Iowa State Bystander

NOWA STATE BYSTANDER. PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY BY THE BYSTANDER PUBLISHING COMPANY, FIFTH AND LOCUST. MOOR STREET LOCK. IOWA 'PHONE 899. OFFICAL PAPER OF THE AFRO-AMERICAN PRO- TATIVE ASSOCIATION OF IOWA. OFFICIAL PAPER OF THE MOST WORKSHIPFUL UNITED GRAND LODGE OF IOWA. J. L. THOMPSON, EDITOR. J. H. SHEPARD, MANAGER. Send money by post, fice order, money order, express or draft, to the IOWA BYSTAN- sian Publishing Company. Communications must be written on one side of the paper only and be of interest to the pub- lisher. "Loveliness is the soul of wit," remember We will not return rejected manuscript, un- accompanied by postage stamps. IOWA'S LEADING COLORED PAPER CITY NEWS Window Glass—Dawson's Hardware. Mrs. Anna Hall is quite sick this week. Midway Coal, 212 W. 7th street, both Phones. Mr, H. O. Cummins was visiting in Omaha last week. Geo. H. Woodson of Muchakinock was attending Court here this week. The best Xmas present you can get in the BYSTANDER, one year for One Dollar. Oil Heaters—Dawson's Hardware. Mrs. P. T. Bass of Clive was visiting relatives and friends in the capital city this weeks. Mr. Chas. Richardson and family of Clive were seen in our city last Wednesday shopping. Subscribe for the BYSTANDER and make your $1.00 while the holiday is on. Henry Brown, who met with a serious incident several weeks ago is able to be up and out at work. WRITE The African Monarchs of America. They have something to tell you. Sioux City, Ia. Bicycles repaired—Dawson's Hardware- You will need some cards for the holidays. If you can not spare time to see to our office call up Iowa phone 913 and give your order. Mr. and Mrs. David Griffen of East Moines street, one of our substanti- citizens, were visiting their rela- tive last week in Marion county. FOR SALE—Ladies' oloaks, capes must be sold to satisfy mortgage. We early and have your choice, and we bargain. 220. East 5th street. The Masonic Lodge is preparing to have a swell banquet here Thursday November 27. The BYSTANDER printed invitations this week. They are meeting people from all over the state. Mr. T. Warren Stepp, our colored detrait artist of Clinton, has returned our city to work up his business. Anyone desiring to have a picture en- gage should call and see him, 510 third street. Lock Smith—Dawson's Hardware. WE WANT colored organizers for the best thing on earth for colored apple. African Monarchs of America, Bux City. Ia. The BYSTANDER has this week opened holiday rates. Anyone sending in $1.00 between now and January 10, 1901 can have the BYSTANDER for a year, and any regular subscriber ending in $1.00 can have a year's cuts on their subscription. GARVAN REMEDY Cures Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Male and Female Weakness. and $1.50; German Medicine Co. Des Moines, Ia. Joshua Strawther, electrician, 052 West Thirteenth street. Electrical repairs of all kinds. Medical, dental and surgical instruments a specialty. Dynamics and moters, light, etc. Give me a call. Skates repaired—Dawson's Hardware STATE BYSTA DES MOINES, IOWA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1900. 1012 CENTER STREET has opened a New Meat Market. Harries carries part of the meat and delivers to any part of the city. TO CORRESPONDENCE. Please send in your articles not later than Monday evening the 17th, as a holiday number will be issued earlier next week. Sleds, Sleds—Dawson's Hardware. J H. Mixon, Jeweler, No. 316 West Third street. Tunes Pianos and repairs Organs. The great preperation now being made by the Masons of this city indicates that their banquet to be given at Turner's hall, December 27, will be the swellest banquet ever given in Des Moines. Watch for the programme in next issue. The burning of the athletic park and a part of the new Auditorium together with several other buildings last Tuesday morning was quite a loss to Mr. Chase. It does seem strange that the Auditorium should catch fire twice in less than six months. However the rustleing quality of Mr. Chase has caused it to be repaired and it was opened Thursday evening. THE ELITE Restaurant, 314 W. Third street. Best 150 meal in the city. A trial will convince you. E. G. McAfee Prop. EXCURSION RATES FOR THE HOLIDAYS Via the North-Western Line. Excursion tickets will be sold at low rates to points on the North-Western System east of the Missouri River within 200 miles of selling station, December 24, 25, 31 and January 1, good returning until January 2, inclusive. Apply to agents Chicago & North-Western R'y. SECRET Fraternal Beneficiary lodge for the colored people only. African Monarchs of America, Sioux City, Ia. SUNDAY SCHOOL CONCERT The concert given by the A. M. E. Sunday School last Thursday evening was largely attended, and every thing proved very successful. The church was crowded by 9 o'clock. The programme was excellent considering the short time for preparation. In the absence of Rev. Phillips the pastor, Mr. A. J. Vaughn delivered the opening prayer. Than a chorus by the little urchins, followed by a few remarks by the superintendent, J. H. Shepard; then a recitation by Miss Jackson; a song, "America" by the boys and a mandolin; song, "The Blue and Gray" by the hard Harding sisters, assisted by four l.r.girl girls; recitation by Ethel Stewart. Then select read by Miss Sims, formerly a student of Booker T. Washington's school; a very beautiful solo by Ethel Bomer; a camp scene by Clifford Williams and Geo. I. Holt; a beautiful sung duet, by Mr. Douglas Miller and Mrs. J. H. Shepard. The closing piece was a song, entitled "O Restless Sea" by a double quart of young ladies. In fact space will not permit a much deserved compilent on each piece, yet the hearty applause proved this fact. Refreshments were served by J. L. Thompson's class, Future Hope. Skates, Skates—Dawson's Hardware. I have several small houses with 3 to 6 rooms that can be sold on paym and bargains. Stop paying rent an the money you are paying rent with, and pay for a home. Also have several nice desirable residence 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, A GREAT CHURCH RALLY. The extra efforts that the members and friends of the A. M. E. church are going to give next Sunday at their rally to liquidate the entire indebtedness, seems to be a success if weather is good. There will be rally services in the morning and afternoon at the church, and in the evening at the Y. M. C. A. Auditorium, where every body is invited to come early. Dr. A. J. Carey of Quinn Chapel, Chicago, has been invited to be present. WHAT SOCIETY AND CHURCH PEOPLE ARE DOING. Mrs. Geo. Gaiter gave a birthday party at her home last Monday night in honor of her husband's 32nd birthday. About thirty of their friends were present to spend the evening with them, and enjoy the elegant supper that was served. Rev. Mrs. L. J. Phillips spent last Sunday at Saylor. It seems as though that some of the young ladies that are giving parties invite only members of the gentle sex, but the young men are more generous with their invitations, they include both men and women. Miss Cora Smith will entertain a few friends this month. A surprise party was given last night by Mrs. Joseph Wyatt in honor of her husband's 24th birthday, at their home Nineteenth and Center streets. About six couples of their friends were present to spend the evening with them. Rev. J. W. Heath has returned from Oskaloosa. HELP THE GALVESTON RELIKE 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. (Meention Iowa state Bystander.) TO THE FRIENDS OF THE LADIEST PLEASURE CLUB. We, the undersigned members of the Lady's Pleasure club, in contradiction to the statement which appeared in last week's issue of the Bystander, and in our own vindication wish to state that said statement in its entirety is a tissue of malicious falsehoods. We do not aspire to newspaper notoriety, but simply wish to give the public our side of the case. On the evening of November 26, after a meeting of the club held at Mrs. J. H. Soward's, we went to the home of Mrs. J. D. Hardin's and told her and the other members of the club who were assembled there that, after having considered the way in which they had carried everything in the meeting, they being in the majority, without listening to our disentaining voices, we desired to resign and would like to have our part of the money, amounting to $2.25. They refused to give us the money and did not accept our resignation that night, neither were we notified of any meeting held later to act upon the matter. We met the next day and reorganized, and they, presumably, did the same. We claim that any persons organizing a club and desiring to call it by the above name had a perfect right to do so. Mrs. Harding, as president, took upon her duties that did not belong to her. Instead of appointing a committee to see about getting the necessaries for our Thanksgiving dinner, she came to Mrs. Sowards, the treasurer, and demanded the entire sum, and we can in all truth say that we do not know what became of our money. The difference between the club members arose from the president talking about two of the members and inciting me to think indifferently of them, even planning a test to which one was to be subjected, but when the affair came to a test she retracted everything, and although the two persons were not present when these things were talked over, they chose to believe her and ensure us. They doubtless had good motives best known to themselves for so doing. We do not, however, think that all of the underhand acts perpetrated by them lately emanated from their brains, for we do not consider the soil sufficiently fertile, but the power behind the throne, in this, as in the other club, is a man around town, known as a meddler and a braggart. As a crowning act of treachery this other club, through their treasurer, a good representative for such a mission, stated to Mr. Hansen that we were not the proper class of people and even intimated to one of our members that those invited were of a doubtful class. And yet these people have intimately associated with us and enjoyed an exchange of hospitalities for nearly a year. Consistency, thou art a jewel. We regretfully ask those invited to the entertainment of the 24th to please consider the invitations recalled. Mrs. J. H. Woods, President. Mrs. J. H. McLain, Secretary. Mrs. J. H. Soward, Treasurer. A TOE CORN is a little thing, but the pain and grief from it is great. You have never used the EMERALD CORN CURE, or you would not have that corn. It cures hard or soft corns, bunions, calluses, etc. It leaves a new soft smoothie skin and gives you ease and comfort. 10e a bottle. SHELDON'S PHARMACY, 10th and Center Sts. BYSTANDER. Mi.s Ida Lytle died at her home last Saturday morning, after an illness of nearly six months, of consumption. She was borned in Nashville, Tenn., 1877, and has been a resident of this city since 1883. Miss Lytle was a member of the First Baptist church. The funeral services were held at the Swedish Baptist church, Seventh and Des Moines street, last Monny at 2:30. Rev. J. E. Bell, assisted by Rev. Bates, conducted the services. Her mother and sister and many friends are left to mourn her loss. DOES NOT WANT YOUR TRADE. There is a restaurant (or at least it is know by the name of Star Restaurant,) on Sixth Ave., opposite of the street car waiting room, that doe's not want Afro-American patronage. Oh they will serve you, but the service they give you is somewhat worse than nothing. Not many days hence a colored person went in there and he waited for several minuets before the man with the white jacket took his order. In fact the colored man was compelled to ask the waiter if he was going to take his order. His reply was "if you want me too," and he had taken two other orders and served them, and they had come in after t he colored man had. So we would suggest to all Afro-Americans not to go to that 2x4 cheap chop house, because their food is worse than an egg that has been in cold storage for several years, and then again they don't want your trade. FRED GREEN OF NEWTON PASSES AWAY. Fred Green, who has had a long and uneven struggle for life for over a year, passed away Tuesday morning about 10 o'clock. Last fall he went to Colorado and later to Phoenix, Arizona, where he spent the winter in the vain hope of arresting the terrible disease of consumption which seemed to have marked him for its victim. He returned home in the latter part of February. He was converted while in Phoenix and was baptized by Rev. R. F. Chambers on Monday last, the day preceding his death. Fred Douglas Green was born in Newton twenty-eight years ago last July. He was the only son of the late Jason Green, who died a little over a year ago. His family is one of the oldest and most prominent colored families in Newton. Fred graduated from the Newton high school with the class of '01 and the same fall went to Iowa City and entered the law department of the Iowa State university, which he had to give up in a few months on account of failing health. He was married to Miss Phoebe Lucas of Chicago April 13, 1898, and leaves a wife, mother and three sisters. Rev. R. F. Chambers conducted the services. A large number of friends were present. The floral offerings were numerous and beautiful. The remains wer laid to rest beside his father in our beautiful cemetery. MUCHAKINOCK. The A. M. E. church gave an entertainment and debate last Monday evening to a fair sized audience. The subject of the debate was, "Resolved, that the United States is unjustified by retaining the Philippine islands." Affirmative, W. H. London and A. Carry. Negative, A. R. Jackson and J. H. McDowell. The affirmative, according to the judges' decision, made four points to the negative's three. The banquet by the Twentieth Century club December 28 in Muchainkinech promises to be one of the grandest social events of the season. The club has a membership of twenty-six, with Prof. A. R. Jackson, of the famous M. C. band, president. As to the banquet nothing is being left undone. Every effort is being put forward to make it one of the greatest and most elaborate affairs of its kind ever held in Iowa among the Afro-American citizens. The parlores of the opera house and the Odd Fellows' halls have been engaged for the accommodation of those who will be in attendance. The various committees are actively engaged in making all the needed preparations. John T. Washington, chairman of the invitation committee, assisted by B. F. Cooper and L. Perkins, report that a goodly number of Iowa's leading colored people have been invited and have notified the committee of their intentions of being present. Mr. John Tolliver, Jr., of the arrangement committee, reports that a bountiful feast will be spread. A grand programme will be carried out, directed by Mr. Lin Willis, the music by the Willis Mandolin club and Prof. Jackson on the piano. Hon. Geo. H. Woodson will THOMPSON BROS. act as master of ceremonies during the evening. MARSHALLTOWN ITEMS. The Masonic anniversary given in Germania hall by Eureka lodge was a grand affair, both socially and financially. There is a good chance for good men with families to locate here. Work is good, rent is cheap. Any stranger that comes to town that wants to work can get it. There is some one using Uncle Sam to carry letters that is not just of the right kind. Better stop before you get caught. Mr. Frank Miller passed through the city a few days ago on a visit to Oskaloosa. He has returned and is going back to his old position at the glucose works. Mrs. Reed Wam has not been feeling very well for a few days. She is better at this writing. The revival meetings going on at the Baptist church are not very successful so far, the preacher is contenting himself with telling jokes on the deacon who drinks and those who dance. The packing house is running steady this winter. There are a great many people who read the Bystander, but don't think of subscribing for it. Now, why not? It is a worthy enterprise and published for our race. Now send in your subscriptions for the Bystander. In so doing you are helping to build up your race. Think of it? MT. PLEASANT ITEMS. Mr. Edwin Carter, after an extended absence, has returned to the city. He will remain with us until after Xmas. Mr. Ray Mason went to Burlington Sunday night. Mrs. Henderson Tansil was confined to her room last week, but is able to be out again now. Mr. and Mrs. McCracken, assisted by their daughter, Miss Myra, royally entertained the H. V. D. club and a few other lady and gentlemen friends one evening last week in their new residence on South Jackson street. Miss Bertha Hunt was the guest of honor. Misses K. Nora and Lydia F. Bartlett and Ione M. Mason represented the club with literary productions. Instrumental music was furnished by Messrs. Fitzgeralds and Sam McCracken, J. Dainty, elegant refreshments were served by Misses Myra and Carrie McCracken and Miss Oneida Hedge. After indulging in several enjoyable games the guests departed, being very favorably impressed with their host and hostess, as well as the beautiful, spacious reception room. The teachers of the A. M. E. Sunday school are preparing an excellent programme for Xmas. Rev. Miller preached a sermon to the young people Sunday morning at the A. M. E. church, which would have appealed to the most hardened sinner to turn their ways from darkness unto light. We regret that the Rev. is to leave us, and think that by his assistance and Rev. Ferribee's much good might be done in our city this year. Master Wilson Taylor of Chicago is visiting his grandparents on West Henry street, Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Taylor. Miss Bertha Hunt, after a pleasant visit at the home of her uncle's, Mr. K. Bartlett, on East Madison street, returned to her home Sunday night in Keokuk. All who met Miss Hunt were sorry they had not met her sooner. Mrs. Price of Galesburg visited Mr. and Mrs. Trimble last week. Mr. Joseph Arbuckle and family have moved from their farm northwest of the city to a residence a little nearer the city. Messrs. Will Burnaugh and Emerson Jones are on the sick list. CEDAR RAPIDS BUDGETARIAN. Died, Monday at noon, Mr. Henderson Forrester, at his home on Oakland, at the age of 39. His funeral occurred Wednesday afternoon from his late residence, Rev. Bass affixing. He leaves to mourn his loss a wife, two brothers, two sisters, an adopted daughter and a host of friends. Mesdames Ben Hawkins and Geo. Wade spent the day with Mrs. J. E. Milligan last Tuesday, it being the latter's birthday. A pleasant time was had. Archie Price left Monday night for Macomb, Ill. The Masons are preparing for an entertainment during the holidays. Miss Emma Oliphant expects to spend Christmas in Ottumwa. BURLINGTON ITEMS. Rev. Higgins preached a reveled sermon Sunday evening, 1 Cor. verses 10-42. The Christian Endeavor has a busi- No.26. Ches, Clocks, Jewelry, Silverware Christmas gifts at Bush and Walnut Sts. as the goods.Save time, trouble, money, extensive Holiday Stock. tited to come... and retail $2.75 per ton and room 405 Marquardt Block, Prompt Delivery. meess meeting Tuesday, December 11, after which there will be a social. The Sewing Circle meets at Mrs. Eva Mitchell's Friday evening, December 14. G. Tyler, president; C. Brooks, secretary. Sock Social.—This little sock we give to you. It is not for you to wear. Please multiply your size by two to place therein with care in pennies or in cents just twice the number that you wear. We hope it is imense. So if you wear a No. 10, you owe us 2 see. This social is given by the Mite Mission society December 18 at the St. John's A. M. E. church. The Estor Court gives a drill New Years and oyster supper. Those on the sick list are Mrs. Emma Reed and Mrs. A. L. Drew. We are glad to see Miss Bessie Reed take her place in the choir, after a week or two illness. The Masons give a dance and supper Christmas. Mrs. Allen entertained Mrs. Maniel and Mrs. King at 6 o'clock dinner Thursday evening. Mrs. G. A. Brown, Drew and Kinney spent a day in the country with Mrs. S. L. Tigg. There is a little orphan girl who wrote a letter to Santa Claus and I hope he will see her. Mrs. G. A. Brown entertained the Sister Ruth and Odd Fellows last Wednesday evening. I wish you a merry Christmas, dear Ed. Now, as the New Year is about to enter in, please subscribe for the Bystander instead of borrowing. Miss Zillie Howard, who has been visiting at Memphis, Tenn., has returned to the city. The oyster supper that was given at the church last Thursday night by Mrs. Ellen Morris was not very well attended, on account of bad weather. Mr. Rufus Brooks is very ill at his home on Fifteenth street. Mr. Sam Gentry met with a very painful accident. He received a very bad scalp wound. Mrs. Hughbanks visited at the home of Mrs. A. Drew's, en route to Fort Madison from Galesburg. Pev. Hunt was at Fort Madison last Sunday attending to his missionary work, and met with success. There will be an entertainment given at the Union Baptist church Friday evening, December 14. Subscribe for the Bystander SIOUX CITY ITEMS. THIS WEEK. Revivals will continue this week. A concert will be given by the Sunday school on the 18th at Sons of Herman hall, between Fourth and Fifth streets on Douglass. Rev. T. A. Clark and Jas. Washington have returned from Yankton. The A. M. E. pulpit was filled on last Sunday by Rev. Mr. Oakes of Morningside. Mr. Oakes delivered a very instructive sermon. The Zion Baptist church, under the pastorate of Rev. Mr. Coalson, is getting along very nicely. They have organized a Sunday school now. Mrs. Mary Wright died last Thursday night, after a long and severe spell of sickness. She was buried from the undertaker's Saturday morning, Rev. Clark officiating. Quite a number attended the funeral, showing their last respects to the dead. Quarterly meeting on next Sunday. Scripment in the morning. LAST WEEK The Thanksgiving dinner which was given at the church on that day, under the management of Mr. Geo. Washington, was a grand success, both financially and socially. Quite a snug sum was realized. And Mr. Washington deserves great credit. P. E. Bundy held quarterly conference at the church Tuesday evening, December 4, and he held quarterly meeting at 1ankton on the 9th, at which time Rev. Clark and Mr. Jas. Washington assisted. The choir sang out at Leeds on the evening of the 4th inst. The Zion Baptist and the A. M. E. churches have begun a series of revivals at the latter church. There will be quarterly meeting at the A. M. E. church on the 16th inst. Mr. W. H. Moulden returned to St. Paul Sunday morning, after a pleasant visit in the city. Mr. and Mrs. G. C. Young came up from LeMars and spent Thanksgiving day, returning next morning. Mr. Young expects to return to Sioux City about the first of January to locate. The Young Men's club gave another one of their dances on the 28th. The Afro-American Monarchs gave a grand ball at W. 0. W. hall on Thanksgiving night. Look for the S. S. concert soon. IOWA STATE BYSTANDER. PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY BY THE BYRANCER PUBLISHING COMPANY, FIFTH AND LOCUST, MOUNTAIN 6040, BLOCK, IOWA, PHONE 909. OFFICIAL PAPER OF THE AYRO-AMERICAN PHOTO- TATIVE ASSOCIATION OF IOWA. OFFICIAL PAPER OF THE MOST WORSHIPFUL UNITED GRAND LOCUS OF IOWA, A P. & A. M. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. One year. Three months. Three months. All subscription payable in advance. J. L. THOMPSON, EDITOR. J. H. SHEPARD, MANAGER. Send money by post, face order, money order, or draft, to the Iowa STATE BYSTAN- SIS Publishing Company. One medications must be written on one side of the paper only and be of interest to the pub- lisher. "Liquidity is the soul of wit," remember We will not return rejected manuscript, un- accompanied by postage stamps. IOWA'S LEADING COLORED PAPER. CITY NEWS Window Glass—Dawson's Hardware. Mrs. Anna Hall is quite sick this week. Midway Coal, 212 W. 7th street, both Phones. Mr. H. O. Cummins was visiting in Omaha last week. Geo. H. Woodson of Muchakinock was attending Court here this week. The best Xmas present you can get in the BYSTANDER, one year for One Dollar. Mr. P. T. Bass of Clive was visiting relatives and friends in the capital city this weeks. Mr. Chas. Richardson and family of Clive were seen in our city last Wednesday shopping. Subscribe for the BYSTANDER and make your $1.00 while the holiday is in on. Henry Brown, who met with a seri-accident several weeks ago is able to up and out at work. WRITE The African Monarchs of America. They have something to tell in Sioux City, Ia. Bicycles repaired—Dawson's Hard use. You will need some cards for the days. If you can not spare time to go to our office call up Iowa phone and give your order. Mr. and Mrs. David Griffen of East Moines street, one of our substantiates, were visiting their rela- last week in Marion county. FOR SALE—Ladies' oloaks, oapes must be sold to satisfy mortgage. We early and have your choice, and a bargain. 