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Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1895-11-22
GEMS OF THOUGHT.

Vanity is poison of agrreableness.-
Greville.
What makes life d~eary is want OF
motive.-George Eliot
Lenity has almost always wisdom and
justice on its side.-Hosea Ballou.
Get your enemies to read your works
in order to mend them, for your friend
is SO much like your second self that he
will judge too much like you. Pope.
Humanity is divided into pounds,
shillings and pence. The pound rule,
the shilling trade and the pence labor.
The unconsidered trides are the faTth-
iAgs.-Labouchere
In every kind of art there is degree
of excellence which may be reached, SO.
to speak, by the mere use of ones own
natural talents But at the same time
it is impossible to go beyond that point.
unless art comes to ones aid.-Goethe.
The question is not whether doc
trine is beautiful, but whether 1t is true.
When we want to go to place. we don't
ask whether the road leads through q
pretty country, but whether it Is the
llSnI IUd., tAC IOSil pOL1AlOo OuI ~ ~
thority, the turnpike road.-Julius
Hare
do not think that we have any right
to think of a heaven for others, much
less Of a heaven for ourselves, in the
world to come until we are wholly de-
termined to make this world heaven
for our fellow men, and are hoping, be-
lieying, loving and working for that
and its realization, not in thousandi
or million years. but in nearer and a,
nearer future. Stopford A. Brooke.
God is perfectly powerful because he
is perfectly and infinitely of use, and.
perfectly good because he delights ut-l
terly and always in being of use, therel
fore we can become like God only I'M
proportion as we become of use. All
life, all devotion, all piety are only
worth anything only divine and God
like and God beIoYed-as they are
means to that one end-to be Of USE
Charles Kingsley.
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Sloo Reward, s1oo.

The readers Of this paper will be
pleased to learn that there ID ~ least
one dreaded disease that set AN has
been able 70 cure in all its st and
that is Catarrh. Halls Catarf sa.ure Is
me only positive cure now ITFwn to
the medical fraternity. CataauI being
constitutional disease requires a con-
stttutional treatment. Halls Catarrh
Cure is taken internally, acting directly
Upon the blood and rnbcous Surfaces Of
the syatena, thereby destroying the
foundation of the disease and giving the
patient strength by building up the con-
stitution and assisting nature In doing
Its work, The proprietors have so much
faith in it's curative powers that they
offer One Hundred Dollars for any casa
that 1t falls to cure. Send for list Of
testimonials. Address
+: j. CHENEY & CO., Toledo. Q.
Sold by druggists; 75c
Halls Family Pills, 25o.
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MORE OR LESS HUMOROUS.

She What is your favorite instru-
ment? He Poker-but never play
without notes. Life's Calendar.
Physician How did you get such a
cold? Patient-What has that got to
do with your business of curing ii? 1t
is condition, not theory, that coli
fronts you.--Boston Transcript
A maiden writes: Can you tell me
how to change the color of my hair,
which all the young men tell me is red 2"
Certainly we can. Get rich; they will
then call it golden or auburn. Erie
Messenger.
But Jumpsey drinks so" Hes no
Not bit of it. Bunker is half full
all the time and Jumpsey is all full half
the time. It's an even thing. Illus.
trated Fashion Review
Dozber-Do you think that constantly
wearing hat has a tendency to make
O man bald? Jazlin-No; but when
man is bald I've noticed that 1t has a
tendency to make him constantly wear
his hat.-Roxbury Gazette.
Stiffins "a eighbor)-Hello, Jones,
what you doin'? Laying down a car
pet? Jones (who has just whacked his
thumb)-Not you blasted idiot-the car
pet was here when we moved in, I am
just putting the floor under it-Truth
He-Miss Kitty, I've heard it said
that kiss without a mustache is like
an egg without salt Is that so? She
Really, Mr.. Smoothface, don't know.
J can't tell, for in all my life never
He-Now, now, Miss Kitty! She-Ate
an egg without saIt.-Comic Cuts
MARY, I thought told you you
couldn't have company in the kitchen"
This is only me brother, mum" Your
brother! HIM" you see, mum, it's
only two minutes since | promised to
be his sister mum. -Harper's Bazaar.
Wattso-I don't know but that I
rather like this horse Is it an animal
my wife can drive? Haicede-I don't
know. Watts-You ought to know.
You say you raised the horse. Haicede
Vas, / allowed did, but never seen
your wife try to drive.-Indianapolis
Journal
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HAuNTs OF THE WHITE BASS.
In the North Central States Where
Black Bass Are Scarce

