Iowa State Bystander

IOWA STATE BYSTANDER. CITY NEWS. M.B. If you have relatives or friends visit the city or going to make a visit, please form us: we solicit all your local news—Ed. Pete Hudlin returned home Tuesday from the West. Mrs. John Waller returned this week from Davenport after a pleasant visit. Hear the great violinist at the Y. M. A. Wednesday evening. An excellent program. C. S. Sellers of Buxton was in our city Wednesday attending U. S. Court a legal business. Mrs. Geo. Dunn who has been at the hospital undergoing an operation is improving nicely. All the young people are anxiously waiting for Tuesday evening the 15—the night of the Mason's May Festival. To Club Women. All clubs sending delegates to the Woman's Federation will please notify Mrs. Mrs. Mattie Warricks, 915 Center street at once. There will be many strangers in our next week to attend the Masonic Festival, the Clarence White recital and the Presbyterian Assembly. Mrs. Lee Blagburn left Friday for Denver, Colo., to join her husband who has accepted a position with a large oda fountain establishment. We are ready to loose this young couple from our midst. Rev. A. L. DeMond of New Orleans arrived in our city Wednesday and preached at the Union Congregational church in the evening. He will leave Friday morning for Buxton, Iowa to organize a new Congregational church there. Rev. H. W. Porter of this city will accompany him. The Odd Fellows and Household of 6th will run an excursion to Colfax next Sunday on account of the annual union sermon of Odd Fellows. The Interurban will leave the Waiting Room at 9:15 a. m. Round trip 500. All persons wishing to go for the above round trip rate must meet at Odd Fellows hall, Sixth and Walnut at 430 sharp. Mrs. E. T. Banks is still suffering from rheumatism. She has been confined to her home for several months and her many friends are very sorry for her at this time when so many strangers are to be here; for Mrs. Banks not only knows how to extend her hospitality to visitors but always make it pleasant as she has on many occasions. BIRTHDAY PARTY. One of the prettiest and up to date birthday party that has been given in our city was the one given by Harrison Gould last Friday evening at his beautiful and comfortable home on Twelfth and Center street. Only gentlemen were invited and about 25 of the sterner sex sit down to a heavy laden table which was decorated with flowers. The supper was elaborate and served in style under the supervision of Mrs. H. Gould, which consisted of seven courses. Music, conversation and oratory filled the evening program. Dr. A. G Edwards was toast master and introduced John L. Thompson, Doug-lass Miller, Gus Watkins, E. O. Ellison E. T. Banks, J. W. Moore and others which was very encouraging to those so fortunate enough to be present. The birthday cake came out with 30 small candles all lighted, representing the age of this exemplary citizen. Mr. Gould received several useful presents. CLARENCE CAMERON WHITE CLARENCE CAMERON WHITE AT Y. M. C. A. Wednesday May 16. PROGRAM Violin, Scene de Ballet.....De Beriot Clarence Cameron White Piano Solo, American Triumphal Grand Concert March.....Putnam Lillian Fields. Violin, (a) Spring Song.....Mendelsohn (b) Serenade.....Pilent Clarence Cameron White. Baritone Solo.....Selected Dean Frederick Howard. Piano Solo, Caprice Espagnol.....Moszkowski Marguerite Fields. Violin, Hungarian Phasode.....Hanser Clarence Cameron White. Reading, When "Melinda" Sings.....Dunbar Clifford Williams Piano Solo, selection from "Martha" Transcription by.....Sidney Smith Marguerite Fields. Accompanist.....Marguerite Fields Program begins at 8:15 p. m. Mrs. Wm Callander entertained Miss Alice Bell at dinner Sunday. Miss Alice Bell left Wednesday for Phoenix, Arizona to make her home with her sister, Mrs. Valentine. Mr. Robertson, attorney for the True Reformers of Richmond, Va., with his wife spent Wednesday in our city looking after the legal department of the True Reformers. They went from here to Buxton. Launch Scheme To Aid Negro. Pierre, S. D., May 8.—Articles of incorporation have been filed with the secretary of state here, for the Ethiopian Progressive Association of American, which is capitalized at $700,000,000. devided into shares of $10 each. The purpose of the association is to assist the Negro in his material, moral and religious upbuilding. The incorporators are J. Simon Scott and John W. Smith of Stamford, Conn., and P. B. Blair of Fairbank, S. D., all Negroes. The business headquarters is to be in Washington. One of the principal purposes of the company is the location of Negroes in colonies of their own.—Chicago Record Herald. This is a worthy undertaking and merits our hearty co-operation. The Editor is acquainted with Mr. P. B. Blair of Fairbanks, S. D. as he was in our city last year and lectured at the Men's League, his father and sister now lives in our city. Success to this enterprise. RACE LEADERS HERE. Remember this month brings some of our ablest race men and leaders to our city, first is Clarence C. White of Washington, D. C., the great violinist, he will appear at the Y. M. C. A. Auditorium, Wednesday May 16, the same week about thirty of the ablest ministers of the Presbytarian church in America will gather here with 900 other ministers of the same denomination to attend the General assembly. Among those distinguished and highly educated men and women are Mrs. Christiania Trotter of North Carolina the great missionary worker, Professor D. J. Sanders, D. D. of Biddle University; Rev. Mathew Anderson of Philadelphia, Pa. and T. H. Slater, M. D. of Atlanta, Ga. The last week in May the Iowa State Federation of Colored women will meet here and on the 31st of May the Western Branch of the Niagria Movement will hold a conference of race workers here. Frederick G. McGee Attorney from St. Paul is chairman and will be here. General Assembly of Presbyterians Meet Here. Below we give our readers a complete list of colored delegates and visitors to the Presbyterian Assembly, which meets here next Tuesday for a ten days session; Our people should attend the Assembly and hear some of these able colored as well as white divines. Rev, Robert E. Primus, Mulligan, S. C; Mr A, S. Bascomb, Allendale, S. C; Rev, Edward W. Allen, Ridway, S. C; Rev, Hugh L. Harry, Wedgefield, S. C; Mr. B. J McKoy, Sumter, S. C; Mr. W E. Green, Columbia, S. C; Rev, Wm. W. Walker, Rome, Ga; T. H. slater, M. D.; Atlanta, Ga; Rev, Samuel T. Reed, Savannah, Ga; Mr. Rome Iverson, Cordale, Ga; Rev, Stephen D. Leuke, Caldoun Falls, S. C; C. Johnson, M. D., Aiken, S. C; Rev, Alfred G Davis, New Berne, N. C; Mr. J. P. Murfree, Nashville, N. C; Rev, Zander A. Dockery, Biddieville, N. C; Rev, Thomas H. Lackland, Jetsville, Va; Mr. John H. Wingo, Amelia C. H. Va; Rev, Wm. H. Freeland, Laurinsburg, N. C; Mr. J. H. Smith, Statesville, N. C; Mr. Garfield Pratt, Frogville, Ind. Ter; Rev, Matthew Anderson, Philadelphia, Pa; Rev, Charles H. Trusty, D. D., Chattanooga, Tenn; Mr. W. H. Lampley, West Point, Miss; Rev. Chas. O Gray, Marshall, N. C. Chas. E. Reed, M. D, Asheville, N. C. Rev. Russel Taylor, New Market, Tenn; Mr. Wm. L. Gamble, Knoxville, Tenn; Rev. Wm. A. Byrd, Cotton Plant, Ark; Mr. W. A. Foster, Monticello, Ark. Visitors: Rev. D. D. J. Sanders. D D. Charlotte, N. C. President of Middle University, ity; Mrs. Mary A. Wilson, Franklinton, N. C., Principal of Albion BURLINGTON NEWS. The Slayton singers one of the best colored organizations on the road arrived in our city at one o'clock Saturday morning and on Saturday evening gave a grand programme at the Y. M. C. A. Their programme consisted of the most up to date air and their encores were plantation songs. Sunday evening the "Slayton's" gave a sacred concert at the Grace M. E. church which was also very highly appreciated. All the colored citizens that failed to attend either entertainment of the Slayton's missed a treat of their lives. Mr. and Mrs. Jno. F. Trent entertained Odis Sanders, manager of the Slayton Jubilee Singers, also Miss Earnestine Hellum one of the leading singers of the company at dinner. Mr. and Mrs. Peter King entertained Odis Sanders and Miss Earnestine Hellum at supper Sunday evening; Mrs. Anna Baker is visiting her parents for a few weeks. John Jones one of Burlington's old and highly respected citizens past away Tuesday May 8th at his home on South 15th street. Reginal Trent is expected in the city to spend Sunday. Elsie Wilson expects to leave in a few weeks for Duluth, Minn. where she expects to make quite an extended visit with Mr. and Mrs. William Payton of that city. Richard Folks who went to Paris, M.O. to be at the bedside of his sick sister has returned home. Very Low excursion Rates to St. Paul- Flinneapolis. Via the North-Western Line Excursion tickets will be sold May 29 to 31, inclusive, limited to return until June 9, inclusive, on account General Federation of Womens' Clubs. Apply to agents Chicago & North-Western R'y. MT. PLEASANT NOTES. The entertainment given at the A. M. E. church Thursday evening under the management of Mrs. Rena Logan, was a very pleasant social affair. A neat sum was raised for the benefit of the Trustees. The I. K. S. club met at the home of Miss Lone Mason Friday night; after the business meeting a very excellent program was given. Some special numbers being the vocal solos by Misses Ruth Grandison and Elizabeth Hawkens. The next meeting will be with Miss Carry McCracken. The ladies of the Home Culture met Thursday afternoon with Mrs. Melvina Harris. Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Gater are the parents of a baby girl born Thursday May 3rd. Mr. Gater returned to his home in Ames Sunday after spending a few days here with his family. Rev. G. C. Christberg of the A. M. E. church has been in poor health for several weeks. Messrs. Tom Circle of Fairfield and S. Johnson of Keosaqua spent Sunday in the city. Very LowRates To Des Moines, Via the North-Western Line. Excursion tickets will be sold on six dates, May 14, 15, 19, 17, 21, 23, limited to return until May 31, inclusive, on account of General Assembly, Presbyterian church. Apply to agents Chicago & North-Western R'y. MONMOUTH, ILL. ITEMS An enjoyable Japanese tea was held at the $A_2$ M. E. church the 10th. Mr. Benj. Granger, one of our oldest citizens, died Friday morning at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Jennie McFall. The funeral was held at the Second Baptist church Sunday at 2 o'clock. Many beautiful floral offerings were in evidence. Rev. Sears of Macomb assisted by Rev. E. E. Budanuro and J. F. Phillips conducted the services. The remains were laid to rest in Monmouth cemetery. Mrs. Geo. McWilliams, Sr. while filling a gasoline stove accidently ignited the oil in tank, and was badly burned on the hands. A reception in honor of Miss Daisy Ware of Keokuk, the beautiful songstress, was held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Robt. Skinner, May the 1st. The daintest refreshments of the season were served. Miss Ware favored the guest with several solos. On the 7th inst Golden Square Lodge No. 51 brought out the "goat" and initiated the following young men WILLARD L. EATON For Railway Commission. It is indeed a pleasure to announce the name of Hon. W. L. Eaton of Osage, Iowa, who is a candidate for Railway Commissioner. He is one of the ablest lawyers in Iowa; was a member of the Iowa legislature and speaker of the House. He is a strong Cummins man, a true friend of the people and will treat all people fair. He stands for the uplift of the colored race and has never failed to speak and work for their equal rights. He is a strong man and merit your earnest support. THE FENCER Glarence Cameron White one of the greatest violinist of our race from Washington, D.C. will appear in our city only one night Wednesday evening May 16th., at the Y. M. C. A. Auditorium under the auspices of the Men's League. This will be by far the leading musical event of the year. Professor Howard (white) Dean of Drake University Conservatory of Music will render some special selections, also some of our local talent will appear on the programme. Tickets on sale now at Baker Trissler Company at 25 cents and 35 cents for reserve seats. Secure your tickets early, as Mr. White is making his last tour before going to Berlin, Germany to take another special course. All are invited to come out. from Macomb. Messrs. John Cooper, Arthur Thorpe and Joseph Saloan. After they had subdued the "goat," climbed the "greasy pole" walked through the "grey pit" they were treated to the regular Masonic lush. The Peoples Literary was organized at Second Baptist church recently. They are doing some excellent work and invite all to join or attend. At the regular church meeting, the Second Baptist church called Rev. E. E Budanuro of Havana Cub. to pastorate; also at this meeting, because he failed to submit to the rulings of the church Rev Mason's name was erased as a member of the same. Mr. and Merry Jerry Wallace are the proud parents of a baby boy Messrs. Elgi and John Wallace entertained the Dunbar club with a m on light social Thursday at their home on S. Fourth street. They report a good time. This club should be much encouraged as it is comprised of our high school girls and boys. Open your doors to them and help them along. A surprise party was given Mr. Thomas Peoples Saturday evening. He was his 31st, birthday and many tokens were left as a reminder of the occasion. BURLINGTON NEWS. (Last Week.) The two year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Geo Tyler who was quite sick is much improved. Banche Bradley who underwent an operation sometime ago is able to be out again Mr and Mrs. Tate Martin are the proud parents of a fine baby boy. Little Buddie King the three year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Pater King who was seriously ill suffering with congestion of the lungs is much improved. April 22nd the St. John's A. M. E Sunday School had the pleasure of having the district superintendent Miss Lydia Bartlett to visit them, as it has been sometime since the Sunday School has had such a treat, they appreciated her visit very much. The Federation of Women's Clubs which was organized in February have joined the State Federation and have also elected Mrs. Juno. Trout of Burlington's most accomplished young ladies as delegate to the convention. "Conserve for the hystander." Freel Harris who died recently at the St. Francis Hospital of Lock Jaw was the oldest son of Mr. and Mrs. James Harrison. Mr. and Mrs. John rent have gone to house-keeping at 17.4 West Ave. Mrs. Lincoln Cook left Wednesday morning for St. Louis. Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Drew left last week for St. Louis where they expect to make their future home. M. Sadie Norris has left for har home in Sioux City. The colored citizens of Burlington will rejoice to know that we will have one colored graduate from the High School, the expected graduate is Nellie Johnson, one o our best girls. Reception to visiting ministers. Next week there will be a reception given to the visiting colored ministers who are here attending the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Association. It will be held next Friday evening at the new Union Congregational church, at which time supper will be served to the visiting delegates free by club No. 4 of the church, also supper for all others that may come from 6:00 to 7:30, after which a very interesting programme will be rendered. Invitation has been extended to all the city ministers to be present and make a short address, also responses by many visiting delegates. Everybody is invited to come out early and give those strangers a royal welcome. Very low Rates To Boston, Mass. Via the North-Western Line, for tickets to be sold June 2, 3 and 4, with favorable return limits on account of American Medical Association Meeting. Apply to agents Chicago & North-Western R'y. Excursion Tickets to May Music Festival, Mt. Vernon, Iowa. Via the North Western Line, will be sold at reduced rates May 16 to 19, inclusive, limited to return until May 21 inclusive. Apply to agents Chicago & North-Western R'y. YANKTON ITEMS Howard L. Marion was taken into the church Sunday morning as a full member, as was also Will Gamble. Louis Smith left overland Wednesday for Bonestell. He was accompanied by his brother Woody who will remain a couple of weeks. Wyatt Dowdy returned to Morningside College Sioux City Tuesday after an over Sunday visit with relatives. Died, Mr. George William Bland age 86 years four months at his home on Ffth street. Mr. Bland was born in Virginia in 1820, moved north to Wilmar, Minn., with his parents when quite a boy, remaining there until two years ago when he moved here with his daughter Mrs. M. E. Jones and his grandson. Mr. Bland's wife died in Wilmar seventeen years ago, these are but two of the family remaining now, one daughter out of a family of seventeen children and her young son. Mr. Bland led quite an eventful and model life. He was a barber by profession, was one of the founders of the A. M. E. church at Wilmar being a member of that church since a mere boy. He leaves many friends besides his daughter to mourn the departure of such a friend. Not if as Rich as Rockefeller If you had all the wealth of Rockefeller, the Standard Oil magnate, you could not buy a better medicine for bowel complaints than Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. The most eminent physician can not prescribe a better preparation for colic and diarrhoea, both for children and adults. The uniform success of this remedy has shown it to be superior to all others. It never fails and when reduced with water and sweetened, is pleasant totake. Every family should be supplied with it. Sold by all druggist. Very Low Rates to Des Moines, la. Via the North-Western Line. Excursion tickets will be sold on six dates, May 14, 15, 10, 17, 21, 23, limited to return until June 3, inclusive, on account of General Assembly, Presbyterian church. Apply to agents Chicago & North-Western R'y. Every Tuesday during this year we will sell Homeseker tickets to Minnesota. North Dakota and the Canadian Northwest for one fare plus $20. Round trip Summer Tourist tickets to Price. Five Cents. Pacific Coast points-Seattle, Portland, San Francisco, Los Angeles and many other places, will be on sale daily from June 1st to Sept. 15th, return limit Oct, 31st. Call on or address W. K. Adams, D. P, A. Des Moines, Ia. Very Low Rates to Hot Spring, S. Dakota. Via the North-Western Line. Excursion tickets will be sold May 12, 13 and for trains reaching Sloux City by 7:30 p. m. of May 14, limited to return until June 2, inclusive, on account of Grand Lodge and Rebekah Assembly, I. O. O. F. of South Dakota. Side trip tickets will be sold from Hot Springs to Rapid City, Deadwood and Lead on May 18 and 19, with return limit of June 1, with stopover privileges. Apply to agents Chicago & North-Western Ry COUNCIL BLUFFS ITEMS. Mrs. Dan Thompson has returned to the city again. Fred Douglass is convalescent. The fish try given by the sewing circle Saturday night was a success. Little Albert Burk is able to set up. Geo Douglas has been so confined to his business that he has not been able to be home for over a week. Mrs. Margurite Chatman filled the pulpit at the A. M. E church Sunday night and delivered an able sermon. Rev. Newman is on the sick list. The new Bethel A. M. E church is the town talk. They will be ready to hold their next quarterly meeting in it the first of June. Settlers' One-way Second Class Rates To Minnesota, North Dakota, South • Dakota (east of the Missouri River), Manitoba, Western Ontario, Saskatchewan and Alberta. Via the North-Western Line, on Tuesdays, March 6, 13, 20 and 27, and April 3, 10, 17 and 24. For tickets and full information apply to agents Chicago & North-Western Ky. CLINTON BRIEFS Edward Alkens is again in the city after several weeks absence, and is again following his duties at the Revera Hotel as baggageman. Miss Barbara Boyd has been on the sick list for the past few weeks, her mother likewise has not been quite so well but is somewhat improved. Sunday May 6th marked the first anniversary of Rev. Boyd coming to Clinton as pastor of Bethel A. M. E. church in honor of the event, a song service was given in the evening with an address by P. P. Taylor, on the condition of the church and how it has prospered under the careful guidance of Rev. Boyd since coming to the city, his efforts should be commended. Jas W. Cooper of Morrison was an over Sunday visitor here. The many friends of J. T. Culberson, were surprised a few days ago to hear he had once more became a benedict on Wednesday evening April 25th, he was united in marriage to Miss Eiffle Vinson, who has made this city her home for several months past year, the ceremony taking place at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Thompson, Rev. A Boyd officiating. The wedding was a quiet affair. The many friends of this well known couple wish them Bon voyage on the matrimonial sea. Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas Smith left Thursday for Davenport for a visit with friends for a few days, when they will leave for Tulso, Oklahoma where they expect to make there future home. The best wishes of there many friends go with them to there new home. They were accompanied to Davenport by Mrs. John Sayles. Once more we call the attention of the delinquent subscribers to the fact that a remittance would be thankfully received from them, do not hesitate longer but settle your obligations at once and oblige. PEOPLES SHORT ORDER and LUNCH ROOM Cooking to order in home style Good rooms furnished. First-class service guaranteed. 518 W. Third St. IOWA PHONE 1816-X THE ATTIC PHILOSOPHER. Lots of people lose a good character going after a good income. It's hard work living up to the income people sometimes think you get. He is a wise man who knows how to be just familiar enough to borrow a dollar. It must be a difficult matter for a woman with false teeth to hold a mouthful of hairpins. K. Cost of Feeding Royalty. The imperial kitchen of the Austrian Emperor at Vienna costs about $250 a day, says a German contemporary. In this sum, however, are not included the extra expenses for court dinners, etc. Tricks to Decolve the Public and Maintain Emergent Prison An article has recently been going the rounds of the press, in which the state has attacked, and in which a test performed by the representatives of the Californians as a "fake." This article appears as a solid news matter, but is, in reality, a powder trust. This sneaking form of competition is just what might be required by the principal stockholder under indemnity in Missouri for the bribery of members of the legislature to keep on giving it a monopoly of the business of the state, and whose "legislative agent" is giving it a monopoly of the business of the same offence, for the same offence. Calumet Baking Powder has been used so many years the standard is called it. The its potency needs no defense. There is just one fact that will bring this point forcibly to the fore. Calumet is common with nearly every other state in the Union, now has a very stringent pure food standard. It prohibits the manufacture and sale of any food substances injurious to health. Calumet Baking Powder complies with the pure food laws of all The trust complains so bitterly about the test performed by the representative Company, because it demonstrates the nature of the residue left in food prepared with the cream of tartar powder in the case of chemicals the enormous residue of Rochelle Salts, the principal ingredient of a Seldits Powder, left in food prepared with the cream of tartar powders. This is due to the fact that a chemical reaction takes place in the process of baking, unless the food is moist by moisture and heat the nature of the original materials is entirely changed as the food is to be eaten are very different from those which composed the baking powder before baking. Food prepared with the cream of tartar powders does not contain any cream of tartar, but it does contain a large percentage of the Rochelle Salts, the baking soda, and the baking soda united chemically become Rochelle Salts, as stated in the United States Dispensary. There is a scientific fact, and yet in the blind advertisement referred to the Trust has the nerve to attempt to make the baking powder, in perfect healthful. ORR otln r w w e c c sta sta nttl ntlv s v a cc cc l k l ks lr l rs nitl nitr sly orin yo yo th dea tab NE Dr. A. Warner Shepard, formerly Health Officer of Brooklyn, said: "I have not the slightest doubt that the mental and physical health of thousands is permanently injured by the excessive use of Rochelle Salts in improved air spread and other forms of blood and drink. It is certainly a factor in the alarming increase of Bright's disease of the kidneys, and similar complaints. It irritates the stomach, bowels and kidneys, and may therefore produce unfortunate results." The object which they hope to attain by the undermined blood of competitive cells is to frighten the consumer into paying the extortionate price demanded for their goods (45 to 50 cents per pound) when the best baking powder in the world can be made to retail at 25 cents per pound, the price asked for Calumet, and leave a fair manufacturer's profit. The manufacturers of Calumet Baking Powder have for years made a standing offer of $1,000.00 for any substance injurious to health found in food prepared from it. Food made with Calumet Baking Powder is entirely free from Rochelle Salts, Lime, Aluna or Ammonia. If you want to know what a man's weakness is, let him do the talking and he will mention it. Try Garfield Tea! It purifies the blood, cleanses the system, brings good health. Horses in their natural wild state five longer than when put to domesticate uses. When free and uncontrolled a horse lives to the average age