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IOWA STATE BYSTANDER. CITY NEWS. (N. B. I you have relatives or friends visiting in the city or going to make a visit, please inform us; we collect all your local news.-Ed.) Mr. Louis Watson is yet very sick. He was taken to Ridge Camp last Monday. Mrs. Walker Salee of 1050 Fourth Place had the misfortune to dislocate her shoulder last Monday. Mr. W. Smith, a clerk in B. F. Cooper's Drug Store at Buxton, spent a few days of last week in this city. FOR RENT—Two furnished or unfurnished rooms, 1119 Fremont street. Mrs. L. J. Lewis. Rev. T. L. Griffith left Wednesday for Columbus, Ohio, to attend the meeting of the National Baptist Association. F. E. B. Elliston, 519 13th st. makes a specialty of Human Hair Goods, also Shampooing and straightening. Mail orders promptly filled. Mr. Allen Jones made a brief trip to our city to visit his wife who is taking treatments here. Mrs. E. T. Banks is enjoying a two weeks visit at the country home of Mr. and Mrs. Sellers in Everly, Ia. Mrs. C. B. Woods of 1074 Eleventh street served a six course dinner last Sunday in honor of C. C. H. Lewis of Davenport. Covers were for eight guests. Mrs. Wm. Coalson after spending the summer in Chicago returned home last Saturday. Her many friends will be pleased to hear that her health is improving. The Mesdames William Phillips and Frank Smith of Topeka, Kans., arrived in the city Wednesday for a visit with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. F. Spears of 1841 Des Moines street. Mav. J. W. Walker of Marsholtown, has been assisting Mr. J. L. Lucas the beneficial pastor, was taken sick last Monday and Mr. Lucas took him home Tuesday. The latter returned yesterday. Mrs. H. W. Hughes entertained a theater party at the Majestic Theater last Saturday in honor of Mrs. C. B. Lewis of Davenport. The others in the party were the Mesdames J. H. Woods, J. B. Rush, J. H. Williams, H. W. Porter and J. R. Erickson. Mrs. J. R. Easton of Cincinnati, Ohio, who is visiting Mrs. E. B. Ellison, 519 Thirteenth street, was operated on at the Methodist hospital last week by Drs. Williams and Smouse. The operation was successful and she convalescent. Mrs. Wm. Shackelford and children are now in Buxton visiting relatives and friends. Mr. Shackelford will go there next Wednesday and remain until Sunday and his family will return with him. They will attend the wedding of a cousin of Mrs. Shackelford during their stay in Buxton. The following persons who were delegates to the Iowa-Nebraska Baptist Association which was in session at Omaha last week have returned home, the Rev. S. Bates, J. Patterson, T. L. Griffith and the Meadies Sadie Garth, Samuel Bates and Mr. E. D. Reeves. Mrs. B. J. Hack and Miss Mabel Paints left Wednesday morning for Moberly, St. Louis and other points in Missouri, where they expect to spend about six weeks visiting relatives and friends. Mrs. J. H. Williams and daughter of 317 Thirteenth street, left Wednesday night for Jeffersonville, Ind., to visit her mother and other relatives. She will also spend a few days in St. Louis and Louisville, Ky. Mrs. Williams will be gone about a month. Mrs. C. B. Lewis of Davenport, President of the Iowa Women's clubs, who has been the guest of Mrs. J. R. Erickson of 1602 Des Moines street for the past two weeks, returned to her home last Monday. While in our office Mrs. Lewis said, "I have had such a pleasant visit while in the city that I shall never forget the kindness of my hostess and her many friends." A very happy and social party was given last Wednesday evening by Miss Marie Bell in honor of Mrs. Allen Jones of Buxton. About forty-five people were present and enjoyed the music. The NEW VARIETY COMPANY will now serve full meals at all hours with a special noon lunch. Chicken Dinner Sundays First class service for the best class of people. Your patronage solicited 1010 Center St. THE LATE ISAAC BRANDS. A Friend of John Brown and Operated the Underground Railroad During Slavery Days. Mr. Isaac Brandt, one of the most highly esteemed and notable characters in our city and state, died very suddenly Sunday night of apoplexy. He died without much suffering. He retired about 10 o'clock feeling as well and jovial as was his disposition, and about 20 minutes later his daughter heard a noise in his room and went there and found him dead. Thus ends the life of one of our most beloved by all, and most interesting pioneers of Des Moines and Iowa. He was born in Lancaster, Ohio April 7, 1827; came to Des Moines in 1856 in an ox team, where he has made his nome ever since; always working for the good of his fellowman and the growth of Des Moines. He done so much for the public parks; a great big-hearted man; games and songs rendered. Misses Jessie Bell and Mabel Burris presided at the punch bow, while Misses Roxanna Durden, Ada Hye and Olivie V. Bally assisted the hostess in serving. Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Rush assisted Miss Bell in receiving the guests. It was an enjoyable evening and all departed felling that the hostess is an excellent entertainer. Mrs. S. Joe Brown, first vice president of the State Federation of Colored Women's clubs, was at home to the local State officers, presidents, and vice presidents of federated clubs of this city last Friday evening from 8 till 10 o'clock, in honor of the State president C. M. B. Lewis of Davenport. Round table on club work was participated in by the following persons: Mesdames J. P. Hamilton and L. V. Denny of the H. B. S. club; Mesdames J. H. Woods and J. B. Rush of the Intellectual Improvement club; Miss Marie I. Bell of the Mary Church Terrell club and Mrs. E. B. Elliston State Organizer. Atty. S. Joe Brown was also present and made some suggestions along the line of a closer union between the State Federation and the State Afro-American Council of which he is the president After a dainty repast served by the hostees, assisted by Mrs. F. D. Jackson and Miss Iona Wilson the guests departed for their homes. There are more Afro-American pupils in the High schools this year than ever before. We have secured the following names of those who are in attendance at the West High are Misses Olivia Glover, Marvie White, Lillian Cravens, Stella Stanton, Lillian and Namoni Coalson, Louise Williams, Ada Cleggett, Bertle McDowell, Catherine Windsor and the Messrs. Douglas Miller, Jr., Finis Blodsoe, James Johnson and McCraven, Harry Hortz, John Beverly, Willie Warrick. The latter is taking post-graduate work and Mr. Windsor is the only Senior. In the North High are the Misses Dalza Gunga, Anna Edna Alexander, Emily Enmilie, the Messrs. the Messrs. McKinley, Carey Chester, Fredrick Naponjackson. In the East High are the Misses Mary Brooks, Valetia London, the Messrs. Howard Griffin, Homer Lewis, Hubert London, and we by us students such as of the above schools, but if there are any names omitted we trust they will let us know so that we can publish their names next week. The Bystander is exceedingly good at hear of such a situation and wish to access their in studies and after commencement. Subscribe for the Bystander. Subscribe now. the last of the old guards who during slavery times spoke, worked and conducted the Iowa headquarters for the fugative bondmen; a very personal friend of John Brown. He has the gate over which he bade John Brown farewell on his raid. He was a member of the 15th G. A., author of the bill to build our present State Capitol; was appointed postmaster of Des Moines by President Harrison, and we can say that he had more colored men in the postoffice service than any other postmaster; was deputy state treasurer for six years, and city park commissioner. He was a pure, high-minded, temperate and a christian gentleman. The funeral was held Tuesday from the Presbyterian church, Dr. Day preaching a most beautiful sermon. The numerous flowers overlaid the casket. Several colored people presented flowers. Mr. Jefferson Logan was one of the pal's bearers. PRESIDENT TAFT TO VISIT OUR CITY. Next Monday morning our city and state will be entertaining the President of the greatest Republic in the world. Great preparations have been made to entertain him. He will formally open the U. S. Army Tournament which will entertain our city for a week, beginning Monday. The President will take breakfast with Senator A. B. Cummins and then review the great military parade at the Soldiers' monument just south of the Capitol. He will then continue on his 1300 miles journey; passing through thirty-one states and a foreign country. BURLINGTON ITEMS. Miss Bessie Earlie left last Saturday for Quince after a very pleasant visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. Earlie. Mr. and Mrs. M. Graham of Brook street are the proud parents of a little daughter, born Sunday. Mother and babie doing well. Mrs. E. Martin returned Monday after a pleasant visit with her husband in Chicago. Mrs. C. Badgett reports a delightful visit with her sister, Mr. C. Jones in Oakaloa. On last Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock occurred the wedding of Mrs. Ida Hackney to Mr. Tolliver, at the residence of the bride on Central avenue and Jeff street; Rev. J. W. Smith officiated, Both parties are well known and have many friends who wish them success. Mr. Tolliver runs a very successful palanquinitor. Mr. Herbert Graham visited in Mt. Pleasant last week. Mrs. Madaline Slaughter who has been visiting in Galesburg was in our city Tuesday as the guest of Mrs. J. E. Johnson. Mrs. Slaughter will visit in Keckuk for a couple of days before returning to her home in St. Louis. On last Saturday morning Mr. Benn Green and Mrs. Elizabeth Mitchell were united in the holy bonds of matrimony, the ceremony being performed by a squire. Mr. and Mrs. Green departed Monday for their future home in Aledo, Ill. Mrs. Cores, mother of the bride will make her home with them. Mr. and Mrs. J. Trent leave sunny night for New York where they will visit with Mr. Trent's relatives. No Bar to Applicants Who Meet Requirements of the Law—Chris Gibbons, Wiley G. Overton and Moses Cobb Were Terrors to Offenders of the Law. Considerable interest has been aroused of late as to the feasibility of having more Afro-Americans in the employ of the municipal government of New York and especially on the