. Tell a Remarkable Story. Albert Lea, Minn., Nov. 19.—(Special)—There are few men and women in this state or indeed in the whole northwest, who have not heard, or do not know personally Mrs. Henriette C. Olberg of this city. Mrs. Olberg was of Linen and Linen Haute, the World's Fair, at Chicago, and Superintendent of Flax Exhibit at the International Exposition at Omaha, Nebraska, in 1898. Mrs. Olberg is Secretary of the National Flax, Hemp and Ramie Association, and Assistant Editor of the "Distaf" Her official duties are naturally very easy and involve a large number of traveling and living away from home. she says: "During the World's Fair in Chicago, my official duties so taxed my strength, that I thought I would have to give them up. Through the continual change of food and irregular meal hours, and a poor quality of water, I lost my appetite, and became wakeful and nervous in the extreme. My Kidnines refused to perform their usual duties. One of my assistants advised me to try Dodd's Kidness, and sent me to the I am pleased I received. I derived immediate and permanent benefit. I used three boxes, and feel ten years younger. "I have great confidence in the efficacy of Dodd's Kidney Pills, and am always glad to speak a good word in their favor. "Dodd's Kidney Pills are weak women's best friend." All Dealers, 50 cents a box. Even a red-headed man hates to get bald. 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"I have taken all kinds of medicines and have been treated by all kinds of doctors, as thousands of my acquaintances are aware in different parts of the United States, where I have traveled, but the relief was only temporary, until a little over a year ago I started to take Peruna, and at the present time I am better than I have been for twenty years. "The soreness has left my stomach entirely and I am free from indigestion and dyspopsia and will say to all who are troubled with catarrh or stomach trouble of any kind, don't put it off and suffer, but begin to take Peruna right away, and keep it up until you are cured, as you surely will be if you persevere." "My wife, as many in the southwest can say, was troubled with a bad cough and bronchial trouble, and doctors all over the country gave her up to die, as they could do nothing more for her. She began taking Peruna with the result that she is better now than she has been in years, and her cough has almost left her entirely. The soreness has left her lungs and she is as well as she ever was in her life, with thanks, as she says, to Peruna. Yours very truly. T. P. Moody. Catarr in its various forms is rapidly becoming a general curse. An undoubted remedy has been discovered by Dr. Hartman. This remedy has been thoroughly tested during the past forty years. Prominent men have come to know of its virtues, and are making public utterances on the subject of how to save the people. To save the people we must protect them from disease. The disease that is at once the most prevalent and stubborn of cure is catarrh. If one were to make a list of the different names that have been applied to catarrain in different locations and organs, the result would be as- Amiability is not everything, love is better. A husband would prefer having his wife throw kisses at him instead of skillets. DENSION JOHN W. MORES Washington, D.C. 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It must be confessed, however, to see even this partial list drawn in battle array is rather appalling. We need the reader to see this list together with a short exposition of each one, send for our free cattrarch book. Address The Peruna Medicine Co. Columbus, Ohio. It is much more aggravating to lose one glove than a pair. Are You Using Allen's Foot-Ease? It is the only cure for Swollen, Smartling, Burning, Sweating Feet, Corns and Bunions. Ask Allen's Foot-Ease a porter to be shaken into the shoes. At all Drugstores and Shoe Stores, 25c. Sample sent FREE. Address Allen S. Olmsted, LeRoy, N. Y. The far-seeing man is not apt to rush into their blindly. Coughing Lends to Consumption. Kemp's Balsam will stop the cough at once. Go to your druggist today and get a sample bottle free. Sold in 25 and 50 cent bottles. Go at once; delays are dangerous. Every industrious woman is not necessarily a busybody. Washing Day Made Easy By using Maple City Self Washing Soap. Try it once and you will use no other. All good grocers use it. Coal bills will soon be of burning importance. On November 28th, 1900. you will be able to enjoy Mince Flus. Plum Pudding and other good things if you use Garfield Tea now—it promotes good dig- gestion. People who sleep with their mouths shut live longest, says a doctor. BY GANG OF S'X WHITE MEN; Attempt to Blow Up Express Safe Abandoned After Supply of Dynamite In Exhausted—Robbers Escape on Horseback with Little Money. Little Rock, Ark., Nov. 23.