In the North Central States Where
Black Bass Are Scarce
In the north central states, where the
black bass is scarce and in some regions
unknown, very worthy substitute for
this grand game fish is found in the
white bass. 1t cannot; indeed, be said
that the latter species possesses all Of
the fine qualities Of the former, but in
habits, haunts and food it much re-
sembles the black variety. It's shape is
quite different, the body being more
oval and not SO thick through, and the
mead being shorter. The mouth is
rather smaller than that of the small
mouthed blass bass In color it is in
marked contrast to its black brother,
being Of clear silvery white, barred
with black horizontal lines, six or seven
IN number, which run from giils to tail
Ihe streams and ponds Of the whole
mississippi valley abound in these
sprlghtly fish, and the Chicago sports
men mostly frequent the Illinois river,
which offers the best white bass angl.
ing OF all the waters in the state. The
white bass are gregarious, and swim i'll
big shoals along the steep shores Of tho
axes or in the deeper stretches Of the
streams, feeding on the young fry Of the
sudgeons and dace. Owing to this flock
ing hablt, the veterans all fish with two
BOOKS on spreader, and whs,i troop
passes by they land two at time, until
the last survivors have fed. They bite
savagely, quickly, and either hook
themselves or get away before the an
sler can raise his rod. A long, light,
stlf rod is used, very 1e silk line,
and the lightest Of single strand Lead
ars. The hooks Of necessity must be
small, on account of the tiny mouths |
u the bass. In bait fishing it is custom
ary to use feat and lead, arranged |
20 keep bait about four or
five feet below the surface.
casting from the shore or
boat, suffering and trolling are all
successfully employed, and in Septem-
Der the trolling is most fetching. Either
dead dace, about three inches long,
wired to Sproat No hoop or small
SA VI pidsS spoon, With single, not
reble, hook, makes a killing lure. Once
hooked, these pretty fellows make a
'rlsk but brief fight for freedom. They
possess neither the endurance nor the
;trategic resources of the black bass,
ma depend on their first rush or two to
ear loose the hook, which frequently
happens, their mouths being so tender.
they are delicious pan fish, and, to
he minds of many, are more tooth
ONE than brook trout.
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Oh! Turkey with cranberry jelly!
Oh! Doughnuts and pudding and piei
If there is ever a time when we want
our turkey to be tender and juicy, it is
for the Thanksgiving dinner. 1t is not
every housekeeper who knows how to
select good turkey, though it is not a
difficult matter. The best turkeys have
smooth, black legs with soft, loose
spurs, and are short and plump. The
end of the breast bone should be soft
and flexible. The breasts are full, and
the flesh plump and white.
The cooking is fully as important as
the selection, and the preparation for it
should be carefully attended to.
A turkey is greatly improved by
drawing the sinews from the legs. This
converts the otherwise coarse and tough
flesh of the drumstick into delicate
meat.
If you prefer to stuff your turkey.
place enough in slit of neck to fill the
cavity made by removing the crop; fill
the breast with the remainder and sew
Household.
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EarIy Thanksgiyinp D,vs.

The first recorded Thanksgiving was
the Hebrew feast of the tabernacles.
The first national English Thanksgiy-
ing was on September 8, 1888, for the
defeat of the Spanish Armada.
There have been but two English
Thanksgiving in this century. One
was on February 81 1872, for the re-
covery of the Prince of Wales from ill
ness; the other, June 81, 1887, for the
Queens Jubilee.
The New England Thanksgiving
dates from 1888, when the Massachu-
sets Bay Colony set apart a day for
Thanksgiving.
The first national Thanksgiving proc
lamations were by Congress during the
Revolutionary War.
The first great American Thanksgiv-
ing Day was in 1854, for the declaration
of peace. There was one more national
in 1889, and no other till
1868, when President Lincoln issued
national proclamation for day of
Since that time the
President has issued an annual PROF.
journal of Education.
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HISTORICAL.

