Iowa State Bystander

IOWA STATE BYSTANDER. VOL. XIII, No. 15. CITY NEWS. (N.B. If you have relatives or friends visit in the city or going to make a visit, please inform us we solicit all your local news—Ed I. Mrs. Wilson Hughes is improving slowly. Mr. Mark Segain of the East Side is on the sick list this week. Mr. Rollen Weeks of 1307 Twenty-first street is reported quite sick this week. Born to Mr. and Mrs. Fred Stanton a bouncing baby boy. Mother and child doing well. Mr. Calvin Cary of Buxton is in our city this week on business. Master Enza Morgan is numbered among the sick this week. The Misse Ora and Cecil Harris left Wednesday to visit with relatives and friends in Keokuk, their former home. Miss Ruth Phillips of Ottumwa, Ia., arrived in our city last week and is now a student at the Capital City Commercial College. Go to Mrs. Vina Murrell for good rooms and accommodations, 18 E. 9th street, Davenport, Ia. Miss Marguerite Fields was in Buxton this week. She gave a concert at the Y. M. C. A., assisted by some local talent of that city Wednesday night. Mrs. A. L. Adams of Wichita, Kans. arrived in our city last week to remain indefinitely. She is stopping with Mrs. H. H. Hookers on Eighth street. Mrs. E. C. Elliston returned Monday from Buxton, where she was last week attending the annual conference of the A. M. M. church. Mrs. Elliston rendered some vocal solos at the different sessions during the conference. Mrs. Christina Richardson who has been visiting with her daughter and grandchildren, Mrs. Carrie A. Bledsoe and sons, returned to her home in Kirksville, Mo., last Sunday, after a very pleasant visit of two months. Mrs. Geo. H. Wade of Minneapolis, Minn., who has been attending the A. M. E. conference in Buxton, stopped over in our city to visit a week, the guest of Mrs. J. L. Thompson and Mrs. Emma Harris. When in St. Paul, Iinn, go to the St. Louis Kitchen, 317 Wabasha street, Mrs. Julia Hinson proprietor. Meals 25 cents and up. For ladies and gentlemen. 'Phone N. W. 2315-L. Rev. D. Smith and wife, Rev. O. A. Johnson, D. D., of Des Moines, Ia., Rev. J. J. Cabbell, P. E., of independence, Kansas were highly entertained Wednesday evening of last week at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Clay Odell. -Topeka Plaindealer. Services at Burn's M. E. church, Twelfth and Crocker streets, Sunday: Sunday School 9:45 a. m.; preaching by pastor 11:00 a. m., subject, "Where is Thy Brother," at 8:00 p. m., subject, "What, When and How You Should Eat." Prayer meeting Wednesday at 8:00 p. m., Epworth League Friday at 8:00 p. m. Married last Monday at the parsonage by Rev. H. W. Porter, Mr. Marion W. Roche of Louisville, Ky., to Miss Lillie B. Waterman of Sedalia, Mo. The wedding was a very quite one as only a few friends, were present to witness the ceremony. The couple are strangers in our community, yet we wish them success in married life. Callanan Industrial club met with the president, Mrs. G. W. Scott, Wednesday afternoon. After a three weeks' vacation the ladies feel quite refreshed and discussed plans for the future work. Lunch was served and the club adjourned to meet with Mrs. Dixon on day street. The club will be entertained by Mrs. Elliston, paper by Mrs. Dixon. One of the prettiest and systematic afternoon receptions given in our city was given last Tuesday by Mrs. J. L. Thompson, at her pleasant home, 1904 Eighteenth street. More then fifty ladies were invited to spend the afternoon from two to four o'clock. Its was given in honor of Mrs. Geo. H. Wade of Minneapolis, Minn. The house was beautifully decorated in cut flowers and ferns, carnations being the prevailing flower. Music and conversation was the theme. A four course lunch was elegantly served. Those present report a most enjoyable time. For the Best Meals and Quick Service Call at NEW ENGLAND CAFE, 2922 State street. Home Cooking. Chicago, Ill. E. S. Morgan, our Third street barber is on the sick list this week. Mrs. A G. Edwards delivered an address to the Woman's Missionary Society of the Tnitee Presbyterian church last Friday afternoon. Mrs J R Erickson left today for Davenport to attend a business session of the Woman's Federation Board Mr. Tony Thompson of Chesterfield is agent for the Chicago Globe Co-operative Store Co., and from reports he will make a success. Tony is a good man. James Wyche recently of St. Joseph, Mo., has become our city solicitor and will call on the Des Moines people for their advertising or subscription. Give him your work. Our old friend Rev, Samuel Bates, recently of Clarinda has accepted a call to the Baptist church in Colfax, la, and will move to that place soon. He will than be near the seat of active work. Invitations have been sent out which read as follows: "Mrs. Charlotte Davis request your presence at the marriage of her grand-daughter, Bertha Hunt, to C. W. Smith, Wednesday Sept 19, 1906, at 8 o'clock, 924 14th street, Des Moines, Iowa." Mr. and Mrs. R N. Hyde gave a six o'clock dinner Thursday at their pleasant home on Fourteenth and Grand avenue, in honor of Mrs Geo. H Wade of Minneapolis, Minn. Mr. and Mrs. J L. Thompson were also present. A nice time was had by all You should not fail to hear Prof. R. S. Lovinggood, president of the Samuel Huston College, Austin, Texas, at Burns' M. E. church, next Sunday at 3 o'clock. He is one of the most learned Negroes in America. Prof. Lovinggood comes to our city to deliver an address to the white members of the Des Moines Conference now in session here. An invitation is extended to all by Rev. O. A. Johnson, pastor of Burns' church, to come and hear this distinguished man. Mrs. Emma Harris gave a six o'clock dinner Wednesday in honor of Mrs Geo. H Wade of Minneapolis, Minn. Those present were Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Birney, Rev. and Mrs. H. W. W. Porter, Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Thompson, Dr. and Mrs. A. G. Edwards and Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Blagburn. A very elegant dinner was served and a jolly time was had by all. When in Oskaloaosa, Iowa call on Mrs. Hannah Williams for good meals and rooms, by day or week, 211 A avenue East. The Bystander Co. contemplates getting out a special "Des Moines Edition" very soon, illustrated with cuts, biographies, poems and history of Des Moines people in general. This is something never before attempted and we ask every Des Moines citizen to give us their support to make this a representative issue. Call on the company or see their representative at once. The five Byrons who played at Ingersoll Park last week wed to Kansas City Saturday night. Mr Sumner Byron, the manager, was a caller at our office Saturday afternoon. They expect to sail for Germany next month, and in speaking of his trip Mr. Byron said, "We have already been booked for 46 weeks and my younger brothers are anxious to go. We do not expect to return until 1908." As we have said before they have a very refined musical act and we wish them continued success SPECIAL SERVICES Special services at Union Congregational church Sunday Sept 16. Morning service, topic, "A Trustful Lile" Men's League at 4 p.m Evening service, a popular meeting; special music. All members and friends are requested to be present at all the services. When in Burlington, la. stop at Mrs. A. A. Lamb for good lodging 421½ Jefferson St. New Phone 1218. 3mo. Rev F. C. Lomack, pastor of the African Baptist church of this city, which has for years stood as an independent Baptist church, not being affiliated with the Assocsetion, was declared regular last week at the State Baptist Association at Davenport Rev. Lomack was appointed a member of the National Deacons Union, in place of Rev Bingaman of Omaha. He has invited the Executive Committee to meet in Des Moines at his church in November. The People's Restaurant, Geo. W. Bailey, Manager, a neat and pleasant place where meals and short orders are served in the best of shape at all times. Ice cream, pop on ice and cigars. Everything in season. 401 East Main street, Ottumwa, La. A SUCCESSFUL SESSION A Large Attendance and a Royal Recception by Buxton People. Twenty-fourth Session of the A. M. E. Iowa Annual Conference Held at Buxton, Ia Sept. 5-11. WEDNESDAY MORNING, SEPT. 5. Conference called together by Bishop C. T. Shaffer at 9:30 a. m. The meeting was opened with devotional exercises and scripture reading and remarks by the Bishop, followed by the organization which resulted in the election of the following officers: Chief secretary, Rev. F. J. Peterson of Rock Island: recording secretary, Rev. E. G. Jackson, Buxton: statistical secretar_y, Rev. J. Brower, Avondale, Ill.; marshals R. Rev. Stewart Moore, Duluth, and S. L. Birt, Glencoe. The Bar of Conference included the first six rows of seats from the front. Adjournment for dinner. WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. Annual sermon, Dr. D. P. Roberts, Quinn Chapel Chicago, followed by the administetin of the Lord's Supper, in which a large number taken part. Report of charges was than taken up and showed a remarked increase from last year. WEDNESDAY EVENING SESSION. Informal reception at Y. M. C. A. auditorium given by citizens of Buxton to ministers and visitors. Johnson acted as master of ceremonies. Welcome address in behalf of the Iowa District P. E. Geo. W. Gaines. Welcome address in behalf of citizens, Jas. G. Wiley. Welcome address in behalf of schools Prof. M. J. Gilliam. Welcome address in behalf of the churches, Rev. E. G. Jackson. Responses: Bishop C. T. Shaffer, Dr Wm. H. heard, Revs. Horoce S. Graves and H. P. Jones. The choir of St. James A, M E. rendered excellent music under the leadership of Prof. Richard Oliver. THURSDAY MORNING. Devotional. Continuation of report of charges. THURSDAY AFTERNOON. Devotional. Continuation of report of charges. THURSDAY EVENING. Educational meeting, sermon by Rev Geo. W. Jones of Davenport. Reading report on education, Rev. W. S. Brooks. Discussion. Contribution. Adjournment FRIDAY MORNING Conclusion of Reports. 4:45 the ladies of the Conference Branch Mite Missionary Society rendered a most excellent program, and gave in reports. Committee on public worship appointed the following pastors to fill the different pulpits on Sunday: A. M. E. 11 a. m., Dr. W. H. Heard: 5 m. p. Rev. L. J. Phillips: 8 p. m., Rev. K. Seymour. Baptist 11 a. m. Rev. W. A. Searcy: 8 p. m. Rev. M. I. Gordon. Congregational 11 a. m. Rev. D. E. Butler: 8 p. m. Rev. Gee. H. Wade. FRIDAY EVENING. Missionary Meeting. Missionary sermon by Rev C. H. Thomas of Rockford, 111. The Presiding Elder's Districts were changed from three to four Namely, Keokuk, Des Moines, St. Paul and Chicago. SATURDAY MORNING. Presiding Elders reports. In the selection of place for next Conference, Wayman Chapel and Quinn Chapel were voted on, Quinn receiving the largest number of votes. Next Conference of Quinn Chapel the last Wednesday in August. By resolution of Rev. Geo. H. Wade of Minnesotais the Conference will celebrate the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Iowa annual Conference next year at Quinn during its session. Dollar money collected $2,800.00. Educational $121.00 Missionary Home and Foreign $108.00 Easter day collections $305.00. Womans Mite $444.00. SATURDAY AFTERNOON. Continuation of report of charges. Presiding Elders reports. SATURDAY EVENING. Lecture on natives of Africa by Dr. W. H. Heard of Atlanta, Ga., president of Preachers Aid. Continuation of report of committees. Adjourned. SUNDAY MORNING. 11:00 a. m. preaching, Dr. W. H. Heard. The Bishop ordained as Deacons Revs. M. G. Newman, R. H. Hackley, Brice Taylor, B. R. Penn and Timothy Tyler. As Elders, Revs. S. L. Birt, Morgan and Rice. AFTERNOON. 3:00 p. m. sermon, Rev. L. J. Phillips 4:30 p. m memorial services in memory Dr. Geo. C, Booth, Presiding Elder of Chicago District, who was buried at Chicago Friday August 31. The death of Dr. Booth caused universal sorrow and cast a gloom over the Conference of which he was held in high esteem. EVENING 8:00 p. m., sermon by Rev. R. Seymour. Invitation for membership extended by Bishop Shaffer, after which seven persons came forward and united with the church. Announcements. Report of committee on Resolutions. Public collection for the entire day 106.51. APPOINTMENTS. Transfers, Illinois Conference, Geo W. Jones; West Kentucky Conference A. T. Clark; Colorado Conference, J. W. Washington St. Peters, Minneapolis, R. E. Wilson. St. James, Minneapolis, Geo. H. Wade. Evanston, R. Seymour. Beloit and Delavan, G. C. Christburg Glencoe, S. L. Birt, Madison, Wis. R. H. Cato. Lake Forest and Waukeegan, R. B. Manly. M. H. Thompson, Presiding Elder. Quinn Chapel, D. P. Roberts. St. Stephens, Chicago, I. N. Daniels. Wayman Chapel, Chicago, J. C. Ander son Trinity *Mission*, Chicago. Jonathan Brewer. LaGrange, T. A. Clark. Princeton and Kewance, G. B. Pope. Oak Park, T. C. Devlin. Avondale, R. E. Allen. Superior to be supplied. **Keokuk Distrirt—** L. J. Phillips, Presiding Elder. Keokuk T. W. Lewis. Ottumwa, J. H. Ferribee. Galesburg, D. E. Butler. Cedar Rapids, P. M. Lewis. Moline, W. A. Searcy. Davenport, Wm. Williams. Clinton, Rev. A. Boyd. Burlington to be supplied. Des Moines District M. I. Gordon, Presiding Elder Des Moines, W. S. Brooks. Buxton, E. G. Jackson. Clarinda, Bedford and Red Oak, J. D. Peterson. Sioux City, F. J. Peterson. Yankton and Sioux Full J. W. Dowden Albia and Hawkins Valley, A. H. Bell, Newton and Colfax, L. A. Joplin. Council Bluffs; M. G. Newman. Osecola and Chariton. Jas, Rice. Centerville, Nathan Morgan. Buxton Mission, C. Wright. Boone, — Lonaks. Knoxville, Indiana, Garden Grove and Enterprise to be supplied. CONFERENCE NOTES. The people of Buxton have proved themselves excellent entertainers during the Conference, and at no time and place have the ministers, their wives and visitors to the Conference been more royally entertained than in the beautiful village of Buxton. Everyone will go home feeling that it was good to have been here. Bishop Sheffer seemed to be in his usual good mood. Mrs. Robert Givens very excellently entertained at a course dinner Thursday noon at Jeffrey's Cafe the following person. Rev. and Mrs. J. C. Anderson of Chicago, Rev. and Mrs. Geo, H. Wade of Minneapolis, Mrs. S. Joe Brown of Des Moines. Miss Smith of Buxton, Dr. D. P. Roberts of Chicago and Dr. Williams of Buxton. Mrs. Edward Jones served an elegant supper Saturday evening to Mesdames Geo. Wade and S. Joe Brown, Rexs. H. S. Graves and G. W. Jones, K. Seymour and Geo. H. Wade. Mrs. W. H. London entertained at supper Friday evening Mrs. George Wade. Rev. and Mrs. J, C. Anderson of Chicago together with Mrs Geo. C. Booth were entertained during Conference by their old friends, Mr. M. Jackson and wife. Our Conference was sadden by the death of one of our Presiding Elders, Dr. G. C. Booth who recently passed away in Chicago after a lingering illness. The family has our sincere sympathy. Dr. Booth was loved by all who knew him. The Iowa Conference has lost a good man. The choir under the leadership of Mr. Richard Oliver is among the best we've ever heard. The public collection on Sunday amounted to $106.51. Can you beat that? Madam Ellison of Des Moines rendered a beautiful solo at the Sunday evening services, accompanied by Miss Margeurete Fields. Presiding Elder Thompson of Chicago has our sincere sympathy in the sad loss of his oldest daughter. The reception Wednesday evening at the Y. M. C. A. to the ministers and visitors was an up-to-date affair, and heartily enjoyed by all present. Mrs. Geo. Walker entertained at tea Sunday evening Mesdames S. Joe Brown and Geo. H. Wade. A reception was tendered Mrs. M. C. Malone Monday evening Sept. 10. at the home of Mrs. Queen Jackson. BAPTIST ASSOCIATION The Annual Meeting was a Great Success and a large Membership Attended. The State Baptist Association held at Davenport last week is reported to be one of the best sessions that has been held for years. The officers elected for the Ladies Home and Foreign Missionary Society are: Mrs Jackson, Fort Madison, was re-elected President; Mrs. Susie Roy, Des Moines, Vice-President; Mrs. Nora Shelton, Centerville, Corresponding Secretary. Thursday the Ministerial and Deacons Union elected Rev. Palmer of Mt.Pleasant Moderator; Rev. Bowls of Marshalltown, Vice-Moderator. Rev. Mendenhall of Buxton was elected Moderator of the Association; Rev. Wimbush, Des Moines, Vice-Moderator; Rev. Griffith, Des Moines, Secretary; Rev. Holmes, Davenport, Corresponding Secretary. Members of the Board: Rev. Jones, Ottumwa, Treasurer; Rev Palmer, Mt.Pleasant. Rev Bates was made an honorary member of the Board. Rev Burton was made State Missionary. Colored