—The north-bound Iron Mountain Cannon Ball passenger train, in charge of Conductor John Whiteside and Engineer Eggleston, was in D little Rock at 8:10 o'clock, was held up by six masked men at Gifford, five miles this side of Malvern, at 7:15 o'clock last evening. The train was held at the scene of the robbery forty-five minutes, and pulled into the union station one hour and thirty minutes late. The robbers covered the track with ties and built a huge fire in the center of the pile. The engineer, suspicious of an attempted robbery, tried to pull through, but the ties caught the pilot and stopped the wheels. Instantly three masked men told the engineer and fireman to come down at once. Another one of the robbers went on the side of the train and called to the conductor to stay inside. Each order was promptly obeyed. While the four robbers were standing guard and occasionally firing a shot to frighten the passengers, the two remaining bandits entered the express car and ordered Messenger Samuel W. Avery, who resides at 3118 Brantner place, St. Louis, to step aside or get to the other corner. The large safe was charged five times with dynamite, each explosion making a terrific noise and tearing off some portions of the car. A large hole was bored into the door of the safe, but an entrance could not be effected. The robbers finally announced that they were out of dynamite and gave up the teesk of forcing the door. They then picked up the local box and several packages and ran to their horses hitched near by and rode rapidly off. No attempt was made to disturb or molest passengers, except an occasional shot at a passenger who happened to be peering out of a car window. Messenger Avery was hurt about the head and face by flying splinters from the effects of the dynamite explosion. One side of his face was badly cut in several places and several teeth were knocked out. He was taken to his home at St. Louis on the same train. The top and one side of the express car were almost torn to uleces. The sheriff of Hot Springs county organized a posse and started in pursuit of the robbers. The train crew say the robbers were white men and wore heavy masks. The small box carried off by the robbers contained about $500. The robbers also secured a sack of silver containing $190. Col. Thomas W. Yardley Dea Col. Thomas W. Yardley Dean. Chicago, Nov. 23—Col. Thomas Woolston Yardley, aged 75 years, died at his home here today. Col. Yardley was born in Bethlehem, Pa. During the civil war he rose to the rank of colonel in a Pennsylvania volunteer regiment. He came to Chicago ten years ago, and has been connected with Robert Hunt & Co., in the Rookery building, as mechanical and electrical engineer. He was prominent in Grand Army circles. Robert Hunt is the cousin of Col. Yardley. He has a brother, Frank L. Yardley, living in Roanoke, Va. Towne May Be Senator Washington, D. C., Nov. 23.—"Charlie Towne may be United States senator from Minnesota for four weeks and thus break the record. To fill the vacancy in the United States senate in the event of Mr. Davis' death Governor Lind will appoint Towne—that is certain." These two positive statements were made in Washington today by a prominent northwestern editor, who used all his resources during the recent campaign to elect Bryan. Big Cut in War Taxes. Washington, D. C., Nov. 23.—The Republican members of the ways and means committee have decided to make a reduction of $30,000,000 in the revenues, the amount suggested by Secretary Gage. The day was spent almost entirely in going over the war revenue bill. The schedules on which the reduction shall be made have not been decided upon. McKinley Galpa in Oblga Columbus, O., Nov. 23.—The secretary of state today completed the official count of the ballot for presidential electors. The result shows McKinley 543,918; Bryan, 474,882; McKinley's plurality, 69,036. The total vote was 1,049,121. Four years ago McKinley received a plurality of 51.109 out of a total vote of 1,020,109. Duke May. Live In America. Cincinnati, O. Nov. 23. -Application for membership in the Business Men's club of this city has been made by the Duke of Manchester through two members of the club. Eugene Zimmerman, his father-in-law, has also applied for membership. It is said the Duke will shortly be here and his father-in-law promises to place him in business. Military Honor for Linton. London, Nov. 23.—Sir Thomas Lipton has been gazetted as honorary colonel of the Second volunteer battalion of the Highland light infantry, On the occasion of a reception to Henry Clay by his Baltimore admirer, a trip down Chesapeake Bay was given, and on the return trip a game of euchre was arranged. As Clay was a noted player at air games of cards, two of the most skillful players were selected to compete against him, and the local card champion, Billy Bryson, who simply worshiped Clay, had the honor of being his partner. But Billy was so overcome that he became entirely bewildered, and made the most of his experience. Billy's Clay temper rose rapidly and he raised at Bryson in good set terms. Finally the unfortunate man brought to bay, replied: "By gad, sir, if you were old Billy Bryson, and had the great Henry Clay for a partner, sir, I think you should be excused for failing to note the difference between a king of trumps and the right bower." The involuntary compliment so pleased Clay that he shouted with laughter, and was ever afterward a warm friend of Bryson's. Some wives seem to think a husband's only use is to toil. TIME TO GO SOUTH. For the present winter season the Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company has improved its already