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IOWA STATE BYSTANDER. you have relatives or friends visit, or going to make a visit, please s solicit all your local news. Ed. y Thomas has Thomas and 13 Arthur street and took of it this week. H. McDowell of Mukainock and his family to this city to his future home. In Flummer of Indianola and in, Mr. H. W. Lee of this city coration day at Knoxville. Helen Brown of Lake Park who slick for this day, does not very much. And Mrs. Louis Howard have to their new home, 1013 Seven street, that they recently pur- Wm. Wilkerson returned from last Tuesday. While there he liss Mabel hall, former of this Lottie Morris, who was the state of the Twentieth Century of the State Federation club which owned at Cedar Rapids last week, returned home. when in the city and wish a meal call at 405 Court Ave. the House. Open all day and at. J. D. FOEMAN, Prop. just received the news of the birth of Mr. John T. Mabry of Daven- which occurred last Tuesday. we up next week. ev. S. Bates, pastor of the Baptist arch in Clarinda, was in our city to enroute home from Davenport, ere he was called to preach the veral of J. T. Mabry. Union Congregation church service 45 a. m. preaching by Rev. Avery; day School 12 m. Prof. H. T. Taling, A. M. and editor of the A. M. Review will speak at 3 o'clock. All is invited to attend these service. Mr. Wm. Harding has returned from St. Louis, Mo., where he spent three days on the Wabash R. R. from St. Louis to Omaha. He says there is nothing doing in Missouri for him. He has accepted his old job on a private car to Canada. The ladies of the Corinthian Baptist church Sewing Circle were entertained last Friday at the home of Mrs. Patton, 24 W. Grand avenue, assisted by Mrs. John Johnson. They will be entered at the home of Mrs. Scott on seventh street to-day. Mr. R. G. French of Illinois, once of this city, is now in our city visiting old friends. The annual election of North Star Bridge, No. 2, was held last Thursday evening in their hall. The following elected: H. E. Jacobs, W. M.; T. Blasburger, W. M.; J. James, H. W.; T. Blasburger, W. M.; E. N. Morton, treasurer; K. J. Hannel, secretary. W. R. Fraser, one of our well known business young men, who has lived in our city for many years and is well respected, has left our city to accept a position in Minneapolis, Minn. Mr. Fraser was shipping clerk and a local Dry Goods store. We are sorry to lose Mr. Fraser and hope that the good people of Minneapolis will treat him nicely. The Women's Home Missionary society met at Burns M. E. church, with the president, Mrs. B. H. Greene, presiding. Scripture reading by the passover son, Hymn 11, "Come Ye That Loves the Lord and Let Your Joys Be Known." Prayer by the president. Dues collected, 65 cents. Netted from concert entertainment of May 26 utl. church was present and gave a timeily lecture of past experiences, which was highly accepted by all present. Afro-American Hotel ...On European Plan... Clean rooms and first-class beds Rates for sleeping—25c, 35c, 50c, 75c First-Class in Every Particular W. THIRD AND COURT AVE. HENRY WEST, Prop. MUTUAL PHONES Office 1917 Residence 968 Room 338, 390, 398 GOOD BLOCK Des Moines, In We do high grade work [in Copying, Manifolding, Mimeographing Name and Address inserting to perfectly match, and guarantee satisfaction. Give us your order. The Athenian Musical and Literary society held a very successful meeting last week at the home of J. C. Williams on Nineteenth street. Question for debate: Resolved. Are the intellectual faculties of the deaf essentially inferior to the lighter races. Decision in favor of negative. Last Tuesday their meeting was held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. R. Bell and a large crowd was present. The life if Frederick Douglas was studied. The next meeting will be held at the whim of a whimper, at whom only business and the election of officers for the next quarter will be taken up. DES MOINES WOMAN HONORED. The Iowa State Women's Club Federation, which held its meeting last week in Cedar Rapids, honored one of our Des Moines ladies by electing Mrs. H. S. Graves to the presidency to succeed her. The president is the U.S. Treasury. The Bystander takes pride to note that our city is thus honored. Another able Des Moines lady was offered the presidency, but her many duties prevented her from accepting at this time. Mrs. Graves, the oldest伯 of ladies in our city, and it is a compliment to the club as well as to Mrs. Graves. DR. A. G. EDWARDS. Physician and Surgeon. OWA PHONE 1081 MUTUAL PHONE 400 (Office) Mile* Drug Store OFFICE HOURS: $3 to 10 a.m. $2 to 9 p.m. $9 to 9 p.m. Office 818 Park Street When Pneumonia Holds Sway. During the months from November to April one-fifth of all deaths in the large cities of the United States are from pneumonia, while only one-ninth are from consumption. United States Quarries. There are 100 slate, eighty-four marble and 205 clay quarries in this country, and the value of their combined products is $13,000,000. Equal Division of the Earth. If the earth were equally divided among its present inhabitants, each of us, man, woman and child, would get 23½ acres. Philippine Exhibit. The perfume woods and plants of the Philippine islands will be shown at the world's fair in a special collection. Pins in Egyptian Tombs. Pins have been found among the Egyptian mummies and in the prehistoric caves of Switzerland. African Possessions France and England each own in Africa an area as large as the United States. Real Lavender Perfume. The delicate blue lavender may be grown by carefully protecting the plants during the winter, but it quite repays one for the trouble. No wedding-chest is complete without the pale lavender silk bags filled with the gray-blue sprigs whose perfume adds the last touch of romance to a dainty trousseau of lace and linen.—Country Life in America. Take Up Homesteads More than 22,834,299 acres of the public lands were turned over to private individuals last year. This means that an area almost equal to that of the state of Indiana has withdrawn its land from the divusive regions of the United States. Most of these newly opened lands were homesteaded by farmers. Not in Love Because She Blushes. You may know if a girl likes you by the way she behaves when you meet her. Don't be taken in by the mere fact that she changes color. Girls do that from a thousand different causes, and there is no reason why she should be in love with you merely because she blushes—Health. HOMESEEKERS RATES On the first and third Tuesdays of each month the Minneapolis & St. Louis R. R sells special houseseekers round trip excursion tickets to points in the Northwest, West, South and Southeast, at one fare plus two dollars. Return limit twenty-one days from date of sale and stopovers permitted. Call on agents for full particulars or address, A. B. Gutt, G. P. & T. A. Minneapolis, Minn. The Glasgow 710 WALNUT ST. Des Moines Makers of Men's Fine Clothes SUIT OR OVERCOAT TO ORDER NO MORE $15 NO LESS A Thousand Styles - A Single Price 710 WALNUT ST. The Glasgow Des Moines All Goods Union Made. Where Sheep Have Pastured, It takes six years for grass to grow where sheep have pulled it up and trampled it. Hawaiian Farm Wages, In Hawaii the average wage of a farm hand is $20 a month. EDITORIALS. PROF. KEALING HERE. Prof. H. T. Kealing of Philadelphia, Pa., editor of the A. M. E. Review, and wife arrived in our city Friday to visit a few days as the guests of Mrs. L, R. Palmer, who was a college student with the professor at the Straight university in Louisiana. It will be remembered that Prof. Kealing is one of the most eloquent and profound thinkers of our race and the man who lectured at the Y. M. C. A. auditorium last fall. He will preach Sunday evening at the A. M. E. church. DECORATION DAY. The people last Monday observed decoration day in our city by strewing the graves with flowers, and a large crowd thronged the streets which were everywhere noticeable the veterans in blue and the soldiers of the Spanish-American war march in the long parade led by the Eleventh U. S. regulars from Ft. Ees Moines, which added enthusiasm and splendor to the marching columns, followed by the post office employees and the city officials. It was a great parade. In the afternoon the programme was rendered in the auditorium which was crowded. The principal address was by N. E. Kendall of Albia, the eloquent young lawyer who deliver-one of the finest decoration oration ever heard in our city. THE SCARLET CORD. The fourteenth annual session of the grand order of Heroines of Jerico will meet in this city June 14. It is expected that this will be the largest gathering of the representative ladies that have ever met in this state; besides the delegates from the different Courts, many visitors are preparing to attend. The ladies of Naomi and Mt. Olive Courts will jointly entertain all visitors to the session. This is the oldest and perhaps the strongest society in the state. The order has fourteen subordinate Courts, and a membership of about 250. Its jurisdiction includes this state and a part of Nebraska. Mrs. Jones of Keokuk, the M. A. G. M., and Miss Ida Palmer of Burlington, Grand Secretary, claim that the society is in splendid condition. The local Courts of this city have committees out who will arrange something for each evening during the session. NOTICE. To officers and member of Local Afro-American Councils, Churches, Clubs and other organizations having as their object the advancement of the Negro race in the state of Iowa: Notice is hereby given that, pursuant to its last adjournment the Afro-Americen Council of the state of Iowa will meet, at Burns M. E. church, corner of Eleventh and Crocker streets, Des Moines, Iowa, at 10 o'clock a. m. on Monday, July 4, 1904, for the purpose of perfecting a more permanent organization, hearing the reports of the committee on constitution and by-laws and other such committees as shall have reports to submit; and, also to elect one delegate and alternate to the National Afro-American Council which will convene at St. Louis, Mo., Tuesday, Aug. 2, 1904. All Local Councils, Churches, Clubs and other organizations in the state of Iowa having for their object the advancement of the Negro race are urged to send at least one delegate to the said Council, and all Local Councils, Clubs or Churches having more than ten members are entitle to send one delegate for each ten members. Signed at Oskaloosa, Iowa, this 2nd day of June, A. D., 1904. GEO. H. WOODSON, Pres. LELIA A. SHEFFY, Sec. QBITUARY. AN AGED PIONEER GONE. Mr. Archibald Pergerson died at his home, 