police force. There is no legal bar to Negroes in New York, but the police are the required mental and physical examination from serving on the police force. It is rather a reflection upon them that they are not more largely represented WILLEY O. OVERTON. in the police and fire departments of the greater city. From 1977 to 1982 only about nine appear to have had the courage to take the examination for the police force, and every one of these passed and served with credit. We are indebted to William L. Byerson of Yonkers, N. X., for valuable data on this subject. It will be a revelation perhaps to many who have and kept themselves in the police force. Nor are the police appointed on the police force in New York was Christopher Gibbons, who was six feet four inches in height and a ventilable Hercules. He served twenty-five years as a regular policeman in the city of Brooklyn and was retired on a pension. At one time it was a popular belief that the Negro was a moral coward and would not fight. The contrary is true, for when the Negro as a soldier or policeman is assaulted he must sustain him he will fight at the drop of the hat, even if he has to drop the hat himself. In an effort to discourage Negroes from seeking appointment on the police force Chris Gibbons was sent out on a beat where the worst gang of Irish toughs in Brooklyn assembled daily and nightly. It was secretly believed that if Gibbons was sent to this beat the gang would disfigure him so badly that his remains would defy identification and that other Negroes would take the cake and look for jobs elsewhere. was sent to it to do that. But he was discredited when he was not that kind of man. He went after that gang of ruffians as ordered and took two of them, the ringleader and his understudy, one under each arm, a distance of two blocks to the station. PIERRE HENRY. After thus demonstrating his prowess and ability to take care of himself and the other fellow he was always there after detailed to excursions and picnics to look after the "rough house" element. William C. (Billy) Brown was appointed doorman at the Adams street station in 1870 and served in that position, until his death some years later. He had the largest police funeral ever seen in Brooklyn. James Brown was appointed doorman in 1881 and assigned to the Adams street station. After serving for a short period he resigned to engage in business. Blay was appointed doorman in 1884 and held the position until his death, which occurred in 1896. George H. Thompson was appointed doorman at the Flushing avenue police station in 1801 and is still serving with satisfaction. Wiley G. Overton was appointed a patrolman March 6, 1801, and assigned to the Adams street station. He was detailed in citizen's clothes to look for criminals. He must have strenuous efforts to do his duty that the politician objected to his methods of operation. He construed his orders too literally and was put back on his post. His eyesight and memory were too good. On Overton's post there was not a single Negro family. His post extended from the corner of the street to the adams street. On this beat was the Brooklyn Citizens' German Sayings bank, the old park theater and ex-Alderman Cullen's liquor store. Not many colored people lived along that block. No! Officer Overton after serving some time resigned to accept a position at Washington in Cleveland's second floor, a funeral funeral director, with offices in New York and at 317 Bridge street, Brooklyn. Joseph Hadley was appointed 1809 as a patrolman and detailed to the Atlantic avenue precinct. He covered a beat that did not contain more than twenty colored families, the rest being Irish. He made a good record and was highly respected by every opus from his captain down. His beat extended from Schenectady avenue to Rochester avenue, to Bergen street, back to Schenectady avenue. These blks are 780 feet long. Moses Cobb was appointed a patrolman and attached to the Atlantic avenue prefect in 1802. His beat included Troy and St. Mark's avonages, where a gang of ruffians hung out. He was successful in clearing out this gang in his second attempt after having had his uniform torn into shreds when he first made his debut as an officer of the law. In his second go at this gang he put the most of them in the hospital by a liberal use of his night stick and the rest in the Crow Hill penitentiary. The white man in this neighborhood food had a wholesome meal of that gang. When his captain told him to break it up he remarked, "If you get a call from that corner send the ambulance, it will be needed." And it was. At his own request Officer Cobb was detailed as a doorman and is still doing duty, drawing a patrolman's pay. Arthur Fisdale is assigned to the detective bureau. He has made a splendid record and is still doing good work. Pierre Henry, who passed an excellent examination for the position of JOHN WESLEY LEE doorman, was appointed to his present position as doorman at precinct 157 in Brooklyn Sent, 3, 1890. John Wesley Lee, who is stationed at Bridge C, Brooklyn, was appointed on the force Dec. 10, 1892. He bears an honorable record and is a man of sterling worth in the community among his race. During Mr. Lee's long years of service there has not been a single charge of any character whatever made against him. The record of such men in the public service is a credit to both the city and themselves and an honor to the race. The Greater of Two Evils. We voice the sentiments expressed at one time by the late Professor William H. Councill, who said: "I do not ask for the Negro the supreme right to rule, but the God given privilege to do an honest day's work or an honest day's pay. The man who counts him out at the ballot box may defeat the schemes of selfish politicians, but the man who counts the Negro out of an equal and fair share to earn a dollar robs him of his birthright, sends the wolf to his door and digs a grave for his wife and children." The Hudson-Fulton Celebration. Bishop Alexander Walters has been made chairman of the general committee of the Americans who are to take part in the Hudson-Fulton celebration, which begins at New York Sept. 25, closing on Oct. 9. The executive committee of fifty is headed by Edward E. Lee and has chartered a boat to take part in the naval parade up the Hudson Sept. 28. The other two members of the race on the general committee are Hon. Charles W. Anderson and E. E. Lee. Example of Race Loyalty and Unity. As an evidence of the confidence which Afro-Americans have in the honesty and business capacity of the race in large financial matters, $1,000,000 which our people had on deposit in banks run by white people at Rich mond, Va., has been transferred to the Afro-American banks of the city with in the past three years. BELL DRUG CO. NINTH and CENTER ST. Lowest prices on everything in the drug line. If you don't trade with us now, give us a trial. Bring your prescriptions. The Association made liberal contests to State and Foreign Mission and to Education. The Association was united to hold its next session in Clarinda, but it was thought unwise to go so far west next year, after being in Omaha this year. The people of Omaha gave the deed a corpulent welcome. The "two come arch" of the city of Omaha was lighted to welcome the body and the mayor of the city tendered a cordial welcome in a short address. The Association was never more loyally entertained than in its session just closed. I WAS AT THE POLE DECLARES HENSEY PEARY'S NEGRO SERVANT B NIES STORIES TOLD ABOUT MEN BERT A. WILLIAMS IN "MR. LODE OF KOAL" The irresistible and laughter-compelling king of 'burnt cork, Bert A. Williams, who comes to the Auditorium tonight for three performances, creates a new type of his naturally beautiful music, and the musical show entitled "Mr. Lode of Koal," in which he will be seen as a lone star. The situations, dialogue, music and ensembles have been written and composed along lines which the authors will make the piece even more compelling. His music as sparkling as a brook. The only scene of the play is laid in the court ward of the King, Big Smoke, ruler of the mythical island of Koal. Poor Chester (Williams) arrives at the King, who has been kidnapped by the political bandits of the island. Chester is introduced to the populace as the new ruler, while his sponsors subject him to ingenious and tyrical persecution, which will be laid against the King, who grows on the island and served exclusively to the King, is eaten by Chester, who at once begins to enjoy one of the most satisfying and edibleful dreams that he could have wished for, had he been the commander. The second act shows the "Dream Scene" with feasting and dancing. The picturequeque "Dance of The Velled Muss," "In Far Mandela," "The Lost Dreams," are among the big musical numbers which will be introduced during this act. In the last act the enforced ruler awakens. King Big Smoke returns and poor Chester is condemned to be a slave. Beautiful costumes of Oriental design and vivid colorings will predominate, a cast of unusual excellence has been engaged and the famous chorus of selected voices celebrated with great enthusiasm are a feature of the ensemble. Messra. Shipp and Rogers wrote the book and lyrics and Rosamond Johnson, famous as the composer of "Under the Bamboo Tree," "Congo Love Song" and many other musical instruments by Williams. The atmosphere of "Mr. Lode of Koal" will be Ordental and the costume effects vivid in coloring and languorous in style. Sparkling music and dashing dance numbers will have frequent introduction. Williams will soong several songs in his inimitable way. The company of 65 incubants well-known colored choruses, Jeanne Brown, Trom Brown, J. Leiblue Hill, Henry Troy, Hattie McIntosh, Siren Navarro, Hattie Hopkins and the unapproached chorus of singers celebrated with Williams & Walker's former productions. THE IOWA-NEBRASKA BAPTIST ASSOCIATION. The Iowa-Nebraska Association closed its 31st annual session at the Mt. Morish Baptist church of Omaha. There was a large delegation present. Sermons were preached by Rev. F. C. Bolling, Rev. D. A. Holmes, Rev. M. Burton, Rev. T. L. Griffith, Rev. R. Burton, Rev. T. L. Griffith, Rev. D. Philps, Rev. James Bowles, Rev. S. Bates. Addresses were made by Mrs. Ida Becks, of Kansas City, Mo., Mrs. Ablington