Congregationalist Rev. H. W. Porter, pastor of the Union Congregational church, will leave on Tuesday September 18, to attend the convention of Congregational ministers and teachers of the colored churches and schools in the south. Little is known of the real work which is being done by the colored Congregationalists, yet he work is having its effect in raising the mental, moral, physical, financial] and spiritual standing of the negro in all parts of this country. It is often said that the Congregational church is not known among the negroes. Such a statement is only made by those who are not acquainted with the work being done by the negro Congregationalists. Agatit, the Congregational church has given to the field some of the most prominent men among the negroes, as well as women who are the leading factors in the uplift of the negro race. Our institutions have been broad in their work in the Baptists, Methodists and all denominations have been and are being educated not as denominalate men and woman but as intelligent men. In the south the negroes have six chartered institutions, 476 common and graded schools, 476 instructors and 15,000 pupils, 250 churches, 156 ministers and missionaries, 12,549 church members and 18,956 pupils in Sunday schools. This is the work of the Congregational church among the negroes of the south, a church that stands for an intelligent ministry and mode of worship and a church that recognizes Jesus Christ as its head. Three hundred or more workers will assemble at Memphis, Tenn., September 20 to 25, to devise plans for the advancement of this work so well be accomplished. We will work the world and there is work for all to do. We shall labor on with the bright The Negro in the Congregational Churchesof America (By Rev. Abraham Lincoln DeMond pastor First Congregational church Buxton, Iowa.) Article 5 While our annual reports show that about half of our church clerks are women, and in many cases they are superintending our Sunday schools with great success, that they constitute more than half of the total membership, we must recognize not much of what we have accounted for as a corollation has been due to their faithful and uniting labors. In most of the states they have state missionary unions that are doing much good. In the solendid band of women that have helped to make our Zion glorious a few nurses may be mentioned of those well and widely known as Mrs. Mary Church Terrell, Mrs. B. K. Bruce, Mrs. B. T. Washington, Mrs. G. W. Moore and Mrs. A. Caldwell, who have rendered loyal and conspicuous service for the race and for Congregationalism. The recent marriage at Decatur, Ala., of the grandson of Congressman John M. Langston, who represents the third generation of the Langston family to graduate from Oberlin, the famous Congregational college, to the daughter of Hon. H. V. Cashin, by Rev. G. W. Moore, a graduate also of Oberlin, forms a union of two of our strong Congregational families and emphasizes the fact that Congregationalism is the leading faith of some of our leading families. Of our laymen who have been prominent in public life and national affairs were Senator B. K. Bruce and Congressman John M. Langston. We have not been unrepresented in race literature for Rev. G. C. Rowe and Rev. G. M. McLellen have each published a book of poems. Prof. E. A. Johnson, dean of the law department of Shaw University, Raleigh, N. C., is the author of a school history of the negro race and also a history of the negro in the Spanish-American war and of "Light Ahead for the Negro." Rev, P. T. Stanford has written and published "The Tragedy of the Negro in America," and others have contributed valuable articles to the press. The Charleston Inquirer, the Mobile Weekly Press and the Iowa State Bystander have been edited by colored Congregationalists. In the legal profession there are such negro Congregationalists as J. C. Napler, Nashville, Teen; B. R. Wilson, Boston, Mass; R. S. Smitn and Judge R. H. Terrell of Washington, D. C; J. L. Thompson and J. B. Rush of Des Moines and C. N. Sellers of Buxton, Iowa. Colored Congregational churches have the following state organizations: Tennessee association, North Carolina association, South Carolina association, Georgia convention, Texas association, Mississippi association, and Louisiana association. In the other states they are connected with these associations or some other state body. A number of our mep have been delegates to the different meetings of the National Council. At the National Council in Minneapolis in 1892 Rev. G. C. Rowe was assistant moderator and at Des Moines Rev. H. H Proctor was elected to the same position in 1904. Three colord men have represented the colored Congregational churches in the tw o International Congregational Councils that have been held. Rev. B. A. imes was a member of the council in London, England, in 1891, and Rev. F. G. Ragland and Rev. Abraham Lincoln DeMond were members of the council in Boston in 1899. ECHOES FROM ROCK ISLAND Mrs. Henry Hsuaton, of South Rock Island, has been quite ill for the past few weeks, but is improving nicely at this writing. The Masonic lodges of the Tri-Cities held a picnic at Prince Hail's home on Labor day. Watermelons that were raised at the home could be bought for the small sum of 10 cents. The New Model Sewing circle gave an entertainment at McKinley chapel on last Monday evening for the purpose of the church. Mrs. C. L. Johnson wrote in Mrs. C. Lambert has been quite in disposed for a few days. Mrs. Ida Woods was a caller in So. Rock Island Wednesday evening. Mrs. Elhora Holmes is spending a few weeks in Chicago. Mr. H. Bingman, one of Rock Island's oldest colored citizens, has been very sick for a month. His many friends hope for a speedy recovery. Mrs. Andy Fulton and children arrived from Des Molines, Iowa, today for a few weeks' visit at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. C. Lambert, South Rock Island. CLUB WOMEN. Will the presidents of the different clubs see that the number of minutes desired and money for the same are sent to the secretary. Mrs. Cyrene Trent, Burlington, Iowa. GEHRTHD D. CULBERSON. MT. PLEASANT. Mrs. Martha Burnaugh left last week for Burlington where she will remain for some time. Mesdames Rena Logan, Matilda Reed and Sarah Trimbal attended the annual conference at Buxton. Miss Hester Bartlett left Thursday for Evanston, after spending the summer with her parents. Mr. George Robinson, Kewanee, spent a few days with his parents last week. Rev. C. H. Mendenhall, Moderator of the Iowa Baptist association, preached at the Second Baptist church Tuesday. About two weeks ago while helping at a "fire," Prof. T. L. Burnett had the misfortune to break two fingers of his hand. The injured fingers are mending. Mr. and Mrs. T. L. Burnett, of Mt. Pleasant, were called to Burlington August 22 on account of the sudden death of their sister-in-law, Mrs. Tom Wells. About 5 o'clock in the morning Mrs. Wells called her husband and told him to go for a doctor that she was very sick. After which she lived only one hour, having broke a blood vessel in trying to vomit. The General Services and Rev Smith at the undertakers apartments. Some very impressive words were spoken by both pastors. The floral tributes were beautiful. She leaves a loving husband, father and many other relatives. The remains were taken to West Point for burial. CEDAR RAPIDS Miss Hattie Perkins was hostess last Monday evening of a merry party of fifteen young people. The evening was spent in dancing and games. All present enjoyed a pleasant evening. Rev. Boyd, former pastor of Bethel A. M. E. church was in the city on Monday and Tuesday visiting his many friends and acquaintances. White here he was the guest of Mr. and Mr. D. Clybrook. Thursday evening a pleasant surprise was given to Mr. Ebrige Horn at the home of his brother. The party was lead by the Misses Maybeil Price and Iva Martin and all report a jolly time. Mr. James Whitheilde, of Savanna, Ill., who has been the guest of his cousins, the Misses Martin, re- Cooking to order in home style Good rooms furnished. First-class service guaranteed. 518 W. Third St. IOWA PHONE 1816-K Price. Five Cents. turned to his home last Monday evening, accompanied by Miss Ivah. Mr. Marshall Perkins was the victim of a surprise party Friday evening, through the efforts of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Marshall. A large number of his friends were there and an enjoyable evening was spent. The ladies of the Household of Ruth gave Mrs. A. Greene a keepsake surprise party last Monday evening. This party is one of a series of favors given to Mr. and Mrs. Green and Mr. and Mrs. Claybrook who expect to leave for their future home in California next week. Mrs. Laura Brooks attended conference; also her many friends in Buxton this week. Mrs. Brooks will make her home at that place and she reports her vist as a very pleasant one. Mr. Peter Johnson, who has been dangerously ill all summer is somewhat improved this week. The J. S. Y. ladies were very fortunate in securing Mrs. M. M. Wilson, who was caught up in the South. Tuesday afternoon she gave a very interesting address on her labors there. Those who were not present missed a rare treat. MOLINE GREETINGS Mr. and Mrs. William King have departed for their home in Galesburg after a very pleasant visit with their cousins, Mr. and Mrs. Rufus Phoenix. Mr. and Mrs. Louis B. Tarver entertained Mr. and Mrs. George Johnson at dinner last Sunday. The Halle Quinn Brown club will meet this week with Mrs. James Colquit. Number of Moline people attended a Labor Day picnic out at the Masonic home in South Rock Island. A delightful time was had by all. Miss Nannle Buckner departed for her home in Chicago after a two months' visit with her aunts and friends. The Household of Ruth, No. 1588, will give "An Old Fashioned Spelling Bee" and "Chicken Fry" Wednesday evening. Mrs. George Tarver entertained Mrs. Slanter of Rock Island at dinner Monday. Rev. W. A. Seacury returned home from the Iowa conference which met in Buxton, W. We as a church welcome him back for another year. His social will be given Tuesday at the residence of Mrs. Sallie Maxle. Miss Daisy Settles entertained a number of friends at dinner labor day. number of friends at lunch Mrs. S. B. Walkup is in Chicago where she will spend several weeks with her friends Miss Gertrude Bradley of Chicago is visiting her cousin, Mrs. Rufus Phoenix. Mrs. Thompson and Townsley were Moline callers last week. Rev. S. B. Walkup spent a week attending the Iowa conference. Rev. Burton, who was attending the Iowa Baptist Association in Davenport filled the pulpit of St. Paul's A. M. E. church Sunday morning. $20.00 To Portland And Seattle. Daily to October 31st. the Minneapolis and St. Louis R. R will sell cheap one-way colonist tickets to points in Montana, Idaho, Washington, Oregon, British Columbia and California. For further information apply to W. K Adams, District Passenger Agent, or D. B, Buralsburg, City Passenger Agent, 512 Walnut street Des Moines, Ia. GALESBURG. Mrs. Malone, who has been attending the Mite Mission gathering and also the conference at Buxton, Iowa, expects to be absent two, or three weeks. Mrs. Ethel Franklin of Palmyra, Mo., reports herself as well pleased with Galesburg. While in the city she is the guest of Mr. Harry Beckley. The Helping Hand gave a reception September 4 in the parlors of the A. M. E. church in honor of Rev. and Mrs. Ferribe. Among those wishing them God-speed wherever they are stationed for the next year were Mrs. Kidd, T. Milburn, Miss Eva Carter, B. E. Richardson, Geo. Solomon, Mayne Richardson and Mrs. Griglsby. Music for the occasion was furnished by Mrs. Griglsby, Mrs. McGill and Miss Eva Welcome. Mr. and Mrs. Skinner are the proud parents of bouncing baby girl. That is why Mr. Skinner wears a smile that won't come off. Mrs. H. Wilder and daughter have returned from a pleasant vacation spent in Chicago. Booker Jackson is visiting in Galesburg. The Thimble Circle gave a fish fry at the home of Mrs. S. Boulder, which was well attended. Mrs. B. E. Richardson has been quite ill with malarial fever. Mrs. S. Hazel leaves for Tennessee, where she will attend the National Basketball Association. Miss Pamela Lewis has been visiting in Fairbury, the past week. Miss V. Woods who has been the guest of Mrs. J. Ramey left this morning for Chicago. Mr. Ed. Skinner is enjoying a vacation after a busy summer. Mr. H. Gash can be seen riding behind a handsome turnout, which he has just purchased. The dance which was held in Central Hall, September 4, was well attended. Kewanee, Monmouth, Peoria and Chicago were represented among the many guests who thronged the hall. Tom Patton and Ray Wilder have returned after a pleasant visit spent in Chicago sightseeing. The employment bureau is almost unable to supply the demand for competent help. Iowa State Bystander on sale at Faulkner's newstand 3104 State street Chicago, Ill. ```markdown ``` Dr. Williams' Pink Pills Brought Relief, and Cure for Splitting Headaches as Well. Dr. Williams' Pink Pills, a remedy which has been before the American people for a generation, is still accomplishing wonderful results as is evidenced by the following interview with Mrs. Rachael Gardner, of Wilsey, Kans. "It was very strange," she says, "I never could tell what caused it and neither could anybody else. For a long time I had bed spells with my stomach. The pain would commence about my heart and was so deadly agonizing that I would have to scream aloud. Sometimes it would last several hours and I would have to laudanum to stop it. Besides this I had a headache almost constantly, day and night, that nearly cried me, so you see I suffered a great deal. And when I think of the agony I endured it still makes me shudder. "Doctors,' did you say? Their medicine made me sicker. I couldn't take it and I kept growing worse until a friend advised me to take Dr. Williams' Pink Pills, and I did. I began to feel better and was soon wholly converted to this wonderful medicine. It did me move good than I had ever hoped for. I kept on with the pills and now I recommend them to all who suffer." Dr. Williams' Pink Pills have cured ereccleses of indigestion, bloodlessness, ir duanza, headaches, buckaches, lumbago, sciatica, neuralgia, nervousness and spinal weakness. The genuine Dr. Williams' Pink Pills are guaranteed to be free from opiates or any harmful drugs and cannot injure the muscles, delicate system. At all drugists, or from the Dr. Williams Medicine Co., Schenectady, N.Y., postpaid on receipt of price, 50 cents per box, six boxes for $2.50. WHEN THE BED GOES 'ROUND But Smith Was Too Wise to Wait on the Procession. "That was an amusing story about the congressman who caught his bed the fourth time it came around. It reminded me," continued the narrator "of the first time I heard the bed phrase. It happened in Harrisburg, where I was then stationed, and it happened to a legislator whom I shall call Smith. "At the first session Smith became famous for his ability to comfortably carry more liquor than any other man in the legislature. At the opening of the second session some Philadelphiaans got together and put up a job on Smith. They arranged relays, so that when one party had enough another should take hold, and thus keep going until they had Smith down and out. Well, they began with Smith one evening, and after two relays had succumbed their successors noted with much satisfaction that Smith was mixing his beverages—they didn't know that was his custom, and he fooled them all. The bout continued all night and all of the next day, and when the second evening came Smith was the only man able to get away unaided. "Several days later I asked Smith how he got along after he reached his hotel. "When I got into my room," he replied, "I saw a procession of beds coming in my direction. I wabbed the first one, fell into it, and woke up the next afternoon."—Pittsburgh Chronicle Telegraph. As a Supplanter. The Mald—Do you think the automobile will ever supplant the horse. The Man—No; but it may supplant the mule in the course of time. One is fully as unreliable as the other. Hasty Nervous Chewing of Food the Cause of Dyspepsia If your teeth are fit, chew, chew, chew, until the food is liquid and insists on being swallowed. If teeth are faulty, soften Grape-Nuts with hot milk or cream, or allow to stand a minute soaking in cold cream. "There's a reason," as follows: Grape-Nuts food is in the form of hard and brittle granules, intended to be ground up by the teeth; that work not only preserves the teeth but brings down the saliva from the gums so necessary in the primary work of digestion. Many people say (and it is true) that when they eat Grape-Nuts they seem able to digest not only that food but other kinds which formerly made trouble when eaten without Grape-Nuts. Chewl! "There's a reason" for Grape Nuts KEEPSWATCH ON CUBA ROOSEVELT READY TO INTERVENE IF NECESSARY. PREPARED TO SEND ARMY Every Available Soldier Would Be Sent to Island to Quell Rebellion and Maintain a Stable Government. Washington.