Iowa State Bystander

IOWA STATE BYSTANDER. VOL. XIV, No. 8. CITY NEWS. [W. B. If you have relatives or friends visit us, please visit us, please know that we collect at your local news. 24. Miss Walker of Marshalltown is the guest of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Warriicks. Mr. Lewis Blagburn left this week for Omaha to visit with his daughter. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Jackson and daughter attended the wedding at Enterprise Wednesday. Mrs. Pearl Christman of St. Joseph, Mo. is the guest of Miss Alice Morton this week. Mr. A. E. Richardson will deliver an address to the members of the Corinthian Sunday School Sunday the 28. Mr. Philip Simpson who has been indoored for the past week is better at this writing. The Union Congregational Sunday School picnic was well attended Thursday afternoon. Mr. John Wilkerson left this week for a two week's visit with relatives and friends in Chillicothe, Mo. The Corinthian Baptist Sunday School will hold their annual picnic at Union Park, Thursday Aug. 1st. Mr. J. C. Williams has been transferred to Bird's school, which position carries an added renumeration of $12.50 per month. For Rent—Six room cottage, 918 Park street gas, city water and toilet. will repair and put in good shape E. Tracy Blagburn, City Eng's Dept. Mrs. Ida B. Wright of St. Louis, Mo., will arrive in the city Saturday morning, and will be the guest of Mrs. A. L. Smith during the K. P. Grand Lodge session here next week. The U. S. civil service employees of the carriers department have had raised their salaries to $1,000 per annum. Messra. Holt and Hughes are wearing the amiles that won't come off. Mrs. W. H. Humburd who has been doing so nicely since leaving the hospital caught cold, and is not feeling so well at this writing. Old Settlers annual picnic will be held next Thursday Aug. 1st, at Union Park. Everyone invited, churches and Sunday Schools especially. There will be several addresses by local speakers. Be sure and come early and bring a full basket. Rev. J. M. Harris, pastor of Burra' M. E. church, has moved from 846 W. Twelfth to 1214 Crocker street. He would be glad to have the members and friends to note the change and govern themselves accordingly. Iowa phone 1623-J. Mrs. Lulu M. Jackson, field Missionary of the Woman's National Baptist Convention, will speak at Corinthian Baptist church Sunday morning and at 3 p.m. Everybody ought to hear Mrs. Jackson. One of the grandest affairs of Enterprise this week was the marriage of Miss Sophia Hunter to Mr. Percy E. Jackson, Wednesday July 24. There were about 150 present; many from our city are attendees. The presents were many and useful. We join with their many friends in congratulations. The Metropolitan Mercantile and Realty Co. will hold a public massmeeting at Corinthian Baptist church, Fifteenth and Linden streets, Rev. T. L. Griffith pastor, Thursday evening Aug. 17. Among the speakers will be D. Dr. Jain, Rev. T. L. Griffith, and Lothar Smith of the New York, general agent of the Metropolitan Mercantile Co. Admission free. The Collianan Industrial club met Wednesday afternoon at the home of Mrs. E. B. Ellison, 518 Thirtieth street, with the president Mrs. Ellison in the chair. The meeting was opened with proper by the chaplain. The members responded to roll call with quotations from the Bible. Brief remarks were made by Mrs. Mable Phelps and Mrs. C. C. Christian. The club closed its meetings until September 12th. The club will hold its second annual picnic Aug. 1st at Union Park. The Cosmopolitan Art club met at the home of Mrs. Gertrude Cannaday Wednesday evening. The delegate read her report and after the program was rendered refreshment, it was served. The club is resuming its work after a vacation and elected, the following officers for theanning term: President, Miss Eleia Electa. Vice President, Miss Alice Morton; Treasurer, Mrs. Gertrude Cannaday; Secretary, Miss Masha Mash; Reporter, Mrs. Liazie Walker, Miss Blain Lewis will entertain the club next Wednesday evening at the home of Miss Tabi the Mash. Miss Marie Bell left Thursday for Colfax, where she will be the guest of Mrs. Eldora Heinem for a week or ten days. Mr. Luther H. Smith, agent of the Metropolitan Mercantile and Realty Co. of New York, will address the Womanathan League Sunday, the 28th Sunday of Theoretical Help of the Negro. Supt. S. Joe Brown and wife entertained Wednesday evening in honor of the winners in the athletic contests the county School school picnic last week, the best young athletes and the members of the Sunday school board were Miss Jessie Walker of Marshaltown, Miss Nellie Letridge of Buxton and Mr. Jesse Graves. Dr. W. S. Brooks of St. Paul's A. M. e. church left Thursday for Chicago for a two weeks vacation. Miss Lizzie Cowens of Denver, Colo., who has been in our city for the past ten days looking after her property on the West Side and visiting her mother, Mrs. Mahala Williams, returned home Thursday. The next regular meeting of the Intellectual Improvement club will be held at the residence of Miss Mary Montague, 1217 Day street, on Friday evening, August 2, at which time the subject of dress reform will be discussed. All members are invited to their account with their their ecorts. By order of. Mrs. S. Joe Brown, Prea. Miss Martha Leder, Sec. Attorney S. Joe Brown and wife are in receipt of an announcement of the marriage of Prof. P, C. Parks to Miss Sophia Mereda Parker, which occurred at Morlie Brown college at Atlanta, Ga., on the 17th inst. Prof. Parks will be remembered by many ago and who has since been holding the position as director of applied agriculture at Tuskegee, Ala. The announcement further states that the African Parks will be "at home" at Clark university, Atlanta, Ga., after August 15th, which would seem to indicate that the professor will probably be engaged in that institution after that date. WANTED—A good girl or woman for general house work. Steady employment to right parties. Good price. For full participation write Mrs. J. Kristen k16 618 R. Ry. avenue, Moline, Ill. Resolutions of Condolence. Whereas it has pleased the All Wise Creator in His divine providence to call from labor to reward, the beloved mother of our esteemed treasurer, Mrs. J. R. Erickson. Be it Resolved. That we the members of the Intellectual Improvement club do hereby express to her our heart felt sympathy in this her hour of beaement, and commend her to Him who giveth and who taketh away and who doeth all things well. Be it further Resolved. That a copy of these resolutions be spread upon the minutes of this club, a copy be sent to our esteemed treasurer and a copy to the Iowa State Bystander. Mrs. James Woods Miss Tabitha Mash Miss Matie Leffler Committee of the Intellectual Improvement club, Des Moines, Iowa. KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAIS GRAND LODGE. Opens its Annual Session in Des Moines July 30, 31 and August 1. Tuesday July 30. 11:00 a. m. Opening exercises. We come address by Sir W. Sampson Brooks, pastor of A. M, E. church. Response by Rev. E. Roey, Marquisville, Iowa. Roll call and report of committee on Credentials. Appointments of special committees. Report of G. C and G. K. of R. and S Evening. Bonferring of the G L. Rank on applic- cants. Wednesday July 31. 9:00 a. m. Opening exercises Reading of Grand Chancellor's address Addresses by other Grand Officers. Reports of committees. 1:30 Afternoon. Reports of committees. Parade to St. Paul A. M. E. church where the memorial services will be conducted by the Rev. Sir W. Sampson Brooks 8:30 Evening. Reception at the New Gibson Hall, 609 Locus street. Good music CLEAN CLOTHES SHOP O. B. RIVERS, PROPRIETOR. Dry Cleaning; Dyeing and Pressing of Ladies' and Gents' Clothing. Senetary Address, L. W. Williams, G. C. Piano solo, Miss Lillian Fields. Auctioneer quartette, Mrs. E. B. E- ilton, Mrs. D. G. Miller, Mr. D. G. Miller, Mr. E. B. Ellison. Address, Rev. Samuel Bates, Colfax. Solo, bass, O. B. Rivera. Vocal solo, Mrs. Ruth Keens. Foundation of Pythianism, Col. Robt. Johnson, Omaha, Neb. Solo, tenor. Lafe C. Jackson. Captain. O. A. Johnson, Indemnometer. Instrumental solo, Bertha Allen. Vocal solo, Miss Margaret Fields. Thursday, August 1st. 9:00 a. m. Opening exercises. Reports of committees. Nomination and election of Grand officers. Evening Session at Cycling Hall. 8:00 p. m. Installation of Grand Officers Mr. Cannon did not discuss the Negro question in any of his speeches in the South, and made no allusion whatever that could be twisted into an indorsement of the Southern policy of the disfranchisement of the Negro. Mr. Cannon's position on this question has been well known for many years. He was one of the committee who investigated the Ku-Klux outrages in Alabama id 1875, and he supported the Butler Federal Election Law, which was based on the reports of outrages in a number of the Southern States. In the Fifty-first Congress he was a member of the committee on rules, and reported the rule in favor of the Lodge Federal Election law, which was passed by the House at that time but failed in the Senate. BURLINGTON ITEMS. Editor J. L. Thompson was in our city last week on business. Mr. Thompson is much pleased with the patronage of our people and is enamored with the sons wishing news published will please ring up 508 X, old phone, or address Mrs. J. E. Johnson, 619 S. Main street. Mrs. J. E. Johnson has returned from the Grand Lodge, which convened in Des Molines, and gives excellent reports. Mr. Henry A. Martin, Dubuque's delegate to the Grand Lodge in Dea Moines, stopped over in our city for a few days as the guest of Mr. J. E. Fowler. Rev. Moore is rejoicing over his quarterly meeting, having added two more names to the church roll, both being young people that will be of great service to the church. Mrs. J. F. Trent left Tuesday for St. Paul where she will be the guest of the country wife of Paul Owen. The excursion given by the City Federation was a decided success. They cleared $28, which is to be used for the benefit of the sick and needy. The club is doing a great work. Mrs. Clara Young is visiting in Quincy, Ill, the guest of Miss Bessie Earle. Rev. Williams has returned to Davenport, after spending two weeks with his family and friends. His health was improved. The Doctor Away from Home when Most Needed. People are very often disappointed to find that family physician is away from home when they most need his services. Diseases like cramp colic and cholera morbus require prompt treatment, and have in many instances proven fatal before medicine could be procured or a physician summoned. The right way is to keep at hand a bottle of Chamberlain's Colloa, Cholera and Dilrhoea Bemedy. No physician can prescribe a better medicine for these diseases. By having it in the house you escape much pain and suffering and all risk. Buy it now; it may save life. For sale by all druggists. OTTUMWA NEWS Mr. Downey is able to be out again, after a serious illness. Sunday was quarterly meeting. Miss Sheila Porter, owner of a prolonged illness, she leaves her grandmother, one sister, a host of other relatives and friends to mourn her loss. She was buried Sunday. To know her, she must visit Stella. Stella we have lost one whose place in our hearts will ever be filled with the memory of a bright young life, full of promise, but who has been called to work in her Father's home, now a love and sorrows never come. Mr. and Mrs. George Robinson are the proud parents of a daughter. Mrs. Barbara Carter died Sunday morning, after a two years' illness of consumption. She was buried Tuesday. Mrs. Barbara was charming personality and rare tact had won many friends. Although her death was expected, yet there is a andones over the hearts of her friends and deep sympathy is extended to her mother, Mrs. Gilbert, and her only surviving sister, Mrs. Mary McElroy. Mr. James Hamilton and daughter, Mrs. Smith of Belle Moine, were in the city and attended the funeral of the late Mrs. Carter. Rev. McDowell of Mt. Pleasant attended the Carter funeral. Mary, Mrs Davis is visiting her daughter, Miss Bernice Davis, in Mason city, Mrs Davis occupying position of planner with Whittler's. She went immediately after her graduation from the Ottumwa high school with the class of 1907, where Mr. Martin were the only colored students in to class of fifty-six members. Mrs. William Ross is very ill. Mrs. Arthur Henderson is Little Thelma Osborne has been ill but is very much better now. MINNEAPOLIS BUDGETARIAN. This is our busy day - Federation week. Geor Barratt entertained at a whist party last Wednesday evening in honor of Mrs. Wm. Coallon of DeDa Moins. Those who were there were delighted. DeDa forget the Union Sunday school picnic at Minneapolis on the 30th hour. The members of the M. T. C. Art club will picnic together at White Bear August 14th. They expect to bring home the books of the wholesale. Colleen Boulton and the audiences of St. Thomas' Mission and St. James' churches with solos Sunday afternoon and evening respectively. and Mrs. Burkes of Lake Harriet had the very sad misfortune to lose their home by fire last Saturday night. It is thought that lightning was the cause of the fire. Everything was destroyed. Mrs. Mary Joyce has returned from a six weeks' visit to Cairap Rivals. Mrs. Martha V. Webster of Louisville, Ky., visited with Mrs. H. W. Richardson Tuesday evening. Mrs. H. W. Richardson visited a grant of The Bystander August 1st without fall. She will be on hand. MOLINE GREETINGS. About three hundred of the Tri-City people attended the Tri-City Sunday school picnic last Wednesday at Long View park. Rock Island. Haltie and Haltie Settles have returned from a pleasant visit in Missouri. Mrs. Henry Page and little son of Springfield, III., are visiting the hope of Mr. and Mrs. James Colquit. Misses Mabel and Cara Tarver and Sisters spent Sunday in Rock island. Class number three of St. Paul's A. M. E. church gave a concert at the church Friday evening. The program was as follows. Congregation. Prayer by Rpy. W. A. Searcy. Vocal solo 16: Miss Beatrice Kelsea Recitation by Elizabeth Scary. Solo by Miss Clara V. Tarver. Read "Kane in Love" by Mr. C. Walup. Duet by Musses Beatrice Kelso and Bastian Dee. Recitation by Etta Searcy. Rachel Shaw, Miss Mabel G. T. Ver, with vignon obligato by Mr. R. Wilson. Journal by Miss Daisy E. Settles. Mesdam Thomas, Tomlin, Tomlin, Miss Ousley, Messrs. Tomlin and Paton of Muscatine, Iowa, attended the Tr-City Sunday school picnic last Wednesday. Miss Bradshaw and Mrs. Murphy were cullers on the South Side Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Walkup entertained a large number of friends at dinner Sunday. The Household of Ruth and the Odd Fellows will give a lawn social Thursday evening at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Wood. Mr. John Curt has begun to run a boarding house and restaurant on Fourteenth street and Fourth avenue, and great success in his undertaking. Mr. and Mrs. Rufus Phoenix entertained Miss Bradshaw and Mrs. Murphy at dinner Tuesday evening. LOST RELATIVE. Please assist me to find a lost relative whose name is Abraham Shepard. He left Mt. Pleasant, Ia., the 'fall of 1896 with Sells Bro. circus, as cook in the laboring men's tent. He was about 74 years old, mixed dark gray hair, a mustache, brown skin, and about six feet tall. When last of he was in Warensburg, Mo., with a lady named Amanda Offert, 1897. Any information as to his whereabouts will be gladly received by his only son. John Shepard, 502 Lee street. Pastors will please read this notice in your church. GALE8BURG,LLL Mrs. Rowena Johnson is ill at her home on Cedar street. Mrs. Bullard of Indianapolis is in the city for a few days. Mr. Thompson, editor of The Bystander, was in Galesburg last week. The many friends of Mrs. Mattie Gregsby were paimed to learn of her death early Sunday morning, July 21. Dr. E. A. LEE DENTIST. Malth and Park Sts. Seamless Gold Crowns. Bridges and Plate work a Speciality. EXAMINATIONS FREE. Mrs. Gregsy was returning from Shalubia, Mc., where she had been called to attend the funeral of her aunt and grandmother. She was named after her mother, died before she could reach Galesburg, to survive her death she left her husband, Mr. Bryant Gregsy, and two children, Mrs. Walter Glover and Burley Gregsy, besides other relatives and a host of Friends. The funeral service was on Wednesday after the at A. M. E. by Rev. Phillips. The Household of Ruth, of which the deceased was a member, attended in a body. Medames Burns and Grever and Miss Haitie Jabine of Canton spent a few days in Galesburg last week, the funeral being held by Mr. Reed, the blind musician, gave a recital in the Methodist and Baptist church. Mr. Reed is a very sweet singer and his music was enjoyed by all. Mrs. Charles Williams has returned from Shalubia Mo., Mrs. Pauline Anderson is able to be out again, after being confined to her home by illness. DAVENPORT ITEMS Mrs. H. M. Hughes and daughters are in Chicago yaitin z Rev. P. S. Irvin of Charlton was in the city several days visiting his daughters at the S. O. home. Rev. D. A. Holmes is out of the city Rew. D. A. Holmes is out of the city on business. Mrs. Geo. Todd is in Chicago visiting her husband. Mesdames W. L. Baker and Ella Elsy of Davenport and Mrs. Chas. Davenport for Dorinda Verver and Colorado Springs in a few days on a pleasure trip. Mrs. A. D. Dumlin has gone to Evanston to visit her parents. Mrs. Benj. Crowe is at home from Hutchinson, Kana, where she was called by the skiliness of her mother, who passed away recently. Mrs. A. D. Dumlin, Miss Missionary society of the A. M. E. Church was entertained by Miss Shelton at her residence on Monday afternoon. After the usual routine of business two members were served with delicous ice cream and cake. The next meeting will be held at the residence of Mrs. W, B. Hill August 2d, at which subject "Does the threat of reward or the fear of punishment have the greater effect on the human race?" Discussion opened by Mrs. S. V. Bash. Mrs. L. E. Williams of St. Louis, Mo. is visiting at the residence of Mrs. C. H. Marshall on Eastern avenue. Mrs. S. V. Been district superintendent of the St. Louis, Mo. District Sunday School Convention, has returned to Davenport, after having at taused the convention at Booneville, Mo. and visiting at Marshall, Wash- ington and St. Louis, Mo. Mrs. Saddle Houston entertained Mr. and Mrs. Barnett of Harrison street, Washington, Ill. Mrs. C. H. Marshall and Mrs. Hopkins at 5 o'clock tea. The Twentieth Century club will give an outing at Watch Tower on the 25th inst. Missella McGaw, president; Master Allen Bean, secretary. EDITOR'S OBSERVATIONS. Muscatine place attending to the scholar feet. He is doing well. Mr. Tomlin's folks are still here and doing nicely. Rev. M. Payton is pastor of the only colored church, the A. M. E. He is a Christian gentleman. Washington. Into the quiet little town of Washington, where we have written so often and so much in former write-ups, I will not go into details. However, we might note that Mr. J. Weaver, the owner of for sprinkling and cleaning. He is a fine specimen of what an ideal Afro-American can do. He has several teams and men under his charge and a lovely and industrious wife and husband in the down town district. Rev. B. R. Penn is the pastor of the A. M. E. church and this bright young minister is doing nicely. Nate M. L. Black is still foreman in the composing room of the Washington Journal. He is the owner of the home where his wife runs an elegant hair dressing parlor. Messrs. G. W. Black and Jas. Redd run a barber shop at the old stand. A. L. Hall is on a farm just out the city limits. Daniel T. Homes the old house of his homes and now lives in another one that he owns. He is quite feeble, Mr. Mott is doing business at the same old stand. His son, Leon Mott, graduated this summer from the high school where he lived and is quite an athlete and Iowa will yet hear from him. Oskaloosa. Marshallitown. This