of Clarksville, Mo., Mrs. A. G. Edwards, Dr. A. G. Edwards. A. G. Edwards were to full fellowship in the Association. About thirty churches were represented, several of these reported large gains in membership. The following officers were selected: Moderator, Rev. S. Bates. Des Moines First Vice Moderator, Rev. G. W. Wright, Omaha. Second Vice Moderator, Rev. F. B. Woodard, Buxton.ork Rev. T. L. Griffith, Des Moines.rev. F. C. Bolling, Centerville. Corresponding Secretaries, Rev. D. A. Holmes, Davenport; Rev. R. P. Palmer, Marshalltown; Rev. R. P. Palmer, Enterprise; Rev. D. Phelps, Lincoln. Missionary, Rev. M. J. Burton, Keookuk. The officers in the Women's Convention are: President, Mrs. G. H. Jackson, Ft. Madison. First Vice President, Mrs. G. W. Wright, Omaha. Second Vice President, Mrs. R. P. Paimer, Marshalltown. Secretary, Mrs. E. J. Saunders, Davenport. Corresponding Secretary. Mrs. C. C. Callaway, Clarinda. Treasurer, Mrs. M. E. Bickly, Buxton. Organizers, Mrs. S. Bates, Des Moines; Mrs. H. F. Poston Smith, Mt. Pleasant; Mrs. Ida Lee, Buxton; Mrs. Nancy Wellington, Buxton. The Association made liberal contributions to Foreign Missions and to Education. The Association was united to hold its next session in Clarinda, but it was thought unwise to go so far west next year, after being in Omaha this year. The people of Omaha gave the delegates a cordial welcome. The "welcome" welcome of the city of Omaha was the welcome the righted to the mayor of the city tendered a cordial welcome in a short address. The Association was never more loyally entertained than in its session just closed. I WAS AT THE POLE DECLARES HENSEN FEARY'S NEGRO SERVANT DENNIS STORIES TOLD ABOUT HUM FOUR ESKIMOS ACCOUPAMMED THE EXPLORING PARTY. Negro Says He Know That There Was Opposition to His Going, But He Went. BATTLE HARBOR, Labrador, by wireless telegraph via Cape Ray, N. F. Sept. 17. We holted the stars and stripes to Wehens, Commander Robert M. Pearys' colored leutnant, and the only other civilized man, according to Peary, who ever reached the pole. He gave to the Associated Press an account of the three days he and Commander Peary with four Eskimos camped at ninety degrees latitude Hensen personally assisted in raising the American in the cheers and an extra cheer for "Old Glory" in the Eskimos tongue. "Having spent eighty years with Commander Peary, and a considerable portion Hensen has to tell us, I have acquired a knowledge of the northern Greenland Eskimos, who are certainly superior to any other. The Eskimos determine a strange prejudice against any captain a time that time, and they have acquired with them to study their own unwritten language. April 4 the party consisted of Commander Peary, myself, four Eskimos and the dogs. We had the last supporting party at 81 degrees, 57 minutes, where we had left Captain Barrillet, who we had Barlett regretted that he did not have a British flag to erect on the ice at this spot, so that the photograph might show, as the farther north to which the "I kept a personal diary during this historic dash across the ice field. Our first task on reaching the pole was to build two igloos, as the weather was hazy and prevented the taking of accu- Position Changes Hensen, who reached the farther south, was the only one of the conditions were about the same as the pole as elsewhere in the arctic circle. He was the foot lead of open water two miles from the pole, and the other were Ootah, Eginwah, Ouzuswea and Iggo, the two first named being both women. He was the second of Hensen and the Edikos waving flags. Continuing his story, Hensen said: Went to Pole. "The report is absolutely untrue that I was in distance, side by side with the commanded, and just as he did." He then on board did not wish him to go to the front, and that before he started. He also said that he saw Peary write the records that were with them with the exceptions of his English, and one of them could count to 100. At the pole," continued Hemen, "we were behind the flagra. The ice near the pole beyond the flagra were placed on a hummock twenty feet were placed on the ice at the pole is about the same. If for no other reason, Chamberlain's Salve should be kept in every household on account of its great value in the treatment of burns. It allays the pain almost instantly, and unless the injury is a severe one, heals the pars without leaving a scar. This salve is also unquired for chapped hands, sore nipples and diseases of the skin. Price 35 cents. For sale by all druggists. Prices Reasonable. Cedar Rapids, Give us a trial. Iowa. It does not hurt to hope that the cost of living will be reduced. Too many a summer elopement winds up in an autumn divider court. Some of the summer romances do not end as happily as the designers of them expected. Such of the crops as were waiting for rain may now proceed with their unfinished business. The airship man declines to be called a chauffeur. He claims to be a professor of aviation. That swimmer who failed to swim the English channel after the seventh trial should get an airship. One nice thing about Minister Wu was the fact that it was almost impossible to misspell his name. There is always so much trouble about moving the crops that the farmers ought to put casters on them. Sweden has added its name to the long list of foreign lands that are having a heap of trouble this summer. One of the best signs of good times is the activity in the repair shops of the railroads. Talk of another car shortage is about due. The African Diamond Trust has put up prices. Here is where the heartless monopolies take advantage again of the necessity of the poor. The fool who rocks the boat has not been heard from frequently this summer, but victims of carelessness have increased to a lamentable extent. It's a windy day when no one beats the record with an airplane. The aeroplane and the art of managing it are undergoing steady improvement. Labor troubles in this country are not numerous at the present time, and there would be fewer of them were it not for the professional agitators who make it a business to stir up these troubles. The Connecticut angler who has met with great success through sinking a large bottle full of live bait, and fishing alongside the glass prison for the hungry big fish, that become angered by bumping their noses against it, has given a fresh excuse for including the bottle in fishing outfits. Now that Minister Wu Ting Fang is returning to China again, they are telling stories about him. Here is one: A few years ago, in New York, he was met by a Tammany politician "What is your Christian name, sir?" the politician asked. At once the diplomat's oriental calm stiffened into dignity. "My surname is Wu." A degree has been published in Spain suppressing the privilege of purchase of immunity from military service. All will now have to serve in the army, rich and poor alike. This is first fruit of the popular uprising and is encouraging, as it shows that the Spanish government is willing to listen to the voice of the people. An unusual example of loyalty is given by the petition of a woman in Seattle for divorce because her English husband will not allow her to shoot off firecrackers and display the American flag on the Fourth of July. She should, however, assert her independence in a better way by defying her marital tyrant and patriotically shooting off the fireworks anyway. If you have an idea it is hot and humid, read this new item: A balloon which made an ascention from St. Louis landed in Illinois after sailing all night through cold rain and sheet and through a heavy snowstorm for about an hour. Is not this suggestable, or is it possible, be possible, with the aid of flying machines, to find any sort of climatic conditions desired? Naval officers in Charleston have warrant for being incensed at the action of a Boston judge, who gave a youth brought before him the alternative of enlisting in the navy or going to jail, says the Baltimore American Navy service is an honorable one, and the stand taken that it lowers it in the eyes of the public to attempt to make it of a reformatory character for embryo criminals is one which popular opinion should not approve. The killing of three German balletists by Russian guards on the borders of the cask's dominions gives the common practice of shooting at aeronauts the dignity of a serious international question. It is time that something were done to impress upon the people of all nations and of all parts of nations, the fact that shooting at balloons is something that cannot be done without assuming the risk of murder and the punishment therefor. A test case is to be made in the New York courts as to what criminal statute is violated by the offense technically known as 'talking back' to the police, and whether arrest and punishment in the matter are justified by the law. The question of illegal arrest is really a serious one, as the whole matter of personal liberty, up on which the principles of this government are founded, is the same. That is not the metropolis is not the only city in the country in which official dignity has an unwritten law of its own. When the disaffected of other lands are minded to continue here their disaffection and to rail and agitate and conspire against Republicanism just as they had done against monarchism, says the New York Tribune. we must regard their coming as an importment and denounce it as an attack of all that causes of any legal or moral right or theatre, but through a carelessness or a self-confidence on our part which be more compliance than give SOME CORN IS SAFE But Most of It Will Need Two Weeks of Good Weather. Some Reports of Cutting Corn in Early Planted Fields, and Work Will Be General in Portions of State in Two Weeks. Des Moines, Stpt. 15.