—President Roosevelt is keenly alive to the progress of the revolutionary movement in Cuba and the responsibility of the United States in case the conditions grow worse and intervention becomes necessary. It is known that the president will not intervene unless it appears absolutely necessary, yet steps have been taken which would make such intervention effective. The ships that have been sent to Cuba are there for the purpose only of protecting American interests and furnishing asylum for Americans who may be in danger from the warring factions. Actual intervention would mean the use of the army and all the available forces would no doubt be needed and will be ready if a serious situation develops. Under present conditions, the army has been kept in a better state of preparation than ever before, and will be ready if called upon. Correspondence between the president, the secretary of war and Gen. Bell, chief of staff, has provided for all contingencies. It is recognized that intervention would be no "holiday" matter, but that an army would be necessary and in case of intervention every available man would be used and will be sent to Cuba as fast as possible. Although no regular transports are available on the Atlantic coast, it is known where transports can be obtained as soon as needed. Secretary Taft has also been interested in everything that has been going forward, and it is believed that the Cuban situation has been the subject of correspondence between the president and the secretary. Under Platt Amendment. Authority for the intervention in Cuban affairs is contained in the third article of the Platt amendment, adopted by congress in the army appropriation bill of 1902, which reads: "That the government of Cuba consents that the United States may exercise the right to intervene for the preservation of Cuban independence, the maintenance of government adequate for the protection of life, property and individual liberty, and for discharging the obligations with respect to Cuba imposed by the treaty of Paris on the United States now to be assumed and undertaken by the government of Cuba. This, with the other provisions of the Platt amendment, were incorporated in the constitution of Cuba. Some weeks ago the Sixth and Twenty-first regiments of infantry were ordered home from the Philippines, it being stated that their tour of service in the Pacific Islands was completed. The return of these regiments upon three transports which sailed last winter for the Philippines will bring available troops to the Atlantic coast and also the transports which would be necessary if the Platt amendment is invoked. Warships for Cuban Waters. Washington. — President Roosevelt's policy of preparedness for any emergency in Cuba, so far as the immediate operation of war vessels is concerned, was announced at the state department Wednesday. It includes the arrival at Havana by night of the protected cruiser Denver and the gunboat maretta at Cienfugos some time Thursday. The cruiser Des Moines will remain at Key West until further orders. No Plans for Demonstration No Plans for Demonstration. In making public these acts Acting Secretary Bacon of the state department said that there was no disposition on the part of this government to make a demonstration in Cuban waters, but the insurrection had attained such proportions it had become necessary to take steps for the protection of American interests in Cuba. The department believes that for the present the Denver will be sufficient for all needs along the northern coast of Cuba and the Marietta for the southern coast. Independents Nominate Hearst New York. — In a harmonious and enthusiastic final session in Carnegie hall Wednesday night the state convention of the Independence league put into the field a straight ticket of state officers, headed by W. R. Hearst, to be voted for at the coming election. The delegates cheered for 33 minutes when Mr. Hearst appeared on the platform to make a brief speech of acceptance. His address aroused much enthusiasm. Split on Presbyterian Union Bloomington, IL.—A proposed three days' session of the Lincoln presbytery of the former Cumberland Presbyterian church at Stanford came to a sudden end when nearly one-half of the delegates repudiated the union. Shut 48 from Country. San Francisco—Quaranta officers refused landing to 48 persons on the steamer Siberia, which just arrived from the orient, who had unmistakable evidence of trachoma. Of these 27 were Japanese and 15 Hindus. Fraternal Union Meets Denver, Col.-The supreme lodges of the Fraternal Union of America convened here Tuesday for its third quadrennial session. F. P. Rose, of Denver, is supreme president and its headquarters are in this city. THE SHIP American Warship Sent to Key West, Where It Will Be Held in Readiness in Case of Trouble in Cuba. PULAJANES ATTACK TROOPS RUSH CAMP ON ISLAND OF LEYTE BUT ARE ROUTED. Assault Planned as Revenge for Punishment for Slaying of a Lieutenant. Manila. — In revenge for the punishment inflicted upon them by the regular troops for the killing of Lieut. Roscoe Treadwell, of the Philippine scouts, the Pulajanes attacked a detachment of the Twenty-fourth infantry (colored) on the night of the 10th, and before they could be driven back they killed two and wounded eight of the colored soldiers. Early on the evening of the 10th the band rushed the camp of Treadwell and succeeded in killing the officer. The colored troops came to the rescue and drove the fanatics from the field, killing and capturing a large number. The Twenty-fourth then went into camp near Bara, Leyte near the scene of the engagement. The band returned during the night, boloed the outposts and rushed the camp. In the confusion of the darkness the regulars were badly cut up before they realized that the Pulajanes were upon them. The colored troops were attacked in their tents, the natives slashing the canvas with bolos and falling upon the sleeping soldiers. The men of the Twenty-fourth were aroused by the shouts of their comrades, and went into the fight with their pistols and bayonets, and finally routed the Pulajanes, killing and wounding many of them. In the darkness a few of the Pulajanes escaped. CAMBRIDGE WINS BOAT RACE. Harvard Oarsmen Defeated in International Contest. Putney, England. — By the decisive distance of two lengths Cambridge won the great international boat race Saturday, stalling off by a steady, powerful stroke all Harvard's desperate spurts. The light blues had the advantage of the choice of stations, which gave them at least a length to the good, in consequence of the wind sheltered water on the Surrey side of the river. They got away ahead at the start, and were enabled to maintain their lead, and even increase it as soon as they reached the wind roughened water at Chiswick Eyot. It was a pretty race throughout. Big Anti-Trust Suit. New York—A suit involving damages of $8,000,000 which the United Fruit company is named as the defendant and which is based upon the alleged violation of the Sherman antitrust law, was filed in the United States circuit court Wednesday. The plaintiff is the American Banana company, a corporation organized under the laws of Alabama several years ago. The American Banana company charges that it has been damaged to the extent of $2,000,000 through the acts of the United Fruit company. The Sherman antitrust law provides that an injured party may collect triple damages. Washington. — The president has appointed Col. Culver C. Sniffin to be paymaster general of the army, to succeed Gen. Francis S. Dodge, who retired Tuesday. The new paymaster general has been in the service since March 3, 1877. Gen. Sniffin had been private secretary for Gen. Grant for several years, and few men now living have a more intimate knowledge of everything pertaining to the Grant administration than Gen Sniffin. St. Louis Police on Trial. St. Louis. — After several months of Jelay the trial of suspended Chief of Police Kiely was finally begun before the board of police commissioners Wednesday. The charges are neglecting his official duty. Lightning Strikes a Schoolhouse Marquette, Mich.—The schoolhouse at Three Lakes, Mich., was struck by lightning and completely wrecked. School was in session, but none of the pupils was killed. Several were made unconscious. To Extradite Alleged Slayer Denver, Col.—On request of District Attorney Stidger, Gov. McDonald issued requisition papers asking Gov. Gooding of Idaho for the extradition of Stephen Adams, to stand trial on the charge of murder. Veteran Insurance Man Dead Milwaukee—Joseph Phillips, aged 81 years, well known in fire insurance circles throughout the country, at one time mayor of Milwaukee, died Monday of general debility after a lingering Ollness. MAINE ELECTION VERY CLOSE Republican Plurality is Cut Into by the Democratic Vote. Portland, Mo.-Gov. William T. Cobb, of Rockland, Republican, standing on a platform devoted almost exclusively to a continuance of the prohibitory law of the state, was reelected Monday by a plurality of less than 8,000, with but few exceptions the smallest margin of votes ever given a Republican governor in the state of Maine. Cyrus W. Davis, of Waterville, the Democratic candidate for governor, polled one of the largest votes in the history of the party in this state. His issue in the campaign was the resumption of the liquor question which was incorporated in the state legislature four years ago. More interesting from a certain standpoint was the reelection of Congressman Charles E. Littlefield, Republican, in the Second district by a greatly reduced plurality. Congressman Littlefield's candidacy was the subject of bitter opposition on the part of Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, who asked for his defeat on the grounds that he had voted against certain labor measures at the last session of congress. The issue between Gompers and Littlefield was taken up by the Republican congressional committee and for three weeks the district has been the scene of a hard fight in which Secretary of War William H. Taft, Senator Lodge and Senator Beveridge and several congressmen were pitted against the head of the Federation of Labor. WINDSTORM SWEEPS ESCANABA Northern Michigan City Suffers Heavy Damage About Docks. Escanaba, Mich.-In one of the most severe windstorms that ever swept this district, damage amounting to several thousand, dollars was done late Tuesday afternoon about the docks and factories of the city. Two tramways, each 300 feet in length, connecting the northwestern ore docks were blown down and completely demolished. Two giant coal hoisting towers, each weighing 400 tons, on the docks of the Reisco Coal company, broke from their fastenings and were forced down the track for 300 feet, where they crashed into two stationary towers, badly damaging both runway hoists. Two sides of the brick boiler house of the Escanaba woodenware plant were blown in, damaging machinery and making it necessary to close down the plant until repairs can be made. Flea of "Not Guilty" for John D. Findlay, O. — A plea of "not guilty" has been entered in the probate court here by John D. Rockefeller on the charge of violating the anti-trust law through the Standard Oil company. Mr. Rockefeller was not personally in court." He pleaded through an attorney. The defendants in the cases against the pipe lines also pleaded not guilty in the same way and each demanded a separate trial by jury. Judge Banker adjourned until the first Monday in October in order to make this possible. The trials may not be started on that day, but it is expected that they will. Lightning Strikes a Schoolhouse. Marquette, Mich. — The school house at Three Lakes, Mich., was struck by Lightning and completely wrecked. School was in session, but none of the pupils was killed. Several were made unconscious, and Miss Irene Anderson, the teacher, was badly shocked. Her shoes were torn from her feet by the bolt of Lightning. Banquet to Speaker Cannon St. Joseph, Mich.—Eight hundred Republicans attended a banquet given in honor of Speaker Joseph G. Cannon here Wednesday evening. All of the Republican candidates for state offices were in attendance. Liberty Given the Humberts Paris.—The council of ministers authorized M. Clemenceau, minister of the Interior, to issue an order for the immediate release of Frederic and Theresa Humbert, under the conditional liberation law. Fatal Auto Accident New York—Mrs. Michael Kane and Mrs. James Quinn, cousing a street in Far Rockaway, were struck by an automobile. Mrs. Quinn died soon after being taken to a hospital. Her companion was slightly bruised. Kills Wife and Self Poughkeepsie, N. Y.-Raymond C. Rossman, aged 45 years. Monday night shot his wife at Hylee Park, killing her instantly. He then killed himself. Rossman had not been living with his wife for some time. One Hundred Marines Camp near President's Palace at Havana Action Was Not Authorized by Washington Officials — Almost Certain at American Power Will Have to Be Increased on the Island Tampa, Fla., Sept. 14.—A private cablegram received here last night from Cienfuegos, Cuba, states that marines from the United Squares gunboat Marietta were landed at that place yesterday to protect American interests. Havana, Sept. 14.—Commander Coll well late last night was shown an Associated Press dispatch from Washington stating that the sailors from the cruiser Denver had been ordered to return. He expressed great astonishment and said he had received no such order and added he believed that the department had not deciphered his code message explaining the situation. Washington, D. C., Sept. 14. It was officially announced here late last night that the 120 sailors who were landed at Havana from the American cruiser Denver have been ordered to immediately return to their vessel, save for a small guard which will be left at the American legation. This action followed the receipt of an official report by Acting Secretary Bacon from Mr. Sleeper, the American charge d'affaires at Havana, regarding the landing of men. The report was not made public, but it was announced officially afterward that the sailors were landed from the Denver solely and simply for the prosecution of the lives and property of American citizens; that such action was in pursuance of a discussion between Mr. Sleeper, the charge, and the naval commander with the belief that it was a wise precaution looking to the protection of the lives and property of the Americans. There was no intention, it is stated, to do otherwise than to safeguard American interests and the services of the sailors were to be utilized only in case of disorders within the city which threatened such interests. That the landing in any way contemplated the protection of either the Cuban government, or the insurrectionary government, of President Palma or any other persons than American citizens was disclaimed officially and it was pointed out that this fact could not be emphasized, too strongly. CAMP NEAR PALACE American Sailors Well Prepared for Trouble Havana, Sept. 14.—There are 120 sailors from the United States presented cruiser Denver camped in front of old La Fuente castle, facing the Plaza de Armas, the little park in front of the presidential palace, which is the seat of the Cuban government. The American flag is planted just inside of the low stone coping separating the castle grounds from O'Kelly street, which thoroughfare passes between the camp and the Plaza de Armas. The American sailors are armed with regulation rifles, with the exception of a few who carry revolvers or carbines. Two field howitzers and two rapid fire guns were sent ashore with the sailors and now point across the pretty little park, a significant warning to any one approaching the executive headquarters of the Cuban government with hostile intent. The Denver, which originally anchored far up the bay, dropped down last evening to a position ahead of the foot of O'Rielly street and in front of the offices of the captain of the port, so as to be conveniently near the detachment sent ashore, and close at hand in case of need. The whole business was done so quietly and quickly that it caused the greatest surprise. The reason for the sudden landing of the American sailors was a conference between President Palma, Cable Sleepe, and Commander Cowell yesterday afternoon. On the occasion of the latter's formal call upon President Palma, Mr. Sleepe asked the president the direct question whether he considered that the government was able to protect all American interests in Havana unadvised. The president replied that he hoped that the government would be able to do so, but himself suggested that it might be advisable as a measure of precaution in the interests of Americans as well as for the maintenance of order in general to land marines at some convenient point, suggesting the Plaza de Armas as the place. Mr. Sleeper and Commander Cowell, after a brief conference, decided that the landing should be made last evening, and at 5:30 o'clock the detachment, under command of Executive Officer Miller, began coming ashore with arms, ammunition and camp paraphernalia and took up a position commanding the approaches to the palace. Two hours later the commissary outfit followed with supper for the officers and men. OFFER TO SURRENDER Leaders of Rebellion Make Overtures To Americans. Havana, Sept. 14.