nearly perfect through service of Pullman vestibulated sleeping cars and elegant day coaches from Cincinnati, Louisville, St. Louis and Chicago, to Mobile, New Orleans and the Gulf coast, Thomasville, Ga., Pensacola, Jacksonville, Tampa, Palm Beach and other points in Florida. Perfect connections made with steamer lines for Cuba, Porto Rico, Nassau, West Indian and Central American ports. Tourist and home seekers' excursion tickets on sale at low rates. Write C. L. Stone, General Passenger Agent, Louisville, Ky, for particulars. Rats are not animals in the eyes of the law, as the Humane society of Toronto found to its intense disgust when it tried to stop the slaughter of them by dogs. Thanksgiving Day. If your system has been cleansed with Garfield Tea, you may be able to digest comfortably your Thanksgiving dinner. In Memory's chain Love should be the brightest link. WEEKLY EXCURSION SLEEPERS Leave St. Louis via Katy Flyer (M. K. & T. Ry.) every Tuesday at 8:16 p. m. for San Antonio, Los Angeles and San Francisco. First Sleeper leaves St. Louis Nov. 6th. People who occupy middle seats at the theater generally come in late. If you wish to have beautiful, clear white clothes ask for Russ's Bleaching Blouse. Refuse imitations. Sold by all grocers. A woman with last year's hat feels she is a martyr. Indication is a bad companion. 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It is not necessary that there should be anything weakening or wearying about the obligations of a female organism. Parents of young girls should inform themselves and prevent their dear ones from making costly errors. That young woman has a just cause of complaint, who is permitted to believe that great periodic suffering is to be expected, that severe mysterious pains and aches are part of her natural experience as a woman. These things are making constant war on her health, her disposition and her beauty. It is a wanton sacrifice, absolutely unnecessary and cruel. It is more—it is criminal. Dr. Greene's Nervura blood and nerve remedy, is the right medicine for every young girl who is just entering the first stage of womanhood. It prepares the system in every way to act normally. It enriches the blood supply, and keeps the nerves calm and steady. Fortified with this great medicine, all the womanly duties may be undertaken and experienced without the slightest jeopardy to health. It preserves the gifts of nature and assists their development into glowing, healthful beauty. The nervousness in women which invariably comes with pain is of itself certain to stop the development of beauty in face and figure. Excited nerves make sharp lines and hasty speech. The beautiful curves which make women so when the female organism is out of order, as it pain are always or even periodically present in the faces of young women everywhere to see they are so pale and thin? VICE FROM DR. GREENE belongs to perfect health. It is possible to every or in hand intelligently. Get advice from Dr. these matters. He will tell you why all this is did the stumbling blocks that bar woman's way built Dr. Greene without cost by calling or writest 14th Street, New York City. Don't throw Dr. Greene to-day. attractive are not possible when the female organism is out of order, as it surely is when discomfort and pain are always or even periodically present. It is only necessary to look in the faces of young women everywhere to see that this must be so. Else why are they so pale and thin? GET FREE ADVICE FROM DR. GREENE Real beauty is rare. It belongs to perfect health. It is possible to every woman who takes the matter in hand intelligently. Get advice from Dr. Greene, the great specialist in these matters. He will tell you why all this is so, and show you how to avoid the stumbling blocks that bar woman's way to happiness. You may consult Dr. Greene without cost by calling or writing to him at his office, 38 West 14th Street, New York City. Don't throw away your beauty. Write to Dr. Greene to day. There Is a Class of People Who are injured by the use of coffee. Recently there has been placed in all the grocery stores a new preparation called GRAIN-O, made of pure grains, that takes the place of coffee. The most delicate stomach receives it without distress, and but few can tell it from coffee. It does not cost over one-fourth as much. Children may drink it with great benefit. 15 cents and 25 cents per package. Try it. Ask for GRAIN-O. How sweet the pleasures of anticipation are! TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY. Take LAXATIVE BROMO QUINING TABLETS. All drugs refound the money if it fails to cure E. W. Growe's signature is on the box. 250. A wife should ever greet her husband's home coming with a smile. Piso's Cure for Consumption is an Infallible medicine for coughs and colds.—N. W. SAMUEL, Ocean Grove, N. J. Flock, 17. 