—The weather crop bulletin, issued under the direction of the Iowa weather and crop service for the week ending Sept. 13 says some of the early corn is now reported as being safe from frosts, but that most of it will need from ten days to two weeks of warm, ripening weather to be out of danger. The bulletin follows: The fore part of the week was cool and cloudy with light showers, but the last four days gave an excess of temperature and more sunshine with light showers on Saturday in western and north central districts. The cool, cloudy and damp weather during the fore part of the week checked the rapid maturing and drying up of the corn; but the needed moisture will be of some benefit to the late corn if frost holds off for another month. Some of the early corn is now reported as being safe from frost, but most of it will need ten days to two weeks of warm, ripening weather to be onely a danger. The worst reports of curdling corn in the early planted flats and this work will likely be general in portions of the state within the next two weeks. Pastures are improving under the effects of the late rains and considerable plowing and seeding of winter grains has been done, but in the larger part of the state the ground is still too dry for satisfactory work. Reports continue to be discouraging in regard to the late potato crop. Ready to Try Maybray's Aide. Council Bluffs—T. W. Ballew of Princeton, Mo., millionaire lumberman, banker and aristocrat who claims to have lost $30,000 through the operations of the famous Mabary gang of alleged swindlers, is in Council Bluffs, his appearance here at this time occasioning much comment and interest, in view of the fact that the trial of the man whom Ballew charges with being the auor of his troubles which resulted in his being brought into public scandal in his home town, besides suffering the loss of $20,000, John D. Dobbins, erstwhile of Princeton and other Missouri towns, is scheduled for this term of district court. Bees Hive on Trte Limb. Creston—A few months ago a swarm of bees took possession of a limb of an apple tree on the farm of Frank Lecocce, six miles south of Macksburg, and on this limb they proceeded to make their honey, Faithfully have they toiled, and through all the rainstorms of the season they have kept right on "making honey," until now there hangs from the limb of the tree about 60 pounds of honey, and the limb of the tree is bent nearly to the ground with its load of sweetness. Made Rush for Market. Logan—Advice has reached Logan that F. L. Fatta, the farmer, near Magnolia, who received quotations of the Chicago markets, and jumped out of bed collected a force of men, loaded up and hauled to Logan, a distance of five miles, six car loads of hogs by sun up, and rushed the same to the Chicago markets, has received $5,559.78 for his hogs. This is a record-breaker for action and prices. Rev. McGee to Rest a Year. Fayette, J. Rev. J. C. McGee, D. D. pastor of the Methodist church of this place, for many years, was a presiding elder in various parts of Iowa is contemplating a year's rest at the home of his sons, who are prominent lawyers in Oklahoma. Magee underwent a very severe operation in Dubuque. He still is in a weak condition. Grinnell Freshmen Breaking Records Grinnell—Students are pouring into this city to be on hand for the collegiate year, and the close of the second day's enrollment indicates that Grinnell will number more students this season than ever before in the history of Iowa's oldest college. Fell Off Wagon; Broke Neck. Boone—W. H. Sorber, a prominent resident of Fraser, tumbled from his wagon seat and broke his neck. He lived fully twenty-four hours before his injuries proved fatal. Clinton to Banish All Board Walks. Clinton—The Clinton city council has adopted a resolution providing for the construction of permanent sidewalks throughout the city of Clinton, wherever the property owners have not constructed walks with permanent materials. Killed by Auto Gas Tank. Iowa City—By the explosion of an acetylene gas tank on an automobile in the Zimmerman steel works at Lone Tree, John Lenz was killed and three others injured. New Game Law Enforced. Des Moines—The first arrest for violation of the game law requiring hunters' licenses for amphibious animals' operations, and operative on July 4, were made by Deputy Warden Brees and Hall. Would Close Saloona. Pella—A petition signed by 150 citizens and asking that the saloons in Pella be closed was presented to the city council. The city council by vote of three to two tabled the no House Famine at Sac City. Sac City—Owing to the rapid growth of our little city, the residents that have to rent houses are being forced to build new homes on our rent. There is a large number of new residences being built, but not enough to supply the demand, and unless many new houses are built before winter, many families will have to move elsewhere. Wedding at Burlington. Burlington.—One of the most beautiful of September weddings was celebrated at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Charles T. Brooks when their daughter, Flora Carpenter Brooks and Benjamin Perly Poor were united in marriage, Rev. R. G. Jones of the Christ Epicopal church officiating, after which a reception to about eighty friends was held. Bank Deposits Show Increase. Des. Moines, Iowa.—There were thirteen more state and savings banks and trust companies in Iowa on Aug. 10 than on May 18, 1909, and their total deposits were nearly $7,000,000 greater. These figures are shown by the report of Chief Clerk Ellis of the state banking department, made up from the statements filed in answer to a call from Auditor Bleakly. Des Moines Man President. Rhodes—The sixty-fourth annual session of the Iowa Methodist Protestant conference, which is in session here, elected for the coming years Rev. C. J. Nutt of Des Moines, president; J. W. Murphy of Murphy, secretary; and Rev. T. F. Martin, conference steward. Mr. Murphy's election as secretary was for the twenty-ninth consecutive term. Sues Telegraph Company. Iowa Falls—One of the interesting cases just filed in the district court of this county is that of Mrs. Mary B. Scott of this city against the Western Union Telegraph company claiming $2,000 damages for not-delivery of a message within a reasonable time after it was filed for transmission. Shoots Hubby Instead of Tree. Iowa City--Intending to hit a target on a tree, Mrs. Bert Loan shot her husband in the right shoulder. He had handed her a 22 caliber revolver and stepped behind the tree at which she was to shoot. The bullet is deeply imbedded and Loan is in a serious condition. Boone Man Fatally Hurt Boone—Daniel Weston, a constable in Judge Carwell's court took an epileptic fit while riding in his carriage. He fell upon the shaft, his horse kicked him, dumped the carriage over, breaking all of the bones in his left leg, cutting his face and head and injured him internally. Manual Training in Schools. Humboldt—The Humboldt schools haev installed a system of manual training. A fine, large room has been fitted up, with benches, tools, lockers, etc., for the purpose. Prof. Moffet, the instructor, says it is one of the best equipped manual training shops in Iowa. May Lose Eyes. Nashua.—M. L. Woodbridge, a druggist, spilled a quantity of carolic acid in his eyes while filling a vial several days ago. He had a clerk in the store who threw some vinegar into his eyes at once and although this has helped him there is little hope of saving his eyes Romance Ends Happily Romance Ends Happily. Des Moines — The marriage of Dr George W. Newsome of Indiana and Miss Amy Strikeen of a prestigious name of a hospital marks the culmination of a hospital romance which started when both were students in their separate professions. Veteran Dead in Bed. Ida Grove — Samuel Shoop, who was found dead in bed here, had a great record as a soldier in the civil war. He was with Sheridan in the Shenandoah valley. He fought in nineteen battles and served over five years. He was 63 years of age. Iowa Land Soars. Fort Dodge — A farm in Burnside township, owned by John F. Engstrom, was sold to Mrs. Hannah Stromberg for $125 per acre. Six hours later Mrs. Stromberg was of fered $146 an acre for the ground and would not sell. Mason City —Damage suits aggregating over $30,000 in money were filed here by employees of local factories who ask money for personal injuries. Iowa Woman Dead. Belle Plaine —Mrs. A. B. C. Jackson, formerly of Belle Plaine, died in Portland, Ore., at the home of her daughter. Boone-Webster City Line. Boone —President Lorimor of Boston and General Manager Blake of the Fort Dodge, Des Moines & Southern, inspected the right of way from Boone to Webster City. There is good prospects that the Boone-Webster City interurban will be built. May Put in System. Iowa City —Chicago capitalists are looking over the field with the idea of building a street railway. Local promoters have a franchise. The outlook for a new system is good. Footpad Slug Mason City Man. Mason City—A. W. Harris, agent for the Iowa Central, was held up near the depot by two men. He was struck a stunning blow over the head with a club but wasable to get away and ran to the depot. Elect Lacey Colonel. Oaklanda—John F. Lacey was elected colonel of the Third-Thirty Iowa U. S. volunteer regiment by the regimental pension. One hundred and seventy-five members of the regiment were in attendance. SILENT AS TO COOK PEARY HAS ALREADY SAID ALL THAT HE INTENDS TO SAY AT THIS TIME. New York Girl Claims to Have Received Word from Greenland That Dr. Cook Discovered the Top of the World. Battle Harbor, Lab., (Via. Wireless Telegraphy to Cape Ray, N. F.)—Commander Robert E. Perry, who was still at Battle Harbor on board the steamer Roosevelt, Wednesday talked further regarding his journey to the north pole. He spoke particularly of the flags he raised at the pole and the records he left there, but declined to make any further comments about Cook, saying he expects to be misquoted. He is grateful for the messages sent from America. It develops that Matthew Henson, Commander of the Matthew Leventan, was taken film when he reached the pole and the colored man is claiming great honor for the black race. Commander Peary said that when he reached the pole the first flag to be thrown to the breeze was a silken American emblem presented to him by his wife 15 years ago. He had carried this flag on an earth, north leaving a piece of it at the highest point he attained. The last remnants were raised and left at the pole. The explorer then raised the navy ensign, the flag of the Navy league, then the flag of the Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity, and finally a flag of peace. Tent poles and snow lances were used as flagstaffs, and the commander took several photographs of the group. After this ceremony, Peary inclosed records of his trip and other documents and personal papers in a box and buried it in the ice. The documents were placed in water-tight coverings and the box itself was water-tight, so it would float if the shifting or melting ice brought it to water. Commander Peary has not yet developed the films he took at the pole. New York.