220, East 5th street. The Masonic Lodge is preparing to a swell banquet here Thursday number 27. The BYSTANDER printed invitations this week. They are eating people from all over the Mr. T. Warren Stepp, our colored artist of Clinton, has returned our city to work up his business. Some desiring to have a picture enlarge should call and see him, 510 and street. Jack Smith—Dawson's Hardware. WE WANT colored organizers for the best thing on earth for colored people. African Monarchs of America, our City. Ia. THE BISTANDER has this week opened holiday rates. Anyone sending in $1.00 between now and January 1901 can have the BISTANDER for a year, and any regular subscriberiding in $1.00 can have a year's cuts on their subscription. German Remedy Cures Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Male and Female Weakness, and $1.50; German Medicine Co. Des- boines, Ia. Joshua Strawther, electrician, 052 West thirteenth street. Electrical re- mains of all kinds. Medical, dental and surgical instruments a specialty. Dynamos and moters, light, etc. Give me a call. Skates repaired—Dawson's Hardware STATE BYSTA DES MOINES, IOWA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1900. 10 CENTER MARKET has opened the Market. He carries all grades of meat and delivers to any part of the city. TO CORRESPONDENCE. Please send in your articles not later than Monday evening the 17th, as a holiday number will be issued earlier next week. Sleds, Sleds—Dawson's Hardware. J H. Mixon, Jeweler, No. 316 West Third street. Tunes Pianos and repairs Organs. The great preperation now being made by the Masons of this city indicates that their banquet to be given at Turner's hall, December 27, will be the swellest banquet ever given in Des Moines. Watch for the programme in next issue. The burning of the athletic park and a part of the new Auditorium together with several other buildings last Tuesday morning was quite a loss to Mr. Chase. It does seem strange that the Auditorium should catch fire twice in less than six months. However the rustleing quality of Mr. Chase has caused it to be repaired and it was opened Thursday evening. THE ELITE Restaurant, 314 W. Third street. Best 150 meal in the city. A trial will convince you. E. G. McAfee Prop. Weather Strips—Dawsons Hardware. EXCURSION RATES FOR THE HOLIDAYS Via the North-Western Line. Excursion tickets will be sold at low rates to points on the North-Western System east of the Missouri River within 200 miles of selling station, December 24, 25, 31 and January 1, good returning until January 2, inclusive. Apply to agents Chicago & North-Western R'y. SECRET Fraternal Beneficiary lodge for the colored people only. African Monarchs of America, Sioux City, Ia. SUNDAY SCHOOL CONCERT The concert given by A. M. E. Sunday School last Thursday evening was largely attended, and every thing proved very successful. The church was crowded by 9 o'clock. The programme was excellent considering the short time for preparation. In the absence of Rev. Phillips the pastor, Mr. A. J. Vaughn delivered the opening prayer. Than a chorus by the little orchids, followed by a few remarks by the superintendent, J. H. Shepard; then a recitation by Miss Jackson; a song, "America" by the boys and a mandolin; song, "The Blue and Gray" by the little Harding sisters, assisted by four larger girls; recitation by Ethel Stewart. Then select read by Miss Sims, formerly a student of Booker T. Washington's school; a very beautiful solo by Ethel Homer; a camp scene by Clifford Williams and Geo. I. Holt; a beautiful sung duet, by Mr. Douglas Miller and Mrs. J. H. Shepard. The closing piece was a song, entitled "10 Bestless Sea" by a double quartet of young ladies. In fact space will not permit a much deserved compliment on each piece, yet the hearty applause proved this fact. Refreshments were served by J. L. Thompson's class, Future Hope. Skates, Skates—Dawson's Hardware. I have several small houses with 3 to 6 rooms that can be sold on paym and bargains. Stop paying rent an the money you are paying rent with, and pay for a home. Also have several nice desirable residence 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, A GREAT CHURCH RALLY. The extra efforts that the members and friends of the A. M. E. church are going to give next Sunday at their rally to liquidate the entire indebtedness, seems to be a success if weather is good. There will be rally services in the morning and afternoon at the church, and in the evening at the Y. M. C. A. Auditorium, where everybody is invited to come early. Dr. A. J. Carey of Quinn Chapel, Chicago, has been invited to be present. WHAT SOCIETY AND CHURCH PEOPLE ARE DOING. Mrs. Geo. Gaiter gave a birthday party at her home last Monday night in honor of her husband's 32nd birthday. About thirty of their friends were present to spend the evening with them, and enjoy the elegant supper that was served. Rev. Mrs. L. J. Phillips spent last Sunday at Saylor. It seems as though that some of the young ladies that are giving parties invite only members of the gentle sex, but the young men are more generous with their invitations, they include both men and women. Miss Cora Smith will entertain a few friends this month. A surprise party was given last night by Mrs. Joseph Wyatt in honor of her husband's 24th birthday, at their home nineteenth and Center streets. About six couples of their friends were present to spend the evening with them. Rev. J. W. Heath has returned from Oskaloosa. 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.) TO THE FRIENDS OF THE LADIEST PLEASURE CLUB. We, the undersigned members of the Ladies Pleasure club, in contradiction to the statement which appeared in last week's issue of the Bystander, and in our own vindication wish to state that said statement in its entirety is a tissue of malicious falsehoods. We do not aspire to newspaper notoriety, but simply wish to give the public our side of the case. On the evening of November 26, after a meeting of the club held at Mrs. J. H. Soward's, we went to the home of Mrs. J. D. Hardin's and told her and the other members of the club who were assembled there that, after having considered the way in which they had carried everything in the meeting, they being in the majority, without listening to our disentaining voices, we desired to resign and would like to have our part of the money, amounting to $5.25. They refused to give us the money and did not accept our resignation that night, neither were we notified of any meeting held later to act upon the matter. We met the next day and reorganized, and they, presumably, did the same. We claim that any persons organizing a club and desiring to call it by the above name had a perfect right to do so. Mrs. Harding, as president, took upon her duties that did not belong to her. Instead of appointing a committee to see about getting the necessaries for our Thanksgiving dinner, she came to Mrs. Sowards, the treasurer, and demanded the entire sum, and we can in all truth say that we do not know what became of our money. The difference between the club members arose from the president talking about two of the members and inciting me to think indifferently of them, even planning a test to which one was to be subjected, but when the affair came to a test she retracted everything, and although the two persons were not present when these things were talked over, they chose to believe her and ensure us. They doubtless had good motives best known to themselves for so doing. We do not, however, think that all of the underhand acts perpetrated by them lately emanated from their brains, for we do not consider the soil sufficiently fertile, but the power behind the throne, in this, as in the other club, is a man around town, known as a meddler and a braggart. As a crowning act of treachery this other club, through their treasurer, a good representative for such a mission, stated to Mr. Hansen that we were not the proper class of people and even intimated to one of our members that those invited were of a doubtful class. And yet these people have intimately associated with us and enjoyed an exchange of hospitalities for nearly a year. Consistency, thou art a jewel. We regretfully ask those invited to the entertainment of the 24th to please consider the invitations recalled. Mrs. J. H. Mccain, Secretary. Mrs. J. H. Soward, Treasurer. A TOE CORN is a little thing, but the pain and grief from it is great. You have never used the EMERALD CORN CURE, or you would not have that corn. It cures hard or soft corns, bunions, calluses, etc. It leaves a new soft smooth skin and gives you ease and comfort. 10c a bottle. SHELDON'S PHARMACY, 10th and Center Sts. BYSTANDER. Mi.s Ida Lytle died at her home last Saturday morning, after an illness of nearly six months, of consumption. She was borned in Nashville, Tenn., 1877, and has been a resident of this city since 1883. Miss Lytle was a member of the First Baptist church. The funeral services were held at the Swedish Baptist church, Seventh and Des Moines street, last Monny at 2:30. Rev. J. E. Bell, assisted by Rev. Bates, conducted the services. Her mother and sister and many friends are left to mourn her loss. DOES NOT WANT YOUR TRADE. There is a restaurant (or at least it is know by the name of Star Restaurant,) on Sixth Ave., opposite of the street car waiting room, that doe's not want Afro-American patronage. Oh they will serve you, but the service they give you is somewhat worse than nothing. Not many days hence a colored person went in there and he waited for several minuets before the man with the white jacket took his order. In fact the colored man was compelled to ask the waiter if he was going to take his order. His reply was "if you want me too," and he had taken two other orders and served them, and they had come in after t he colored man had. So we would suggest to all Afro-Americans not to go to that 2x4 cheap chop house, because their food is worse than an egg that has been in cold storage for several years, and then again they don't want your trade. FRED GREEN OF NEWTON PASSES AWAY. Fred. Green, who has had a long and uneven struggle for life for over a year, passed away Tuesday morning about 10 o'clock. Last fall he went to Colorado and later to Phoenix, Arizona, where he spent the winter in the vain hope of arresting the terrible disease of consumption which seemed to have marked him for its victim. He returned home in the latter part of February. He was converted while in Phoenix and was baptized by Rev. R. F. Chambers on Monday last, the day preceding his death. Fred Douglas Green was born in Newton twenty-eight years ago last July. He was the only son of the late Jason Green, who died a little over a year ago. His family is one of the oldest and most prominent colored families in Newton. Fred graduated from the Newton high school with the class of '91 and the same fall went to Iowa City and entered the law department of the Iowa State university, which he had to give up in a few months on account of failing health. He was married to Miss Phoebe Lucas of Chicago April 13, 1898, and leaves a wife, mother and three sisters. Rev. R. F. Chambers conducted the services. A large number of friends were present. The floral offerings were numerous and beautiful. The remains wer laid to rest beside his father in our beautiful cemetery. MUCHAKINOCK. The A. M. E. church gave an entertainment and debate last Monday evening to a fair sized audience. The subject of the debate was, "Resolved, that the United States is unjustified by retaining the Philippine islands." Affirmative, W. H. London and A. Carry. Negative, A. R. Jackson and J. H. McDowell. The affirmative, according to the judges' decision, made four points to the negative's three. the banquet by the Twentieth Century club December 28 in Muchainkock promises to be one of the grandest social events of the season. The club has a membership of twenty-six, with Prof. A. R. Jackson, of the famous M. C. band, president. As to the banquet nothing is being left undone. Every effort is being put forward to make it one of the greatest and most elaborate affairs of its kind ever held in Iowa among the Afro-American citizens. The parlores of the opera house and the Odd Fellows' halls have been engaged for the accommodation of those who will be in attendance. The various committees are actively engaged in making all the needed preparations. John T. Washington, chairman of the invitation committee, assisted by B. F. Cooper and L. Perkins, report that a goodly number of Iowa's leading colored people have been invited and have notified the committee of their intentions of being present. Mr. John Tolliver, Jr., of the arrangement committee, reports that a bountiful feast will be spread. A grand programme will be carried out, directed by Mr. Lin Willis, the music by the Willis Mandolin club and Prof. Jackson on the piano. Hon. Geo. H. Woodson will 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. Your Orders Sollicited. Prompt Delivery. act as master of ceremonies during the evening. ness meeting Tuesday, Decem after which will be a so MARSHALLTOWN ITEMS. The Masonic anniversary given in Germania hall by Eureka lodge was a grand affair, both socially and financially. There is a good chance for good men with families to locate here. Work is good, rent is cheap. Any stranger that comes to town that wants to work can get it. There is some one using Uncle Sam to carry letters that is not just of the right kind. Better stop before you get caught. Mr. Frank Miller passed through the city a few days ago on a visit to Oskaloosa. He has returned and is going back to his old position at the glucose works. Mrs. Reed Wam has not been feeling very well for a few days. She is better at this writing. The revival meetings going on at the Baptist church are not very successful so far, so the preacher is contenting himself with telling jokes on the deacon who drinks and those who dance. The packing house is running steady this winter. There are a great many people who read the Bystander, but don't think of subscribing for it. Now, why not? It is a worthy enterprise and published for our race. Now send in your subscriptions for the Bystander. In so doing you are helping to build up your race. Think of it? MT. PLEASANT ITEMS. Mr. Edwin Carter, after an extended absence, has returned to the city. He will remain with us until after Xmas. Mr. Ray Mason went to Burlington Sunday night. Mrs. Henderson Tansil was confined to her room last week, but is able to be out again now. Mr. and Mrs. McCracken, assisted by their daughter, Miss Myra, royally entertained the H. V. D. club and a few other lady and gentlemen friends one evening last week in their new residence on South Jackson street. Miss Bertha Hunt was the guest of honor. Misses K. Nora and Lydia F. Bartlett and Ione M. Mason represented the club with Literary productions. Instrumental music was furnished by Messrs. Fitzgeralds and Sam McCracken, Jr. Dainty, elegant refreshments were served by Misses Myra and Carrie McCracken and Miss Oneida Hedge. After indulging in several enjoyable games the guests departed, being very favorably impressed with their host and hostess, as well as the beautiful, spacious reception room. The teachers of the A. M. E. Sunday school are preparing an excellent programme for Xmas. Rev. Miller preached a sermon to the young people Sunday morning at the A. M. E. church, which would have appealed to the most hardened sinner to turn their ways from darkness unto light. We regret that the Rev. is to leave us, and think that by his assistance and Rev. Ferribee's much good might be done in our city this year. Master Wilson Taylor of Chicago is visiting his grandparents on West Henry street, Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Taylor. Miss Bertha Hunt, after a pleasant visit at the home of her uncle's, Mr. K. Bartlett, on East Madison street, returned to her home Sunday night in Keokuk. All who met Miss Hunt were sorry they had not met her sooner. Mrs. Price of Galesburg visited Mr. and Mrs. Trimble last week. Mr. Joseph Arbuckle and family have moved from their farm north-west of the city to a residence a little nearer the city. Messrs. Will Burnaugh and Emerson Jones are on the sick list. CEDAR RAPIDS BUDGETARIAN. Died, Monday at noon, Mr. Henderson Forrester, at his home on Oak Hill, at the age of 39. His funeral occurred Wednesday afternoon from his late residence, Rev. Bass affixing. He leaves to mourn his loss a wife, two brothers, two sisters, an adopted daughter and a host of friends. Mesdames Ben Hawkins and Geo. Wade spent the day with Mrs. J. E. Milligan last Tuesday, it being the latter's birthday. A pleasant time was had. Archie Price left Monday night for Macomb, IL. BURLINGTON ITEMS. Rev. Higgins preached a reveled sermon Sunday evening, 1 Cor. verses 10-42. The Christian Endeavor has a busi- No.26. ches, Clocks, jewelry, Silverware ing Christmas gifts at Beth and Walnut Sts. as the goods.Save time, trouble, money, extensive Holiday Stock. lited to come..... S., and retail $2.75 per ton and room 405 Marquardt Block, Prompt Delivery. ness meeting Tuesday, December 11, after which there will be a social. The Sewing Circle meets at Mrs. Eva Mitchell's Friday evening, De- cember 14. G. Tyler, president; C. Brooks, secretary. Sock Social.—This little sock we give to you. It is not for you to wear. Please multiply your size by two to place therein with care in pennies or in cents just twice the number that you wear. We hope it is imense. So if you wear a No. 10, you owe us 20 see. This social is given by the Mite Mission society De- cember 18 at the St. John's A. M. E. church. The Estor Court gives a drill New Years and oyster supper. Those on the sick list are Mrs. Emma Reed and Mrs. A. L. Drew. We are glad to see Miss Bessie Reed take her place in the choir, after a week or two illness. The Masons give a dance and supper Christmas. Mrs. Allen entertained Mrs. Maniel and Mrs. King at 6 o'clock dinner Thursday evening. Mrs. G. A. Brown, Drew and Kinney spent a day in the country with Mrs. S. L. Tigg. There is a little orphan girl who wrote a letter to Santa Claus and I hope he will see her. Mrs. G. A. Brown entertained the Sister Ruth and Odd Fellows last Wednesday evening. I wish you a merry Christmas, dear Ed. Now, as the New Year is about to enter in, please subscribe for the Bystander instead of borrowing. Miss Zillie Howard, who has been visiting at Memphis, Tenn., has returned to the city. The oyster supper that was given at the church last Thursday night by Mrs. Ellen Morris was not very well attended, on account of bad weather. Mr. Rufus Brooks is very ill at his home on Fifteenth street. Mr. Sam Gentry met with a very painful accident. He received a very bad scalp wound. Mrs. Hughbanks visited at the home of Mrs. A. Drew's, en route to Fort Madison from Galesburg. Rev. Hunt was at Fort Madison last Sunday attending to his missionary work, and met with success. There will be an entertainment given at the Union Baptist church Friday evening. December 14. Subscribe for the Bvstander. SIoux CITY ITEMS Revivals will continue this week. A concert will be given by the Sunday school on the 18th at Sons of Herman hall, between Fourth and Fifth streets on Douglass. Rev. T. A. Clark and Jas. Washington have returned from Yankton. The A. M. E. pulpit was filled on last Sunday by Rev. Mr. Oakes of Morningside. Mr. Oakes delivered a very instructive sermon. The Zion Baptist church, under the pastorate of Rev. Mr. Coalson, is getting along very nicely. They have organized a Sunday school now. Mrs. Mary Wright died last Thursday night, after a long and severe spell of sickness. She was buried from the undertaker's Saturday morning, Rev. Clark officiating. Quite a number attended the funeral, showing their last respects to the dead. Quarterly meeting on next Sunday. Sacrament in the morning. LAST WEEK The Thanksgiving dinner which was given at the church on that day, under the management of Mr. Geo Washington, was a grand success, both financially and socially. Quite a snug sum was realized. And Mr. Washington deserves great credit. P. E. Bundy held quarterly conference at the churen Tuesday evening, December 4, and he held quarterly meeting at lankton on the 9th, at which time Rev. Clark and Mr. Jas. Washington assisted. The choir sang out at Leeds on the evening of the 4th inst. The Zion Baptist and the A. M. E. churches have begun a series of revivals at the latter church. There will be quarterly meeting at the A. M. E. church on the 16th inst. Mr. W. H. Moulden returned to St. Paul Sunday morning, after a pleasant visit in the city. Mr. and Mrs. G. C. Young came up from LeMars and spent Thanksgiving day, returning next morning. Mr. Young expects to return to Sioux City about the first of January to locate. The Young Men's club gave another one of their dances on the 28th. The Afro-American Monarchs gave a grand ball at W. O. W. hall on Thanksgiving night. Look for the S. S. concert soon. NOTES FROM THE CAPITAL Des Moines, December 14, 1900. State Treasurer-elect G. S. Gilbertson went to Chicago to be operated upon for appendicitis. Fletcher Howard received a telegram from him saying the operation had been performed and he was getting along all right. John R. Sage, director of the Iowa weather and crop service, has issued his annual crop report, showing the average yield per acre, total product and average prices of staple farm products in Iowa. December 1, 1880. The yield of winter wheat on reduced acreage as compared with former years appears to be 1,018,070 bushels—an average of 14.3 bushels per acre. The total yield of spring wheat is 20,280,280 bushels—an average of 14.3 bushels per acre. The average home value of spring wheat is 60 cents and winter wheat 62 cents per bushel, making the total of the wheat reviewed 12,799,371. The carefully reviewed data also showed the area of corn planted this year to be 8,618,660 acres. The returns of the harvest show remarkable uniformity in the output of the crop in the different sections of the state, the average per acre for the several counties ranging from thirty-five to forty-three bushels. There are sixty-three counties-credited with average yield of forty-three bushels. The total product of the state is 245,000 bushels. The average yield per acre is 40.3 bushels for the state; average price, 27 cents, and the value of the crop at that figure is $93,104,660. Fully three-fourths of the crop will be consumed within the state. Dr. R. E. Conniff of the state board of medical examiners admitted in an interview that the board would use every means to keep from issuing certificates to graduates of the Stull College of Osteopathy. At its last meeting the board postponed action, giving for its reason that there was too much other business on hand to consider the osteopaths, but Dr. Conniff said: "The board members propose to stand by the board to protect the public health of this state just as long as they possibly can. It is true there is a law under which the board is required to issue certificates to osteopaths, but there are also provisions which allow the board to provide qualifications that must be met before persons can be admitted to the practice of osteopathy and be convinced we should make every effort to apply our knowledge. They have begun mandamus proceedings against us in Polk county and threaten us with jail for contempt of court, but we are willing to let that come if necessary." The Des Moines & Northern Iowa Railway company, incorporated in Des Moines recently to build a road north from Des Moines through Boone and Britt, will build into Des Moines. President Reynolds and members of the directory board have authorized the statement. An engineering corps to run the preliminary state line between Boone and Des Moines is now being organized and will take the field at once. A number of the leading physicians of Des Moines have organized the Iowa Physicians' Hospital association and intend to establish in Des Moines a hospital and sanitarium for the care and treatment of cases of tuberculosis. They have secured an option to the theodore Park sanitarium, about miles north of state house and a half mile north of fair grounds, where the new institution is proposed to be located. The sanitarium will be devoted exclusively to the treatment of tuberculosis. It will be operated on a "broad, scientific and ethical basis." In the latter respect the institution will be the states. The physicians say no other institution makes a specialty of tuberculosis, and the "isolation" treatment is therefore impossible in them. At a meeting of the state agricultural convention Treasurer Ellison reported a state fair balance on hand of $28,616.61. Resolutions were adopted favoring the creation of a national park at the headquarters of the Mississippi river and the concentration of the control of the government forest reservation under the Department of Agriculture, Officers R. J. Johnson, Followup, visident, R. J. Johnson, Followup, visident, J. C. Frazier, Bloomfield; finance committee, T. J. Gilson, Knoxville; W. N. Ousler, Humboldt, and E. R. Smith, Fairfield; directors—first district, J. P. Manatrey, Fairfield; second, C. W. Phillips, Maquoka; third, W. C. Brown, Clarion; fourth, R. T. St. John, Riceville; fifth, S. B. Packard, Marshalltown; sixth, M. C. Lego, What Cheer; seventh, M. J. Wragg, Waukee; eighth, M. J. Wragg, Waukee; McDonald, Baird; tenth, J. W. Wadsworth, Algona; eleventh, C. E. Cameron, Alta. At a meeting of the board of directors Geo. H. V. Jhouten was re-elected secretary and G. D. Ellison was re-elected treasurer. Some men's political fields are po- rato patches only. London, Dec. 10.