Iowa State Bystander

IOWA STATE BYSTANDER. VOL. XII, No. 7. CITY NEWS. [N.B. If you have relatives or friends visit ting in the city or going to make a visit, please inform us: we solicit all your local news.-Ed. Wm. Gross of Keokuk who spent a few days here returned home Tuesday. Mr. G. H. Cleggett has moved his barber shop to the Army Post. Mrs. F. G. Goggins who has been sick for the past week is convalescent. Miss Martha Jackson left last Monday for Cedar Rapids to remain indefinitely. The Carnation club met Thursday the 13th with Miss Ardella Carr, and last Thursday with Mrs. Louise Crews Rev. W. S. Brooks, D. D. of Chieago, Ill., will preach at the St. Paul's A. M. E. church Sunday evening. Mrs. Wm. Jones of Montezuma, Ia is here visiting with her prents, Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Cleggett. Mrs. Lewis Blagburn left last Monday night for Mobile, Ala., for about a months visit with relatives and friends. Mrs. A. J. Jackson has several good furnished rooms for rent at reasonable rates, for gentlemen only—1209 Cherry street. Mr. and Mrs. David Boamer are entertaining Mrs. Heywood Hall of Omaha, Neb., and Miss Pate of Galesburg, Ill., as their guest this week. I. L. Brown of Marshalltown was in our city last Sunday. He had just returned from attending the Grand Masonic lodge at Cedar Rapids. Miss Marie Bell who has been at the hospital undergoing an operation, is much improved. She is now at home and able to go out, which is good news to her many friends. BARNES MEN'S OUTFITTER 917 8TH STREET The Bryon Bros.' Concert Co. was royally entertained Wednesday evening at the Country Golf Club by the St. Paul's A. M. E. church choir. Mr. and Mrs. H. Gould entertained a few friends last Saturday evening complimentary to Mr. Wm. Gross of Keokuk. Miss Jessie Walker of Marshalltown and Miss Mattie Walker of New York were in our city Wednesday, spending the day with their father. They were enroute to Portland, Oregon to attend the Exposition. Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Stewart of Chicago arrived in our city last week and expect to make this city their future home. Mrs. Stewart is the daughter of Mr. Carl Anderson the barber at 320 Third street. --- A special entertainment will be given at Corinthian Baptist church, Friday evening, July 28. Mr. Mulls will with his steriotican us through the famous Yellowstone Park. Admission 10 cents. BARNES MENS OUTFITTER 317 8TH STREET BASE BALL Des Moines vs. Omaha, four more games of this series, today, Saturday, Sunday and Monday. Pueblo will be here for four games beginning next Tuesday. The Old Settlers annual picnic will be given Thursday, August 3, at Uion Park. Every body invited to come and bring their baskets well filled with eatables. Come and enjoy yourself at least once this year. By order of committee. Miss Nettie Franklin of Bedford, Ia., has been appointed by Governor A. B. Cummins as one of the census clerks in the capitol. This is a commendable and worthy appointment and we congratulate Miss Franklin. This makes three colored persons on the state census—Miss Fannie Walker and E. W. Thompson. A large party from Carbondale surprised the home of Rev. T. L. Griffith last Friday night and loaded his table with gifts. Only two of the party wre members of Rev. Griffith's church. In addition to the presents the party brought ice cream and cake and all were served. Mr. and Mrs. Drew and Mr. Brown were the leaders. Rev. Bochie, pastor of the Carbondale church, was in the party. MODERN SLEEPERS, M. & St. L. Ry Modern Sleepers now running on the Minneapolis and St. Louis Ry., between Des Moines and Minneapolis and St. Paul, Berths and tickets at 512 Walnut street or Union Station. historical room The Imperial Orchestra, assisted by some local talent, gave a concert at the Corinthian Baptist church last night. Besides several selections by the Orchestra the following solos were rendered: Soprano solo, Mrs. O, F. Watt;s pipe organ solo, Miss Bertha Allen; tenor solo, Henry Warick, violin solo, O J. Gauss; soprano solo, Miss Marguriete Fields. Mr and Mrs. E. B. Ellison entertained members of the A. M. E. church choir and a few other friends last Wednesday night, in honor of the Bryon Troubodours. During the evening some excellent solos, both vocal and instrumental were rendered, after which refreshments were served. It will no doubt be some time before so many good musical selections will be heard again. When in Clarinda, Iowa, stop at R. E. Wilkinson for good room, meals, short-orders and lunches. 301 Grant street, No. 9. Half a block from depot. The Brownies were defeated in all the games they played last week. As usual the visiting team always has to beat the umpire as well as the players, and this was especially so at Bayard, as the umpire was secretary of that base ball club and about six of the players were members of the Iowa State league. The Brownies play at Mento today and at Dallas tomorrow. There will be regular services Sunday morning at the Union Congregational church. Morning service by pastor; evening sermon by Rev. G. O. Thompson of Baltimore, Ma. At the Men's League the subject, "Owning a Farm" will be discussed by Mr. Blair of South Dakota, who with his brother owns 1000 acres of Dakota land. Every man should come and hear him. Mr. B. P. Blair of Fair banks, S. D. is in our city this week visiting with Mr. J. C. Wright. He is one of the colored pioneers of South Dakota, having moved there with his parents 22 years ago, where they have lived ever since. He and his brother owns 1600 acres of the good table land of that state within two miles of the Missouri river. They have a natural spring that never goes dry. He is anxious to secure colored families to move to South Dakota now and get land before it is too late. He will speak next Sunday afternoon on the advantages of South Dakota before the men's League of the Union Congregational church. Miss Pearl Bruce left last week for Oakville, Canada, where she will make her future home it may be that the wedding bells will ring in that cre long. CLEAR LAKE $7 ROUND TRIP Via Minneapolis and St. Louis Ry. on sale daily, the quickest time. Tickets 512 Walnut street or Union Station. Miss Alice Jackson and sister, Miss Lillie Smith of Chicago, arrived in our city last week for a visit with their cousins, Mr. William and Miss Olive Smith. They are at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Smith of $84 Sixth avenue. Miss Lillie Smith is a teacher in the public schools of Chicago and is a very accomplished young lady, she expects to spend most of her vacation her while her sister will return home in a few weeks. Troy Laundry Co A new laundry just opened. Ladies' Shirtwaists and Skirts a specialty. All Work Guaranteed GIVE US A TRIAL. Both Phones 2399. 213, 215, 217 W. 9th St STANDING OF THE CLUBS IN WESTERN LEAGUE. P. W. L. Pet. Des Maines.....74 49 25 662 Denver.....79 48 31 607 Sioux City.....72 40 32 556 Omaha.....73 30 34 534 Pueblo.....74 24 50 324 St. Joseph.....73 23 50 315 BARNES MENS OUTFITTER 317 6TH STREET There is a movement in Florida to reclaim the Everglades, which comprise 3,000,000 acres of marsh and or lagoons, covered with primeva forest trees. It is proposed to drain it less the more accessible marshes and clear away the trees and tangled semi-tropical vegetation. It is believed the lands, if once thoroughly reclaimed, would be very fertile and valuable. Wm. MILLIGAN, Cedar Rapids, Grand Master. It is indeed with much pleasure that we present to the people of Iowa and the great Northwest Iowa's newly elected Grand Master of the Masonic Grand Lodge, William H. Milligan of Cedar Rapids, Iowa. He is without doubt one of the hard workers, well trained by years of experience for the difficult position he now assumes. For the past ten or twelve years he has attended the Grand Lodge and held some grand office; though modest and unassuming he has never crowded himself forward, but by honesty, sincerity and true manhood has won the respect of the brethren. His election was unanimous which has never before occurred in this jurisdiction. He owns a beautiful twenty acre farm just outside of the city limits, which is planted in strawberries, cherries, apples, plums and other berries. He also owns a large pairy and is considered authority on hee raising and strawberry growing. THE MASONIC GRAND LODGE OF IOWA. Held Session at Cedar Rapids July 11, 12 and 13--Largest Delegation in Years. Cedar Rapids, July 12 — The 18th annual session of the Masonic Grand Lodge was called to order by the Grand Master, I. L. Brown of Marshaltown. After being duly opened the committee on credentials was appointed as follows T. H. Sturgis, J. W. Bland, and G. A. Johnson. After the committee's report the appointed grand officers took their stations: W. D. Claybrook Grand Chaplain; G. L. Suter, Grand Register; H. T. Hurgis, Grand Senior Deacon; J. W. Bland Grand Junior Deacon, S. L. Wm. MILLIGAN, Cedar It is indeed with much pleasure of Iowa and the great Northwest Master of the Masonic Grand Lodge Rapids, Iowa. He is without doubt trained by years of experience for assumes. For the past ten or Grand Lodge and held some grand assuming he has never crowded his sincerity and true manhood has. His election was unanimous which jurisdiction. He owns a beautiful the city limits, which is planted in plums and other berries. He also sideded authority on bee raising and Tiggs, Grand Senior Steward; W. S. Bryson, Grand Junior Steward; Wm. Burrell, Grand Sword Bearer; J. M. Logan Grand Marshall; H. G. Williams, Grand Master of Ceremonies; Calvin Wheeler, Grand Pursuviant; W. H. Raspberry Grand Tyler. The following committees were appointed: Dispensation and Charters—J. F. Harris, Wm. Burrell, and H. T. Elliott. Returns of Lodges—G. L. Suter, Harrison Gould and E. C. Thomas. Accounts—J. W. Bland, S. L. Tiggs, and Frank Bennings. Appeals and Grievances—T. H. Sturgis, H. L. Williams and Z. A. Taylor, Obituaries—J. H. VanCamp, Thomas Rawleigh and W. P. Wade. Grand Master's Address—G. H. Clegggett, E. T. Banks and W. M. Wurm. Rulez—Harrison Gould, John VauCamp and W. P. Wade. Adjourned for noon. AFTERNOON SESSION. The Grand Master read his annual address, which was good, and showed the Grand Lodge in a prosperous condition. Other grand officers made their annual reports. The lodge than went in a body to visit the white Masonic library and museum, the finest in the world. Many courtesies were extended by the custodian, Mr. Joseph E. Marcomb who is chairman of the committee on Foreign Correspondence, white. This library contains the first and original masonic writing and constitution, extant, also the original book containing the proceedings of the first Grand Lodge ever organized in England. Then there is some of the Aldrich collection, shield and old gums captured during the Boxer's uprising in China. One visiting Cedar Rapids should not fail to visit this great library. In the evening the citizens, under the supervision of their local lodge, Mt. Olive, gave a reception to the Grand Lodge delegates A large crowd was present. The program was well rendered with the assistance of the A. M. E. choir which furnished music. An enjoyable time was had. WEDNESDAY MORNING The morning session was opened on time. The reports of the different committees were read and discussed, also many points in the new Code, Speeches and various discussions were indulred in. AFTERNOON SESSION The afternoon session was taken up by the various reports In the evening the memorial of sorrow was held in the hall. The program rendered was as published in our last week's J. H. H. T. H. STURGIS, Junior Grand Warden, Sioux City. The above cut is a true likeness of Mr. T. H. Sturgis, one of our trusted and successful citizens of Northwestern Iowa, and has been employed by the government for the past 15 years. He was born in Eufaula, Ala., January 11, 1857. He worked with his father at the wagon and blacksmith trade until 1883; coming to Yankton, S. D., he learned the plaster's trade which he followed 7 years, afterwards moved to Sioux City and entered the postal service as a letter carrier 15 years ago. He was the first colored man thus honored in this city, and has made one of the best men in the classified service. Mr. Sturgis was married March 13, 1878 in Alabama. He is an active Masonic worker and is Worshipful Master of Decatur Lodge of Sioux City and at Cedar Rapids last weeks was elected Junior Grand Warden on first ballot. He is a pleasant, unassuming and very intelligent man to meet. issue. It was very excellently rendered and pleased the