—A very extraordinary incident in connection with the presence of an American force in Havana happened late last evening when Commander Collwell was approached by an accredited colleague of Alfredo Zasav president of the illitified party, and Gon. Lovzey del Castillo mander of the insurance forces in the vana province, with a signed offer from each of the men named to suppress their commands and hand over their arms to Commander Collwell on the sole condition that the United States government through him guarantee them fair and judicial trials. Commander Collwell accompanied by Charge d'Affaires Sleeper immediately carried the proposition to President Palma. The president was immensely pleased and asked Commander Collwell if he would accept the suppressors. Commander Collwell, in negative, but advised the president to communicate with the Washington government on the subject, which was done accordingly. STOP, W AND CONSIDER THE ALL-IMPORTANT FACT STOP, WOMAN! Many women suffer in silence and drift along from bad to worse, knowing full well that they ought to have immediate assistance, but a natural modesty impels them to shrink from exposing themselves to the questions and probable examinations of even their family physician. It is unnecessary. Without money or price you can consult a woman whose knowledge from actual experience is great. Many women suffer in silence and drift along from bad to worse, knowing full well that they ought to have immediate assistance, but a natura modesty impels them to shrink from exposing the selves to the questions and probable examinati of even their family physician. It is unnecesses Without money or price you can consult a wom whose knowledge from actual experience is gree Mrs. Pinkham's Standing Invitation: Women suffering from any form of female weakness are invited to promptly communicate with M. Pinkham at Lynn, Mass. All letters are receive opened, read and answered by women only. woman can freely talk of her private illness to woman; thus has been established the eterna confidence between Mrs. Pinkham and the women of America which has never been broken. Out of the vast volume of experience which she has to draw from, it is more than possible that she has gained the very knowledge that will help your case. She ask nothing in return except your good-will, and her advice has relieved thousands. Surely any woman, rich or poor, is very foolish if she does not take advantage of this generous offer of assistance. —Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co., Lynn, Mass. Women suffering from any form of female weakness are invited to promptly communicate with Mrs. Pinkham at Lynn, Mass. All letters are received, opened, read and answered by women only. A woman can freely talk of her private illness to a woman; thus has been established the eternal confidence in Mrs. Pinkham and the women of the vast volume of experience which she has to draw from, it is more than possible that she has gained the very knowledge that will help your case. She asks nothing in return except your good-will, and her advice has received thousands. Surely of great importance, she does not take advantage of this generous offer of assistance. -Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co., Lynn, Mass. SICK FOR TEN YEARS. Constant Backache, Dropy and Severe Bladder Trouble. Fred W. Harris, of Chestnut St., Jefferson, Ohp, says: "For over ten years I suffered from kidney disease. The third year my feet and hands would swell and remain puffed up for days at a time. I seemed to have a constant backache. Finally I got so bad that I was laid up in bed with several doctors years I suffered from kidney disease. The third year my feet and hands swell and remain puffed up for days at a time. I seemed to have a constant backache. Finally I got so bad that I was laid up in bed with several doctors in attendance. I thought surely I would die. I changed medicine and began using Doan's Kidney Pills when I was still in bed. The relief I found was so great that I kept on until I had taken about ten boxes. The kidney secretions became natural and after years of misery I was cured. I have increased in weight, and show no symptoms of my former trouble." Sold by all dealers. 50 cents a box. Sold by all dealers. 50 cents a box. Foster-Milburn Co, Buffalo, N. Y. But the defeated candidate doesn't care much what else happens. PUTNAM FADELLESS DYES color Silk, Wool and Cotton at one boiling, st, beautiful colors. 100 per package. Patience true is typifying, but it is also empowering. It does a work in us—a perfect worth.-Dr. McElveen. Facial. "Don't you think her face too thin?" "Well, I don't know. I can't see any place where it's worn through. Can you?"-Puck. Bound to Change A practical adviser gives the following remedy for a red nose: "Keep on drinking, and it will turn purple." That an article may be good as well as cheap, and give entire satisfaction, is proven by the extraordinary sale of Defiance Starch, each package containing one-third more Starch than can be had of any other brand for the same money. Seeking Only Bare Justice Creditor—So you've come around at last to pay me what you owe me, have you? Debtor—Not at all—just the contrary. You made a statement at the club last night that I owed you 600 marks. As a matter of fact the accounts show I only owe you 560. I've come around to collect that balance of 40. With a smooth iron and Defiance Starch, you can launder your shirt-walst just as well at home as the steam laundry can; it will have the proper stiffness and finish, there will be less wear and tear of the goods, and it will be a positive pleasure to use a Starch that does not stick to the iron. Twelve Good Rules. Speaking of rules: Do you remember or can you recollect the "Twelve Good Rules" of King Charles I.? They are worth pasting in your hat for daily perusal, in case you do not care to memorize them: 1. Urge no. healths. 2. Profane no divine ordinance. 3. Touch no state matters. 4. Reveal no secrets. 5. Pick no quarrels. 6. Make no comparisons. 7. Maintain no ill opinions. 8. Keep no bad company. 9. Encourage no vice. 10. Make no long meals. 11. Repeat no grievances. 12. Lay no wagers.—New York That in addressing Mrs. Pinkham you are confiding your private lits to a woman—a woman whose experience with women's diseases covers twenty-five years. present Mrs. Pinkham, is the daughter of Mrs. Pinkham, and for many years under her direction, and since her decease, her ad; ice has been freely given to sick women. Following we publish two letters from a woman who accepted this invitation. Note the result: First letter. Deer Mrs. Pinkham. "For eight years I have enforced something terrible every month. The pain are exacerbating and I can hardly touch them. My doctor says I have a secure female朋友 who is in the operation if I want to get well. I do not want to submit to it if I can possibly help it. Please tell me what to do. I hope you can relieve me."-Mrs. J. Hope can help B. and E. Capital Streets, Washington, D. C. Second letter, Dear Mrs. Pinkham: "After following carefully your advice, and taking Lydia B. 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Sheer white goods, in fact, any fine wash goods when new, owe much of their attractiveness to the way they are laundered, this being done in a manner to enhance their textile beauty. Home laundering would be equally satisfactory if proper attention was given to starching, the first essential being good Starch, which has sufficient strength to stiffen, without thickening the goods. Try Defiance Starch and you will be pleasantly surprised at the improved appearance of your work. Anything but Friendly. "You astonish me. Your engagement with Miss Welfell is broken, is it? Are the relations between you all friendly?" "I should say not! The relations be tween us are her relations, and they my bitter enemies."—Chicago Tribune. "Cut out hot cream of tartar biscuit" used to be a common, everyday remark among physicians when the cussing items of diet for their patients. But alum baking powder biscuits are never mentioned in this respect. Why? Because it's the cream of tartar that is objectionable and injurious, and yet there are some people who to-day continue to use the old cream of tartar baking powder, and wonder why they are always ailing. Differences. "You haven't the old buildings nor the development of the drama that we have," said the European. "No," answered the American. " suppose it's due to the fact that our building inspectors and police look at things differently." WOMAN! NT rift along that they are a natural posing them- examinations unnecessary. ultra a woman ance is great. vitation: female weak- ate with Mrs. are received, en only. A illness to a the eternal the women en. Out which she mble bridge and only if n- k- "As you know, I wrote you that my doctor said I must have an operation or a cure in life. I then wrote you, telling you my actions. I followed you, telling you and an amateur I took a walk miles without an arm or a pain, and I owe my life to you and to Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Council. I wish every suffering woman this testimonial and the value of caring to you and yourm."-Mary M. King, Bath and E. Capital Streets, Washington, D.C. When a medicine has been successful in restoring to health so many women whose testimony is so unquestionable, you cannot well say to me, "I do not believe, I will help me." If you are unable to hesitate to get a better Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound at once, and write Mrs. Pinkham, Lynn, Mass, for special advice it is free and always helpful HAY FEVER having used Perma for catarh and fever, I can recommend it to all who offering with the above diseases, I happy to be able to say it has helped wonderfully." — Mayme E. Smith. ```markdown ``` 222 E. Moulton Street, Columbus, Ohio. AY FEVER is endemic catarrh. It is caused by some irritating substances, such as cold or a summer month. It is generally right that the pollen of certain weeds flowers is the cause of it. range of locality seems to be the irrational cure. The use of Peruna, never, stimulates the nervous system and causes infections and sometimes carries the am through the hay fever season about an attack of the disease. large number of people rely upon ana for this purpose. Those who not find it convenient to change location do not do well to give Peruna a trial. has proven of priceless value to people. Lincoln as a Lawyer leader of the Lincoln party told other day in Philadelphia a story the astuteness of Lincoln as a lawyer. When Lincoln was practising law," said, "he had a case involving a putted will. The opposition claimed will was genuine and for several adduced proof of this. For Lincoln, who had to prove the will a story, things looked black. Lincoln, however, only called one illness, a retired paper manufacturer renowned the country over for wealth and probity. "Mr. Dash," Lincoln said to this illness, handing him the disputed will, "please hold that paper up to light and tell us what is the water mark on it." The water mark of my own firm Blank & Co., the witness answered. When did your firm begin to manufacture paper? In 1841. And what's the date of the document in your hands? "That is enough. Gentlemen of jury our case is closed." When Woman Isn't Young The report is that a local religious institution which is for "young women" has drawn the deadline of youth 25. Every woman over that age will be marked 23 and requested to wadoo. This is painful. It is unkind, that is worse, it is impracticable. We glad the task is to be performed women. No man nor set of men old ever have dared tackle such a problem—not they. This is simply another example of woman's inhumanity to woman. We have been told for many ages as a woman is as old as she looks and a man is as old as he feels. Just we say it with regret, most women look like 60 and most men feel like husselah. But the general rules a good one. It is a plain, unstable fact that women will decide to their age as long as possible and openly lie about it. There are any women who were born during ravages of the civil war who still am sweetly to be in the thirties. The natives of the Malay peninsula live in use the smallest current coin the world. It is a sort of water, due from the resinous juice of a fruit, and is worth about one-twenty usandth of a cent. HOW MANY OF US? I to Select Food Nature Demands to Ward Off Alliments. A Ky. lady, speaking about food, said, "I was accustomed to eating kinds of ordinary food until, for the reason, indigestion and nervous distraction set in. After I had run down seriously my motion was called to the necessity some change in my diet, and I dismantled my ordinary breakfast and ran using Grape-Nuts with a good nutty of rich cream. a few days my condition ged in a remarkable way, and I to have a strength that I had been possessed of before, a of body and a poise of mind amazed me. It was entirely new y experience. y former attacks of indigestion been accompanied by heat flashes, many times my condition was dis- ing, with blind spells of dizziness, of blood to the head and neural- tics in the chest. co using Grape-Nuts alone for that I have been free from these as except at times when I have as in rich, greedy foods. In lyth, then I would be warned by u under the left shoulder blade. less I heeded the warning the puble would come back, but I finally got to know where troubles originated I returned Grape-Nuts and cream and the id disturbance left very quickly, in now in prime health as a re- my use of Grape-Nuts." Name by Postum Co, Battle Crok, IOWA STATE NEWS Events of Recent Occurrence Throughout the Commonwealth. MYSTERY IN GIRL'S DEATH Telephone Girl From Eldora Passes Away at Des Moines. Des Moines.