—The war office has received the following from Kitchener, dated Bloemfontein, Dec. 8: "Just received news from Knox, at Rouxville, that Dew Wet's force, having failed to force the Commassie bridge, which we held, trekked northeast, abandoning 500 horses and many carts." Capture Fifty-Two Men. Manila, Dec. 10.—Fifty-two prisoners were captured in the suburbs of San Antonio and San Benito last Wednesday by a detachment of the Thirty-seventh regiment. THE NEWS IN IOWA FAITHLESS HUSBAND A THIEF. Steals His Sick Wife's Money, Forges Her Name and Deserts Her. Marshaltown, Dec. 12—Sheriff T. J. Shoemaker of this county has gone to Ottawa, Ill., to bring back to this city a young man named W. O. Hedrick, wanted here to answer to the charge of forgery. But to answer to the charge of forgery he is offense for which, unfortunately, he cannot be punished under the laws of Iowa. With his bride of a month Hedrick came to this city a few weeks ago from Britt and secured a position as waiter in a hotel. Two days later Mrs. Hedrick was staggered to the dining room lower portion of her body and rendering her absolutely helpless. As Hedrick had no funds with which to provide medical help or a nurse, the hotel proprietor took pity on him and allowed Hedrick and wife to remain at the hotel, requiring no work of Hedrick except a few light jobs occasionally. Miss Anna Nicholson of Forest City, sister of the inn and innier City, Hedrick, arrived to cure for her sister. Realizing the desperate situation in which her sister and husband were Miss Nicholson wrote to her relatives in Forest City for financial assistance and in response received two drafts, one for $50 drawn in favor of Miss Nicholson and the other for $25 in favor of Mrs. Hedrick. In the same trunk, with $30 in cash which had been the property of Mrs. Hedrick before her marriage. On the 3d the cash, drafts and the faithless husband were all missing, and an investigation revealed the fact that Hedrick had forged the names of his wife and his sister to the drafts, had them cashed at two of the local banks, and then left for parts unknown. The latter was on the hands of the sheriff, who has just located the man in Ottawa, where he has been placed under arrest upon telegraph orders from the officers here. SHOOTING A MYSTERY. Mrs. Jeannette Broadbent Is Found Seriously Inlured. Des Moines, Dec. 13—Mrs. Jeanette Broadbent, a professional nurse, who achieved prominence in the Richardson divorce trial now in progress in the district court by testifying regarding certain damaging admissions by Mrs. Richardson and her by Mrs. Richardson concerning the paternity of the youngest Richardson child, was shot and perhaps fatally wounded in her apartments on the second floor of the Baker block. Mrs. Broadbent insists that an attempt was made to murder her. She holds that she she was shot and that she disappeared as soon as the shot was fired, and that the shooting was due to a desire for revenge on the part of some one because of her testimony in the Richardson case. She claims to have been informed that her life was in danger and says that she was shot by Richardson. Because of the circumstances surrounding the shooting the police hold that Mrs. Broadbent attempted suicide. MUST PAY THE PENALTY. Albia Negro Found Guilty of Rape of White Woman. Ottumwa, Dec. 14—Elza Booker, colored, charged with the rape of Mrs. Sarah Hoevel, a white woman residing at Albia, was found guilty. The crime was committed two months ago and occasioned terrible excitement. For time, a lynching inevitable, but in the end cooler head prevailed and justice was permitted to take the usual course. Defendant secured a change of venue to Ottumwa, because public sentiment at Albia was so strong as to prevent an impartial trial there. On the witness stand Booker testified that Mrs. Hoevel was by appointment, a palpable falsehood. It had the effect of causing Mrs. Hoevel to faint in the court room. DAILY NEWS WILL CELEBRATE. Des Moines, Dec. 10.—The Des Moines Daily News will soon celebrate in a formal way its success in attaining to 30,000 circulation, its regular issues being now about that figure. When the News reached the 50,000 mark, it feast to its newsbows; when 20,000 was attained in 1898 a grand business men's parade was given; and the approaching celebration is awaited with some curiosity, as the News is always doing something new and striking. The vast circulation of the Daily News of $1 a year, 75 cents for six months, 50 cents for three months. A BUSICAL GIFT Most Appropriate The song of song and gladness, and the gift fit for a queen—even an American queen—will be one of the wonderful high grade A. B. Chase pianos, unsurpassed by any other piano in the world. One of these marvelous instruments will be sent you on approval, direct from factory, on easy terms, and satisfaction guar- teed. Full particulars, catalogue and a beautiful souvenir, "From Century to Century," free this month on appreciation to the A. B. Chase Co. , Newark, Ohio, or their special rep- resentative, Mr. Nathan Ford, 1620 Sixth avenue, Des Moines. Attorney Called Down. Cedar Rapids, Dec. 8.—A sensational scene ensued in the district court room when Attorney Print was attacked by Mrs. Patterson for asking if she had not killed her husband. She hit him violently across the face and was finally dragged away, the plaintiff being the victim. She reprimanded for asking the question, as Mrs. Patterson was on the stand as witness. Farm House Is Robbed Waverly, Dec. 8.—The home of George Curtis, residing near this place, was entered and robbed of $220. Main Building of Agricultural Col- lege Needy Destroyed Ames, Dec. 9. The main building at the State Agricultural college was almost completely destroyed by fire yesterday morning. The north wing and most of the center of the building are in ruins, and the botanical collection, one of the most valuable in the country, suffered heavy loss. The total loss is estimated at close to $50,000. Two hundred men students, occupying the north wing of the building as a dormitory, escaped with their lives, fifty using the fire escape, but were able to save but few of their belongings. Practically nothing but the south wing of the building was saved. The fire originated in the boiler room of the heating plant in the basement of the north wing at 4 o'clock. It caught in a heap of shingles used as kindling. This was directly under the conduits through which the steam pipes lead to the upper floors. This created a strong draft and the fire was sucked up to the top floor. A moment later the entire top floor was in flames. By the time the alarm could be given the top floor was a burning furnace, and the fire was rapidly eating its way downward. Students were aroused from sound slumber as if by magic and rushed for the fire escapes half-clad. That all of them escaped without one being seriously injured in the panic is almost miraculous. Paul St. Clair, the fireman in charge of the boiler room, gave the alarm to the fire he discovered the seriousness of the fire, but the facilities of the college fire department were utterly inadequate to the emergency. The display of college spirit was magnificent, and it was the perfect discipline of the students which prevented more destructive spread of tue flames. Their efforts saved most of the $10,000 botanical collection, which was on the first floor of the north wing. The building which has been destroyed was erected in 1688 at a cost of $200,000. Repairs were made on it two years ago and it was in good condition. It was devoted to dormitory purposes and recitation rooms. TO MAKE TEMPORARY REPAIRS. Action of the Trustees of the Iowa Agricultural College. Ames, Dec. 12.—No attempt will be made by the trustees of the Iowa Agricultural College to rebuild the building partly burned last Saturday morning. The board of trustees in the college will be much. A committee consisting of Trustees McEldroy, Boardman and Hungerford was appointed to appear before the executive council next Saturday and ask that the college be given $20,000 out of the $35,000 state providential fund, and if this is not done, the college will be porary roof over the remains of the old central building, so that it may be used temporarily for dormitory and class rooms. A temporary building will be erected for class rooms, the plan being to use this for a machine shop or clay modeling room, so that no new central building is provided. The state architect will be asked to inspect the remains of the burned building, which has for several years been under suspicion for unsafety because its foundations are not properly insulated. It is somewhat insecure. It was only a question of three or four years when it must have been torn down in any event. The board is determined to abolish the dormitory system, but will do it gradually, giving time for its revisions. Because of students who cannot afford to pay higher rates for room and board. SHOT BY WIFE'S FRIEND. Jealousy Causes a Terrible Tragedy at Lineville. Lineville, Dec. 13.—Dick Crawford, while drunk, went to the residence of his divorced wife, broke in the door and attacked her. He then went to the room of James Perris, his cousin, boarding there, and attacked him, threatening to kill him. Katie Kerris Perris fired two shots from a thirty-eight calibre revolver, striking Crawford in the right side of his stomach and lodging in the muscles of his back. Crawford's physician says the chances are ten to one against his recovery. Crawford is under arrest, and Katie Kerris Perris received several severe slashes across the throat and face. Crawford was presumably jealous of Ferris. Mrs. Sarah Kuho on Trial Sigourney, Dec. 12.—The trial of Mrs. Kuhn, indicted on the charge of killing her husband, has begun in the district court. The man Smith, alleged to be implicated in the murder of Mrs. Kuhn, who is a handsome woman of 19, is calm and confident of the outcome. Preliminary Examination Waved. Indianola, Dec. 12.—Henderson and Berry, attorneys for murderers Hossack, charged with murdering her husband, yesterday waived preliminary examination, and she was bound over to a court by the grand jury. It is expected she will be released on honds within a week. Fort Dodge Convent Hursd. Fort Dodge, Dec. 13.—Fire destroyed the Sisters of Mercy convent and the Catholic school here. The inmates narrowly escaped with their Valnable Horses Killed Boone, Dec. 8.—Some valuable horses were killed at Ames by the freight train No. 26. These horses belonged to the Iowa Agricultural College. They had escaped from the farm and were on the Chicago & Northwestern railroad track when No. 56ame puffing along. There ten horses in the bunch and all of them were killed and cut to pieces. The different parts were strewn along each side of the track. The horses were valuable animals, none of them being worth less than $150 and the loss will probably reach $2,000 or $2,500. NEWS IN GENERAL What London Editors Think of the Senate's Action London, Dec. 14. -Commenting on the adoption of the committee amendment to the Hay-Paucefote treaty the Daily Chronicle says: "The news is very serious indeed. It means, in a ward, that the jingoes and anarchists in the States senate have triumphed" and that we are back again today where we were at the time of the Venezuelan imbroglio and President Cleveland's insolent and provocative speech. The Americans intend to fortify the central in spite of the treaty engagement to the contrary. We cannot possibly stand by and allow the Clayton-Bulwer treaty to be thus set aside. The good relations between the two countries must of necessity be gravely menaced. This is the outcome of Mr. McKinley's re-affirmation. Worse could hardly have happened if Mr. Bryan had been returned." The Daily Graphic remarks: "We have no doubts as to the result. Anglo-American statesmanship will find an amicable solution of the difficulty created by American jingoes. We fail to see, however, that the problem has been he got rid of without the mosquito territories reverting to Great Britain." The Standard observes: the summation of disgust "I is more of a bureau for President McKinney's executive than for Great Britain. England cannot possibly accept the Hay-Panecotefote treaty thus amended; and it would be insulting to the people and government of the United States to assume that they would either denounce the Clayton-Bulwer treaty without offering an equitable equivalent or contemplate the gross illegality of disregarding it." DISAPPROVED BY MILNER. He Does Not Like the Resolutions advised by Allington. Cape Town, Dec. 13.-Sir Alfred Milner, governor of Cape Colony, received the deputation appointed by the recent Afrikander congress to present to him for transmission to the British government the three resolutions adopted by the congress. In reply to the deputation's spokesman he said: "I shall forward these resolutions to the imperial government with my strong support. They were framed by clever men now engineering the present agitation and encouraging those who are carrying on a hopeless resistance." Of the resolutions adopted at Worcester the first demands the termination of the war with its untold misery, protests against the devastation of the country and the burning of farms, which "will leave a lasting heritage of bitterness," and declares that the independence of the republic will alone insure peace in South Africa. The second urges the right of the colony to manage their affairs and to protect the policies of Sir Alfred Milner. The third pledges the congress to "labor in a constitutional way" to attain the ends in the two preceding resolutions. A DAILY PAPER FOR $2.00. On December 28th, the fifty-fourth anniversary of the admission of Iowa into the union, the Daily Iowa Capital will be offered for $2.00 for the year 1901, by mail only. This is what the Iowa State University never be offered another year. You can also get the paper at this price if you are already a subscriber by paying up the old score and remitting $2.00 for the new year. Write your letter and mail your check for $2.00 to Lafayette. Young, Des Moines, Iowa. Send for sample copy and terms to agents. STANDARD MUST SUBMIT BOOKS. Nebraska Supreme Court Acts In Ouster Case, Against Oil Company. Lincoln, Neb., Dec. 14.—The supreme court has issued a formal order to the Standard Oil company to permit the attorney general to inspect the books of the company giving the list of stockholders at press time, and the books of the company was organized, the minute books of the company and other books and papers. The order follows the decision of the court a week ago, wherein it declared that it was competent to try the case of the attorney general against the Standard Oil company, in order to prevent the state on the ground that it is trust. The books must be produced before December 21. DEWET AGAIN ESCAPES. Moving North and Making Raids Up on Railway Stations. London, Dec. 13.—General Kitchener has cabled the war office as follows: "Knox reports from Helvetia that he was engaged in a running fight with De Wet, the enemy moving toward Reddersburg, where there is a column ready to co-operate with them. The Boers attacked a post near Barberton. The British (usualies were three killed, five wounded and thirteen taken prisoners. The captured men since have been released. The Boers raided Riverton Road station December 11 and they are being pursued." A woman who had bragged she "made" her husband, now seeks a divorce. Feeling Weaver's Candidacy. Washington, Dec. 13.-H. O. Weaver, chairman of the president Iowa state central committee, is attracting considerable attention here as a candidate for the United States district attorneyship for the southern district. He is vigorous campaign to succeed Lewis H. Miles, the present incumbent. Takes Treeps to South Africa. Cork, Dec. 12.—The British transport Manchester has sailed for South Africa with 700 troops and 400 horses on board, Prince Christian commands WASHINGTON CENTENNIAL Impressive Ceremonies in the Hall of the National House. Washington, D.C. 13. With imposing ceremonies the national capital yesterday celebrated the centennial anniversary of the founding of the seat of the federal government in Washington. The exercises combined a review by the president from the east front of the capitol and orations in the hall of the house of representatives, where a brilliant audience was assembled. By act of congress the day was made a legal holiday in the District of Columbia, the government departments were closed, business gave up, and the city gave itself over to celebrating the capital's natal day. President McKinley and the members or his cabinet took a prominent part in the exercises and with them were the chief executives of a large number of the states and territories of the Union, the senators and representatives of the United States Supreme Court, the ambassadors and ministers from foreign courts, the heads of the army and navy, and a great outpouring of the people. Although Washington is the scene of many celebrations, it is seldom that one has occurred here of greater brilliancy in its features or more impressiveness in ceremonial exercises at the capitol and at the White House. Early in the day the president received the governors of the states and territories at the White House, and the model for a new and enlarged White House to commemorate the bicentennial of the nation's suitable addresses. At 1 o'clock the president was escorted to the capitol where he reviewed a parade headed by General Miles, and including the full military strength of the capital regulars and militia. The capitol was decorated with a 3:30 p. m. and included addresses by Senators Daniel, of Virginia, and McComas, of Maryland; Representative Payne, of New York, and Richardson, of Tennessee, and a notable historic oration by Senator Hoar of Massachusetts. A reception by the governor of the states at the Corcoran art gallery last night closed the festivities. Twenty-seven governors and four ex-governors with their ladies attended the reception given by the president in the morning at the executive mansion. The rooms were tastefully decorated with flowers and foliage plants. The Marine band furnished the music. The presentation was given by the dignitary ham. Gov. Shaw of Iowa delivered an address upon "The Development of the States During the Century 1800-1900." ALLIES AT LAST AGREE Joint Note Signed by Representatives of the Powers. London, Dec. 13.—The negotiations of the powers in regard to a joint China note have been concluded satisfactorily, all agreeing to the conditions identically as outlined by Count von Buelow, the imperial chancellor of Germany, on November 10, with the exception of an introductory clause saying the demands were irrevocable, which was eliminated. The Peking correspondent of the Daily Mail, wiring Tuesday and confirming the reports of the agreement as to the collective note, says that a committee of representatives of the powers has been chosen to regulate the conferences with the Chinese plenumentariens. ILLINOIS TRUST LAW IS DEFINED. Portions of the Law Declared to be Unconstitutional. Chicago, Dec. 13.—Judges Tuley, Waterman and Dunne, of the circuit court, sitting en bane, handed down a decision in corporation cases involving the constitutionality of the anti-trust laws of Illinois, in which the court ruled that corporations in Illinois must continue to make affidavits to the secretary of state that they are on no way to comply with any trust or deception in strain of trade. The decision in effect sustains the section of the anti-trust law which compels the filing under penalty of an affidavit from each corporation that it is innocent of connection with the trust. Section 1 of the anti-trust act, as amended, which describes and defines trusts, is held to be unconstitutional by two of the judges, but the court is unanimous in declaring the unanimous section, providing for the filing of a complaint, notwithin the section. The decision involves the enforcement of fines of $50 on nearly eight hundred Illinois corporations which refused to file affidavits with the secretary of state as required by law. MRS. DEWEY A MILLIONAIRE. Death of Her Mother, Mrs. McLean, Makes Her Very Wealthy. Washington, Dec. 12.—Admiral Dewey's wife is now a millionaire, according to a report concerning the will of Mrs. Washington McLean, Mrs. Dewey's mother, who died suddenly of heart disease early Sunday morning at her home here. The estate of Mrs. McLean is at valued $2,000,000. She left three children, Mrs. Dewey, Mrs. Ludlow and John R. McCauley. She is also a "military enquirer. When W. McLean Mrs. Dewey's faith, not, she received a large amount of property, and this, added to that to which she now has fallen heir to, has increased her fortune to $1,000,000. United States as a Power. Berlin, Dec. 11.—The National Zeitung devotes its first page to a carefully prepared editorial dealing with the United States as a world power. After pointing out the enormous progress, economically and politically, of America in the world's affairs, the editorial declares, that in both respects the United States is arrayed against Europe. Boers Capture British Sheep. Johannesburg, Aug. 11. The Boers have set aside 17,000 troops from a small detachment of British troops in the vicinity of Krugersdorp. Washington, Dec. 7.—Senate—in executive session, the senate agreed to vote, and endment offered by the senate, on foreign relations paired with the police on Thursday at no clock. An amendment was offered by Senator Teller, striking out the trenty prohibition against the fortification of the Nicaragua canal when constructed. Senator Aguilar, senator, speech and Teller smoke for two hours in opposition to the trenty. House.—The house passed the Grout oleomargarine bill by a vote of 196 to 92. The substitute offered by the minority of the committee on agriculture which imposed additional restrictions on the sale of oleomargarine placed its fraudulent sale as butter and increased the penalties for violations, was defeated by a vote of 113 to 178. The bill as passed makes all articles known as oleomargarine, butterline, imitate butter or imitated ceseed transported into any state or territory for consumer use. The power of such state or territory, but prevents any state or territory from prohibiting the transportation or sale of such product when produced and sold free from coloration in imitation of butter. The bill increases the tax on consumer of butter by a margin of 2 to 10 cents per pound and decreases the tax on oleomargarine uncolored from 2 cents to 1/4 cent per pound. Washington, Dec. 10.—Senate senate spent almost five hours in executive session considering the Hay Paunceforte treaty. Morgan took issue with Teller as to the purport of the first clause of the Clayton-peer treaty, claiming it applied only to Great Britain's right to fortify the Nicaragua canal issue. He was of broad length, asserting that the provision was of more general import as, he said, any one could ascertain for himself by reading President Buchanan's views upon the subject when he was minister to England. The declaration then made showed plainly, he said, that England had attempted to extend her rights beyond the immediate vicinity of the canal. Teller repeated his deed, that he was a United States should construct the canal, if at all, regardless of the English position and without going through the formality of ratifying the pending treaty. House- The debate on the war revenue reduction bill opened in the house today. Mr. Payne of New York, chairman of the ways and means committee, spoke on behalf of the majority, and Mr. Swanson of Virgina, chairman of the ways and means resolution was adopted for the appointment of a special committee of five members to investigate the death of Oscar L. Booz of Bristol, Pa., who died recently, is alleged, as a result of hazing, received while a cadet at West Point. This course was taken by the military committee, which reported the war department to conduct the inquiry. Washington, Dec. 13.