large audience. THURSDAY MORNING The meeting was called to order by Junior Grand Warden. The continued reports of committees were made and freely discussed until 11 o'clock, when the Grand Lodge proceeded to the election of officers for the ensuing year: Wm. Milligan of Cedar Rapids was nominated and unanimously elected for Grand Master. S. L. Tiggs of Burlington and C. C. Allen of Davenport were nominated for Deputy Grand Master. Tiggs was elec ed. David Thomas of Buxton and Z. A. Taylor of Ottumwa were nominated for Senior Grand Warden. The former won. Mr Rapids, Grand Master. We are that we present to the people west Iowa's newly elected Grand Master, William H. Milligan of Cedar Rapids, doubt one of the hard workers, well, the difficult position he now has twelve years he has attended the old office; though modest and unchiself forward, but by honesty, he won the respect of the brethren. He has never before occurred in this final twenty acre farm just outside of Yankton, S. D., he learned the plight 7 years, afterwards moved to S. service as a letter carrier 15 years, man thus honored in this city, and in the classified service. Mr. Sturge in Alabama. He is an active Master of Decatur Lodge of Six weeks was elected Junior Grand W pleasant, unassuming and very in T. H. Sturgis of Sioux City and C. C. Allen of Davenport were nominated for Junior Grand Warden. Sturgis was elected. Wm. Coa'son of Des Moines and A. A. Bland of Keokuk were the nominees for Grand Treasurer. The Gate City man won. Wm. Gress of Keokuk and H. K. Hillion of Omaha were placed in nomination for Grand Secretary; the Omaha man won by a narrow margin. E T. Banks of Des Moines and W. T. Elliott of Ottumwa were the nominees for Grand Custodian. Banks was elected. EVENING SESSION. THE HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF BROOKLYN IN NEW YORK BY J. H. M. MURPHY 1900 The above cut represents Mr. S. L. Tiggs of Burlington, one of the young men who has made the fastest progress of any man in Massonry, was elected Deputy Grand Master on the first ballot. He is W. M. of his local lodge, Sumner Lodge No. 3. He joined this order about 4 years ago and is now a 33 degree man. He is one of the few of our race that is doing something for our race. He is a letter carrier and has been for more than ten years. Mr. Tiggs recently purchased a beautiful farm about two miles from town and has gone into the dairy business. He has 50 head of milch cows, 8 head of horses and several hired hands. His industrious wife delivers milk while he delivers mail. Thus our race goes on one by one. The lodge was called to labor at 8:30 and the newly elected Grand Master announced the appointed grand officers for the ensuing year, as follows: W Grand Ciaplain, G. E. Green, Enterprise, U. D. W Grand Register, John VanCamp, Mt. Olive No. 17. W. Grand S. Deacon, John W. Logan Dubuque No. 29. W. Grand J. Deacon, Z. Taylor, Golden Star No 4. W. Grand S. Steward, E. E. Jones, Maple Grove No 16. W. Grand J Stewart C. C. Allen, Hiram No 19. W. Grand Sword Bearer, Wm. Fine, Newton No 8. W. Grand Standard Bearer, H. E. Jacobs, North Star No 2. W, Grand Marshall, H. E. James Albia Star No. 29. W. Grand Master of Ceremonies, H The above cut represents Mr. S. of the young men who has made the Massonry, was elected Deputy Grand He is W. M. of his local lodge, such this order about 4 years ago and is of the few of our race that is doing a letter carrier and has been for me recently purchased a beautiful farm and has gone into the dairy business cows, 8 head of horses and several wife delivers milk while he delivers one by one. Grand Warden, Sioux City. Master of Mr. T. H. Sturgis, one of men of Northwestern Iowa, and has suit for the past 15 years. He was 11, 1857. He worked with his skismith trade until 1883; coming to blaster's trade which he followed Sioux City and entered the postal office ago. He was the first colored and has made one of the best men burgis was married March 13, 1878asonic worker and is Worshipful Sioux City and at Cedar Rapids last Warden on first ballot. He is a intelligent man to meet. W. Grand Pursuviant, J. F. Harris, Golden Star No. 4. Grand Tyler, W. H. Bird, Sumner No. 3. Committee on Foreign Correspondence—G. H. Cleggett. N. S. No. 2. G. L. Suter, Eureka No. 20, J. H. Shepard, Chr., N. S. No. 2. Hats made to Order All work guaranteed. J. KIRKPATRICK, Practical Hatter Hats Cleaned, Dried and Reshaped ALL THE LATEST - TYPES Hats at Factory Prices Best $2 Hat on earth 817 Grand Ave., Near 9th St. Iowa 123 H. K. HILLON, Grand Secretary, Omaha, Neb It is a pleasure for us to present to our many readers one of the ablest and most undaunted masonic workers in the Northwest, who was elected Grand Secretary on first ballot; although he did not come to the Grand Lodge asking any honors, but his local lodge and home delegates came as a unit pushing his merit and qualification. He is a good book-keeper, a careful business man, highly respected, and for the last 15 years a worker without any of the Grand Lodge honors. He is the man who led in the Missouri controversy, bore the blunt, has been vindicated by the masonic world. His wife is one of the best known Eastern Star workers in the Missouri division. He has held all the honors of his home lodge, Rescue No. 25, and at present its secretary. With his ability he will make one of the best Grand Secretaries Iowa ever had. Grand Lodge Notes. The Parlor City is a great place for conventions—nice people, clean streets, very quite city; except those miserable old cars that ran past our hall. There were more Masons and more lodges represented in Cedar Rapids than any session since the organization of the Masonic Grand Lodge in Iowa. Grand Muster I. L. Brown makes a good presiding Master; in fact he retires this year conscious of the fact that he has made the Iowa jurisdiction prosperous. Many of the old land marks of Iowa masonry were here, viz. A. A. Bland of Desoku, J. H, Shepard, Geo. H. Cleggett, E. T. Banks and Wm. Coalison of Des Moines, John Brooks of Burlington, E. C. Thomas, Wm. Milligan W, S. Raspberry and John VanCamp of S. L. Tiggs of Burlington, one of the fastest progress of any man in Grand Master on the first ballot. Sumner Lodge No. 3. He joined us now a 33 degree man. He is one big something for our race. He is more than ten years. Mr. Tiggs farm about two miles from town press. He has 50 head of milch all hired hands. His industrious mail. Thus our race goes on. H. K. HILLON, Grand S. It is a pleasure for us to present ablest and most undaunted masonics was elected Grand Secretary on first come to the Grand Lodge asking and home delegates came as a unition. He is a good book-keeper, as spected, and for the last 15 years Grand Lodge honors. He is the troversy, bore the blunt, has been His wife is one of the best known souri division. He has held all the cue No. 25, and at present its secret make one of the best Grand Secreta Cedar Rapids, Calvin Wheeler, I. L. Brown and George Suter of Marshabiltown, Z. Taylor and J. F. Harris of Ottumwa and Henry Jones of Albia were a few that were there. Cedar Rapids is in need of some more young ladies, at least by the time we come again Every lady, says a young gentleman visitor, was a Mrs. The Masonic Library is a great building, beautiful in structure and filled full of ancient masonic relics, also minutes of all of the colored Grand Lodges of America. There are only two countries in the civilized world where Masonic Grand Lodges does not exist—Russia and Austria. E. T. Banks said, "Sixteen years ago in Cedar Rapids I was elected to the first Grand Lodge office, and here this --- year the last Grand Lodge office." A peculiar oo incident. There were more strong and able representatives at this session than any previous session. Nearly all present own their homes and are thrifty citizens. Oh how that Buxton Baud and their base ball team disappointed us all in the Rapids by failing to come. The roll call showed nine deaths since our last communication. "Oh that miserable conflicting new Code," says one member, "it caused much heated debate and some perspiration. On to Burlington next year is the watch-word. The above cut is that of Mr. Luther D. Lowrey, one of the youngest Worshipful Masters of the juaisdiction. He is W. M. of Mt. Olive Lodge No. 7, of Cedar Rapids, which entertained the Grand Lodge so nicely. He is a young man, a High School and college graduate. He is in the carpet cleaning industry and is meeting with success. $12 ROUND TRIP ST. PAUL, $16 ROUND TRIP DULUTH, $12.65, ROUND TRIP LAKE MINNETONKA. From June 1st to Sept. 30, every day good to return until Oct. 31 via Minneapolis and St. Louis Ry. also special round trips to all Northern resorts, call at City ticket office 512 Walnut street. W. S. Mathews, D. P. A.; W. K. Adams, C. P. A Secretary, Omaha, Neb. sent to our many readers one of the amic workers in the Northwest, who first ballot; although he did not any honors, but his local lodge mit pushing his merit and qualifica- a careful business man, highly re- years a worker without any of the man who led in the Missouri con- nicated by the masonic world. own Eastern Star workers in the Mist the honors of his home lodge, Res- cretary. With his ability he will retaries Iowa ever had. BELLINGHAM, (Wash.) NOTES. The Sunday School elected the following debates to attend the convention: W. H. Bryant, Sunday School; Mrs. E. Leanneur, Ladies Aid Society and Missionary; and O. Stalsworth the church. The convention will be held in Everette from July 27 to 30, and it is expected that there will be about 100 delegates present. The Sunday School gave a grand picnic on the 15. Mr. N. Smith who has been sick for the past month is able to be out. While talking to Mr. Smith he stated that he was home sick, and it is thought as soon as he can get rid of his property, he will return to his home in Missouri. It you want the BYSTANDER call at 1810 Elk street or phone Black £301, Thos. L. Cate. Subscribe for the Bystander. The owner of a dwelling house at a street corner in Basingstoke, England, must have had a sad experience with automobiles. He has put up on his house a placard, reading: "Motor-car drivers are requested to leave this house where it is." It is a pathetic as well as humorous remark that Laurence Hutton in his reminiscences attributes to John L. Sullivan. When the news came of the death of Edwin Booth, the great fighter, in sincere sorrow, remarked: "Well, there are only a few of us left." In Springfield, Mass., recently, damages of one cent were awarded Bernard Finkelhoff in a suit against the New York Central Railway. The plaintiff's grievances were detailed on four sheets of legal size paper. "When do I get the money?" Finkelhoff inquired, interestedly. It was Jennie's duty to read during breakfast time all the most interesting items of the day. One morning after wading through the latest intelligence from the front, she turned to another page of the paper, and said: "Herbie, it says here that another agent what an octogenerian!" "Well, I don't know what they are, but they must be very sickly creatures. You never hear of them but they're dying." Mrs. Gladstone was staying once at a country house, and on a certain evening, having finished dressing before her husband, she descended to the drawing-room alone. In the drawing-room three or four gentlemen were discussing the misfortunes of Ireland. One of them, as she entered, will be the fate of poor old Erin, but there's one above who knows "Yes," said Mr. Gladstone, complacently; "He will be down in a minute. He is upstairs brushing his hair." Are you going to the Pacific? There is a new railroad reaching that favorite region, the San Pedro, Los Angeles & Salt Lake Railroad, popularly known as the "Salt Lake Route." It is operating a palatial vestibulated Pullman train out of Salt Lake City for Los Angeles every evening at 8:30 o'clock. Your ticket agent has coupons reading via this new line and be sure to insist upon this routing when buying tickets to the Pacific Coast. Ask for the Salt Lake Route or the San Pedro Line, and take no other, because it is the best road to the best part of the Pacific Coast. Write for illustrated booklet to J. L. Moore, D. P. A., Salt Lake City. Do what is right, from your own ideas, and you will be respected. Lots of men secretly pray for their wives. You never hear any one complain about "Dendance Starch." There is none in quality and quantity, 16 ounces, 10 cups. Try it now and save your money. It's the economical man who never wastes any words. 