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Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1894-10-26
Selling the Opportunity.


Lord Coleridge sprang into emf
hence as a lawyer by adroitly seiz-
ing simple incident while he was
pleading the cause OF a man on trial
for murder. In the course of his
long argument. a candle in the jury
box hickered and went out, leaving
the court room in darkness. He
stopped speaking, and the silence in
court for Il moment was oppressive.
The usher replaced the light. and
Coleridge resumed his address.
"Gentlemen Of the jury, you have q
solemn duty, a very solemn duty to
discharge. The life of the prisoner
at the bar is in your hands. You
can take it-by word You can ex-
tinguish that life as the candle by
your side was extinguished o mo-
ment ago. But it is not in your
power, it is not IN the power Of any
of us-of any one in this court or out
of ito restore that life, when once
taken, as that light has been re-
stored The tone in which the
words were spoken, the cadence OF
the voice. and the action OF the ora
tor, with the Inspiration OF the
scene and the hour, produced q
thrilling effect. The jury acquitted
the prisoner, and Coleridge's fortune
was made. Arg onaut.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1894-10-26
GOSSIP GOING AROUND.

Elizabeth Lord, once factory girl,
died recently in Brooklyn, leaving
$4,000 to Mrs. t. Dewitt Talmage,
who had befriended her.
It was ut the old court house In
Washington, Ky, that Mrs. Stowe
first saw u negro auction and formed
the idea of Uncle Toms Cabin"
The silver dinner service which
Mrs. j. w. Macllay has with her in
Europe is worth $4,000. Her hus-
band furnished $4,000 in weight OF
pure silver and then paid another
S121, 900 for the work done upon 1T.
The above is reclloned as being the
most costly silver set now in use IN
the world.
Those who have liked to think OF
the beautiful tlowery home on Apple
dore island that Celia Thaxter loved
and cared for so devoutly will be glad
to know that SO long as her relatives
live the garden will be attended as
she attended it Cor years. Her grave,
which is within sound of the sea, is
piled with flowers and shrubs every
day.
Thomas Bailey Aldrich has been
writing poetry since 1856, when he
produced a small volume OF ballads.
He was then clerk in a New York
merchants counting-room. He is now
at tifty-eight a better poet than he
was even in his prime, and in addition
he is one of the most smartl!y dressed
men in Boston.
Lord Rosebery says that as soon as
the story of his sleeplessness got into
the newspapers, after he entered
Gladstone's cabinet, he was delugcd
with cures One of the first, and
what seemed to him the easiest, was
to sip before going to bed tumbler
of hot water. He tried it, and since
has had no further trouble of the
kind.
Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen, the novel
list, was friend of the late Victor
Hugo and visited the latter in the
Isle of Guernsey before he returned
to Paris. Professor Boyesen, though
opposed to Hugo's theories of art,
speaks enthusiastically of the great
romancer's fascinating personality,
and says that he was one of the most
youthful old men who ever lived
Shortly before his death General
Banks visited the acknowledgements
Office in Boston to find out what his
rank was. He said he remembered
he was in the war; he felt quite GER
tain of it. He was unable to remem-
Der with any distinctness how he was
ranked, and he had come to the ad-
jutant-general to find out. He was
dignifed and courteous, as usual, but
for sometime previous his mind had
become wreck.
It isn't always the men that pray loudest
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1894-10-26
Beware of ointments for catarrh that
Contain Mercury,

as mercury viii surely destroy the sense of
smell and completely derange the whole
system when entering it through the mu-
cous surfaces. Such articles should never
be used except on prescriptions from repu
table physicians, as the damage they will
do is ten fold to the good you can possibly
derive from them Halls Catarrh Cure,
manufactured by F. j. Cheney g. Co.,
Toledo, o., contains no mercury, ara is
taken internally, acting directly upon the
blood and mucous surfaces of the system
In buying Halls Catarrh Cure be sure you
get the genuine. 1t is taken internally and
made in Toledo, Ohio, by F. j. Cheney &
Co. Testimonials free
as Sold by Druggists, price 75c. per bottle.
Halls Family Pills, 25c.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1894-10-26