of thirty-six years; the domestic horse is of little use after twenty-five years. There is a summer dining-house in the carr's palace at Peterhof which is so arranged that there need not be any servants present during the meal. The carr is furnished as one of its course, and the table and all its contents then descend through the door, to reappear laden with the dishes for the next course. "Which is the first and most important sacrament?" asked a Sunday-school teacher of a girl preparing for confirmation. "Marriage," was the prompt response. No bawl in the most important sacrament," the teacher corrected. "Not in our family," said the pupil, haughtily; "we are respectable." An odd advertisement recently appeared in a Calcutta newspaper. It read thus: "How to Cure Red Noses preenantly; absolute secrecy. Send 8d. and stamped envelope. Many times than was been written, enclose the necessary cash, and, on opening their stamped envelope, read: "Go on drinking until it becomes purple. The young girls of Enid, Oklahoma, organised the "Cupid Ten O'Clock Club," and earnestly pledged their word that each and all would dismis their lovers on the stroke of ten. The club existed only two weeks, for the dear darlings. sound it too much. They were hearts just when they were warming up and acting real nice. REPAIRING BRAIN A Certain Way by Food. Every minister, lawyer, Journalist, physician, author or business man is forced under pressure of modern conditions to the active and sometimes preventive use of the brain. Analysis of the excreta throws out by the pores shows that brain work breaks down the phosphate of potash, separating it from its heavier companion, albumen, and plain common sense leaches that the phosphate is deposited into the body anew each day, if we would replace the loss and rebuild the brain tissue. We know that the phosphate of potash, as presented in certain field grains, has an affinity for albumen and that is the only way gray matter in the brain can be built. It will not answer to take the crude phosphate of potash if the drug shop, for nature robust it presents through food directly from nature's laboratory. These facts have been made use of in the manufacture of Grape-Nuts and any brain worker can prove the value of the proper selection of food by making free use of Grape-Nuts for ten days or two weeks. Sold by grocer in quantities. Manufactured by the Postum Co. Battle Creek, Mich. Just why, in a country in which the vast majority of judges are elected by popular vote, there should be ex-pressed in law such a superstitious torr. let a judge should give any expression of his own personality is pushing in the extreme. In many states, writes George W. Alger, in Atlantic, and particularly in those in which a firm and vigorous administration of justice is of urgent importance, the judge who presides at a criminal trial is not permitted by law to be a judge in any real or vital sense. He must not comment on the evidence, he must not review the facts and set them in coherent order before the jury, he must not sift the testimony and separate the material from the immaterial, he must, above all things, refrain from expressing in any wise a personal opinion on anything from the start of the trial to its close. He must deal out abstract rules of law, and leave the jury to their own devices with such blind guidance in endeavoring to apply that law to the facts. If he sees them swayed by misleading eloquence, he must not set them in the path of reason for justice's sake. He is a pilot who must not touch the wheel. The vigorous, commanding figure of the English judge is by law excluded from the great majority of our criminal courts. The summary of facts in the charge which, for example, Justice Bingham gave a few years ago to an English jury in the sensational case of Whittaker Wright, the great swainling promoter, would have meant an inevitable reversal and new trial for "error" in any lynch law state in this country. Defects of Criminal Law There are two reasons why criminal law reform is a pressing problem today. One is the repression by that reform of lynch law. The other is not less important. We need that reform says an Atlantic writer, because the social condition of our day imperatively demands a substantial increase in the scope and power of criminal law, a system strong enough to meet the new and increasing requirements of our civilization for corrective and repressive criminal law. A system too complicated to deal out certain justice to common offenders, ignorant and brutal, poor in pursue and influence, can never adequately deal with our new class of big business criminals, with the men who get rich by fraud, the corporation inflaters and wreckers, the faithless trustees and grafting directors, the exploiters of municipalities, the magnates who give bribes and the bosses who take them, the trust operators who sin against honesty in business, who break the law against monopolies, who give and take forbidden rebates. How can predatory wealth, powerful, influential, often intrenched in office, be punished by a system which creaks, groans, and often breaks down, in bringing a border rufian to justice? Intellect in Sex. The common impression that the average man is superior to the average woman intellectually at least in originality, inventiveness, reasoning power and the like is beyond doubt due to the common habit of judging each sex by its most superior representatives. This seems fair enough, and would be fair enough, says a writer in the Bookman, but for the difference between the sexes in variability, that is, the range of spreading down from and up the average, in intellectual traits at least the male sex is the more variable group; the very highest and very lowest marks in a mixed college class will commonly be given to men; the variability found among boys in the numerous mental tests which have been given by psychological investigators is from five to ten per cent greater than that found among girls. Of the thousand most eminent intellects of history 97 per cent, are men the variability which causes the monopoly of genius causing also the existence of twice as many male as female idols! Decently dressed always and cheerful in manner, John S. Robinson, of San Francisco, veteran of the Mexican war and former a millionaire, allowed none of his friends to know for two years that he was living on his pension of $12 a month and had no other resources. But finally he had to give up the struggle and now he is dying in St. Luke's hospital, surrounded, too late, with every possible comfort. Andrew D. White, ambassador, educator and author, declares: "Simply as a matter of fact the United States are, among all civilized nations of the world, the country in which the crime of murder is most frequently committed and least frequently punished." A Pennsylvania man found a Kansah girl's name on an egg, made a scramble for her and is now in the matrimonial yolk. Eggsactly; he says it's a shell game, and nothing to crow over. A London doctor declares that the night air is beneficial to those who breathe. This is an excuse for staying out late at night that will be well to remember. The Kansas man who discovered that half a teaspoonful of crude oil taken morning and night would cure a cold neglected to tell when to light the oil, before or after taking. It is said that in Australia there is a regular traffic in lending engagement rings. Getting onto our ways. THE WHITE PAINT OF THE WILITE HOUSE. The White House at Washington, which has been the "Kings Palace" of the American People since it was first occupied by President Madison in 1809, has recently undergone a thorough course of remodelling, renovation and repair. Every American citizen is owner of an undivided eighty or eighty-five million part of the White House, as well as of the other Public Buildings and Monuments in the Capitol City. An item in the White House is a white painted White House was repainting. Every visitor to Washington knows why the White House is called—because it is literally a "white house". The exterior paint must therefore be white. Now while the pure white surfaces and simple lines of the White House, set in the midst of green lawns and beautiful trees, produce a very satisfying effect of dignified simplicity, white paint from a practical point of view, is about the most unsatisfactory kind of paint that could have been selected by the original designers. First, be careful not to paint white paint colored by smoke dust, and second, because ordinary white paint itself gradually turns gray or brownish yellow from exposure. But white the White House is and white it must remain or it would no longer be the "White House". So the renovators, making the best of a discouraging situation, sought for the best kind of white paint procurable. The average citizen if asked to guess what kind of paint they finally decided on would probably answer-"white lead and oil," but he would guess wrongly. The paint selected as the best obtainable was a ready mixed paint, such as can be bought in any well furnished village store, such as is used by more than half of the eighty or eighty-five million owners of the house. The paint of which paint was used instead of another is a more accidental detail—there are fifty or a hundred brands on the market that might have been selected in other circumstances, and in fact, a different brand was used in painting the Capitol. Every property owner, therefore, who paints his house with a high grade ready-mixed paint is following the example set by the Government. The same applies to ready-mixed paint, because they could find nothing else as good. STORY OF A PHOTOGRAPH. Uncanny Figure Appeared in Three Successive things of Young Woman The following story of a young lady living in the country who came to London to be photographed is told by M. A. P. I., and vouchered for by a well-known London photographer. After some days the lady, M. B. I., was informed the photograph was not a success, and another sitting was suggested. This she agreed to, but again was informed that the photograph was a failure. There was a third sitting in two days' time she received an urgent letter from the photographer asking her to come up to his studio and bring a friend with her. Miss B. Bent, accompanied by her mother, and was shown the amazing results of the three sitings. The pictures of the girl herself were quite good, but the girl was not well positioned behind her the figure of a man holding a dagger in his uplifted sand. The features, though faulty were clearly discernible, and Miss B recognized them as those of her dancer an officer in the Indian army. The effect of this experience was so great that after a few days she wrote out to India, breaking off the engagement GUARANTEE OF GOOD FAITH Boy Applicant for Situation Who Knew a Thing or Two About Fire. There had been a fire in the shop of Mr. Sands, and, neighbors being neighbors, there were not wanting charitable individuals to suggest that if the shop had not been insured the fire would not have occurred. However the matter was amicably settled between Mr. Sands and the insurance company, and in due course the shop was brand new, and, therefore, it was only natural that he should want a brand-new errand boy. Betimes a beaming youth applied. "Now, what I want," said the tradesman, impressively, "is a a lad upon whom I can rely—in whom I can place implicit faith. You understand?" "You'll find I all that, and more," said the youth. "I want a lad I can trust." "That'll be all right, guv'nor," said an applicant. And then he added, in confidential tones: "You'll find me as an oyster. And if you appear to want another little fire on me, you can stand on me. I never breathe a whisper." But, oddly enough, he was not engaged. MONEY MAKES THE HARE GO Tied in a Girl's Handkerchief Quite a Sum Went to the Dogs. An odd story of the disappearance of a hare with a sum of money come from Donegal, Ireland. An old man living in the mountains, near Glenies, sent his daughter into the town to change a five-pound bill which he had received from his son in America. The girl, having changed the bill, and made a purchase for 25 snd was returning home, when it sturder her to look at some traps set in the mountain. She was delighted to find a large hare, and, having nothing else with which to dispatch it, proceeded to strangle it with the handkerchief, which she died up the precious £4 176. Survival being completed to the satisfaction of the girl, she was about to lift up the hare when the animal sped away with the handkerchief and the money. A hare with a white article round its neck was later seen in Killybeigs, but that is all the old man and his daughter know of the whereabouts of the money. ROOSEVELT SCORES OIL TRUST IN SPECIAL MESSAGE TO CONGRESS President Transmits Report of Commissioner Garfield with Comments on Document. ROGERS AND ARCHBOLD REPLY TO NATION'S EXECUTIVE Issue Elaborate Defense of Great Corporation