100 MONEY MAKING SECRET, EXECUTIVE BOOSE CO., 546 Good Block, DES MOINES, IOWA A common belief that fine bread possesses less nutrient than course bread. This is a mistake, according to the assertions of M. Girard, a noted French chemist. Defiance Starch is guaranteed biggest and best or money refunded. 15 ounces, 10 cents. Try it now. A certain police justice in Boston is a man of feeling, and has an excellent knowledge of ways and means. In his court recently a pickpocket was fined twenty-five dollars, but the culprit could produce only fifteen dollars. "Well, then," said the magistrate "turn him loose in the crowd and let him raise the other ten." In Thurso, England, a man eighty seven years old still follows his duties as superintendent of some flagstone quarries. Among the workmen under him he has seven sons, six sons-in-law, twenty-nine grandons, four husbands of his grand-daughters and two great-grandons. There are forty-nine members of the family employed in those quarries. Here is a wrinkle that will be appreciated by tipplers. A magistrate in Pembroke, Wales, has decided that, in a liquor transaction or any other purchase and sale, a sale takes place when the money is paid for an article. So one may purchase drinks during the day and legally take them in the hours during which liquor must not be sold. Large India rubber forests have recently been discovered in the province of Jujuy, in the north of Argentina. In some districts there are as many as fifty thousand rubber trees to the square mile. The climate of India is cool and heathier than in Pará, Brazil, and the reason alone the Argentine rubber industry is destined to have a prosperous future. COMES A TIME When Coffee Shows What (It Ha) Been Doing. "Of late years coffee has disgusted with me," writes a matron from Rome, N. Y.; "it's lightest punishment was to make me 'logy' and dizzy, and it seemed to thicken up my blood. "The heaviest was when it upset my stomach completely, destroying my appetite and making me nervous and irritable, and sent me to my bed. After that I nearly lost my life, I concluded to quit and try Postum Food Coffee. "It went right to the spot! I found it not only a most palatable and refreshing beverage, but a food as well. "All my ailments, the 'loginess' and dizziness, the unsatisfactory condition of my blood, my nervousness and irritability disappeared in short order and my sorely afflicted stomach began quickly to recover. I began to rebuild my body, and I continued until now. Have a good appetite and am relieving in sound health, which I owe to the use of Postum Food Coffee." Name given by Postum Co, Battle Creek, Mich. There's a reason. Read the little, "The Road to Wellville," found in each pkg. Iowa State Bystander We wonder if the people up on Mars had as much trouble digging their canals. There is no such word as graft in the Japanese language. They just use the word theft. A tempest in a teapot is a small affair when compared with a revolution in a bowl of soup. "Should a woman wear a hat for two seasons?" asks a contemporary. She should, but she won't. It's odd, but quite true, that a hammock is far more comfortable with two persons in it than with one. John Jacob Astor says the automobile will be succeeded by the air ship. And still the horse has not gone. Newport now has two babies each worth in its own name $10,000,000—or less than you would take for yours. Kang Yu Wei, head of the Chinese Reform Association, is in New York. This sounds even more serious than the boycott. Three hundred thousand people visited Coney Island last Sunday. The devil continues to regard vacations as unnecessary. An eastern man has succeeded in breeding a scentless variety of skunks. Let him now try his hand at deodorizing the autos. Japan is going to borrow $150,000,000. Evidently the Japs will pay Russia to be able to pay the indemnity right away. Edison says radium will be as cheap as coal some day. Yet this may only mean that coal will be as expensive as radium some day. In the baseball league standing at the end of the season, as in the apple barrel, the best and the ripest fruit is conspicuous at the top. King Edward has had another birthday without doing anything for William Waldforst Astor. Yet they say Edward is a kind-hearted man. The price of chloroform has been reduced 40 per cent. It is evident that Dr. Osler has not succeeded in causing the demand to exceed the supply. We do not know certainly, but we suspect that the Baltimore man who said in his will: "The world has not loved me," never really loved the world. When it comes to picturesque styles in revolution the South American republics are reluctantly compelled to admit that Russia has them all outclassed. The man who bought a $3,000 automobile in New York with a bad check deserved to have it break down with him before he turned the corner of the street. A Chicago man advertises for "a lady stenographer," requesting that she "state her age." He must think there are ladies in that town who are very much in need of jobs. The 8,000 English immigrants who entered the expedition of Boston last year would have made a very notable addition to the colony of Massachusetts bay if they had come over 250 years ago. Mr. Peery will take with him on his polar expedition some very delicate instruments, which will let him know whether he has discovered the exact spot or no. This is a necessary precaution. Interesting indeed is the project of the company that is planning to spend $5,000,000 in dredging the Tiber, to make it navigable as far as Rome. There's no knowing what the dredgers may dig up. It is said there is a singular lack of enthusiasm on the part of the guests at William Waldorf Astor's house parties. There may be a lack of enthusiasm, but there is nothing singular about it. A fashion writer tells that the "short walking skirt is becoming shorter and the long dressy skirt longer." Presently the short skirt will grow longer and the long skirt shorter until one becomes the other. It is not true, as scouters say, that the only difference between winter and summer in New England is that we spend our summers fishing and shoveling snow, and that in winter there's no fishing—Boston Globe. Commander Peary isn't exactly begging for food, but he says that he cannot make his trip to find the north pole unless $80,000 worth of supplies are contributed, before he charts. Courage and confidence are all right but corned beef and sardines also are essential. A European scientist has discovered that fear is caused by a germ which may be killed by inoculation. He will probably find that his theory is wrong when he inoculates a woman and then turns a mouse loose in the room. The New Jersey minister who complains that in a Newark church recently the sermon was being preached the choir were reading a five-cent magazine, adds that it is not an uncommon thing for a church organist to go during the sermon to get a drink of whiskey. Why not send some missionaries o'r to New Jersey? A New York society woman has started a model dairy in order to provide pure milk for babies. That's another andrace suicide proposition which may well be encouraged. IS ABSOLUTELY PURE NATURE'S OWN RESTORATIVE IN FAVORITE PRESCRIPTION. Dr. Pierce Announces the Ingredients of the Family Medicines Which Have Made His Name a Household Word to the World. With all the recent talk about patent medicines and the determined effort in certain quarters to cast discredit upon all household remedies which come up with one of the dead, the fact remains that none of the medicines are so firmly published in popular favor and confidence, have so proved their worth and value, that all the denunciations of bigots cannot destroy the people's faith in them. One of the best known of these remedies is Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription, a medicine which for years has been accepted by the people as a standard preparation to which women alone are subject and which has proved to be a certain cure in nine cases out of ten and a sure relief in the other one. There is nothing to conceal about the Favorite Prescription. It is an absolutely pure medicine—made of roots and herbs, Nature's own restoratives. Dr. Pierce is perfectly willing to let every one know that his Favorite Prescription contains Blue Cohosh (Caulophyllum Thallactroides), Black Cohosh (Cimicifuga Libyrus) Silk Cohosh (Cimicifuga tapedium) Pubescens) and Golden Seal (Hydrasilta Canadensis). Every doctor knows that such a prescription is beneficial in the diseases of women and when properly compounded is certain to effect a cure in practically all cases when given a fair trial. Hereafter every bottle of the Favorite Prescription will plainly tell of what the medicine is composed. Thus Dr. Pierce will once more prove to the world his own confidence in the medicine. He has borne his name and which is known all over the world as a sovereign cure for those diseases which, unchecked, make our women old before their time. There is no alcohol in the Favorite Prescription. Dr. Pierce never believed in using alcohol in the preparation of his famous household remedies. For it he substituted chemically pure it, which has wonderful properties for extracting the medicinal principles of roots and herbs. He has been at their full strength, without any deleterious effect whatever. Your druggist sells the Favorite Prescription and also that famous alternative and blood purifier, the Golden Medical Discovery. Write to Dr. Pierce about your case. He is a well-qualified physician and will treat your case as confidential and for correspondence. Address him at the Invader Hotel and Surgical Institute, Buffalo, N. Y., of which he is Chief Consulting Surgeon. A speedy way of lacing and unlacing has been invented by Mits Elizabeth Faleconer, of Louisville, Ky., a permanent in its position, and pulling the top of it laces the shoe. Pulling the bottom string unlaces it. London is about to use a street-cleaning machine which will do the work of five hundred men. It rakes the caked mud, presses the water out of the soft mud, puts all the refuse in a box, and performs several wonders. It cleans eight miles of streets in an hour. It is operated by electricity. A business-like widow in London, the day after her bereavement sent the following note to the insurance company which had issued a policy on her husband's life: "I take pleasure in the news that my husband, who was insured in your company, Please send me papers quick, so I can prove he is dead." Harvey Waters, an expert on patient cases, had occasion to write Rufus Chote on some important question, and when he received the reply was unable to read a word of it, so took the missive to Mr. Chote and asked him what he had written. Mr. Chote wrote my letter after the ink is dry, but if you will tell me what it is about I will tell you what I have written." And he did. Patrick Gleason, the well-known shoe manufacturer of Brockton, one of the most successful workmen. The first shoe the man took off his last was so badly lasted he did not dare put it on his rack for inspection, but hid it under his bench, intending to make a better job of it during the noon hour. The second shoe was not much better, but he had taken it to look at the third. Mr. Gleason, coming along just then, picked up the shoe that lay on the rack, and examined it. Then, turning to the laster, he said, angrily: "I bet you ten dollars you can't show me a shoe in this factory as badly lasted as this." "I'll take you on that bet," said the laster, and, reach out under the bench and handed it to Mr. Gleason. Mr. Gleason paid, but the laster lost his job. Reads Like a Miracle. Moravia, N. Y., July 17th. (Special) —Bordering on the miraculous is the case of Mrs. Benj. Wilson, of this place. Suffering from Sugar Diabetes, she wasasted till from weighing 200 lbs, she barely tipped the scales at 130 lbs. Dodd's Kidney Pills cured her. Speaking of her cure her husband, says: "My wife suffered everything from Sugar Diabetes. She was sick four years and doctored with two doctors, but received no benefit. She had so much pain all over that she could not rest day or night. The doctors said that she could not live. "Then an advertisement led me to try Dodd's Kidney Pills and they helped her right from the first. Five boxes of them cured her. Dodd's Kidney Pills were a God-sent remedy to us and we recommend them to all suffering from Kidney Disease." Dodd's Kidney Pills cure all Kidney Diseases, including Bright's disease, and all Kidney aches, including Rheumatism. "I understand Colonel Jones is a galistian." "You're right that, stranger! He