—According to information which has come to light in this city news of Dr. Frederick A. Cook's discovery of the north pole was mailed to New York and was known here even before the explorer, himself, flushed the word to all parts of the world. The substantiation of Dr. Cook's claims came from the Greenland Akkimos, who assert, despite Commander Peary's denial, that the natives of the far north are in possession of information that will beyond doubt establish Dr. Cook's statement that he was the first man to reach the pole. Letters conveying news concerning Dr. Cook's trail to the northward were sent from Greenland, before Dr. Cook's own announcement, to Miss Gerda Sebbelboi, a Danish girl who spent three years living as an Eskimo among the northern natives. These letters were written from northern Greenland by Miss Sebbelboi's Eskimo friends and conveyed to her assurances that Dr. Cook's assertions were correct. Miss Sebbelboi went to Greenland as a governess in the family of Konrad Dugge, factor of a Danish trading post at Uperavik. three years in the country traveling with the factor's family, becoming acquainted with Eskimos, tending their sick, caring for their babies, teaching them how to live, learning their language. She is now in this city, a student at Columbia university. The letters, she says, provided her with satisfactory proof that Dr. Cook had reached the pole. "I will be criticised for entering into this controversy," she said Wednesday, "because I am the first woman to do so, but I know a good deal of the north and I feel that Dr. Cook is being done a great injustice. "I have letters from Eskimo friends in Greenland written before Dr. Cook told the world of his discovery, announcing that the brave explorer had reached the north pole. "News travels fast among the natives, and the fact that Cook reached the pole was known among the Eskimos before the explorer could reach a position where he could send word to the world beyond the ice barriers. "I have not lived three years among them for nothing but the truth ways, that the abilities their truthfulness. The letters to which I refer were long before Cook's report came to the ears of the world. They told about that wild trail into the unknown arctic with a detail that Dr. Cook's own statements have not touched upon. "I do not feel at liberty to make known the contents of these letters. They were written in confidence by my Eakimo friends, and I respect that confidence." Causes Arrest of Hopkins. Appleton, Wis—Wellace H. Hopkins of the former Wallace H. Hopkins Company is under arrest in this city charged by Mayor Julian Martens of Kaukaun, Wis., with non-delivery of 300 shares of mining stock. Menace to Rusalan Guards. St. Petersburg — A dispatch from Tiflis says that 1,000 American brigands are massed on the frontier and are a menace to the Russian guards. Reinforcements have been hurriedly sent to this point. Puts Off Arctic Trip. Christiania — Capt. Reald Amundsen has decided to postpone his projected expedition to the arctic region until June 1, 1910, on account of delay in his preparations caused by the strike in Sweden. Not to Wed King's Son, Dingwall, Scotland — Mrs. Anthony J. Dravel of Philadelphia denies the report that her daughter, Miss Margarita A. Dravel, is engaged to Prince Christopher, son of the king of PENTILE PARK FOR THOUSANDS AT THE OPENING OF THE STANDING ROCK AND CHEYENNE RIVER INDIAN REBEVATIONS. Registration at Mobridge, Lemmon or Aberdeen, 8. D., October 4 to 23. The opening of the Standing Rock and Cheyenne River Indian Reservations in South Dakota and North Dakota in 1980, with the aid of people in North Dakota of fertile farming lands for a small sum per acre. If you intend to engage in farming or opening and wish to change your location, not register for one of these farms? It costs nothing to register, Aberdeen, South Dakota, Wisconsin and Mobridge and Lemmon, South Dakota, on the Chicago, Milwaukee and Mobridge and Lemmon, South Dakota, on the Chicago, Milwaukee and Mobridge opportunity to see the wonderful country opened through the construction of the new line to the Pacific Coast, at small additional cost. Your railroad Folders regarding this land opening and the country along the new line in South Dakota, North Dakota and Montana, freet. F. A. Miller, General Passenger Agent, Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul By., Chicago, Illinois. THE TROUBLE. "Don't take it so hard," said the sympathetic friend; "remember that though your daughter is married you have not lost her." "I know it," sobbed the bride's mother. "That's the trouble. Julia and her husband have already picked out the best room in the house for theirs." CUTICURA CURED HIM. Eczema Came on Legs and Ankle- Could Not Wear Shoes Because "I have been successfully cured of dry eczema. I was inspecting the removal of noxious weeds from the edge of a river and was constantly in the dust from the weeds. At night I cleans my limbs but felt a prickly sensation. I paid no attention to it for two years but I noticed a scum on my legs like fish scales. I did not attend to it until it came to be too itchy and sore and began getting two running sores. My ankles were all sore and scabby and not could wear shoes. I had to use carpet and felt alpens for weeks. I got a cake of the Cuticura Soap and some Cuticura Ointment. In less than ten days I could put on my boots and in less than three weeks I was free from the confounded itching. Capt. George P. Bliss, Pons, Monroe, Manuloba, Mar. 20, 1907, and Sept. 24, 1908. Mottos of a Queen Her majesty, the queen of Portugal, pins her faith, it is said, to the following mottos: Keep out of doors all you can. Breathe outdoor air, live in it, revel in it. Don't shut yourself up. Build your houses so that the air supply is good. Throw away your porteries. Don't have useless trifles about you. Have a favorite form of exercise and make the most of it. Ride on horseback if you can; cycle if you cannot get a horse; do anything to get out in the open air. Don't overheat. Little and let dress too much, yet dress as well as you are able. Wear everything you can to make yourself lovely. Why We Are Stronger. The old Greeks and Romans were great admirers of health and strength; their pictures and statuary made the muscles of the men stand out like cords. As a matter of fact we have athletes and strong men—men fed on fine strength making food such as Quaker Oats—that would win in any contest with the old Roman or Greek champions. It's a matter of food. The finest food for making strength of bone, muscle and nerve is fine oatmeal. Quaker Oats is the best because it is pure, husks or stems or black speckles. Farmers' wives are finding that by feeding them Oats they get the best results in work and economy. If you are convenient to the store, buy the regular size packages; if not near the store buy the large size family package. Inhabitants of Venus, if there are any, must feel it extremely difficult to establish units of time. Venus always turns the same face toward the sun; so the planet has no day, and the lack of a moon deprives it of a month. Finally, it has no year, for its axis of rotation is perpendicular to the plane of its orbit, and the latter is almost circular. With a smooth iron and Defiance Starch, you can launder your shirtstarch just as well as 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. Half Done. First Lady — Your husband has merely fainted. Ditto-Dear, dear! these men always do things by halves. Don't think Wrigley's Spearmint only helps digestion. It perfumes the breath. Bees sometimes fly two miles from the bee hive and find their way back with ease. Old Dutch Cleanser This handy, all-round, mechanical cleaner does all kinds of cleaning, and does it easier, quicker and better than old-fashioned canister and acid cleaners which eat into the surfaces they touch. Large, Sifting-Top Can 10c If your dealer does not keep Old Dutch Cleaner, send us his name and to cents in stamp (the regular price) and we'll gladly pay 2 cents postage to send you a full-size can. Also write for our free booklet, "Hints for Housewives" CUDAY-OMAHA-MAKER DEEP SEA TALK. The Porpoise—I hear that the sporty old lobster went all to pieces in his last days. The Tortoise—Well, I should say he did go to pieces, and small pieces. He ended up in a lobster salad. By Automobile Up Mount Rainier. United States Engineer Eugene Rick secker celebrated Independence day by throwing open the government road in the Mount Rainer National park. Vehicles and horsemen now are allowed through from tidewater to Narada hills, near snow line in Paradise valley, Mr. Rick secker says that autos and wagons can now make the trip with comfort. The maximum grade on the road is four per cent. Nearly a score of automobiles, all loaded, went to the mountain. 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 Qualified for the Job. Father (impressively)—"My son, I want you to be very attentive to your new teacher, who is a man of wide and general information. 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If any woman who is suffering with any ailment peculiar to her sex will ask her neighbors this question, she will be surprised at the result. There is hardly a community in this country where women cannot be found who have been restored to health by this famous old remedy, made exclusively from a simple formula of roots and herbs. During the past 30 years we have published thousands of letters from these grateful women who have been cured by Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, and never in all that time have we published a testimonial without the writer's special permission. Never we knowingly published a testimonial that was not truthful and genuine. Here is one just received a few days ago. If anyone doubts that this is a true and honest statement of a woman's experience with Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound write and ask her. Houston, Texas.