1406 Fremont street, last Monday, May 30, at 5:45 a.m. at the ripe old age of 69 years. Mr. Pergerson was one of our oldest citizens, having come to Des Moines 35 years ago. He was born in Chariton county, Mo., and moved from there to this city where he spent over half of his life. He was a Christian man, having joined the church of his choice several years ago, and was the oldest deacon of the Maple Street Baptist church to which he was a faithful member. He leaves a dutiful wife, Mrs. Mary A., and five children, four boys and one girl and two grandchildren to mourn his death. The funeral was held from the Maple Street Baptist church, East Des Moines, Wednesday afternoon. There was a large crowd and many flowers as tokens of regards. Rev. O. A. Johnson was called to Oskaloosa Tuesday morning to attend the funeral of Wm. Perno, who departed this life Sunday, 9 p.m. He was 65 years old and leaves a wife, three daughters, two sons, and a host of friends to mourn his death. Mr. Perno was Worshipful Master of Maple Grove Lodge No. 16, A. F. & A. M., also a member of the Barbers Union and was one of its officers at the time of his death. He was burried by the Masonic lodge. Funeral was preached by Rev. Slater, pastor of the A. M. E. church and Rev. O. A. Johnson of Des Moines. GALESBURG NEWSLETS Every one is doing their best to entertain the annual conference, which will meet here sometime in September. The ob church is being re papered and painted and everything will look beautiful. Rev. J. H. Faribrete took a flying trip to Chicago, too late for the general conference, but in time for the mass meeting held by the bishops. It is quite cold here since the rain, chilly for Decoration, yet a big crowd remembered the sleeping dead. Rally day at both churches Sunday. mrs. William Washington has been very sick but is better. Mr. W. D. Smith is on the sick list, also Mr. and Mrs. Washington, father and mother of Mr. J. H. Washington. Mrs. Cora Worthington received the sad intelligence of her brothers death at Indianapolis, Ind. Mrs. Joe Perkins, Elder Parkins' widow who has been here several months, left Friday for Quincy, Ill., and places in Misr. ourl. She expects to be gone two or three months. The A. M. E. Zion church has a new pastor, Elder Monual. Miss Alice Wade and 1, Miss Hopkins will graduate this year from the High School. Mrs Stella Boulder and Mr. David Garnet will render a musical program at the Second Baptist church Tuesday evening. Mrs. Mary Lucus and baby, in company of brother Buff Jackson, left for Badford Iowa Saturday morning. Mr. Laurence Ferrieb will give a June Rose entertainment in the A. M. E. church soon. ALBIA NEWS. Mrs. M. F. Ward is making some improvements to her place. Mrs. Mary Harris of Hilton was in town Thursday. A. M. E. Sunday School gave a social at the Odd Fellows hall Saturday evening. Some few strangers in our town this week. Little Nanie Carter was left at the station by her folks. She is now stopping at Mr. Ban Lewis. CLINTON BRIEFS Rev. C. H. Thomas arrived gatday from Chicago after a short stay. The Stewartess gave a social at the church Friday night. A fair sized crowd was in attendance. Miss Dozier was elected delegate last Sunday to the S. S. convention. F. E. McNail has created a beautiful new soda fountain made of Mexican onyx and Italian marble. It is a production of the Lippincott American Soda Fountain Co. of Philadelphia, and it is a valuable addition to the candy kitchen. Cata' Well. In the south of Ireland, near Inchgleish, is the "Cats' Woll," the waters of which are supposed to exert marvelous remedial effects upon alling tabbles. The Value of Eads. Fads tend to broaden the mind and keep up one's interest in life which is the surest way to become interesting to others. When a woman allows herself to settle down in a rut she speedily becomes tiresome to herself and a deadly bore to others. Get out of the rut while you are conscious you are in it, else you may grow accustomed to its restrictions and conceive your own little furrow is the only one in existence. Beauty of the Cherry Tree The cherry is the most beloved of all Japanese trees, not for its fruit, but for the exquisite beauty of it in bloom time. Hearn says its loveliness is only to be compared to the effect of fleecy clouds, faintly tinged with sunset, folded about the branches, which are often the most striking to compare the beauty of a girl to that of the cherry bloom is the height of compliment. Very Likely. The other day a new baby cane to a Mr. and Mrs. Jones. A day or two after the baby's arrival little Margaret, aged 5, was asked by her neighbors if her parents had named the new little brother yet. "No'm," was the small miss's answer, "but they named the rest of us children Jones, so I 'pose they'll call him Jones, too."—Ex change. Japanese Divorces. If a Japanese husband divorces his wife he makes no provision for her and she has no dowry from her family, but divorced women in Japan nearly always marry again. She brings her husband money but a gift is not given she, and takes nothing away with her but the same commodity. Perfection in Clocks. A grandfather's clock was brought to a watchmaker's shop in Peterson, N. Y., recently for repairs, the first that have been made upon it since some trifling ones in 1778, which were due to the raid of the Indians under Brant and the tory Butler at Cherry Valley, in November of that year. Japanese Gardens. Give a Japanese a back yard ten feet square and he will have a Chinese garden, with any number of paths of ten feet white quartz. But give a ceramic Japanese a few acres—one acre—round his house in the suburbs, and he will make an attractive landscape garden. Russian Opinion of Chinese A Russian officer who took part in the Chinese war some years ago declares, in the Novoe Vremya of St. Petersburg, that the Chinese are not under the control of the Assumed, and that, under proper leadership, they make excellent soldiers. Respect Samaritans. The Misericordia is a charitable brotherhood in the town of Florence, its work being the removal of sick persons to the hospitals. So great is the work of the men there are hold that every one raises the hat in passing them in the streets. Automobile Fishing Boats. Fishermen on the lake of Neuchâtel are using automobile boats. They are driven by a benzine motor and lighted by electricity. They are flat-bottomed, glide noiselessly over the water, and drown the fish and are great success. Science Aide Fishermen Fishermen along the Gerrn in ocean used to look on deep sea research as a mere scientific fad. They changed their mind when, in consequence of these researches, 700,000 cod were caught in a few days on new grounds. Many Colora in Chrysantherums. The Japanese cultivate chrysanthemums in 269 varieties of colors. Of these eight-seven are white, sixty-three yellow, thirty-two purple, thirty-one pink, thirty red, twelve russet and fourteen mixed hues. Worry Over Big Guns The United States is not the only government that is feeling a little nervous about the new British 9.2 inch gun is not coming up to expectations. Bazore in South Africa One-half the razors imported into South Africa are of British make; the rest is chiefly of German origin. Even the razors of the United States shaves himself now occasionally. Believe Trees Have Souls There is a belief in parts of Japan that trees have souls, and this idea acts as a check on the devastation of timber land unnecessarily. Radium in Texas Vast quantities of earth containing radium compounds have been discovered in the Liano mineral region, near Austin, Tex. Many Students Marry According to a Berne newspaper a surprising number of the Russian students at Swiss universities are married. Many Pass Allotted Time. Seventeen persons in a hundred in the state of New York live to be over seventy years of age. Sole Leather Exports. The export of sole leather from the United States averages about $500,000 a month. NEWTON ITEMS. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Martin have received word of the serious illness of their daughter Mrs. Lotlie Taylor of Minneapolis. She is expected home soon. Sunday was quarterly meeting and was well attended. Tuesday night was preaching at the A. M. E. church by elder Malone. He also baptized two infants, little Katie Edwards and Edith Broomfield. Last Wednesday was commencement day and several strangers were in our city to hear the program of which Elia Mays took part. Her oration was "The White Side of a Black Subject," and was well given. The out of town guests were Mrs. A. C. Fisher, Mr. Dave Mays and Miss Bertha Allen of Des Moines, Mrs. Eva Renfow of Hammond, Ind., Miss Violet and Mr. Henry Lucus of Grinnell, Mrs. Strother, Oliver and Misses Beatrice and Lesie Terrell, Miss Lena and Eilee Cabbel of Colaf. Mr. Charlie Thompson of Ottumwa, who has been visiting his sister; Mrs. Nine Fine, left last week for Clinton. Mr. Charles Graves and Mrs. Dorcas Carte. are falling very rapidly in health, Mrs. Clemente Toliver of Rock Island is visiting her mother, Mrs. Jason Green. Mrs. Henry Carter, whose health has been so poorly, left for Colafx to try the merits of that famous mineral water. Rev. Wright is preparing for a lecture Wednesday night at the M. E church. We wish you much success. BOONE ITEMS. Mrs. Blanche Washington and sister, Sadie Waite, left Boone Tuesday for their home in Buxton. Mrs. Miss佛罗德 had a severe attack of athma last week. Mr. and Mrs. John Terry were Des Moines visitors last week. Mrs. Lewis Williams who has not fully recovered from an operation performed early in the spring, had another ill spell last week. Chas. Coleman, Jr., and Jos, Robinson accompanied by Miss Adela Corporal and Mrs. Anna Taylor, were in Frazer Sunday on business for the K. P. lodge. Chas. White of Cofax who has been visiting his sister, Mrs. Blanche Washing ton, has gone to Buxton. Mrs. Alice Matsa has been quite ill of tonsillitis. Mr. Andy Hill is entertaining his father in our city this week. Mr. William Taborn of Springfield, Ill is visiting his cousin David Thomas this week. Alphas Stark is taking private lessons on the clairture, that he might be able soon to join the Juvenile Band, familiarly knowg as "the red coats." Geo. Brown, the drayman, is not improving in health. Chas. Anthony was in Council Bluffs on business this week. Mr. William Ruse went to Okoboji last week to fish. Fresh fish stories in stock. In the heat of the base ball craze in Boone, our friends of color are not forgotten, as we have a nine composed of Coleman boys only. The boys have been giving excellent satisfaction. Jas. Coleman has been requested to pitch for a coming