never fails to git his man!" —New Orleans Times-Democrat BIG SUMS MAY BE DUE STATE NO PERMIT TO DO BUSINESS Must File Articles and Pay Big Penalty—Investigation Began as to a Des Moines Mining Company and Will Be Carried Much Further. Des Moines, July 20—The secretary of state yesterday began what promises to be a far reaching investigation into the operation of foreign corporations in town, without sanction from the state. Inquiry was sent to a mining company doing business in Des Moines to whether it has been transacting business in Iowa under its South Dakota charter and notifying it that if it expects to do business in this state it must file its articles of incorporation with the secretary of state. These companies organized without the state which are doing business within the state, but which have not filed their articles with the secretary as provided by section 1637 of the code. A number of these are mining concerns those that apply to the state consist of the sale of stock. Under the section referred to, any corporation for pecuniary profit other than for carrying on mercantile or manufacturing business, organized under the laws of another state or those that apply to the state consist of the sale with the secretary of state its articles of incorporation, paying the same fee therefor as domestic corporations—that is, $1 per thousand dollars capital, after the first $25 which provides for the first $10,000—and thereupon the secretary of state shall be required to do business within the state. It is claimed that a large number of concerns now doing business in the state have not complied with this section. The inquiry begin with the question to will be extended to the others which are thought to have engaged in business, and which, it is said, are quite numerous. The law provides that if a corporation fails to obey section 1657, it shall pay to the state for each and every day in which such business has been carried on $100. The company referred to is said to have been in the state of California, which, on the basis of the penalty referred to, would subject it to payment to the state treasury of approximately $150,0000. If the action were unfriendly against all of the companies referred to, the state would be able to recover several millions in penalties besides compelling the payment of large sums in filing fees. Now at the office of the secretary of state that the company referred to is not an Iowa corporation; it has no articles on file there; according to the record. The inquiry that is being made, now, relates to the fact that has been doing business in the state. COLFAX MYSTERY GETS SFENSATIONAL! Colafax, July 18—The Knoxville bloodhounds were secretly brought here on Monday by the sheriff of Jasper county, taken to the home of Mel Slaughter, and after a few minutes succeeded in getting a scent, striking a trial and went almost directly to the Blanford home about a mile from the house and the Slaughters. It seems the Slaughters suspect Blanford, a relative, of attempting to shoot Mel Slaughter, but upon the arrival of the sheriff and the dogs at the Blanford home it is reported that the Blanford tolans held a man with a knife and this no effort was made to search the house, though it is known that Charles has been in the community for several days. County Attorney Cragan was consulted after a meeting that there is something mysterious about the case, and he is not willing to admit that he believes Slaughter is trying to deceive the people by acts of his own, but that some person is after him. As to whether or not he believes the guilty he would not commit himself. Both Slaughter and Blanford families are well to do, but the Slaughters were the favored ones in the division of the property belonging to the two young men named, and trouble seems to have since been brewing as a result. Blanford was given a hearing last February on the charge of attacking Slaughter with a wagon foley, but the police said that the report that Blanford had been sent to the county jail is incorrect. The prick of a pin caused the death of Miss Anna Walworth, who ten days ago scratched herself while at work at Seymour's laundry, in St. Louis City. The blood poisoning which set in developed rapidly, and an operation by Joseph's hospital was without avail. Ethel "When does your breach-of promise suit come into court, Clara?" Clara — (sobbing) — "T-to-morrow." Ethel (consolingly) — "I am sorry to see you so overconfident." Ethel I am simply rehearsing for the hearing. "Pick-Me-up. That's an auction piano your daughter's got, isn't it?" asked the sarcastic woman next door. "No, indeed!" replied the proud mother, indignantly, "what made you think that?" "Oh, probably because it's going, going all the time." "Philadelphia." The grass-eting man, who, a year ago, was on exhibition in the museums of New York City, soon lost his popularity, and passed out of the show business. In Monocacy, Pa., a few days ago, he grabbed up a sod of grass and began munching it. An officer promptly arrested him as a wild man. When a young man begins to call on a girl twice a week his mother fears the result. "What was it that prevented the duel this morning? Did one of the principals fall to show up?" "No, but forget the cinematograph." — GH files. THE TEACHER'S FOE A LIFE ALWAYS THREATENED BY NERVOUS PROSTHESIA. One Who Broke Down from Six Years of Overwork Tells How She Escaped Minery of Enforced Idleness. "I had been teaching in the city schools steadily for six years," said Miss James, whose recent return to the work from which she was driven by nervous colapse has attracted attention. "To try were greatly overcrowded, especially in the prison, and I had been doing the work of two teachers. The strain was too much for my nerves and two years ago the crisis came. "I was prostrated mentally and physically, sent in my resignation and never expected to be able to resume work. It seemed to me that I was the most miserable woman on earth. I was tormented by nervous headaches, worn out by inability to sleep, and had so little blood that I was as white as chalk. After my actuation and to be braced to terrify and terrily discouraging to pay out the savings of years for medicines which did me no good. "How did you get back your health?" "A have chance and a lot of fifeh led me to a cure. After I had suffered for many months, and when I was on the very verge of despair, I happened to read an account of some cures effected by Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. The statements were so convincing that I somehow felt assured that these pills would help me. Most people, but I purchased six basks at once, and when I had used them up, I was indeed well and had no need of more medicine. "Dr. Williams' Pink Pills enriched my thin blood, gave me back my sleep, restored my appetite, gave me strength to walk long distances without fatigue, in fact freed me from all my numerous ailments. I have already taught for several months, and I cannot say enough in praise of Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. I miss Miss Mason, who is living at Nine 139 Chay Street, Dayton, Ohio. Many of her fellow teachers have also used Dr. Williams' Pink Pills and are enthusiastic about their merits. Sound digestion, strength, ambition, and cheerful spirits quickly follow their use. They are sold in every drug store in the world. An Englishman, while passing along the main street in Bansor, Me. stepped in a hole in the sidewalk and, falling, broke his leg. He brought suit against the city for one thousand dollars, and engaged Hannilal Hamlin for counsel. Hannil won his case, but the city appealed to the decision was for Hamlin's client. After setting up the claim, Hamlin sent for his client and handed him one dollar. "What's this?" asked the Englishman. "That's your damages, after taking out my fee, the cost of appeal and see you." The Englishman looked at the dollar and then at Hamlin. "What's the matter with this?" he asked; "is it bad?" In England there’s a pretty little country hotel known as the Rose Tavern. Close at hand, in the hotel grounds, is a quaint old ivy-mantled chapel. If the hotel becomes overcrowded, as it does now and then, they put away the guests in the chapel. A traveling man occupied it one night. At six o’clock the next morning the roosted pillow of the hotel rushed the night clerk, who rushed over to the chapel in great alarm and encountered the traveling man. “Are you the night clerk?” asked the traveling man. “I am.” said the night clerk: “what’s the jolly rood?” Well, for heaven’s sake,” said the traveling man. “push me over a cocktail to pew 13.” There is more joy upon earth over one sin found out than over ninety and nine sins forsaken—Boston Transcript. FROM SAME BOX Where the Foods Come From. "Look here, waiter, honest now. Don't you dip every one of these flaked breakfast foods out of the same bowl?" I tell all "clep Grape-Nuts, cause that don't look like the others and people know 'zackly what Grape-Nuts looks like. But there's 'bout a dozen different ones named on the bill of fare and they are all thin rolled flakes so it don't make any difference which one a man call a man just take out the order from one box. This talk led to an investigation. Dozens of factories sprung up about three years ago, making various kinds of breakfast food, seeking to take the business of the original prepared breakfast food-Grape-Nuts. These concerns after a precarious existence, nearly all failed, leaving thousands of boxes of their foods in mills and warehouses. These were in several instances bought up for a song by spice suppliers and sold out to grocers hotels just pretended like a working off this old stock has been slow. One will see the names on menus of flaked foods that went out of business a year and a half or two years ago. In a few cases where the abandoned factories have been bought up, there is an effort to resuscitate the defunct, and by copying the style of advertising of Grape-Nuts, seek to influence people to purchase. But the public has been educated to the fact that all these thin flaked foods are simply soaked wheat or oats rolled thin and dried out and packed. They are just pretended like Grape-Nuts in which the thorough baking and other operations which turn the starch part of the wheat and barley into sugar, occupy many hours and result in a infant so digestible that small infants thrive on it, while it also contains the selected elements of Phosphate of Potash and Albumin that unite in the body to produce the soft gray substance in brain and nerve centers. There's a reason for Grape-Nuts, and there have been many imitations, a few of the article itself, but many more of the kind and a number of other imitations are ways counterfeiters and their printed and written statements cannot be expected to be different than their goods. This article is published by the Postum Co. at Battle Creek. Additional evidence of the truth can be supplied in quantities. INTENSE HEAT CAUSES DEATHS Temperature Reaches 98 Degrees in the East. INTENSE SUFFERING CAUSED Terrific Heat General in the United States—Caualties Mount High in the Larger Cities, Nearly 200 in New York Alone. New York, July 19.—An area of oppressive heat that brings to mind with unpleasant vividness the record breaking summer of 1901, has settled down over the eastern and New England states, already numbering hundreds among its victims and causing indescribable suffering to thousands in the cities. From all points last night came the story of the hottest summer attended with frequent prostrations and not a few deaths. Philadelphia reported a maximum temperature of 98.3, the highest figure officially noted. In this city the weeer burean's highest mark was 96, while in Boston where the sun's rays are known to be tempered by an east breeze a temperature of 94 was recorded. The official thermometers located in exposed places above the street did not, however, indicate the ten temperature in which the ordinary mortal moved, and many street thermometers indicated a temperature of 100 or higher, some reliable instruments registering 103 and 105. Following are the maximum temperatures officially recorded in the larger cities with the known case of prostration and deaths: New York, temperature 96, prostrations 187, deaths 23; Philadelphia, temperature 98.3, prostrations 50, deaths 5; Baltimore, temperature 97.3, prostrations 5, deaths none; Washington, temperature 95, prostrations 187, deaths 23; Baltimore, temperature 94, prostrations 4, deaths 1; Pittsburgh, temperature 93, prostrations, 26, deaths 13; Chicago, temperature 95, prostrations 17, deaths 4; Buffalo, temperature 78, prostrations 2, deaths 5. The figures by no means represent the sum of human suffering yesterday as an endless number of victims who collapsed at home, in the office or work shop were privately attended to. Last night no relief was in sight and the roll of fatalities by many who have thus far withdrew the ordeal of the intense heat. Yesterday all records for the summer were broken in point of high temperature, but mercifully the humidity was correspondingly less. But for this the total prostration and death by many who have thus far withdrew the ordeal of the intense heat. New York the suffering was intense, especially in the crowded tenement buildings where scarcely a breath of air relieved the stifling atmosphere. Thousands who could afford the holiday fee for the consequent crowds women and children fainted and men were overcome, making the trip from home a doubtful experiment, so far receiving any comfort was concerned. Early in the morning the mercury stood at 80 and rose until the maximum of 96 was reached at 4 o'clock. It was a busy day for the hospitals and the ambulances were continuously on the street. Chicago, July 20.