—"When I first began taking Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound I was a total wreck. I had been sick for three years with female troubles, chronic dyspepsia, and a liver trouble. I had tried several doctor's medicines, but nothing did me any good. "For three years I lived on medicines and thought I would never get well, when I read an advertisement of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, and was advised to try it. "My husband got me one bottle of the Compound, and it did me so much good I continued its use. I am now a well woman joyous of health. "I advise all women suffering from such troubles to give Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound a trial. They won't regret it, for it will surely cure you."—Mrs. Bessie L. Hicks, 819 Cleveland St., Houston. Any woman who is sick and suffering is foolish surely not to give such a medicine as this a trial. Why should it not do her as much good as it did Mrs. Hicks. Opening of Cheyenne River Indian Reservation (2,800,000 Acres) Register for a free homestead October 4th to 23rd. The Commissioner of the General Land Office at Washington has designated Le Beau and Aberdeen, S. Dak. as registration points. These cities are reached best by the Iowa Central Ry. and Le Beau is the Gateway to the Reservation and the only registration point where the lands can be seen from the town. The country is fertile and well watered—the equal in all respects of land a few miles east that sells for $25,00 per acre. Frequent trains and low fares. Full information on request. For rates, etc., write or ask any agent of the Iowa Central or Minneapolis & St. Louis R. R. or A. B. CUTTS, General Passenger and Ticket Agent Minneapolis, Minnesota Which Can Be Bought for a Mera Song in the Little Snake River Valley, Routt County, Colo. A ten per cent profit on a valuation of over $200 an acre is what is being farmed in the Little Snake River farmers in Routt County, Colorado, and lands water in quality and with gilt edged water which are now offered by the State of Colorado under the Carey Act at $35.50 per acre on ten years' time. This land will grow in abundances oats, potatoes, sugar beets and all other grains, grasses and root crops, and is suitable for all kinds of fruit, except possibly the most delicate of tree fruits. This land is sold in tracts of 40, 80, 120 and 160 acres to citizens of the United States, or those who have declared their intentions of becoming citizens. There is no drawing in connection with this land; first come, first served being the policy. If interested, write to the Routt County Colonization Co., 1734 Welton street, Denver, Colorado, for full information as to the land, special excursion rates, etc. No Short Haul for Him. "This is where you get off," said the railroad conductor. "But I haven't rid fur enough," said the Billville man. "Can't help that. You can't go any further on this ticket." "My friend," said the man, "it's the furst time I ever rid on a railroad train, an' if you can't a better man than what I am a'm-goin' to set right here till I see what the road ends. I know it must end some're, an' I'm curious to see what. Here's one more dollar. Now, go 'long an' let me alone!" The "Black-Hand" Business. Mrs. Bart—My husband got a letter to-day saying something dreadful would happen if he didn't send the writer a sum of money. Mrs. Smart—My husband gets damned for his bills, too. A TEXA8 CLERGYMAN Speaks Out for the Benefit of Ruffer- ing Thousands. Rev. G. M. Gray, Baptist clergy, man, of Whitesboro, Tex., says: "Four years ago I suffered misery with l u m b a g o. Every movement was one of pain. Dean's Kid- ney Pills removed the whole difficulty after only a short time. Although I do not like to have name used publicly, I make an exception "Four years ago I suffered misery with I umbago. Every movement was one of pain. Donan's Kidney Pills removed the whole difficulty after only a short time. Although I do not like to have any name used publicly, I make an exception in this case, so that other sufferers from kidney trouble may profit by my experience." Sold by all dealers. 50 cents a box. Foster-Milburn Co. Buffalo, N. Y. Anything But That. Little John is the youngest of a family of 4 boys, says the Dellinator. One day his mother said to him: "O. John, isn't it too bad I have not one little girl? I could curl her hair and make such pretty little dresses for her. Don't you wish you were a little girl? "Why, mother," he said, "I'd rather be most any other kind of animal you could mention than a girl." Chicago to Boston and Return $25.60. Grand Trunk Double Track Route. Tickets on sale daily until September 30th, thirty-day limit. Liberal stopovers. Through sleepers daily, tourist sleepers Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturdays. Low fares to all tour stores in New England and Can- adian. Apply to Amity University line or write W. S. Cookson, G. P. A, 135 Adams St., Chicago, Ill. Just an Angel. "My wife is awfully good to me." "Lucky man! How does she show it?" "She lets me spend all the money I save by shaving myself to buy baseball tickets."—Cleveland Leader. YEAR'S CORN YIELD Henry Wallace Places Iowa Crop at 235,000,000 Bushels. WILL NOT BE UP TO AVERAGE After Tour of State He Says That 250,000,000 Bushels as a Total Yield is Too High, As He Views. Des Molines, Sept. 17.—"If Iowa produces 250,000,000 bushels of corn this year, the farmers can consider themselves lucky," said Henry Wallace, after he had returned from a tour of nearly every county in the state, and the northern part of Missouri. "We may have that much, but it won't surprise me if the crop yield falls 18,000,000 bushels short of that figure. "In making my tour I found some of the fields in very bad condition, while others were very good. The best corn is in the northern part of the state. I believe the crop there will be above the average yield, but in some of the central and southern sections it will almost nothing. There are two main issues. One is that most of the corn was not so late that it cannot possibly mature. In frosting occurs, and another is that the corn did not receive a drop of rain just at the critical period when moisture was absolutely necessary. "As a result of this the ears of corn have not filled out to the tips, the ears are smaller in size and the kernels loose and have grown far apart. "Some crop experts may think that the total yield will be up to the average, but I doubt it. This year, if it ever there was one, for I leave the total yield will not exceed 255,000 bushels." George A. Wells, secretary of the Western Grain Dealers' association, estimated the yield at 257,000,000 bushels and John Cowine, government crop statistician estimated it at 295,000,000 at about the same time. No one seems to agree with the latter's figures owing to the many reverses corn has received during the season. However, the exact condition will not be known until December 1, when figures are compiled showing the exact yield. Enterprise Mine Strike Ends. Des Moines, Sept. 17—The 400 mines who have been on strike for almost two weeks at the mines of the Centerpiece Coal company, near Des Moines, will return to work at once and the company will rescind the notices which proclaimed an increase in the rental of houses in which the employee live. This was the settlement at which the joint executive board, representing the coal miners and operators of Iowa, arrived at late last night after two days' deliberation. For Big Watermelon Feed. Webster City, Ia., Sept. 17 — Webb City's Commercial league has deci- ded to celebrate an annual "watermelon day" in this city. October 5 has been selected as the date for the initial celebration. The event is to be in the nature of a big picnic to be held in the east side park. Twenty wagon loads of melons have been arranged for and more will be at hand if needed. Des Moines Fourth in Postal Gain. Des Moines, Sept. 17 — Des Moines not only outrears every other city in the middle west in the per cent of increase in its postal receipts for the month of August, 1909, over the same period for the year 1908, but it outranks every other city in the United States except three. The gain at Des Moines, 21.71 per cent; Seattle, 37.14; Hartford, 29.12; and Syracuse, 25.16. Mexico City, Sept. 17.—David E. Thompson, United States ambassador to Mexico, has secured control of the Pan-American railway, a line extending from San Geronimo on the Tehuantepec National railway to Mariscal, a town on the Mexican-Guatemalan frontier. Win Homesteads in Idaho. Logan, In. Sept. 17.—J. A. Barr of Logan and Vern Van Scoy received a dispatch notifying them that they had been successful in the Idaho land drawing, which has been just opened by the government north of Blackfoot. Mr. Barr's number is 116, Mr. Van Scoy, 16. Has Cataleptic Attack. Dubuque, In. Sept. 17.—A stranger was picked up on the streets standing and gazing open-eyed into space. His muscles were rigid as though in a cataleptic fit and unconscious. New Industry at Mason City. Mason City, Ia. Sept. 17.-Articles of incorporation were filed here by the Mason City Candy company with a capital stock of $10,000 and a limit of twenty years. The firm will manufacture and handle candies. Builder of Midland Railroad Dead. Colorado Springs, Colo. Sept. 17.—J. J. Hagerman, builder of the Colorado Midland railway and one of the foremost among Colorado pioneers, died at Milan, Italy, as the result of a lung affection. Athlete Breaks Collar Bone. Grimell, Sept. 17.—The first serious accident of the year occurred at the college football practice when Captain Zeigler collided violently with "Joner" Hammond, a promising backfield candidate, and broke Hammond's right collar bone. Big Price for Farm. Manson, Ia, Sept. 17.