Contending It Is Conducted Along Honorable Business Lines and That Home Competition Is Not Crushed. Washington. — President Roosevelt Friday transmitted to congress the report of James R. Garfield, commissioner of corporations, giving the results of his investigation of the subject of transportation and freight rates in connection with the oil industry. In his message the president expelled the report of the report of capital importance because of the effort now being made to secure such enlargement of the powers of the interstate commerce commission as will confer upon the commission power in some measure adequate to meet the clearly demonstrated needs of the situation. The facts set forth in the report, he declares, are for the most part not disputed. That the Standard Oil company has benefited enormously up the rate of oil prices, certain rates, many of which were clearly unlawful, the president says the report clearly shows. Abolish Secret Rates. A very striking result of the investigation has been that shortly after the discovery of these secret rates by the commissioner of corporations the major portion of them was promptly removed, and most of them, have now been done COMMISSIONER JAMES B. GARFIELD away with. This immediate correction, partial or complete, of the evil of the secret rates is, of course, on the one hand an acknowledgment that they were wrong and yet were persevered in until exposed; and, on the other hand, a proof of the efficiency of the work that has been done by the bureau of corporations. "But in addition to these secret rates the Standard Oil profits, massively by the bureau, which are so arranged as to give it an overwhelming advantage over its independent competitors." Controls the Market. It is not possible, he says, to put into figures the exact amount by which the Standard profits through the gross favoritism shown it by the railroads in connection with the open rates. "The profit, of course, comes not merely by the saving in the rate itself as compared with its competitors, but by the higher prices it is selling," he says. "The control of the market which it secures, thereby getting the profit on the whole consumption." There Are Others. It is unfortunately not true, he says, that the Standard Oil company is the only corporation which has benefited and is benefiting in wholly improper fashion by an elaborate series of rate discriminations. The sugar trust, he adds, according to the results of the investigation now in progress, rarely if ever pays the lawful rate for transportation. He declares that in the effort to prevent the railroads from uniting for improper purposes "we have very unwisely prohibited them from uniting for proper purposes; that is, the purpose of protecting themselves and the general public as against the power of the great corporations." Correctionary Measures. He favors as an element of competition the passage of some law THE STANDARD OIL COMPANY. as that which has already passed the house, putting alcohol used in the arts, and manufactures upon the free list and of keeping the fee to oil and coal on the public domain on the public domain in the government, lands to be leased only on such terms and for such periods as will enable the government to entirely control them. In summarizing his report Commissioner Garlandfeld speaks of his personal visit to the oil fields and of the great mass of data obtained by him either personally or through agents of the bureau of corporations. The preliminary study of this material, he says, showed that the most important subject was transportation, which enters so largely into the cost of furnished product and hence a most important factor in competition. "The Standard claims that the location of its refineries and the use of pipe lines are natural advantages to which it is justly entitled by reason of the energy and foresight of its managers. While in a measure that is true, it may not be forgotten that these advantages were in part obtained by means of unfair competitive methods after years of industrial strife. "The development of the pipe line system by the Standard Oil company was the result of special agreements with railroad companies. Furthermore, the advantages have been and are being increased by discriminations in freight rates, both published and secret, interstate and state, which give the Standard monopolistic control in the greater portion of the country. Oil Price Is Gauge "An immediate result of this delimitation of the competitive area is shown by the prices of ordinary illuminating oil. After deducting the freight rate the price of such oil is usually from two cents to five cents a gallon higher in the non-competitive than in the competitive fields. A reasonable profit upon refined oil is about one-half a cent per gallon. It is clear that exorbitant profits are obtained in the non-competitive fields." In 1904 these secret rates saved the Standard Oil company three-quarters of a million oil dollars, representing the difference between the open rates and the rates actually paid. "These discrimination," he says, "have been so long continued, and so secret, so ingeniously applied to new conditions of trade, and so large in amount as to make it certain that they were due to concerted action by the Standard and the railroads." He says further that the Standard Oil company is receiving most discursive in the matter of costs, and from the leading Standard shipping points being relatively much lower than rates from the shipping points of its competitors. Roads Abolish Secret Tariffs Mr. Garfield then refers to seven instances of important discriminations in favor of the Standard Oil company in various parts of the country, and says that most of the secret rates and some of the open discriminations discovered by the bureau were abolished by the railroads shortly after such discovery. After calling attention to the good which already has resulted from the investigation, Mr. Garfield says that the changes effected have put the students upon a fairer basis and make them more possible in territories here inaccessible. The report concludes as follows: "Tariffs may be made and rates may be combined in such a manner as to make it practically impossible for the ordinary 'skipper to find them." STANDARD MAGNATES New York—In reply to President Roosevelt's message and the report: Commissioner Garfield, Messrs. H. H. Rogers and John D. Archbold, of PERSONNEL Standard Oil company, made the following statement to the press: "In the president's effort to secure the passage of a bill enlarging the powers of interstate commerce commission and just and equitable railway rates, we have precisely the same interest that any good citizen has. No more and no less. Regarding his criticisms upon the management of the railways, or his strictures upon any acts of the interstate commerce commission, we have neither responsibility nor concern. When, however, he Commissioner Garfield attv sks the methods of doing business with the methods of doing business in an object lesson for the purpose of promoting his views, we protest. It may be frankly stated at the outset that the Standard Oil company has at all times within the limits of fairness and with due regard for the law, sought to secure the most advantageous freight rates and routes possible. Corporation Is Upright "We say falsy that any assertion that the Standard Oil company has been or knowingly engaged in practices which are harmful is alike untruthful and unjust. "The commissioner's report, upon which the president's message is based, opens with the statement that the manufacture of refined oil in this country is about 26,000,000 barrels annually. It would have been fair for him to have stated that over 15,000,000 of barrels of this annual manufacture is exported. It would have attention to the fact that the Standard Oil refineries are located at centers of distribution, while the independent refineries are usually in the crude oil fields. He charges HENRY H. ROGERS. that this location of refineries and the natural advantages following it were obtained by means of unfair competitive methods, but beyond this mere assertion does not go into a history or explanation of these alleged unfair methods at a pipe. He set the role of the pipe at a pipe by the Standard Oil company was the result of special agreement with the railroad companies'. As a matter of fact, the development of the pipe line system by the Standard Oil company was in the face of violent hostility on the part of the railroads. "Passing from this point, Commissioner Garfield takes up the question of favoritism, which he alleges has been shown by various railroad corporations, to the Standard Oll company. The first specific case of alleged discrimination to which he directs attention is in the New England territory. It is charged that we enjoy a monopoly in certain parts of that section because some of the railroad companies have to compete. Case in inquiry would show that the New England roads are simply doing what they are forced to do by natural conditions. Obviously, we have an advantage by the use of our pipe lines from the western oil fields to the coast and the use of water transportation thence to New England over anyone who uses all rail transportation from western points. Some of our competitors do the same thing and deliver oil at the points in New England that we do by the same process. Question of Rebates. "The commissioner says that "with one or two exceptions the investigations of the bureau have as yet discovered no rebates in the technical sense on interstate business." "He says the Standard Oil company has habitually received from the railroads, and is now receiving, 'secret' rates and other unjust and illegal discriminations. It is hardly fair or mainly for him to add the sentence, of course there may be other secret rates which the bureau has not discovered." Does Not Crush Competition. "The statement that the 'Standard Oil company has largely by unfair and unlawful methods washed out by the competition' is fully by the fact that home competition has always existed, is steadily growing, and that there are now at least 125 competitive enforcers in the United States. "The Standard Oil company has been investigated over and over again at the instigation of its rivals, and it always welcomes such investigation when conducted in good faith and fairly. We are engaged in a large and important effort to believe it honorably and we sincerely believe in conformity to law." Embient Doctors Praise Its We refer to that boon to boon suffering women known as Favorite Prescription, one of the foe of the E of Titus Encampment R. of Unicorn root (Ulmus Dio- nis) is one of the chief医 vorite Prescription" The inclines which, invariably acts as: tivity of the entire reproductive system. He continues "in Helonias we have a ment which more fully answers the questions than any other drug calls which are aguaiated. In the treatment of disease, a seen which does not present some indications for this remedial agent." Dr. Fyle furthe indications for Helonias (Unicorn root, or soching in the back, with mesochorism) organs of women, mental depression and ritability, associated with chronic disease sensation of heat in the region of the neys; menorrhage (flooding), due to a ened condition of the reproductive system amenorrhea (suppressed or absent months periods), arising from or accompanying abnormal condition of the digestive system and anemic (thin blood) habit, drug sensations in the extreme lower part of If more or less of the above prescriptions are not invalid women can better be taken over Dr. Pierce's Prescription, or the leading ingredients of which is Unisorb, or Horton and the medical properties of which most faithfully represents. Golden Seal root, another prescriber of Bentley's Prescription Prescrip- tion Prof. Finley Ellington of Bentley's new medical College, Chicago, is known for his discretion in dressing the womb. In addition to his work, it is useful. Prof. John M. Scalia, D., like Cincinnati, of golden Seal Root. "In relation to its general effects on the system, there is no medicine in use about which there is such general unanimity of opinion, is unmercially regarded as the tonic world." All debilitated states. Prof. Bartholow, M.D. of Jefferies Medical College, says of Golden Seal: "Valuable in uterine hemorrhage, minrhagla (flooding) and congestive dysmophobia (painful menstruation)." Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription fully represents all the above named ingredients and cures the diseases for which they are recommended. An enterprising stage manager Vienna has invented a mechanical form of applause. This consists of a number of leather bags filled with air, which, when struck one against another, produce the same effect hand-clapping. Struck by Lightning Mrs. Nancy Cleary, of Brewner, N.C., suffered as if struck by fire. She says: "I was almost stung from my waist down, and my heart hurt me constantly, from female bruises. I had headache, seemed always tired, and felt as if I was dying. I took Wine of Cardul, which cured me, and now I feel like a new person." Cardul relieves periodic pain, and makes sick women well. $1.10 at drug stores. In the mountains of the Troll is the custom for the women and children to come out when it is bedtime for the youngsters, and slag. Their husbands, fathers, and brothers are them from the hills, on their way home. The pope will this year present the Gold Rose to Princess Ethel of Butenberg. The Golden Rose is a symbol in wrought gold which is blessed by the pope with much ceremony on mid-Lent Sunday. It is presented by the pope to some prince or princess whom he desires especially to honor. Excavations recently carried out at Santa Cruz, Cal., in connection with the coast-line r-road, have revealed a number of sea-warrius tusks two or three feet long and from nile to twelve inches thick, all in a state of excellent preservation. The petrified remains of a mastodon were also discovered, probably a relic of the age. A Lancashire vicar was asked by the choir to call upon old Betty, who was deaf, who insisted in joking in the solo of the anthem, and to ask her only to sing in the hymes. She shouted into her ear: "Betty! I have been requested to speak to you about your singing." At last she word "sound" and replied "Not me be the praise, air; let it a gift." In Londonderry, one afternoon, the late William Snarp was seated in a barber-shop when a farmer entered to get his hair cut. The farmer's locks had an odd, ragged look, and the barber, after regarding them scornfully, salit "Who cut your hair last, the old man?" "My wife," the woman answered, with an awkward smile. The barber snorted. "What did she do it with?" he asked; "knife and fork?" DODD'S KIDNEY PILLS FOR ALL KIDNEY DISEASES CURES RHEUMATISM BRIGHT SENSE ISEASE DIABETES BACKLE Please do not touch the use of the product. The public pay the cost of treatment, sold only in the county. HOME-WANTED Will the owner of a good house and let it be the new communal farm. Description, price and terms to the undersigned. Invite to terms to the undersigned. Please bring would bargain for well improved farm. May pay good the smallest with open only. Address, Box 89, Minneapolis, Minn. GOOD YEAST There is nothing we eat that makes the family feel so good as light wholesome bread. To make good bread it is neces- sary to begin with fresh, lively yeast. There is none so fresh as the Big Ten Cake Package of On Time Yeast Two packages of "On Time" will cost you 10 Cents and weigh more than three packages of other yeast which will cost you 16 Cents. Use On Time Yeast and save the nickels. Ask Your Grocer for On Time Yeast. STATES SENATOR SOUTH CAROLINA SAISES PE-RU-NA. Ex-Senator M. C. Butler Dyspepsia Is Often Caused By Catarrh of the Stomach—Peruna Ilecu Catarrh of the Stomach and Is Therefore a Remedy For Dyspepsia. Hon. M. C. Butler, Ex-U. S. Senator from South Carolina for two terms, in a letter from Washington, D.C., to Peruna Medicine Co., as follows: "I can recommend Peruna for dyspepsia and stomach trouble. I have been using your medicine for a short period and I feel very much medicine, besides a good tonic." CATARRH of the stomach is the correct name for most cases of dyspepsia. In order to cure catarrh of the stomach, it is recommended. Only an internal catarrh remedy, such as Peruna, is available. Peruna exactly meets the indications Required Formula Revised Formula. "For a number of years requests have come to me from a multitude of grateful friends, urging that Peruan have been experimenting with a laxative addition for quite a length of time, and now feel gratified to see that I have incorporated such a quality in the medicine which, in my opinion, can only enhance its well-known beneficial character." S. B. HARTMAN, M. D." * CURES CONSTIPATION It is just about impossible to be sick when the bowels are right and not possible to be well when they bowel. Through its action on the bowels. clean the body inside and leaves no lodging place for disease. If for once you wish to know how it feels to be that sick, give this famous laxative tea a trial. Sold by all dealers at 25c, and 50c. PIT & PITLESS SCALES. For Steel and Wood Frames, $25 and up. Write us before you buy. We save you money. BECHMAR BROOK, Das Mo尔斯, Iowa. All profits paid in dividends. Others have been taxed. 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Boys' School & Dress Shoes, $2.50, $2.00, $2.50, $2.00. CAUTION. - Insist upon having W.L. Douglass shoes. Take no substitute. None genuine without his name and price stamped on bottom. Fast Color Eyelets used; they will not wear brass. Write for Illustrated Catalog. W. L. DUGGLAS, Brockton, MA That Delightful Aid to Health Paxtine Whitens the teeth—purifies mouth and breath—cures nasal and oral infections and by direct application cures all inflamed, ulcerated and catarrhal conditions caused by feminine illis. Whitens possesses extraordinary cleansing, healing and germicidal qualities unlike anything else. At drug allergists, 50 cents LARGE TRIAL PACKAGE FREE Inventor of Zapatero. Dr. Zamahof, the inventor of esperanto, the "universal" language, was born at Batalay, a Polish town on the borderland of Germany and Rusia, the least four different languages are spoken in the nation. Nationalities who compose its population Polish, German and Yiddish. This label of tongues seemed to Zamahof the primary cause of mutual bickerings, and he set himself to bring about unity. The result was esperanto. Journey Round the Earth. The time required for a journey round the earth by a man walking day and night, without resting, would be 428 days; an express train, 40 days; sound, at a medium temperature, 32% hours; a cannon ball, 21% hours; light, a little over one-tenth of a second; and electricity, passing over a copper wire, a little under one-tenth of a second. Menelik's Empress Emperor Menelik of Abyssinia is the empress' fifth husband. No. 1 was general under King Theodore, who put him in prison, where he disappeared; No. 2 got a divorce; No. 3 was also imprisoned by Menelik's predecessor; No. 4 was in possession when the indy took Menelik's fancy, but when "all ob stables had been removed," Menelik married her. Athletics in China. The other day China had its first great athletic meeting, when 3,000 students, from 47 schools, competed in various kinds of races and sports at Canton. In a booth on the ground was a hospital corps composed of 15 young Chinese doctors, each with the Geneva cross on his arms. So strenuous were the competitors that there were many cases to attend to. Not Downed. Pessimist—So all of your ideals are not smashed yet? Optimist- No. Indeed. I still be lives in myself- Detroit Free Press. Best Flower Market Flower growers in the south of France and other favored climes find it profitable to send the products of their skill to British markets. Curlous Books The British museum contains book written on oyster shells, bricks, tiles bones, ivory, lead, iron, copper, sheepskn, wood and palm leaves. As a Rule. It is mighty easy to pick out the married man's wife. She is the woman to whom he doesn't lift his hat.— Topopea Capital. All She Wanted. Young Mr. Moneybags—Could you wish for a better moon than that? Miss Practical—Yes; a honeymoon.— Comic Cuts. Has Tiny Feet. The queen of Siam has the smallest foot of any titled person in the world. She wears one and one-half inch boots. Wiggs—"Henpecke's wife makes all his necklaces." Wagg—"That accounts for it." Wigg—"Accounts for what?" Wagg—"The fact that Henpecke always wears long chin whiskers." An Interesting Letter Mary Baggley, of 117 Peach St., Syracuse, N. Y., writes to tell of the terrible suffering of her sister, who, for the past 24 years, had been mentored with side ache from female trouble, keeping her weak and ailing. "She took Wine of Cardul and is now well. Cardul has been a Godsend to us both," she writes. For all women's troubles, Cardul is a safe, efficient, reliable remedy. At druggists; $1.00. If a woman couldn't cry there would be lots of pleasures in the world that she couldn't enjoy. Send to Garfield Tea Co., Brooklyn, N. Y., for free packages of Garfield Tea, the herb cure for constipation and liver trouble. Too many people are interested in business that is none of their business. FARM LANDS I have some of it best farm in South Dakota for sale. They are located in Aurora County in the south part of State of North Carolina and artesian basin. Suitable for mixed farming and dairy and drying. Very settled with good people and well supplied B. H. BULLIVAN, PLANKINTON, S. D. When you buy WET WEATHER CLOTHING you want complete preparation and long service. These and many other good points are combined in TOWERS' FISH BRAND OILED CLOTHING You can afford f to buy any other AJ TOWER BOSTON U.S.A. TOWERS' BOSTON CO. U.S.A. The Government of Canada 180 ACRE FARMS IN WESTERN CANADA FREE Gives absolutely FREE to every settler one hundred and sixty acres of land in Western Canada Land adjoining this can be purchased from railway and land companies at from $0 to $10 per acre. On this land this year has been produced upwards of twenty-five bushels of wheat to the acre. It also the best of grazing land and for mixed farming it has no superior on the continent. Splendid climate, low taxes, railways convenient, schools and churches close at hand. It is so for Twentieth Century Canada; so for railway routes to Superintendent of immigration, Ottawa, Canada; or to authorized Canadian Government Agent— Holmes, 31 S. W. Street, St. Paul Minnesota or W. W. Peunett, 811 New York Life Building, Omaha, Nebraska. (Mention this paper.) Supreme Court Says Bartenders Must Get Out at 10 o'clock Des Moines—Saltonkeepsers, bartenders and jailors must get out of salons promptly at 10 o'clock and remain outside until 5 o'clock in the morning, according to a decision handed down by the supreme court. The bartenders cannot even remain behind locked doors to count the cash or wash the last glasses. He also notes the decision of the supreme court, in which he says on the subject of closing at 10 o'clock: "If the proprietor or employees remain, even though the door be fastened, how shall it be known that others are not also there? If they may open the saloon to leave they may do so to enter. If they can leave or enter together they may do so separately and at all hours of the night, and so save for the sale of intoxicating liquors, the place be kept open as effectually as though being 'open' was not prohibited. The law allows those engaged in the traffic seventeen hours of each day to prosecute their business and there is no excuse for encroaching on the rear of the building. The business of the day or preparing for the next. If such work is essential, it may be done earlier in the evening or later in the morning, for it will be noted that keeping open so that the door is not compulsory is a 5 clock is not compulsory. "Regardless of this, however, the statute in explicit terms has exacted the conduct of this business in a single room, with but one entrance, the view of the bar from the street uninterrupted, and the furniture save back of the bar for employers; in fact so kept as to be unsuited for any other purpose—and in declaring that it shall not 'be open' during the hours referred to, irrespective of the purpose, the lawmakers intended that the business be closed and not be opened during the prohibited hours save possibly in an emergency." This decision came in the case or William Lingelbach from Fayette county. Lingelbach had been in the habit of remaining in his saloon about 10 a.m. the closing hour to count his cash. Otherwise he ran his saloon according to the strict letter of the mullet law. He was arrested and convicted for violating the law in remaining open after hours. The case was brought before the supreme court on an appellation or certification which is now dismissed with the opinion of Justice Ladd. LONG AND SHORT HAUL BILL Governor Gives His Reasons for Vetoing the Measure Des Moines—Governor Cummins has vetoed the "long and short haul" bill passed by the legislature. He held a hearing on the measure, and had given the bill careful consideration since the adjournment of the assembly a month ago. He prepared a statement in vetoing the measure which gives his reasons for adverse action. This statement goes on file with the secretary of state, in company with the vetoed bill. It is, in part, as follows: "In my message to the Thirty-first general assembly I recommended some modification of this section as to passenger rates, but not as to freight rates. I have given the most to the public, but I cause I am always reluctant to exercise the power of vetoested in me by the constitution. If the bill had been restricted to passenger rates it would be unobjectionable, but the introduction of freight makes so radical a change in the law as it has existed in this state for