100. An author lives by the pen, a convict lives inside are best preserved by those of Maple City Self Washing Soap. All grocers sell it. The woman who loves flowers is a true lover. Important to Mothers. Examine every bottle of CASTORIA, a safe and sure remedy for infants and children, and see that it A plausible speech does not always get applause. You Can Get Allen's Foot-Ease Free. Write today to Allen S. Olimsted, Le Roy, N. Y., for a free sample of Allen's Foot-Ease, a powder. It enures sweating, damp, swollen, aching skin. It makes new hair. A certain cure for Corns and Bunions. All druggists and shoe stores sell it; 250. It is a greater theft to steal reputation than to steal diamonds. Rus' Bleaching Rhus makes Brown muslin white in a day. All grocers sell the genuine Rus' Refuse imitations. Sold by all grocers. The well-dressed woman never adopts the exaggeration of fashion. The Census of 1900. A booklet giving the population or all cities of the United States of 25,000 and over according to the census of 1900, has just been issued by the Passenger department of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway, and a copy of it may be obtained by sending your address, with two-cent stamp to pay postage, to the General Passenger Agent of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway. Chicago. 111. Every industrious woman is not necessarily a busybody. Girls with pretty shoulders usually approve decollette gowns. FADED IN H Pretty faces and graceful forms of soon replaced by plainness and lankn et hhlgd attractive are not possible when the surely is when discomfort and pain is. It is only necessary to look in the fact that this must be so. Else why are the GET FREE ADVICE Real beauty is rare. It belongs to woman who takes the matter in hand. Greene, the great specialist in these matters, and show you how to avoid the stress to happiness. You may consult Dr. G. Lag to him at his office, 35 West 14th away your beauty. Write to Dr. Greene. --- DO YOU FEEL LIKE THIS? Pen Picture for Women. "I am so nervous, there is not a well inch in my whole body. I can speak well, and I have indigestion horribly, and palpitation of the heart, and I am losing flesh. This headache and backache nearly kills me, and yesterday I nearly had hysterics; there is a weight in the lower part of my bowels bearing down all the time, and pains in my groins and thighs; I cannot sleep, walk, or sit, and I believe I am diseased all over; no one ever suffered as do. I have a record of thousands of cases which come to Mrs. Pinkham's attention daily. An inflamed and ulcerated condition of the neck of the womb can produce all of these sym MRS. JOHN WILLIAMS. toms, and no woman should allow herself to reach such a perfection of misery when there is absolutely no need of it. The subject of our portrait in this sketch, Mrs. Williams of Englishtown, N.J., has been entirely curled of flesh thusous and misery by Lycia. E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, and the guiding advice of Mrs. Pinkham of Lynn. Mass. No other medicine has such a record for absolute cures, and no other medicine is "just as good." Women who want a cure should insist upon getting Lyda E. 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WILLIAM BARREELS, 239 East 87th St. New York City, says: "Dr. Greene's Nervura made a wonderful improvement in my health, and that dark, sallow look left my face, and am like a different person." RACE ECHOES. Only one colored soldier wears the Victoria cross, Vance Sergeant Gordon of the West Indian regiment. When the monument of Lafayette was presented to France by the school children of America at Paris last summer, the two little girls of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Calloway, were in the official orchestra of the platform as representatives of our race. The Alabama State Fair meets at Birmingham next month. This year, as never before, a Negro building will be erected. Mr. George W. Albert Johnsen, a graduate of Tuskegee, has been appointed Negro commissioner. --- The Freedman's Aid and Southern Educational Society met at Newark, N. J. last week and the following appropriations were made for academies for the colored people: Central Alabama Academy, Huntsville, Ala., $900; Cookman Academy, Jacksonville, Fla., $2,109; Gilbert Academy, Winsted, La., $2,000; Havan Academy Wayonsboro, Ga., $125; La Grang Academy, La Grand, Ga., $100; Meridian Academy, Meridian, Miss., $700; Morristown Academy Morristown, Tenn., $3,000; Samuel Houston Academy, Austin, Texas, $900; West Tennessee Academy, Mason, Tenn., $75. --- Lake Charles, La. — William Daniels and Ross Johnson were today convicted of murder and sentenced to the state penitentiary for life. This is the first instance in this state where would-be lynchers have been caught, tried and convicted. On Sept. 27 of this year an attempt was made by a Negro here to assault a white woman. The Negro was immediately captured and lodged in jail. At night a mob gathered and attempted to break into the prison The sheriff's deputies resisted, and during the melee one of their number was killed. Daniels and Johnson were convicted of doing the killing. Subscribe for the Bystander Explosives Confined and Unconfined There is a widespread misapprehension in regard to the devastating effect of high exposives. When unconfined the effect even of large charges of them upon structures is comparatively slight. At the naval ordnance 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 bolted to a twenty-inch oak backing, until 440 pounds of dynamite had been so detonated in contact with it, and yet the target remained practically uninjured, while