The Gregorian calendar was adopted
in Great Britain in September, Ills.
the third OF that month being called the
fourteenth.
Speaking Of the visit of Lafayette to
this country in the winter Of 1S24-25,
the American Monthly Magazine OF
Washington says: 1t was during these
days that George Ticknor, of Boston,
presented foreign gentleman to ex-
President Adams. Politics was a ta-
boced subject, but just as they were to
take their leave Mr.. Adams asked Mr..
Ticknor how the election was proceed
ing in the house. Mr.. Ticknor replied
that ne understood it depended on the
vote OF New York. Mr.. Adams arose
and exclaimed: Then God help US! As
boy and man have known New York
politics for seventy years. and her
politics have always been among the
DEVILS comprehensibilities
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KNOWLEDGE

Brings comfort and improvement and
tends to personal enjoyment when
rightly used. The many, who live bet.
ter than others and enjoy life more, with
less expenditure, by more promptly
adapting the worlds best products to
the needs of physical being, will attest
the value to health of the pure liquid
laxative principles embraced in the
remedy, Syrup Of Figs.
Its excellence is due to it's presenting
in the form most acceptable and pleas
ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly
beneficial properties of perfect lax
alive; .efeotually cleansing the system,
dispelIing colds, headaches and fevers
and permanently curing constipation.
1t has given satisfaction to millions and
met with the approval Of the medical
profession, because it acts on the Kid
neys, Liver and Bowels without weak
ening them and it is perfectly free from
every Objectionable substance.
Syrup of Figs is for sale by all drug
gists in soc and 81 bottles but it is man
ilfactured by the California Fig Syrup
Go. only, whose name is printed on every
package, also the name, Syrup of Figs,
and being well informed, you viii not
accept any substitute il offered.
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Maude-T Thanks! III try it.
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| Tom said I guess we used to have as
good time as anybody when father
was alive; but mother says we musn
expect a turkey or mince pie THIS
| year..
y lay awake last night ever so Ions
and planned it all out. You and Will
! 60 up to Squire Fiske-father says he's
got big heart-and | shouldn't Won
der, if we tell him how hard Widow
Gray works to get along and keep the
boys at school. if he'll give the turkey,
and then the biggest thing of all will be
off my mind.
Then 1 want at least elk pumpkins,
and here comes in the fun-these sur
prise pumpkins will be such pumpkins
rs you've never seen in all your life.
You just come up to our barn tonight,
at Z o'clock, and bring your pocket
knife, sharpened up, and III show you
what | mean by surprise pumpkins.
And seven o'clock that November
night found as jolly and happy a half
dozen boys as you'd wish to see, col
lected in Mr.. Emery's barn. Six of the
biggest pumpkins-one oval in shape
and six boys and six knives busy at
work on the straW-coyered barn floor.
First the pumpkins were cut in two
parts, about two-thirds from the base;
then both parts were scooped out, leav
ing the yellow rind about an mi il
thickness; then a green willow \ 1.-THE
or switch was cut the right length and
put into the smallest part Of the divided
pumpkin tthe cover, for q handle.
Then the boys put a thin coat of warm
ish over their work, and left to dry on
shelf in the barn a row Of splendid |
new-fashioned, orange-colored dishes
and covers!
The next three days were busy days, |
l can tell you, for the surprise party;
but Squire Fiske gave the turkey and
the "fixings, celery and cranbsrries-
and Joes mother made q real Yankee I
plum pudding; and Wits sister
made two such pies, as VIII said
mince and squashand the other boys
mothers and sisters made doughnuts
and cookies and all sorts of goodies
for the Thanksgiving tea.
vi IiduASSIN ms SFt, DIT u. H., |
might have been seen a torch-light pro-
cession moving across the meadow from
Mr.. Emery's barn, and along the lane
that led to Widow Gray's cottage at the
other end Of the village. And this was
The programme.
Two boys with Chinese lanterns; two
little Cinnamon bearing on a pole be-
.ween them real Chinese tea-chest
illed with tea and sugar; wheelbarrow,
alternately wheeled by Joe Emery AMI
Viii Somerby. On each side of the bar
ow two pumpkins containing pies.
loughnuts, etc. One pumpkin in front
With celery and cranberries; large oval
'umpkin in the center with turkey, dec
rated with laurel sprigs; spaces filled
Ip with white potatoes and sweet pota-
oes; at the head of the barrow, on pole,
little banner-"A Thanksgiving greet
ng from the friends of Mrs. Gras -
Now, don't you think Joe Emery's
,as new and jolly pumpkin lark %
he Household. |
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MEANS SAN FRANCISCO GETS
Twenty-one Members OF tho Nationa
Committee Said to be Pledged.