—Mystery that carries with it reminders of the famous Schofield murder case surrounds the death of Miss Irene Blydenburg, a handsome telephone operator of Eldora, which occurred in Des Moines under an assumed name, at the residence of M. Hillias, 1907 Clark street. Physicians who performed a hurried post-mortem at the request of County Attorney E. C. Seaton of Hardin county and Coroner Beck declare positively that "the examination reveals no signs of criminality and that death was the result of peritonitis," but Frank Blydenburgh, her brother, who reached the city five minutes after the examination was completed, declares he will investigate reports that his sister died as the result of a criminal operation or from other unnatural causes prior to her being placed in charge of physicians. The young woman is the daughter of Ebenezer F. Blydenburg, who is now in the state penitentiary serving sentence for killing his wife about three years ago. The girl has borne a good reputation in Eldora, strange facts and reports combine to make the case mystifying and startling. On the afternoon of the 7th the young woman, under the name of Irene Edwards, was taken from the Cook boarding house, $27 Sixth avenue, and was driven in a carriage, accompanied by Dr. E. G. Eadd, to the Hillas residence on Clark street. She was very sick, the disease being of a private nature, Dr. Gadd states, and physically bored her cab to the Hillas. Dr. W. W. Maple was called into consultation. Confined in this house the young woman grew worse until her death occurred shortly after noon of the 11th. She was cared for during this time by Dr. Gadd. Mystery entered the case when the police were notified by unknown persons late in the forenoon that an abortion was about to be performed in the Hillas home, and this mystery was deepened a few minutes later by another report from the same source that the operation had been performed. More mystery developed when Coroner Beck, until then unaware of the death, was informed over long distance telephone by County Attorney Seaton of Eldora that Miss Irene Blydenburg had died in Des Moines and that a thorough investigation was desired. Des Moines;—H. B. Dickinson, 1154 Twenty-third street, insurance solicitor for the American Life, was arrested at Corning on the 12th to answer for the murder of Irene Blydenburgh, the handsome one dead body was found under mysterious circumstances at the home of M. Hillas, 1597 Clark street, on the 11th. Dickinson, it is alleged, met the girl in Eldora; it got out with her in a carriage and what with drinking and with solicitation accomplished her ruin. He discovered her plight, so the girl claimed in her ante-mortem statement, and brought her to this city. Here she was under the gare of E. E. Gadd, hired, so Gad claims, by Dickinson, taken to the room in the Mrs. Cock boarding house, the rent of which was paid by Dickinson, so Mrs. Cock claims, and was then after an effort was made to save her life taken to the M. Hillias home, for a reason not yet divulged satisfactorily by the reticent physician. Des Moines:—Not satisfied with the arrest of H. B. Dickinson, charged with the murder of free Blydenburgh of Eldora, the Des Moines authorities are taking up further clues and will carry their investigations to the point where further arrests may be made. It was testified to before the grand jury on the 13th by Dr. E. G. Gadd, who has been sensationally mixed in the murder case, that H. B. Dickinson came to his office with another man who aided in arranging with Dr. Gadd for the care of the murdered girl. Who this man is has been disclosed to the police, and his connection with the case will be determined without delay. It is claimed he is a prominent lawyer in Des Monies, and to have been Dickinson's adviser in the entire Blydenburgh matter. Dickinson was arraigned on the 13th. He was taken to the justice court of Justice Duncan and there was met by his attorneys. He pleaded not guilty and when told that his bonds had been fixed at $5,000 he turned pale. 'My Go4, I can never raise that much,' he said. Upon default he was taken to the Polk county jail and there incarcerated in the St. Louis cell, a cell set apart for alleged murderers in criminal charges. He was the most serious bail he held Sept. 24. ROCKER FOUND GUILTY. Verdict of Conviction in First Degree Returned. Sibley.—The jury in the Rocker murder case, after deliberating fifteen hours, found Charles Rocker of murder in the first degree and recommended that he be imprisoned for life. The jury on the first ballot stood six for acquittal and six for conviction. For fifty or more ballots thereafter they were nine for conviction and three for acquittal, finally returning an agreement as above. Rocker was charged with the murder of August Schroeder in Lyon county in 1900. He afterwards married Schroeder's widow, who testified that she first learned of the crime by hearing Rocker talking in his sleep. Rocker was tried in Rock Rapids and was convicted May 1, 1901, and sentenced to hang, but a new trial was granted by the supreme court, this being the second hearing of the case. Loycaisk Youth Commits Suicide. Council Bluffs.—Returning, to his home from the carnival grounds after a brief meeting with his sweetheart, John W. Dolson, aged twenty-two, fired two bullets into his body just above the heart, and is expected to die. Despondency over a love affair gives the cause of his rash act. HAMMERY IS NAMED. But Says He Will Not Run For Gov- eron on Populi Ticket. Des Moines.—Alderman J. L. Hammery of Des Moines was nominated for governor by the people's party of Iowa at the state convention of that organization held at the Iowa hotel on the 11th. The alderman insists, however, that he will not be the party's candidate. The convention was well attended. A large number of representatives of organized labor and members of the Independence league co-operated with the populists in the gathering. The achievements of Mr. Hammery in fighting to purify the city of Des Moines and appealed strongly to the delegates said when his name was proposed it was greeted with genuine enthusiasm. The people's party congratulates its self upon the allegation that many of its tenets are rapidly being adopted in our governmental activities by the old parties in power. The populists, on the other hand, have no use for socialism and challenge the advocates of that doctrine to debate on the relative tenets of the two faiths. The populists of the convention was the essence of the Hon. L. H. Weller of Nashua, dubbed by the republicans many years ago as "Calamity" Weller. Mr. Weller is very sick at his home in Nashua. "His populist compatriots sent him a message of good cheer in the form of a nomination for supreme judge. He is still on his 340 acre farm near Nashua, in Chickasaw county. He has expended on $27,000 in the cause of populism in the last twelve years and in other ways has shown his faith in the policy of the state chairman, presided over the convention. S. M. Harvey of Des Moines was secretary BIG RAILROAD SCHEME Line From Alberta to Gulf Is Projected at Des Molines. Des Moines.—One of the most ambitious railroad projects of the twentieth century is being projected in Des Moines. A steam road connecting the great Canadian northwest by direct route with the Gulf of Mexico port is being projected by E. A. Harris and his associates in the Des Moines & Northern Railroad company and by Philadelphia capitalists now in the city. Alberta at the north and Port Royal, Texas, at the south and the two objective points of the gigantic curve. The road project would pass through Minneapolis, St. Paul, Des Moines, St. Louis, Louisville, Ky., and through the richest of the Mississippi valley country. None of the promoters of the lne is willing to give mush information concerning it, but it is known the eastern capitalists are much interested in the project. Their agents are now at work in cities along the proposed route. J. W. Keneval and W. H. Cogswell are now in Des Moines on this matter. DELTA FIRE LOSS $25,000 Principal Buildings and Stores Wiped Out. Oskaloosa,—Delta suffered a $25,000 loss in the business section at 3 a'clock on the morning of the 11th by fire originating in Hunt's restaurant. The only means of fighting the flames was a volunteer bucket brigade, but the building burned so rapidly little could be saved. The principal losses are: Hunt's restaurant, $1,000; J. D. Randall, $1,500; Reid & Son clothing stock, $5,000; Reid & Son, building, $1,500; Wharton, building and stock, $4,000; Whistler, building, $1,500; B. A. Johnson, building, $1,200; damage on east side of street, $3,000. The amount of insurance carried is not known. Drowned in Snallow Water. Iowa City.—Two boys, Glenn and Wayne Flynn, aged ten and twelve years, were drowned in Hovels creek near Riverside. The boys were in wading when one slipped into a deep hole. In attempt to rescue him the other was trapped in. In the struggle both were drowned. The bodies were recovered some later. The parents are proscribed. Marsh to Succeed Walsh Waterloo—Information from a private source, but known to be authentic, is to the effect that W. W. Marsh of Waterloo will be appointed national committee to fill vacancy caused by resignation of Charles A. Walsh. Oil at Maguoketa. Maquekea—Great experience prevails in Maquekea over the alleged discovery of oil on the farm of Samuel Earle. Samples of the oil are being exhibited in the stores and it is said to be of an excellent quality. Found Dead In Bed. Cedar Rapids—Joseph Pendelcek, a young man twenty-five years of age, was found dead in bed by his roommate with two bullet holes in his right temple. No cause is known for the rash act. Diffls Fail Cuts Oceophagus Davenport—Harry Pohlmann, a sixteen-year-old, accidentally shot himself with a rifle while in the base shootings rats. The bullet penetrated the oesophagus, barely missing the windbite. Shoe Thief Captured. Muscleman.—Frank Holf, the robber who broke into the North Star shop store in Davenport, was caught in a car and driving the shoes which he had stolen. Crazed By Drink. **Council Buffalo—Crashed by the** **objects of too much drink.** John Ward fired two of children in a revolver into the street, but hit no one. Tetanus Ends Garl's Life Clinton. - Mary Schurchard, a. 12 year-old girl, died of tetanus caused by stepping on a rusty nail, some time ago and blood poison resulted. The Age of Lead. We are wont to speak of this era as the "age of iron," and there is no gainstaying that, industrially speaking, iron is a "precious metal." Nevertheless, few people realize how useful, if not absolutely necessary, to modern civilization, is that other metal, lead. Soft, yielding, pliable, it is not much like its sister metal, but those distinguishing qualities are what give it such a prominent place in the cyds and industries. Modern plumbing, requiring many turnings and twistings, but withal tight joints, would be almost impossible without lead pipe. The greatest civilizing agent in the world—the printing art—is absolutely dependent on lead. Hand-set type, lintotype "slugs," monotype type—all are made of compositions of which lead is the chief component—to say nothing of the bearings in the presses as well as all other kinds of machinery in which "babbitt" metal is used. Solder is another lead product—what a field of usefulness that one form opens up. Then there is the most important use of all to which lead is put—paint, that necessary material which keeps our houses looking pretty—inside and out—and preserves them from decay. How many of us thank metallic lead for the comforts of paint? Yet the best house paint is nothing but metallic lead corroded by acid to a white powder known as "white lead." Of course, there are many imitations of "white lead," some of which are sold as white lead and some which are offered by the name of ready-prepared paint under the familiar pretense that they are "just as good" as white lead. But all good paint is made of the metal, lead, corroded and ground to a fine white powder and mixed with flushed oil. White lead is also used in the coating of fine oil cloths and for many purposes besides paint. "Red lead" is another product of metallic lead and is what is known as an oxide of lead, being produced by burning the metal. Red lead is the best paint known to preserve iron, steel or tin, and is used largely in painting metal structures, such as skyscraper skeletons, mills and bridges. There are many other products of the metal lead, such as litharge, orange mineral, etc., which are essential to many of the arts in which we never imagine that lead would be of the least use. Verily, we live in an age of lead as well as of iron. States of Brazil. Digitally, Brazil is divided into 21 states (including the federal district), out of unequal is the division that three of these embrace practically her entire lowlands, as well as a portion of the western uplands, and exceed n area the remaining 18, which lie within the highland-1 region, except or their narrow margins upon the coast. These latter, however, contain more than 96 per cent. of the population. TERRIBLE SCALY ECZEMA. Eruptions Appeared on Chest, and Face and Neck Were All Broken Out—Cured by Cuticura. "I had an eruption appear on my chest and body and extend upwards and downwards, so that my neck and face were all broken out; also my arms and the lower limbs as far as the knees. I at first thought it was prickly heat. But soon scales or crusts formed where the breaking out was. Instead of going to a physician I purchased a complete treatment of the Cuticura Remedies, in which I had great faith, and all was satisfactory. A year or two later the eruption appeared again, only a little lower; but before it had time to spread I procured another supply of the Cuticura Remedies, and continued their use until the cure was complete. It is now five years since the last attack, and have not seen any signs of a return. I have more faith in Cuticura Remedies for skin diseases than anything I know of. Emma E. Wilson, Liscomb, Iowa, Oct. 2, 1905." Tact. He had crossed her and she was in a dangerous mood. "See!," she blissed, pointing her finger at him, "see how you have worked up my feelings. Why, I am purple with rage." But the young man only smiled. "So becoming," he mused, softly. "What is becoming, sir?" "Why, the purple. It just matches that purple waist you have on." And the next moment she was at smiles and telling her girl friends that George was the clearest chap in the world. Superb Service, Spilendid Scooner en route to Niagara Falls, Muskok, and Kawartha Lakes, Georgian Bay and Temegami Region St. Lawrence River and Rapids, Thousand Islands Alquonquin National Park, White Mountains and Atlantic Sea Coast resorts via Grand Trunk Railway System Double track Chicago to Montreal and Niagara Falls, N. Y. For copies of tourist publications and descriptive pamphlets apply to Goo W, Vanx, A. G. P. & T. A., 121 Adams St, Chicago. Parasols for Parisian Horses The Paris john, not noted for the curvy he shows his horse, is of the brunon that the sunhouset is too he for the horse. Therefore, some of the horses have provided their animal with parasols, strapped to their nails. War on Liquor and Tobacco. The Kansos Anti-Liquor Society has adopted a new plan to fight the liquor industry by making from a recipe for the liquor the formula for the liquor given directly in colony or boot. Also one to force the liquor that can be given solely. The only reason they make that you not so call the recipes, but give them to the people. The address from the Gray John Kansas City, M. Charmed for Using French. Charmed to him, a girl in a hotel recent evening in his bill. It is as easy to find a friend as to lose an enemy. Physicians Recommend Castoria CASTORIA has met with pronounced favor on the part of physicians, pharmaceutical societies and medical authorities. It is used by physicians with results most gratifying. The extended use of Castoria is unquestionably the result of three facts: First—The indisputable evidence that it is harmless: Second—That it not only allays stomach pains and quiets the nerves, but assimilates the food: Third—It is an agreeable and perfect substitute for Castor Oil. It is absolutely safe. It does not contain any Opium, Morphine, or other narcotic and does not stupefy. It is unlike Soothing Syrups, Bateman's Drops, Godfrey's Cordial, etc. This is a good deal for a Medical Journal to say. Our duty, however, is to expose danger and record the means of advancing health. The day for poisoning innocent children through greed or ignorance ought to end. To our knowledge, Castoria is a remedy which produces composure and health, by regulating the system—not by stupefying it—and our readers are entitled to the information.—Hall's Journal of Health. 900 DROPS CASTORIA A Vegetable Preparation for Assimilating the Food and Regulating the Stomachs and Bowels of INFANTS & CHILDREN Promotes Digestion. Cheerfulness and Rest. Contains neither Opium, Morphine nor Mineral. NOT NARCOTIC. Ripe of Old Dr. SAUCEL PITZER Pumpkin Seed - Milkweed - Bobble Salts - Anise Seed - Lycium - Hiburtinone-Soda + Worm Seed - Cinnamon Mugger - Whiskey Green Flavor. Aperfect Remedy for Constipation, Sour Stomach, Diarrhoea, Worms, Convulsions, Feverishness and Loss of SLEEP. Fae Simile Signature of Charles Fletcher NEW YORK. At 30 months old 35 DROPS = 35 CANS EXACT COPY OF WRAPPER. His Scheme Worked. It is related that a certain man was recently very sad because his "we" had gone out of town on a visit, which she would not shorten in spite of his appeals to her to come home. He finally hit upon a plan to induce her to return. He sent her a copy of each of the local papers with one item clipped out, and when she wrote to find out what it was he had clipped out he refused to tell her. The scheme worked admirably! In less than a week she was home to find out what it was that had been going on that her husband didn't want her to know about. -Pittsburgh Press. Subject for Another Lecture "Oh, dear," exclaimed Mrs. Stapdash, when they were finally scaled in the carriage. "I've only got one of my carrings on. I left the other on my dressing table." "Huh!" gritted her husband, "just like my lectures on your carelessness—in one ear and out the other." DODD'S KIDNEY PILLS FOR ALL KIDNEY DISEASES CURES RUTINUM SILICICUM BRIGHTEN DISEASES DIABETES BACKWARDS Please discontinue the use of this product because it causes irritation. The public may rely on the public relief services sold only in the town. a section Improved Farm in the Clover and Dairy section in Central Minnesota—newly built frame buildings. For immediate acceptance, will pool buildings. For immediate acceptance, will test easy terms. Come at once. TIOMAS L. SMEK, owner. 