—Following is the record of heat and consequent pro- gress of deaths in the larger cities yesterday: New York, temperature 95, deaths 75, prostrations 167; Philadelphia, temperature 95.8, deaths 10, prostrations 40; Baltimore, temperature 92.2, deaths 4, prostrations 5; Washington, temperature 95.8, prostrations 40; temperature 92.2, prostrations 25; Pittsburg, temperature 87, deaths 5, prostrations 6. CHICAGO STRIKERS GO BACK TO WORK Chicago, July 21.—The teamsters' strike that has so greatly disturbed business conditions in this city for the last 105 days was at 12:30 o'clock last night officially declared off by the members of the teamsters' join counterparts to seek their old positions and it is estimated that less than one-half of them will be re-employed. The strikers have made a complete surrender and will apply for work as individuals and without an agreement of any kind with their employers. The action of the teamsters' joint counterparts ended at the end of a day whose events clearly foreshadowed the collapse of the strike. Three of the unions had already voted to return to work as far as possible, and it was certain that the unions which had not voted on the question of ending the strike would take similar action. The council believing that further effort was useless, decided to call off the strike at once. SAYS ARMY IS STRONG. Russians Say Japanese Want Peace Because of That Fact. Headquarters of the Russian Army, Godzydani, Manchuria, July 29—in conversation with a correspondent of the Associated Press regarding the military situation, General Battjonian, commander of the third Manchurian army, yesterday, adopted a most appropriate declaration, declared the Japanese were unable to account on account of the strengthening of the Russians and because they have not fully recovered from their own losses at the battle of Mukden. He concluded: "Never during the whole war, the Russians have been so strong in every respect as at present. The Japanese know this and therefore they wish for peace." Statistician Hyde Resigns Washington, July 19.—Chief Statistician Hyde of the department of finance assigned the designation and the position and it has been assigned by Secretary Wiley. Assistant Secretary Hayes has been detailed to take over the position and work until the vacancy shall be filled. A VETERAN OF THE BLACK HAWK, MEXICAN AND THE CIVIL WARS. CAPT. W. W. JACKSON. Sufferings were protracted and Severe —Tried Every Known Remedy Without Relief—Serious Stomach Trouble Cured by Three Bottles of Peruna! Capt. W. W. Jackson, 708 G St., N.W., Washington, D.C. writes: "I am eighty-three years old, a veteran of the Black Hawk, Mexican and the Civil Wars. I was by profession a teacher. "Some years ago I was seriously affected with catarh of the stomach. My sufferings were protracted and severe. I tried every known remedy without obtaining relief. I began the use of your Peruma. I began to realize immediate gradual improvement. Address Dr. S. B. Hartman, President of the University Sanitarium, Colum- ness, Ohio. LEAVES NO SCAR Cures— Cuts, Sprains, Bruises, Rheumatism, And All Hurts of Man or Beast DEAN'S KING CACTUS OIL The World's Greatest Healer OLNEY & McDAID, Mfr., Clinton, Ia. At druggists in 400c, 51, 53 and 55 Sizes Bent prepaid if your druggist cannot furnish! PISO'S CURE FOR CURE WITH MILK HILLS Deat Cough Syrup, Martes Good. Use in time. 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One way of training yourself not to mind hot weather is to own a farm in the corn belt. More Flexible and Lasting, won't shake out or blow put; by using Defiance Single or obtain better results than possible with any other brand and one-third more for stump money. WRITE FOR THIS FREE BOTTLE TODAY Good for Ailing Children and Nursing Mothers Send this coupon with your name and address, and your drugstress name, for a free bottle of Mull's Grape Tonic. Stomach Tonic and Constipation Cure, to Allmony is a salve used by some to heal the wound made by Cupid's dart. Insist on Getting It. MULLS GRAZE TONIC CO, 148 Third Avenue, Rock Island, Illinois Give Full Address and Write Plainly The $1.00 bottle contains nearly three times the 200 size. At drug stores. Some grocers say they don't keep Defiance Starch. This is because they have a stock on hand of other brands containing only 12 oz in a package, so they are able to sell first, because Defiance contains 16 oz. for the same money. The genuine has a date and number stamped on the label—take no other from your drugstreet. Do you want 16 oz. instead of 12 oz. Defiance Starch. Requires no cooking. C. There is quality in Railroad Travel as in everything else. C. Track, Trains and Time are the essentials. The longest bridge resting on pliers is the Victoria, at Montreal. Cure For The Blues ONE MEDICINE THAT HAS NEVER FAILED Health Fully Restored and the Joy of Life Regained ("THE KATY") has that quality—a good thing to remember when you travel South-west. When acheful, brave, light-hearted woman is suddenly plunged into that perfection of misery, the IBS, its哭泣, is only the thirsty one. She has been feeling, "out of sorts" C. 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She writes: "I cannot tell you with pen and ink what Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound has done for me. I suffered with female troubles, extra pain, and that all gone feeling. I was advised to try Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound, and it not only cured my female derangement, but it has saved me. The probability of my younger days has returned, and I do not suffer any longer with despondency, as I did before. I consider Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound a boon to sick and suffering Write today to Wm. Nicholson, Gen. Colonization Agent, A. T. & S. F. Ry. Railway Exchange, Chicago. If you have some derangement of Pinkham, Lyan, Mass., for advice. When Answering Advertisements Kindly Mention This Paper. Colorado Clear, dry, bracing air. Mountain scenery. Cool sunshine. Plenty of sport. A week there will restore snap and spirit. The trip is just as possible for you as for anyone. Colorado is not far away. The rates are lower this year than last and you can find good board for as little as $5 a week; from that up to $30 a week for luxury. Think it over. Fast through trains on the Rock Island equipped with standard and tourist Pullmans, wide-window, electric-lighted chair cars and coaches cooled by electric fans. Direct line to Denver as well as to Colorado Springs and Pueblo. Full information upon request. JOHN SEBASTIAN, Passenger Traffic Manager, CHICAGO. Rock Island System NEGRO MASONRY. HOW UNITED GRAND LODGE CAME TO BE FOUND. what I suffered no one will ever know. I used about every known remedy that is said to be good for kidnapping, complain, but without deriving permanent relief. Often Much Mooted Question Discussed from Sqandpoint of the Negro—Authority ame From England in An Authority Came From England in An Say. Today the United Grand lodge (colored) of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of Iowa convened in Cedar Rapids in annual convention. In the position of the lodge and similar bodies throughout the United States, in relation to the general fratern y, is a matter of considerable interest and is greatly misconceived. The Gazette has sought some information upon this subject, but finds considerable difficulty in securing brief, but comprehensive statements. So far as while e Masons are concerned there is objection to even discussing the theme, and, unfortunately, the subject is not the Grand lodge have given the subject necessary study. In this dilemma recourse was had to the the exhaustive report made upon "Negro Masonry", by Wm. H. Upton, of the Grand Lodge of Washing on (white). This is it, it is claimed, the only work bearing upon the subject which presents the cause of colored Freemasonry fairly. History of Colored Masonry. On March 6, 1775, fifty-eight years after organization of the premier Grand Lodge of England, Prince Hall and fourteen other colored men were initiated into the mysteries of Masonry in an army lodge attached to one of the regiments quartered at Boston, under General Gage. These were at once given a tentative organization. That is, they were placed in a thority to serve as a lodge to "walk on St. John's day," and to bury their dead "in humer and form." Such authorization, while it would be considered irregular at this time, was no longer uncommon at that date. But being without warrant or charter from a regular grand lodge this body did not "work" until authority as a regular lodge was received from England. The Mother Grand Lodge of that conry, upon receipt of request fro mthese colored men, issued warrant, bearing date of September 29, 1784, for African Lodge No. 459. Owing to the negligence this was not received in Boston until April 29, 1787, and the lodge was only constituted May 6, 1787. This body remained upon the English register until the union of Grand Lodges in the country—fellowing the great schism—in 1813. At that time all lodges in the United States were erased fro mthe rolls of English Masonry. Prince Hall, the first Master of American lodge, was a man of considerable prominence and acknowledged ability. He served in the American army during the revolutionary war. He was until the time of his death zealous and well-informed Mason. As early as 1792 he was a sled Grand Master, and without doubt or question by his white contemporaries, did from that date exercise the influence of the lodge a weak Grand Master. Just because he was a weak genius in genology of colored Masonry. It has been asserted that this lodge wi hout authority erected itself into a governing body. But an examination of the records of other and white Grand Lodges in those early and confused years of the American republic reveals that several bodies of whose legitimacy and continuity there is no ques ion were simply outgrowths of some particular lodge. Indeed the ancient theory, and to some extent the present practice of craft was that a lodge possessed all bowers, and to make Masons, authorize a sufficient number of brethren to assemble and organize as a lodge. The example of "Mother Kilwinning lodge," of Scotland is directly in point. Organize in Philadelphia. Provincial Grand Master issued his license to thirteen colored men, who had been made Masons in England and Ireland to "assemble and work" as a lodge in Philadelphia. Another was la er formed upon the same authority as Providence, Rhode Island, in 1808 three lodge joined in 1809 the "African Grand Lodge" of Boston, afterwards known as the "Prince Hall Grand Lodge" of Boston, afterwards known as the "Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Massachusetts." Next, in 1815, there was organized the "First Independent African Grand Lodge of North America and for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania." The "Hiram Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania" was afterwards formed. In 1897 these three united in organization of a National Grand Lodge, and from one or the other of these sources all colored Masonic bodies of the country had origin and authorization. Their Status in Question. For many years the status of negro Masons was no question by the whites, and examination of lodges records show that the latter