game with one of the white teams of Boone vs. Pit, Mound James is winning distinction as a pitcher. The Coleman orchestra is also progressing nicely, having played for their second time in public at Goden last week. SIOUX CITY ITEMS. Sunday will be quarterly meeting at the A. M. E. church and Presiding Elder J. W. Malone is expected to be present. Sunday is warty day at the M. Zion Baptist church. The pastor of the A. M. E. church preached a very instructive sermon at 3:30 o'clock. He took for his subject 'A Mine to work. The meetings were well attended throughout the day. Mr. and Mrs. C. Watkins's little daughter is seriously ill with pneumonia. A Tom Thumb wedding will be presented at the M. Zion Baptist church Thursday, June 9. Mrs. Sadie Norris has been suffering with an oncess on her face for two weeks, but is getting better at this writing. The Willing Workers entertain at the A. M. E. church Thursday and a neat sum was taken in. The Silver Leaf club had a "hard time" social at the residence of Mrs. Smith last Tuesday evening, and indeed they looked hard. The Missouri Association gave an entertainment at the hall on Maine and West Seventh streets. Quite a number attended and a good time was by all. Mrs. Baker of St. Paul, Minn., is visiting in our city, the guest of Mr. and Mrs. G. C. Carr. Mrs. Miller, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Washington and sister of Mrs. Hattie Moon, is paying them a visit. She has not seen her father for thirty years, so indeed it was a joyous meeting. HOMESEEKERS EXCURSION Every first and third Tuesday to various points in Alabama, Assiniboia, Canadian Northwest, Colorado, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, Wyoming; also other Western and Northwestern states after August 1st. full information at C. & N. W. Ticket Office No. 401 Walnut St. Subscribe for the Bystander The Arab Pony. The Arab is virtually a pony, standing 14.2 hands, offender under than over. He is not fast, even at the gat肛; indeed, he is slow. He is a very poor trotter, both as regards speed and action; a bad hack, and cannot walk without continually sticking his toe in the ground. He is totally unfit for harness and is uncomfortably heavy. He is his natural gait, and in it his movement is free, smooth, delightful and easy—Sporting News. School Teachers Poorly Paid Bethle Teachers Poorly Paid. A teacher in France is paid in France and the Parliament has refused to consider the needs of the teachers. The highest salaries in the empire are paid in Bohémia, where, by placing an extra tax on beer, the government raised enough money to increase the salary of its teachers. The teachers are paid in the districts which once were under the Turkish government. Emulating Her Father. At a recent children's party, given on the Hill, the little people were discussing, during refreshment time, what they intended "to be" when they grew up. One little girl announced that she "expected to marry a handsome man," whereupon her partner straightened up and remarked, "And I shall follow my father's example and be a bachelor."—Brooklyn Life. Butterfly Farm Yorkshire possesses a farm for the rearing of moths and butterflies. Half an acre of land has been planted with trees and shrubs for the purpose. In their season the stock of caterpillars is 20,000. From 30,000 to 40,000 preserved insects are kept in reserve, so that butterflies and moths can be supplied irrespective of the time of year. Children Have No Footwear. Italian children of the poorer classes can neither hang up their stockings at Christmas nor put their shoes on. Twelfth night for the wise men to fill. For when the weather is too cold for them to go barefoot they wear rags bound around their feet for coverings. Belgium Egg Exports Belgium exports annually $6,500,000 worth of eggs. The shipments are almost entirely to England, where the demand is for eggs which run seven and a quarter to the pound. The Mediterranean breeds — Leghorns, Spanish Minocas and Andalusians — are the most popular. Sunday School Enrollment: There are within three million of as many persons enrolled in the Sunday schools of this country as in the public schools, there being thirteen million in the former and sixteen million in the latter. The total Sunday school membership throughout the world is twenty-five billion. Split Wood by Machine A machine has been invented which is capable of splitting wood two feet long and eighteen inches thick. It is run by a three horsepower gasoline engine, and consists of a huge knife which works through the knottiest wood at the rate of sixty strokes a minute. Total Output of Books. A Brussels expert, M. Paul Otlet, estimates that from the invention of printing, in the middle of the fifteenth century, to January, 1900, 12,163,000 different books have been issued. He also estimates that about 200,000 books are now annually issued. Slight Sounds Carried Far. In the Abbey church at St. Albans is a curious echo. The tick of a watch may be heard from one end of the church to the other. In Gloucester cathedral a gallery of octagonal form carries a whisper seventy-five feet across the nave. Be Not Bash in Criticism Beware of rash criticisms; the rough and stringent fruits you condemn may be an autumn or winter pear and that which you picked up beneath the same bough in August may have been only its worm-eaten windles—Holmes. Beetles Destroy Trees in Germany. In 1873, in Germany, 1,500,000 trees are said to have been destroyed in the Hartz forest alone by two small species of beetles. The larvae burrow beneath the bark and thus cause the injury to the growing trees. Paraguay Cotton Very favorable results have been had so far with the experimental raising of cotton in Paraguay, namely, a flower and a seed, a flower and a great resistance of the plant. Motor Life Boat The first motor life boat built in France has just been launched at the port of La Rochelle. It is worked by petroleum, and is of twelve horsepower. Reward for School Children. The German Emperor has given orders that deserving school children shall in future be rewarded by a copy of his majesty's photograph. Highest Price for Testament. A copy of Wycliffe's New Testament, which is nearly 500 years old, was sold recently in London for $580. Japanese Divorces. The proportion of divorces to marriages in Japan is one to four. b> re os all — e - MM ene ’ . ‘TIME TO AGT. Ste madtyes back aches and you are always tired ont, de- pressed and nervous — when. sleep is alsturbed dy pain and by urinary ‘ls, it's time to act. The Kidabya are slck. 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We Union Pacific, which has attracted ‘much goncral attention, recites those Interesting tacts: “While the construction of the Union Pacific Raiiroad, its trials and trlumphs, are a part of the history of the United States, the important pari Dlayed'by this railroad in the develop iment of the Louisiana Purchase can hardly be estimated. In the bullding tup of this vast domain it has been one f the chief factors. ‘One hundred years ago the populs ton of tho region was estimated al 20,000. ‘Up to the taception of the Bnlon Pacine (in 1860) ft bad in: sreased to 3,283,529. In 1300 it num: ered over 19,000,000 of iahabitants fn this wonderful growth, with its stu pondour increase in all the many-sided Phases of commercial, material and Intellectual prosperity, the Union Pa: cife—as a glance at the map will thow—bas Had 8 conspicuous share. it has opened vast rogions of fertile country to settlers, and brought great fareas of an unknown and unproduc- ive wilderness into clese communion ‘with "metropolitan ‘centers and mar Kets. ‘Thriving cltles, towns and ham- Yets, through ‘ita efforts, Mave sprung up inevery direction." * it may bo of interest to know that tho {otal number of manufacturing plants, sad tho value of thelr outputs Sombiged with tat of the national Products as reported in the census of 1900, give an axgrosate production for ‘tho Loulstana region of $8,500,000,000 annually, or 223 times the original pur chase price. ‘The samo census reports {1800 "aiso show tho tal population £0 bo 18,340,255, of whlch 8,300,086 In Habltants are living in the states and territories reached by the Union Pa ‘eific. On the 1900 census fgures, 1 fs ‘estimated that the true woalth of the Louisiana purchase can be stated at ‘about $18,001,868,359, of which $9,360, 621387 In reprosented in the states Feached by thie great railroad.” ‘The lightest remark will sometimes cary the most welght. How's This? eae ses Naat caanek he cores by Hiatt ae cE aaa SDE abate tein oi pea rat Sieunie Drnagiet, Tuieho,O. aise Gare, Graces eaten atety Sa ocentee ress cad SEE ACRE Hits cortrae. “‘The man of mettle generally has a steely iter ta his ee RAILROAD LANDS. umion, Hache, natiaoAD., LANDS eh le ices es ee Sam ee eee ames Bate ae gfe coe Nee hi eee ae SE fetuses at caren e ate Rastet atk pan, Sr ais OCS tis SUENee Per eee aa 157 the way, can you ire Un, of Rand the Mikado’s name? er ay are A | By Bystander Pub Co. DES MOINES, - 1OWA —— ee "Pho most remarkable thing oboe ‘Mak stories 1s that they are sometimy tea, A New York woman hit a streetow ‘conductor, which shows that downtroa an woman will finally turn. Busala's lack of foresight in over Joking yhose double back action Mis sour! catapults is costing her dear, Susan B, Anthony's sister has paid her taxes under protest, but that It ‘more than some men can be got to do "The man who makes hay while the sua shines is in a porition to lend money to the fellow who writes poetry about it. Bince Gov. Odell refuses to let the ‘corporations have Niagara fails, they will have to water thelr stocks with something else. Eminent defenders and opponents of the higher criticism are having a ot fight In the newspapers. Why do the heathen rage? It {9 sald that the horse has greater pulling strengii, in proportion to his weight, than ary other animal. How ‘abontithe octopaat A 16-year-old Indy has secured a dl- rorce in Chicago. Wi®. such an early start {t Js to be hoped that she may succeed in living It deen, ‘The editor of the London Medical Press says that rats and mice are good eating. We understand now the reason for the unrest in China. General Ma is sald to have com: mand of the 5,000 Chinese regulars ‘now on the march, There’s no doubt about it, Mas are always in com- mand. Unele Rustell Sage thinks no map ought to pay more than fifty cents for ‘a straw bat. Well, a $50 Panama ou fa Bitty cent head does look a little mis places. ‘The principal part of King Ed ward's fob appears to be to visit Around among his relatives and try to ‘cep them from declaring war on one another. Sermons