—Ex-Supervisor S. L. Kent of this city sold his farm in Irrerman township consisting of 408 acres, well improved, for $80; 800, to J. R. King of Carlock, Ill. LOW COLONIST FARES TO THE WEST AND NORWEST. Union Pacific Passenger Department announces that Colonist Fares will be in effect from Sept. 15 to Oct. 15, 1999, to all points in the West and Northwest. This year the West looks more promising than ever. Now is the time to secure land at low prices, and, at the same time, to visit the many interesting points in the West and Northwest, at which liberal stopover arrangements may be made. A better estimate of the land can be made now, than formerly, because these lands are in proximity to new farms that are producing wonderful crops. For descriptive literature, write to E. L. Lomax, G. P. A., U. P. R. R., Omaha, Neb. One of the preachers has asked the members of his congregation to bring their canary birds to church. Why not try to save some of the parrots? WHAT IS PAINT? The paint on a house is the extreme outside of the house. The wood it simply a structural under layer. That is as it should be. Unprotected wood will not well withstand weather. But paint made of pure white lead and lined wood is an invulnerable armor and heat and cold. Such paint protects, and preserves, fortifying the perishable wood with a complete metallic casing. And the outside of the house is the looks of the house. A well-constructed building may be greatly depreciated by lack of painting or by poor painting. National Lead Company have made it possible for every building owner to paint with pure white lead before applying the paint. This by putting upon every package of their white lead their Dutch Boy Painter trademark. That trademark is a complete guarantee. Women in Postal Service. The distinction of first appointing a woman postmaster does not belong to America, nor is the employment of women in the postal service a new idea. As early as 1548 a woman postmaster was appointed to look after the mails of Braine le Comte, an important town of France. In the try of a French minister, the principal office in the postal service of Europe was held by a woman, Alexandrine de Rue. From 1628 to 1646 she was in charge of the mails of the German empire, the Nethers lands, Burgundy and Lorraine. She was known as a master general of the mails. In America, Elizabeth Harvey was the first to hold a place in the postal department. She had charge of the letters in Porsmouth, H., in the Nethers lands, in the seventeenth century. A half century after Lydia Hill was placed in charge of the postoffice in Salem, Mass. Not Ashamed of Economy. Discussing England and the English from an American point of view, a recent American writer in England observes: "Nobody, from the king of England, is afraid to be economical. Here a man or a woman is thought to be a fool or a vulgarian who is not careful of expenditure, while in America our waiters have been clever enough to make it appear that economy is mean, and as a nation we suffer accordingly. We are fooils to be fooled in this manner." An Arbitrary Classification. "So you pay every patriot has a more less clearly defined ambition to hold public office?" "Yes," answered Senator Sorghun. "As a rule, patriots may be divided into two classes—the appointed and the disappointed." 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Four hundred responded to the invitation, and the now famous Tuskegee Negro annual conference was established. Out of this annual farmers' conference have grown a number of activities for helping the farmers, such as the local farmers' conferences, the farmers' institute, the county the short course in agriculture, the annual wagon, the farmers' cooperative demonstration work and the rural school improvement work. By means of the rural school extension work the people are assisted in erecting school buildings, lengthening their school terms and securing competent teachers. Macon county has one of the best systems of rural schools for our people in the south. There are forty-seven of these schools in the county, whose teachers have two exceptions all the teachers have had normal training. Thirty-six are normal school graduates. Many rural schools in the south are not generally provided with school buildings, but are held in churches or whatever places that may be available. In Macon county, however, under the influence and by the assistance of Tuskegee institute, there are now forty-one school buildings. The people have contributed a great amount to the building schools. In some instances a single community has given as much as $1,000 toward erecting a school building and lengthening the school term. Dr. Washington recently made a tour of the county to see some of the results of the extension work and his own teachings. The people were informed of his coming, and great preparation was made to receive him. The many whitewashed houses, the many well-painted churches and schoolhouses, the well cultivated fields of cotton and corn, the many gardens, the neatly kept J. yards, all gave abundant evidence that the extension work and his own teaching had accomplished great results. As the inspecting party proceeded on its way a unique demonstration took place. It was, in fact, one of the most striking incidents of the trip. About three miles from the Brownsville school, where the first address of the day was to be made, twenty-four young men mounted on mules and lined up in murky water to walk across the resort. As Mr. Washington came abreast of them they raised their hats in a respectful salute and then welcomed him with a genuine college vell. Who's all right? Booker T.! We are loud, but we keep the rule. We are the boys of the Brownville school. Dr. Washington said to the people: "You are a little kingdom here. As I compare your bright, fine, healthy looking faces with what I have seen among our people in large cities in the north, especially as I have seen you dwelling each year on your own farms in this beautiful free country, breathing pure air, drinking fresh water out of your own springs, erecting your own schoolhouse, your own churches—as I have compared your condition with the condition of people who lived in large cities in some parts of this country you are ten times blessed when compared with them. Young men, let me warn you. Spend your life right here on this soil. Do not yield to the temptation of going to the city." Miss Nellie Kellas returned home last Saturday after a prolonged visit with friends in Quincy, Ill., and St. Louis, Mo. Mrs. Charles Anderson returned home last. Thursday after a pleasant visit with friends in Chicago. Miss Carrie Geens returned home last Friday evening after a pleasant visit with friends in Indianapolis, Ind. This opening will delight the eye of every woman who 'oves beautiful things and it will feature a varity of correct and leading fashions for the season of 1909 and '10. HARRIS-EMERY CO. HARRIS-EMERY CO. returned home last Sunday to re-enter school. Margarett Ann Court, H. of J., will give an entertainment at the home of Mgeo. Geo. Kellis, 1017 Fulton street. Tuesday Sept. 21, from 4 to 10 o'clock. Everybody invited. Those having charge of the entertainment are Meddames M. Anderson, S. Fidler and I. Kellis. Mrs. Harry Ashby and little sons, Harold and John Norwood, are visiting with friends in Burlington and Gladstone this week. The Rev. W. A. Bruce, rector at the church of St. Mary the Virgin, was a Quincy visitor last week. The Parish Aid Society of St. Mary the Virgin will give their annual bazar Oct. 27 to 28, at the parish house on North Thirteenth street. Everyone invited to be present. Mrs. F. D. Fields left Saturday evening for Chicago to attend the wedding of her son, Otis E. Fields, which will be solemnized in that city Sept. 15th to Obelene Brunette Schmidt of 6515 Aberdeen street. The marriage will be performed at the Shiloh Baptist church 62nd and Mary street. Miss Mabel Bland returned home last Sunday morning after an extended visit with friends in Des Moines and St. Paul. She expects to leave soon for Tuskegee Institute, Ala., to enter the Tuskegee Institute. Miss Bland is a brilliant young lady and we wish her success. There will be a reception given in honor of the Rev. William Searcy Thursday evening Sept. 16, in the reception rooms of the A. M. E. church, Seventh and Morgan streets. Mr. George Snoody is quite ill at his home, Fourteenth and Morgan street. D. W. Anderson has returned home from Omaha, Neb., where he attended the Iowa-Nebraska Association; as a delegate from the Union Baptist church in this city. He was admitted to a seat and the church was granted membership in the Association. Mrs. T. L. Smith and daughter Lizzie returned to their home in Quincy last week, after a pleasant visit with her daughter, Mrs. M. Bryant. Dr. G. D. Saunders has gone to Columbus, Ohio to attend the Baptist National Convention of the world. His work in Keokuk at Pilgrim Rest church is proving a success in every way. Two weeks ago twenty came up for prayer and a collection of $83 was raised last week, ten came forward for prayer and a collection of $18 was raised. The Pilgrim Rest church is going to celebrate the Emancipation Proclamation Wednesday Sept. 22nd, at Kilbourne's Park. A grand time is anticipated. ALBIA NOTES Mr. and Mrs. Washington of Hocking was in Albia Sunday. Rev. and Mrs. J. H. Bell and little Nellie Dorcia Bell spent Friday of this week in Hocking. Miss Eva M. M. Parker has returned from her trip to Jefferson City, Mo. Quite a few strangers in town the past week. Miss Ida Harris returned from her visit in Buxton Tuesday. The Albia High School opend tuesday with quite a number of colored students attending. Mr. Carnelous Miller and Mr. C. Thomas are in Knoxville this week. Mr. Burt Allen has returned from Chicago and Mrs. Johnson and children from their visit in Missouri. Mrs. J. H. Bell and little Nellie Dorcia Bell left Wednesday for Chicago and other points before going to Conference. Mr. Hogon and Rev. Jackson have returned from the Baptist Association. From a small beginning the sale and use of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy has extended to all parts of the United States and to many foreign countries. Why? Because it has proved especially valuable for coughs and colds. For sale by all drummers. KT. DODGE NEWS. (Special to Byzander.) Miss Edith well known girl of this city and the only daughter of Mrs. Lyda Buckner, was united in marriage at the Congregational parsonage Tuesday evening at 8:30 to Mr. Floyd Brown. The groom is a porter in the First National Bank. We wish much joy and a long happy life. Rev. James Bowels of Enterprise spent Monday and Tuesday in the city enroute to the Iowa-Nebraska Association at Omaha, Neb. The Miss Adea Hyde of Des Moines The Western College and Industrial Institute Located at Macon, Mo., on