were frequent visitors in Pennsylvania and Massachusetts and including the year 1832. The latter objection hinged, now upon question of color, but, says Mackey, "supposed illegality of the charters." The same author thus sums the status of those bodies—a sufficient showing for the objectors. "Admitting even the legality of the English charter of 1784, it cannot be denied that the unrecognized self-revival of 1827, and the subsequent assumption of Grand Lodge powers were illegal, and rendered both the Prince Hall Grand Lodge and all the lodges which emanated from it clandestine." Yet in matters of accurate history but few Masonic scholars will allow Mackey as authority. This phrase of the subject has been carefully traversed by Upton. His trained legal mind, used the sifting of evidence and the subject of credibility, joined to an unequivocal Masonic known, gives him the final word of authority in this controversy. Masons hold and prove that dormancy of lodges does not desoy Masonic existence. In face seven American Grand Lodges status is now beyond all question passed through like periods of dormancy, yet were revived with question and at once resumed all former rights. The question of legitimacy of these colored bodies, as they exist today, lies not with their work nor even with regularity of their origin, but almost solely is concerned with the so-called "invasion of jurisdiction." For instance, it is held that the Grand Lodge of organization is the Grand Lodge (white) in 1844 precluded the formation of any Masonic lodge within the history of the commonwealth except it receive dispensation or charter from this an honor. The dogmatic assertion is made in such case that "whenever three lodges have formed a grand lodge in any state it has soe, absolute and exclusive jurisdiction in that state, o other grand lodge whatever can lawfully interfere, with this jurisdiction, and can nel her establish lodge in such state, nor continue any authority over bodies over which it might properly have exercised prior to the organization of such grand lodge therein." This doctrine has been held to apply in the case of Prince Hall grand lodge. But it is exclusively proven by the researchers of Upton and English Masonic scholars that at the time in question this theory of exclusive jurisdiction unknown. The fact that this colored bdly did not join with the white lodges of Massachusetts at the time of formation of that grand lodge cannot be held to affect its regularity. Robert F. Gould, the greatest of Masonic historians, analyzing a similar case, says: "This step would not carry with it the stamp of irregularity as relating to the continued existence of any minority of lodges, large or small, which might decline to affiliate with the new organization. The status of these would be unimpaired by the act of the major y. In the same connection, speaking of the American doctrine, Mr. Gould says: "Some of these authorities go so far as to maintain that if three cut of ninety-nine lodges assemble and erect a grand lodge, the remaining ninety-six become irregular. This, of course, is a monstrous doctrine." The crux of the whole matter is thus expressed by Mr. Upton in his chapter upon the American doctrine: "But this much we may admit, that if such a law (of exclusive jurisdiction) existed in 1808, it must have been made by white Masons, for even if the negroes accepted such a law forty years later, the wildest romancer will hardly claim that any of the three negro lodges in existence in 1808, or any member of any of these lodges had, directly or indirectly assented to any such doctrine as carly as 1808. He whence could that law be binding on the negro Masons? Will folly be carried so far as to claim carried the negro briberen from the white organizations and then, having done this, proceed in these organizations, without the consent of the negroes to create a law that would bind negro Masons and render it impossible for them to continue their growth? Surely the proposition is too mons rous to be considered." The same author takes up the question in detail as to later negro lodges and grand bedies and analyzes the proposition that the diffusion of negro Masonry in the interior proves territories in questioned interiors, and that invading bodies are indisputably illegitimate. And of this he says: "The negroes having lawfully received the light of Masonry and being debarred from the organizations controlled by the whites, had both the right an dute duty to provide ways and means to pass that light o their posterity; that to the mewp anume posterity; that as the white practically—and in many instances expressly—limited their operations on the white race, and the regents practically limited theirs to the black race which no real conflict of jurisdiction between them; that most if not all of the so-called laws, with which their presence is supposed to conflict, the modern languages built up by the whites without their consent after their rights to exist had accrued; that these laws are valid not only so long as they do not conflict with rich s that are based upon the higher laws of the Masonic institution itself; and finally that the existence among the negroes of Masonry is lawful origin; its successive existence against its own form of opposition for practically a cenv and a quarter, and the beneficial effects of its existence and that as the intellect of the morality, the ability and the consequent influence of the race increase, the inconsistency of position of the white organizations will become more and more apparent to all thinking minds." Against the claim that negro grand judges are clandestine this same authority gives apt argument. He says: Authority Form. England "If and American citizen 'jump' your homestead or moning claim, he does not by that act cease to be an American citizen, an the children on which he begets while squaing on your land are not illegitimate if he complies with the marriage laws—no matter how many other laws he may violate. Just so, if England warrants a lodge in New South Wales, or Scotland, in Peru or New Zealand, or Hamburg, in New York; or if a lodge of Masons invades your 'territory', England or the other invader may be very unjust and unkind, and worthy of your hostility; but the invading grand lodges or their lodges do not lose any particle of their Masonic legitimate or clandestine, if the landmarks of Masonry are not violated, no matter what other laws 'or regulations or 'doctrines' are on raged. In the one case the man is a 'claim'—but citizen of Masonry the father of legitimate lodge. In the one the grand lodge is an 'invader'—but a regular grand lodge of Mascens and the parent of legitimate and perfectly 'regular' lodges and Mascens." The Gazette recognizes that the fact that this controversy is not one for the discussion in newspaper columns. It is believed, however, that presentation of the case from the viewpoint of colored Masons will be of interest—even to white members of the fraternity. It is not intended that this expatriate statement shall be accepted other than as a showing made by advocates of colored Masonry. To enter into the argument against their positions would mean becoming involved in a controversy where the writer would lack competency and knowledge and would be without adequate interest to our readers. 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Give the Negro a Chance "The negro in the south has never had a fair chance, socially, politically or commercially," said Rev. H. S Bradley, in his sermon at Trinity church yesterday morning. The speaker, in concluding a sermon on a passage from the epistle to the Ephesians stated that he wished to point out briefly a few dangers that menace the church of today. Among these dangers he named "social caste." "Sometimes I am lacking in courage to live up to my highest thought," said, "but I want to indorse what he heard a distinguished, learned and broadminded minister once say at a conference of clergymen. "That man said: If I could I would like to see every negro in the land raised to my own level. He was interrupted by one of his auditors, who asked if he would really want to be on an equality with negroes. Another present said: 'Don't stop to answer such an interruption as that; go on with your great speech.' And it was a great speech, and I want to here and now indorse it. "This social caste that has grown up among us has led many of us to believe that somehow because we hapened, without any choice or any merit of our own, to be born with a white skin the Lord loves us better and thinks a little more of us than He does anybody with a darker skin. "But I want to say to you that the man who does not admit and live up to the fraternity of the negro—yes, the fraternity, that is the word—whatever else he may be is not a Christian. "I am not afraid of race equality, and I tell you my opinion of the man who is. It is this, that his social status must be very, very insecure that he should be so infinitely solicitous about safeguarding it." Dr. Bradley also referred in strong terms to the Watkinsville lynching, denouncing the perpetrators of the killings and the officials in whose custody the slain prisoners had been before the mob rob them. "Another of our dangers is too much democracy," said the speaker, "it tends in some instances to make us think that there is no higher law than our own will, and no higher officers than our own selves. We had a striking illustration of that in Georgia last week, and we have had many in recent years. "There were more lynchings in the state of Georgia last year than there were in the entire British Isles—yes, than there were in the British Isles for the last five years. Statistics prove that. "The men who committed that outrage at Watkinsville were white-lived cowards. They stole in, masked at night, to do that which no one of them would have dared to do. unmasked and in the fair light of day. They were not content to wait until universal man spoke in the word called law. They sneaked in like the cowards that they were and smirched the fair name of the state. "I have the heartiest contempt, too, for the jailer who gave up his key, because somebody pointed a pistol at his face. Suppose that same mob had demanded that he send his daughter out to them. If that had been the case the scoundrel, coward though he is, would have died first. "I tell you these outrages will not stop until we get men in office who are not afraid to die in the performance of duty enjoined by their solemn oath." The church was filled with people, and the remarks of Dr. Bradley created a most profound impression. "The above article appeared in the Atlanta Daily Constitution of Atlanta, Ga., last week. It is undoubtedly one of the most gentle and brave speeches that we ever read coming from so distinguished a white divine located in the heart of the aristocratic South and preaching as he was to a white audience. May God bless the real minister and give us more Bradley's." —Editor. WASHINGTON, IOWA, NEWS George Davis, who has been ill for the pastw o years with an affection of the heart, passed away at his home in South Washington July 6 at 2:30 o'clock. His death had been expected for some time and does not come as a surprise to the public. The death of George Davis removes from this community a man who had lived here ever since the war, and had been known by almost every person in the county. In his health he was a person of unusual sunny disposition. The people of this city will not soon forget the cheery music he used to dispense as he pursued his daily work as an expressman. His history in detail is like the history of many other colored persons who were born in slavery. He was the youngest of family of twenty, all born in slavery. He was born July 4, 1824. In Virginia. Early in life he mourned with his master, whose name was Wilson, to Selma, Ala. While quite union he three children were born, Eliza, Julia and Emma. They are all married but had not been heard from since 1869. George enlisted at the beginning of the war in the 4th Michigan. This regiment was for a time in command of Colonel Scofield, of this city. It was in several important engagements. After the war George was again married, this time to Sarah Bloom, who survives him. In the spring of 1866 they came to this country and have lived here ever since. George had not heard from any of his brothers or sisters for four years prior to his death, and the family record cannot be given in detail. The funeral service was held Sunday afternoon at the A. M. E. church conducted by Rev. Payton. Inument was in the city cemetery. It was one of the largest funeral ever held in the city. Mr. Davis became a member of the A. M. E. church of this city about 1867 and was a member in good standing at 125 death and for the past fifteen years had been one of the officers of the church. He will be greatly missed in the church as well as out. Mrs. A. L. Hall, who has been ill, is not mending as fast as her friends would wish. EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT MUNGERS LAUN- DRY is the best in the city. Try them and be decided. Maine Office 211-215 NINTH ST. Branch Office 804 MULBERRY ST. Messrs. Eatcn and Walker are two new young men who are making their homes here now, living at the A. L. Hall home. Your correspondent was glad to see where Mr. John Hardy had taken unto himself a wife. Congratulations. Mrs. N. L. Black is able to be out after an illness of eight weeks. Mrs. Charles Washington of East St. Louis, Ill., who has been visiting her sister, Mrs. N. L. Black, for the past three weeks left Saturday morning for Albia for a short visit before returning to her home. Mr. Robt. Motts, Jr., has gone to Chicago to live in the future. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Crump came over from Hedrick Thursday night to visit and say good-bye to relatives and friends before going to their new home in Dalton. Mrs. Minnie Johnson expects to go to Davenport to visit at the homes of her son, D. S. Johnson, and her daughter, Mrs. Austin. CEDAR RAPIDS NOTES Last week was Grand Lodge week in this city and every body reports a splendid time. There was one peculiarity of the occasion, married women seemed to be very scerce, nearly every lady was single Husbands and babies were lit to the care of charity, while the wives and mothers busied themselves making goo-goo eyes at the good looking Masons. Miss Stella and Master Willie Ringo are visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Boyd, 1150 N. 5th street West. Mrs Anna Green attended the Grand Court of the Household of Ruth, which convened at Keokuk last week. Missella Martin was hostess at a 2 o'clock dinner Sunday afternoon in honor of the Misses Masy and Ora Green of Toledo and Gracie Brown of Marshalltown. Mrs C. H. Saarcy entertained at an informal Monday evening in honor of visitors. Mr. Gussie Thompson of Belleville, Ill., is at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ben Hawkins and will remain indefinitely. Mrs. Mattie Morgan of St. Louis is at the parental home to care for her mother who has been critically ill for a time. Mrs. Frank Saddler is on the sick list this week. Miss Jessie Martin entertained at dinner the Misses Leonard Lewis and Charles Jones, both of Dubuque, Thursday. Mrs. Isaac Brown of Marshalltown is the guest of her brother, Mr. John Green HOMESEEKER EXCURSIONS Via Minneapolis and St. Louis Ry. North, West and South Tickets City office, 512 Walnut street or Union Station. W. S. Mathews, D. P. A.: W. K. Adams, C. P. A. ALBIA NEWS Mrs. George Hollingworth returned Thursday evening from the grand session in Keokuk. Mrs. Anna Jones spent Sunday in Oskaloosa. Mrs. Washington, a daughter-in-law of Mrs. Hall, from St. Louis, and her daughter from Chicago are visiting at the parental home. Rev. Peterson will give a reception at the A. M. E. church Tuesday evening for the members and friends of the church. A nice program is to be rendered. Mr. C. Thomas and Mrs. Lula Miller were colled to Buxton on account of the illness of his daughter Mrs. McCarthy. Mrs. Henrietta Underwood is an Otumwa visitor over Sunday. Mrs. E. Butler and Mrs. E. Grayson were among the visitors in Des Moines last Sunday. COUNCIL BLUFFS ITEMS. Mr. M. Powell is imroving from his illness. The high water is abaiting and Mr. W. H. Hurnden and family can get into the city again. Rev. M. G Newman, pastor of the A. M. E. church, has settled at No 1104 Avenue E. Mrs. S. Spinks gave a lawn social at her residence last Friday evening for the benefit of the A. M. E. church. $2500 clear profit was the result. Mrs. Spinks understands the business. The new choir of the A. M. E. church will render their first song services Sunday evening. Mrs. V. Gordon was called very suddenly to her ill sisters bed side in Sioux City. Very Low Excursion Rates to San Francisco, Los Angeles, Portland, Tacema, Seattle, Etc. Via the North-Western Line, will be in effect from all stations June 13, 14, 15, 19, 23, 24, 27, 28, 29, 30, and July 1 2 and 3. with favorable return limits on account of International Printing Pressmen's and Assistants Union and American Surgical Association at San Francisco. Two fast trains to the Pacific Coast daily. "The Overland Limited" (electric lighted throughout), less than three days en route. Another fast train is "The California Express" with drawing room and tourist sleeping cars. The best of everything for rates, tickets, etc., apply to agents Chicago & North-Western Ry. SAVE YOUR CLOTHES A little cleaning, pressing or re- painting your clothes, last longer. I call for and deliver work- I charge no more than others, less than some. W. C. FRANKLIN, 1411 6th Ave. Iowa Phone 1408- The natives of Kikuyu, in the East Africa, protectorate, go about well armed. They carry a stout, ace-of-spades-shaped spear, a real buffalohide shield, a heavy, double-edged short sword, a club and several strong sticks. Their principal "garment" is a colorful coat of terra cotta earth, and they wear numerous articles of metal as ornaments. [Picture of a man in a suit and bow tie]. JOHN SPENCER. There is probably no man in all Iowa who is less known than Mr. John Spencer of Grinnell and who is doing more of the substantial growth and development of race and its independence. He is a cement and brick contractor and has been from infancy up. His father before him has built more cement walks, tunnel arches, sewers and cement and stone approaches for railroad companies in Jacksonville, Ill., than any other man, white or black, for forty years. His father has worked in Jacksonville. He was also a member of the city council during the time William J. Bryan was in the council. His father and William's father, Judge Bryan, are personal friends. Mr. Spencer had four boys, who all learned the cement trade, one in Jacksonville and the other two, twin brothers, are out in Grinnell working with their brother John. He has been THE ODD FELLOWS GRAND SES- SION D. G. L. No. 30 of Iowa of the G. U. of O. F. met in Keokuk, Iowa, July 11, 12 and 13, 1905. Tuesday mirning Grand Lodge was called to order by P. M. V. P. Geo. E. Lee of Buxton, Iowa, at 10 a. m. The G. M. appointed the following officers: Assistant secretary, Wm. Harper of Buxton; D. G. chaplain, Bro. P. S. Erwin of Charion; G. O. G., Bro. Murphy of Fort Madison, Iowa; G. I. G., Bro. M. M. Richards of Albia; G. warden, Bro. Hacklet of Evans, Prayer by G. chaplain. D. G. M. declared D. G. L. open for business. D. G. M. appointed committee on credentials. Recess of five minutes to give the committees time to make their port. Committees in A. L. Triplett. Bro. Sidney of Burlington being up, G. M called the lodge to for the committee to make their report of lodges present. Nos. 1859, 2192, 2193, 2209, 2277, 2568, 2764, 3107, 3674, 3288, and 4219. The following ledges failed to report by delegate: Nos. 5358, 4655 and 2059. Business was suspended and Mayor Cameron of Keokuk was ushered in the lodge room by Bro. W. S. Mills and Bro. F. Fields. The mayor gave a very brief address welcoming the delegates and visitors to the Gate City. D. G. M. appointed Bro. P. S. Erwin of Chariton to respond to the Hon. Mayor's address, which was done in a very able manner. On motion that the D. G. L. No. 30 return a vote of thanks to Hon. Mayor Cameron, also Bro. P. S. Erwin, carried. The following committees were appointed by the D. G. M.: Committee on D. G. M. address, committee on state and country, committee on finance, committee on widows and orphans, and other committees were appointed by the D. G. M. The Odd Fellows held an important session Thursday morning, at which officers were elected for the ensuing year, and also for the Daughters of Ruth elected. In the afternoon was witnessed an attractive parade and conducted in Gibbons' opera house, the address of welcome being delivered by Mayor Cameron and appropriate responses and addresses being made by Rev. T. L. Smith of Quince Ill., formerly of Keokuk, Mo., and the father of the D. G. U. Sellers, the young lawyer of Keokuk, made attractive and forcible address, Rev. S. M. Smothers of Keokuk delivered an interesting interview. In invocation by Rev. W. T. Grace of Keokuk. The parade was headed by the noted colored Buxton band and was followed by members representing Des Moines River lodge and Reliance lodges of Keokuk, and with members representing the lodges in Burlington, Des Moines, Buxton, Fort Madison, Charlton, Davport, Evans, Albia and Colfax. After the imposing parade, which moved through the principal streets, a halt was made at Gibbons' opera house, where the above program was presented. In the evening at 8:30 o'clock the following evening elected D. G. officers were publicly installed by Bro. H. S. Chichester, Des Moines, P. D. H. M. S. Chichester, Des Moines, P. D. G. M. M. J. S. James of Eureka town 3839 of Davport; G. M. Warren Murphy of Gem City lodge 2277 of Fort Madison; D. G. secretary, W. M. Harper, P. G. M. of Mackinchack town 2290 of Buxton; Major Barber, G. treasurer, P. N. T. of Evans lodge 3024; D. G. D., L. M. Brown, P. G. M., of Charity lodge 2192, Des Moines. Household of Ruth officers elected for the G. H. of Ruth No. 20 were as follows: District M. N. G., Etta M. Jackson of the H. c.f R. No. 312 of Buxion; D. R. N. G., Anna Green H. of R. N. 177 of Keokuk W. R. Susie Matthews of H. of R. No. 239 cf Des Molnes; W. 'T. Sister Matthews of H. of R. No. 339 cf Des Molnes. The next meeting of H. R. is to be held at Des Molnes at the same time as the Odd Fellows' meeting. Presents for Sultan of Morocco. J. W. S. Langerman, Morocco commissioner to the world's fair, has just bought the Moorish sultan a brace of mules, a number of Angora cats and goats, some fancy dogs and a pacer and a span of fine carriage horses, all of Missouri breeding. The carriages Lorses were Boff and Blue, well-known ribbon windows and they cost the sultan $2,000. in Iowa for ten years and was awarded the whole of the city sidewall contract of Grinnell, his bid being one-tenth per cent lower. His bond was $5,000. He runs two gangs of men regular, about six to eight in each gang, all white but four. He has secured work in nearly every town in a radius of 100 miles of Grinnell. He is a very busy man, and now has enough work to last till November. He has dutiful and industrious wife and two children, a young lady about 18, who is his stenographer and bookkeeper and stays in his own office, a lad of 11 years. This woman is doing something for his race. He belongs to the Masonic lodge and is S. W. of the Marshaltown lodge. We will no doubt hear of this man in the financial world. He is now bidding on work in Osceola and Des Moines. Each of his crews has a first class equipment and good teams. Iowa State Bystander BY BYSTANDER PUB. CO. DES MOINES, . . . IOWA FRIDAY, JULY 21. Published every Friday by the BYSTANDER Publishing Co., Des Moines, Ia. Iowa 'phone 899. Official paper of the M. W. U. Grand Lodge of Iowa, A. F. & A. M., Iowa State Federation of Colored Women and International Grand Congress of Heroines of Jericho of America. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. One year $1.50 Six months .75 Three months .50 All subscription payable in advance. J. L. THOMPSON, EDITOR. J. H. SHEPARD, MANAGER. Send money by postoffice order, money order, express or draft, to the Iowa State Bystander Publishing Company. Communications must be written on one side of the paper only and be of interest to the public. 'Brevity is the art of it,' remember. Entered at the Post Office as second-class matter. We will not return rejected manuscript, unless accompanied by postage stamps. When in Council Bluffs Iowa call on Chas. F. Davis 1029 Broadway For Fine Wines, Liquors and Imported and Domestic Cigars Adjining Powell's Cafe and Grill Room. CLARA A. CLIFF General Stenographer and Notary Public.... We do high grade work in Copying, Manifolding, Mimecraphing Name and Address inserting to perfectly match, and guarantee satisfaction. Give us your order. METUAL PHONES Olmie 1917 Residence 958 Room 388, 390, 392 GO JD BLOCK K Des Moines, K MUTUAL PHONES Office 1917 Residence 958 ROOM 398, 390, 398 GO DD BLOCK K Des Molnes, 1a WONDERFUL DISCOVERY Curly Hair Made Straight By TAKEN FROM JAPE This wonderful hair pomade is the only safe preparation in the world that makes kiky or shiny. It imitates the scalp, prevents the hair from falling and grows long and silky. Solely made of hair grow long and silky. Solely made of hair grow long and silky. Solely made of hair grow long and silky. 