are now being delivered ty phonograph down in New York. Gut a great many prominent citizens ‘ill continue to get theirs by wireless telegraphy. In view of the fact that the “Pik ‘frim’s Progress” Is about to be dram Atized, the critics are sharpening up thelr pencils and a few of them are reading the book. ‘The thoughtful Cincinnatl Enquirer says ‘‘a game of baseball is not in the ature of things a religious festival.” Every office boy knows it is often to ‘the pature of a funeral. Perhaps the English educator who talked about the "femioized” Amert fan youth saw some of (hose. queet hinge in baggy trousers, dinky coats and caps Ike clam shells ‘The members of he W.C. TU won't agree that the Boston man whe Bought els quarts of whisky for 4 ents at_an expres, company’s. ua tlalmed package sale was iucky. We do not doubt the assertion of De. Rondthaler that in Philadelpbie you think of your grandfather. ‘The atmosphere of the place conduces te “thought of those who are at rest Panama now talks of disbanding it ary. This would seem to be an eas} fatter. AIl that is necessary 18 1¢ charter an omnibus and disteibute the feldiers. around at" thelr several tomes ‘A gunkman down In Bridgeport conn, cut t telephone cable that con fatned 100 wires, and when the (ele phone people found It out they said Zomething much more expressive thar Stull!" Bibb county, Ga,, has « record of » hundred divarce cases at one term of four ‘The climate of the Dakotas ould seem to have teen Instrumen tat in shifting the ivoree center to the eoutheast Do pot seeif at the Chicago woman who declares. that ehe used to. welgh Jos pounds, but bas taken off seven pounds by mental action. Many ¢ omen has taken ten years off he Sethe tae wer, Mr. Otto Nordenskjold, yho once ‘tried to find the South pole , has fail ved to land the chair of geography it Stoekholm university. The candidatet proved Ignorance of exactly where tht pole ts doubtless told against him. ‘A man who signs himself “Dr. M. A 20, B.S. A, B.iM. D." advertises in + North Dakota paper that he desires Jeoome a member of the state Texisie Aire, He must thlnk North Dakota & [getting right up Into the Maseache felts class. “A woman should be frst a home paker:” says Mré, "Bob" Burdetto feho has Just declined to be a cand ute for the president of the nations Pe2oration of women's clubs. “That & the trst article of my club creed,” st adds, Lucky “Bob!” ‘The young man who made love tot Rew York gil under the pretense a being a brotheriniaw to a duke ha een sentenced to fail. This 18 prop fe. The girls must be protectet Against impostors who win thelr affec Yons by promising to make them ret atives by marriage to toe nobility. Prealdent Ellot of Harvard declare that more money will not bring mor Joy. It is plessant to find a prominec cducetor who is willing to get back t food old-fashioned maxiirg insteed « vying to say something cepsatione Japanese Defeat the Enemy on His Chosen Ground, : STORM FORTIFIED POSITION perate Assauit—J ipanese Now Re- ported to Be Within Twolve Miles ct Patt Atthur. ee official dispatch. Fighting, it 1s added, "Satan, iy 24th eo oe sedis Gergana! teat ce eee a ne ete aa Beha ee neh ate ne as oat Sa in tcc ees eel Se AOI Bis BAT Sohn oe cen pee aerate ilar so aie ee a He eit att a he iis, Sis, nay sta, apc t Faeyr a ads tomes eee eat ei a ee Sie man dat SSPE he etn cae tearm cee a Soe een toh eer ai La eoale Moai ser ae }sians, thelr guns and strength had Bee fe Ma Pie epee, i maa age worms ern Fer ea eae ee dees aaah Heredia sages ee ene Se coe eer area tt uae eh ear ap Russans ZB Ve sek | O¢ \ OCS ee eee ee oo the Tights’ which nfghtly played ovar the Bee oe as ere Te montanes aise’ ree alte ee abe es ote ea dine Sele cee chat ose tone fee reer tecn Ueeeaa at neue et are eer ate Birt i atin os Sect jae (us aati ete Ba Ae Boa fea cen eles ine ba ‘the north and east, enveloping Kin- Serr Sa eh one ae et eee Nae cane on et eg ie mega s Sea eed ke oy ‘thaenday_noring eae Pere any Ge gute ence Se Nn te ot ae Ble da iS ee oe sien Dace fs wi ses re tate tae oe aoe re erent sa ee ae ee Pe a ety a gas tran oad mead Set Ss zien ae te i eR EE ia lk alvhctear ternal sae ahaa Ne ace ae eee as See nay Slavens Seca ti ei, altace no Taare acnta'ag Suties pea So ae Oe see eee Hie gts Grea Se I e. i Sir step ee ea au oem tate aaa Peto pera cas and a was ees 6 sa es Se ree ee ea ae ee ee ae er oe ara ie wai Bat Rp ae ers asa a Stator vaste be aati artista ig oe aaa sre, are ete fyama, reached Kin-Chou bay on the Eee een Mca a aa area rene ey Gael soe we ee oe cat ie aes TRY AGAIN TO CORK HARBOR. Japanese are Said to Have Sustained Heavy Losses. Mukden, June 1—The Japanese on the night of May 28 male another at. tempt to block Port Arthur by sink: ing merchant Yesseis in the harbor entrance. The attempt was discov: ered through the operations of searchlight and one Japanese gun. boat and two torpedo boat destroyers were sunk. The merchant men then retired. Tokio, June 1—It 1s sald that four gunboats, two destrovers and two torpedo boats sent to Port Ar- thur early on Monday morning by ‘Vice Admiral Togo effected a careful reconnaissanee, facing a heavy fir from tae land batteries, They dis- covered a new Russian’ scarch-light Station and one or'two new forts on the Liao ‘Tien Shan promontory. Number 3 gunboat was struck by a sholt whied killed one petty offer injured three mon and damaged ona of her guns. The other boats ¢s- ‘eaped without any damage. JAPANESE OCCUPY DALNY. Washington, June 1—The Japan: ese legation bas given out the follow. ing dispatch from the home govern: ment at Tokio, embodying a reply from General Oku, as follows: General Oku, commanding the ‘army operating against Port Arthur, reports that our troops occupied Dalny on May 30. Over 100 ware houses and barracks, besides tele. graph office and railway station, were found uninjured. Over 200 railway ‘cars are useable but all small rafl ‘way bridges In the neighborhood are destroyed. All dock plers except the great pier which was sunk. remain Uninjured, Some steam launches ‘were also found at the mouth of the ienaie ‘M.S. QUAY DEAD. acai nar ol taal cnet Sanju ain ae ae Pe a aim pe be cen bani eon pete ares oe ea ta rt wae Ta tate tue cor a eee Met dade ae bess tet ree seo ant bev Sra te as ee tae ea at ‘of 1901, when he was undergoing the “strain of a desperate fight for re-elec- oe esa cme cenae eres a eee ok tee Sa ity an onda Bd his endurance and believed firmly that gaa cae ra Ne ee mong at 0 ‘cessive summers. ‘Colonel Quay, in health, was a great ate eM cic te ‘system due to heavy eating, smoking and the great nervous strains which sete a ee ahs tar a ammonia #8 lem ety "age | 1888. He served as United States | he was elected to the United States PORT ARTHUR THE OBJECTIVE Japanese Endeavor to Distract Kuro aiin’s Attausan, St. Petersburg, May 31—According to Information received by the Asso elated Press from a bigh source, im portant news regarding the Japanes« plan of campaign which has reachec the authorities since the battle of Kir Chou, compels the conviction tha’ the advance of General Kuroki anc the activity of his scouts northwest and south. of Feng Wang Cheng are parts of a well executed feint to pre vent Kuropatkin from detaching ¢ strong foree to hamper General Oku's operations on the Liao Tung penin sula, Under cover of General Kuroki’ sereens, it 1s added, part of the Jap fanese army landed at Taku Shan will be moved southward into the peninsn la, while Kuroki attempts to make Kuropatkin believe that he intends to foree a decisive engagement with bin, “This information would tend to prove that the primary object of the Japanese campaign all along has ‘been Port Arthur, and once that for ‘ves is in thelr hands, unless an ex. -coedingly favorable opportunity offere toattack Kuropatkin, the Japanese ‘plan fs simply. to. make their tenure secure and to force the Russian com ‘mander to assume the offensive “Moreover, there is information to the ‘offect that the Japanese propose. te storm Port Arthur with the brletes! possible delay, after having first blocked the harbor to render the ex ress of the Rusafan ships Impossitie ‘At last moment, thus forcing the Rus slans to destroy them without sub jecting the Japanese to the inevitable losses which must oceur if the Rus sian squadron gets out for a last figh’ before going to the bottom. ‘Tho ‘Tepeated efforts of the Japan ene to “‘cork” the harbor have been at much with the view to this ultimate aituntion’ aa for: nectecting lcadince* Warships at the Azores, ‘Washington, Max. 27.—Rear Admir al Barker has reported his arriva’ with the Kearsarge, Alabama ‘Maine and Jowa at Horte, the Azores One of these vessels probably will be ordered at once to. Tangier in) con nection with the kidnaping of the ‘American Perdicaris. NoTES FROM THE CAPITAL ee Re eT ae te kc windstorms ia Jowa have reminded the people tag It Is prudent to take ‘out tornado ftisurance. The company that is doing by far the largest bust: hess io that Ine {s the Towa Mutual ‘Tornado Ingurance Association of this city, his fe a remarkably suc- cetsful association, having been in ‘operation over twenty years, has over. 77,000 members, over $105,000; 000 in. risks and has $45,000 cash on Rand to pay loeses. ‘The assoclation paid $240,000 fn losses during 1902 ‘and 1903 without one cent of litiga: Yon, and with a promptnest not ex eelled by any other company on earth, ‘This association co-operates with the Farmers’ Mutual through: out the state and is represented by the same agents. J. B. Herriman, who has been secretary from the or ganization of the company, reports that he is doing a very large bust ‘eas ‘and. receiving from one hin: Gred to two hundred and fifty applt: cations a day, In fact the business for one day amounted -to one-third of a million dollars In risks. The ‘association ig so large and they are Increasing ¢0 fast that the sccrstary docs but little advertising any more, fas the association Is getting all the business they care for. Deputy State Labor Commissioner Arthur B, Holder 1s. in Washington tn conference with the heads of the ‘census bureau relative to the census of manufactures which will be taken ext year by the government, and in taking which in’ Towa, the state labor Dureau will be enlisted. The gov- erament will furnish the agents to take the census; they will be man- ‘aged by State Labor Commissioner ED. Brigham, This fs tn acoordance with the joint, resolution passed by the last general assembly on motion of Representative Buchanan of Wapello county. The resolution -au- thorized the state department to act for the government in the taking of the census. Already