—In accordance with previous agreement the senate in executive session took a vote at 3 o'clock today on the amendment to the Hay-Paucefote treaty authorizing the United States to defend its interests in the canal. The vote was taken by yeas and mays, sixty-five votes being cast in favor of the amendment and seyteen against it. The negative votes were held by yeas, Bryce Foster, Hansbrough, Lindsey Mansell, McCumber, McEnergy, McBride, Morgan, Money, Stewart, Tillman, Wellington, Wolecott and Gallinger. The committee amendment which was adopted, was a provision to be inserted after section 5 of article 2 of the treaty, and is as follows: "It is agreed, however, that none of the immediately foregoing conditions and stipulations in sections numbered 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 of this article shall apply to measures which are necessary to take for securing its forces and the defense of the United States and the maintenance of public order." In open session Hannu spoke in favor of the ship subsidy bill. A joint resolution from the committee on public buildings and grounds, directing the appointment of a joint commission to ascertain a feasible location for and probable cost of a hall of records to be located in the District of Columbia was adopted. House—The debate on the war revenue reduction bill continued in the house today. It was dull and featureless. How many of the diaries and calendars that are given at Christmas time ever do duty during January? Say the Treaty Will Fall. Washington, Dec. 10.—A number of republican senators conferred with President McKinley Saturday regarding the Hay-Pauncefote treaty. The president was informed that the original treaty cannot possibly be ratified with the existing sentiment of the senate, and that there is even doubt as to the ratification of the Davis amendment. The Teller amendment is regarded as acceptable. The president was earnest in advocating action on the treaty to pave the way for the Nicaragua canal bill. A Sacrifice To Conscience CHAPTER IV—(Continued.) He looked at the girl. She wore a stain gown of some cheap grey stuff, simply made, and a narrow white collars, but the gown nearly touched the door, and Enderby was astonished at the change the different garb wrought in her. She now looked a girl of seventeen. Her figure was very slender, but the grey gown showed soft, womanly curves. Then he glanced into her face. A slight color was in the cheeks, her eyes were soft and dreamy. There was something in the whole face wonderfully gentle and sweet, yet the mouth spokes of firmness and steady purpose. Enderby was the first to speak. "I hope your ankle is better now, Miss Lloyd?" "Oh, thank you, yes! It is nearly well again," she answered quickly. "I do not think it could have been a sprain after all. I bathed it with a lotion, and it is only stiff now. You see, I understand a little about doctoring you," she added, with a slight mile. "I am very glad," he answered. "And your father—how is he?" The girl's face quivered a little. "He is a little better than he was that night, or he would not be here now. But he is still very ill." "And the doctor you wished—Doctor Lyndon. Have you found him?" Enderby asked. His voice was hardly under his conduit as he put the question. She hesitated a moment; then answered: been to see my father, and says he thinks there is no immediate danger." "Perhaps he knows your father's constitution well? I suppose that is the reason why you were so averse to having a stranger?" said Enderby. "By the by, I know a Doctor Lyndon, and wonder if he is the same man. A Doctor Dundas Lyndon—a slender man, with brown hair, a good complexion, grey eyes, and wearing a beard." "Yes, that is he," said the girl, with a reluctance in her words. "Then you know him, Mr. —" Enderby started, then smiled. "Why I believe I have never told you my name. How stupid of me! It is Paul Enderby. I am a barrister by profession, and met Doctor Lyndon only the other day. Do you know him well, then? He is an intimate friend!" "Of my father, he seems to be," the girl answered slowly. "But I have not known him for very long. You see, we have been abroad— She drew herself up sharply, then looked at Enderby with a sudden fall in her eyes. "Oh, you must forget that, Mr. Enderby! Will you? I have no right to talk about my father's affairs." "Don't be afraid. A lawyer learns to keep his own counsel, Miss Lloyd," said Enderby. But a sudden chill had fallen upon him as the girl spoke. He stood for a moment silent, then looked up and spoke. "Miss Lloyd, will you answer me one question? Your name is a Welsh one; is it possible you are of Welsh descent?" "I think my mother was Welsh; but I am not sure about my father," said the girl. "You see I was away from my parents for a long time, Mr. Enderby. When I was quite a little girl, an aunt—a sister of my father's—took me to stay with her. My father was very poor then, so poor that he had to teach in a private house; he was a tutor, I think. Did you speak, Mr. Enderby? I thought you did. Then I joined my father later on, when—But I must not say any more." She looked into Enderby's face with sweet, childlike, trusting eyes. Enderby felt himself a traitor, though he had done no harm to either the girl or her father. This was the man, then! His vague suspicions had been correct. How strangely, how wonderfully Fate or rather Providence—had thrown these people in his way—the very man whom he was to prove guilty of a base and terrible crime! And Dundas Lyndon? Somehow, the thought of this man made Enderby's heart grow vaguely prescient of evil. What part did he play in the arena of human sin and suffering that he should be trusted both by Sir Henry Lennox, and by the man whose crime it had been Sir Henry's part to prove? Suddenly the girl's said: "Will you allow me to go up and tell my father you are here, Mr. Enderby? I told him how you had helped me, and I think he will see you." "I should like very much to see Mr. Logo," said Paul earnestly. And the girl left the room. She returned in a short time. "My father says he would like to see you, Mr. Enderby. Will you come this way?" He followed her across the dingy corridor, until she paused before a door and opened it. He found himself in a room much more comfortably furnished than the other. A bed stood in the center, with a white coverlet laid neatly over it; the room was as tidy and clean as it could be. Beside a small fire—the sun was shining brightly outside—stood a comfortably-cushioned easy chair, and in it, clad in a somewhat old and worn dressing gown, sat the mere shadow of a man—a thin, emaciated creature, whose long limbs and evident height seemed to make his emaciation more marked. His hands, almost skin and bone, were crossed on his knees; a paper lay between them. He turned his face toward the door as they entered, and Enderby saw it fully. It was a face that had once been a handsome one, gentle and refined; but now the bloodless lips, the hollow cheeks, the sunken blue eyes, the temple, over which thin gray hair kept straying, made it more like the face of a dead man than of a living one. A strange feeling of mingled pity and compunction moved in Enderby's heart as he came forward to the chair, "I am sorry to see you looking so ill, Mr. Lloyd," he said, as the sick man made a gesture to rise, bowing as he did so. "Do not rise, I beg of you." "Jasmine, will you place a chair for Mr. Enderby?" said the sick man. It was the first time Paul had heard the girl's name, and he turned to look at her as she brought forward the chair. Jasmine did not raise her eyes, but she must have felt the look she did not see, for a second blush dawned in her cheeks. For the moment she seemed a woman in the first glorious dawn of womanhood. She placed the chair, then almost noiselessly withdrew from the room. Her father glanced to see if she was gone, then he turned to Paul. "Mr. Enderby, you were very kind to my poor little girl the other night, and for that let me beg to thank you. We have few friends, my child and I. We are poor and unknown, and therefore friendless. For me it matters little, but for my child I feel sorry at times that it should be so. I sometimes wonder what would happen to her if—if I died. Yet surely God would raise up friends—the God who has never quite forsaken me, however low I have fallen." He spoke in a quiet, gentle voice—the voice of a recusee who is more accustomed to think than to speak; and Enderby glanced at him quickly. Was it possible that this man could be a criminal—this gentle looking, emaciated, and now evidently dying man, the father of Jasmine? Or was it as Sir Henry had said, that he was really insane, at least on one point? "I thought, from what your daughter said, M. Lloyd, that you had at least one friend," he said, determined to probe the matter as far as he could. "Doctor Lyndon." The sick man was startled at the name, and looked up sharply. "Ah, yes—Doctor Lyndon! He was my friend—once," he said slowly, "and now also, I suppose. Yet sometimes—What was I about to say?" he broke off suddenly. "Mr. Enderby, there is something in you which seems to draw my confidence; or is it that I have been so long exiled from kindly humanity that I am eager to seize the first hand stretched out to me? But at least you are kind and generous; so much I know from what you did for Jasamine. I should like if you would come to see me again. Will you? "I shall be very glad to do so," said Enderby, almost eagerly. "May I come on Sunday? I have more time at my disposal then." "Thank you," said the sick man faintly. He stretched out his wasted hand, and Enderby could not but take it, yet again he felt a traitor. Jasmine let him out. "I am so glad you came," she said in a low voice—and he saw a mist come over the soft eyes. "He knows no one, and sometimes I think, if only he could speak of what is preying on his mind, he would be better." "Then there is something?" Enderby said, holding the small hand with an unconscious close grasp. She checked herself again. "You must not let father know that I said that!" she exclaimed eagerly. "Good-by, and thank you so much!" "Good-by," he returned. As he went down the long stairs he wondered again if he were a traitor. CHAPTER V. "Do you think I shall soon be all right, Lyndon?" "I certainly think so; with care and good nursing, such as Miss Jasmine is able to give you, you will soon be as well as any of us." "I must get well soon," said the sick man, with a flash of passion. "Lyndon, I can't die and leave my child with this horrible stigma on her name. I have made up my mind to write to Sir Henry, and if he refuses to do anything then, I must tell the truth." Dr. Dundas Lyndon stood silent for a moment. There was no change in his smooth, freshly colored face; his light eyes were on the ground. Pres- ently he gushed them, and looked as his patient. "You must not tell me these things, old friend—you really must not. I am simply a doctor, and am doing the best I can for you; but I should much prefer if you did not speak to me of these matters. Now I must go. You will take your medicine as usual, and I shall call again tomorrow." "Lyndon," said the invalid, a little huskily, "you are too kind to me. How am I to repay you for all the kindness you show me—and gratuitously?" "Tush, man!" said the doctor—but an observant watcher might have fancied that he turned灵敏 paler now. "Is that much for one to do for an old friend? We have known each other these fifteen—seventeen years—since you were my coach, Lloyd." He went away, and Jasmine stole back to her father. There was a strangely cruel expression on Dundas Lyndon's face as he turned toward the door for a moment. "Yes," he muttered, between set teeth; "I am doing my best for you—and for us all—David Lloyd." Jasmine sat down at her father's feet on a low hassock. "The doctor thinks you are better today, daddy?" "Yes, little one. Perhaps I shall be better soon now, Jasmine. I hope so. There is the work I have so often spoken of to you to be done yet." "Yes, dear." The girl looked into the fire—they had always to have a small fire burning, even when the sun was shining warmly out of doors—her brown eyes soft and dreamy. It was strange how really little Jasmine Lloyd knew of her father. She had been, as she told Enderby, brought up by an aunt who lived in Cornwall, while her father, whose wife had died when Jasmine was very young, had acted as tutor in private families. Then, when she was twelve, there came a sudden summons for her. It came in the shape of a sea-captain, who brought a letter from her father. Jasmine was to go out to him; the captain would take care of her. She was taken to a wild, little-known place in California; there her father was making a poor living by schoolmastering the miners' children and conducting the "St. Jago Argus." She was happy enough in that lovely, warm climate of rich luxuriance and fertility; her father was good to her, wonderfully gentle and kindly. Then had come the upheaval of her life again. News had come to her father which agitated him terribly, and in a week's time they were on their way home. They came to London and took the shabby two-roomed flat in Burdon Mansions. Her father wrote articles on California for some papers. Then came the first visit of Doctor Dundas Lyndon, which agitated her father again. Soon after he was taken ill, and sent for Doctor Lyndon. That was four months ago. Since then he had been steadily growing worse, until that terrible night when the lives of Paul Enderby and Jasmine Lloyd came in touch. Her father had told her vaguely there was a work he had to do in England, and she knew, more by instinct than by anything he said, that some terrible cloud of disgrace or fear hung over her father's life. But she did not ask him to tell her what it was. She waited patiently until the time came when he should be willing to divulge it to her; and meantime she loved her father with all her heart, and trusted in him implicitly. She broke the silence presently. "Father, you know Doctor Lyndon very well, don't you?" "Yes, my child, he was my friend years ago." "If it were not for that," said Jasmine, slowly, "I think I should ask you, dear, if you really trusted him. I don't, father." (To be Continued.) Men's Shirtwaists in Rome. Whatever may be the ultimate fath of the shirt waist man in this country, he is already established on a firm footing in the Eternal City of Rome. Victor Emmanuel, the Count of Turin, and only two removes from the throne of Italy, has given the shirt waist his sanction, and all the Roman dandies have been quick to follow his example. The Count of Turin is one of the most enterprising and interesting young Princes in Europe. He has traveled widely, coming to this country in 1883 and spending a part of the next year hunting big game in Asia. In adopting the shirt waist for hot weather wear the count has made some startling innovations in the decoration of the garment. On one of his shirt waists the buttons are made of gold ten lire pieces, set in two rows down the front of the garment, beginning at the top close together and ending at some distance apart below. On another waist the buttons are made of black jet, each as large as a half dollar, and arranged in the sme way.—Chicago Tribune. Signaling the Bank Rate There is quite a mild excitement just now at the Bank of England because of an innovation at that venerable and conservative institution. A flagstaff has actually been placed above the building, and many are shaking their heads at the sudden giddiness of the Old Lady of Threadneedle street. The suggestion has been made in all seriousness that numbers might be placed on the flagstaff and the bank rates indicated from time to time by the height of the flag on the pole—London Chronicle. HEAD OF HOUSE Under Certain Conditions Prerogative May Belong to Wife. The headship of the house is a question which on first thought would be decided in favor of the husband, but a United States court in Virginia has declared that prerogative, under certain conditions, to belong to the wife. It seems that Mrs. Richardson, who lives in New Kent county, Virginia, conducted a store and was postmistress of the village. In 1898 Mrs. Richardson made an assignment. The goods conveyed did not pay off the creditors, and in January, 1898 Mrs. Richardson asked to be adjudged a bankrupt. She claimed $2,000 exemption under the "homestead" provision of the law. This Judge Waddill refused to allow on the ground that a married woman living with her husband is not the head of the house. Judge Purnell read a lengthy opinion reversing Judge Waddill. In closing he said: "Certainly there are decisions which tend to a different conclusion, but the weight of authority is to the effect that the wife is the owner of the property, where she trades as a female sole, and is the debtor, and the husband cannot and does not claim the homestead exempted, the wife, though living with her husband, may be alone, or jointly with him, the head of the family, and as such claim the homestead exemption." This opens out a new field of opportunity for the wife, and will be an incentive to her to become the providing member of the firm. Judge Purnell, in supporting the decision which he had rendered, went on to say that "when an intelligent, frugal woman finds she has married a man who, instead of coming up to the standard of a husband, is a mere dependent, who acknowledges that he is only a helpmate to his wife, obeys her instructions, pours his little earnings into her lap, acknowledges her to be and always to have been the head of the family, and leaves to her its support, it would be contradictory of fact and an absurd construction of the law to say he, and not she, is the head of the family." All of which is straight, common sense—Atlanta Constitution. A DELEGATE'S IMPRESSION. One of the ablest men in the ranks of organized labor in this country is Sidney*J. Kent, commissioner of the Nebraska bureau of labor statistics and fraternal delegate to the British Trade Union Congress, 1900. Mr. Kent is a carpenter by trade and is a member of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters of America. In the current American Federationist Mr. Kent gives his impressions of the British Trade Union Congress. He says that "20 years ago it represented a very limited constituency and a still more limited influence. Today it represents some 2,000,000 of workers and essays to give voice to the aspiration and appeals and protests of the tollers of the entire Uaited Kingdom. His influence SIDNEY J. KENT. today is indeed far-reaching. Many of its demands have long since passed into law or become the custom of the land, for in this body sits 12 members of parliament, probably some 60 or 80 members of city councils, and almost as many justices of the peace, or magistrates." In Huddersfield, where the congress was held, he found that not only does the city own its own water, gas and electricity, public parks, baths, street railways, etc., but like many other cities in Great Britain, it is entering into competition with the landlord, and up to the present time has built 180 workingmen's houses. Mr. Kent says "the deliberations of this body were marked by a dignity, decorum and intelligence that cannot be surpassed by any deliberative body that I have ever seen." Royalty Gives Old Tora The imperial family of Germany have a custom which is worthy of imitation. On Christmas day and on birthdays, when the royal children receive presents of toys, they are taught to feel pleasure in giving happiness to others by reviewing all their old toys and sending those they no longer need to the children's hospitals. 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The Kidd Drug Co. Eigl, Hiju, guarantee that you will not have periods or periods regular and bring them on promptly. 25 or 30 cents for regular and wholesale of J. K. Hairline. How the heart bounds with joy on receiving a loving letter from a dear one! Dippeps, Indication, all stomach and bowel troubles positively cured by Taher's Poplin Compound. Sample bottle seat by mail free. Write Dr Taher, Poorin, Ill. Who people laugh the loudest are the least apt to know what is the cause of their mirth. FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE One of the Finest Commercial Fruit Farms in Missouri. Situated in Howell county, Missouri, the famous "Lead of the Big Red Apple," near Pomona and Olden on the K. C., F. S. & M. R. R., immediately adjoining the celebrated "Olden Fruit Farm. The property embines 240 acres of the University timber lands, 40 acres cleared pasture, 40 acres grain and 320 acres fruit. The fruit consists of 16.000 APPLE TREES. 3,000 Ben Davis, 3,000 Black Twig, 3,000 Minkler, 2,000 Jonathan, 2,000 Rome Beauty, 2,000 Gano, 1,000 York Imperial; 8,700 7 years old, 5,800 6 years old, 1,500 3 years old. 13,000 PEACH TREES. 4,000 Elberta, 2,000 Salway, 2,000 Susquehanna, 1,000 Mountain Rose, 1,000 Family favorite, 3,000 other varieties; 5,000 3 years old, 5,000 6 years old, 3,000 4 years old. And a few acres in parks, plums, berries, etc., for family use. There are on the farm a superintendent's house, cost $1,500; 5 cottages for employees, cost $1,200; barn, corn crib, tool and wagon houses, etc., cost $1,000. One of the best fruit men in the country has had personal charge from the original clearing till now and has made the farm one of the best that time, money and skill can produce. The owner, a non-resident, planned and developed the place for a permanent home and occupation for a deliette. The latter has recently become a hopefulness invalid, and as the owner can not give the farm personal attention, he has decided to sell or exchange for property near his home, which he can look after. This is an unusual opportunity for someone who desires to engage in the fruit business on a large scale. For further information address PAYNE-KNOX CO., Main Floor N. Y. Life Bldg., Omaha, Neb. Retire within thyself and thou will discover how small a stock is there. —Persius. Don't Take Any Chances But use Maple City Self Washing Soap and preserve your clothes and your temper. Lucky is he who controls his temper. The only way to CURE diseases of the skin is by cleansing the system and purifying the blood: take Garfield Tea. It is the best blood purifier known. He who earns his own education appreciates it. Bleh. Red Blood. Moleley's Sarasparilla and Iron not only purifies the blood but makes new, rich, red blood. If you have skin eruptions, boils, abscesses, rheumatism or scrofaul, or if you have a run-down, tired-out feeling, try this remedy and note the prompt results. Ask your druggist. Some men's favorite perfume is a clove. PERSONALLY CONDUCTED Tours to California in Fullman Tourist Via Chicago Great Western Ry. to Kansas City, City and Santa Fe Route to Los Angeles and Southern California. Only line having new Pullman Tourist Sleepers equipped with wide vestibules, steam heat and gas light. One of those new Sleepers leaves Minneapolis at 7:40 a. m. and St. Paul at 8:10 a. m. every Monday via Chicago Great Western for Los Angeles and Southern California, via Das Moines and Kansas City, and reaches Los Angeles the following Friday morning. These tours are personally conducted by an experienced official, who accompanies the train to its destination. The cars are well equipped for a long journey and are as comfortable as the standard sleepers, while the price for a double berth is only about one-half. Full information furnished by any Great Western Agent, or F. H. Lord, General Passenger and Ticket Agent, 118 Adams street, Chicago. A good story bears repeating. Use Rose Blesching Blun, don't be deceived by fraudulent solutions. Sold by all grocers. To make ends meet always be methodical. Lane's Family Medicine Moves the bowels each day. In order to be healthy this is necessary. Acts gently on the liver and kidneys. Cures sick headache. Price 25 and 500. An envious nature is certainly to be piled. Some cough remedies hide a cough they drug it into silence, but the irritation stays in the lungs to cause trouble. Morley's Honey Pectoral soothes, heals, strengthens and cures thoroughly. The cough stops because the cause is removed. Price 25 cents. Ask your druggist. The people who pride themselves on being determined are in many instances only contrary. LOSS OF MEMORY is often derived from an unlocked for source—the Kidneys. Oderous urine or that which scabs or stains is an infallible proof that you are progressing towards Bright's Disease or one of the other forms of Kidney Trouble all of which are fatal if permitted to grow worse. reward will be paid for a case leadless, weakness, loss of 80 and urinary disorders, that cannot be bured by $50 reward will be paid for a case of backache, nerveness, sleepiness, restlessness, weakness, tinnitus, incipient kidney, bladder and urinary disorders, that can be caused by MORROWS KID-NE-OIDS the great scientific discovery for shattered nerves and thin impaired blood. people cured by Kid-ne-oids. In writing they please enclose stamped addressed envelope. S. F. Monk, Teacher, Fort Dodge. Mrs. Haluszer, 237 15th St. South, Fort Dodge John Kling, Carpenter, Independence, Mrs. Emma Huncock, 235 15th St., Dubuque. N. D. Nagle, $15 Iowa St., Dubuque. Mrs. Cuthbert, St. Charles, Dubuque. Ice Shaw, Ice Dealer, Fort Dodge. Morrows' Kid-ne-oids are not pills, but Yellow Tablets and sell at fifty cents a box at drug stores. MORROWS & CO. CHEMISTRY, Springfield, G. DON'T STOP TOBACCO SUDDENLY ```markdown ``` It injures nervous system to do so. BACO-CURO is the only cure that REALY CURES and provides great relief with guaranteed that three boxes will cure any one. BACO-CURO is vegetable and harmless. It has saved thousands, it will cure you As all druggists or by mail provide a box of boxes £5.00. Booklet-free. Write EUREKA CHEMICAL CO., La Cross, who Dr.Bull's Cures all Throat and Lung Affections. COUGH SYRUP Get the genuine. Refuse substitutes IS SURE Salvation Oil cures昆仑症, 15 & 19 cts. $3.00 W.L. DOUGLAS SHOES $3.50 UNION MADE M. B. B. The worth of W. L. Douglas $3.00 and $2.50 shoes compared to James Isles $1.00 to $8.00. WE USE FAST COLOR EYELETS FACTORY, BROCKTON, MASS. One pair of W. L. Douglas $3.50 shoes we sell more than two pairs of ordinary $3 or $3.50 shoes. We are the largest makers of shoes and $3.50 shoes in the world. We make and sell more $3 and $3.50 shoes than any other two manufacturers in the U. S. BEST $3.50 SHOE We have two brands: Douglas $3.00 and $3.50 shoes for style, comfort, and all the everywhere we have seen the world. They have to give better attitude than the standard has always been the best. We expect them for their many uses and can make them. THE HAWKEN MORE W. L. Douglas and $3.50 shoes are sold than any other make is known. THEY are the best shoes we give one dealer exclusive in each city. Take no substitute! Inster on having in Douglas shoes that will not get there for you, direct to your dealer will not get there for you, direct to your kind of leather, also, and with cloth, or my box. W. L. Douglas Shoes On, Brockton, Mass. PISO'S CURE FOR CURSES WHERE ALL ELSE FAILS. But Good Urine. Than Good. Use in true. Both by drugs. CONSUMPTION THE MIRACULOUSURES Have Already been Effected by the British Doctors at Rooms 204 and 205 Marquardt Blk. They are giving their Service Free for three Months to all Invalids who call Before Jan 12th Owing to the large number of invalids who have called upon the British Doctors at the office room, 304 and 205 Marquardt Block, and who have been unable to see them, these eminent gentlemen have, by request, consented to continue giving their services free for three months to all invalids who call upon them before January 12th. These services will consist not only of consultation, examination and advice, but also of all minor surgical operations The object in pursuing this course is to become rapidly and personally acquainted with the sick and afflicted, and under no consideration whatever will any charges be made for any services rendered for three months, medicine excepted, to all who call before January. 