beautifully located prairie town is growing steadily and firmly. The 300 colored people are showing good signs of real progress. The man making the fastest financial gain is Albert Walker, who is manager of the nursery. He has just finished a beautiful nine-room completely modern house, costing $2,500. It is very expensive furnished and perhaps one of the most systematic arranged houses owned by our race in Iowa. He owns some valuable city limits and is raising hogs. Albert is a hustler. He is a single young man and his two sisters keep his house in fine shape. He is fast solving the city problem by action. I. L. Brown is still at the city limits and has moved to the country on a farm. A good step. Mr. Geo. L. Sultor is working the city as engineer at the city water power house. Richard Wright is not well—unable to be at his shop. Mary of our men are working at the sickening foxhole with a coiled population of about 260. The county seat of Moore county—where fully 6,000 colored people live. Mrs. Wilkins runs a restaurant and boarding house near the Burlington deno. Burton, John Thomas still drives the bus line. Mrs. Mary F. Ward is doing well. She is one of the hard working women and is constantly improving her home. The lot is full of fruit. Chas. O. Parker and brother are working the cream man. The A. M. E. church is doing nicely. Mr. G. W. Hollingworth is still farming on his farm just west of town. Ottumwa. Our next stop was Ottumwa. Here dwells more than 1,000 colored population. There are two churches, one Baptist and a Methodist. Each seems flourishing. Joseph Hopkins, who for more than sixteen years has been in the employment of the Morrell Packing Co as a clerk, has several offices. He is one of the United States meat inspectors under the new pure food bill. He with en others took the United States civil service examination and was one of the four who passed and was appointed. He has charge of the United States state custom department at the city of Ottumwa in shary. We congratulate Mr. Hopkins. He is a very worthy young man. He owns some valuable land in the city limits. Mr. Z. Taylor is still driving the city express wagon and collecting rents from his homes. James Johnson is porter at the Ballington hotel. He has a nice home, J. H. Weeks is still improving his home, as Mr. Bailey. Wells Fowler is improving his houses and lots, filling and leveling up the lots and painting the houses. He is still with the Wapello club. C. T. Gooch works at the packing house. He is doing. He is working at the Ottumwa Courier office. A. B. Kennedy and Harper are doing nicely. They are industrious. James Robinson, who is a brother to our Jake Robinson, is --- Price Five Cents foot. He is doln gwell. Eugene Anderson is the only blacksmith. He is working for Rev. M. Gilbert. He is working for a large firm. H. G. Elliott is running a lunch stand at the Caldwell park and says he is starting out nicely. Mrs Gilbert is still working at the tartan and chop house. Mrs Carter, her daughter, is very sick. Rev. B. Washen so former details. Mr. J. contract he is a Watcheler is the new Baptist preacher. Mrs. Wyatt Smith, one of the old and highly esteemed men, is conducting a hair dressing parlor at 134 Main Street, and he has a large trade. She has been in the business for more than ten years. She enjoys several large and nice rooms and is doing very well. She is a race woman. Mt. Pleasant. Mt. Pleasant. We were soon on route for Mt. Pleasant for about 300 of our race live, and many of them are doing well. Most of them are old citizens and nearly all their own homes. Another thing is very noticeable. Mt. Pleasant has more handsome young ladies in proportion to those of our race live, and we have visited. In fact nearly all of them are highly educated, most from the high schools and from Mt. Pleasant college, very few young men. So we would suggest to the young men to look this way. We would move to a harder business. D. G. Fiddler has moved to Fairfield and is working for B. J. Fuller, Mr. E. A. Hackley is running a shop and taking a course in theology at the college. T. L. Burnett has also moved to Fairfield and running a shop. S. McDowell, has charge of the A. M. E. church and is doing well. He has just had the church and parsonage painted and things nicely at the bakery. Jones still works in Joseph's house and still running the second-hand store and auctioneer. He has the only second-hand store in the city and he employs a colored lady clerk, a Miss Harris, her sister, Miss Nora Harris, will handle the quill and be our correspondent for the church, though he is attending to his crop of fruit and garden. He owns a beautiful home. Mr. Mason and folks are doing well. His garden is looking well. He owns a nice home. I. W. Burnough is well fixed, although he is still working at the garden, though he is in good circumstances. He has all the back copies of the Bystander preserved for many years back. Mr. Adams is doing well. He owns a good home. Mr. Coalson is doing well. He is quite well off and owns a nice garden. Mr. Coalson is doing well. Coalson, Mr. J. M. Nulley is doing well. Harry Burnaugh is employed at the coal shute. He is doing well. John W. Harrison is still working at the same place. The Baptist church is doing nicely. Mr. Carter has a nice garden. John W. Harrison has a nice garden and hard working. From here we landed in Burlington. (Continued Next Week.) ALBIA NEWS. Mr. and Mrs. Carson of Hiteman spent Sunday in Albia. Mrs. Dolly Perry of Knoxville, Ill., returned home Tuesday of this week. A number of Albia people attended the funeral of Mrs Finks of Hiteman Sunday. Mrs. E Grayson entertained a number at six o'clock lunch Tuesday evenin in honor of her visitor, Mrs. Perry of Knoxville, Ill. Albia has a celebration August 3rd at the city park, and on Aug 5th and 6th at a new park opening 4 miles from Albia. Good speaking and music at both places. (Last Week) Miss Heneretta Jones from Buxton spent a few days of this week at the parental home. Those who attended the dedication of the A. M. E. church in Chariton were Madam Grayson, Davis, Ester, Misses Bessie Davis, Mildred Lewis, Eva Parker, Ora Lewis, Messrs. Jones Grayson and Ester. Mr. Fred Parker of Oskaloosa spent a few days of this week as the parental home. The A. M. E. church will hold their annual picnic at the city park July 18. Mr. and Mrs. Parker are mourning over the loss of their nine months baby who died at their home on Sunday evening. We received a number of "The Iowa Colored Woman" paper for distribution among our people in the city this week, for which we thank the editor for her kind rememberance of our town among her number. His Discovery. Cholly—You remember I told you yesterday that Miss Perkyn told me the night before that she would marry me. Jack—Jay, Cholly—Well, I happened to think this morning that she said that she would marry me on the thirty-first of September, so I looked up the calendar to see what day of the week it would be, and, do you know, September has only 30 days! A Dog's Opinion of Boston Dialect. "An intelligent looking dog," said the visitor from Boston. "Oh, he is," exclaimed Fido's owner. "He knows every word you say." Then said the visitor from Boston: "My canine friend is am exceedingly interested in the boy that has been presented to me to the effect that your standing of human speech is perfect, and in order to test this matter I wish that you would be good enough to bark three times in rapid succession as an indication that your comprehension of my request is in all ways clear and lucid. "And tid bark?" said I to Teagarden, who was telling me the story. "No," said Teagarden, "but he growled like —" Wanton Slaughter of Game. Kill! Kill! Kill! The word is on every tongue from the time the big-game season opens in the far west until it closes, two months later. Every man's hand seems to be against the wild things of the mountains—the harmless wild things which lead to the forest half its charm. If it were the aim of the people to exterminate the deer, elk and mountain sheep they would not kill with more avidity. The question of skill does not enter into it. If an elk is close enough to sine his hair with the powder, no matter, kill him! If the pack horses are already loaded to the limit, if not a pound of the meat is to be touched, if the head is worthless as a trophy and the horns valueless, no matter, kill just the same. The law permits each person his two elk, so take the limit! If an animal is crippled, do not bother to trail him, let him go; the wolves will pull him down eventually, or he will fall and stave—that elk with the shattered shoulder or the deer with the dragging hind leg. What does it matter to you if, a comparatively few years hence, the elk tracks and the print of the deer's pointed hoof are gone forever, if the forests are depleted and silent and a pair of antiles has become a curiosity? You have had your sport. And this, exclaims Caroline Lockhart in Lippincott's, is the way in which nine-tenths of the people reason who hunt in the big-game season. The real sportsman is a menace to the game; he is its best friend, its protector. He is as jealous of it as though it were his own property, and he has a clearly defined code of honor in regard to the killing of it. But real sportsmen are rare in the big-game country. New Jersey lives up to its reputation for producing original citizens. The latest case in point is that of Peter Mowry, an engineer on the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western railroad. One day when his train reached Millburn he discovered that he did not have water enough to carry him to the next water tank. He hesitated only a moment, then jumped out of his cab and disappeared. Before he climbed back to his seat the fire engines came tearing down the street toward the station. In reply to the foreman, who asked where the fire was, Mowry explained his needs, and said he had pulled the alarm because he thought maybe the fire