the schedules which {t {6 proposed to use in the ‘Work of next year have been examin- @d by Commissioner Brigham and Re has made come suggestions of value to the department. Mr. Holder {n person will also convey to the de- partment at Washington some sug- Eestions as to the information which ‘ill be of the most value to the woat, ‘understanding perfectly the wishes of the commissioner In the matter. Jobn L. Kamrar of Webster City ‘ans fled with the governor appilea. Hone for the surrender and sale of two lakes in Hamilton county. The applications will come before the executive council at the regular meeting of that body. These are the second and third applications which have been made under the new law passed by the recent gen- eral assembly authorizing the sale of lake beds in Iowa. Polk county's criminal reoord has been broken to smithereenes. During the past five months more people have been sent to the’ penitentiary from the county courts than during ‘any twelve previous months. Since Janvary 1 forty-nine have been sen: tenced to the penitentiary. This does not include jail sentences or criminal fines. The cause for the increase is a matter of considerable speculation, Some contend it {s due to an Increase in population in Des Moines; others maintain {t 1s because the’ officors have been more active, and stil. oth- ers maintain ft is an increaso in crime. ‘The Rock Island has not given up hopes of securing the Des Moines & Fort Dodge railway, despite the Hooley interests were in absolute control of the stockholders’ annual meeting in this city, when the three romaining Rock Tsland_representa- Uves on the board of directors were ousted. The fact that tho Rock Island has a card up its sleeve which it hopes to play was shown by the fact that Carroll Wright did not vote single proxy of thelr stock, allow: ing Norbet Helnshelmer to dominate the briet meeting. ‘The lease of the Rock Island on the line does not ex pire until January 1, and while offic fale here ‘who represent the Roel {sland refuse to be quoted, they inti mated something would be done prior to that time. It {s a matter of great Importance to the Rock Island, one ‘of too principal things being the con trol of the double track system be tween Des Moines and Valley June tion, ‘The state board of health has re duced the length of quarantine in Giphtheria cases to seven days when antitoxin 1s used {n the treatment of the patients. Otherwise it remains at thirty-five days, By resolution the board has amended its rules and reg. ulations on the subject of quarantine tn diphtheria cases to conform to the foregoing statement, This resolution has been adopted: “That in cases where a member or members of a family afflcted with diphtheria are treated with antitoxin, and each and every other member of the ‘same, family is immunized with antitoxin, ‘the quarantine may. be raised in seven days, it being under stood that it does not apply to cases ‘You can't always tell from the labels on a man’s luggage how far he has traveled, 5 Herole Treatment. Mrs. Ebony—"Doctah, my husban’ Xe got the paralersis in the Iaigs, s0 he arn't movo his feet.” Doctor Dark—"Is dat 80, ‘Mrs. Eb- ‘ony? Well, I'l call right away.” Mrs, Ebony—"Yes, doctah, an* he suah to brung youn banjo erlong, If dat doan start his laigs goin’, nuit wil.” Dawkins—"And was it very hot in India?” Jawkins—"Hot! simply melting. Why, one of our fellows ‘stayed out too long In the stin one day, and he had to be ladled back to his bungalow."—London Tit-pits, ‘An Unpardonable Offense, Friend—“Aren't you afraid of that ‘handsome rival of yours?” ‘Smartchap—"Not a bit.” “He is very rich.” “yes.” “A great favorite with the ladfes.” "1 know tt." “Yet you bave no fear?” “No, “He guessed at her age ones, nd got her only two years younger than she {s."—New York Weekly. ‘The sparrows im this country en. 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ROEBUCK & eso't put off tno sure 47 tor the uncertainity 0 Wlogle-Stick Lacw ‘yon’t api, brea, freena nor Besta cee nd ota EAP efor aapteto ERE G52 Mctiran Streat, Shutting the eves to th signal does not clear the ‘The fellow that complain a dog's life generally gro ‘When's four. Dee Se esti, it fe customary to eel eee reatietre ae es ee pores teat a oe Ta te i et ee ee et Gas pare ae ae rakeey ees ene oie eee ey ey cet eter See oo ee eee Eee Set ae ze seonarer Vio eS eae een ees St fate Pee Se Mee aa eee Se ee aes setter es be ee pet te seo ine, inches Maple Hill, Ia, May 30—A y\ markable ease occurred here | ly. The people here have ne ‘anything like it and it may many others. From his infaney, Verne, the fiveyearcold son of Mr. and Barfoot of this place has been His mother consulted a doctor, @id not begin to improve till one suggested that sho try a re called Dodd's Kidney Pitle. 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Russian Officials Reluctant to Accept Dispatches — Do Not Consider It Possible That Reported Engagement Can Mean Serious Reverses Tokio, May 31—A detachment of Japanese troops attacked and defeated 2,000 Cosacks at Al Yang Pien Men, northeast of Feng Wang Cheng, Saturday. The engagement began at 10:30 and ended at 11:40 a.m. The Japanese lost four men killed and twenty-eight wounded. The Russian casualties are not known. St. Petersburg, May 31.—The report defeated of Cossacks at Al Ai Yang Plen Men was the only news and almost the only topic of conversation in St. Petersburg last night. No official dispatches were given out last evening, but officers at military headquarters were reluctant to comment. They think it posed owe that the Japanese met General Mistchenko's command, which has recently been raiding in Korea. It is formed of comparatively raw recruits, though now somewhat hardened by three months' campaigning. It is the result of the war that has been defeated, but not Rennenkampf's force patrolling the Al Ai Yang region, who are veterans of that old command which accompanied him on the famous ride through Manchuria. These men are esteemed here as the hardest riders and the most reckless fighters in the war, and it is easier to them would have a greater sentimental effect than the more serious reverse at Kln Chou. RUSSIA NAMES TERMS. Offers a Proposal for Final Evacuat ion of Manchuria. London, May 31.—The Tien Tsin correspondent of the Daily Express says that Paul Lessar, the Russian minister, informed Prince Ching that Russia will finally evacuate Nüchwang provided China grants a concession for a railway from Kalgan across Chinese Mongolia to Kla Khta, eighty miles from Lake Baikal, or that Russia will evacuate Manchuria if China leases the ill territory to Russia. Ill, or, as it is more commonly called, Koolidja, is a district of Chinese Tibetanistan, a part of Sungaji, Russia, and it provides province from 1870 to 1871, and still retains a portion of the territory. The district contains 23,000 square miles. London, May 31.—The Times' correspondent at Wet Hat Wel learns from a fugitive Russian that General Stosseel's orders are to dispute every inch of the country between Port Arthur and Stosseel, who believed that the main advance on Mukden can be delayed until Port Arthur falls. Every day is important to Kuropatkin. Stosseel, upon receiving these orders, hurriedly prepared a succession of positions. A Japanese refugee from Port Arthur, a Foo chartering steemers to convey supplies to Port Arthur when it falls. The Coo, May 31.—Dalny has been practically evacuated, according to the statements of Sikh and Russian refugees arriving here today by junk. All valuables, ammunition and most of the weapons of the enemy, were Arthur. The only civilians remaining are the electrical engineers in charge of the mines laid in the harbor, and also those set to destroy docks and piers. One large Russian warship, probably the armored cruisers, was sent to reach the Talien Wan bay on Tuesday last, the 24th inst., from Port Arthur, and it was doubtless this vessel which attacked the Japanese left wing during the battle at Kin Chou on May 28. The junks which just arrived here on their way down, passed fourteen Japanese ships, and then the mines of Dalny, so that the Bayan will likely be captured. Tokio, May 31.—The Japanese casualties at Nan Shan are now estimated at 2,500. The number of Russian guns captured exceed seventy. Vera Samble, the 4-year-old daughter of F. L. Sample of Woodbine, died after thirty-six hours of suffering. A few nights previous she ate a withered apple, and this induced ptomale poisoning, from which death resulted. One thousand dollars damages against the Kookuk Electric Railway and Power company, was the verdict of the jury in the district court at Tokyo, on May 26, two hours. Samuel Connel was plaintiff, suing for $25,000, on account of the death of his son, Willie Connel, who was killed by a sagging live wire of the company on May 2, 1903. The case was vigorously fought on both sides. A man's hair turns gray five years sooner than a woman's. Distinguished artist—"Perhaps if you came here you will get a better light on the picture. This studio is not nearly large enough." Fair Visitor (desirous to understand)—"Yes, yes; I know. One can't get far enough away from your pictures!"—Punch. "What is a counter-irritant?" asked Mrs. Smithers, "A counter-irritant," replied Smithers, "is a woman who makes the clerk pull down everything she likes for hours, and then buys four cents' worth of hairpins."—Cleveland Press. An Understanding. She—"You must remember that ours was a summer engagement." He—"That means, if you see anyone you like better, you'll break it!" "Yes." "And if I see anyone I like better ___ "I'll sue you for breach of promise." Rev. Dr. Thirdly—"Don't you know, little boy, you can't swim on a day!" Tommy Toddler—"I ain't a fish," boss, I'm just teach' worms how tee swim"—Chicago Chronicle. JAPANESE AND RUSSIANS MEET Desperate Cavalry Encounter Reported Near Vafangow. Gallant Feat of Russian Cornet Made Him Hero of Fight — Squadron of Mikado's Cavalry Was Annihilated By Desperate Charge of Cossacks Liao Yang, June 2.