What makes you think that man
was created after woman"
just this: If man had been
created first he would probably be
wanting a woman yet. But woman
being created first, and making up
her mind that she wanted q man,
there was nothing to do but to trot
him out in the shortest possible
time"
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1894-10-26

On October l9th-26th and November End,
the Wabash Line will sell round trip
tickets to Dallas Texas, on account of the
Dallas Fair and Exposition, at the low rate
of $685.. Tickets good returning up to
and including November 10TH
For further information, maps time
tables, etc, call upon or address Horace
Seely, Commercial Agent, 200 Fourth
street Des Moines, Iowa.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1894-10-26
Temporary Change of Lodgings.

At Monte Carlo gambler had won
the maximum at Rogue ct Noir"
tnsae times in succession.
There's fellow running off with
splendid haul of bank notes." said
spectator.
Oh'' carelessly interiected the
croupier, '.that makes no difference
with bank. 1t is merely a bit of our
money sleeping out for the night!''
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1894-10-26
~ s4ly, q h, saw \, red fresh strcak

CHASTITY MS he saw red fresh streak
on the fallen mans brow. Theatrical
to the last, he faced the raging crowd
and, tearing open his shirt, placed
the weapon to his own heart and
fred. A renewed burst of shrieks and
cries greeted this. He neither fell
nor moved, but stood with uplifted
hands as if mutaly calling on heaven
to witaess his innocence.
They carried the dying man into
a dressing room and placed him on n
couch, while Alcorez followed, siclSiy
with terror and agitated beyond
words. The manager was there al
ready. ''See if there is a doctor here, !"
he said briefly to an attendant.
''There is no need, said the stranger
suddenly, as he rose from the couch
and stood firm. II was not hurt." He
took a cloth, wiped his forehead
clean. and showed his hand smeared
with fresh red paint
There was hushed pause, broken
by the sound of Alcorez falling heav-
lily to the ground. From the little
group of men came a word
''Cowardw
Perhaps" said tie stranger, un-
moved, but listen. Once before
months ago--I stepped upon the
stage to assist that man. Never mind
why. went to help him, that is
enough. He repaid me by making me
laughing stock for all present. AS
it happened, it involved more than
either he or / knew at the time. l
have taken the only means I,eould of
humiliating him. Ask him how it
feels. Now we are qnits. +" And be-
fore anyone could move he passed out
of the room and was gone.
He was more than quits. Alcorez's
name appeared on the bills no more.
His nerve was completely gone, and
from that night his hand never again
knew its cunning.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1894-10-26
Sus picion Confirmed.

Powell II see by your sign that
You are dispensing chemist
Chemist Yes, Sir
Powell What do you dispense
with?
Chemist--With accuracy, sir.
POWELL thought so. The last
prescription | had made up here
nearly killed my wife.-Truth.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1894-10-26

On account of the annual meeting of the
Mississippi Valley Medical Association to
be held at Hot Springs. Ark, the Wabash
railroad will sell tickets at one fare for thu
round trip. Tickets good returning within
twenty days from date of sale; on sale
November 18th to Goth inclusive. For
further information, maps, time -tables,
etc. call upon or address Horace Seely,
Commercial Agent Wabash Railway, 220
Fourth street, Des Moines, Iowa
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1894-10-26
A c,nsiderate Employer.

Publisher-You look lame. Been
kicked out much?
Book Agent Bout forty times.
Publisher, kindly-Well, leave
your encyclopedia here, and canvass
with this sample bible until your
back gets well. IN. 7. Weekly.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1894-10-26
what lie Lost.

Eckstein-How much didt you lose
in dot fire in your blaze.
Einstein Apoudt fife tousandt in
surance. A fool policeman turned
in der alarm pefore it got startedt
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1894-10-26
Alcorez lowered the weapon.