a beautiful campus, adorned with flowers, with newly laid granitoid walks, and a new roof on the Boys' Dormitory, will open September 27, 1909. Let's will be found a pleasant home, well-lighted and well-ventilated rooms, thorough instruction, good discipline, christian culture and sanitary surroundings, at the lowest rates. For catalogs and further particulars, address J. H. GARNETT, President, Macon, Mo. MUTUAL PHONE 417 AUDITORIUM IOWA PHONE 6205 ToNight TOMORROW (SAT.) MATINEE & NIGHT Sept. 17 & 18 F. RAY COMSTOCK PRESENTS BERT A. WILLIAMS OF WILLIAMS & WALKER The Funniest Comedian on the American Stage, in a New Musical Comedy "MR. LODE Book and Lyrics by J. A. SHIPP and ALEX ROGERS Music by J. ROSAMOND JOHNSON Additional Music by BERT A. WILLIAMS OF KOAL" EVEN THE TITLE IS FUNNY CREATEST SINGING and DANCING COMPANY IN AMERICA JUST LOOK AT THESE PRICES 25c to $1.00 We Can Do It--We've Got The Room. and Edith Comley of Webster City were Ft. Dodge visitors last week. While here they were the guests of Miss Edith Buckner. Mrs. Lydia Buckner and son Ollie have returned from Des Moines after attending the state fair. Mrs. Lydia Buckner entertained at o'cirek dinner Tuesday Aug. 24th, in honor of Mrs. Anna Bell Roberton and daughter Frades of Springfield, Chio. Those present were Mrs. D. Fowler, Mrs. Rosie Guy and Miss Genevieve Bell. Mrs. Ellen Robinson has been quite sick at her home the past week. Mrs. James Guy has returned to her home in Buxton. MUSCATINE NOTES. (Special to Bvstander.) After an illness lasting for several weeks, Miss Cora Phoenix passed away at the home of her mother, Mrs. Peter Townley, 230 E. Second street. Miss Phoenix had been confined to Bellevue Hospital for past three weeks. It was seen there was no hopes for her recovery and she was removed to her mother's home, where she died Sept. 1, at 3:05 a.m. Death was due to tuberculosis. Miss Phoenix was born in Iriquois county, Illinois Sept. 28, 1881. She is survived by two sisters, Mrs. Alice Thompson of this city, and Miss Laura Foy of Omaha; her mother and one brother, Rufus Phoenix of Rock Island. Miss Phoenix was an accomplished musician and had a host of friends who mourn her demise. The floral offerings were beautiful. The funeral was held Thursday Sept 9 from the home at 2 o'clock; Rev. M. Payeton of the A. M. e Church had charge of the service. Music was furnished by quartet consisting of Mrs. Lela Powell, Miss Lilly Woodson, Messrs. Will Davie and Burton Powell. The pall bearers were Messrs. Baines, Davis, Lamb, Powell, Sealy and Williams. Interment was made in Greenwood cemetery. Mrs. Lula Bates and daughters, Miss Berta Bates, and Mrs. Frank Cook of Davenport, Mrs. Ella Woods of Moline, and Mrs. Phoenix of Rock Island, Miss Phoenix, and Mrs. Davie of Davenport, have returned to their respective homes after attending the funeral of Miss Phoenix. Miss D. Mae Lose of Buxton is visiting Misses Beaulah and Stella Thompson. Miss Digma Ben bit Chicago is visiting her sister Mrs. Blanche Horne. Misses Florence and Genevieve Searay who have been visiting their grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Thompson, have returned to their home in Keokau. Mrs. Ida Stevens who has been visiting her sister, Mrs. Brown of Toledo, Ohio, is now visiting her daughter Miss Bertha Gunn in Chicago. Miss Eleanor Young and Miss Garner Fowler leaves Wednesday morning for Jefferson City, Mo., to resume their studies at Lincoln Institute. Miss Mattie Foster is still on the slick list. Miss Isaac Downey and daughters. Miss Lella and Beatrice left last Monday for Buxton to make their future home. Mr. Frank Clark and Mr. Ralph Hensan are still confined at their homes on account of illness. Mr. Jesse Graves of Des Moines spent Friday in Ottumwa on his way to visit his parents at Moulton. Mrs. Anna Taylor and sister Lorena Vinson spent several days in Buxton. Send all your news to Lorena Vinson who is now the correspondent, phone 614-R. CLINTON HAPPENINGS. Sas. W. Cooper of Morrison spent Sunday in Clinton. Mrs. Melissa Glanton, mother of Messra. J. T. and M. O. Culberson, is up and around again after a severe illness. Albert Robinson of Chicago visited for a few days recently with his mother in Lyons. Miss Anna Cooper left last week for Chicago where she will be the guest of friends indefinitely. Miss Murda Beason who has spent the summer in Clinton with her parents has returned to her duties in the Buxton schools. Subscribe for the Bystander. GALESBURG, ILL. Mrs. John Brown and children of Moline are the guests of Mrs. Hattie Lane. Mrs. Cella Malone entertained the members of the Autumn Leaf club Thursday afternoon. Mrs. Cella Malone entertained Monday evening in honor of Miss Myrtle Burnough of Mt. Pleasant, who is her guest for this week. The evening was pleasantly spent playing whist and other amusements. Miss Alma Easley of Ohio and Mr. Luther William Smithmouth were the out-of-four guests. Tuesday morning, at his home on West First street, Mr. H. Tilford Gas' opened a private kindergarten with several children enrolled. Mr. Gash is a graduate of the Galesburg high school, aces of 1908 and is also doing the work he has undertaken. While at work at the brickyards Why Druggists Recommend Cham- Mr. Frank C. Hanrahan, a prominent druggist of Portsmouth, Va., says, "For the past six years I have sold and recommended Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diaarrhoea Remedy. It is a great remedy and one of the best patent medicines on the market. I handle some others for the same purposes that pay me a larger profit, but this remedy is so sure to effect a cure, and my customer so certain to appreciate my recommending it to him, that I give it the preference." For sale by all druggists. Tuesday afternoon, Mr. Jesse Harel, Jr. had the misfortune to have his foot severely injured. While his condition is improved some, he will not be able to work for some time. He was a caller in this city this week. Mrs. Chas, Williams, Mrs. F. Coleman and Mrs. Booker Jackson and baby left Tuesday for Indianapolis, where they expect to spend a month. RAVENPORT NOTES Mrs. T. L. Davis is entertaining her mother, Mrs. E. L. More and sister, Mrs. E. Anderson, both of Bloomington, Ill., for one week. Mr. Charles Hill is visiting his mother, Mrs. W. B. Hill, of 413 West Ninth street. Mr. A. D. Sunilu of 320 West Eleventh street has returned home from a visit at Evanston, Ill., bringing with her her mother, Mrs. A. Erwin, who will spend a visit here. Mrs. Cash Lambert of South Rock island was a caller in Davenport Sunday. Mrs. Rose Corbin of 936 Gaines street was a caller at the residence of Mrs. Miller of 2026 Cherry street. Presiding Elder Phillips spent Wednesday night with Elder W. W. Williams. Mr. James Christian, and family member, visited to La Grange, Mo., to see her mother, Mrs. Carter, for three days. On their return home on the boat, it was lost in the dense fog, which made Mrs. Christina quite nervous for a while, but she is better at this writing. Mrs. Charlotte of Atchison, Kansas, is visiting her brother, Mr. James Christina, for a few days. Rev. W. W. Williams preached his farewell sermon Sunday night. Next Sunday he will hold his last quarterly meeting. Mr. J. Jacoby of Bowling Green, Mo., is visiting her daughter, Mrs. Gerek Perkins of Rysely street. Mrs. C. B. Lewis has returned home after attending the fair at Des Moines. MONMOUTH, ILL., NOTES. Mrs. Eliza Myers will entertain the academy of South First street, at 2:30 o'clock Thursday afternoon. The club was entertained last week by Mrs. Mary Neal. Mrs. John Forte and daughter of North Dakota are visiting at the home of Mrs. John Wallace on South First street. Mr. Frank Williams, who was hurt some time ago at the Iowa Central yards, is able to sit up. Mrs. Hannah Wallace spent Sunday in Macomb, the guest of her husband, Thomas Wallace, at a talent event at Des Moines. Mr. Wallace underwent an operation last week, and is getting along nicely. Mrs. Emme Williams of East Euclid avenue returned home from Jacksonville, where she has been visiting for the past two weeks. She was accompanied by Frank Mallroy. Mr. Mallroy is expected the latter part of the week. Mr. Frank Henderson, Sr., met with quite an accident this (Tuesday) morning. The horse he was driving frightened him, ran away, and ran into a telephone pole, breaking its shoulder bone. The loss is a keen one, as Mr. Henderson used the horse for light draying. Mr. Amelia Sharpe, the organizer, plucked the horse on Saturday at the Cedar Creek bridge. There were fourteen or twenty present, and spent the day swinging and at other amusements. She was assisted by her husband, Mr. Chas. Sharpe, and Mrs. E. F. Birdtit. Mr. Marshall plucked the pinchers to and from the bridge. Mrs. Gangle of Canton, Mo., spent last week in our city, the guest of Mrs. Mary Nell of South First street. Mrs. Gangle was accompanied by her brother, who will attend school here this year. Mr. Earl Franklin of Jacksonville, ill. spent several days in Monmouth visiting his mother, Mrs. Chas. Sharpe. Mrs. Mary Nell and Mrs. Etta Simms have been married since they had been attending the state convention of the Federation of Women's Clubs. Mrs. Nell and Mrs. Simms were delegates from the Agnes Moody club of this city. They report a grand meeting. The recent meeting of the congregation of the Second Baptist church it was voted to call the church Calvary Baptist, so after this they will be known by this name. The writer is authorized to announce that the cornerstone of the new church will be laid Sunday, Sept. 16. The church, the committee, have prepared a very interesting program. Sunday will be Rev. S. McDowell's last Sunday here before conference. The Reverend has been with us for two years and has done quite a number of several additions to the membership, and he has improved both the exterior and interior of the church building. Straighten Your Hair Pursuitally known as Ozonized Ox Marrow. I use his make the hair straight, glossy, soft and colorful. He is a great stylist and an style you with confidence with its length. Removes and prevents dandruff, invigorates the skin and helps to keep it moist and dry. Breaking and giving it new life and vigor. Absolutely hardwired, uses with splendid relief. 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