—The Japanese lost 200 killed and a number of horses in the fight at Vafangong on Monday. The Russians opened fire at 8 o'clock in the morning and after two hours and a half long range firing the Japanese, under General Akkiama, prepared to charge and crush the force which had been harassing them for twenty-one days. In the meantime General Samsonoff was approaching Vafangong with a strong force of cavalry. It was a sight worth seeing, when at the word of command the Russian squadrons formed and rushed like whirlwind across the terribly cut stables, the batteries at the same time trotting along the frightful roads. Having crossed the railroad station the troops came under the fire of the Japanese machine guns, but withdrew without suffering much loss. The fourth and six companies were heavily charged the Japanese cavalry with lances, attacking both flanks. In a few minutes they literally cut the whole squadron into pieces. This was the first time lances were used and they struck terror into the enemy. In some cases the lances were thrown through the thickened their horses. Some of the lances could not be withdrawn from the bodies into which they had entered. Then the Japanese infantry, numbering 300 men to a company, and eight squadrons of cavalry, attempted to advance, but the Russian batteries opened fire, and soon the slope upward was covered with black spots and the enemy were forced to scatter and retire. Some of the Japanese cavalry were wonderfully dashing, charging with shouts upon the Russians, who met and scattered them. The scrabbed who had just his lance and escaped, and attacked as a sword from a Japanese officer and cut off the officer's head. Kai Chou, Lia Tung Peninsula, June 2—A Russian who was wounded in the fight near the station at Vavangwon, soff attacked the Japanese near the railroad, a mile from Vafangwon station. A cornet of the frontier guards was the hero of the fight. His sergeant was lying wounded and a Japanese soldier was killed him, when the cornet unhorsed the Japanese, mounted the latter's horse and placed the wounded man on his own charger. The Japanese cavalry engaged was the Thirteenth regiment. Their horses were splendid animals. St. Petersburg, June 2—General Sakharov has telegraphed as follows under yesterday's date to the general staff: "According to reports, the Japanese commander in the action of May 30, near Vafignow had three battles waged against him in reserve. Our losses were wounded, killed and twenty-three wounded, and Lieutenant Meyer and another officer, whose name has not been ascertained, were wounded. The Japanese losses were very considerable. One squadron of the Thirteenth Japanese cavalry was annihilated in a hand to hand encounter, and is assistance suffered great loss from the fire of our frontier guards and riflemen. We captured nineteen horses." TO MEET DEMANDS. Chadwick Hopes to Secure Release of Pericaris. Washington, June 1.—This cabelgram has been received at the navy department from Rear Admiral Chadwick, commanding the South Atlantic Squadron at Tangier: "The seizure of the American citizen was by insurgent children of the civilian child of Morocco to secure the demands of the tribe. Our sense of the gravity of the case is shown by the presence of the American squadron and will undoubtedly cause the earlier yielding by the sultan of Morocco to the demands of the chief, which is the only safe means of releasing captives; the highest authority for the statement that an attack on Tangier or an expedition against the brigands will be followed by the immediate murder of the captives. At the instance of Secretary Hay, no instructions will be sent Rear Admiral Chadwick for the present, pending the result of the representations of the French government requesting the exercise of its good offices in obtaining the release of the captives. Some men lose their hair by butting in at the wrong time. Few women are mind readers, but nearly all women are mind speakers. Courtship and novels are more interesting than marriage and history. You can easily make a man hot by rubbing him the wrong way. When Daniel Sully, the "cotton king" of a few weeks, was walking down Fifth Avenue, the other afternoon, he was accosted by the wanker; "Well, Sully, how goes things by this time?" Oh, I'm on my feet again, answered Sully, cheerfully. "What! So soon!" replied his friend, incredulously. "Yes, I've sold my horses," replied Sully. President Ellot, of Harvard, dined recently at a New York hotel, where the man who takes care of the hats at the dining-room door is celebrated for his memory about the ownership of a seagull, for the ownership is meant to be the collegian asked, as his silk tunic was presented to him. "I don't know it, suh," said the doorman. "Then why do you give it to me?" insisted President Ellot. "Because you gave it to me, suh," replied the darky. "I would require a surgical operation to amputate a dollar from some meat." Fifty Thousand Men Have Disembarked at Takushan. RUSSIANS PLAN DIVERSION Reinforcements Dispatched to Port Arthur—Intention is to Engage in the Rear Japanese Now Attacking Gibraltar of the East. Vanzalen, Manchuria, June 3.—The Japanese are landing another army of 50,000 men at Tekushan, it is reported. Japanese posts were withdrawn Wednesday from positions near Vafangow, destroying the bridges as they retired. They were busy during the night removing the wounded in the battlefield and burying the dead. The Coo, June 3.—The Japanese have landed another lot of troops about twenty miles southwest of Takushan. A Chinese junk arriving from there says that seventy transports have discharged troops there, and some old ships had been reinforced shore. Reinforcements for the Japanese army which is attacking Port Arthur have been landed northeast of Tallen Wan. Their number is unknown. London, June 3.—Telegraphs from different points seem to confirm rumors that General Kuropatkin is attempting a diversion in the direction of Port Arthur. Russian reinforcements, according to a dispatch from Tien Tain, are moving southward from Kaliping towards Wafangtien under General Stalkenberg. They comprise a battery of artillery. four Siberian regiments and a company of Cossacks, aggregating 12,000 men. Another brigade is following, the inception being to engage the Japanese, now attacking Port Arthur, in their rear. The Standard's correspondent at Tien Tain, sending the same news, says: "The Russian force in the engagement at Wafangtien on May 30, is supposed to have been formed of four Silberan regiments, which were reported to have left Tachiachoa on May 28, being the first portion of a relieving column for Port Arthur. Already in April, the north of Wafangtien, but is destroyed from there to Pulantien. The Japanese are unconcerned over this demonstration, being convinced that it will be impracticable for the Russians to move a sufficient force to prove effective. These reports are received with a certain measure of skepticism in the diplomatic circles if General Kurpatinia is undertaking such a desperate move, he can only be doing so in deference to the strongest political pressure and against his own better judgment. No further news has been received about the movements of the Japanese forces. Generals Kuroki and Oku are working in secrecy. The Daily Telegraph's well informed correspondent estimates the total defending force in Port Arthur at 30,000. "This is a most formidable army," he srys, "and while it will be a marvelous achievement to carry by assault such a place, with more than a mile of distance for it, posed at a distance of fifteen miles from the harbor, the destruction of the place can undoubtedly be accomplished." According to the Chronicle's Tokio correspondent, the Russians have been able to plant Yang, and are planting mats at a distance of 5,000 feet around them. DELEGATES ARE RELEASED. Lowden Gets Many Yates Votes, But Not Enough. Springfield, Ill., June 3.—Although all delegates were released from instructions yesterday, a desperate effort on the part of republican leaders to break the deadlock in the state convention failed, and at 8 o'clock in the afternoon during the day, the assamblement took a recess without having nominated a candidate for governor. The attempt to bring about the break was a spectacular one. Walter Reeves, chairman of the committee on resolutions, and Chairman Cannon engineered the plan, which was based on the suggestion to comp the committee on resolutions. The committee presented a resolution which it originated and which was referred to the committee at Wednesday's session. This resolution was to the effect that the delegates be released from instructions, and when it was presented, Mr. Reeves called on the delegates to comply before the convention and express their opinion regarding it. Each declared in favor of the resolutions, speaking in the order named: Frank O. Lowden, Governor Richard T. Yates, Charles S. Deneen, Attorney General Howland J. Hammill, Lawyer James W. Warren, and John H. Pierce. Then Mr. Reeves yielded a portion of his time to John W. Parker, author of the resolution, who urged its adoption in letter and in spirit as well. Congressman Cannon then demanded the attention of the convention and placed with the delegates to break the deadlock. He declared that the delegates must, compromise, and called attention to the fact that the convention by its inaction was injuring the republican party, not only in Illinois, but in the entire nation. He said, "and then nominate a ticket, and let's do it today." There was not a vote against the resolution, but when the roll was called on the 67th ballot there was no substantial change from the ballots of the previous day. For several ballots his vote increased. Upon his vote the 73rd ballot. Then the tilted and on the closing ballot, the 78th, Lowen's vote had dropped to 532. It requires 752 to nominate. Love is a double-back action of the skyrocket and the match. Goes up neawear all right, but the stick comes down to earth—very earthy. Euthusiasm and lying are synonyms with some people. DEFIANCE STARCH FOR FRANKLIN MAYEAGH & CO. CHICAGO, IL. DEFIANCE STARCH is growing steadily in popularity. Two years ago 5-case shipments were the rule to the jobbers and single cases to the retailers. The intrinsic merit of Defiance Starch and the fact that it is put up in 16-oz. packages and costs the consumer no more than other brands put up in 12-oz. packages has made the demand so great that shipments are now made in carload lots. The photograph above shows a carload leaving the factory for the great Chicago house of Franklin MacVeagh & Co. Defiance Starch is rapidly becoming a household word throughout the entire country and deservedly so. It is always ready for use, requires no cooking, will not rot, break or blister the finest linen and does not stick to the iron. It leaves the clothes white, fresh and clear as when new and is absolutely guaranteed to be free from all injurious chemicals. Geta 16-oz. package of Defiance Starch to-day from your grocer for 10c. Use it according to directions on the package and you will never again use any other brand. Your grocer has it or can get it. DEFIANCE STARCH MFG. CO., Omaha, Neh The family of a dead Japanese soldier gets as