eighteen years that I am not prepared to approve it. "It may be gravely questioned whether the long line should have the opportunity to make a lower rate between competing points than it makes on other like distances of its system, inasmuch as the tendency would be to disassemble in building, in the case of short lines between important places. But even if the doubt were resolved in favor of the long line, the bill before me is objectionable in that it is optional, instead of mandatory, and in that it would allow the long line to select a particular commodity and make the short rate upon it, and return the long line to the appropriate conditions." The subject is an intricate and complicated one, and although it may be that our present law can be bettered, I am of the opinion that any proposed modification should be fully discussed before the appropriate committees of the general assembly, and carefully considered in debate before it. I am constrained, therefore, to return you the bill without my approval." SUFFERS AN AWFUL DEATH Eleven-Year-Old Girl Fatally Burned by a Corn-stalk Fire. Malcom—Mary Johnson, the eleven year old daughter of George Johnson, is dead from the effects of frightful burns received in a corn field four miles south of this city. Playing in the fire at some piles of burning stalks her clothes were caught in the flames and in her attempts to escape she fell into the mass of burning stalks. Cries of her little brother attracted the parents, who came to the rescue too late. She was placed under the care of the best medical attendance, but all efforts failed to help her life. Johnson set fire to the stalks and went to do his chores. Unnoticed the two little children slipped out and went to play in the fire. The boy was also badly burned in an attempt to put out the flames which had caught his sister's dress. He battled with the flames herologically in his hands and face are a mass of blisters. CLOSE SALOONS AT 9:52. Mayor of Dea Molines Issues an Order To That Effect. Des Molines—Mayor George W. Mattern has labored through the long decision of the supreme court relative to closing salons up tight at 10 o'clock and as a result he notified his chief of police to have saloon-keepers to put their clocks ahead in the city will really close salons in the city will really close salons instead of 10 o'clock. The time will be 10 o'clock by the ticker which is scanned so diligently about the closing hour, but the timepiece will be set to deceive the last drinker out of the saloon. It feels that it is impossible for the saloon men to check up, count cash and scrub out in less than eight minutes. The state law absolutely prohibits anyone from being inside the saloon after 10 o'clock. The recent decision that not even the owner nor the bartender may be in the saloon after it is 10 o'clock. "There is some work which must be done after the drinkers go," said Mayor Mattern. "The only way around the matter is to put the saloon in the few minutes earlier. That is the order." JEALOUS LOVER IN JAIL Reads Dime Novels and Tries to Act Them Out. Moulton—Because he had been reading dime novels and thought he knew how to deal with unruly young ladies who dared to accept the attention of others, Floyd McElreay of Centerville has been arrested here and placed under $200 bonds to keep the peace for threatening to shoot a police officer. A gar of this place, and sending her word that if he ever caught her in the company of other young men he would shoot her on the spot. He started to Moulton to put his threat into execution, but officers learned of his coming and intercepted him. He has been leading dime novels a great success. I thought he got his idea of shooting the girl from these. AFTER LIQUOR DEALERS Druggists and Saloonkeepers Under Indictment. Waterloo.—With the filing of suits against the druggists of Cedar Falls, La Porte and Hunson, action has now been commenced by the temperature forces against many druggists in Black Hawk county. The last men to meet with the displeasures of the druggists, Pfefer, Cedar Falls; H. Snider and Henry Mazninette, Cedar Falls; M. L. Cummins, La Porte; H. J. Blaanchine, La Porte, and A. T. Joder, Hudson. The suits are commenced by J. A. Earl, R. T. Teeter and H. G. Beeman, prominent Waterloo ministers. There is not a druggist in Holder hold, but at this time, every saloon owner in Waterloo is scheduled to appear in court at the May term. WOMAN IN TROUBLE. Carrie Brown, Who Made and Sold "Choctaw." Indicted. Des Moines—Carrie Brown's institution at Buxton for the manufacture of "Choctaw" has been adjudged by the federal grand jury to be a brew. The brew has been insisted on the charge of illicit malt liquors. The woman has nee and is believed to be in Indian Territory. "Choctaw" the drink which beaked so popular among the Buxton miners, made from malt and hops in the possession of the manufacturer. Sixteen pounds of brown sugar was mixed with malt and hops and allowed to ferment. Then this mixture was sold at 50 cents per gallon, and introduced before the grand jury. HARVEY CASE DISMISSED Famous Glidden Arson Proceedings Finally Dropped. Carroll, May 11.—By permission of the court yesterday morning, at an adjourned session, County Attorney Robert Harey opposed against the Harveys, it being admitted by the prosecution that there was not sufficient evidence to warrant a new trial. The case was against Clyde and Harriet Harvey, a man and wife, christened in the hotel in Glidden on Aug. 6, 1904, which resulted in the death of two persons. The case was first tried at the January, 1905, term of the Carroll county district court and was bitterly fought, on completion the Harveys appealed to the court in Glidden county, which reversed the decision. Urick is Elected. Ottumwa.—At the meeting of the Iowa Federation of Labor President A. L. Urick of Des Moines and Secretary-Treasurer J. H. Strief of Sloux City were reelected by acclamation, and the vicepresident, H. Boegtter of Davenport was elected member of the lefthative committee. Scotland: Course His Death Slater.—As the result of a serach from a piece of rusty hard wire, J. K. Moland of this place is dead About a week ago he serached his finger but thought nothing of it. He was a bad case of blood poisoning and he soon died. Men Killed in an Explosion. Muscatine.—The boiler of Brown Brost', the factory at Crawfordsville which killed Honey trough and Robert McMennice. The building it wrecked. Bold Robbers at Vinton. Cedar Rapid.—The J. A. Biss jewelry store at Vinton was robbed of $3200 at Vinton. A number of gold watches and needles were taken. A Saloon Keeper Suicides. Nashua.—William Teal, a saloon keeper, forty-five years old, shot him keeper on the head and died a few hours after. Chicago to New York **YOU START RIGHT**-From the La Salle Street Station, the only one on the Elevated Loop and the most elegant and convenient in Chicago. **YOU RIDE RIGHT**-Experts declare its roadbed without a superior in the United States and the equipment of trains is unsurpassed. **YOU PAY RIGHT**-Notwithstanding the excellence of the service, rates of fare on the Lackawanna are always as low as the lowest-No excess fares on any train Chicago to New York. AN EVERY-DAY STRUGGLE. Men and Women of Every Occupation Suffer Miseries from Kidney Complaint J. C. Lightner, 703 Sd. Cedar St. Auburn, Kanaa, is one of the those sands who suffer from kidney troubles brought on by daily work. "I first noticed it eight or ten years ago," said Mr. Lightner. "The dull pain in the back fairy made me slick. It was hard to get up or down, hard to from kidney troubles brought on by daily work. "I first noticed it eight or ten years ago," said Mr. Lighturw. "The ding ding in back fairly made me sick. It was hard to get up or down, hard to straighten, hard to do any work that brought a strain on the back. I had frequent attacks of gravel and the urine was passed too often and with pain. When I used Dental PlUs, however, all traces of the trouble disappeared and have not returned. I am certainly grateful." Sold by all dealers. 50 cents a box. Foster-Milburn Co. Buffalo, N. Y. "Say, Dick, what is the new fad they think pionic sneezing?" "It's the blind Jim. He used to flog you and me at school for using."—Hattimore American. WORST CASE OF ECZEMA Spread Rapidly Over Body—Limba and Arma to Be Bandaged—Marvelous Cure by Cicutura. "My son, who is now twenty-two years of age, when he was four months old began to have eczema on his face, spreading quite rapidly until he was nearly covered. We had all the doctors around us, and some from larger places, but no one helped him a particle. The eczema was something terrible, and the doctors said it was the worst case they ever saw. At times his whole body and face were covered, all but his feet. I had to bandage his limbs and arms; his skin was so dry that I felt I needed me to try Cicutura, and I began to use all three of the Cicutura Remedies. He was better in two months; and in six months he was well. Mrs. R. I. Rislley, Plermont, N. H. Oct., 24, 1905." Fragile Protection. Guest (being shown over house)— So this is your kitchen. It seems spleadily appointed, but why have you got you so many mirrors around? There must be a dozen, at least. Host—Sh-h! The cook is superstitious and—this way she doesn't dare to throw things—Boston Transcript Tearoom on Liner A Japanese tearoom is a feature of the new Holland-American liner Nieuw Amsterdam, which has just been delivered to the company by Harland and Wolf. Japanese lanters hang from the ceiling. On the walls are lacquers and inlays specially procured from Japan. Burden Bearers Women and young girls do all the work of porters in Java. They carry heavy loads on their heads, balancing them with great skill. From the back, they can walk to a table to be taught the art of carrying things on her head. Alarmed. "Beware, senchman, beware!" said the disgruntled senchman. "The worm will turn!" "State's evidence?" exclaimed the senator, with ill-oncecaused trepidation. —Louisville Courier-Journal. Effective Lessons Foreign languages are now taught with the aid of the phonograph in some schools. The machine reels of oratory, poetry and songs, while the children listen and note the accent and pronunciation. "Do you think that cigarettes kill the people who smoke them?" "Yes," answered the cold-bodied person; always more to take their places." Torture of Women. It was a terrible torture that Mrs. Gertie McFarland, of King's Mountain, N. C., describes, as follows: "I suffered dreadful periodical pain, and became so weak I was given up to die, when my husband got me Wine of Cardul. The first dose gave relief, and with 3 bottles I am up doing my work. I cannot say enough in praise of Carthul." A wonderful remedy for women's ill. At druggists: $1.00. The real reason men like to go fishing is because women folk never want to go along. 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Garfield Tea cures sick-headache, billious attacks, liver trouble and constipation. A girl thinks you are making love to her if you ask her if she likes poetry. Mrs. Winchester's soothing Syrup. For your comfort and inflammation, allers calm, carries wind colic. So a bottle. Don't discuss your worldly affairs at the church door. In a Pinch, Use ALEN'S FOOT-EASE. A powder. It cures pain, smart, nervous feet and ingrowing nails. It's the greatest comfort discovery of the age. Makes new shoes easy. A certain cure for sweating feet. Sold drugs: A. S. Trial package, FREE. Address A. S. O'Malley, Ro, R. Y. It is a dafflict for a young woman her to be ignorant when she is pref her to be ignorant when she is pref A Strange Story. Mrs. Isaac W. Austill, of Chestnut Ridge, N. C., tells a strange story of great suffering. "I was in bad condition for months, but got no relief. My periods had stopped, all but the pain. After taking part of a bottle of Wine of Cardul, nature worked properly and without pain. I advise all suffering women to use Cardul." A pure specific remedy for women's ill. $1.00, at druggists. A man from whom nothing is ever demanded that he can not do never do all he can. $100 Reward. $100. The readers of this paper will be pleased to learn that there is at least one dreaded disease that saturates them and can cure it in its entirety. Cataract is one of the only possible conditions to the medical necessity of changing a condition to the medical necessity of treatment. Hail's Cataract is taken in a series of surfaces of the system, thereby destroying the lens and the sclera. It is built up by building the constitution and assisting nature in doing its work. The prophet have suggested that one should do one. One hundred dollars for any case that it fails to cure. CHENY & CO., Toledo, O. Bold, John F. Family Film for constipation. Treat a man well in a little town, and he fatters himself that he can do better in a city. First.