company could run a hose to a hydrant and fill his tank. He did not judge his fellow Jerseymen wrongly, for the hose was unwound and he soon had all the war ter he needed. Dr. Marade, the French inventor of voice telegraphy, says that the reason women can talk longer, and faster, and harder than men is because their larynges are narrower. He asserts that there is need for a tremendous amount of power in talking with a broad larynx—that an orator talking to a big crowd does as much work as a porter who shoulders 400 pounds. On this basis there are several gentlemen loose in the country who are doing as much work as the average railroad. It has taken the English five years to decide that Empire day, as the anniversary of Queen Victoria's birthday has been called since the queen's death, is worth celebrating. It has been observed in the British colonies, but at home hardly any official recognition of the day has been shown. This year, however, the London school children received a half holiday, and sang patriotic songs and saluted the flag before going home for the afternoon. The New, York legislature has passed a bill which gives women school teachers in New York city the same pay as men. It has long been maintained that for equal work there should be equal pay. The lower rate of pay for women teachers has, for better or for worse, left American common school education largely in the hands of women, and tended to keep men out of the profession. Hinerant booksellers on the East Side in New York always find a market for manuals of etiquette. The foreigners, who crowd the district, are anxious to learn how to behave in the free society of America, and eager read instructions on eating soup, when to fise and when to sit down, what to say and when to say it. The king of Roumania rules over the youngest monarchy in Europe. The crown he wears is of solid iron, plain and undorned. It was fashioned, by his desire, from a huge cannon which he and his brave Roumanian troops captured from the Turks at Plevna. A piece of ice fell from the rear of a wagon in New York and killed the lemmon. We didn't suppose the trust could be so careless—about the size of the chunks. Pittsburg is preparing to spend the necessary money to plant 2,000,000,000 trees along the banks of the Allegheny and Monongahs Rivers, to prevent future floods on the Ohio. The necessity of anchoring the trees firmly should not be overlooked. With tears the Philadelphia Press inquires why people will jump into the city reservoirs when they want to drown themselves. It says that the water is bad enough already. Why don't they provide a suicide tank? MINNEAPOLIS Journal Peace Policeman—Oh, that's all right, Japan can take care of that case all right. FIGURE WRECK DEAD AT 93 FIGURE WRECK DEAD AT 93 STEAMER LINE OFFICIALS GET REVISED LIST OF LOST. Bodies of Victims Being Held at Eureka Awaiting Orders—Good Work by Waiters. San Francisco. — Few changes have been made in the lists of lost and saved of the steamer Columbia. The steamer officials have been informed that Chew Mock of Oakland, a Chinese first-class traveler, who was reported missing, was among the saved. Miss B. Musser was also found to be among those saved, instead of missing, as at first reported. The company has announced that the bodies of the victims were being held by the coroner at Eureka pending orders from friends and relatives to have them shipped to this city and Portland. The bodies of eastern passengers will be sent home by both routes. A revised list of the passengers shows 108 saved and 77 missing. Of the officers and crew 40 were saved and 16 are missing. This makes a total of 83 unaccounted for. The cost of Second Steward A. Mack of the Colony saved many lives when the Columbia sank. As soon as the ship struck the steward ran into the "glory hole," where his men slept, and ordered them to their posts. The men were well drilled and they wasted no time in their duties wakening the passengers. They ran through the cabins assigned to them, and they adjusted their life preservers for them. This accounts for the fact that all those who were on deck had life preservers on them. CRAZY MAN SLAYS HIS FAMILY. Financial Distress Drives a Michigan Farmer to a Triple Murder. Muskegon, Mich.—Suddenly crazed by financial worries, Henry Scotchone, a farmer near Nucumbia, Mich., Sunday murdered his wife, son and his wife's foster father, Robert Green, 85 years old. He slashed his wrists and swallowed part green, but was killed by Henry McCleian, a neighbor, at whom he brandished the arrest blow. He slew the others. The arrest blow caused the head and the second and fatal stroke was given after Scotchone cut his wrists and swallowed the poison. The shooting of the crazy murderer took place while he ran toward McCleian. Shot from a double-barreled gun dropped Scotchone in his tracks. AMERICAN FLAG ORDERED DOWN. Ottawa Citizens Object to Stare and Stripes on City Hall. Ottawa, Ont.—There were one or two American flags put here at the city hall with the union jack and other decorations in confection with a carnival. A committee* of citizens has ordered the stars a1st strips removed. The judge thought it best to do this rather than have any trouble over the matter. Supposed Murderer Caught. Lebanon, Pa.—A man giving the name of Joe Holtwick, but who, it is believed, was Hydrick, who is wanted in Bellaire, the murder, was arrested here Wednesday. Fatal Panic at Lecture. Litchfield, Ill.—Twenty-five hundred people were thrown into a fatal panic at the Litchfield-Hillsboro Chauqua town grounds when a furious electrical storm occurred. Mrs. William Risk, of Hillsboro, was silenced by lightning and seven were seriously hurt. Thleves in Post Office Haui. English, Ind.—The post office at Marengo, Ind., near here; was robbed early Wednesday of $1,000 in money and stamps. There is no cloak to the thleves. J. B. Duke Weds Mrs. Inman. New York—Janes B. Duke, president of the American Tobacco company, was married Tuesday to Mrs. Nanaline Holt Inman, at the home of Mrs. William Schuyler Stackpole, in Brooklyn. Two Saved from the Gallews. Jefferson City, Mo.—John and Amelieck Brooks, brothers, sentenced to be hanged on July 45, were shown clemency by Gov. Falk, who Tuesday commuted their sentences to life imprisonment. VICTIM OF BLACKMAILERS. Armenian Merchant Killed Because He Wouldn't Pay. New York.—Seeking a motive for the murder Monday of H. S. Tavshajian, the Armenian rug merchant, the district attorney's office was led Tupa to report that Tavshajian was one of ten wealthy Armenians who had been marked for slaughter if they failed to give up $10,000 each to a blackmilling band of their countrymen. From sources, carefully protected by the authorities, came information of a startling character and said to be accurate. This is to the effect that a secret society of Armenians, originally organized that the members were atactic, patriotic, revolutionary purposes, has degenerated into an instrument for blackmail. The killing of Tavshanjian and the others, it was stated, was planned more than a year ago. They received letters which they interpreted as meaning that they must pay or take the consequences. The threatened men discussed the matter at a meeting. Tavshanjian was present. A number of the merchants were in favor of acceding to the demand. They gave them money and live," they said. "No," said Tavshanjian. "As a matter of principle we should not pay. You can do as you will. They will get nothing from me." "This is the work of an Armenian in this city who is the worst man in the world," said a prominent Armenian. "He has been responsible for many murders and lesser crimes, and, too cowardly to commit them himself, he gets men of small intellect to do the work for him by making them be murdered." For the country, "Another well-to-do Armenian said: "A priest who tried to fight the band was murdered in Odessa. Father Kasper Vartianian, killed in this city, was another victim." ABDICATION WAS A SURPRISE. Viscount Hayashi Says Korean Event Spoiled His Plans. Seoul —Viscount Hayashi, the Japanese foreign minister, describes his visit to Seoul as an excursion during the government holidays, made for the purpose of communicating to Marquis Ito the demand made by public certification of existing conditions in Korea and to copassit with the marquis as to what should be done. In view of the grave state of the present crisis, Viscount Hayashi has consented to say that the abdication of the emperor occurred simultaneously with his arrival in Seoul, and was a part of his appointed his plans. Neither Marquis Ito nor Japan any part in the abdication, on the contrary, if consulted, they would not have advised it, says Hayashi. Mrs. Hazen 8. Pingree Dies. Detroit, Mich. — Mrs. Hazen S. Pingree, widow of one of Michigan's most celebrated governors, died at night her residence here, aged 77. She was born, son, Hazen S. Pingree, Jr., and a daughter, Mrs. Sherman L. Depew. Vessel for Missouri Tare Washington.—The converted yacht Huntress, with a displacement of 82 tons, has been assigned to the use of the Missouri naval militia. She is now being repaired. Defaulter Commits Suicide. Sloux City, Ia.-Short in his accounts, and pressed by his employer to make a settlement, George H. Burkey, city salesman for the wholesale grocery firm of Tolterton & Warfield, shot himself Tuesday and died instantly. Escaping Convicts are Shot Atlanta, Ga.—As the result of a determined effort to escape from the brick yards in the western part of the city Tuesday, two white convicts, Ben Beasley and H. L. Hartman, were fatally wounded by a guard. Life Sentences for Lamana Murder. Henriville, La.—Ignacio Campisiacola no billeu, Maua. Marla Campisiacola, Collarago Gendusa, Yoya. Costa, who were tried here last month, charged of murdering the kidnapped Lamana child, were sentenced Monday to serve life terms. Capt. Bart E. Linghan Dies. Memphis, Tenn.