at Bramafontein the accidental explosion of fifty-five tons of blasting gelletin, 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, threw 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 old age; in age, 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; Disraeli, 75; Bismarck, 83; Talleyrand, 84. Of great conquerors: Alexander the Great died at 32; Napoleon at 51; Hanibal at 32; Marlborough at 72; Blucher at 76; Wellington at 83; Xenophon at 60; Moltke at 91. The age of the decrease of philosophers was: Spinoza, 44; Descartes, 53; Aristotle, 62; Socrates, 68; Linnaeus, 70; Copernicus, 70; Galileo, 78; Kant, 79; Plato, 22; Newton, 84; Humboldt, 89. The longevity of great writers, poets, varies from Byron, 36, to Sophocles, 90. T painters death set at ages varying from Raphael at 27, to Titian at 22. RED HOT BARGAINS For Cold Days. BLOTCKY BROS. 327-329-331-333 East 5th Street. 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He gave me an excellent cigar and currently he said: 'You like dly ostel?' What in the name of Confucius is 'dly ostel?' I asked before I realized that he was talking about dried oysters. 'Come! I show', he replied; and opening the lid of a big box, he took out a handful of what looked exactly like oysters carved in mahogany. They were not shriveled and warped, like other dried foods, but were as plump and symmetrical as any well-conditioned bivalve fresh from the deep sea. The only difference was that they were dark brown in color and as hard as bricks. When Lee Yip tipped them back into the box they rattled a handful of marbles. Of course, I was greatly surprised, and before I left I took palms to find all about them. The oysters are caught and prepared at the big native shrimperies on the other side of the lake. The process is a trade secret, but as nearly as I could gather from Lee they are spread on the tops of large sheds and exposed to the sun for several weeks. What prevents decomposition I do not know, for they come out of the operation as sweet and brown as nuts. Last night I tried some by special invitation in the backroom of a laundry run by another Mongolian friend of mine. They were brought in in a bowl and formed a sort of stew or sauté, which was really delicious. The oysters themselves were firm but exceedingly tender, and had a peculiar peppery flavor, differing from anything else I ever tasted. The Chinaman who did the cooking told me he had simply boiled the dried oysters in water and added a small strip of pork and 'seasoning.' When I tried to probe into the seasoning feature he suddenly lost command of English, so there. I suspect, the secret resides. I am told that the local colony consumes many barrels of these oysters every month, and that large quantities of them are sold in San Francisco and New York.—New Orleans Times-Democrat PEWTER THE RAGE. Titled Women in France Mobilied in This Material. If you ever received a bonbonniere, a tray, an ash receiver, a mug or a plate in pewter for a gift, consider yourself unusually blessed. Pewter is the rage in Paris, just now, and every conceivable knuck-knack that has ever been made up in silver has now been reproduced in pewter. The most desirable pieces are modeled to show the fleur-de-lis of the Bourbons or the graceful wreaths and hanging baskets of flowers trimmed with the double Les of Louis Quinze. A French correspondent writes that in France this rage for pewter is little short of madness, that fashionable women are hanging the side walls of their dining rooms with all sorts of rare and beautiful pewter mugs and with shelves decorated with old pewter plates. There is also a great fad for figures in pewter, modeled from life, or the antique, and at the last Paris Salon a pewter figure, known as "The Creole," created a profound sensation. The figure was modeled from life, and was a charmingly sympathetic bit. Since this figure appeared a number of titled women have been modeled in pewter. The results have been very satisfactory, as the materials soft and soft, the soft grayness adding wonderfully to the artistic results. To keep pewter clean it should be rubbed with chamois once in two or three weeks. If you are going to give an entertainment or serve dinner Thanksgiving you will need tickets and dodgers. Come to the Bystander office, our samples and prices will suit you. Subscribe for the Bystander. Shoes Bargains Ladies' $2.50 value Dress Shoes, made of good grade Vici Kid—with fancy high novelty tops—good strong soles—Very latest throughout. We have them in all sizes, but only a few of them. Therefore, if you wish one of the best bargains ever offered come and secure your size. Choice while they last. .1.23 Men's genuine Satin Calf Dress Shoes—very latest in style—made of good strong material throughout, just the shoe for this time of the year. $2.50 value, only. .1.25 BLANKETS and COMFORTS Large size—warm, heavy, wool mixed Blankets—in gray only—have fancy borders. The right kind to keep you warm these cold nights. $2.50 values, only. .1.39 Large heavy heavy Comforts, well made, warm filling—fancy covering—Worth $1.50. Your choice, only... 95c Ladies' Wrappers—made of good grade print in all the new colorings— Braid trimmers, $1.25 kind only... 75c KY BROS., 33 East 