IalcOrez lowered the weapon.
1.-THE danger is small" he said,
with lightness he was far from feel
ing at that moment, 'but / like not
to t. re f~llow creature unprepared.
But then''-with professional face
tiousness-"l have killed only one
man as yet"
There's luck in even numbers"
said the other quietly. Perhaps
shall be the second"
Alcorez shrugged his shoulders.
After all, it mattered little. He
could create diversion md make the
pass afterward.
He took up the revolver again,
judged the sight well above the head,
and fired.
The effect was instantaneous. The
stranger pressed his hand to his fore
lead, gave long, gurgling sigh, and
sank down on the boards, while from
tae hall came the shrieks of women
and the Mortified shouts and threats
of men as they surged from the doors
and the stage.
Alcorez stood for moment stupe-
fed. In that short second dozen
possibilities whirled around one dull
central fact--irre trievable ruin. Pos
sibly he had mixed his cartridges;
perhaps, even, some one had tamper-
ed with his pistol ih! lfter all the
poltoon might have orly + inted. He
rushed acro.s, bent i swnj and grew
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1894-10-26

Lisbeth-1 hear you have broken
with Ambrose. What was the mat
ter?
Jeannette-W fell out about lit
erature. Ambrose is such a horrid
Anglomaniac. He persists that
Shakespeare is funnier than Bill Nye.
st. Louis Post Dispatch.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1894-10-26
Like sweet Bells tangled Out of Tune"

Like Sweet Bells tangled Out OF Tune"
Weak nerves respond harshly and inharmoni-
ously to slight shocks, which would produce no
effect upon strong ones The shrill cutlery OF q
child, the slamming of door, the rafting OF o
vehicle over uneven pavement and other trifling
disturbances effect weak nerves-sensitive
nerves, sorely. Nervousness is largely at
tributed to dyspepsia and non-assimilation OF
the food, a very usual concomitant of sleepless-
ness. Digestion and assimilation renewed by
Hostetters Stomach Bitters, soon beget nerve
quietude and sound repose. The great alter.
alive causes the liver and bowels to unite in CO.
operative harmony with the stomach, whereby
the general tone OF the system is raised to the
true standard OF health. In malarial complaints,
rheumatism and kidney trouble, the Bitters
produce excellent results.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1894-10-26

"Cholly had very thoughtful ex-
preston on his face" said one girl
"Cholly's becoming deceitfui, re.
piled the other.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1894-10-26

Hegeman's Carnphor rcA with GiycerIne.
Cures Chapped Hands and Pace. Tender or Sore Feet,
Chilbiains. Piles. c. G. Clark Co. New Haven,
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1894-10-26
Married too Young.

Friend-Why do you send your hus-
bands clothes to tailor, when all they
need is a buttona
Mrs. Handkerchief the fact is, my
husband married so young that he never
learned how to sew on buttons.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1894-10-26

strong, plump, found and rosy. Moth
ing SO effective as a strength rcstorer
and flesh maker is known to medical sci
ence; this puts on healthy.Jaesh not the fat
of cod liver oil and its filthy compounds.
1t rouses every organ of the body to ac-
tivity, PARTIES, enriches and vita1izes
the blood so that the body feels refreshed
and strengthened. If you are too thin too
assimilation is at fault. A certain amount
of bile is necessary for the reception of the
fat foods in the blood. TOO often the liver
holds back this clement which would help
digestion. DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical
Discovery stimulates tones up and invig-
crates the liver, nourishes the blood, and
rich blood they require.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1894-10-26

Karl's Clover Root Tea.
The great Blood purifier gives freshness and clearnesr
TO the Complexion and Constipation. 25c 50c ST.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1894-10-26

"A Cup of Parks Tea at night moves
the bowels IN the morning"
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1894-10-26

Heaven is full of windows for those VIII
have faith to look up.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1894-10-26

A soft answer turneth away wrath, but
soft butter is ar abomination with the flies
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1894-10-26

sEHanson's Magic cn-u saIve.o
Warranted 10 cure or money refunded. Ask your
iruggist Tor it, PfIrg 70 cents
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1894-10-26

Shadows have no claws, but they have
frightened many people to death.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1894-10-26

Hunger never finds any fault with The
table cloth
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1894-10-26
The Banner route to Hot Springs. Ark.