12th. The doctors treat all forms of disease and deformities, and guarantee a cure in every case they undertake. At the first interview a thorough examination is made; and, if incurable you are frankly and kindly told so, also advised against spending your money for useless treatment. Male and female weakness, catarral deafness; also cancer without pain or cutting; all skin diseases, rupture and all diseases of the rectum are positively cured by their treatment. Dr. J. Boyd, the chief consulting surgeon of the institute, is in personal charge. OFFICE HOURS: 9:00 a. m. to 8:00 p. m. No Sunday Hours. SPECIAL NOTICE—If you cannot call, send stamp for question blank for home treatment Our job department motto is prompt service, good work and low prices. A trial will convince you. DOGS WEAR SHOES. Alaskan Animals hold Up Feet to Have Shoes Ft On. In Alaska shoes for dogs have been introduced. The use of shoes for animals in the far north country is not merely out of kindness to the dogs. It is a matter of necessity, for one of the greatest dangers to travelers in Alaska is that the dogs which draw sledges or transport goods freeze their feet by contact with the ice. This sometimes renders the animals practically useless and leaves the traveler without means of transit over the fields of ice. Before the introduction of the shoes it was the custom to wrap the feet of the dogs in cloth, but this was a poor measure at best, as the cloths often came off, leaving the poor beasts unprotected. The cloths also interfered with the free locomotion of the dogs. Since the gold fields opened more dogs have been used and great speed in travel has become necessary. The dog's shoe was invented to meet the requirements. The lacings are at the back to give free play to the dog's legs. The wonderful intelligence of these faithful animals is shown by their readiness in talking to the shoes. They become so accustomed to them that they are uneasy without them. On the trail the dogs have frequently been known to come to the driver in the morning and hold out their legs to have their shoes put on. If the shoes happen to be laced too tight, they will whine and make their discomfort manifest, wagging their tails for joy when the laces are fixed to their liking. A Newaboy Evangelist. St. Louis has a newsboy evangelist His name is Earl Jamison and he is 11 years old. Several weeks ago young earl went to one of his neighbors and asked him if he could not use his barn for religious services. His request was granted and every evening since meetings have been held by the young evangelist, except on Sunday nights. Earl does the preaching and praying and leads the singing. His service continues about an hour and he generally has a fair-sized congregation. Those who attend, both young and old, are impressed by the fervor of the youthful preacher. Earl is a sturdy built little fellow, with light hair and frank, fearless manner. His serious men is like that of a white-haired judge. He is a good talker and can quote the scriptures freely. He has collected money during his evangelistic career for the famine-striker people of India. Honored as an Earliest: Carolyn King, daughter of General Charles King, has been accorded an unusual honor. Miss King finished her course at the Sorbonne in June, and then entered for competition in the Alliance Francaise, which meets every summer and confers its diplomas on such foreigners as can pass its rigid examination after attending lectures and submitting essays on several of the standard authors and dramatists. Molliere, Racine, Corneille, R. Rochefoucauld, and J. Rousseau were assigned to Miss King, and it was her essay on Corneille which was given first place unanimously by the judges. The Iowa STATE BY-TANDER will be on sale at A. F. Tervalou's cigar store, 2886 state street, Chicago. Some Women Futures of Budget Shops Six women and four men, accused of patronizing a bucket-shop in the Rialto building, were fined the costs by Justice Martin yesterday. One of the women, who gave her name as Maria Jones, attempted to leave the courtroom without paying the costs. Detective Wooldridge saw her and he pursued and overtook her at the door. He took her to a cell, where she was kept until she paid the necessary amount—Chicago Tribune. Diamond Polishing Tedium Work. Diamond polishing is a lengthy process. The workmen sit at long tables with their backs to the light and have in front of them small iron wheels revolving with terrible rapidity—1,500 times a minute. The rounded diamonds are dipped in oil and diamond dust, soldered to a handle and placed against the wheel. The many sides of the stone are given here and it is a tedious process. Barnatry Case Is Not Fushed. When the charge of barraty, which means the encouragement of lawsuits made by W. Van Kirk against Attorney Robert E. Cantwell came up for hearing before Justice Severson yesterday a nonsuit was entered by the complainant. Cantwell, it is said, advertised to conduct bankruptcy cases free of charge for any city employees who were in debt to money lenders.—Chicago Journal. Bound to Join the Army: A recruit for the British army was taken to be sworn in recently by the magistrate. Everything was going swimmingly till the magistrate asked the man, "Have you ever been in prison?" At this the man looked startled, but quickly recovering himself, he blurted out, "No, sir, I have never been in jail, but I don't mind doing a few days if you think it necessary." A Kaffr Newspaper. It is not generally known that the Kaffirs of south Africa, popularly supposed to be a tribe of wild savages, publish a newspaper. It is called the Imvo and has for its editors Tengo Jabaire and Mr. Makubalo. Contrary to the reports of the leanings of the Kaffirs in the present war, the Imvo strongly sympathizes with the Boers. Clothes Brushes in Care The South Chicago Street Railway Company has introduced into its cars whiskbrooms and clothes brushes. These useful articles are placed in a small cabinet in the forward end of the car, within easy reach of the passengers, with an announcement beneath notifying travelers that the brushes are at their disposal. Nine Barrels of Stamps. A dealer has purchased nine barrels full of United States stamps, but this mammoth transaction has not created a ripple on the market. There are no Brattleboros, St. Louis, New Haven—nothing but plain every-day stamps, and the dealer intends to seel them by the thousand. They will come in handy to decorate furniture. Treaty Elm. A monument now marks the place where stood the famous tree in the environs of Philadelphia, Pa., under which William Penn negotiated the treaty with the Indian chiefs, of which it has been said that it is "the only one ever made without an oath, and the only one never broken." Tolkotl's Daughters Assist Count Leo Tolstoi is assisted in his literary work by his two daughters, Tatjana and Marcha, who have more than ordinary talent. "However great I may be or not be as a novelist," said Tolstoi recently, "I am much greater as a correspondent, because my two daughters write all my letters." Growth of Book Publishing. During the past few years the book publishing industry has increased, like all others. In 1897 and 1898 the industry was at a low ebb, less than 3,000 new books being put on the market in either year; but in 1899 no fewer than 6,000 books were published in this country. The feeling in Germany against the wholesale slaughter of birds in Italy is getting very bitter. This year very few swallows have come from the south, and it is feared that in a few years they will be practically exterminated. Gotham Might Not Approve It is said that Commissioner Peck hesitated to offer champagne to his guests at the opening of the United States pavilion at the exposition, "as he was afraid that it would not be approved in New York." A Billion Dollars Employed A good English authority estimates that $1,000,000,000 foreign capital is now operating in Russia in manufacturing, industrial, steamship and other enterprises. Prince of Wales Studying Law. The prince of Wales still pursues his law studies most systematically. He was chosen a bencher of the middle temple a number of years ago. Great Britain's Insane. For the last ten years there has been an increase of 2,000 annually in the number of Great Britain's insane. Do not throw your Christmas money away this year. Buy sensible presents that will prove useful to those who receive them. Our store is full with such. Never have we shown so much holiday furniture; Pictures, Lamps, Chairs, Rockers, Book-cases, Stands, Tables, etc., etc. All good in quality, correct in style and low in price. We would like to show you through the store. Welcome. CHASE & WEST EASY PAYMENTS. NORTH-WEST MISSOURI Maryville, Mo.—Editor of Bystander, please allow me a little space in your paper to let the many readers of the Bystander hear from North-west Missouri. We are stationed here, although our church is not very large, but we have as a fine a set of people as I ever met, and they are always ready to do what they can. The young people are exceptionally good. They gave us one of the finest concerts I ever witnessed and our white friend turned out and filled the house. The white people don't seem to be afraid of our people outside of school privileges they are more friendly to our people then the people of Iowa. We realized a very handsome sum from our Thanksgiving entertainment. We have a very good school and teacher. Your brother in Christ, W. G. RHINEHART, F pastor of A. M. K. church ALBIA NEWS. Miss Henerittr Jones has been learning the dress making trade for some months. Mrs. Ada Reed of Hocking spent a few days of this week in Albia with her parents Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Davie. Mr. and Mrs. O. Marshall passed through Albia Friday enroute to Ottumwa to attend the Booker trial. A number of the youth gathered at the home of Mrs. E. Grayson Sunday afternoon and had a taffy pulling. The number of colored people called to Ottumwa to attend the Booker trial are: Messrs. Ben Grayson, U. S. Jones, H. Snoddy, S. E. Franklin, Mrs. M. F. Ward, Rev. Searcy, and Albert Reed of Hocking. During the Christmas holidays the A. M. E. Sunday School will give an entertainment on the 24th, the House Hold of Ruth on 29. The Masons and Of Fellows will also have something going on. Rev. Wm. Searcy attended his charge at Coalfield this Sunday. KNOXVILLE NOTES. Miss Cora Smith spent Thanksgiving with her friend W. W. P. Bird. Mr. and Mrs. David Griffen of Des Moines are visiting relatives in the city. Miss Hallie Bird has gone to Hamibal, Mo. to attend the wedding of her sister, wha h will occur on the 19th of December to Mr. Fred Brown of St. Joseph. She will visit through the state for awbble, also Illinois. Miss Jessie Jeffers is on the sick list. Mr. Nelson Temlin returned home from Newton last week. Clarence Fields of the Parson's House spent Sunday at his home in Oskaloosa. Presiding Elder Bundy passed through our city last Week. Walter Sanders, a corporal in Co. D. Jst Iowa, died in San Francisco last week; will be buried Monday. Cause of death dysentery. FRASER The infant child of Mr. and Mrs. D. Jennings died Sunday and was buried Monday at 1 p.m. Rev. E. Roe officiating. Sympathy and condolence are extended by their friends. Mrs. Mable Coleman was confined to her room at her home last week on account of tonsilitis. Christmas is almost here and quite a few of our people are anticipating on spending it away from home. Mr. R. Payne has been sick with the tonsilitis, but is better at this writing. Rev. J. D. Underwood arrived in our city Saturday and filled the pulpit Sunday B. v. D. B. Dusenwood arrived in city Saturday and filled the pulpit Sunday. The entertainment given Monday night was not very well attended. Wake up Saylor, you are doing pretty well, but we believe that you can afford more items in such a popular place. NERVOUS WEAKNESS CURED. VIRTUMA is a French treatment for both sexes that is positively guaranteed to cure IMPOTENCY viability and vigor, restoring the desires, ambitions and aspirations of youth and health, fitting for success and happiness in business, a professional social and medical life, a package of 85 Ask your drugstuff, but refuse cheap substitutes. Sent anywhere prepaid on receipt of price and guaranteed by the Kidd Drug Company, Eigin, Illinois. Retail and wholesale by J. T. Hurburt Baby Giggles you want what you want SAYLOR Card of Thanks Mr. Editor please allow me space in your people to thank the good people of Saylor and Marquisville for their donation to me while my stay with them in their meeting. Yours for the cause of Christ and the uplifting of humanity. REV. J. O. R. WINBUSH. The Best Plaster. A piece of fandel dampened with Chamberlain's Pain Balm and bound to the effected parts is superior to any plaster. When troubled with lame back or pains in the side or chest, give give it a trial and you are certain to be more than pleased with the prompt relief which it affords. Pain Balmalso cures rheumatism. One application gives relief. For sale by all Druggists EXCURSION RATES TO WINTER RESORTS Via the North-Western Line. Excursion tickets are sold daily, with favorable time limits, to numerous points in the West and South at reduced rates. For tickets and full information, apply to agents Chicago & North-Western RY. NEWTON NOTES. (Last week's communication.) Mr. Henry Robinson of Ottumwa spent Thanksgiving with Miss Hattie Maves. The entertainment at the church Thursday evening was very good, as everyone made an effort to have a good programme. Miss Mae Mayes of this city and Mr. F. S. Terry of Boone were married last Wednesday. The bride has many friends in this city, who wish them success in their married life. Mr. Henry Welton continues to be very happy. Miss Clara Miller entertained a few friends last Friday evening. A good time is reported. Mrs. Amanda Wright of Chariton is visiting her sister-in-law, Mrs. Jasen Green. Miss Amber Moore was on the sick list last week. Mesdames Battles of Colfax and Daniels of Chicago and Messrs. Wm. Childs of Monroe, J. B. Lucas of Grinnell and Geo. Lucas of Everyman, Eva Craig of Grinnell attended the annual of Fred Grinnel last Friday. Mr. Obert Waldon and Miss Minnie Pillow were united in marriage last Wednesday evening at the home of the bride. Rev. Basfield performed the ceremony. The Long Prosperous and happy journey through life. Mr. C. J. Toliver of Rock Island spent Sunday with his wife. A DEPARTED SPIRIT Attends His Own Funeral and Thanks His Friends Of peculiar interest were the funeral services of Gerry Valentine. Mr Valentine was one of the early settlers of this place, and was more than 80 years old. He was an ardent Spiritualist, and when he died he left directions for his funeral, which were intended to be a practical demonstration of his belief. The services were held in the Universalist church. The preacher was Samuel Wheeler, a noted Spiritualist of Philadelphia, and he chose "The Rainbow Bridge" as his subject. Then the meeting was given over into the hands of Mrs. Minnie Brown, a clairvoyant from Philadelphia. Immediately after Mrs. Brown had taken her position several raps were heard. "Our brother has a message for Cyrus F. Osgood," said the medium. "He wishes to thank Mr. Osgood and the others for their care in carrying out his wishes in regard to his funeral ceremonies." Mrs. Brown then gave the information that Mr. Valentine was not alone, but that J. O. Ransome, Mr. Parkhurst and Mr. Wyatt, former friends of the dead man, had accompanied him on his "little journey in the world." Several other shades of departed Spiritualists had come with them. They reported that they had made things homelike for Mr. Valentine, and gave messages to the friends of the latter which were intended to cheer and comfort them. The announcements were hailed by the many Spiritualists in the audience with pleasure, and after a few more congregational raps Mr. Valentine's spirit and its companions rapped "Adieu."—Hammanton (N. J.) Special New York York How to Cure Group. Mr. R. Gray, who lives near Amenia, Duchess county, N. Y., says: "Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is the best medicine I have ever used. It is a fine children's remedy for croup and never fails to cure." When given as soon as the child becomes hoarse, or even after the croupy cough has developed, it will prevent the attack. This should be borne in mind and a bottle of the Cough Remedy kept at hand ready for instant use as soon as these symptoms appear. For sale by all Druggists. NOTICE OF EXPIRATION OF RIGHT OF REDEMPTION. To Sophia Lunquint: Not following describedified, that the following described real estate, situated in Polk County, Iowa. to-wit: Lot Fourteen (in) Block Fee (5) of Hawthorne Grove, now included in and formings part of the City of Des Moines, Iowa, was sold for taxes of 1890 on the property. The land was sold to T. Fatton that said Daniel T. Fatton is still the owner and holder of the certificate of purchase issued in pursuance of said sale, and the right of redemption will expire, and a Treasurer's Deed for said land will be made unless redemption from the date of completion of service of this notice. You will govern yourself accordingly. Date this 24th day of October, A. D. 1900. Daniel T. Patton, Hated Him. NOTICE OF EXPIRATION OF RIGHT OF REDEMPTION. Thos. Mitchell and T. P. Daniels: You are here by notified, that this following described actual estate of the deceased, to wit: Lot Eleven (11) in Block "N" in the town of Mitchellville, Polk County, Iowa, was sold for the taxes of 1896 on the sixth day of December 1897 to Daniel T. Patton; that said Daniel T. Patton is still the owner and the land is issued in pursuance of the sale, and that the right of redemption will expire, an 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. You will this 13th day of November, A. D. 1900, Daniel T. Patton. By Geo. Harno, his agent. NOTICE OF EXPIRATION OF RIGHT OF REIMPTION. To Margaret A. Warr You are hereby notified, that the following described real estate, situated in Polk County, Iowa, to-wit: Lot Five (5) in Block "A" of the town of Mitchellville, Polk County, Iowa was sold for the taxes of 1896 on the sixth day of December 1897 to W. H. Boyle that the certificate of sale thereof has been assigned to and is now owned and held by Daniel T. Patton, and that the right of redemption will expire, and a Treasurer's Deed for said land is hereby made available such sale be made within ninety days from the date of completed service of this notice. You will govern yourself accordingly. Dated this 13th day of November A. Patton. By:gio, Harnase, his agent Subscribe for the Bystander. NOTICE OF EXPIRATION OF RIGHT OF REDEMPTION. To S. E. Gardner: You are hereby notified, that the following described real estate, situated in Polk County, Iowa, to-wit: Lot fifty-nine (59) in T. M. Walker's Addition to the City of Des Moines, Iowa, was sold for the taxes of 1896 on the seventh day or December 1897 to W. H. Boyle; that the certificate of sale thereof has been assigned to and is now owned and held by Daniel T. Patton, and that the right of redemption expressed in the certificate for said 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 24th day of October A. D. 1920 to the late James Patton, (see Harnsberg, 1920). NOTICE OF EXPIRATION OF RIGHT OF KEDEMPTION. To Margaret A. Warr: You are hereby notified, that the following described real estate, situated in Polk County, Iowa, to-wait: Lot Six (0) in Block A, of the town of Polk County. The land of Polk County was sold for 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 said sale, and that the right of redemption will expire, and a Treasurer's 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 13th day of November, A. D. 190C. Daniel T. Patton. Subscribe for the Bystander. NOTICE OF EXPIRATION·OF RIGHT OF REDEMPTION. To Thos, Mitchell and T. P. Daniels. You are hereby notified that the following described real estate, situated in Polk county, Iowa, to-wit: Lot Nine (9) in Block "N" in the town of Mitchellville, Polk County, Iowa, was sold for the taxes of 1890 on the sixth day of December 1897 to W. H. Boyle; that the certificate of sale thereof has been assigned to and is now owned and held by Daniel T. Patton; and that the right of redemption will expire, and 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 13th day of November, A. D. 1900. Daniel T. Patton. By Geo* Harnagel, his agent. FOR SLEEPLESS ONES. Darkname the Proper Time for Rebuilding Nice The old tradition that the hours of sleep before midnight are hours of "beauty sleep" means only that late hours take away beauty. Thousands of night workers will testify that eight hours of sleep from 10 to 6 is worth ten hours taken after retiring at o'clock in the morning. Darkness is the proper time for the sleep that does the most good. It is not well to sleep in a room in which plants are growing. Their food is carbonic acid gas. If they can live there the room is a bad place for you to sleep in. Besides plants use up a good deal of oxygen and give off emulsion and pollen irritating to the human system. The soundest sleep is during the first three or four hours after going to bed. This has been ascertained by scientific experiment, though most people think they sleep soundest just before the time when conscience tells them to get up. Insomnia often comes from overeating. A little dieting may do more good than a lot of doctors' prescriptions. More persons suffer from overeating than from overworking. Long breath breathed kept as long as possible by will power is the most generally recommended remedy for occasional sleeplessness. The main aim in such cases is to keep the mind from th'inking. This is sometimes accomplished by the strain of keeping the eye fixed on some point in the ceiling or keeping the will fixed on the effort not to move the smallest muscle. Monotony will put any man to sleep in spite of himself. Most psychologists acknowledge that deep study of any subject just before going to sleep may result in something like a revelation as to some phase of the subject, the mind through unconscious cerebration accomplishing wonders without the assistance of the will. Passages to be memorized should be repeated several times before going to bed. Sometimes the sleeplessness of children is owing to excitation of the digestive organ. In that case it is a good plan to allow only vegetable foods at the evening meal. LIVING EXPENSES. Provisions Are Cheaper Now Then They Were Thirty Years Ago. The interesting disclosure is made that the cost of living is less in the United States today than it was in the 1860. Carefully compiled statistics show that articles cost $100 then cost $75 now. It is true that a few things are more expensive, but commodities consumed generally by families, such as breadstuffs, sugar, rice, salt, woolen and cotton goods, boots and shoes, and silk and rubber goods, are considerably cheaper now than they were thirty years ago. All manufactured goods, with hardly an exception, are cheaper, mainly because of improved processes of manufacture which enable the maker to reduce the cost to the lowest point, says Leclaire Weekly. The development of our vast arable territory in the west, northwest and southwest, and the striking results of irrigation, when applied to what were formerly considered desert lands, have increased our crop supplies more rapidly than the increase of population. Despite the dire predictions that prices of wheat, corn and cotton must inevitably advance because little land remained to be cultivated in the west and south, the fact is that millions of acres are still awaiting tillage. In Texas alone an area almost as extensive as that of the original thirteen states is virgin soil. The emigrant may have to go farther and work harder to establish a homestead in the United States, but Uncle Sam is still rich enough to give every able-bodied, industrious newcomer a chance to own a farm. Here's a Worried Citizen This is an age of hustle, bustle and sweat. A man hustles from early dawn until the katydids sing in the twilight for three meals a day and a place in which to lie awake at night and worry about it. If he doesn't overwork he is called lazy, and if he does overwork he goes crazy. He toils and saves through the days of his youth so that when he grows old he can wear a silk hat and sit on the knee of luxury, but when his hair turns to snow and his whiskers grow thin and gray in life's late afternoon, he finds he has been victimized and grievously bunked by his own calculations, and that rheumatism and poor relations have shattered all his dreams and punctured his long hopes.