Twenty-one Members of the National
Committee Said to be Pledged
COLUMBUS, O., November PA
statement that Hon. J. S. Clarkson has
written friend in Pittsburg. to secure
rooms for the national republican con
vention is not confirmed During the
recent meeting at Columbus, at which
a number of Ohio politicians friendly
to Mckinley We're present, it is stated,
confidentially, that twenty-one mem
bers Of the national committee pledged
themselves to San Francisco and the
railroads agreed to make a rate OF SIS
for the round trip II this is true, San
Francisco has only five more members
to get to secure Minority
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PERSONALS.


Mrs. James l.. Gates, Of MiIwanL,, ~
owns Bible that was brought over in
the Mayhowor in 1920.
Nine. Adelina Patti, who was iaken
suddenly Ill in Birmingham, is suffer-
ing from laryngeal catarrh.
Mrs. Maud Darlington Booth. wifi 40
the commander OF the Salvation Army
has started ca d tour Of the Pacific
coast.
Col. M. Lewis Clark, the racing or.
pert is going to South Africa to wish
his brother, Jefferson Clark, who has
made d large fortune in mine specula-
ton.
Alexander S. Williams, ex-captaIn
and inspector Of the New York police
force, has been nominated for state
senator by the Republicans Of the
Twelfth New York district.
( Mark Twain has been quite q pro-
life inventor. His first patent, taken
out in 1871, was strap for suspending
trousers. He has been assignee of quite
a number Of patents, several Of recent
date,
Gen. Gutierrez, governor OF the stats
OF San Luis Potosi, Mexico, who il now
u Atlanta, II ono OF the richest men
In Mexico, owning valuable farming
lands and mining concessions. He is
commander of the Mexican army.
1t is said that the pope Is strongly
opposed to the proposed visit Of ths
King Of Portugal to Rome, and tried to
dissuade the king from coming to the
Italian capital. In vatican circles it is
said that the pope will refuse to re-
ceive King Carlos. who is expected to
arrive October IL.
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AECHANlSTAn'5 AMER RACES;
Gurns and fortunes Everybody In Sigh
Because His Son Failed.

Gurns and fortunes Everybody In Sight
Betapse His Son Failed.
LONDON, Novemb Der e The Evening
News publishes letter from Hnetta,
small town of Beloochistan, near the
Afghanistan frontier, which states
that the arieer Of Afghanistan is
greatly annoyed al the failure of
Nazrullah Khan, his second son. to
arrange for a permanent Afghanistaii
representative at London during his
recent visit in England. In eonse-
quence Of the rage of the ameer many
persons have been buried alive. great
nunber of his subjects have been
imprisoned, while many others have
bed from the country. A notable who
accompanied Prince Nazfullah on the
occasion Of his visit to England; named
Kotwai, is to be tortured as soon as lie
arrives at Cabul. 1t is expected that
Nazrullah Khan himself will be pun
ished and that possibly he will be
banished from Afehanistan.
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Tom said, L guess we used to have as
good a time as anybody when father
was alive; but mother says we 11usn t
expect a turkey or a mince pie this
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WASHINGTON, November I'll Secrc-
tary@Herbert has ordered the cruiser
Minneapolis, now at Norfolk, to take
coal and sail at once for the European
station to assist the San Francisco and
Marblehead in looking out for Amer
lean interests in the sultans posses
sions. she will probably sail by
November o.
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Farming by Irricatlon,