—After a brief HI-ence, the excessive heat, Capt. Bart E. Linghan, promoter and capitalist of Dubuque, la, died Monday at a local hotel. Not Hard to Get Relief. From This Painful Affliction. Do you little growl fools wake up in the night with cramp in their toes or leans? If so, tell them to slide down to the foot of the bed and press their toes hird against the footboard. This seldom falls to bring relief. Even the tiniest (ot can) for herself when she wakes up in alarm at the bald, pain in her leg. Should this fall, and sometimes when the cramp is up by the knee, it is not efficient, tell the sufferer to press the sole of her cramped foot against the instep of the other. Press good and hard, and the pressure, together with the warmth and electricity drawn from the well foot, will often bring relief to the sufferer. To treat the "knotty" stubborn kind of cramp, sometimes seizes the little folks when they are nervous, or if they have eaten something which does not agree with them, to tie a broad band (father's handkerchief, folded, will answer), tightly above the cramped part. Rubbing, unless one knows just how to manipulate the muscle, often does more harm than good. The knotty part of the cramped kind is as much a nervous as a muscular trouble. If your children suffer frequently with it, a good warm bath with an alcohol rub at night is a good preventive. B. N. LIFE INSURANCE ACTIVITY. The New York Life's Business Nearly Up to the Legal Limit. The New York Life Insurance Company announces that its new paid business during the half year just ended was over seventy million dollars. As the new law allows no life company to write over one hundred and fifty millions per year, it would apply to the law nearly up to the limit. The New York Life gained such headway before the law was passed and suffered so little, comparatively, from the Armstrong investigation, that the question with its management has been how to keep business down to the limit, rather than how to reach it. No other company is writing nearly as much money. The New York Life has evidently become a preferred company. The company's payments to policy holders during the six months ending June 30 were $21,600,761. It is interesting to note that this amount was almost equally divided between payments under policies maturing by death and payments to living policy holders. Thus, while death claims were $11,800,626, the amount paid for matured endowments, annuities, trust fund installments, for purchased policies and for dividends was $10,600,761. Indeed, life insurance, as acquired by the family, employs a wide field, and covers many contingencies. It is money saved for the aged, as well as money provided for the families of those who die prematurely. Courtesy at Home Courtesy at Home. We are all creatures of habit, men and women alike, and the habits and surroundings of daily life have a powerful influence on the character of both. The root of all bad manners is selfishness; when selfish is first, most conscientious is second, and always so far behind in time that it disappears altogether. "One cannot keep up the ceremony and elfette of society when at home." True, for between friends they can be laid aside. They merely are the rivets that keep society together, but not courtesy and consideration. The latter ought to be so much the habit with each of us that it will become our second nature, and therefore can be no more laid aside than can an arm or a leg. The Goat Comes First. Switzerland is the only country in the world where the goat is paced ahead of all other animals, and even of human beings. If a boy plagues a goat he can be fined and sent to jail. If a person meets a goat on a path, and drives him aside he can be arrested. If a goat enters the yard of a person not his owner and is hit with a stone the 100 feet of the offense sees a goat on the trak the train must halt until the animal can be coaxed to remove himself. There’s many a boy in America who wishes he were a goat in Switzerland. A Question of Interest to All Careful Persons. Arguments on food are interesting. Many persons adopt a vegetarian diet on the ground that they do not like to feel that life has been taken to feed them, nor do they fancy the thought of eating dead meat. On the other hand, too great consumption of partly cooked, starchy oats and wheat or white bread, pastry, cheese and milk, can cause the bowel digestive organs (where starch is digested), are overtaxed and the food ferments, producing gas, and microbes generate in the decayed food, frequently bringing on peritonitis and appendicitis. Starchy food is absolutely essential to the human body. Its best form is shown in the food "Grape-Nuts," where the starch is changed into a form of sugar during the process of its manufacture. In this way, the required starch is stored in the system in a pre-digested form and is then made into blood and tissue, without taxing the digestive organs. A remarkable result in quenchment is obtained; the person using Grape Nuts gains quickly in physical and mental strength. Why is mental! Because the food contains delicate particles of Phosphate of Potash obey the laws of physics, with the albumen of all food and the combination is what nature uses to re-build worn out cells in the brain. This is a scientific fact that can be easily proven by ten days' use of Grape-Nuts. "There's a Reason," Read, "The Road to Wallville," is STORM IN PITTSBURG Pittsburgh, Pa.—With a gale blowing almost 50 miles an hour a storm broke over this city and vicinity Wednesday night that broke all records for precipitation, and terrified residents with the sharp flashes of lightning and the almost deafening peals of thunder. Thousands of dollars of damage has been done to street railways by washing out of tracks, and the landslides among the hills sections of the country buried many tracks that will take up to a mearth. From all six of the country reports of great damage by washouts and lightning are coming in. Lightning Stups Cottagers. At Valley camp, a summer resort near this city, the residence of Col W. C. Connelly, of this city, was struck by lightning and 20 cottages of the camp assembled in the dwelling were stunned. The upper story of the building caught fire, but the blaze was extinguished by a bucket brigade. In the East End section of this city rolley, telephone and telegraph wires were torn down and lay about the streets, necessitating an extra force of men to warn pedestrians of danger. The precipitation as registered at the local weather bureau was $9, which fell within 30 minutes. The storm broke from the northwest and moved off down the Ohio valley. Wheeling Also Is Hit. Wheeling. W. Va—A cloudburst that broke over this city Wednesday night inflicted damage aggregating thousands of dollars. One life was lost, that of Lee Prettman, a teamster, who was drowned while trying to get his horse away from a rush or water in the southern section of the city. His body was not recovered All traffic on the trolley lines was suspended, bridges on all roads were washed away and in the city the streets of the business section were fooled. Car Windows Broken by Hail. Grand. Forks, N. D.—Hailstorms occurred in Grand Forks county N. D., and in Polk county, Minn., late Tuesday afternoon, doing extensive damage to crops. The Great Northern Langlion line train was just logging its way to Grand Forks and windows in the coaches were broken. Passengers describe the halt; iteses as large chunks of ice, which covered the ground in places until it was white. On the farm of Louis Blanchet the airlift drifted until it was six inches leep. The Norwegian Lutheran school which now teaches at Gårdahaga was laid off its foundation. HELD IN 8LAVERY 22 MONTHS. Italiana Tell Story of Peonage on a Mississippi Plantation. St Louis.—The story told by Avanna Ameada and Gulborz Olindo, Italianans, who said they had been held in slavery for 22 months on a Mississippi plantation and had just escaped caused United States District Attorney Blodgett Wednesday to institute an investigation into the alleged peonage. According to the story told by the Italianans through an interpreter, there is peonage code of 50 Italian families, consisting of 50 persons on a cotton plantation at Robinsonville. Miss. They declared armed guards prevented any communication with persons outside the plantation. Those who attempted to escape were fired upon. TROLLEY CARS IN COLLISION Three Persons Dangerously Injured I Accident at Elyria, O. Elyria, O.-In a head-on collision between two traction cars on the Cleveland & Southwestern line Wednesday afternoon, three persons were seriously and probably fatally injured and a score of others received injuries of a minor nature. The most seriously injured were taken to the Elyria hospital. They are Mrs. Joseph Crane, Mrs. K. J. Washburn and F. J. Gibson, all of Oberlin. Scaffold Falls; Two Killed. Conneaut, O—Two men were killed and five others seriously injured by the falling of a scaffolding at the Pittsburg and Conneaut dock Wednesday. The dead are A. Matson and B. Quick of Cleveland. Excursion Rates to Continue EXCURSION RATES to Continue. New York. The policy of granting railroad excursion rates for special occasions in Ohio, Indiana, Illinois will be continued. This was decided at a meeting of representatives of the trunk lines concerned Wednesday. Recent legislation in the states mentioned fixed the maximum passenger rate at two cents per mile and it had been thought possible that the railroads would retaliate by making the maximum also the minimum rate, and to abandon the frequent fall excursions. French Cabinet Scandal. Paris—Gill Bias is responsible for the sensational statement that it has been proposed by a former private secretary of the presiding minister of justice, H. Guyot-Dessignes, six times conducted a scandalous traffic public offices, decorations and parades. According to the paper, which promises to publish the names of the parties concerned Tuesday, a number of important personages, including H. Guyot-Dessignes and some of his friends and relatives, are impli- WHEN you buy oatmeal always buy Quaker Oats It's the best oatmeal made and in the twenty-five cent family package you get a beautiful piece of American china. There is a nice assortment of cups and saucers, plates, bowls, etc. It's easy to furnish your table this way. Quaker Wheat Berries is the newest thing in cereal foods—delicious. Buy a package today. Two quarts 10%. GRAND TRUNK RAILWAY SYSTEM SPECIAL Excursion Fares 1907 FROM CHICAGO Beoston and Return. $81.00 Double Track. 