—Dallas City (Ill.) Review. Making of Watch Glasses Watch glasses ought not to be expensive, and are not. In the production of common watch glasses, the glass is blown into a sphere about a meter in diameter, sufficient material being taken to give the desired thickness, as the case may be. Disks are then cut out from the sphere with the aid of a pair of compasses, having a diamond at the extremity of one leg. There is a knack of detaching the disc after it has been cut. A good workman will, it is said, cut 6,000 glasses in a day. Had Handled 850,000,000. 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These cars are carried on the limited trains of the Great Rock Island Route, Denever and Rio Glande (Scenic Route), Rio Grande Western and Southern Pacific. Dining Car Service Through Buffett Library Cars. Subscribe for the Bystander. Large Women Are All the Rage at the Worries See Never before at Saratoga have large women—women of stature and weight or either—been as much in style as during the present season. Men who have been visiting Saratoga for thirty years solemnly affirm that never during the whole time were there so many women who weighed from 175 to 200 pounds as are on view this season. There is also expert testimony to be secured that never have there been so many overdressed women and such a vast display of diamonds, turquoise and marquise rings. One of the women guests at the Grand Union hotel is conspicuous for both her weight and height. She is at least six feet three inches tall and weighs 175 pounds. She is also accounted the most tastefully garbed woman in Saratoga, for in spite of her immense proportions she is most admirably and suitably gowned, both morning and evening. The other large ladies who sit on the plaazas of the Grand Union hotel are dying to find out the name of her dressmaker. A well known actress, who is herself well advanced in the heavy-weight class, said the other evening that she had never seen a large woman who was so properly attired. "It will find out her dressmaker," she said, "because I need her. She must be a wonder." Oldest Native of Illinois. Mrs. Lucinda Anson, of Centralia, Ill., is believed to be the oldest native born citizen of Illinois. She was born in the old village of Kaskaskla in 1813, and for eighty-seven consecutive years has made her home in this state. In the early days her father kept a tavern in Waterloo and there she met many prominent men in the early history of the state. She was well acquainted with Governor Ford, and she handed him a glass of buttermilk of her own churning. Another claim to distinction is that she is distantly related by marriage to "Old Anse," the former baseball celebrity. Mrs. Anson remembers that when she was a girl there was constant danger of violence at the hands of the Indians. One favorite plan on the part of the savages was to cover themselves with bark and lie down on a woodpecker until its unarmed owner had come near enough to shoot. To prevent the success of this scheme it was the habit of the early settlers to look out the window each morning and count the number of sticks in the pile before venturing out of doors. If extra sticks were discovered in the counting a few rifle bullets were usually sufficient to dislodge the Indian. Mrs. Anson has been a widow for more than fifty years, and is still in good health.—Chicago Tribune. Stealing a Steam Whistle A gentleman who has a steam mill in Waldo, Mass., purchased a large steam whistle, which he carried home and placed on his mill. A number of boys conceived the idea of stealing this whistle "just for a lark," they said. The owner, hearing of their plan, remained in his mill all night, Sixty pounds of steam was kept up. About midnight the boys put in an appearance and climbed upon the roof of the building. Just as one applied a wrench to the whistle, Mr. Sanborn opened the throttle wide and there went up into the stillness of the night such a screech as was never before heard in Waldo. People jumped from their beds in a fright and wondered what was up. The boys tumbled off the roof of that mill as though shot, and departed as rapidly as their legs could carry them, while Mr. Sanborn fired a gun after them to hasten their retreat. The whistle is still on the mill. Marketing Hinta When ordering meats remember that beef, when boiled, loses one pound of weight in every four, and when roasted eighteen ounces. Mutton loses even more than beef. This should be thought of where much meat is used. Meat should always be hung, for by this means air circulates all around and keeps it sweet. In very hot weather a wipe with a cloth once or twice a day, with a sprinkling of pepper or flour, will tend to keep it, and if only slightly tainted, a wash over with vinegar and water, or borax and water, will generally remove all unpleasant flavor. A Turk 129 Years Old In the village of Bodru a Turk named Ismail, said to be 120 years old, frequently walks to Bartin, ten miles distant, to sell eggs. He has had 34 wives, the last of whom he just married. The bride is 63 years his junior, and the marriage was celebrated with much solemnity, to the sound of drums and fires and of volleys from firearms. The whole village was en fete. The wedding procession included all the male progeny of the patriarch bridegroom, consisting of 140 sons, grandons and great-grandsons. "Died" Is Too Harsh An aesthetic English Vicar at Wembley will not allow the woro "died" to be put on the tombstones of the people buried in the cemetery. He insists on phrases like "departed this life" or "passed away" or "entered into rest," and says that "died" is a denial of the Christian teaching of immortality. Street Scene in Leavenworth. One of the features of the Labor day celebration at Leavenworth, Kas., was that of a mine superintendent riding at the head of his eight hundred striking miners. TIDAL WAVE IN A RIVER. Something Held the Spectator Fascinated to the Book. The moon was riding at the very seenth, says the Century, and it dizzed us to look up to it. Each one stood evenly within the circle of his own clear-cut shadow on the ground, at that moment of the moon's transit, and the bore was due; but it was a calm night, and it was three-quarters of an hour after our unaccustomed ears had caught the first far-distant, muttering undertone before the white thing was seen, a ghastly line advancing as evenly over the water, and as quickly, as the dark shadow of an eclipse sweeps over a landscape. Nearer and nearer it roared, growing greater and whiter, until we could see the whole cascading, bubbling, frothing front, with spray-drops showering from the crest higher up in the moonlight. With the roar of awful waters the dread thing came on, raising its white crest higher and higher as it licked the edges of the plies beyond which the junks lay. There were shouts and yells, and the usual boatmen's pandemonium let loose on the junks as the roaring wave approached. A rocket sizzed, some fire-crackers sputtered and gongs resounded, but all small sound of earth's creatures were drowned as the fearful white thing crashed past, and a frightful hissing, a seething, lashing and swirling of still higher billows succeeded—the most sinister sound of water ever heard—in speeding, rushing, whirling madly, irresistibly on. As the ten-foot wall of foam reached the edge of the piling and the junk platform, it floated the junk loose at the instant. Each junk rode to the flood's fury bow on, and continued to rise, to lift itself bodily up, up, along the sea wall before one's fascinated gaze. In the fierce after-rush, the water went swifter and more swiftly by, until one had a dizzying sense of danger to come, but past fleeing from. Something held one fascinated to the spot, although in the fewest minutes, barely a quarter of an hour, two-thirds of the whole body and mass of the flood-tide had flung itself against the wall, and, it seemed, might continue to rise with the same force for hours. A salt, fresh smell of the sea, the breath of the ocean's coolest, deepest underworld, came in with the awful tide. A ghastly mist succeeded. Shreds of vapor scudded over the triumphant moon, and the sea's curtain fell on one of the most sensational, spectacular performances the Pacific ocean d the moon ever make together. OOM PAUL'S HUMOR. How He Fooled a Lobbyist at a Hotel Many years ago, when President Kruger was in England, he was approached concerning some concession, railway or otherwise, by a business man here in London. The negotiations lasted for some time. One evening the Londoner, who was staying at the same hotel, having spent many hours with Mr. Kruger and his companion, went to bed much exhausted, and feeling he had not got quite all he wanted. Next morning he arose at 9 and went along the corridor to Mr Kruger's bedroom. To his astonishment it was empty and all the luggage was gone. "Oh, sir," said the charnbermaid, "Mr. Kruger and his friend left at 6 this morning." Then, with a giggle of amused reminiscence, the girl added: "They was a queer couple, sir, and no mistake. When e passed your door, sir, Mr. Kruger, 'e started dancin' right outside your door, sir, 'e and his friend. They didn't know as any one saw them, sir, but Bessle and I see them, unbeknown, from the top of the stairs. Then they went downstairs, sir, fairly splittin' their sides with laughin', though they didn't say a word."—London Daily News. A New Idea in Rat Traps A rat and mouse trap which has been patented in all the countries throughout the civilized world issuing patents, the invention of Heinrich Benseler, of Beinrode, Germany, is really an ingenious arrangement, as the animal never gets a chance even to nibble at the bait, and when it once gets into the trap it is automatically locked there without a possible chance of escape. A modified form of this bottle-shaped trap, however, is employed for catching rats and vermin in the house. The small end of the field trap is inserted in the mouse hole, the tubular passageway forming a continuation of the underground passages. The animal in trying to get the bait naturally enters the hole and is thus induced to enter the tubular passage from which it cannot escape. A Pad in Entertaining. An ingenious woman in Cincinnati has inaugurated a "luncheon day." She has sent out cards to her most intimate friends reading "Tuesdays in April. Luncheon from 1 till 3 p. m." The table is to be set with extra places, and at 1 o'clock the hostess will take her seat with those who may be present. As friends drop in they will go directly to the dining-room, and, after greeting the hostess, will sit where they please at table. The affairs promise to be delightfully informal. The menu will never be elaborate, and those who have had the good fortune to receive cards will not fall to drop in between the hours named, for they are doubly sure of congenial company. Sleep Protects Them: A medical paper says that in railway collisions nearly all the passengers who are asleep escape the bad effects of shaking and concussion, nature's own anaesthetic preserving them. Said to Be Very Good as Coached by Chianmen. "A few years ago," said a New Orleans Bohemian, "I dropped in to see my friend Lee Yip, who keeps what he calls a 'glocely stol,' which is as near as he can come to grocery store. He gave me an excellent cigar and presently he said: 'You likee dly ostel?' What in the name of Confucius is 'dly ostel?' I asked before I realised 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 tossed them back into the box they rattled like a handful of marbles. Of course, I was greatly surprised, and before I left I took pains to find out all about them. The oysters are caught and prepared at the big native shrimpers 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 som) 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 saute, 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 Chnlanman 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 RAGB. Titled Women in France Modeled in This Material. If you ever received a bonbonnière, 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 knick-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 las 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 odd 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 materiality is soft and pliable, the soft grayness adding wonderfully to the artistic results. To keep pewter clean it should be rubbed with chamois once in two or th The True Christian Spirit A citizen of this republic is not permitted to be master of his own speech when language is to be conveyed by common carriers, such as the postoffice department and the telegraph. Yesterday a man who wanted to be vigorous started a telegram as follows: "To hell with likes and dislikes." It was in reply to an inquiry if he liked something. A ring brought a messenger, by whom the dispatch was taken to the sending office. Presently the boy returned, saying: "Mister, they can't send it like this; you'll have to change it." The astonished citizen cried: "Can't send it? Change what?" The boy blushingly placed his finger on "hell." Pink rushed to the office. "Look here, operator, what's the matter with this telegram? Why can't you send it? Are you a Sunday school superintendent?" "No, sir; I'm all right. I sent it as far down as 'hell,' when the chap at the other end of the wire challenged me. He refuses to receive it." And, to be accommodating the man made it read, "Hang likes and dislikes," which went through without burning the conscience of the receiver—New York Press. Bent on Revenge. Indianapolis Journal: "The Dwlggees are queer people." "What's the matter now?" "Well, somebody in the neighborhood broke their lawn mower last summer, and they are round taking up a collection to buy a new one." Snex Shipping Tolls. Receipts from shipping tolls at the Suez canal in the four first months of 1800 were $5,746,000, against $6,425,000 in the same period of 1899 and $5,705,000 in 1898. Phoenix Park. This is a fine pleasure ground and favorite resort in Dublin, Ireland. It is one of the beauty spots of its city, and is much admired by tourists --- Washington Celebrates One Hundredth Anniversary. STREETS GAY WITH COLOR. Impart Parade from White House to Capitol Building a feature of the Programme — Many Governors Are Present. Washington, D. C., Dec. 13.—The national capital was in gala garb all day in celebration of the 100th anniversary of the establishment of the seat of federal government at Washington. For the time being the wheels of government ceased revolving; business, public and private, was suspended, while the president and his cabinet, the senate and house of representatives, the federal judiciary, the governors of many states, and a great concourse of citizens and visitors joined in the elaborate festivities of the day. A Great Gathering. Perhaps never again will this generation witness such a significant gathering participated in by the heads of states and the chief executive of the nation. One hundred years ago the transfer of the seat of government was made from Philadelphia to Washington and the site previously selected by President Washington was taken possession of by the various branches of government, President and Mrs. Adams driving over from Philadelphia, the senate and house holding their sessions here for the first time. For months Washington had been preparing for a fitting commemoration of this interesting historical event, and the celebration today was designed to bring out the development which a century has brought forth, both in the capital and in the nation. Scenes on Pennsylvania Avenue. From an early hour the streets were filled with an eager and expectant throng. Pennsylvania avenue was a blaze of color from end to end, the business houses being hung with hunting, flags and patriotic devices. The great public buildings added their share to the brilliancy of the spectacle. From the front of the treasury radiated an enormous sunburst of red, white and blue. Further on, the war, state and navy departments and the department of justice were resplendent in the national colors. At the other end of Pennsylvania avenue the massive front of the capitol was hung with long streamers, and from the dome fluttered a myriad of flags, while the front of the huge postoffice department was covered with national colors. The Day's Programme The program of the day began with a reception at 10 o'clock by President McKinley and members of his cabinet to the governors of the states and territories at the executive mansion. This was followed by the unveiling in the east room of the model of the proposed enlarged executive mansion, which is to be a lasting memorial of the celebration. Met by McKinley and Cabinet. At just 10:30 o'clock the president descended the west stairway with Secretary Hay at his side. Immediately following were the other members of the cabinet, walking two and two, the only absentee being Attorney General Griggs. As the president and party entered the west corridor the marine band orchestra in dress uniform struck up "Hall to the Chief." Gov. Roosevelt of New York, who had been spending an hour with the president in the library on the second floor, came down a few minutes later and joined the other governors in the red parlor. As the orchestra struck up the inspiring strains of "My Country, Tis of Thee," the reception began, the presentations being made by Colonel Blingham, United States army. Many Governors Present. The following governors were present; G. W. Atkinson, West Virginia; D. W. Bloxham, Florida (represented by Col. F. Q. Brown); C. M. Barnes, Oklahoma; D. W. Jones, Arkansas; J. Mount, Indiana; C. S. Thomas, Colorado; E. W. Tunnell, Delaware; L. M. Shaw, Iowa; Llewielly owes Prs, Maine; F. W. Rollins, New Hampshire; F. M. Voorhees, New Jersey; J. H. Taylor, Virginia; M. A. Otero, New Mexico; S. Steenburgen, Idaho; Gov. Stone, Pennsylvania; E. Schofield, Wisconsin; D. L. Russell, North Carolina; Theodore Roosevelt, New York; A. E. Lee, South Dakota; N. O. Murphy, Arizona; William Gregory, Rhode Island; J. W. Smith, Maryland; W. M. Crane, Massachusetts; Gov. W. W. Heard, Louisiana. The addresses at the white house were as follows: "History of the Executive Mansion During the Century." Col. Theodore A. Bingham; "The Development of the District of Columbia During the Century," Henry B. McFarland; "The Development of the States During the Century," Gov. Leslie M. Shaw of Iowa. Plans of the New Mansion. Col. Bingham, U. S. A., superintendent of public buildings and grounds, gave an interesting account of the plans for the enlargement of the executive mansion. A model of the mansion and its proposed addition occupied a prominent place in the east room, by which Col. Bingham was able to illustrate the improvements and additions desired. Of all the records he had been able to find of extensions that prepared under the supervision of the late Mrs. Harrison came near, he said, to fulfilling certain guild principles considered as necessary to be followed in any design for an extension. Mrs. Harrison's plan, he said, consists, in a word, of buildings about the size of the present house, one on the east side and one on the west side of the white house grounds, connected to the present mansion by curved wings—the quadrangle being completed by rebuilding the conservatories at the south end of the grounds. President McFarland Talks: President McFarland Talks. President H. B. F. McFarland of the board of district commissioners was then introduced, and reviewed the historical development of the District of Columbia. Commenting on its form of government he said: "Although many good citizens have regretted that in the national capital taxation without representation is the principle of government, it is generally admitted that for the District of Columbia the present form of government is the best possible. "Free from the slightest suspicion of scandal, successive boards of commissioners of the highest character have administered the affairs of the district more efficiently and economically than the affairs of any other American municipality have been administered and to such general satisfaction that there has been no lasting criticism. "The capital of the nation claims the allegiance of the citizen of every other city, even above that which he gives to his own city. This is recognized in the growing desire of our countrymen everywhere that the needs of the national capital shall be generously met." Gov. Shaw's Remarks. Gov. Leslie M. Shaw of Iowa was the next speaker and had for his subject "The Development of the States During the Century 1800-1900." Gov. Shaw said that the close of the most remarkable century in the flight of time finds Americans the best housed, the best fed, the best clothed, the best educated, the best churched, the most profitably employed and the happiest because the most hopeful of any people at any time or under any sky. Marvellous are the pages of their history; unprecedented and unparalleled the record of their achievements; great and honorable the annals of their deeds. Destiny or man's wisdom, call it which you will, has placed both Asia and the islands of the sea under American tition, and has made the flag of freedom the harbinger of better things to eight thousand millions of people. The other events of the day were a parade from the white house to the capitol, participated in by the president and other dignitaries and visiting and district militia; joint exerciser by the senate and house in the hall of the house of representatives. Tonight a reception was tendered the governors of the states and territories at the Corcoran Gallery of Art. IN FIGHTS WITH BOERS. Gen. Knox Reports a Battle—DoWe Moves Toward Reddensburg. London, Dec. 14.—Lord Kitchener cables the war office from Pretoria, under date of Dec. 12, that Gen. Knox reports from Helvetia that he is engaged in a running fight with Gen. Dewet, and that the enemy is moving toward Reddersburg, where there is a column ready to co-operate with the other British forces. Lord Kitchener in another dispatch reports that the Boers attacked the post near Barberton. The British casualties were three killed, five wounded and thirteen taken prisoners. The captured men have since been released. The Boers raided the Riverton road station Dec. 11. They are being followed up. Romance Ended by a Suicide New York, Dec. 14—Sidney Samuel, a wealthy exporter of this city, killed himself in a hotel in Portland, Me., because he could not marry the woman he loved—Mrs. Anita Vivant Chartres, a beautiful and talented author and playwright. Mr. Samuel's father, the Rabbi Israel Samuel, who is looked on as the head of the Jewish church in Great Britain, bitterly opposed the marriage of his son to Mrs. Chartres on the grounds of difference in their religion. Mrs. Chartres is a Catholie. Typhoon Kills 2,500 Chinese. Victoria, B. C., Dec. 14.