1t is a cold day when the ice man brings
in big lump.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1894-10-26

The man who invented work, evidently
had nothing to do.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1894-10-26

Oddly enough, it always makes horse
man hot to lose the heat
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1894-10-26

Queen Elizabeth in 1860, was the first
woman in England to wear silk knitted
stockings.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1894-10-26
TO PUT ON

ncedcd neSn, no mat
ter how you've lost
it, take DR.. Pierce's
Golden Medical Dis
coyery. 1t works
wonders. By restor-
ing the normal ac-
ton of the deranged
organs and functions,
it builds the flesh up
to a safe and healthy
standard promptly,
pleasantly and nat
iIrally. The weak,
ernaciated, thin, pale
n~l S>tty,xv Drn I,1~ Il n
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1894-10-26
A Beginning.

Bromley, hear you are going TO start
housekeeping"
Yes, Darlington"
'sW hat have you got toward it?"
GA wife,
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1894-10-26
The Wabash Railroad Cor Texas.

If some people had money enough they
would yex themselves to death.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1894-10-26

If the Baby is CuurIng reeth.
Be sure and That old and welltred remedy, MRS.
wIYsIow's SOOTHING SYRUP for Children Teething-
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1894-10-26
Highest all in Leavcning PowerLaes US Govt Report
R3H!A!!!!! R RskldHs
ABSOLUTELY PURE
Tickling Number Three.

Shell will marry you, George, since you
wish it so much, but I tell you frankly I
can never love you SO much as my poor
dead husband. &e
Hell suppose you did love poor John
very much.
She--l don't mean John. mean theone
before him.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1894-10-26

There are men who like to speak well Of
others-on a tombstone.
There is no way of getting children to be
good like showing them how.
The man who rides hobby pays well for
his transportation.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1894-10-26

1t isn't always the men that pray loudest
at prayer meeting that people believe In
most
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1894-10-26

such a condition of nervousness that
he is unable to proceed, and he can,
for moment, startle a whole audi
.noe out of watchfulness by the sud
den flash and report Alcorez picked
up glittering revolver, raised it
quickly, and drew the sight dead on
the others face.
Are you ready?" he called sharply.
Quite unfinchingly replied the
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1894-10-26
He And SIZE.

A young woman at Princess Anna,
Md, died few days ngo from the eff
fects of swallowing chewing gum.
Six hundred and eight women re-
Gently applied for n poorly-paid place
MS mail sorter in an English postof-
fee.
G. P. villiers, the father Of the
English house of commons, 90 years
old, but still attends the house regu-
larly and often speaks.
Noah Shanlls, a Brownsville. Ore
gon, boy, got sick, as might have
been expected, from his phenomenal
feat of eating alta single sitting seven
teen bologna sausages.
In Boston are the headquarters of
the Ramabai association, whose pur-
pose 1t is to rescue child widows in
India. This society is, fiourishing, and
reports an income of $b1,7S4.
The shah of Persia, is photogra-
pher of no mean skill. In his travels
about his domain he carries with him
camera, which he uses on any bit of
landscape striking his fancy.
Virtue is not always its own sole
reward. James Haysman, a New
York expressman. who found on the
street a check for $40 600, payable
to Russell Sage, took it to his Office
and received 81 bill for his honesty.
A negro had streak of luck while
fishing in the Flint river, near
Albany, Ga. His line became tangled
in something, which proved to be a
lady's gold necklace, which had evil
IDENTIFY laid at the bottom of the river
for many years.
Every body smokes in Japan. The
pipe holds little wad of fine cut to-
bacco as big as a pea. 1t is fired, and
the smoker takes one long Whit,
blowing the smoke in a cloud from his
mouth and nose. The ladies have
pipes with longer stems than the men,
and if one of them wishes to show a
gentleman a special mark Of favor,
she lights her pipe, takes half a Whit,
hands it to him and lets him finish
out the Whit.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1894-10-26

They Ought to Have.
Bobby. at his history lesson-Oh, bother!
What's the use Of studying history2
Fond Parent-A good deal Of good,
Bobby 1t shows the ignorant ways Of our
ancestors and teaches US to avoid them.
Bobby--Well, why didn't they study
history That would have let us out
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1894-10-26

medicine and derived no NJ. J. COLEMAN, ESQ.
benefit. got more relief III one hour from your
medicines, as far my stomach was concerned,
than from all the other medicine used
any person who reads this is suffering from,
dyspepsia OF constipation and win use your
medicine as have done. he will never regret it."
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1894-10-26
Spent Hundreds Of Dollars Will, no Benefit.