a pension about one-third of the pay of his rank. This would give the widow of a private $1.25 a month; of a fire liontenant, $6.25; of a cane liontenant, $1.25; and of the widow of a colonel, $20 a month. A stage in the form a circle is in use in a Munich theater. The stage is divided into four parts, the circle is presented to view. By this plan stage waits are avoided, as a complete change of scene is instantaneously effected by a quarter of a revolution. Real Turkish and Persian rugs have interwoven in their meshes characters that are not only legible, but are capable of translation by those familiar with the Arabic tongue. These inscriptions are usually worked round the borders of the rugs in such a manner that easily distinguishable by the expert. To punish a cat for having stolen a flounder, John M. West, of Salt Lake, put the animal in a bag and secreted him under a seat of a car on the San Pedro and Los Angeles Railroad. At Calente, Nevada, the cat was discovered and released. Tom, as the animal is called, made its way back to Salt Lake, a distance of 357 miles, and bodeged for food at his old home. Tom was forgiven. The passport system in Russia often causes much annoyance. An American wished to change from one hotel in St. Petersburg to a smaller one around the corner. He came down with his bag packer, but you "go." You cannot leave this hotel, or register at another hotel, until we get your passport from the police, and that will take a day and a night. You must go through the same procedure as if you were leaving the country. OVERHEARD ON THE PIRIE. Mr. Easy: "Why should people visit the Rex." You would use more aileen's Foot Rex than in darringe." Mini Foece. "Because under the brilliant illumination of the sun, I am the owner of the most drug store, and I gromse never to a substitute for you or for allie's Fouches." FOOTNOT. The trauma will be made on June. One man's greatness is due to the aid of many smaller men. Pioneer's Cure for Consumption is an infallible medicine for coughs and colds. - N. W. SAMUKU, Ocean Grove, N. J., Feb. 19, 1904. If a minister's trousers bag at the knee no apology is necessary. Mr. Window's Soothing Syrup. For children in allergy therapy. It is highly effective in allergy therapy, curts wolf color. 26 a booth. A well constructed brick house will out-last one built of granite. Lewis' "Single Binder" straight 20 inches of cotton, which insures a hard, satisfying smoke. You pay 16c for cigars not so good. Lewis' Factory, Peoria, Ill. A black eye indicates that the owner looked for trouble and found it. Ask Your Dealer For Allen's Foot-Knee. A powder. It resists the feet. Cures Corns, Cracks, and Blisters. It helps those Sweating Foot and Ingrowing Alles. Allen's Foot-Ease makes new or tight shoes easy. At all Druggists and Shoe stores, 25 cents. At Address Allen S. Olmsted, Le Rov, N. Y. Enthusiasm and lying are synonyms with some people. Free to Twenty-five Ladies. The Defiance Strach Co. will give 25 ladies a round trip ticket to the St. Louis Exposition, to five ladies in each of the following states: Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas and Missouri. You will receive a number of trade marks cut from a ten cent, 16-ounce package of Defiance cold water laundry, starch. This means from your own home, anywhere in the above named states. These trade marks must be mailed to the Defiance office of the Money Company Omnima, Nebr., before September 1st, 1904. October and November will be the best months to visit the Exposition. Remember that Defiance is the only starch put up 16 oz. (a full pound) to the package. You get one-third more starch than the money of any other kind, and Defiance never sticks to the iron. The tickets to the Exposition will be sent by registered mail September 5th. Starch for sale by all dealers. 'Tis better to have loved and lost than to pay allmoney after winning. Important to Mothers. Examine carefully every bottle of CASTORIA, a safe and sure remedy for infants and children, and see that it An officeholder needs little push if he has a pull. U. S. 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For a descriptive Atlas and other information, apple to Superintendent Immigration, Ontario, Canada, or antiqued, Canadian Government Acquired, E. T. Holmes, 315 Jackson Street, St. Paul, Minna, W. Y. Bennett, 801 New York Life Building, Omaha, Neb. W. N. U., Des Moines, Ia., No. 23—1904 R. KLIN KAY YEASH CO. CHICAGO, IL. Official Paper of the Most Worshipful United Church of Iowa, A. F. P. Send money by postoffice money order, express or draft, to the Iowa State Bystander Publishing Company. Must communications be written on one side of the paper only and be of interest to the public. "Brevity is the soul of wit," remember. We will not return rejected manuscript, unless accompanied by postage stamps. Advertising rates for display Ads 20 cents per inch, for each insertion. Three to six months contract 15 cents per inch. Local advertising 10 cents per line for each insertion, counting seven words to be printed. 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Folks Dubuque Miss Geraldine N. Miss Ela Mays Superior, Wis. Mrs. Geo. H. Wade Albia Miss May Davis Cedar Rapids Mrs. Adelaide Perkins Ft. Madison. Anna Harper F. C. Jones, a well known and highly a respected Printer, writes as follows, of the celebrated Dr. of optics of Des Moines, Iowa, Dr. Lew Arntz. A WONDERFUL INVENTION. It is interesting to note that fortunes are frequently made by the invention of articles of minor importance. Many of the most popular devices are those designed to benefit the people and most popular conditions, and one of the most interesting of these that has ever been invented is the Dr. White Electric Comb, potented Jan. 1, '99. These Wonderful combs positively cure dandruff, hair falling out, sick and nervous headaches, and when used with Dr. White's Electric Hair Brush are positively guaranteed to make straight hair curly in 25 days' time. Thousands of these electric combs have been sold in various sites of the Union, and the demand is constantly increasing. Our agents are rapidly becoming rich selling these combs. They positively sell on sight. Send for sample. Men's size 35c, ladies' 50c—(half price we are introducing them.) The Dr. White Electric Comb Co., Descart, Ill. Subscribe for Bystander. There are many symptoms of a growing desire on the part of adult Americans for a reformed observance of the Fourth. The feeling is quite general that juvenile America has been allowed to exaggerate the explosive features of our great national festival and 'that something may be better than nothing.' We know ways that mean mow and sound less. -New York World. British Commons" "Egg Boller" In the British house of commons, as soon as the question to be decided is put from the chair, a clerk at the table sets in motion a huge sand glass, familiarly known to members as the "egg boller", probably because it takes three minutes to run out. As the last sand runs through the glass the sergeant-at-arms instantly locks the massive oak doors of the chamber, and only those members who have succeeded in getting through the doorway can vote. Wrong End of the Bargain. "It is always well to know which end of a bargain you have," said an Irishman when he first made the acquaintance of a bee. Another case that proves the point was that of the man who bought half of his son's-in-law cow. The following morning he milked the cow, then he milked "Not on your life," responDED the son-in-law; "I sold you the front end of that cow." Schoolboy's Composition Science &amp; Composition. Here is a schoolboy's composition: "Winter is the coldest of the year, because it comes mostly in the winter. In some countries winter comes in the summer, then it isn't so worse. I wish winter came in summer here, then we could go skating barefooted and make snow balls' without fingers froze. When it snows in summer they call it rain." Cocaine in India. The natives of India are becoming so much addicted to the use of cocaine that the British authorities are taking measures to restrict the distribution of it to the army or to chew it a half mixed with arco nuts and various aromatics. Within a few weeks $33,000 worth of cocaine was shipped from London to Calcutta. No Incumbrances "Have you any children?" he asked. "No," replied the beautiful grass widow; their father wanted his people to bring them up, and my lawyer thought it would be foolish of me to fight for possession of them as long as they could have such good care and so many luxuries if I let them go." Whales Attain Enormous Acc. Whales have been killed whose age was estimated at 400 years. The method by which they determine this question is the counting the layers of laminea forming what is popularly called "whalebone." These laminea increase yearly, as does the growth of the bark on a tree. Island Acts as Magnet The island of Bornholm, situated in the Baltic, acts as a huge magnet. It exerts such an influence on the compass that it can cause a vessel to perceptibly from its course. The island of this magnetic island is perceptible a distance of nine and a half miles. Profit in City Ownership Street railways owned by English municipalities make handsome profits, which materially reduce local taxes. During the current year, it is estimated. Nottingham will clear $30,000 from this source, Liverpool $123,000, Leeds $300,000 and Manchester $250,000. The Home of the Tiger At a recent meeting of the Zoological Society in London Maj. Steward expressed the opinion that tigers are not indigenous to India, but came there from the region. The old Sanskrit language has no name for the tiger, but none for the tiger. Time to Transplant Trees M. Rouault has found that trees may be transplanted in full foliage in May or June, with little or no injury, if the moving is done at night. This has been demonstrated to the entire saturation of prominent French horticulturists. Pasteboard From Wood Pasteboard made of 40 per cent peat fiber and 60 per cent wood shavings is a standard product both in Germany and Sweden, being stronger, lighter and cheaper than pasteboard made in the ordinary way. Narrow-Mindedness. It is not until your relation with others is understood that you can successfully plan your own life. For this season the narrow-minded person is a villain—in that he shuts himself out from human nature and life. Less Sate for Shoemaker's Knives. Sheilah manufacturers note a great 'galling off in the demand for shoemakers' knives. They attribute this to the saving in shoe leather made by the public use of the "tram cars." Didn't Like His Face. One Virgile Marry of Paris attacked a stranger with a knife because he considered it "an unfriendly act for a man with such a face to go about the streets." Stop Smoking in Church. The consistory of Lauterbrunnen, Switzerland, has made the announcement that the old custom of smoking in church will no longer be tolerated. Bread a Cold Weather Food. According to English brokers, people eat more bread when the weather is cold than when it is mild. Ireland's Bank Holiday. Ireland has now a bank holiday all to itself—namely, St. Patrick's day. Lots of Work for Idle Hands Lots of work for idle Mans. Loud and urgent are the calls from western farms and orchards for scores of thousands of wage earners for the harvesting of the crops and the raising of livestock. But too many idlers, tramps and beginners our cities, and in the country regions also, turn earl ears to such appeals and refuse tempting opportunities to earn honest and comfortable living. The vagrant spirit, the "dead-bear" desire to get along without working, is too conspicuous everywhere—New York Tribune. SIGN RATES. Will be in effect from all points on the Chicago & North-Western Railway for the occasions named below. 