—Datals were received by the steamer Empress of India today of the great typhoon which ravaged Hongkong Nov. 10, causing great loss of life and immense loss to shipping. No part of the city escaped. The British gunboat Sandpiper foundered and some of its seamen lost their live. The American ship Benjamin Sewell went ashore, and in all seventy-seven launches were wrecked. Over 2,500 natives were drowned. Wants Troops to 4inard Murderer. Mattoon, Ill. Dec. 14.—The sheriff of Edgar county, fearing mob violence, has asked Governor Tanner to call out Company H, Fourth infantry, to guard the prison at Paris, where John Owens, murderer of James Hogue, is to be executed on Dec. 21. All efforts to secure information concerning the doomed man's relatives have failed. Mayor Steeg has received a letter from Joseph Ratcliffe of Philadelphia, who says he believes that Owens is his son. Carnival of Crime in Parly Paris, Dec. 14.-Owing to numerous personal assaults which have ocurred recently on the tramways the companies refused to run their cars after dark to certain suburbs unless they are protected by the police. Consequently an order was issued today that armed policemen should accompany the cars in certain districts. There is a great outcry in regard to the street crimes which are now prevalent. IT COMPENSATES SOLDIERS. Abolition of Liquor in Camp Expected to Diminish Re-enlistment—Source of Filippine Supplies—An Incident Concerning the British Flig. Washington, Dec. 14.—One of the strong arguments that is being used by army officers against the abolition of the camp canteen is that such action will make it extremely difficult to secure recruits for the new army that will have to be raised immediately following the enactment of the army reorganization bill into law. The war department believes that it will be difficult enough under the most favorable circumstances to get together all the men that will be required to perfect the new organization, and they are quite confident that the abolition of the canteen will be an obstacle which it will be almost impossible to overcome. It is claimed that the post canteen is the only feature of military life offered the soldiers which is calculated to compensate him for the hardships and sacrifices of a hard campaign in the field or for the monotonous service under the strict discipline of the garrisons in the United States. SOURCE OF FILIPINO SUPPLIES Portuguese Settlement of Macao May Be Instituto de Headquarters Washington, D. C., Dec. 14—The British government having formally notified the United States government that it has been unable to locate the reported Philippine junta in Hong Kong, our government agencies have been put to work to ascertain where the munitions of war and other supplies which reached the insurgent Filipinos originate. It has now been discovered that the Portuguese settlement of Macao, located on the Chinese coast and convenient to the Philippines, is one of the points of insurgent activity, and probably the abiding place of one of the Philippine junta. A further investigation is being made, pending which no action has been taken in an international sense. UNION JACK LOWERED. Speaker Henderson Changes Decorations in the Nylon Hall Washington, D. C., Dec. 14—While the union jack of England was flying from the flagstaff of the British embassy by order of Lord Pauncefote in honor of the capitol centennial celebration, the same flag was taken down from the decorations in the hall of the house of representatives by order of Speaker Henderson, though the flags of other powers were left in place. What Speaker Henderson Says. The speaker said to-day he had no intention of doing anything discourteous to the British government. He had acted on the report of Mr. Kennedy, that no other foreign flags were used, and he had the British flag taken down because it would not be proper to put one nation over all others. He said he had not noticed the flags in the hall particularly. He noticed that the effect was very fine, and thought Mr. Kennedy was right in saying that the other flags were not national flags, but were signal flags. The Hay Treaty. It is declared in certain quarters that if necessary to secure the ratification of the Hay treaty the British government will at once consent to the fortification of the canal, being fully convinced of the fact that with her own navy Great Britain can at once close the canal to all the world, the United States included. Banana Trust Faces Loss Chicago, Dec. 14.—Unless the banana trust speedily finds some market for the bananas it has forwarded to the Chicago market from New Orleans, it will have to face a monetary loss of $42,750. Ninety car loads of the yellow fruit are standing in the Illinois Central yards and the trust is unable to find any merchants or commission houses in Chicago to take it at any price. New Head for Irish Dublin, Dec. 14.—To-day's sessions of the Nationalist convention are deemed to be of great importance inso much that it has been plainly shown forth that William O'Brien is to be considered as the leader of the party and that John Redmond, although still nominally at the head, will henceforward be greatly moved by the adherents of O'Brien. Coopers Oppose Beer Bill. Dubuque, Iowa, Dec. 12.—The coopers of this city have entered a protest against the bill now pending before the senate of the United States, relative to the withdrawal of the one-eighth barrel revenue stamp for beer. The claim that its passage would reduce their chances of employment. Des Molnes Grand Stand Gone Des Moines, Iowa, Dec. 12.—The baseball grand stand and bleachers, a frame house belonging to F. M. Hubbell, a house and livery barn of Young & Butler and the Auditorium boiler room and stage fixtures were destroyed by fire today. Loss $12,000. Ordnance bureau denounced by artillery officers for using money to no advantage in testing guns. Say field pieces are lacking. Commander Sutherland, who recently inspected Illinois Naval Militia, spoke highly of them on returning to Washington. SULTAN WAS VERY CORDIAL. Naval Decry Monday. Constantnople, Dec. 13.—The Americans are the only foreigners at the dinner given at the Yildiz Palace Monday. The sultan sat between the grand vizier and the United States charge d'affaires, Mr. Griscom, and showed unusual cordiality. His majesty's display of excessive friendliness for Captain Colby M. Chester of the United States battleship Kentucky is attributed to his desire to demonstrate that the visit of the Kentucky to Smyrna has produced no irritation. Some question has arisen in regard to an alteration of the clause in the contract for building a cruiser for Turkey in the United States concerning the supply of ammunition, but no importance is attached to it. DAILY MARKET REPORT. Alger Tripped by a Burglar. Detroit, Dec. 13—Gen. Russell A. Alger, ex-secretary of war, was quite badly shaken up early today by a burglar in his home on West Fort street. The general was awakened by some one prowling about on the first floor of his residence, and started downstairs to investigate. Just as he reached the foot of the stairs he ran into a burglar, who tripped him up, the general falling heavily. When Gen. Alger recovered himself after the fall he began an investigation which showed $300 worth of silverware had been taken by the thief, who escaped through a window immediately after discovery. Miss Helen Baird Dead Miss Helen Baird Dead. St. Paul, Dec. 13.—Miss Helen Baird, formerly leading lady in "The Man From Mexico," known in private life as Miss Lena Shoonmaker, died at St. Luke's hospital in this city at 4 o'clock this morning of typhoid pneumonia. While in Butte, Mont., Miss Baird was taken sick and was brought here for treatment. Her mother and sister, the latter known on the stage as Brandon Douglass in "The House That Jack Built," have been in the city for some time awaiting the outcome of the sickness. Kahn Bilk Mora Men Logansport, Ind., Dec. 13.—Marvin Kuhn's, the murderer who escaped from Ohio penitentiary and shot a policeman here Monday, shot and killed two officers who were trying to arrest him at Avilina early this morning. Their names have not been ascertained. Avilina is near Kuhn's home, in Nobile county. A posse is in pursuit. Policeman Dean of this city, who was shot by Kuhn Monday, is in a critical condition. Robert T. Tigke Is Dead New York,Dec.13.—Robert T. Tighe, who established the first telegraph system in South America, is dead at his home here. He was born in Dublin. At the outbreak of the civil war he enlisted in the Fortieth New York regiment. In 1866 he entered the employ of Adrian C. Morse and went to Chile and Peru, where he established telegraphic systems. For eighteen years he has resided in this city. Municipal League Meets: Charleston, S.C., Dec. 13.—The fourth annual convention of the League of American Municipalities met in this city today. The attendance at the opening session was large, among those present being: Mayors Johnson of Denver, president of the league; Maybury of Detroit, Gray of Minneapolis, Harbison of Hartford and Hartenblower of Des Moines. Prof. Bemis, late of the university of Chicago, was also on the floor. Power Agree on China London, Dec. 14.—The negotiations of the powers in regard to the joint China note were concluded satisfactorily yesterday, all agreeing to the conditions identically as outlined by Count von Bulow, the imperial chancellor of Germany, Nov. 19, with the exception of the introductory clause saying the demands are irrevocable, which is eliminated. Brooklyn Concert Hall Burned. New York, Dec. 13.—Fire today completely destroyed the four-story brick building, 263-267 Prospect avenue, Brooklyn, causing a loss of $300,000, which is partly covered by insurance. The building was owned and used by John Kolle as a concert hall. The cause of the fire is unknown. Bulgaria Has New Crisla Sofia, Dec. 14.—The Bulgarian parliament decreed its own dissolution today amid great excitement. The members retired amid loud cries of "Vive Bulgaria!" Jewa Convent Burned Fort Dodge, Iowa, Dec. 12.—Fire this morning destroyed the Sister of Mercy convent and Catholic school here. The inmates narrowly escaped with their lives. It Is Discussed, but No Action Is Taken Against It—No Restriction to Immigration to He Demanded—The Referendum System. Louisville, Ky., Dec. 13.—The executive committee of the American Federation of Labor to-day reported to the convention a preliminary plan to better the conditions of the laboring classes of Porto Rico. The incoming council was instructed to expend $3,000 in investigating conditions and distributing labor literature, printed in Spanish, in that island, the object being to form unions that shall become allied with the labor bodies in the states. Resolution No. 98, recommending that a governmental department of labor should be formed, was the subject of considerable debate. The latter portion of the resolution, providing that the department's cabinet officer should be a bona-fide trade-union, caused the trouble. Vice-President A. J. Duncan, Treasurer J. B. Lennon and Delegate Andrew Furuseth recommended that the clause relating to the appointment of a trade-unionist be stricken out, claiming it would be suicidal to demand that the department be created and at the same time to dictate the appointment. The men favoring the resolution presented strong arguments, under the leadership of Thomas I, Kidd, Max Hayes and Delegate Klapetzky. The resolution was killed by a vote of 78 to 47. Refuse to Ask Faroe Law's Repeal. Resolution No. 130, calling for the repeal of the convict parole law in the state of Illinois, on the ground that it worked injustice to a portion of the working class, was reported upon adversely by the committee on resolutions, and the Illinois delegates protested vigorously against the committee's report being accepted, John M. Hunter and W. D. Ryan of the miners being particularly bitter. The committee's report, however, carried the day, but Mr. Ryan and the delegates from Illinois say the parole law will certainly be repealed by the next legislature of Illinois. The convention took adverse action on a resolution instructing the executive council to prepare and endeavor to secure the passage of a bill in congress which would restrict immigration. Resolutions advocating reduction of the tax on beer to its former levy of $1 a barrel were not concurred in, the committee stating that it "could not conceive that the brewery interests of the country need or desire any assistance from the Federation of Labor." Fight Over Federation Elections. The floor No. 156, resolving for the election of federation officers, introduced by Max Hayes, was strongly defended by him, and President Gompers took the floor to say that he had always been in favor of the initiative and referendum, and he was willing, that Delegate Hayes and others should submit a proposition to elect federation officials by the referendum system. If they could devise any scheme which promised success they would have his heartiest support. Thomas I. Kidd, speaking for the woodworkers, said that the referendum system was undoubtedly a failure in his own organization. After a heated debate a roll-call was taken on a proposition to refer the matter to the executive committee, with instructions to take the whole matter under consideration and report back to the next convention. The cigarmakers voted against the proposition, as did the woodworkers. The International Typographical union voted for the proposition. The proposition was lost, but the matter was finally referred to a committee of three to report to this convention. Miss King, a delegate from Petersburg, Ind. who occupied the chair for a short time early in the convention, is talked of as a possible candidate against Secretary Frank Morrison. Two Slain In Train Wreck Olean, N. Y., Dec. 14.—Two men were killed and a boy was fatally injured in the wrecking of a passenger train, No. 30 from Oll City, on the Western New York and Pennsylvania railroad to-day. The dead are: Joseph Pidd, engineer, Oll City, Pa.; A. Patterson, fireman, Oll City, Pa. Peggy Moore, a boy who has had a mania for riding on trains as they pass through the yards, was so seriously injured that there is little hope of his recovery. The train ran into an open switch and collided with a string of freight cars that were standing on the track. Are After Schweinfurth. Rockford, Ill., Dec. 14.—One hundred citizens and heads of families living near the Weldon farm, the retreat of George Jacob Schweinfurth, have joined in a petition demanding that the pretended messiah, be removed from the community. Sankey Salls for Home London, Dec. 14.—Ira D. Sankey, who sailed for America to-day after a three-mouths' lecturing tour in Great Britain and Ireland, proposes to establish a school for gospel singers in New York in the early part of the year. Illinois Staats Zeitung Gold. Chicago, Dec. 14.—The Illinois Staats Zeitung was to-day sold under the hammer to Margarrette Raster for the sum of $50,200, the sale taking place in the real-estate board rooms. The new owner will continue publication. Helen Keller, the famous blind deaf mute, has been elected vice president of the freshman class at Radcliffe oak lege. Prosperity for 1901. indications point to great prosperity for the coming year. This is a sign of a healthy nature. The success of a country, as well as of an individual, depends upon health. Hostesset's Stomach Bitters, which cures dyspepsia, indigestion and bloomess. _____ Some men's political fields are potato patches only. M. D. Johnson, a seaman from the United States, steamer Albatross, who was one of the passengers on the "Owl" train from Los Angeles which was wrecked near Antioch recently thus "describes his experience: 'If a little after two belts this morning, and was smoking too much, the first thing I knew of any happening was when I was thrown violently from my seat. After the pitching and jumping had stopped, I crawled out and saw that the steering gear of the 'Owl' had been carried away, causus her to part amidship. The after and listed badly to starboard and and agent around the ship up to the listed side. No lives were lost, however, though all were badly shaken up and some what damaged. One unlucky passenger bunted the glass out of a port hole, cutting her head and face quite badly. After wigwagging the craft coming up behind to change her course, the forward end of our craft picked up the passengers and drove them off the ship. I will be glad when I am safe aboard the Albatross again. This cruising overland is too rough and choppy for me." FROM BRYAN'S OWN CITY ter that Will Cause a Situation LINCOLN, Neb., Dec. 8.—(Special)— At No. 2115 O street, this city, is the B. & M. wallpaper house. "B. & M." are the initial letters of the proprietors, Mr. A. C. Bonsor and Mr. O. M. Myers. The senior partner, Mr Bonsor, is a well-known and highly respected citizen, and no one has ever doubted his truthfulness. It is, therefore, the pronounced opinion in Lincoln and the state generally that the significant and very strong statements made in Mr. Bonsor's letter will go unchallenged. After explaining his willingness that the matter be given the fullest possible publicity in the public interest, Mr. Bonsor proceeds: I have suffered untold misery and pain for over ten years. My kidneys were diseased. I tried many so-called remedies, but they did me no good. I saw an advertisement of Dodd's Kidney Pills, and I bought some, and commenced to use them at once. I had not been taking them three days before I began to improve. For years I had not had one good night's sleep, and before the first box of the Dodd's Kidney Pills were all used, I could sleep all night without pain. I am now completely cured, and have not a pain or ache left. 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Wichita, Kas., Dec. 14.—National President Dolphin of the Order of Railway Telegraphers passed through here en route to Topeka. With reference to the Santa Fe strike he said: "It is my opinion that the strike will be adjusted within a few days. Just when, of course, I cannot say. I am confident that the Santa Fe operators will win their fight." New Applicants on Gulf Branch. Galveston, Tex., Dec. 14.—General Manager Polk of the Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe railroad, announced that the telegraphers' strike is closed so far as his company is concerned. "I have just issued an order requiring applications for new positions," said he. "We have about filled all our places and the road is going right ahead with business." He said that conditions generally were much improved today on all the lines of the system. Directors' Meeting at Topeka. Topeka, Kus., Dec. 14. The board of directors of the Santa Fe is in session in this city. Most of the members are present. Among the important items of business is the strike situation. The striking telegraphers say they will not make any attempt to secure an audience with the board. Mr. Dolphin left Galveston yesterday for Topeka. He had not proceeded far before the conductor took up his annual pass and forced him to pay full fare. It is understood that all the passes of the operators' officers have been revoked. HOT BATTLES IN COLOMBIA. New York, Dec. 14.—Advices received to-day from various parts of Colombia, and confirmed by passengers who arrived from Panama, tell of desperate fighting in nearly every state. The most desperate fighting is now going on in the department of Bolivar. In a battle fought at Tolu Viejo on Nov. 25 the revolutionists lost, among 100 killed and wounded, two able officers, General P. Camacho and Colonel Enrique Pinedo. The rebels took 200 prisoners, besides which the government force lost 100 killed. Five cannon were also taken by the rebels. General Vargos Santos, president of the revolutionary government, with his force, has arrived at the port of Rio Hacha and established the government. ST. CLAIR MINERS ON STRIKE Missouri and Illinois Coal Company's Men Want Regular Pay Dts. St. Louis, Mo., Dec. 14.—Two hundred and fifty men, including all the miners, drivers and laborers employed at the three mines of the Missouri and Illinois Coal company in St. Clair county, Illinois, are out on a strike to secure regular pay days. The mines affected are the Wilderman, at Wilderman Station and the St. Clair, at Freeburg, both on the Illinois Central railroad, and the Reutchier mine, at Reutchier Station, on the Louisville & Nashville railroad. Topeka Is to Fight Vice. Topeka, Kan., Dec. 14.—Topeka has begun a crusade against vice by subscribing $26,000 as a fund for the prosecution of saloon-keepers. The officers of the Good Citizenship Federation say they will make the subscription $100,000 before they are through with it. A special committee for the enforcement of the prohibitory law in the city has been formed, and is composed of the following men: Edward Wilder, treasurer of the Santa Fe railroad company; C. J. Devlin, J. W. Gleed, W. W. Mills, and P. I. Bonebrake. Bills Passed at Manila. Manila, Dec. 14.—The Philippine commission has passed bills providing for a readjustment of the salaries paid to civil officials, these having been previously fixed at haphazard, owing to the exigencies of the military situation. The commission also passed a bill appropriating $150,000 for the maintenance of a provincial native police force. This force is chiefly designed to suppress thieves. Davis Will Is Filed. St. Paul, Minn., Dec. 14.—The will of the late Senator Cushman K. Davis, who died Nov. 27, was filed for probate to-day by Mrs. Anna M. Davis, the widow. The will, which is very concise, was made during the Senator's last illness. It leaves all his estate to Mrs. Davis, and name the St. Paul Trut company as executor. The estate is valued at $25,000 in personal and $40,000 in real property. Eward L. Easton Insane Peoria, Ill., Dec. 14.—In the county court to-day Edward L. Easton of this city was adjudged insane and he will be sent at once to a private sanitorium in the East. Mr. Easton is 58 years old, and was prominent in business circles. He has a fortune estimated at $500,000, and is a trustee of the state asylum for the incurably insane at Bartonville. Lone Bandit Robs a Stage. Lakeview, Ore., Dec. 14.—The Lakeview and Ager stage was robbed last night at 8 o'clock about two miles from this city by a lone highwayman. No passengers were abroad. Two mail sacks were rifled and registered mail taken. Czar's Recovery Assured. St. Petersburg, Dec. 14.