5th Street. Victoria's Eyesight Poem. The London Chronicle states that Queen Victoria's eyesight is becoming a matter of grave concern to those about her. Even the blue spectacles, with which Dublin and London are alike familiar, are failing of their old effect. All dispatches and all letters, except the most private, are read to her majesty, who now writes little more than her signature with her own hand. A famous foreign eye doctor has been lately consulted, but without any encouraging result. Not All Ring Devoters While the Queensberry family is generally associated with prize fighting and personal eccentricities, there are members of it who have achieved distinction in other lines. One is the Hon. John Douglas, C. M. G., who has just published in Brisbane an interesting history of Thursday Island, the sentry guarding the northern approach to Australia, where he has been government resident for the last 15 years. New Material in Paper-Making. It has been demonstrated that paper can be manufactured in the south at a handsome profit—the mill at Pensacola, Fla., which has been in successful operation for some months, proves the fact beyond question. This mill is using pitch pine for pulp-making. Recent experiments have shown the availability of wild cane, which grows in vast quantities throughout the southern states, for this purpose. A Queer Advertisement In an English contemporary is the following advertisement of a shooting school: "Forty acres in extent. Gun fitting a specialty. Instructions in the art of shooting. Patent try guns and targets. Most realistic coverts. Practice given at driven birds, high phaeants, etc. Any number of sportsmen can be accommodated. Experienced gun fitters and instructors always in attendance." Seven Pines. On May 31, 1862, a severe but indecisive battle was fought between the union and confederate forces, under the command of Gen. McCillan and Gen. Johnson respectively, in a locality a few miles from Richmond, Va., on the Williamsburg road. Seven large pines were located there, and the locality derived its name from the pines. The Slambok Described. The sjambok, which is frequently mentioned in dispatches from South Africa, is a long whip, made from rhinoceros hide, and polished till it looks almost like amber. It is very tough and durable, and is used by the Boers upon animals and natives, and also for the chastisement of criminals. The crack of the sjambok sounds like a pistol shot. Selling American Froga Abroad. One man connected with the Philadelphia zoo has crossed the Atlantic fifty times in charge of animals. He has sold many huge American frogs at $2.50 each to owners of German estates to be used for "decorative purposes" in the ponds and lakes. The basso profundo of our bullfrogs is highly valued abroad. BURLINGTON ROUTE Will run special Homesekers excursions to Nebraskas most fertile farming lands, and Colorado's garden spots on Nov. 6th, and 20th, December 4th and 18th. If you want an ideal home and productive farm, go on one of these popular excursions. For particulars, address F. L. Gannaway, City Passenger Agent, Burlington Route, 400 Locust street, Des Moines, Ia. The Iowa STATE BYSTANDER will be on sale at A. F. Tervalon's cigar store, 2826 State street, Chicago. All Druggis you want as every bottle of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy and will reind the money to anyone who is not salted a ter using two-thirds of the coaster ts. This is the best remedy in the world for la gripe, coughs, colds, oroup and whooping cough and is pleasant and safe to take. It prevents any tendency os a cold to result in pneumonia. EVERYBODY KNOWSTHAT MUNGER'S LAUNDRY is the best in the city. Try them and be decided. We want you to subscribe for the IOWA STATE BYSTANDER. Weekly Excursion Sleepers leave Kansas City via the M. K. and T. Rye, every Saturday at 9:05 P. M. for San Antonio, Los Angeles and San Francisco. First Sleeper leaves Kansas Clty Nov. 3rd. BURLINGTON ROUTE Is the shortest, most satisfactory and pleasantest line to the Black Hills Deadwood, Montana and the northwest Sumptuous chair cars and superior service every day in the week. For particulars call on F. L. Gannaway, City Passenger Agent, Burlington Route 400 Locust St. Des Moines In. A Village Blacksmith Saved Hi: Little Son's Life. Mr. H. Black, the well-known village blacksmith at Grahamsville, Sullivan Co., N. Y., says: "Our little son, five years old, has always been subject to croup, and so bad have the attacks been that we feared many times that he would die. We have had the doctor and used many medicines, but Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is now our sole reliance. It seems to dissolve the tough mucus and by giving frequent doses when the croupy symptoms appear we have found that the dreaded croup is cured before it gets settled." There is no danger in giving this remedy for it contains no opium or other injurious drug and may be given as confidently to a babe as to an adult. For sale by all Drummists. Widows Do Not Remarry. In China it is the rule of good society that widows do not remarry. They are not forbidden to do so, but they are thought more highly of if they don't. In order to encourage them the government, when they have passed the age of 50, and have not remarried, confers on them a tablet containing a cULogy of their virtues. Raising the Hat an Ancient Salutation. Raising the Hat an Ancient Salutation. When a knight of old entered a company of ladies he removed his helmet to indicate that he considered himself among friends, and that there was no need to protect himself. This practice has survived in the custom of raising the hat when saluting a lady.