—That almost every operation in our hospitals performed upon women becomes necessary through neglect of such symptoms as backache, irregular and painful periods, displacements of the female organs, pain in the side, burning sensation in the stomach bearing down pains, nervousness, diziness and sleeplessness. Second.—The medicine that holds the record for the largest number of absolute cures of female ills is Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. It regulates, strengthens and cures diseases of the female organism as nothing else can. For thirty years it has been helping women to be strong, curing backache, nervousness, kidney troubles, inflammation of the female organs, weakness and displacements, regulating the periods perfectly and overcoming the pains. It has also loved with invaluable in preparing women for childbirth and the change of life. Third.—The great volume of unaccredited and grateful testimonials on file at the Pinkham Laboratory at Lynn, Miss. Pressure which are from time to time published by permission give absolute evidence of the value of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Mrs. Pinkham's advice. *Mrs. Pinkham's Standing Invitation to Women—Women suffering from any form of female weakness are invited to promptly communicate with Mrs. Pinkham, who is receiving, opened, read and answered by women only. From symptoms given, your trouble may be located and the quickest and surest way of recovery is through the law in law of Lydia E. Pinkham and for twenty-five years under her direction and since her decease she has been availablings women free of charge. Out of the female inmates of female illia Mrs. Pinkham probably has the very knowledge that will help your case. Surely, any woman, rich or poor, is very foolish if she does not take the very generous offer of assistance. DEFIANCE STARCH **stand to work with starches clothes unless**. W. U. Des. Moises, in. Ia. 19—100 CEDAR RAPIDS NOTES. Little Roy Terry is visiting at the home of his grandmother in Boone. On Friday morning occurred the death of the infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. Blackburn. The body was taken to Washington, D.C. for interment. Little Sita Jones age two years died Sunday afternoon at 4:30. The funeral was conducted Monday afternoon by Rev. P. M. Lewis at the home of Mrs. Maud Green. The remains were laid to rest in Oak Wood cemetery. The J. S. X. Club held a very pleasant session last Wednesday afternoon at the home of Mrs. W. M. Robinson. The afternoon, was given to Mother's Child Study, and interesting discussion on the paper of the afternoon a dainty lancebon was served by the hostess. Wm Haspery was a visitor of the club. The trustee of the church gave a fish fry at the church last Friday evening. Those who attended are still passing complimentary remarks on Mr. Marshall's cooking, it was certainly up dawn. The supper included fried fish, saratoga ebis corn-bread etc. FOR batin r w app w csta c sta the bntl iv sain d cc st nd d shea ir r ts nit rts nit rts isly m M the dea tat tat NE Miss Mabel Jones of Tipon is a city visitor being called here by the death of her little niece Etta Jones. John Patterson and Ed. Milligan were among the excursionists who went to Minnesota Saturday night. Sclatica Cured After Twenty Years of Torture. For more than twenty years Mr. J. B. Massey, of 3322 Stin. St., Napoleon, Minn., was tortured by satanic. The pain and suffering which he endured during this time is beyond comprehension. Nothing gave him any permanent relief until he used Chamberiain's Pain Balm. One application of that liminat relieved the pain and made sleep and rest possible, and less than one bottle has effected a permanent cure. If troubled with sciatica or rheumatism why not try a 25 cent bottle of Pain Balm and see for your self how quickly it relieves the pain. For sale by all druggist. OSKALOOSA TIDINGS Dr. C. S. Taylor of Buxton was called to the city Saturday evening by illness of Attorney Geo. Woodson. Jennie Hardy was a Buxton visitor Friday. Z. Bush of St. Louis formerly of this city is visiting his sister Mrs. Amanda Blackburn. Frank Battner who has been seriously ill is slowly improving. W. Fields of Des Moines spent Sunday in the city visiting relatives. Mrs. Cora Franklin who has been ill for the last few weeks is slowly recovering. The young ladies' progressive club are preparing to give a programme in the near future. L. J. Mayers who has been visiting relatives in Hannibal, Mo., spend Sunday with Mrs Franklin white on his way to his home in Buxton. KEQKUK NOTES Daisy Ware has just returned from a trip during which she sings before the scetch club at St. Louis and at Kansas City and I morning, Ill. Henry Arnstrong is very ill at this home on Morgan street, no hope is entertained for his recovery. Mrs. Paul Wewens of Des Moines is in the city the guest of Miss Katie Owens. The Young Sten's Sunday club of the A. M. E. church b d an interesting meeting last Sunday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock when R. t. H. Philips made a splendid address upon the property, fusus and short comings of the colored race. Miss Rita Evans read a carefully prepared paper, reviewing the conditions of the race and telling of R. v. Thomas Dixon and his play the Gaussian; Joseph Krys read a very instructive paper upon the wasted opportunities; Daisy Ware sang a solo Face to Face which was a very pleasing feature of the programme. Everett Holmes has tendered his resignation as a patronian and will re-enter the employ of Mayor Cameron as a private citizen. Mr. Holmes has proven one of the best and most conscientious police officer that was ever on the local force both Mayor Cameron and the public regret that he has resigned. Mr. and Mrs. P. D. Fields and son Otis were in Quincy Tuesday to attend a banquet, given by the Dunbar Club or that city. Under the auspices of the Young Man's Club of the A. M. E. church, the following programme was given thursday night instrumental solo Muss Lea Johnson; vocal solo, Etas Erans; instrumental solo Garrett Teenval; vocal solo, Bell Bansister; vocal solo, Mrs. Anna Holmes address by Rev. G. W Gaines. Married in Lake Lake City, Monday April 50th at the home of Mrs. Mattie Steel of 814 Second street Mr. J. W. Dale of that city to Miss Lena Toney form city of Kokunk but now of Salt Lake City has made her home there for the past two years. The wedding was a quiet affair, only the most intimate friends of the couple being favored with invitations; however the bride is the recipient of many usenii presents. They are spending the week in Ogden and from there go to Pocatello, Idaho, where they will make their future home. Lena Toney is the daughter of Mrs. S. Diggs on 3rd street this city. It Is Dangerous to Noglect a Cold. How often do we hear it remarked: "It's only a cold," and a few days later learn that the man is on his back with pneumonia. This is of such common occurrence that a cold, however slight, should not be disregarded, Chamberlain's Cough Remedy counteracts any tendency of a cold to result in pneumonia, and has gained its great popularity and extensive sale by its prompt course of this most common alimony. It always cures and is pleasant to take. For sale by all drugstall. A. M. E. Sunday School selected Miss Mildred Lewis as their delegate to attend the Sunday School Convention in Charlinda. The Dumas Club met at the home of Mrs. M. F. Bell on Wednesday afternoon, after a general review of the lesson, refreshments were served. Rev. Bowdison of Dexter Institute in Ilk, made a short talk to the A. M. E. Sunday School children Sunday afternoon. He also spoke to the congregation in the evening about the institute, he spoke in several of the white churches in the city. Odd Fellows gave a social at their hall Saturday evening. Quite a number of strangers in town Saturday. ENTERPRISE NEWS. The Mt. Pleasant Sunday School was well attended led by Ed. Coconut, at the evening service Rev. Green preached an able sermon. He extended the right-hand of fellowship to seven young converts. Quite a few of the young people spent a pleasant afternoon with Rev. and Mrs. Green. Mrs. Lane who has been sick is convalescent. D. Fields is able to be out again. The ladies of the Mt. Pleasant Baptist church's sewing circle will meet at the home of Mrs. Wm. King Tuesday evening Mrs. G. E. Green who has been sick is improved. Mrs. Sarah Jones left Saturday for a visit in Albia. Mr. Corbett and wife, Mesdames Hunter, A. Wright and Thomas spent one day this week fishing. Mrs. M. Raleigh will soon leave to join her husband in Carolina. R C. Green, Mr. and Mrs. John McKinley and son taken dinner with Mr. and Mrs. G. E. Green Sunday. Stomach Troubles Mrs. Suz Marut, an old and highly respected resident of Faisonia, Miss, was sick with stomach trouble for more than six months. Chamberlainia's Stomach and Liver Tablets cured her, she says: "I can now eat anything I want and am the proudest woman in the world to find fetch a good medicine" For sale by all druggist. $10.00 To St. Paul and Return On account of the meeting Federation of Women's Club at St. Paul the Minneapolis & St. Louis Ry, will sell round trip tickets to this point for $10.00 May 28th to 21st inclusive. Return limit June 9th. By depositing tickets with Joint Agent extension will be made to July 31st. For further information call on or address W. K. Adams, D. P. A. Des Moines, Ia. McCALL PATTERNS 10 15 NONE HIGHER Trade McCALLS MAGAZINE 50 YEAR INCLUDING A FREELANCER Mark There are more McCALL Patterns sold in the United States than of any other make of the Queen. This is on account of the many offices and ambiguity. McCALLs Magazine has more subscribers than Lingerie Queen. Lingerie Queen has 40,000 subscribers, number 5, centra. Every subscriber gets a McCALL magazine. Lady Agent Wanted. Handles premium services for the City of New York. Address the SCALL COQ, New York CLEARLED OK MARROW so (some ground without my signature) Charles Forlack 28 Wabash Ave., Chicago, Ill. 808-755-2222 Be Appreciative. Some people never dream of praining anything or anybody. They take everything as a matter of course, and imagine that they show their superiority by so doing. They little dream that they never get the best service owing to their giddiness in showing their appreciation. It is surprising how a little word of praise stimulates to new effort, and puts life and interest into the work of those about 18. ABLE DEFENSE Iowa Senator Made the Great Speech of Present Congress To Date FIRST WORDS FOR DEFENSE Heard by Audience That Crowded the Senate Chamber-Efforts of Presiding Officer Could Not Prevent Expressions Of Approval. Des Moines, March 2.--A Washington special to the Register and Leader says: "Senator Dolliver yesterday made what was everywhere accepted as the great speech of the present congress to date. It was the opening gun for the rate regulation forces in the battle which will be waged in the senate with little intermission until a vote is secured. The lowan immediately followed Senator Foraker, who on Wednesday delivered the first important speech for the opposition to the president's policy, and it has been widely commented that while Aldrich, Elkins and other extreme conservatives insist that they are for regulation if they can only be sure that it is safe and sane, they are also a spokesman of their side the one most who decided himself against all government regulation. "Senator Dolliver never lacks for an audience when it is known that he is to speak; but yesterday he had the greatest audience that ever listened to him in congress. The senate galleries were crowded and hundreds were turned away before the session began. The senate disapproved after the exertion of his long speech yesterday, was conspicuous as the only absence among the senate's membership. Scores of members of the house came over to listen to Dolliver, and the senate floor was throughed by these. Around all the walls of both chamber and galleries were continuous lines of people, who listened throughout the session. The galleries applauded from time to time, despite the stern disapproval of the presiding officer, and at the conclusion Mr. Dolliver received congratulations for a quarter of an hour." Washington, D. C., March 2—That interest in the railroad rate question continues unabated was made manifest again yesterday by the large audience when greeted Mr. Dollierv from the senate galleries when he rose to speak on the DolliervHepburn bill. From the first the Iowa senator has been the champion of the policy of giving the interstate commerce commission full authority and the friends of the house bill have expected him to take a leading part in pressing the consideration of a bill granting him standing in place been placed in charge of another senator. His was the first speech made in support of the bill. Mr. Dollierv began his speech at 12:30 p. m., immediately after the order of the routine business. That order included the passage of bills authorizing the disposition of surplus lands on the Yakima Colobee Indian reservations in