—Th Czar's physicians announce that his majesty's malady runs its course, and that his recovery is proceeding in a quite regular manner. Hence, with his majesty's approval, the bulletins will now cease. One day Tom Corwin, a prominent figure in legal and political circles years ago, met a political opponent with whom he promptly fell into a discussion, in the course of which he constantly referred to the whig party as if it were still in existence. "Don't you know the old whig party is dead?" at last exclaimed his acquaintance, with evident irritation; "Horace Greeley killed it, and it's dead and buried." "Certainly," said Mr. Corwin, with much salvelmity, "and I am one of its graves, sir, and not to be trampled on!" On one occasion the zeal of Lord Wolseley, the retiring commander-in-chief of the British army, for the welfare of his men got the better of his discretion. Dinner was being served to the soldiers, and orderlies hurried backward and forward with steaming pails of soup. Lord Wolseley stopped one of them. The man was at attention in a moment. "Remove the lid." No sooner said than done. "Let me taste it." "But, plaze yer—" "Let me taste it, I say." And taste it he did. "Disgraceful! Tastes like nothing in the world but dishwater." "Plaze, ye honor," gasped the man, "and so it is." James Kent, whose famous "Commentaries on American Law" is classed with Blackstone as the greatest text-book on law, was a great admirer of Alexander Hamilton, and when the great federalist was killed by Aaron Burr in a duel he became the implacable enemy of the latter. One day long afterward, when in New York, the judge saw Burr on the opposite side of Nassau street; he went across as fast as his years would permit, and, brandishing his cane in Burr's face, shouted: "You are a scoundrel, sir—a scoundrel! a scoundrel!" Burr proved equal to the emergency. He raised his hat, and bowed to the ground, and then said, in his calmest professional tone: "The opinions of the learned chancellor are always entitled to the highest consideration." In relating some of the mishap which befell him during his travels in Germany, Justice Caroutte said: "In Nuremberg we ordered the cabman to take us to the Strauss hotel, He drove us to a hotel where it said in big letter 'Ostrich hotel.' I insisted on being taken to the Strauss. The cabman became angry; we refused to alight. High words ensured. Thereupon a gentleman stepped up and informed me that 'Strauss' was German for 'Ostrich.' We very quietly alighted and the storm was over. At Frankfort we desired to go to the Swan hotel. The driver insisted upon our alighting at the 'Cygne hotel.' Arguments again took place, and finally it came upon me that 'Cygne' was French for that noble bird, the swan. All this occurred, too, in the presence of the female members of the family, all of whom spoke French, but cygne was too much for them." A woman who had bragged she "made" her husband, now seeks a divorce. Why doesn't some one build a monument to the man who is able to keep his mouth shut? It is a favorite business aphorism that three partners were never known to get along. When people order they want the best, but when they come to pay they want the cheapest. Somehow a woman has a very aggressive way of pushing a baby carriage along the street. A woman may believe a man loves her dearly, but she prefers being told so. The vengeance of a silent person is always more swift and powerful than that which is discussed openly. How many of the diaries and calendars that are given at Christmas time ever do duty during January? It takes a wise woman to be able to discriminate between her opinion and her prejudice. THE STOCK INDUSTRY IN NEBRASKA I regret that I am unable to get sufficient or reliable enough statements to make an article on this subject very valuable, except as a sort of index to facts which are either carelessly kept or carefully withheld. But it may be said, and assumed as true, at least in minimum figures, that there is in Nebraska over 1,000,000 beef cattle; over 500,000 dairy cattle; over 1,000,000 sheep, and over 2,000,000 hogs. These figures are, no doubt, far below the facts, but are given as minimums, on estimates fairly taken. For instance, in Cuming county, one of the best farming counties, and not large, not devoted to stock raising, there are over 36,000 head of cattle. In Stanton county, adjoining Cuming county, both farming counties in the Elkhorn valley, there are at least 30,000 head of cattle, probably considerably over 50,000 head of hogs. Farther west and in the stock counties, Cherry county reports over 13,000 head of horses, over 103,000 head of cattle and over 16,000 head of sheep. This gives some idea of the stock business. As our meats have established a marketable excellence abroad, they are being exported in very large quantities. In 1899 our meat product exportation amounted to $166,679,166. There is a notable falling off in the exporting of live animals, no doubt owing to a shortage of the product and the greater demand at home and to feed our own armies and higher home prices obtained accordingively all of which innares to the benefit of the grower of the stock. Notwithstanding these enormous figures in numbers and values there are millions of acres of grazing and hay lands along the line of the Fremont, Elkhorn & Missouri Valley R. R., unimproved and improved, ranches which can be purchased at from $1.59 per acre upward. Some even as low as $1.00 per acre. Surely these ought to attract people to Nebraska. Some women think they love a man before marriage, but act as if they hated him afterward THE DISCOVERER OF Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound The Great Woman's Remedy for Woman's Ills. Yours for Health Lydia E. Pinkham No other medicine in the world has received such widespread and unqualified endorsement. 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For children teething, softens the gums, reduces in- fammation, all pain, cures wind colds. 500 a bottle. How sweet the love of our ideal is to us! All goods are alike to PUTNAM FADELESS DYES, as they color all fibers at one bolling. Sweet is the sympathy of a bona fide friend. Maple City Self Washing Soap Is guaranteed pure and will not injure the finest fabrics. Please try it. All grocers. Love often justifies a great num- ber of means. C. H. Crabbree, Des Moines, Iowa, will on request explain all about the Gladiator Gold-Mining company; extremely interesting; write me. A fair form sometimes conceals a foul heart. W. N. U. Des Moines, No. 50—1900 "Lowest Priced B The grandest, collecti Novelties are EXIT Write for Cat MERMOD Broadway Solid Silver Brooch, 50c. The Mothe DROPSY NEW DISCOVERY; great quick relief; quick cure and wounds cause. Book of诀窍 and cures used FREE. Dr. H. L. GREEN'S $003. Bout R. Allante, Gla OKLAHOMA! OKLAHOMA! New large box of handmade linen and linen proved, $4.00 to $10.00 per acre. $90 improved box 75 acres heavy bwalt and oak timber. $10.00 dress G. N. Oliver, $90 Good Block, Dresner, M. $10.00 GRAIN-O THE PURE GRAIN COFFEE Grain-O is not a stimulant, like coffee. It is a tonic and its effects are permanent. A successful substitute for coffee, because it has the coffee flavor that everybody likes. Lots of coffee substitutes in the market, but only one food drink—Grain-O. All groceries; 15c. and 25c. i fi x wal : Sea NONE ROT er aN . pee ea a i in me aN manny 0) CatMmUMeRCcR Oho ace ad aa ie Tse Tn TRUMAN tre Cer TORUS TRC MIME Mer CHOPS Mg ae cre Er PNR UO a ER Maeva meron acs creme ge Nc Ma Pe Oe en yer ne Ciao eR is ANSP ORO NE ORL MN SMSO RAE UL iran ayauiee™ SERMON pcs s eae Re perenne tenn j : : t be iC : a sueelt a A aka ie een Se ee eee sapaaiai ae s lowa State Bystander, CLUS: LINE IN OHINA. From the Country That|. “ARRIED WITHOUT CoAT. : CTD Oona ae o Be 6) mandaring and Bich Mea Ooarrersts oi! Never Held Slaves, || Bs He Bad te Wall Bitty Years for EG: EAR fe eee Soelal Pleaseres re Bla Bride's Content. ‘ e TICLE, MISSUS.”. 8 { BY BYSTANDER FUR ce. Club lfe in China is not an innova: eee 3 ee SES ee i —— tion from the weal. For centuries tie | An Interesting etter From Mrs! y,te° Cay Suir'eninge ‘even sede Ceo | nets your talthtal cook ea (> Baa MonVEs, =. _rowa.| Fich Chinaman has had his club, and Linsey in Canada. tt possible for both Thomas Hartigan @; es ; FALCONELOUR. She “knows 2°05) a) te rule it Je culte as elegant an at and Susan ‘Thompson to keep thett|$ C7 LORS pte es ae { clubs of] Yorkton, Assiniboia, N. W. T. Cana- Am ». | @ good thing when she sees it," $4 FRIDAY, DECEMBER 14. Day Van caresthe jaristocratio clube, of vows that prevented them for halt a ae! 0 Be é 5 New York and Chicago. Most of thc|da, July 31.—Mr. Davies; Dear Sir:— Century from marrying, and yet per- fis » Can't foo! her by flowery phrases $ SSS harze coinese cites, auch as Canton| Excuse me for not writing sooner, 881 mitted them, only a week ago, to wed (., \Y Ea a [, | about the merits of other flours § = mieny So Eten iby: the and Pekin, contain a club for manda:| thought I would wait and see how I after all, Fifty years ago Thomas Eco Taf Ag | she wants FALUON. By thet: |” { . ring and rich men with pretensions to] gor along before I did, We are all Hartigan, in a sort of boyish prank, x ag (iibiets | way, you do yourself good whem§ << Baterprise Tvestment Co. rank, Some have a political taint | well end doing well, and hope this declared that he should marry in his read WAR) | you buy it for her, because yous. *| some are merely social, but all have! witt find you and family the same, I shirt sleeves, His bride, Susan Thomp- Ba N | have to have itin bread, pie ong, ep. personal, chattel and other secar-| one pecullar feature. This is a room| T+ nero safe and sound and heve a #0n, Went to the church on her wed- Zope) pl cake-form, Always order FAL TRS | See Tg reat Or neta | OF Oratory set strictly apart for rellb | Pood crop this year. My wheat and Ing day, nover thinking that her WHY FEA || 2 | CON. ee, sion aay ‘Payments, monthly or| {04 exercises. In the oratory th:/Ot Oot scuing fine, and I have a lover was serious in what he sald, YA Ke” ~ Milled only by sa ‘weekly. I.R WILLIAMSON, | image of a Chinese god is placed.)7 | ‘ a Jd like Dut When he appeared at the altar) m PEAY as 2 ” 18-90 Business Maneger, | From time to time members of the| 0d crop of potatoes. I wow © and declared that he should n-ver SHANNON & MOTT Co, 211 4th, street. Dee Moines. | club enter the sanctuary to offer their|for you to encourage and help™y marry except in his shirt sleeves, then | ‘=!] DES MOINES, IOWA. —__________| devotions. Apparently it is no un-|friend Bakion to come on. I have she said she would never marry him So common thing at the beginning or suc-| broke about 15 acres and have 50 acres jf he did not put on a coat, So there | coco wi ee RACE ECHOES, | caste cnsing ota great enterprise | under fence this spring. I would like wag no. wedding. All this happened | = such as, say, the murder of an enemy | for von to have a few lines of thisdrop- in the Cascade valley. near Renva. a », Mra. Agnes Moody of Chicago, {who was appointed by the U. 8, Commissioner, Ferdinand Peck, to manage the “Corn Kitchen” at the Paris Expositiun has re~ turned home, Harry T. Burleigh is a member or the choir of St. George’s Epis~ copal chur ch (shite) ofNew York ity. He is baritone singer and receives $800.00 per year for his services. eee Dr. Geoigia E. L, Patton-Wash- ington who was the first colored woman that was given authority to practice medicine and surgery in Tenn., died last month at Mem- phis. She practiced medicine in Africa for two years, but owing to the condition of her health she was compelled to return to her native land. eee W. T. Wright, colored, does al the press work and book binding for the Daily Chronicle of Clarkes: | ville, Tenn. | R. B. Fitzgerald of Dvrham, N. ©., makes the finest and best brick in the state. He works more hands and makes more | brick than any other dealer in| North Carolina, Besides this| business, Fitzgerald ownes a large | drug store, and is the rconbli of a cigar manufacturing establish- ment. He employs in all of his works about thirty men and wo~ men.—Ex. DOCTOR YOURSELF. “@onova” Tablets are mailed and aranteed by Kidd Drug Company icin. IIL, to cure all forms of diseases of Urinary organs, and system, Bladder, ete, including ‘Gonorrhoea, leet, Whites, Lucorrhoea, unnatural dis. charges, irritations and ulcerations of the urinary orgavs and mucous mem- branes never gives stricture, harmless and painless. An internal remedy with injections combined; only one in @e worid. Sent per mail on receipt of Brice, 83 per packageor # for 8. Don fool with cheap substitutes. Retail and wholesale of J. ‘T. Hurlbut @o, Des Moines, Ia. Full line of Rubber Goods; name what you want, Tre TATEST DISCOVERY FOR MAKING nore Hanne CURLY Haye Sey oO Pi ge EN tl Ms Y) RR a Srang eee HY STRAMGHTTINE isa eae, certain and rela Ble reparation, “ais uteshaelyteeo from at ajitious thenatate usd chagotiee eres the ston deicte beat i not ont Stratghtens the hair, but removes Dandruf, etrtes hotel te Sal Lee oat Bees evar a sai fcaip discarcn: ‘Straightine ip richly poe Femaba’ an sin cry uytn Clegeat aetcis Hee ine oiet "WC Bede Tene bye ands with the unanimegs verdict et itis ‘Dest preparation made. Price, 25 ess It drug stores or seut by mail to ani adaress for 30 cents in stamps. Address, NELSON JMANUPACTURING CO , Richmond, Va: (me-Agents wanted. "Write for terms."G8 Are you going to entertain? If s0 you will need invitations, call and see ‘our samples, our prices are the lowest Fine Tarim Fishing. All of the nimruus in Tampa are mueh exercised over the tarpon fishing tm the bay, at the very doors of the efty, says the Florida Times-Union. Capt. Warner, who tends the buoys in the bay, reported that Monday he en- countered a school of fifteen or twenty of them, and lost every hook he had in an effort to land at least one, Yestor- day be 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. CLUB LIFE IN CHINA. Soelal Pleasures. Club Ife in China is not an innova tion from the west, For centuries thé rich Chinaman has had his club, an¢ as a rule it Js quite as elegant an at. fair as are the aristocratic clubs o! ‘New York and Chicago. Most of thi large Chinese citles, such as Cantor and Pekin, contain a club for manda: ins and rich men with pretensions to rank. Some have a political taint some are merely social, but all have one peculiar feature. This is a room or oratory set strictly apart for relig fous exercises, In the oratory th: image of a Chinese god is placed. From time to time members of the club enter the sanctuary to offer their devotions. Apparently it is no un- common thing at the beginning or suc- cessful ending of a great enterprise— such as, say, the murder of an enemy or the consummation of a political ‘conspiracy—to see a Chinaman hasten- ing from the secular part of his club bearing a rich offering or a prayer for the god in'the club sanctuary, He ob- serves his devotions with a gravity that bears witness to bis sincerity. Some devout Chinamen visit the god the moment they enter the club build- ing and again prostrate themselves the last thing before leaving, The club god fs not usually a war divinity, but now, in the centers where the “Boxers” hold sway undisturbed it is more than probable that the “Boxer” god has been placed in all the clubs. Aretic Night. Icebergs dotted the blue surface of the sound, and far into the haze of Baffin bay we could see them drifting southward, The alr was as still and clear as on a quiet, moonlit winter night at home, and the level sun rays streamed through in a glory of Italian pink, Enfolding all, as was the ‘‘peace that passeth knowledge,” like the se- renity of a soul taat has won, through toll and storm, the strength and poise of enduring calm, It was well-nigh overwhelming, In ill-disguised neces- sity we turned from the vision to the sight of heaps of crumpled dead birds in the boat, and talked of shooting, and agreed that nowhere in the world was there promise of better sport than here. Then silence fell again, In spite of us, our eyes were drawn outward; and through all the peaceful beauty we felt once more the poignancy of its awful purity. He would be a man of spotless soul indeed and of assured faith who, seeing the stainless loveli- ness of the scene, would feel no pang. Not one’s self only, but one’s world came there, as into the presence of the great white throne, and stood con- demned in a stillness that was un- broken.—From “With Arctic High-| landers,” by Walter A, Wyckoff, in the September Scribner's, pice ees te Slate pencils were formerly all cut from slate just as it is dug from the earth. Pencils so made were objected to on account of the grit which they contained. To overcome this difficu.ty a scientific man devised an ingeniuos process by which the slate is ground to a very fine powder, all grit and for- eign substances removed, and the pow- der bolted through silk much in the same manner as flour is bolted. The powder is then made into a dough and this dough is subjected to a heavy hy- draulic pressure, which presses the pencils out in the required shape and diameter, but in lengths of about three feet, While yet soft the pencils are cut Into the desired lengths and set out to dry In the open air. After they are thoroughly dry the pencils are placed in steam baking kilns where they recelve the proper temper. Pere On a ee ar ele ‘The ice habit is making rapid prog- ress in Great Britain, says Marshall Halstead, United States consul at Bir- mingham, due largely to the incessant clamor for ice in hotels and public places by the thousands of traveling Americans. Not very long ago the attendants of public places in England where nearly everything except ice was provided, would be insulted i one complained because ice could not be had. Today all first class places have a few small lumps swimming in a glass dish, and you pick these out with sugar tongs; and in country inne and even in second class public houses they apologize for not having It. Eminent in Letters at 49, Dr Adolph Harnack, for many years professor of ecclesiastical history in the University of Eerlin and the au- ther of “The History of Dogma,” has just been elected rector of the univer- sity for the ensuing year. His elec: tion was opposed by the orthodox par- ty, which objects to his somewhat lib- eral views, but the selection of this eminent scholar, whose services as the historian of Christian dogma are ap- preciated in both hemispheres, is warmly approved by the whole body ci German scholars. He has attained this eminence at the exceptionally early age of 49, Galeb Powers and Number “13. Powers, the Kentuckian convicted of complicity in the murder of Goebel, may be excused if he put some falth in the idea that thirteen is an unlucky number. He was nominated for office June 13, 1899; arraigned July 13, 1900, as one of thirteen conspirators named; was defended by thirteen lawyers; his sweetheart was the thirteenth witness; the evidence showed that 1,300 soldiers were ready to defend him; he gave Culton §1,300 to pay the expenses of the mountaineers; he took §1,300 with him when he fled; the evidence closed Aug, 12. From the Country That Never Held Slaves. An Interesting Iyetter From Mr: Linsey in Canada. Yorkton, Assiniboia, N. W. T. Cana- da, July 31.—Mr. Davies; Dear Sir:— Excuse me for not writing sooner, as I thought | would wait and see how I got along before I did. We are all well and doing well, and hope this will find you and family the same. I got here safe and sound and heve a good crop this year. My wheat and oats are looking fine, and I have a good crop of potatoes. I would like for you to encourage and help my friend Bakion to come on. 1 have broke about 15 acres and have 50 acres under fence this spring. I would like for yon to have a few lines of this drop- ped in the colored paper there for the sake of our people and oblige me if you please. I find this country better than it is maped out—the only country fora poor man, When I landed here I bad only 30 cente, but I realize what I have now is worth over $200. Iam the man who waited there for my wife to send me 85.00 from Mt, Pleasant. I guess I will close, Hoping to hear from you soon, I remain Yours Truly, Mr Tuomas Linpsay. Yorkton, Cau ada M. K. & T. REDUCES RATES IN INDIAN TERRITORY, Eyery since the construetion of the M. K. & T, Ry. through the Indian Territory its local passenger rate be- tween stations in the Indian Territory has been on the basis of five cents & mile. The customary rate of passen- ger fares on railroads, except in sparce ly 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 ou tbis account, and the Katy officials, recognizing the wants of the people and the justice of so doing, have volua- ‘tarily arranged to reduce the local passenger rate to a basis of three cents amile, This reduction will take place on or about November first. ‘here will be great rejoicing among the res dents along the line of the M.K &T If you are going to give an entertain ment or serve dinner hanksgiving you will need tickets and dodgers. Come to the Bystander office, our samples and prices will suit you | All Druggists guarantees every bottle of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy and will refund the money to anyone whe is not satisfied after using two-thirds of the contents. This is the best rem edp in the world for la grippe, coughs, ¢olds, eroup and whooping cough and is pleasant and safe to take. It pre vents any tendency os a cold to resull in pneumonia, LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR. fel H, McMillan, The birthplace of Col. D, H. MeMil- lan, the new Heutenant governor of Manitoba, was in the county of On- tario, near the town of Whitby, in the Province of Ontario. The years of his boyhood and early manhood, how- ever, were spent in the town of Col- lingwood. He received his education In the public schools and the collegi- ate institute of that town and in the city of Toronto, His early ambitions were largely towards mil:tary_ life; and it was his cherished desire to en- ter the British army. He took a course of training in the military schools of Toronto, where he was eminently suc- cessful, obtaining first clasz corti: cates in both the infantry and the cav- alry schools. He was identified with military organizations in Ontario for a number of years, and served there during the Fenian raids at Niagara in 1864, and at Port Colborne in March and Fort Erie in June, 1866." In 1870 he was selected for the position of captain in the first Red River expeit- tion under Colonel Wolseley. The young captain remained in Winnipeg ‘with the force for a year, and returned to Ontario in the summer of 1871. Coming to Manitoba again in 1874, Mr. McMillan engaged in Winnipeg in the milling and grain business, with which he remained connected frorn 1875 until three or four years ago. He built, in 1870, the first flour mill ever erected in the province; and, fn the following year, exported to Minne- apolis the first shipment, as a com- mercial transaction, of Manitoba's wheat. He did not, meanwhile, lose his interest in’ military matters, but was ready for active service whenever troops were required. He was major of the Ninetieth Battalion until Just before the Northwest rebellion in 188, when he resigned, intending to give up military affairs; but when the trouble broke out, the old martial spirit was revived, and he organized, along with Col. Scott, the Ninety-fitth Battalion, and went with that {oree to the North- west. He was then senior major, but was afterwards in command of the battalion.—Montreal Herald and Star. ‘xouImang oq} Uy Ajrve YAM 300! ONS Wopjoow uv Jo singer oyy se ‘palddya Afuauvuied sy cys ‘sefeBay OT I0jAIT sj ‘wok yyUTU-AIXIS J0q UF MOTE S$} ona “quowres4 Toweg OTsver “IE ‘peidéy9 Ajeewemseg yoomerg WEE MARRIED WITHOUT COAT. Bat He Hed to Walt Bitty Years for ‘ils Bride's Consent. The whirligig of time that event ually makes all things even mad {t possible for both Thomas Hartlgar and Susan Thompson to keep thet ‘vows that prevented them for half ¢ century from marrying, and yet per mitted them, only a week ago, to wet after all. Fifty years ago Thoma: Hartigan, in a sort of boyish prank declared that he should marry in his shirt sleeves, His bride, Susan Thomp- ‘son, went to the church on her wed- ding day, never’ thinking that her lover was serious in what he sald but when he appeared at the altar and declared tbat he should nover marry except in his shirt sleeves, then she said she would never marry him ff he did not put on a coat. So there was no wedding. All this happened in the Cascade valley, near Renva, Pa, After winning wealth in Call- fornia Hartigan returned to the Cas- cade valley three years ago. Susan Thompson was still there. ‘They talk- ed of marrying, but each was still firm fm the declaration in regard to the shirt sleeves they had made 50 years ago. Last summer the shirtwaist man appeared. Thomas Hartir+n decided that if he wore a shirtwaist at his wedding he would be fulfilling his vow of marrying in his shirt sleeves to the letter. Miss Thompson decided that fashion had given the sbirt waist the dignity of a coat, and that she could marry a man wearing a shirt waist without breaking her vow never to marry Tom Hartigan unless he wore @ coat. And so they were married, and Tom Hartigan wore the most elaborate shirt waist that the store- keeper in Renova could get in Phila- delphia. So the male shirtwalst bas not lived in vain. WOMEN MAY woo, Se One of Them Thinks, and Expresses | Herself. Of course women have to dispose of themselves in marriage, but should the woman ever propose? asks a mas- culine writer. Sometimes, even when ft is not leap year, they should. There fs first of all the case of queens; they must do so, and very prettily did Queen Victoria fulfil the task, says the Washington Post. But the sex is so good-na‘ured in helping lame dogs over a stile! An Irish girl did it in this way. She thought that her boy was slow in com- ing to the point, so she said, “If I were you, Jack, and you were me, we'd be married long ago.” Another shy man said to the lady of his choice: “I wish we were on such terms of intimacy that you wouldn't mind calling me by my first name.” “Oh,” she answered, “your second is good enough for me.” Shakespeare's heroines are remark- ably ready to take the initiative in this most serlous business, Helena demands the hand of Bertram as the price of her wonder-working prescrip- tion. Desdemona hints broadly that she Is to be had for the asking. Miran- dada tells her patient logman that she is his wite if he will marry her. Olivia says to her lover's masquerading mes- senger: “Would you undertake another suit, I rather hear you to solicit ‘Than music from the spheres!” Then, finding Sebastian himself more pliable than his fair double, she fetches a priest to make sure of him while he is in the humor. 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As the latter warms up, the vapors pass through a long pipe, and are cooled in the process, condensing it into liquid again, The first thing that “comes over” is a gas which is used asa tuel in the works, Next, the vary- ing grades of naphtha; next (the prod- uct becoming heavier and heavier all the time), the gasoline grades, then the low-test kerosenes, then the high- grade kerosenes, Then comes a long lst of neavier oils, ending with the heaviest and thickest of lubricants, There is left in the tank paraffine and fa black, dense, sticky substance which is little more than asphalt, From these bl-products, after the refining of oil, are made more than 150 substances of value, including such familiar things as dyes, soap, vaseline, ointment, and chewing gum, geoonau*Wead th Seinen: Molten wood is a new invention by Mr, de Gall, ‘inspector of forests at Lemur, France. 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