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It has been made possible to absolutely and permanently cure Eczema, Acne, Pimples, Redness of the Skin, Poison Ivy, Barbers' Itch, Scalp Eczema, Mosquito Bites, Dandruff and all skin or scalp diseases from whatever cause without greasy salves or ointments. NO INTERNAL MEDICINE NECESSARY Read what people who have given it a trial say TO THE PUBLIC: This is to certify that I have been troubled with Eczema or a break ing outon my breast, shoulders and back, for thirty years; that about three months ago I happened to be in Mr. Sandholm's drug store to buy a cake of soap; that the subject of skin diseases came up and he told me about his remedy. I took his word for it and bought a bottle of his Eczema Cure and Skin Remedy and it entirely cured me. My skin is now as smooth as any girl's. It is the greatest remedy I have ever tried. Drug-gists all over the country know me personally. Add Mr. Sandholm's remedy to your stock, guarantee it to cure, and you will do humanity a kindness and increase your trade and reputation. These are facts. Very respectfully. A. LINTON, This is to certify that I have been out on my breast, shoulders and three months ago I happened to be cake of soap; that the subject of about his remedy. I took his word of zema Cure and Skin Remedy and it smoothed as any girl's. It is the greatest gists all over the country know meedy to your stock, guarantee it to cess and increase your trade and respectfully, Traveling Salesman Traveling Salesman A. M. Hughes Paint & Glass Co. Kansas City, Mo. To Suffers from Eczema. I have had my body covered with breaking out of this disease for the past six months, and skin specialists did not give me any relief. I used one bottle of Sandholm's Eczema Cure and my body is free from any eruption and I am entirely free from the disease. BEN. S. JONES, I have had my body covered with past six months, and skin specialists one bottle of Sandholm's Eczema Cure and I am entirely free from the 1739 Missouri Ave. A SURE CURE I A Pleasant Antiseptic After Shaving BOOKLET FREE For Sale by all SANDHOLM DRUG DES MOIN Rock Island System COL Over hear your eyes the g andest of scen air that starts the blood to Colorado the ideal Vacation La Near at Hand Reached the Rock into both from the Eats. Send for bookl peculiarls of low rates this summer A SURE CURE FOR DANDRUFF, A Pleasant Antiseptic After Shaving; Stops Hair from Falling Out. BOOKLET FREE For Sale by all Druggists and Barbers; or write SANDHOLM DRUG CO. 113 WALNUT ST. NEXT TO CITY LIBRARY DES MOINDS, IOWA. Rock Island System COLORADO Over head the bluest of skies—before your eyes the g andest of scenery—all around a clear crisp air that starts the blood to racing. These elements make Colorado the ideal Vacation Land. Near at Hand Reached quickly and conveniently by the Rock Island System Direct lines into both Colorado Springs and Denver from the Eats. Send for booklet "Under the Turquoise Skip" and particulars of low rates this summer. G. R. KLINE, C. P. Agt. 423 W Walnut Des Moines, I CHURCH ANNOUNCEMENT Cordillan Baptist Church, corr of Fifteenth and Linen trees, Preaching at 11 a.m. m.; Sunday School, corr of Fifteenth and Linen trees, Rev. T. L. Grifith, Pastor. St. Paul A. M. E.-Corner of Second and Center Streets. Preaching at 10:30 a.m. m.; Sunday School, corr of Second and Center Streets, preaching at 8 p.m. morace S. Graves pastor. First African Baptist Church—Corner School Preaching at 10:30 a.m.; Sunday School $3.30 p.m., preaching at 8 p.m. morace S. Graves pastor. Youth meetings we meeting 7 p.m., preaching 800 p.m. Surr's Chapel M. E. Church of 11th Preaching at 11 a.m. and 8 p.m; Class and meeting 12 m Sunday; Sunday School $3.30 p.m.; Epworth Church, meeting 7 p.m.; Class and meeting every Wednesday by O. A. Johnson, pastor, 816 th Street Maple Street Baptist Church—Situated on E. Preaching at 11 a.m.; Sunday School, 9:00 a.m., preaching at 4 p.m. O. R. Wimbush, pastor Union Congregational Church—Corner Tenth and Park streets. Preaching at 10:45 a.m. m.; Sunday School, 19:00—evening service H. W. Porter, pastor. The Origin of Woman Fathers. A jealous ar **nagging mother** do more to make her son a woman hater than anything else in the world HOE TAX Hey Saving Kind not carry over a sim ul shoes if prices will be crave new things, so eac nable goods, leaving us in markets and buy complex this is the reason you fi e. Note carefully the foll society and sizes are broken ason's pattern. SHOE The Money Save We will not carry tan low cut shoes i American people crave new pose of all seasonable good ter the eastern markets and next season. This is the shoes at our store. Note ca come before variety and s sale is of this season's patte SHOE TALK The Money Saving Kind of Talk We will not carry over a single pair of tan low cut shoes if prices will move them American people crave new things, so each season we dispose of all seasonable goods, leaving us in a position to enter the eastern markets and buy complete new stocks for next season. This is the reason you find the very latest shoes at our store. Note carefully the following prices and come before variety and sizes are broken. Every shoe on sale is of this season's pattern. LADIES' Regular price. Sale Price. $5.00 Ladies champaign bals... $3.68 $4.00 Ladies russia calf Bluther ..... 2.88 $3.00 Brown vici bals ..... 1.98 $4.00 Pat. colt blu. Oxford ..... 2.88 $4.00 Pat. colt butt Oxford ..... 2.88 $4.00 Pat Kid L-X heel Oxford ..... 2.88 $4.00 Tan pat. kid, cuban heel Oxford ..... 2.99 $3.50 all kinds pat, colt blacks vici, tans and brown Oxfords ..... 2.48 $3.00 all kinds pat, colt blacks tans and brown Oxfords ..... 1.98 $2.50 all kinds pat, leather black, tans and brown Oxfords ..... 1.78 $2.00 all kinds pat, leather, black, vici, fan, russia and brown kid Oxfords ..... 1.48 $1.50 in black, tan and brown Oxofords ..... 1.28 $1.50, 300 pairs, ici heavy sole, pat tip Oxfords ..... 98 Miss and children's Oxfords strap sandals in tan, black and patent leather all reduced. The Walk 417 Wa Walker Sh 7 Walnut Str The Walker Shoe Co. 417 Walnut Street Iowa 649. Mutual 1090 SPECTACLES MADE TO FIT ANY EYE DESCASES OF THE EYE-EAR-NOSE & THROAT CURLED EYES TESTED FREE DR. DUNCAN.OCULISI DEB. MOINES. IOWA. 602 West Walnut Street. Notice is hereby given that the undersigned have associated themselves into a body corporate, under the name of "Iowa Coal Mining Company," the principal place of business of which shall be Des Moines, Polk county, Iowa. The general nature of the business to be transacted by said corporation shall be the buying, owning, operating and developing of coal mines, buying and selling of coal mines, coal leases, coal rights, coal and real estate; making, purchasing and selling of leases of land for mining purposes; buying and selling of coal lands; prospecting for coal; opening coal mines; ingoring or mining, switches and side-locks for connection with railroads; building and owning houses for use of miners in connection with its mines; and the doing of such other acts as may be proper or necessary for the successful conduct of its said business. The authorized capital stock of this corporation shall be ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00), all issued at the time of commencing business, and fully paid for; eight thousand dollars ($8,000.00) of said stock to be paid for in cash at par, and two thousand dollars ($2,000.00) of said stock to be paid for in coal leases and coal rights of the actual value of two thousand dollars ($2,000.00). Said corporation will commence business on the 26th day of June, 1905, and will terminate on the 21st day or June, 1925, unless sooner terminated or extended in the manner and form provided by law. The affairs of the corporation are to be conducted by a board of directors, consisting of no less than three nor more than five persons who shall be stockholders and elected as directors by the stockholders at the annual meeting of each year, and by a president, vice president, secretary and treasurer to be elected by the board of directors immediately after the annual meeting of the stockholders of each year. The highest amount of indebtedness to which said corporation may at any time subject itself is six thousand dollars ($6,000.00). The private property of the incorporators and stockholders shall be exempt from all liability for all incorporate debts. Dated at Des Moines, Iowa, this 26th day of June, 1905. Isaac Evans, Thomas Beck, S. H. Blount, Incorporators. Subscribe for Bystander. It has been made possible to absolutely and permanently cure Eczema, Acne, Pimples, Redness of the Skin, Poison Ivy, Barbers' Itch, Scalp Eczema, Mosquito Bites, Dandruff and all skin or scalp diseases from whatever cause without greasy salves or ointments. NO INTERNAL MEDICINE NECESSARY Read what people who have given it a trial say that I have been troubled with Eczema or a break shoulders and book, for thirty years, that about happened to be in Mr. Sandholm's drug store to buy a has subject of skin diseases came up and he told me book his word for it and bought a bottle of his Eczema and it entirely cured me. My skin is now as it is the greatest remedy I have ever tried. Drug-entry know me personally. Add Mr. Sandholm's remarriage it to cure, and you will do humanity a kind-trade and reputation. These are facts. Very re-raveling Salesman A. M. Hughes Paint & Glass Co., Kansas City, Mo. Eczema, body covered with breaking out of this disease for the skin specialists did not give me any relief. I used him's Eczema Cure and my body is free from any eruphy free from the disease. BEN. S. JONES, CURE FOR DANDRUFF, Nic After Shaving; Stops Hair from Falling Out. For Sale by all Druggists and Barbers; or write M DRUG CO. 113 WALNUT ST. NEXT TO CITY LIBRARY DES MOINDS, IOWA. COLORADO Over head the bluest of skies—before indest of scenery—all around a clear crisp the blood to racing. These elements make Vacation Land. Reached quickly and conveniently by the Rock Island System Direct lines into both Colorado Springs and Denver send for booklet "Under the Turquoise Sky" and does this summer. G. R. KLINE, C. P. Agt., 423 W Walnut Des Moines, I TALK big Kind of Talk over a single pair of pieces will move them ings, so each season we dis- vine us in a position to en- y complete new stocks for in you find the very latest only the following prices and are broken. Every shoe on Regular price. Sale price. $4.00 tan russia bals.....$2.88 $4.00 brown vici bals.....3.18 $3.00 brown vici bals.....2.28 $2.50 brown, plain toe, vici bals.....1.98 $2.50 tan vici bals.....$1.98 $2.00 white canvas Oxfords.....1.49 $1.50 grey canvas Oxfords.....1.28 $4.00 tan russia strap Oxfords.....3.28 $3.50 tan russia butt Oxfords.....2.98 $3.50 tan russia pebble top Oxford.....2.78 $3.00 tan russia Oxfords.....2.28 $4.00 men's all pat. colt Oxfords.....2.98 $3.50 men's pat, colt Oxford.....2.88 $3.00 men's pat, or vici Oxfords.....2.48 $2.00 men's blu. vici Oxfords.....1.58 $2.00 men's elastic side Oxfords.....1.28 $2.00 boy's blacq, tan or pat. Oxfords.....1.48 $1.75 youths black, tan or pat. Oxfords.....1.23 r Shoe Co. t Street STATE OFFICERS OF THE IOWA FEDERATION OF AFRO-AMERICAN WOMEN. Mrs. Helena Downey, State Organizer, 711 Bashaw street, Ottumwa. Mrs. Belle Graves, president, 1120 Center St., DesMoines, i.a.; Mrs. G Gray, first vice-president, 716 17th St. Cedar Rapids, i.a.; Mas. Zack Taylor, second vice-president, 125 Davis St. Ottumwa, i.a.; Miss Lella Sheffy, recording secretary, Lock Box 77, Ossa loosa, i.a.; Mrs. Fannie Grooms, cor- responding secretary, 1126 East Eight St. Muscatine; Mrs. E. B. Lewis, treasurer, 1126 Harrison St., Davenport, ia.; chairmans of state committees, Mrs. Anna Bettus, chairman of Household Economic, 1517 Concert St. Keokau, i.a.; Mrs. Holly, chairman of Study, Cedar Rapids, i.a.; Mrs. Maud Gardner, chairman of Arts and Crafts, Muscatine, kowa; Mrs. Emma Gardner, chairman of Rectproctory Bureau, Rural Route No. 5, Ottumwa, i.a.; Miss Gertrude Evans, chairman of Social Purity, 695 Main St., Dubuque, i.a.; Ms. L. R. Palmer, chairman of Educational Committee, 28 Rollins Block, Des Moines. ```markdown ``` MEN'S