30% Jackson Street, opposite Merchants Hotel, St. Paul, Minnesota. Among the ladies no other medicine has ever had so strong a following, because, excepting pura air and exercise, it is the source of more beautiful complexions than any other agency, as Lane's Family Medicine the toxic-lacticive. It puts pure blood in the veins, and no woman can be homely when the rich, red blood of health courses in her veins. Sold by all dealers at 90, and 50c. READERS of this paper designate it to buy copy things in the columns should insist upon having what they ask for, refusing all substitutes or imitations. N. U., DES MOINES, NO. 37, 1906. Letters from Prominent Physicians addressed to Chas. H. Fletcher. Dr. B. Halstead Scott, of Chicago, Ill., says: "I have prescribed your Castoria often for infants during my practice, and find it very satisfactory." Dr. William Belmont, of Cleveland, Ohio, says: "Your Castoria stands first in its class. In my thirty years of practice I can say I never have found anything that so filled the place." Dr. J. H. Taft, of Brooklyn, N. Y., says: "I have used your Castoria and found it an excellent remedy in my household and private practice for many years. The formula is excellent." Dr. R. J. Hamlen, of Detroit, Mich., says: "I prescribe your Castoria extensively, as I have never found anything to equal it for children's troubles. I am aware that there are imitations in the field, but I always see that my patients get Fletcher's." Dr. Wm. J. McCram, of Omaha, Neh., says: "As the father of thirteen children I certainly know something about your great medicine, and aside from my own family experience I have in my years of practice found Castoria a popular and efficient remedy in almost every home." Dr. J. R. Clausen, of Philadelphia, Pa., says: "The name that your Castoria has made for itself in the tens of thousands of homes blessed by the presence of children, scarcely needs to be supplemented by the endorsement of the medical profession, but I, for one, most heartily endorse it and believe it an excellent remedy." Dr. R. M. Ward, of Kansas City, Mo., says: "Physicians generally do not prescribe proprietary preparations, but in the case of Castor a my experience, like that of many other physicians, has taught me to make an exception. I prescribe your Castoria in my practice because I have found it to be a thoroughly reliable remedy for children's complaints. Any physician who has raised a family, as I have, will join me in heartiest recommendation of Castoria." GENUINE CASTORIA ALWAYS Bears the Signature of Charles H. Hitchens. The Kind You Have Always Bought In Use For Over 30 Years. THE CENTAUR COMPANY, TT MURRAY STREET, NEW YORK CITY. IMPROVED BLACK FARMS $25 to $35 PER ACRE. Produces 10 bushels oats, 35 wheat, 75 corn. BEST LAND IN Oklahoma Territory. Rising rapidly. Unimproved Lands one third the price. Wear day. HOOVER BROS., Hobart, O.T. Railroad Fare refunded to each purchaser. PILES NO MONEY TIL CURED • SEND FOR FREE ILUS. TREATIES ON BECAL • DRS. THORNTOON & MINOR-1031 OAM ST. KANSAS CITY, MO. (MAIN OFFICE AT 31 LOUISIANA) MAKE EVERY DAY COUNT- no matter how bad the weather. 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It is caused by some irritating substance in the atmosphere during the late summer month. It is generally known to cause weaken plants and flowers is the cause of it. Change of locality seems to be the only rational cure. The use of Peruna, however, stimulates the nervous system and causes emanations and sometimes carries the victim through the hay fever season without an attack of the disease. It is usually upon Peruna for this purpose. Those who do not find it convenient to change their location to avoid Hay Fever, it is caused by Peruna a trial. It has proven of prickless value to many people. Lincoln as a Lawyer. ▲ leader of the Lincoln party told the other day in Philadelphia a story of the autumnness of Lincoln as a lawyer. “When Lincoln was practising law,” he said, “he had a case involving a disputed will. The opposition claimed the will was genuine and for several hours adduced proof of this. For Lincoln, who had to prove the will a forgery, things looked black. Lincoln, however, only called one witnessed paper manufacturer, renowned the country over for his wealth and probity. “Mr. Dash,” Lincoln said to this witness, handing him the disputed will, “please hold that paper up to the light and tell us what is the word mark on it.” “The water mark of my own firm Blank & Co., the witness answered. “When did your firm begin to manufacture paper?” “In 1841.” “And what’s the date of the document in your hands?” "That is enough. Gentlemen of the jury our case is closed." When Woman Isn't Young. The report is that a local religious institution which is for "young women" has drawn the deadline of youth at 35. Every woman over that age will be marked 23 and requested to skiddoo. This is painful. It is unkind. What is worse, it is impractical. We are glad the task is to be performed by women. No man nor set of men would ever have dared tackle such a problem—not they. This is simply another example of woman's inhumanity to women. We have been told for many ages that a woman is as old as she looks and a man is as old as he feels. Just now, we say it with regret, most women look like 60 and most men feel like Methuselah. But the general rule uses a good one. It is a plain, unpalatable fact that women will deceive as to their age as long as possible and then openly lie about it. There are many women who were born during the ravages of the civil war who still claim sweetly to be in the thirties. The natives of the Malay peninsula have in use the smallest current coin in the world. It is a sort of wafer, made from the resinous juice of a tree, and is worth about one-twenty thousandth of a cent. HOW MANY OF US? Fall to Select Food Nature Demands to Ward Off Ailments. A Ky, lady, speaking about food, says: "I was accustomed to eating all kinds of ordinary food until, for some reason, indigestion and nervous presentation set in. "Afterward, I down seriously the necessity of some change in my diet, and I discontinued my ordinary breakfast and began using Grape-Nuts, with a good quantity of rich cream. "In a few days my condition changed in a remarkable way, and I begin to have a strength that I had never been possessed of before, a vigor of body and a poise of mind that amazed me. It was entirely new in my experience. "My former attacks of indigestion had been accompanied by heat flashes, and many times my condition was distressing, with blind spells of dizziness, rush of blood to the head and neuralgic pains in the chest. "Since using Grape-Nuts alone for breakfast I have been free from these troubles, except at times when I have indulged in rich, greasy foods. in quantity, then I would be warned a pain in the left shoulder and an indigestion I headed the warning the old trouble would come back, but when I finally found out where these troubles originated I returned to my Grape-Nuts and cream and pain and disturbance left very quickly. "I am now in prime health as a result of my use of Grape-Nuts." Name given by Postum Co. Battle Cre & Milek IOWA STATE NEWS Events of Recent Occurrence Throughout the Commonwealth. MYSTERY IN GIRL'S DEATH. HAMMERY IS NAMED. Telephone Girl From Eldora Passes Away at Des Moines. But Bays He Will Not Run For Go Des Moines.—Mystery that carried with it reminders of the famous Scholarly murder case surrounds the death of Miss Irene Blydenburg, a handsome telephone operator of Eldora, which occurred in Des Moines under an assumed name, at the residence of M. Hillias, 1907 Clark street. Physicians who performed a hurried post-mortem at the request of County Attorney E. C. Seaton of Hardin county and Coroner Beck declare positively that "the examination reveals no signs of criminality and that death was the result of peritonitis" but Frank Blydenburgh, her brother, who reached the city five minutes after the examination was completed, declares he will investigate reports that his sister died as the result of a criminal operation or from other unnatural causes prior to her being placed in charge of physicians. The young woman is the daughter of Ebenezer F. Blydenburg, who is now in the state penitentiary sentence for killing his wife about three years ago. The girl has borne the name of Eldora, strange facts and reports to take the case mystifying and startling. On the afternoon of the 7th the young woman, under the name of Irene Edwards, was taken from the Cook boarding house. 827 Sixth avenue, and was driven in a carriage, accustomed to the Hills residence on Clark Hill. She was very sick, the disease being of a private nature, Dr. Gadd states, and the physician carried her from the cab to the Hills home. Dr. W. W. Maple was called into consultation. Confined in this house the young woman grew worse until her death occasioned an aerial moon of the Hills She was cared for during this time by Dr. Gadd. Mystery entered the case when the police were notified by unknown persons late in the forenoon that an abortion was about to be performed in the courthouse. The police deepened a few minutes later by another report from the same source that the operation had been performed and that the girl was dead. More mystery developed when Coronor Beck, a police officer informed over long distance telephone by County Attorney Seaton of Eldora that Miss Irene Blydenburg had died in Des Moines and that a thorough investigation was desired. Des Moines: B. Dickinson, 1154 Tampa: B. Street, finance solicitor for the American Life, was arrested at Corning on the 12th to answer for the murder of Irene Blydenburgh, the handsome telephone operator of Eldora, whose dead body was found under mysterious circumstances at the Villas, 1507 Clark street, on the 13th. Dickinson, it is alleged, met the girl in Eldora; there got out with her in a carriage and what with drinking and with solicitation accomplished her ruin. He discovered her plight, so the girl claimed in her ante-mortem statement, and brought her to this city. He had been hired, so E. Haddock hired, so Gad claims, by Dickinson, taken to the room in the Mrs. Cook boarding house, the rent of which was paid by Dickinson, so Mrs. Cook claims, and was then after an effort was made to save-her life taken to the M. Hillas home, for a reason not yet divulged satisfactorily by the reticent physician. Des Molens—No evidence with the arrest of the Dickinson, charged the murder of Irene Blydenburgh of Boldora, the Des Molens authorities are taking up further clues and will carry their investigations to the point where further arrests may be made. It was testified to before the grand jury on the 13th by Dr. E. G. Eadd, who has been sentenced to the murder of the defendant H. B. Dickinson his office with another man who aided in arranging with Dr. Gadd for the care of the murdered girl. Who this man is has been disclosed to the police, and his connection with the case will be determined when it is claimed he is a defendant lawyer in Des Moines he is a defendant lawyer in the entire Blydenbush matter. Dickinson was arraigned on the 13th. He was taken to the justice court of Justice Duncan and there was met by his attorneys. He guilty and when told that his bonds had been fixed at $5,000 he turned "My God, I can never raise that much," he said. Upon default he was taken to the Polk county pall and there incarcerated in the St. Louis cell, a cell as apart for alleged murderers and for criminals charged with the most serious crimes. His preliminary hearing will be held Sept. 24. ROCHER FOUND GUILTY. Verdict of Conviction in First Degree Returned. Sibley.—The jury in the Rocker murder case, after deliberating fifteen hours, found Charles Rocker of murder in the first degree and recommended that he be imprisoned for life. The jury on the first ballot stood six for acquittal and six for conviction. For fifty or more ballots thereafter, they were nine for conviction and three for acquittal, finally return on agreement as above. ing. Rocker was charged with the murder of August Schroeder in Lyon county in 1900. He afterward married Schroeder's widow, who testified that she first learned of the crime by hearing Rocker talking in his sleep. Recker was tried in Rock Rapals and was convicted May 1, 1944, and sentenced to hang, but a new trial was granted by the supreme court, this being the second hearing of the case. Lovesik Youth Commits Suicide. Council Buffs—Returning, to his home from the carnival grounds after a brief meeting with his sweetheart, John W. Bolson, aged twenty-two, find two bullets into his body just above the heart, and is expected to die. Despondency over a love affair was the cause of his rash act. HAMMERY IS NAMED. But Says He Will Not Run For Gov error on Population Ticket Des Moines—Alderman J. L. Hammery of Des Moines was nominated for governor by the people's party of Iowa at the state convention of that organization held at the Iowa hotel on the 11th. The alderman insists, that he will not be the party's candidates. The convention was well attended. A large number of representatives of organized labor and members of the Independence league co-operated with the populists in the gathering. The populists were fighting to purify the city of Des Moines had appealed strongly to the delegates and when his name was proposed it was greeted with genuine enthusiasm. People's party congratulates itself upon the allegation that many of its tenets are rapidly being adopted in our governmental activities by the old parties in power. The populists, on the other hand, have no use for the challenge to advocate of that doctrine challenge to the relative tenets of the two faiths. One of the features of the convention was the absence of the Hon. L. H. Weller of Nashua, dubbed by the incumbents many years ago as "Catholicism's stick at his home in Nashua." His populist compatriots sent a message of good cheer in the form of a nomination for supreme judge. He is still on his 340 acre farm near Nashua, in the state of Vermont, more than $2,000 in the cause of populism in the last twelve years and is other ways has shown his faith in the principles of that organization. J. R. Norman of Alibia, who was reelected chairman, presided over the convention. Harvey of DeMoes was secretary. BIG RAILROAD SCHEME. Line From Alberta to Gulf Is Projected at Des Moines. Des Moines.—One of the most ambitious railroad projects of the twentieth century is being projected in Des Moines. A steam road connecting the great Canadian northwest by direct route with the Gulf of Mexico ports is being projected by E. A. Harris and his associates in the Des Moines & Northern Railroad company and by Philadelphia capitalists now in the city. Alberta at the north and Port Royal, Texas, at the south are two objective points in the benignicable railroad scheme. The road as projected would pass through Minneapolis, St. Paul, Des Moines, St. Louis, Louisville, Ky., and through the richest of the Mississippi valley country. None of the promoters of the lne is willing to give gush information concerning it, but it is known the eastern part are much more involved in the project. Their agents are now at work in cities along the proposed route. J. W. Keneval and W. H. Cogswell are now in Des Moines on this matter. DELTA FIRE LOSS $25,000. Principal Buildings and Stores Wiped Out Oksalaosa — Delta suffered a $25,000 loss in the loss of the 3 a 0'clock on the morning of the 11th by fire originating in Hunt's restaurant. The only means of fighting the flames was a volunteer bucket brigade, but the building burned so rapidly little could be saved in Hunting Lake. Hunt's restaurant, $1,000, J. B. Randall, building, $1,500, Reid & Son, clothing stock, $1,500, Reid & Son, building, $1,500, Wharton, building and stock, $4,000, Whistler, building, $1,500, B. A. Johnson, building, $1,200, damage on east side of street, $3,000. The amount of insurance carried is not known. Drowned in Slowwater. Iowa City — Two boys, Glenn and Wayne Flynn, aged ten and twelve years, were drowned in Hovels creek near Riverside. The boys were in wadding when one slipped into a deep hole. In attempting to rescue him the other was dragged in. In the struggle both were dragged in. The children were recovered some hours later. The parents are prostrated. Marsh to Succeed Walsh. Waterloo—Information from a private source, but known to be authentic, is to offer the job. Walsh will be appointed natural committee to fill vacancy caused by resignation of Charles A. Walsh. Oil at Maguoketa. Maquoketa.