—June Ladies' Home Journal. Prince Rupert's Dialikes Prince Rupert, the heir to the throne of Bavaria, dislikes the attentions of the White Rose league of England, which, because it recognizes the claims of the Stuarts to the British throne, persists, much to his disgust, in styling him "the rightful prince of Wales." Britain's New Halfpenny Stamp Great Britain has issued a new halfpenny stamp, green in color; a new 1s bi-colored postage and revenue stamp will also be issued about midsummer, when the stock of the present single colored green stamp will be exhausted. 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 sc 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 sad scene in a much more fitting manner than the seemingly cold-hearted return of the earth with a spade. AS TRUE AS GOSPEL Speak well of your friend, of your enemy, say nothing. He who says what he likes will hear what he does not like. A man's manners are the mirror in which he shows his portrait. If cheerfulness knocks for admission, we should open our hearts wide to receive it, for it never comes inop- UNOIA COPYRIGHT on personal, chattel and other securities. Everything private. Loans can be renewed upon payment of extension. Easy payments monthly or weekly. I. E. Business. 18-30 Business Manager. 211 4th floor. Des Moines. To John Leonard: Your are hereby notified, that the following described real estate, situated in Polk County, Iown, to-wit: Lot Thirteen (13) in Block Fifty four (54) of Stewart's addition to the City of Des Moin's, Iowa, was sold for the taxes of 1896 on the seventh day of December 1897 to E. G. Zellehoeffer; that said E. G. Zellehoeffer is still the owner and holder of the certificate of purchase issued in pursuance of sale, said and that the right of redemption will expire, a Treasurer's Deed for said land will be made unless redemption from such sale be made within nine days from the date of completed service of the sale. You will govern yourself accordingly. Dated this 19th day of September, A. D. 1900. E. G. Zellehoeffer. By Geo. Harnsel, his agent. NOTICE OF EXPIRATION OF RIGHT OF REDEMPTION. John Harmon: John Harrison: You hereby notified, that the following described real estate, situated in Polk County, Iowa, to-wit: Lot Sixty-two (50) in Gray's Subdivision of Lot fifty (50) and part of Lot Sixty-two (62) of Brooks & Company's addition, being included in and forming a part of the City of Sixty-two, sold the taxes of 1890 on the Sixth day of December, 1897 to Daniel T. Patton; that said Daniel T. Patton is still the owner and holder of the certificate of purchase issued in pursuance of sale, and the right of redemption will expire, and a Treasurer's Deed for said Land will be made unless redemption is obtained ninety days from the date of completed service of this notice. You will govern yourself accordingly. Dated this 17th day of October, A.D. 1900. Daniel T. Patton. NOTICE OF EXPIRATION OF RIGHT OF REDEMPTION. To E. Switzer: O. E. Switzer. He may notify, that the follo- lowing described real estate, situated in Polk County, Iowa, to-wit; Lot One (1) in block Six (6) of Foundry addition, being included in and form- ing at part of the City of Des Moines, Iowa, was sold for the taxes of 1896 on the seventh day of December 1897 to Daniel T. Patton; that said Daniel T. Patton is still the owner and holder of the certificate of purchase issued in pursuance of sale, and that the right of re- demption will expire, and a Treasurer's Deed for said land will be made unless redemption from such sale be made within ninety days from the date of completed service of this notice. You will govern yourself accordingly. Dated this 16th day of April, A. D. Burge, Harmarng his agent NOTICE OF EXPIRATION OF RIGHT OF REDEMPTION. To Lottie M. Dinge and Emma B. Dinge: You are hereby notified, that the following described real estate, situated in Polk County, Iowa, to-wit: Lot Eight (8) in Glenwood, Iowa, being the former home of the City of Des Moines, Iowa, was sold for the taxes of 1896 on the seventh day of December, 1897 to Daniel T. Patton; that said Daniel T. Patton is still the owner and holder of the certificate of purchase issued in pursuance of said sale, and that the land will be sold to T. Treasurer's Deed for land will be made unless redemption from such sale be made within ninety days from the date of completed service of this notice. You will govern yourself accordingly. Dated this 16th day of October, A. D. 10th, Daniel T. Patton. Rg Geo. Harnack, his agent M. K. & T. REDUCES RATES IN INDIAN TERRITORY. Every since the construction of the M. K. & T. Ry. through the Indian Territory its local passenger rate between stations in the Indian Territory has been on the basis of five cents a mile. The customary rate of passenger fares on railroads, except in sparsely settled