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Sold by all dealers. 50 cents a box. Foster-Milburn C. Buffalo, N. Y. His Finger Imprints His Finger Impresss Of Count Julius Impresss, whose monument is recently unveiled at Budapest, the Neue Presse gives the following incident: Count Andressy had a habit of smoothing with his hand his richly oiled hair. One day an important document had passed the Austrian council of ministers, in the contents of which Count Andressy was interested. Shortly afterward the Austrian president of the ministry said to one of the ministers: Count Andressy has read the latest document: "How do you know?" I find on the imprint of Count Andressy's fingers, "responded the president with a laugh. Laundry work at home would be much more satisfactory if the right Starch were used. In order to get the desired stiffness, it is usually necessary to use so much starch that the beauty and fineness of the fabric is hidden behind a paste of varying thickness, which not only destroys the appearance, but also affects the wearing quality of the goods. This trouble can be entirely overcome by using Defiance Starch, as it can be applied much more thinly because of its greater strength than other makes. Not Comfortable. "I'm going off into the mountains this summer and get close to the heart of nature," said the dromany girl. "I once went off to the mountains to get close to the heart of nature," said the matter-of-face man. "I sought the woods and lay down close to her throbbing bosom. But I found she was all of red bugs and other penetrating insects. So I arose and gloomly sought the artificial city." Starch, like everything else, is being constantly improved, the patent Starch puts on the market 25 years earlier and different and inferior to those of the present day. In the latest discovery-Defiance Starch—all injurious chemicals are omitted, while the addition of another ingredient, invented by us, gives to the Starch a strength and smoothness never approached by other brands. Tests of Bravery. "Do you think men have more cour are than women?" "Certainly not," answered the processor. "Everybody knows there is more peril in the first ice cream soda than in the first straw hat." Big Deposits of Limestone. On the Tombigbee river, Alabama, is enough limestone to supply a cement plant for 100 years. Courage. Three tired citizens—a lawyer, a doctor and a newspaper man—sat in a back room recently in the gray light of the early dawn. On the table were many empty bottles and a couple of packs of cards. As they sat in silence a rat scurried across the hearth in the darkness beyond. The three men shifted their feet and looked at each other measfully. After a long pause the rat said, "I know what you fellows are thinking," he said; "you think I thought I saw the rat, but I didn't." People Tell Each Other About Good Thinks. twelve years ago few people in the world knew of such a preparation as a Powder for the foot of Allen's Foot-Their foot was been told year after year by grateful persons, it is indispensable to millions. It is cleanly, wholesome, healing and antiseptic and gives rest and comfort to tired aching feet. It cures you while you walk: Over 30,000 testimonials. Imitations pay the dealer a larger profit. Imitations substitute for Allen's Ease, the original foot powder. Ask for Allen's Foot-Ease, and see that you get it. Unkind Advice. Two Irishmen were eating their lunch, when one asked the other: "Pat, an' what be you thinking about?" Pat replied: "Shure, Mike, I was a thinking how I would be getting my clothes on my wings when I would go heaven." "You would better be thinking how you would be getting your hat over your horns when you get to the other place," answered Mike—Ally Sloper. Very Handy. "Among the people who greeted the President upon his arrival at Oyster Bay," says an exchange, "none attracted so much attention as a woman who carried two children in her arms and led another by the hand:" It strikes us that a capable woman like that would attract attention anywhere. —Washington Post. Give Defiance Starch a fair trial—it try it for both hot and cold starching, and if you don't think you do better work, in less time and at smaller cost, return it and your grocer will give you back your money. Growth of Languages. All of the languages we know of grew out of other languages. Latin came from Oscan, Etruscan and Greek. DODD'S KIDNEY PILLS FOR ALL KIDNEY DISEASES FOR PHEUMATISM BRIGHT'S DISEASE DIABETES BACKHAIR 1975 "Guarantee" THE DA18Y FLY KILLER destroys all the comfort to every skin condition a native season nona. Clean neat will never be failure anything you will never be without trouble to deal never need preside Mr. Thomas Breadlove has returned from De Moisne. Mr. R. P. Palmer of Clarinda is in the city for a visit with her mother, Mrs Mary White. Her husband was formerly pastor of the Second Baptist church here. Presiding Elder Phillips preached at the A. M. B. church Wednesday the 17th inst. On Thursday he delivered a lecture "The Man Without a Check." He left for Ft. Madison Friday. Rev. and Mrs. R. H. Heckley entertained the Presiding Elder at dinner Thursday the 18th. Rev S. McDowell and Presiding Elder Phillips were entertained at supper Thursday at the home of Me and Mrs Clay Rise. Misses Agnes and Louise Mason have returned from evasion, 11'. for a visit with the home folks. Miss Littie McCaine came in Saturday evening from West Point for a short visit with friends. Mrs. J. M. Watt left Friday for Morning Sun for a visit with hen husband. She was accompanied by her two daughters. Mrs Herba Harris has regretted her position as clerk at the second hand store. Mr. David Fidler of Fairfield visited relatives here recently. Mrs Hattia Hedge entertained the ladies of the Taherecnic Sunday afternoon at the home of her mother, Mrs. Milada Akins. Mrs Wm. Wyette and niece, Miss Maddien Barnage expect to leave soon for a visit with relatives in Minneapolis. Mrs Z. W. Mitchell and daughter Beulah of Minnesota are visiting their aunt, Mrs G. M. Harris. Editor J. L. Thompson was in our city recently. Miss Elizabeth Reed came to Monday evening from Burlington to offer a pleasant visit of several weeks with her sister, Mrs F. Martin. Extrarence In Press Extravagance in Dress. Very few persons outside of the glittering circle 'of our enormously rich families, who constitute what is referred to as the best society' can understand how the woman in that other country can spend her wardrobe such vast amounts of money as are expended by the daughters of some of these families. The history of the world does not show such reckless extravagance in the way of dress. Nor, for the matter of that, does the history of the world show so ridious a use of money as that practiced by our very rich in their strictly social diversitions. Happy is the lot of the man or woman who is not tempted to such foolish indulgences, which take the edge from life's real joy! Fled from Gas. "I had a friend," said the bearded man, "who got out of paying a bill he owed in an original way. When the collector arrived he sent word to him that he would see him in a few minutes. Then he went into the parlor, shut the doors carefully, turned on every blessed burner in the chandelier, came quickly out, and had his man show the bill collector in the parlor while he hurried upstairs. Do you think a collector needed few minutes for him to come down? Not on your photograph. He fled from that gas filled room in about two seconds by the clock. If he had stayed three he'd have been suffocated." Bobby's mother was often distressed by her small son's lappes from correct speech, all the more because his ports from school were always good. "Bobby," she said, plaintively, one day, "why do you keep telling Major to 'set up' when you know 'cat up' is what you should say?" "Oh, but you don't have to waste it," of course I have lots of grammar, but I don't like to waste it on Major, when he doesn't know the difference, being a dog"—Youth's Companion. Speaking of Fathers Two kids had been engaged in a heated argument over the respective merits of their sires, when Johnnie clinched his argument with the following: "Huh, that's nothing! My father was in the army, and once, when he was standing on a hill beside a cannon, a war came up the hill, and he fired the cannon and killed the whole war."