Washington. Mr. Dolliver spoke without notes. He began with a compliment to Mr. Cullom, of whom he spoke as the father of interstate commerce legislation and to Mr. Nelson, the author of the bill presented to the last congress. The senator then outlined the bill, pointing out wherein it amends the existing interstate law, saying that, after all, the changes were comparatively few. Of undermining the law the bill fortifies it," he said, and he declared that if the present law had been treated with the reverence and sanctity it deserved the American people would have approached the subject in a frame of mind different from that which now prevails. The companies were unable to protect themselves against the "fragant abuses" of the private car companies under section 1 of the present law. He had not favored the abolition of these cars, but he did believe that the car companies should be regulated by mackenzie railroad companies employing them. Speaking of the interstate commerce commission he discussed Judge Grosseup's recommendation for a specific court but he did not accept the theory advanced for the reason that he considered the present management of the business. He recognized the fact that it become fashionable to speak slightly of the interstate commission and defended that body against such attacks. He expressed the opinion that if the lawyers had dealt as fairly with the commission as with the courts the result would have been better. He declared he did not expect a protracted vendetta between the railroads and the community, believing that when the law was enacted it would be observed by carrier and shipper alike. He predicted that within five years there would be boards of arbitration in every traffic center of the country so that the application would be the rule rather than the execution. He recognized the fact that the question of appeal to the courts from the orders of the commission was the battleground and he declared that as the bill stands, leaves the court to the court open for the protection of all constitutional rights. He temporarily left that point and took up the rebate question, saying that he did not agree with either Mr. Foraker or Mr. Bacon that the secret documents to the court did not believe the Elkins bill adequate for protection against these practices. "The difficulty about rebates is not in punishing violations of the law," he said, but in discovering them, the law so as to cover that defect." Prizefighter Dies From Blow, San Francisco, Cal., March 2—larry ceny, who was knocked dead by the champion, died at 8 o'clock yesterday morning. Homeseekers' Rates. Every Tuesday via the C. & N-W. Ry until December 1000, to authorized homeseekers' points in Wisconsin Northern Michigan, Minnesota, South Dakota East of Missouri River, North Dakota, Alberta, Manitoba, Western Ontario and Saskatchewan. Full information at C. & N-W. passenger station, or 401 Walnut street. Czar's Winter Palace. The winter palace is the cairn's winter home and officially the palace of the government. The winter palace was built by the empress Anne on the site of a house given to Peter the Great by one of his admirals. Finished after several interruptions in 1768, it was largely destroyed by fire in 1837, and immediately rebuilt. Its furnishings are said to be gorgeous. Dropper Her False Teeth A passenger on an English railway train pulled the "communication cord" the other day and stopped the train. When the guard came to the compartment in which the cord had been pulled he found a distracted woman passenger. She had been looking out of the window and had dropped her false teeth. She wished to go back and find them. Horseshoes In History. Even horseshoes have been made to serve the purpose of extravagance and display. Sabina Poppae, the beautiful and luxury-loving wife of the Roman emperor, Nero, was crowned with gold. All the world over, horseshoes are supposed to possess some occult power of attracting luck and warding off evil. Willing to Teach. A farmer was in the city hunting for a boy who wanted a farm. The boy could earn a home with food, clothing and education and a future chance to rent a farm, make money from it, buy farming equipment, buying farms while some men are losing them. Is it due to education?—Earl M. Pratt. London Police Court Decision "Sleeping in the open air can only be practiced with safety from arrest by wealthy persons, or those who can show that they have plenty of means and are doing it for experiment—and then only so long as no obstruction is caused," said the magistrate of a London police court the other day. Warrior's Death-Bed Toast Gen. De Sonnaz, Italian senator at Rome, before dying, and just after he had received the Last Sacrament, expressed a desire to put on his uniform. He then called for champagne, and drank with those around his bed, "To the health of the King and the prosperity of the country." Juliet Ahead of Modern Girl The mode of procedure in courtship has indeed altered since Shakespeare's days. He made Juliet first confess her love. She asks, "Does you love me?" and bids Romeo, if his purpose be marriage, to send her word next day. This is stages in advance of the modern girl. The First Writings: The first writing was picture writing, in which the meaning was indicated by a drawing, as a serpent or bird, represent a creature, creatures, or animals invaded to indicate signs which are substantially the same as our present letters. Brunettes Have Advantage. It is claimed that the facilities and senses of brunettes, as well as of dark and full-colored animals, is much more acute than that of blondes and white females, and to avoid dancers which their less fortunate brethren would not notice. ContiLayer Bridge in Thibet In a recent lecture in London it was remarked as curious that though the Thibetan had not realized the principle of the wheel or arch, they thoroughly understood that of the cantilever and used it in their bridges. Typographical Error. Some typographical errors compel correction. A Tennessee paper that announced the introduction of a bill to put a tax of $500 on dealers in furniture hastens to explain that it meant dealers in futures. Gives Work to 100,000 Over one hundred thousand people are employed in the cork wood industry in Andalusia, southern Spain. Particular. The early bldy may get the worm And call the dainty fine: I'd stay in bed and snore because I want no to sleep. — Illinois State Journal Care for Prisoners' Teeth Toothbrushes and tooth powder are used to all the tomates of the Austrian pruners. With Only One Tog. It is not generally known that the small feet of Chinese ladies have commonly but one toe. This is, however, the fact. The great toe of the females of the first rank, and some of the inferior classes also, is the only one left to act with any freedom; the rest are doubled down under the foot in their tenderest infancy, and retained by compressed and tight bandages till they unite with, and are buried in the sole. Privileges of Lady Mayoross. Among the numerous privileges enjoyed by the lady mayorsess of London during her husband's year of office is that of "entree" at court. That is to say, instead of being compelled to take her place among the ordinary guests, titled and untitled, at court functions, she enters the palace by a separate entrance and is received by royalty before any of the other guests. Subscribe and pay for the Iowa State Bystander. GRAND LODGE OFFICERS. W. H. Milligan, M. G. Grand Mast- er, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Rural Route No. 2. S. L. Tiggs, R. G. Deputy Grand Master, Burlington, Iowa. D. Thomas, R. W. S. Grand Warden, Buxteh, Iowa. T. H. Sturgs, R. W. J. Grand Warden, Sloux City, Iowa. A. A. Bland, R. W. Grand Treasuren Keckuk, Iowa. H. K. Hillon, R. W. Grand Secretary Omsha, Nebr. E. T. Banks, R. W. Grand Custodian, Des Moline, Iowa. J. H. Shepard, Chairman of Committee on ForeignC. Des Moines, Iowa. The local lodges are requested to send in a list of your elected officers so we can publish a complete roster of the lodges. (The Editor.) North Star Lodge, No. 2, A. F. & A. M—Meets first Thursday in each month but Masonic Hall—Northwest corner of Tenth and Center streets. E. Tracy Blagburn, W. M.; H. E. Jacobs, secretary. M. Olive Lodge, No. 17, A. F. & A. M. Over 120 First Avenue, Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Meetings first Tuesday of each month. C. H. Searcey, W. M. 1004 9th avenue; L. D. Lowe, secretary, 903 S. 8th street. Rescue Lodge, No. 25, A. F. and A. M. Meets 1st and 3rd Monday of each month. S:30 p. m. 1423$^2$ N. W. P. Wade, M. address 1612 N. 30th street, H. K. Hillon, Sec., address 911 N. 24th street. THE CHURCHES Corbinian Baptist Church - cor. or Fifteenth Sunday School at 12 o'clock. Preaching at, p. m. Rev. T. L. Griffith. Pastor, p. m. Pat. A. M. E. Corner School and Second School at 12 o'clock. Preaching at, School at 3 o'clock. Eworth League at, preaching at 6 p. m. Horace S. Graver master. First African Baptist Church-Corner School Preaching at 6 p. m.; Sunday School at 3 o'clock. Preaching at 10:30 p. m.; Sunday School at 3:30 p. m.; Mrs. J. T. Griffith Superintendent, people's meeting 7 p. m.; preaching at 8:00 p. m. turns Chapel M. E. Church - Corner of 11 th Street at 11 a. m.; p. m.; Class and prayer meeting 12 s. Sunday; Sunday School 9:30 p. m.; Class and prayer meeting 12 s. Sunday; Class and prayer meeting every Wednesday 8 p. m. O. A. Johnson, pastor, 846 11th Maple Street Baptist Church - Situated on E. Preaching at 11 a. m.; Sunday School 9:00 p. m. Cox Superintendent, Cox School 9:00 p. m. Teacher, Cox School 9:00 p. m. Rev. J. O. Winnburst, pastor. Union Congregational Church-Corner Tenth Sunday School 12 p. m.; evening service 7:30 Sunday School 12 p. m.; Wednesday evening, W. Porter, Wednesday evening. SECRET ORDERS. North Star Loge No 6, Knight-of P things Meets every Monkey night corner of 1x 1h and Walnut-treats. Regul-r work nig- second and fourth Monkey G. G. J. W. 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Chivalry The chivalry of Europe is, in great measure, a product of the Saraeon chivalry which entered Europe in two centuries, and Constantinandia through Spaia. EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT MUNGERS LAUNDRY is the best in the city. Try them and be decided. Maine Office 1109-1111 Grand Ave. Braunch Office 504 MULBERRY ST. Phone 579 State of Iowa, Polk County, nc: District Court of Polk County, Iowa The Muscatine French Cheese Co. Versus W. Margulis. By virtue of a special execution to me directed, issued by the Clerk of the District Court of Polk County, Iowa, in favor of The Muscatine Prenne Cheese Co., and against W. Margulis, on a judgment rendered by said Court on the 15th day of November A.D. 1905, wherein it was ordered, adjudged and decreed that the following described property be sold to satisfy said judgment, to-wit: One delivery wagon and one set of single harness (now in your possession.) Now, therefore, public notice is here-by given that unless the said d-fendants appear at my office in Des Moines on or before the 5th day of May A.D. 1906, at ten o'clock a.m. of said day at which time said above described property is hereby advertised to be sold, and pay off the amount of said execution, with interest and cost, I will sell said property, or sufficient thereof to satisfy said Execution, with interest and costs, at public outery, to the highest bidder, at the front door of the Court House, in Des Moines, Iowa, for cash in hand to pay off said execution. NO. 6 C. LOPER. Sheriff's Office, county, Iowa. By B. J. N. Neely. Deputy. Sheriff's Office, Des Moines, Iowa. Date of first publication April 13. Published and printed by the Iowa State Bustader. P.O. Box 9000. Turkish War Expenses Something like three-fourths of the annual expenditure of the Turkish government has of recent years been for arms and munitions of war. Silent Japanese Soldiers Soldiers. Japanese soldiers fight noiselessly. They have no bands, and no drums bevelie or tattoo, and in action they utter no cheers. Irrigation Adds Value By means of irrigation something like 3,500,000 acres of land in Iowa have been increased in value over $230,000,000. Smiths Lead All. In the city of Washington there are 13,000 Browns, 15,000 Smithes, 14,000 Johnsones and 1,000 Joneses. Average Journey of Freight. The average journey of a ton of freight is 123 miles. Low Rates to Los Angeles Via the North-western Line. An excursion rate of one first class limited f. re for round trip, will be in effect from all stations April 15 to May 5, inclusive, with favorable return limi on account of Imperial Council, Nobles of Mystic Shrine. Three fast trains through to California daily. "The Los Angeles Limited." electric lighted throughout, via the new Salt Lake Route, with drawing room and tourist sleeping cars. "The Overland Limited electric lighted throughout, less than three days enroute. 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