country, is three cents a mile. The population of the Indian Territory during the past few years has grown rapidly; there has been a large increase in passenger traffic on this account, and the Katy officials, recognizing the wants of the people and the justice of so doing, have voluntarily arranged to reduce the local passenger rate to a basis of three cents a mile. This reduction will take place on or about November first. There will be great rejoicing among the residents along the line of the M. K. & T CONTENTMENT IS BETTER THAN RICHES. But man is so constituted—has still so much of the animal in him—that contentment depends not a little upon his food. To make a man thoroughly dissatisfied with his life and lot, give him bread made from moldy or ill prepared flour. Write "contentment" on his face by baking only "FAL-CON" flour—always pure and clean and made with care. Milled only by SHANNON & MOTT Co. DE MONIES, IOWA. NOTICE TO REDEEM FROM TAX SALE. State of Iowa, Polk County, ss: To Ellis Bennett: You hereby notify that on the 7th day of December, A. D. 1897 the following described real estate, situated in Polk county, Iowa, was sold for the taxes for the year 1896, which real estate is described as follows, to-wit: Lot twenty-one (21) Twinings Addition now forming a part of the city of Dewey, that the same was, at such sale, purchased by Guy Hunter and a certificate issued to him by the Treasurer of Polk county, Iowa, and by the said Hunter the certificate was duly assigned. I, Wallace J. Berry am now the owner and holder of the certificate, and the right of redemption will expire on the 7th day of December, that property will be made, unless redemption from such sale be made within ninety days from the completed service hereof. Wallace J. Berry, Lawful holder and owner of said certificate. NOTICE TO BEDBEM FROM TAX SALE State of Iowa, Polk County, ss: To Geo. A. Danner: You are here: notified on the 7th day of December A. D 1897 the following described real estate, slushwater taxes for the year 1890, the taxes for the year 1900, which real estate is described as follows to witt: Lot Sixteen (B) Block Six (G) Fairview Addition to, and now forming a part of the city of Des Moines, Polk county, Iowa, that the same was, at such sale, purchased by C. M. Catcott and a certificate issued to him by the Treasurer of Polk county, Iowa, and by the said Catcott the certificate was duly assigned to J. H. Phillips, and he is now the owner and holder of said certificate and the right of redemption will expire and a Treasurer's Deed for said certificate from such sale be made in within ninety days from the completed service hereof. J. H. Phillips Lawful holder and owner of said certificate. NOTICE TO REDEEM FROM TAX SALE. State of Iowa, Polk County, as: To Geo. A. Danner: You are hereby notified that on the 7th day of December, A. D. 1897 the following described real estate, situat- ing Polk county, Iowa, was sld for the taxes for the year 1896, which real estate is described as follows, to-wit: Lot Fifteen (15) Block Six (6) Fairview Addition to, and now forming a part of the city of Des Moines, Polk county, Iowa. That the same was, at such sale, purchased by C. M. Catchet and a certificate issued to him by the Treasurer of Polk county, Iowa, and by the said Catchet the certificate was duly assigned to J. H. Phillips, and he is now the owner and holder of said certificate and the right of redemption will expire, and a Treasurer's Deed for said property will be made, unless redemption from such sale be made within ninety days from the completed service hereof. J. H. Phillips. Lawful holder and owner of certificate. NOTICE TO REDEEM FROM TAX SALE. To J. W. Morris: You are hereby notified that the following described real estate, situated in Polk county, Iowa and described as follows: Lots No. 7, 8.111, in block E. Des Moines Co. Addition to Polk City, was sold for taxes on the 6th day of November, 1906. Wilk is now owned by said J L Wilson, and the right of redemption will expire, and a Treasurer's Deed for said lots will be made, unless redemption from such sale be made within ninety days from the date of completed service of this notice. Dated this 2nd day of November A. D. 1900. J. L Wilson. Des Moines, Iowa. NOTICE TO REDEEM FROM TAX SALE. To E. W. Smith: You are hereby notified that the following described real estate, situated in Polk county, Iowa, and described as follows: Lots No. 9, 10, 12 and 13 in Block E. Des Moines Co. Addition to Polk City, was sold for the taxes on the 6th day of December 1897 to J. L. Willett. The sale is made so sale is now owned by J. L. Willett and the right of redemption will expire, and a Treasurer's Deed for said lots will be made, unless redemption from such sale be made within ninety days from the date of completed service of this notice. Dated this 2nd day of November, A. D. 1900. J. L. Wilson. BURLINGTON ROUTE Makes a specialty of personally conducted excursions to California and Pacific coast points on Thursday of each week. Through tourist sleepers are run every Monday and Thursday, affording excursionists with luxurious comfort at minimum cost. For particulars address F. L. Gannaway, City Passenger R agent, Burlington Route, the Locust street Des Moines, Ia.