602 West Walnut Street. HENRY GRAY Embalning and Funeral Directors. 1115 West Locust Street. OZONIZED OX MARROW CO. 78 Wabasha, Illinois 78 Wabasha, Illinois WHEN IN CHICAGO ...STOP AT THE... New Northern Baths Hotel and Baths Combined. For Gentlemen Exclusively. This is our record. From a small beginning we have grown until our factories now cover many acres. Many of our machines sold forty to fifty years ago are still giving their users faithful service. Can anything be more conducive to durability and durability? 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It consists of a wall eight to ten feet thick, honeycombed with niches for the reception of coffins, and surrounding a plot of land which is never used for burial purposes and is usually in a neglected condition. The cemetery is run by the municipal authorities and the niches upon the sealing of one of these holes in the wall insures an undisturbed resting place for its contents for three or five years from that time, according to the particular custom of the locality. Then an annual rental must be paid for a period of twenty-five years, at the end of which time the tenant gets a title in perpetuity. But the owner never finds a new place in one of these niches is shown by the fact that, despite the tremendous increase in population since it was built two or three centuries ago, the cemetery has never been enlarged and there are always plenty of vacancies. Upon default of payment of the rental the bones are raked out of the niche and it is ready for the next occupant. The bones are placed in one corner of the cemetery and the rest is undisturbed through the passing of years as the pile constantly grows larger. JUDGED BY HER COOKING. Russian Pecasant Brides Must Be President In the Culinary Art Among the Russian peasants a bride's character is judged by the dinner she cooks on her wedding day. When she arrives at her husband's house she has to prepare a meal with her own hands as a test of housekeeping capabilities. If she succeeds in gratifying her guests, it is taken as a proof not only of the young woman's own excellence, but also as a recommendation of her whole family, by whom she was instructed in the culinary art. Speaking of marriages, too, a larger percentage of males marry under the age of 21 in Russia than in any other European country. Thomas Carlyle's Rebuke. Thomas Carlyle once took Richard Monckton Milnes to task for not securing government aid for Tennison. "Richard Milnes," said Carlyle, slowly, withdrawing his pipe from his mouth, "when are you going to get that pension for Alfred Tennison?" Milnes replied that it was not an easy matter. His constituents, he said, probably knew nothing of Tennison or his poetry, and might think it a piece of jobbory from which some relative of Milnes was to benefit. "Richard Milnes," replied Carlyle, "on the day of judgment when the Lord asks you why you didn't get that pension for Alfred Tennison it will not to lay the blame on your constituents; it is you that will be damned." On the Heights So high above the other things We boastfully "the mountain" named Its streams poured down to feed our mills; Joyous its top when sunlight flamed it. "Twa'w there was signed morn's first day." There tell the farewell kiss of day. And now, far up the mountain side. By winding paths the miller's daughter And had climbed where rocks defiled And had walked through damp water. We neared to the mountain dawn. Enchanted with the widening view. Said she: "How near to heaven we seem?" And on the mountain top we rested. "Yes; nearer, during, than we deem." And on my breast her fair head nested. For naught is nearer heaven than love. -George Birdseye, in Boston Transcript. Nervousness in Animals Cases of death of animals from "nervous upset" are not uncommon, and are found among very different classes of mammals. Last year a couple of otters were caught apparently quite uninjured, on the River Embankment, and by train, each in a couple of boats. Both are dazed after their arrival at their destination. A female elephant at the London Zoo died from the effects of a thunder storm. Some of the larger apes are said to be so affected by capture that they always die within a few days, the system being so upset that they cannot eat. That is why we see only young specimens brought to Europe. He Would Have to Swim. A carpenter in a Scotch village, to oblige the local undertaker, who was ill, went to screw down a coffin lined. The sick man's wife gave him full and particular instructions respecting the task. "Weel," she asked when he returned, "hoo did ye get on?" "Fine," was the reply. "But there was hauf a sovereign in the corpse's hand. What was that for?" "Oh," said the lady, "that's a custom folks hake. He was given to get that the ferryman who rows him o'er the death." "Do ye tell me that? it's a queer warl. But I'm sayin', missus." "Yes?" "I'm feared yon chap will have to swim." Irregularity in the Punishment Iregularity in the Punishment. There are two boys who manage to be rather uninterested in school, and their one day that she ordered them to remain after hours and write their names 1,000 times. She watched their plunge into the task. Some fifteen minutes later one of them grew uneasy and began watching his companion in disgrace. 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Mr. Wheeler's direc tory for the purpose. The writer to it with pertinent extracts from Lewis and toral and narrative writers that con- fect excerpts and photographic repre ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT JOURNAL A5 chapter is devoted to the formation, and another the expedition so far as known, inca- tain Captain Lewis. The Louisiana Purchase Exp Lewis and Clark Contenital to be make this work peculiarly timely because actual knowledge of past and present countries for the publisher. The "Trail of Lewis and Clark and private library in the land and the through its pages of large, clear type the fiction. The book can be ordered through an receipt from the publisher. AMERICAN trail west of the Missouri river and on the 1813-1 were of tremendous importance to me, never more apparent than now, including the Lewis and Clark expedition, telling Sons New York, stands peculiarly at this time. No one, called "The Trail of Long O4." The author, Mr. Oln D. Wheeler, of the popular Wonderland series of his connection with which he made his studious travel traveled several thousand miles over the land. He has camped out, climbed mountains, followed remote points made memorable by those across the Bitterroot mountains has been for Lewis and Clark" is illustrated in color and large drawings and maps, by Paxson, DeCammer, Mr. Wheeler's direction, and from photographs propose. The writer tells his own story and supplies tractor from Lewis and Clark, and a host of other writers that connect the past with the print photographic reproduction, in half tone, from SCRIPT JOURNALS of Lewis and Clark are give to the Louisiana Purchase, another to the preparatory, and another to the history of the state as known, including a discussion of the dewana Purchase Exposition at St. Louis, and Centennial to be held at Portland, Oregon, in similarly timely because written from the standpoint of past and present conditions of the old trail. Lewis and Clark" should be found in every place in the land and the general reader will find in real large, clear type that truth is, indeed, stranger ordered through any bookseller or news stand or other. TH TRAIL OF LEWIS CLA was the pioneer American trail west of the Missouri river and of that exploration. The settlers were never more apparent than now. States, in publication relating to the Lewis and Clark expedition, by G. P. Putnam's Sons New York, stands peculiarly, for edition is a two volume, 8 vo one, called The Theodore Clark, 1804-1904." The author, John D Wheeler, known writer of of the popular Wonderland series of the Pacific Eailway, in connection with which he made his studia sear. Mr. Wheeler has traveled several thousand miles over the U.S., Lewis and Clark. He has camped out, climbed mountains, Indian trails, and visited remote points made memorable by those. Their route across the Bitterroot mountains has been for "The Trail of Lewis and Clark" is illustrated in color and tone from paintings, drawings and maps, by Paxson, DeCasson, Russell, made under Mr. Wheeler's direction, and from photographies specially for the purpose. The writer tells, from the perspective it with pertinent extracts, of Lewis and Clark, and a host of other writers that connect the past with the past in the exact excerpts and photographic reproduction, in half tone, fro ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT JOURNALS of Lewis and Clark are give chapter is devoted to the Louisiana Purchase, another to the present measures for the exploration, and another to the history; the expedition so far as known, including a discussion of the de Capital The Louisiana Purchase Exposition at St. Louis, Louis and Lewis and Clark Centennial to be held at Portland, Oregon, in make this work peculiarly timely because written from the standpoint actual knowledge of past and present conditions of the old trail country. "The Trail of Lewis and Clark" should be found in every and private library in the land and the general reader will find in rea- through its pages of large, clear type that truth is, indeed, stranger fiction. 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