-Great excitement prevails in Maquoketa over the alleged discovery of oil on the farm of Samuel Earle. Samples of the oil are being exhibited in the stores and it is said to be of an excellent quality. Found Dead in Bed. Cedar Rapids.—Joseph Pendelick, a young man twenty-five years of age, was found dead in bed by his roommate with two biel ball holes in his right temple. No cause is known for the rash act. Rifle Ball Cuts Oesophagus. Davenport—Harry Pohlmann, a sixteen-year-old lad, accidentally shot himself with a rifle while in the barn shooting rats. The bullet penetrated the phragmites, blindly missing the windpipe. Shoe Thief Captured. Muscatine—Frank Holf, the robber who broke into the North Star shop store, caught in a nightlight caught in the sneethee. He was paddling the shoes which he had stolen. Crazed By Drink Council Bluffs—Grazed by the effects of too much drink, John Ward fired two shots to a revolver into a crowd of children playing on the street, but hit no one. Tetanus Ends Gaci's Life. Clinton—Mary Schurchard, a 12-year-old girl, died of tetanus caused by stepping on a rusty nail some time ago and blood poison resulted. The Age of Lead. We are wont to speak of this era as the "age of iron," and there is no minimum industry, speaking iron is a "specimen" metal. Nevertheless, few people realize how useful, if not absolutely necessary, to modern civilization, is that other metal, lead. Soft, yielding, pliable, it is not much like its sister metal, but, those distinguishing qualities are what give it such a prominent place in the arts and industries. Modern plumbing, requiring many tunnels, would, but with slight tight joints, would be impossible without lead pipe. The greatest civilizing agent in the world—the printing art—is absolutely dependent on lead. Hand-set type, linotype "slugs," monotype type—all are made of compositions of which lead is the chief component—to say nothing of the bearings in the presses as well as all other kinds of machinery in the industry. Solder is another lead product—what a field of usefulness that one form opens up. Then there is the most important use of all to which lead is put—paint, that necessary material which keeps our houses looking pretty—inside and out—and preserves them from decay. There is many of us thank metallic lead for the comforts of paint? Yet the best house paint is nothing but metallic lead corroded by acid to a white powder known as "white lead." Of course, there are many imitations of "white lead," some of which are sold as white lead and some which are offered by the name of ready-prepared paint under the familiar pretense that they are "just as good" as white lead. But all good paint is made of the metal, lead, corroded and mixed with metallic lead powder and mixed with linseed oil. White lead is also used in the coating of fine oil cloth and for many purposes besides paint. "Red lead" is another product of metallic lead and is what is known as an oxide of lead, being produced by burning the metal. Red lead is the best paint known to preserve iron, steel or tin, and is used largely in painting metal structures, such as skyscraper skeletons, mills and bridges. They are many other products of the metal lead, such as litharge, orange mineral, etc., which are essential to many of the arts in which we never imagine that lead would be of the least use. Verily, we live in an age of lead as well as of iron. States of Brazil. Politically, Brazil is divided into 21 states (including the federal district), but so unequal in the division that three of these embrace practically her entire lowlands, as well as a portion of the western uplands, and exceed in area the remaining 18, which lie within the highland region, except their narrow margins upon the coast. These latter, however, contain more than 96 per cent. of the population. TERRIBLE SCALY ECZEMA. Eruptions Appeared on Chest, and Face and Neck Were All Broken Out—Cured by Cuticura. "I had an eruption appear on my chest and body and extend upwards and downwards, so that my neck and face were all broken out; also my arms and the lower limbs as far as the knees. I at first thought it was prickly heat. But soon scales or crusts formed where the breaking out was. Instead of going to a physician I purchased a complete treatment of the Cuticula Remedies, in which I had great faith, and all was satisfactory. A year or two later the eruption appeared and stood lower, but before it had time to spread I procured another supply of the Cuticula Remedies, and continued their use until the ore was complete. It is now five years since the last attack, and have not seen any signs of a return. I have more faith in Cuticula Remedies for skin diseases than anything I know of. Emma E. Wilson, Liscomb, Iowa, Oct. 1, 1905." **Tact.** He had crossed her and she was in a dangerous mood. "See!!" she bissed, pointing her finger at him, "see how you have worked up my feelings. Why, I am purple with rage." But the young man only smiled. "So becoming," he mused, softly. "What is becoming, sir?" "Why, the purple. It just matches that purple wail you have on." And the next moment she was all smiles and telling her girl friends that George was the clearest chap in the world. Superb Service, Splendid Scenery en route to Niagara Falls, Muskoka and Kawartha Lakes, Georgian Bay and Temegamil Region, St. Lawrence River and Rapids, Thousand Islands Algonquin National Park, White Mountains and Atlantic Sea Coast resorts via Grand Trunk Railway System to Montreal and Niagara Falls, N. Y. For copies of tourist publications and descriptive pamphlets apply to Goo, W. Vaux, A. G. P. & T. A., 135 Adams St, Chicago. Parasols for Parisian Horses. The Paris Paris, not noted for the mercy he shows his horse, is of the opinion that the sunbonnet is too hot for the beast. Therefore, some of the dwarves have provided their animal with parasols, strapped to their heads. War on Liquor and Tobacco. The Kansas Anti-Liquor Society, in a new book titled Liquor Cruelty, is making free a recipe for the one of the habit ailment. It can be given in coffee or tea, but also one to a coffee. The only request they make is that you do not sell the recipes, but give cookies to friends. Their address is 108, Gray John, Kansas City, Mt. Charred for Using French. For a similar French to him, a glamorous hotel room (which was excavated in his bill) Physicians Recommend Castoria CASTORIA has met with pronounced favor on the part of physicians, pharmaceutical societies and medical authorities. It is used by physicians with results most gratifying. The extended use of Castoria is unquestionably the result of three facts: First—The indisputable evidence that it is harmless: Second—That it not only allays stomach pains and quiets the nerves, but assimilates the food: Third—It is an agreeable and perfect substitute for Castor Oil. It is absolutely safe. It does not contain any Opium, Morphine, or other narcotic and does not stupefy. It is unlike Soothing Syrups, Bateman's Drops, Godfrey's Cordial, etc. This is a good deal for a Medical Journal to say. Our duty, however, is to expose danger and record the means of advancing health. The day for poisoning innocent children through greed or ignorance ought to end. To our knowledge, Castoria is a remedy which produces composure and health, by regulating the system—not by stupefying it—and our readers are entitled to the information.—Hall's Journal of Health. 900 DROPS CASTORIA Vegetable Preparation for Assimilating the Food and Regulating the Stomachs and Bowels of INJANTS OF CHILDREN Promotes Digestion, Cheerfulness and Rest. Contains neither Opium, Morphine nor Mineral. NOT NARCOTIC. Origin of Old Dr. SIMULFITTER Papain Sweet - Dr. Sweet - Mahalo Sweet - Almond Sweet - Pampionine - Saponinous Sweet - Worm Sweet - Cupidine green Picture A perfect Remedy for Constipation, Sour Stomach, Diarrhoea Worms, Convulsions, Feverishness and Loss of SLEEP Fac Simile Signature of Charles H. Fletcher NEW YORK. 46 months old 35 DOSES - 35 CENTS EXACT COPY OF WRAPPER. His Scheme Worked. It is related that a certain man was recently very sad because his wife had gone out of town on a visit, which she would not shorten in spite of his appeals to her to come home. He finally hit upon a plan to induce her to return. He sent her a copy of each of the local papers with one item clipped out, and when she wrote to find out what it was he clipped out he refused to tell her. The scheme worked admirably! In less than a week she was home 'to find out what it was that had been going on that her husband didn't want her to know about—Pittsburgh Press. Subject for Another Lecture. "Oh, dear," exclaimed Mrs. Slap-dash, when they were finally seated in the carriage, "I've only got one of my earrings on. I left the other on my dressing table." "Huh!" grunted her husband, "just like my lectures on your carelessness—in one ear and out the other." DODD'S KIDNEY PILLS FOR ALL KIDNEY DISEASES CORES RHEUMATISM BRIGHT'S DISEASES DIALYCE BAGIACHE Please do not inquire about these diseases. The public may only visit the hospitals, sold only in direct connection. REAL ESTATE. 160 ACRE BARGAIN section of Central Minneapolis—newly built front houses and other good buildings. For immediate access to the city, rent a -rest easy terms. Come at once. THOMAS S. SIMKOW, 300 johnson street, oppenheim, minnesota 55901. (800) 252-2522. Among the ladies no other medicine has ever had so strong a following, because, excepting pure air and exercise, it is the source of more beautiful complexions than any other agency, as Lane's Family Medicine the toxic-laxative. It puts pure blood in the veins, and no woman can be homely when the rich, red blood of health courses in her veins. Sold by all dealers at age, and see. Letters from Prominent Physicians addressed to Chas. H. Fletcher. Letters from Prominent Physicians addressed to Chas. H. Fletcher. Dr. B. Halstead Scott, of Chicago, Illa., says: "I have prescribed your Castoria often for infants during my practice, and find it very satisfactory." Dr. William Belmont, of Cleveland, Ohio, says: "Your Castoria stands first in its class. In my thirty years of practice I can say I never have found anything that so filled the place." Dr. J. H. Taft, of Brooklyn, N.Y., says: "I have used your Castoria and found it an excellent remedy in my household and private practice for many years. The formula is excellent." Dr. R. J. HAMLEN, of Detroit, Mich., says: "I prescribe your Castoria extensively, as I have never found anything to equal it for children's troubles. I am aware that there are imitations in the field, but I always see that my patients get Fletcher's." Dr. Wm. J McGrann, of Omaha, Neb., says: "As the father of thirteen children I certainly know something about your great medicine, and aside from my own family experience I have in my years of practice found Castoria a popular and efficient remedy in almost every home." Dr. J. R. Clausen, of Philadelphia, Pa., says: "The name that your Castoria has made for itself in the tens of thousands of homes blessed by the presence of children, scarcely needs to be supplemented by the endorsement of the medical profession, but I, for one, most heartily endorse it and believe it an excellent remedy." Dr. R. M. Ward, of Kansas City, Mo., says: "Physicians generally do not prescribe proprietary preparations, but in the case of Castora a my experience, like that of many other physicians, has taught me to make an exception. I prescribe your Castoria in my practice because I have found it to be a thoroughly reliable remedy for children's complaints. Any physician who has raised a family, as I have, will join me in heartiest recommendation of Castoria." GENUINE CASTORIA ALWAYS Bears the Signature of Chas. H. Flitter. The Kind You Have Always Bought In Use For Over 30 Years. THE GENTAUR GROUP, 77 MURRAY STREET, NEW YORK CITY. IMPROVED BLACK LAND FARMS $25 to $35 PER ACRE. Produces 90 bushels oats, 35 wheat, 75 corn. BEST LAND IN Oklahoma Verdict. Selling rapidly. Unimproved Lands one-third the price. Write to day. MOOVER BROTHS, Hobart, O. T. Jaitroir. Rare reduced to each purchaser. PILES: NO MONEY TILL CURED. SED FOR FREE TREE. TREATMENT ON SPECIAL PRESERVES. THORNTON & MINOR. NO OAT ST. KANSAS CITY, MO. (BROADWAY OFF 32 LOOPS.) MAKE EVERY DAY COUNT- no matter how bad the weather. You cannot afford to be without a TOWER'S WATERPROOF OILED SUIT OR SLICKER. When you buy look for the SIGN OF THE FISH TOURIST FISHING FISHING A J TOWN CARPENTER U.S.A. TOWER CARPENTER CO. LTD. TONDAY DAY W.L.Douglas $4 Gill Edge line cannot be equaled at any price To Shoe Dealers. Sb- ber House is the most complex in the country deal for Catalog SHOES ESTABLISHED 1876 MASTER $2,300,000 NIGHTS FOR EVERYBODY AT ALL PRICES Miniature Shoes, $5.99 each; $10.99 each; Mississippi Children's Shoes, $40 to $150; Mississippi Women's Shoes, $150 to $250; Children's shoes; for style, fit and wear If I could take you into my large factories at Brockton, Mass., and show you how carefully W.L. Douglas shoes are made, you would then understand why they hold their shape, fit better, and have a greater value than any other make. Wherever you live, you can obtain W. L. Douglas shoes. His name and price is stamped high for footwear in the high priced and interior shoes. Take no subtitle tate. Ask your dealer for W. L. Douglas shoes. Fast Color Guards untest, they will not owar brassage. Write for Illustrated Catalog of Fall Styles. W. L. DOUGLAS, Dept. 12, Brockton, Mass. YOU CANNOT CURE all inflamed, ulcerated and catarrhal conditions of the mucous membrane such as by feminine illies, sore throat, sore mouth or inflamed eyes by simply dosing the stomach. But you surely can cure these stubborn ailments by local treatment with Paxtine Toilet Antiseptic which destroys the disease germs, checks discharges, stops pain, and heals the inflammation and soreness. Paxitine represents the most successful local treatment for feminine ilis ever produced. Thousands of women testify to this fact. 50 cents at druggists. Send for Free Trial Box THE R. PAXTON CO. Boston, Mass. Cheap Rates to California and Mexico Daily until October 31st. Colonists' tickets will be on sale to California and Mexico points at exceptionally low rates: From To San Francisco Mexico City Los Angeles Chicago $33 $23 Chicago St. Louis $30 $21 Kansas City $25 $21 Omaha $25 Through tourist sleepers from St. Louis and Kansas City on Tuesday of each week. You step into the cars at St. Louis or Kansas City and do not leave them until you reach San Francisco. Ask your nearest railroad agent for rates or address W. S. ST. GEORGE General Passenger Agent 50 Wainwright Building St. Louis, Mo. T. B. COOKBILLY 51 BICHTONS' NaN1 Bank Bid THE MKT MARKET FOR WESTERN CANADA "To Mexico & California" 90,000,000 BUSHELS 160 ACRE FARMS IN WESTERN CANADA FREE THAT'S THE WHEAT CROP IN WESTERN CANADA THIS YEAR This with nearly 90, and 47,000,000 bushels of wheat mean a cow timation of good times for the farmers of West- ern Canada. New farms big crops, low taxes, healthy climate, good churches and schools, spireid railway service. The Canadian Government offers 120 acres of land free to every settler, able to build a house. Advice and information may be obtained free from W. D. Scott Superintendent of Immigration and Immigration Administration Government Agents—E. T. Holmes, 35 Jackson Street, St. Paul, Minnesota, or W. W. Bennett, 35 New York Life Building, Omaha, Nebraska. MONARCH STUMP PULLER Will bulldumps 7 feet in diameter and can stand up to a strain of 2500 pounds. ROYAL PITTLE SCALE. On an 100-mm. 30-day scale. For catalog and display on a 250-mm. 30-day scale. MONARCH ORBREER CO. Lono Tree, Inc. WINTER Catalog and sample prices may be obtained from W. D. Scott Superintendent of Immigration and Immigration Administration Government Agents—E. T. Holmes, 35 Jackson Street, St. Paul, Minnesota, or W. W. Bennett, 35 New York Life Building, Omaha, Nebraska. Mrs. Susan Allen and Miss Stella Ringo spent Sunday in Buxton. Misses Hester Carter, Mable and Bertha Strother, after having spent their summer vacation with their parents in Buxton, returned to this city where they will resume their school work. Misses Ethel Buckner and Manile Kimbaugh returned home with the young ladies after visiting for several days. Mrs. Cora Franklin and daughters, Misses Cora and Luella, after having spent three weeks in Missouri, returned to the city. Mrs. Franklin's piece, Mrs. Maggie