NJ. J. COLEMAN of u
Mass, writes After
suffering from dyspepsia
and constipation with un-
told agony for at least is
months, l am more than
pleased to say that after
using DR.. Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery and
Pleasant Pellets ; for one
month, I was entirely
cured, and from that day
to this / do not know,
thank God, what even a
slight headache is. I paid
a doctor on fremont ST.,
Boston, in one day flor
his advice only the sum
IF SIo M with "a 20 for
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1894-11-23

T
that autumn, and, so far as profits to
himself were concerned, he wished I
would plow sod Astounding in hidden
bowlders-hard heads he called them
for the rest Of my natural life. The last
time went to him for a new supply
he made suggestion which ! adopted
to my profit, though it was profitable to
him too. It was that should hire his
horse at so cents day and keep it until
I should finish the blowing with the
three horse team I would then have at
my command.
"You see, my young FRIEND" he said,
THAT there horse Of mine is heavier
than either of yourn, and he'll kinder
hold them back. Then if they go std
der and slower you won't break so
many p'ints, and you won't run half so
much risk of straining them ponies OF
yourn. You might easy SPAWN one OF
them or otherwise hurt him so that he
would never be SO good again.
When the job was done and l found
that really had injured both my horses,
Iwished that he had spoken sooner, but
my wish in that direction was not half
so strong as the wish that I had never
thought of breaking sod for winter
wheat. That was the crop I designed
putting in, and in order to further fit
the ground after blowing for the wheat
I had to dragit. Some times dragging is
called narrowing, but by whatever name
you know it it is not pleasant occu-
patton. To be sure the drag has no ham
dies to thump you in the side, nor has
it points to break on powders, but it is
a good deal harder to tramp over fresh
" turned soil, soft and spongy and
yielding to the weight, than it is to
walk along the hard bottom of a fur
row. If the weather is dry, too, he who
drags is tortured with a plague OF dust;
if it is wet, he carries on his feet con-
stantly increasing accumulation OF
Garth. Some days at 6, when / knocked
off work, used to think my feet weigh
ed ton apiece.
After the dragging came the drilling.
which I hired done, and the following
summer the harvest. Ihired man with
an old fashioned reaper to cut my wheat
and helped bind it myself. But that's
another story. My farmer readers will
not be surprised when say that, the
year being poor for wheat, the net prof.
its of my adventures in breaking sod for
winter wheat, counting my own wages
nothing were only $715. Besides /
spawned one Of my beautiful road po-
MES, as have already said, and the other
got the heaves through being watered
too soon after his work was finished and
before he had time to get cool.
have never held pillow handle since,
and probably never shall again.
Is. !. DETER
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1894-11-23
TABLES AND CHAIRS,
DIRECTIONS FOR MAKING THESE Al
HOME. d. sh5

4 style That Affords Unlimited Posaibila.
ties to Amateur Furniture MakeIS-Re.
suits Gained with Good Taste and MIN In
bio Fingers. .SE %s
The style In furniture known as Henri
II presents unlimited possibilities to
the home furniture fabricator. The
frame or foundation Is usually made
Of some inferior and inexpensive wood
and is then entirely clothed with suit
able textile fabric. Plush and velour are
the materials most in favor for such q
purpose, and these again may be beauti-
fed by the addition of fancy needle.
work, painting or other methods Of or.
namentation.
For bedrooms and boudoirs cretonne
Is to he commended, giving wealth Of
color for the smallest monetary expend-
iture. One who has never seen room
''done in cretonne' can have but a faint
conception of its artistic possibilities.
The price Of cretonne ranges from IL
cents to 80 a yard, the best being Of q
rep and sateen texture. There are other
materials in addition to those designated
that may be utilized with success, not