—Judge's Library. Hope. "Woman is naturally more hopeful than man," began the moralist, "Yes, interrupted the plain man. "There's my wife, for instance; every time she has had occasion to buy fish since she started housekeeping she has asked her dealer if they were fresh, hoping, I suppose, that some day he'll say Each to His Trade Each to His Trace. "I'm more useful than you are," poasted the colliel. "Yes?" replied the bulldog. "You don't say." Yes. You should and go for "the way when they start to run away." "Walt, wait until we tramps come along here and when they start to run watch me go for the calves." Best Mollins in the] World for Colic and Diarrhoeus. "I call Chamberlain's Colie Chalera and Diarrhoeus Remedy to be the best remedy in the world," says M. Q. L. Carter of Sidfurn. Ala. "I am subject to colie and diarrhoeus. Last spring it seemed as though I would die, and I was bernie's Colie Chalera and Diarrhoeus Remedy. I haven't been troubled with it since until this week, when I had a very severe attack, and took half a bottle of the twenty-cents also Chamberlain's Remedy, and this morning I feel like a new man." For sale by all despatches. Twenty-Six Different Monetary Units Are In Use. Twenty-six different monetary units are used by the 48 principal countries of the world. Thus, Great Britain uses the sovereign or pound sterling; France and six other countries of Europe use a unit equal to the franc; and Canada and the United States use the dollar. In value these different units range from one hundred to one hundred million United States. They are represented in their turn by coins the values of which are either multiples or are fractional parts of the value of their own chief units, and there are no doubt at least 200 such different coins, not one of which seems to have a value equal to that of any commonly known unit of weight, as the gram, for example, once of gold, or once of silver, or all of these have accepted gold as their standard measure of values. In the cottage of the world there seems, indeed, to be little that is logical or reasonable. Adoption of a single monetary unit or base, if not of an universal system of coinage to be used in all commerce between the nations, suggests E. W. Perry in his step in Magazine, to be a step in the course through the centuries, because there has been no concerted, well planned and persistent effort to remove the evils of the existing disorder. Natives of the Friendly islands of Magnificent Physique. "The natives of the Tonga, or Friendly islands, off the coast coast of New Zealand, are the finest in evidence of any on earth," said E. A. Powell, of Cleveland. Mr. Powell is returning from a business trip to Australia, where he visited several groups, the islands of New Zealand, the height of the mountains is five feet ten inches. Many of them are over six feet. They weigh from 160 to 300 pounds and are very straight, being built in proportion. The women averagely a greater height than the women of America. They have fine, strong figures and average from 130 to 160 pounds in weight. They are of a height light hulled and with features which made the Greeks famous. I firmly believe they are the original Maoris, while the natives of New Zealand are a smaller race—apparently a mixture with the Mongolian race. The islands are crescent shaped and mostly coral. There is; either wealth nor poverty on the islands. Peace and contentment are in evidence of any on earth. The main article of food is the coconut, and the only drink used is the milk of this nut." Hot or Cold Water. It is a debatable question whether it is a wise practice to drink a cupful of hot water immediately upon rising every morning. The hot-water fluids fancy that they cannot live without their morning drink, but there are reliable physicians who claim that this practice is debilitating to the stomach and that it cannot fail to do injury. The habitual use of cold water is an excellent habit to form. It is natural to drink cold water. Cold water is a choice to the throat. It is to the skin. It gives tonicity to the mucous of the stomach. The practice of taking five or six glasses of cold water a day is a good one. It will help to clear the complexion, brighten the eyes, and is said to be almost a certain remedy for puffiness under the eyes. A Great Swimmer. A remarkable swim by an eight-year-old horse, says a Kildys sart telegram, is occupying the attention of the local inhabitants. It appears that a farmer named Morgan Macmahon, who lives on a small island in the estuary of the Shannon, took the horse by boat to the mainland, and after working it all day turned it loose in the evening with a number of other horses. The owner awoke next morning what he found to find the faithful animal peacefully grazing near its stable. It was wet from a swim, and there is not the slightest doubt that the horse had swam all the way from the mainland to the island, a distance of a little less than three miles.—Pall Mall Gazette. Terms of Latin Origin. In a legal sense an "inuendo" was originally an averment made by the plaintiff in a libel action, putting into plain words the injurious sense he detected in an infallion published by the defendant. It is the abitative case of a Latin gerund that has become a common English noun substantive. Another Latin abitative with a similar modern history is "folio," which literally means "on page" so-and-so. The English language absorbs all cases in this fashion at its pleasure. There is "quorum" (gentive plural and "omnibus" (dative plural), with "ignoramus" as an English noun that was once a Latin verb in the first person plural. A farmer has made a discovery that will be of vast importance to farmers during in dry season. He has found that by planting onions and potatoes in the same field in alternate rows the onions, being so strong, bring tears to the eyes of the potatoes in such volumes that the roots of the vines are kept moist and a big crop is raised in spite of the drought. It is time to commence putting out your onion sets now—Reed City (Minn.) Mason. Cartridges as Small Change. Cartridges are taken as change all over Abyssinia, at a rate usually of ten to the dollar. The cap must be undamaged, the case in no way misformed and the paper round the bulb must be in a state of perfect preservation. Power of Woman's Tongues. A woman's tongues is only three inches long, but it can kill a man six feet high—Japanese. Swell New RigS Just Arrived La ge line of Stanhopes, Runabouts, Family Surreys, Top Buggies, Phaestons, Traps and Light Delivery Wagons of all kinds just arrived. It's a pleasure to drive in one of our luxurious new Stanhopes, Basket Phactons, or Smart Runabouts Many new turnouts especially appreciated by ladies who drive. Comfortable, smoothe riding, and easy to get in and out of. When you buy a vehicle its worth something to know that you are getting a reliably built job from a responsible manufacturer. No better rigs made than ours. Complete Line of Harness Price right Liberal terms TRI-STATE EXPOSITION Mrs. George Wilson of our city has just received a letter from Mrs. Olive B, Redmon, who has charge of the millinery department of the Tri-State Negro Industrial Exposition and Fair, which will be held at St. Joseph, Mo., Aug. 4th to 9th, inclusive, requesting her and her friends to prepare fancy work to be placed on exhibition at the Fair. This is a splendid opportunity for our ladies to show their skill in all kind of fancy needle-work. The object of the Exposition is to show what the race has accomplished and bring together the leading men and women. Let Iowa and Des Moines be represented. Take the Postmaster's Word for it. Mr. F. M. Hamilton, postmaster at Chearygale, Ind., keeps also a stock of general merchandise and patent medicines. He says: "Chamberlain's Colle, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy is standard here on its line. It never fails to give satisfaction and we could hardply afford to be without it." For sale by all druggists. SALT CELLAR OF LONG AGO. Was Distinctive Mark of Caste in the Middle Ages. "This is a medieval salt cellar," said the antiquary. "It is huge, it is shaped like a castle, it is solid silver and the price—but what is the use telling the price to you? Very magnificent, eh? In the middle age, you know, the salt cellar was the principal table ornament. Guests sat above or below the salt as they were prominent or the reverse. Where do you think you'd have sat, eh? Queen table marmor. The marmor had individual kalves, forks and spoons, but the common people ate with their fingers. You helped yourself from the general dish with your own spoon if you had one, but if you were very, very fastidious you licked the spoon clean first. The food was queer—rich, rank food—swans, herons, porpoises, garlic, verilge, saffron. There was mead and wine in floods and ushers stood about whose duty was to serve guests, such guests as had dined too well. These ushers, being overworked, were continually forging more for pay. The hours were queer, too. Breakfast, dawn; dinner, ten o'clock; supper, four o'clock in the afternoon." TAKING NO MORE CHANCES. Kespers Had Special Cartridges For Poor Marksman. Dr. Seward Webb at a dinner at Shelburne Farms, his great Vermont estate, called of a certain poor marksman: "Visiting his English brother-in-law he shot the head in the leg for the trifle pheasant shooting. The man limped away cursing horribly. Next day he had wretched luck, though the wounded head keeper without malice had assigned him to a fairly good place. Bang, bang, bang, went his gun every few seconds, but not a bird fell before it. He was much embarrassed. It seemed, too that at each of his misses the under keepers smiled at one another only his caretaker gave a hurried greet and demanded more. There aren't no more, sir, the man answered. 'No more! Nonsense. Why, you've got at least 1,000 in that box.' The keeper fushed and stammered: 'Ah, but them ain't for you, sir. They're for another agent. They've got in shot in 'em, sir.' High Prices for Antiques. Old furniture collectors in this city have lately been driving prices higher and higher. The rage for Chippendale and Sheraton patterns of the fine lines is greater than ever. Chairs especially fetch astonishing prices. Even dealers are paying in some cases as much as $50 for a single Chippendale chair of rare pattern, though it be out of repair. A collection of $75 for a Chippendale amulet, Chairs of less unusual pattern are sold every day for $40, $50 and $100.