Lee, returned with them. Henry Baker, of Bronville, Mo., passed through the city recently, enroute to Buxton. CLINTON HAPPENINGS. Mrs. Chas, Cason and children who have been the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Thompson for the past four weeks returned to their home in Ottumwa Monday. Jas. W. Cooper of Morrison spent Sunday with his mother in Clinton. Frank P. Chisholur, representing the the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute of which Booker T. Washington is principal, is in the city. He expects to make a canvass of the state of Iowa. He hopes to make Des Moines a visit in a few weeks. One of the important events to take place duing the past week in Clinton, was the formation of a Womans society to be known as the Loyal Club. Its purpose is to advance sociability among its members and to become more thoroughly acquainted with the current events. The club will meet on the first and third Thursday of each month in the afternoon from 3 to 5 o'clock. The following persons have been cho en officers of the club Mesdames Gertrude Culberson, president; Mary Williams, vice-president; Miss Murda Beason, secretary; Mesdames Leah Hopkies, treasurer; Lethia Sayles, critic. Miss Aline Simpson has been confined to her home for the past few weeks by illness. We are glad to know that she is improving. Recent advises from the annual conference informs us that Rev. A. Boyd, who has been the pastor of Bethel church of this city for the past year and a half, has been appointed to the above pastorate, to the agreeable satisfaction of the members. We have been informed of some parties having been given recently, but as we have received no official information can say nothing of them, Items of interest properly presented will be given consideration in these columns with pleasure. We solicit your patronage as a subscriber to the Bystander if you are not already one. Mrs. J. T. Culbertson entertained a few of her lady friends and their children at an afternoon one day last week, at her Tenth avenue home in honor of Mrs. Cason and children of Otumwa. The afternoon passed pleasantly for those in attendance. Henry Henderson of Davenport visited in Clinton the past week. Rev. Boyd arrived Tuesday afternoon from the annual conference. KEOKUK NEWS. Mesdames Clora Howard and Smith of Des Moines is visiting in the city, the guests of Mrs. Maria Jaekson at Thirteenth and Morgan. Rev. T. W. Lewis, pastor of the A. M. E. church, was re-appointed pastor of this church for the ensuing year at the annual conference in Buxton last week. This is the fifth year that the Rev. Lewis has been pastor of this church. The general public as well as the church people are greatly pleased, for everyone esteems him highly. Every body smiles and bows when they meet Rev. Lewis, because of his great kindness and his faith in the final outcome of truth and justice. He is true to his own nature in instincts and has brought fourth great moral grandeur. He has been instrumental in doing more good work for the church than any other pastor the church has ever had for a number of years. His Amitable wite is also greatly loved by all. Mrs. Rufus Dandridge who lives near Sumitville is met with a serious accident last Monday. She jumped from her buggy while her horse was running away and the result was that both her arms were broken and she received a severe cut on the head. She was driving with her husband, who remained in the buggy and escaped being hurt. Mrs. Dandridge is the mother of Mrs. Thomas who is at her bedside. Mrs. Bell Bannister, the sub-district superintendent of the Sunday School convention, will go to Keosauqua sometime in October to organize a Normal Institute and womans club. The Parish Aid Society of the church of St. Mary the Virgin will give their annual Bazaar Oct. 25th and 26th, which promises to be a success. Mr. W. W. Fields was a Quincy visitor one day last week. While in that city he visited at the home of Mr. Willis Brent. OTTUMWA NEWS. (Last Week.) Miss Ruth G. Phillips is attending the Capital City Commercial College in Des Moines. Mr. and Mrs. Osborn are the proud parents of a dear little girl. Rev. Duvall goes to Chicago this year. Rev. M. I. Gordon has been ill. Sherman Phillips, L. Thomas and Miss Edna Martin attended the barbain and old soldiers reunion at Kirksville last week. There were many strangers in Kirksville and those who did not attend were certainly losers of a rare treat. At 9:30 the procession led by the famous Buxon钉篮 wended its way to Owenbys Lake where the program of the day was carried out. Rev, W. Bots of Carrollton, Mo., was out of the day. The game ball game between the Kirtleside Wonders and a mixed team from Bhelena and Mon- roe was called. The two teams crossed bats at the A. S. O. Athletic parks and the game was a close one from start to finish. Burris and Payton were the battery for Kirksville during the first 4 innings and Wess brothers during the rest of the game. As pitchers both 1 ayton and Joe Wess deserve much credit. Burris is a young man and his catching is excellent, while Roscoe Wess as a catcher or first baseman is certainly hard to beat. Score 7 to 7. In playing the Armory and Mith's hall were used by the two churches for entertainment, while H. Appleton and Anthony Pollard gave two dances for those who chose thus to enjoy themselves. Much praise is due Kirksville for her hospitality and it is to be hoped that the next reunion will be just as enjoyable as this one. Very Low Rates to Buffalo, N. Y. Via the North-Western Line. Excursion tickets will be sold at one fare for round trip October 10 to 12, inclusive, with favorable return limits, on account of International Christian Convention. Apply to agents Chicago & North-Western R'y. RACE ECHOES. Sergeant Logan of the Ninth Cavalry made the best individual score in the four days' rifle competition of the regular army of the Northern Division, which ended at Ft. Sheridan August 13. Logan's record was 779 out of a possible 1,000 points. James Holt, at North Topeka, Kans., a large truck farmer owns 120 acres of land and carries to market daily over a ton of cucumbers. He sold over 700 crates of strawberries and raspberries this year and cleared several hundred dollars. The right-minded Negro knows "his place." It is the "place" to which he is entitled by virtue of his education, moral quality, material possession and general civic value—no more, no less. How some stunningly-dressed girls can look so clean, sweet and wholesome coming from the untidy home they often do is one of the unsolved mysteries of our social system. Haven't you a case in mind?—The Freeman. The Woman's Improvment club at Indianapolis has just opened a camp for convalescents at Oak Hill, for women and children unable to take an outing. The experiment was tried last year and proved Vuite satisfactory, although the season was short and this year there has been some delay in opening. It is hoped that by sincere and hard work by the members of the club and the proper encouragement and help from the public, they will be able to open next year at the beginning of the heated term and give relief to the worthy sufferers throughout the season. NEGROES GROW WHEAT. The Negro farmers of Blackburn, Sweet Springs and Mount Leonard vicinities in Saline county have reported the total of this year's yield of wheat to be 8,386 bushels. We mention those who have reported to us through the Rev. Dennis Payton: George Baker, 1,700 bushels. Herbert Gutherie, 950 bushels. Henry Bur on, 350 bushels. John Carter, 265 bushels. Gus Howard, 350 bushels. Armstead Spriggs, 225 bushels. Thornton Payton, 500 bushels. Halleck Johnson, 500 bushels. James Johnson, 340 bushels. Silas Morehead, 305 bushels. George Hayes, 500 bushels. Harvey Smith, 400 bushels. Edward Pollard, 225 bushels. Newton Pollard, 700 bushels. Alfred Harper, 316 bushels. Turner Baker, 350 bushels. Lee Stevenson, 250 bushels. Horace Cooper, 200 bushels. George Clay, 300 bushels. Emanuel Clay, 500 bushels. P. B. Buford, 350 bushels. Eraucher Bell, 250 bushels. Excursion Rates Via the Minneapolis & St. Louis R. R. Every Tuesday durnig this year we will sell Homeeseker tickets to Minnesota. North Dakota and the Canadian Northwest for one fare plus $2 00 Round trip Summer Tourist tickets to 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, Iowa. SPECTACLES MADE TO FIT ANY EYES DECASES OF THE EYE-EAR-NOSE AND THROAT CURED EYES TESTED FREE DR. DUNCAN.OCULISI BED MOINE, IOWA. 802 West Woolworth Street A few things of interest about the colored people in Colorado While visiting in Denver and neighboring towns, I learned something that was very interesting to me and perhaps might be to others in this section of the country about the people in Colorado. The first I will relate is my visit to Idaho Springs, I found that among the first mine owners in this town was W. R. Parker (colored) he was at one time owner of the little Mattie Mines, his son W. R. Parker is one of the best mine inspectors in the west. N. Parker is a proficient worker in Elliots Drug store, both own homes in Idaho Springs. Will Brittian is employed at the Mattie Mines. Reed Galbert as engineer at the Mattie mill, Mr. Johnson owns quite a little land worth from three to four thousand dollars, he also canvases for fine toilet and perfumery and soap. In Colorado Springs Mrs. F Franklin owns quite a pretty home, also runs the "Queene Ann" boarding house it was here that we met some of the leading race advocates. Professor Jackson and Editor Boozet from Tennessee and a number of others from Mississippi and Illinois, in Denver the colored people are engaged in the various avenues of business The Mecca Cafe is the leading cafe of the west, there are three club rooms run by Dick Frazier and James F Clark, two hair dressing parlors owned and conducted by Misses M. Crowden, Geneve Hollowell and Mrs. J. R. Hollowell. Four colored drug stores the leading one owned by Dr. W. J. Cottrell physician and surgeon and four colored doctors. Oran G. Goons owns the leading colored barber-shop, also the Golden Chest mining mill and Tunnel Company office is here. Directors, W. J. Cottrell, J. W. Jackson, Rev J. E. Ford and J. R. Lewis. There is one colored newspaper. The States edited by Mr. C. A. Franklin. Robert Parker is employed in the largest shoe store in Denver; Miss Allie Reager, Nellie Banks Blanch Morrison are employed in Appels one of the largest dry goods and cloak stores in Denver; some of the home boys that hold good positions are Will G. Davis for six years with the Denver and Rio Grande R. R., Orea Marshall for ten years with Famen Curio store, Charlie Davis has been employed in Famen Curio store four years and Mr. Walton is employed in Denver and Rio Grande shops, there are a number of other business houses who employ colored help, Messrs Willie Burns and cousin were employed at the Novelty Theatre in a Mexican specialty with the McIntre sister while I was in Denver they were young. Denver play actors and every one praised their performances. Charlie Wilson is employed at the Denver Electric Light and Gas company; there are two colored fire departments, thirty-five colored lodges and six colored churches like all other places were the population of coloree people are large they have some disadvantages there was one murder and two shooting scraps that resulted in immediate death and several other minor offences. May F. Davis. 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Manufactures 377 Broadway, New York THE CHURCHES Corinthian Baptist Church, cor. of Fifteenth Buntschool at 19 o'clock, preaching at 7 p.m. Rev. T. L. Grimhill, pastor p. Paul A. M. E. Corner of Second and Center School at 8 o'clock; Epworth League at 7 p.m.; preaching at 8 p.m. Horace S. Graves First African Baptist Church, corner, School and fourth streets. Rev. F. Lomack pastor preaching at 11 a.m. Mrs. J. T. Grimhill superintendent, Young People's meeting? 7 p.m., preaching 800 p.m. p. Paul M. E. Church, Corner of 11th and Crooker St.-Church services, preaching at 11 a.m and 8 p.m; Church and prayer at 11 a.m; Epworth League? 7 p.m; Sunday; Prayer and Class meeting every Wednesday 8 p.m. Maple Street Baptist Church -Situated on E. Maple between Ninth and Tenth streets. G. Cox superintendent, Mrs. C. Cox list bible teacher; preaching at 8 p.m. Rev. J. O. R. Wimbush, pastor United Church of Ninth and Park streets. Preaching 104 a.m. Sunday School 12 p.m.; evening service 7:30 p.m. Epworth Wednesday evenings. H. W. Porter, pastor SECRET ORDERS. Vorta Star Lodge, No. 2, A. F. & A. M.-Meets First Thirsty in each month at Masonic hall, E. Tracy Blagburn, W. M.; H. E. Jacobs, secretary. Solomon Commandery, No. 6. -Meets First Thirsty in each month at Masonic hall, E. T. Banks, C. E.; J. H. Mixon, Recorder. Nassau Commandery, 2-meets Second Monday each month at Masonic hall, L. M. V. Donny, Matron; Mrs. J. H. Shepard, secretary. Worcestershire Court, No. 4-meets the First Friday of each month at Masonic hall, R. A. Wilburn, matron; Mrs. Georgia Midget secretary. Vorta Lodge, No. 219, G. U. of O. F.-Meets First, Second and Third Tuesday each month at Old Fellows hall on West Sixth Street, J. W. Heath, N. G.; I. M. Jones, P. S. Grand Master's Council of G. U. of O. F. of 3iesta, meets First Tuesday night in each month, J. W. Heath, M. J. W. Heath, O. S. H. of H. R. of 3iesta, G. U. of O. F.-Convenes vengeance, promptly at 8'clock, Mrs. Stuie Matthews, M. N. G. Mrs. Kitee Arranter. Worta Barracade No. 472-meets first and third Thirsty in each month, at the Old Fellows Hall Sixth and Walnut streets, Mrs. Nettle Bettle Matthews, M. N. G. Mrs. Bettle Matthews, Assistant C. R. Ioa a Capital Fountain No. 3338 of the United Order of Order of Sixth and Walnut streets, on the second and fourth Fridays of each month, and fourth Fridays of each Master Francis Worley Worley sec. North Star Lodge No 6, Knights of Pythias- mett—every Monday night, corner of Sixth and Walnut • treets. Regular work nights, second week, Monday and Tuesday, Mison- son. LOW RATES PACIFIC COAST AND RETURN Round-Trip Rates from Des Moines Helena, Anaconda and Butte daily, June is to Sept. 15th, 1906, same as above. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 14. Published every Friday by the BYSTANDER Publishing Co., Des Moines, Ia. Iowa 'phone 899. Official paper of the M. W. U. Grand Lodge of Iowa, A. F. & A. M. 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Low one way Colonist rates to western points on sale daily to October 31 Please note rates from Des Moines too few important stations: Billings, Mont $10.00 Helena and Butte, Mont $24.00, Spokane, Wash. $26.50, Portland, Ore, Seattle and Tacoma, Wash., Vancouver and Victoria B. C. $29.00. For further information please call on or address W. K. Adams, District Passenger Agent or D. B. Ransburg, City Passenger Agent, 512 Walnut street. LOW R PACIFIC EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT MUNGERS LAUN DRY is the best in the city. Try them and be decided. Maine Office 1109 1111 Grand Ave. Branch Office 504 MULBERRY ST. Phone 579 Hotel, Restaurant and Pabst Bar Especially for the accommodation of the colored patronage Every thing strictly first class. Private dining room up stairs. Baths and private entertainment. DAVIS & JACKSON, 1027-1029 W. Broadway Street. Phone 1135 COUNCIL BLUFFS, IA. THE LINDSEY PITTS ..Exchange Saloon.. New location with private rooms for transit public..... —Everything First Class— 214 E. Front St. New Phone 619 Davenport, Iowa. M. W. United Grand Lodge A. F. & A. M. Of Iowa and Its Masonic Jurisdiction GRAND LODGE OFFICERS. W. H. Milligan, M. G. Grand Master, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Rural Route No. 2. S. L. Tiggs, R. G. Deputy Grand Master, Burlington, Iowa. D. Thomas, R. W. S. Grand Warde, Buxton, Iowa. T. H. Sturgis, R. W. J. Grand Warden, Sioux City, Iowa. A. A. Bland, R. W. Grand Treasurer Keokuk, Iowa. H. K. Hillon, R. W. Grand Secretary Omaha, Nebr. E. T. Banks, R. W. Grand Custodian, Des Moines, 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 at Masonic Hall—Northwest Center of Truth and Center streets. E. Tracy Thagburn, W. M.; H. E. Jacobs, secretary. Mt. Olive Lodge, No. 17, A. F. & A. M—Over 120 First Avenue, Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Meetings first Tuesday of each month. C. H. Searce, W. M. 1004 9th avenue; D. L. Lowery, secretary, 902 S. 5th street. Rescue Lodge, No. 25, A. F. and A. M—Meets 1st and 3rd Monday of each month, 8:30 p. m. 1423% 24th street, Omaha, Neb. W P. Wade, W. M., address 1612 N. 36th street, H. K. Hillon, Sec. address 911 N. 24th street. PRESIDING ELDER GEO. W GAINS. Colfax August 31. Buxton September 2.