—New York letter. Trench war expenses. Bomesting like three-fourths of the annual crop久望 of the Turkish government has of recent years been for arms and munitions of war. Silent Japanese Soldiers. Japanese soldiers fight noiselessly. They have no bands, no drums beat reverie or tattoo, and in action they utter no cheers. Irrigation Adds Value. By means of irrigation something like 3,500,000 acres of land in Istanbul have been increased in value over 1250,000,000. Average journey of Freight The average journey of a ton of weight in 179 miles. Bad Burn Quickly Healed "I so be delighted with what Cham bernal, a Salve has done for me that I feel bound to write and tell you so," says Mrs. Robeat Mytton, 457 St. Hamilton, Ontario, "My little daughter had a bad burn on her knee. I applied Chamberlain's Salve and it healed beautifully." This salve allays the pain of a burn almost instantly. It is for sale by all druggists. DENVER, COLO. To the Bystander: Agreeable to promise I write a few lines concerning the Quaim City of the Plains. There are quite a number of colored people here engaged in the usual avocations. In point of account the accession property, number of houses and societies, I suppose that this city holds her own. There are two drug stores which receive a very good patronage, six restaurants are doing a hair business two dentists, the employ of Uncle Sam there are eight carriers, seven clerks and two messengers, who are all mating and reflect credit on the race. There are two papers published in the Statesman, of which Chester Franklin is publisher, and The Colorado Statesman, published by that prince of good fellows, Joseph D. D. Rivers. Both of these papers have a large circulation and influence for good in the community. Miss Lizzie Cowan, one of our popular young ladies, is visiting relatives in Des Molines, Iowa. Mrs. H. J. Asberry of Tacoma, Wash., is the guest of her sister, Mrs. A. Finley. Mrs. A. Finley of the more progressive young ladies of highly cultured a musician of great ability and quite a linguist, speaking four languages fluently. She will spend the summer in Colorado. Hon. W. B. Townsend of Fueblo is in the city combining business with pleasure. His wife has been the guest of her sister, Mrs. A. Finley, for several weeks. J. H. Donlihan. AN ACTIVE MAN WANTED We will give 'steady employment to an active intelligent colored man to work with the lithographs, books and novelties. Will pay fair salary to the right man. Write to The Colored American Novelty Co. Drawer 2318, Washington, D. C. Foolish Question A magazine writer asks: "Why do men wear suspenders?" Well, in our case, old chap, they feel a whole lot better than a rope. MMSP 14 AERONAUTIC A European route specially prepared for aeronautics, giving the position of the principal objects such as the bends of the rivers, factories, railway functions, etc., which can be easily distinguished from the car of the bus. The centers of light will be indicated on the maps for use in night travelling. He Is In New York An Atkinson paper asks, "What has become of the old-fashioned boy who fought against wearing his Sunday clothes?" He's in Wall street facing the lambs, using the same methods that he employed to organize a corner in marbles in the good old days. NEW RIGS JUST FROM THE FACTORIES opes, Runabouts, Family Surreys, delivery Wagons of all kinds just PROTEST RIGHT The Cedar Rapids Republican express our views in regards to the management of the Chautauqua in bringing the arch enemy of a christian people, "Pitchfork" Tillman, to this city, and that on Sunday. Where is the christian influence? Here is what the Republican has to say: "The colored people of Des Moines filed protest against Senator Tillman speaking in that city, under the auspices of an association which is closely allied with the church life of the city. They are right, eternally right. It is an outrage that such an ignorant mountebank as Tillman should be paid $500 by an intelligent community for delivering attacks upon accretia race. It is in every way discreditable to Chauquas which permit such things to be done. If such policies are persisted in they will be the undoing of the Chauquas." Constipation For constipation there is nothing quite so nice as Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets. They always produce a pleasant movement of the bowels without any disagreeable affect Price 25 cents. Samples free. For sale by all druggists. NEW RAILROAD UXCHANGE . . . Lindsey Pitts, Prop. FINE WINES, LIQUORS, CIGARS In Acordance with the Pure Food Laws of the U. S. 214 Front Street. Phobe 619. Davenport, Iowa PLEA FOR SELF.RELIANCE. Charles G. Dawes' Good Advice to Young Men in Business. This is a hard world in business. It always has been and always will be. There are many good and generous men in it. There are many who will lend a helping hand to you in your adversity, but in the time of need you will not find them among the men who tried to get you to embark in speculation with your little surplus, and would help you to "easy money." Be self-reliant. Make your own investigation into investments. When you cannot, put your money in a good savings bank. Distrust the financial demagogues as you distrust the political demagogue. Keep your hand on your pocketbook as you travel life—first, to give always in proportion to your means to those who are poor; second, to hold from those who are rich; third, to know what you need for yourself and yours. You will then, writes Mr. Dawes in the Saturday. Evening Post, have your hand where most of the other fellows have only their eyes. In this alone you will have the advantage of them. Japan Takes to Horse Racing Japan Takes be More Hiking. The Japanese have been organized in Japan. Most of them, the Japan Mail says, were established for gambling purposes only. Citron Tree and the Bible Citron Tree and the Bible. Was the citron tree the tree of knowledge of good and evil in the garden of Eden? Some persons think it was. In any event, it appears that citron would often be the right reasoning passages where the authorized version of the Bible gives "apple." For instance, the Proverbs, "A word fifty spoken like apples of gold in pictures of apples." And in the Song of Solomon, "At the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among the sons." And again, "Stay me with flagons, comfort me with apples, for I am sick of love." Arrived Top Buggies, Phaetons, arrived. See the newest novelties from the Official paper of the M. W. U. Grand Lodge of Iowa, A. F. & M. A., Iowa State Federation of Colored Women and International Grand Congress of Heriones of Jericho of America. Published every Friday by the Branzer- Publishing Co., Des Moines, Ia. Iowa 'phone 869. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. One year ..... $1.50 Six months ..... 75 Three months ..... 50 All subscription payable in advance. J. L. THOMPSON, EDITOR. J. H. SHEPARD, MANAGER. Entered at the Post Office as second- class matter. 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Overcrowds—Please mail your letters that contain news for publication not later than Wednesday morning to insure publication for the current week We Have Moved Remember that the Iowa ...State [Bustander... is now located just south of the News Arcade, second floor Rooms 201 and 202. No. 203 W. Seventh St. North-east corner of Seventh & Mulberry Will Develop Youth's Voice. Money has been subscribed to send Andrew Jones, a young Welsh cab- man, who has a remarkably fine tenor voice, to the Royal Academy of Music. Back Seat Good Enough. Don't hanker after a high seat in heaven. For folks what filled a humble seat on dis carr de back seat'll be comfortable enuff—Atlanta Constitution. Down to Common Things. Hitch your wagon to a star, but when your auto quita seven miles from anywhere it is better to arrange for some commonplace motive power. —Puck. Opening Oysters by X-Ray. The X-ray has just been introduced to the pearl fishers of Ceylon to show whether an oyster has pearls without opening. THE BOYS KISS The personal recommendations of people who have been cured of congus and colds by Chamberlain's Cough Remedy have done more than all else to make it a staple article of trade and commerce ows a large part of the civilized world. The Ozonized Ox Marrow Co (None genuine without my signature) (Non-printed without my signature) Charles Ford (Past) 153 E. KINNEY ST. CHICAGO, IL. Agents wanted everywhere. THE CHURCHES First African Baptist Church - Jones, Sonee Baptist Church 10:30 a.m. Sunday school 3:00 p.m. Mrs. J. T. Griffin Superintendent Baptist Church 9:00 p.m. preaching 8:00 p.m. Sarah C. Cooper M. M. Chucon - Center of 11th grade at 11 a.m and 8 p.m. Class and prayer meeting at 11 a.m and 8 p.m. Class and prayer meeting at 11 a.m and 8 p.m. Class and prayer meeting every Wednesday 8 p.m. J. M. Harkin, Pastor 866 11th Maple Street between Ninth and Tenth街 Preaching 11 a.m. Sunday School 9 a.m. Maple Street between Ninth and Tenth街 Bible teacher; preaching at 6 p.m. Rev. J. O. R. Wimbush, pastor Union Congregation and Park streets Preaching 10:45 a.m. evening service Sunday school 19 a.m.; evening service H. W. Porter, pastor SECRET ORDERS North Star Lodge No. 6, Nights of Pythias- Meet every Monday night, corner of the school. Second and fourth Mondays. O. A. Johnson. C. C. J. W. Robinson. K. of R. and S. The Grand Lodge Will Meet at Des Moines, Ia., July 8 to 11, 1907. GRAND LODGE OFFICERS. W. H. Milligan, M. W. Grand Master, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Rural Routes T. H. Sturgis, R. W. S. Grand War- den, Sloux City. J. W. Bland, R. W. J. Grand War- den, Keokuk. A. A. Bland, R. W. Grand Tevah: Kookuk. H. K. Hillon, R. W. Grand Secretary Omaha, Neb. E. T. Banks, R. W. Grand Costodias Des Molas. Des Moines. J. H. Shepard, Chairman of Committee on Foreign Correspondence, Des Moines North Star Lodge No. 3, Des Moines—Meets First Thursday in each month at Masonic Hall—Northwest corner of Tenth and Center streets. John R. Thompson, W. M.; H. Jacobs, secretary. Cedar Grove Lodge No. 18, Buxton—Regular communication first Wednesday day in each month. R. G. Porter, W. M.; L. W. Stallworth, secretary. 60 YEARS' EXPERIENCE PATENTS TRADE MARKS DEBUNDS COPYRIGHTED, N.C. Anyone sending a patent application may quietly accept our opinion from whether our invention is patentable. MARKS ON Patents affirms. Other agency for securing patent. Patent taken through M.I.T. receive special notice, without charge, in use Scientific American. A handsomely illustrated weekly. Least cost evidence of any scientific journal. M.I.T. 363 Broadway, New York Washington, D.C.