A recent number of tie Grand Junction
News SAYS: IF the people who visited
Grand Valley on Peach Day could only sell
out, or In some way raisa funds o,, the
property where they now live, it would not
fairs so they could locate in the Grand Val
ley. All th3y need is the money to start
them this way. They would fall over ono
another to get here This Is not mere
newspaper talk. Il is exactly what found
IN actual experience In showing neople
about. Zeph. Chas. Felt, oct Boston Building,
Denver, Colo
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1895-11-22
A Hearty Welcome

To retnyning peace by day and tranquility
as night is extended by tho rheGinatio
patient WHO owes these blessings to Hos.
tettcr's Stomach Bltters Don't DELAY the
use Of this fine anodyne for pain and puri :
fer OF the blood an instant hey ond the point
when the disease manifests itself Kidney
trouble, dyspepsia, liver complaint, la
grippe and irresuiarity of the bowels are
and cured by the biiters.
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1T BEATS THEM ALL.

Twenty-fcur Hours Chicago to Atlanta.
The popular Big Four Route has, in
connection with the Queen & Crescent
and Southern railway, established e
fast schedule between Chicago and
Atlanta, leaving Chicago IL o'clock,
noon, and arriving in Atlanta at 12
o'clock, noon, the next day. This is
by far the best and quickest time from
Chicago and the northwest to Atlanta
and the south. Send for time card,
rates, ETC., to j. G. Fucker, G. p. A.,
234 Clark street, Chicago.
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cerson Is taEe-s1nl the otiense,. anu y " II
Send Check, Post-offics sS2aiey was aealltlea'
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A Child Enjoys

The pleasant favor, gentle action and
soothing effects Of Syrup of Figs, when in
need of laxative, and if the father or
mother be costiye or bilious, the most
gratifying results follow its use; so that it
is the best family remedy known, and every
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scHLATTER IN CHICAGO.
messiah" win Exhibit His Powers

"Messiaf' VIII Exhibit His Powers in
Chicago, Commencing November 80
CHICAGO, November 20.--Francis
Schlatter, the New Mexico messiah,
who disappeared from Denver last
week. has written that he will be in
Chicago November 80. W. ]. Beery. of
32l East Fifty third street, is in receipt
OF letter from him saying he will be
here on that day, and, to quote the
writer, mot day longer o. day
shorter
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sLAvIN AND MAHER 70 FIGHT.

Have Signed Articles TO Meet In England
Africa.
LONDON, November ao-Franls p
Slavin has signed articles for twenty
round match with Peter Maher, former
ly the Irish champion, now claiming
to hold the championship of America,
for $500 and the best purse, the fight
to take place either in England or
South Africa.
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FREE FARE TO TEXAS
Go With Linderholm's Personally Con
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island Route;
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MAY HAVE TO FIGHT ENGLAND.
She oIainas Our Alaskan Gold Fields on
Her Maps.


Her Maps.
.,2L., y. c., November 21.-An
Associated Press reporter has examined
the new maps made by the British
surveyors Surveying the line. between
the British northwest and Alaska.
Under the treaty Of 1926 between
Russia and Great Britain the boundary
line was run from peak to peak along
the mountain range parallel with the
coast, provided it does not exceed ten
marine leagues inland. The Canadian
engineers take this to mean ten leagues
from the ocean coast and not the short
line of bays and inlets. In southeast
ern Alaska the average ocean shore is
fifty miles from the main land, which
would bring the principal inlets and
rivers in the gold territory within the
British dominion
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AUSTRIAN FLEET SAILS.

Three Warships Ordered to Proceed to
Turkish Waters.
VIENNA, November pa dispatch
from Pola says that the Austrian war
vessels recently ordered to prepare for
service in connection with the Turkish
troubles have sailed for the Aegean
sea The fleet consists of the warships
Kaiserin Elizabeth aud
RE1z
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Where Cnnid Boards.

The star boarder was giving the new ar
rival same Information.
Six engagements have been formed in
this boarding house in less than year"
ne said.
''lndeed2" replied the newcomer, deeply
impressed. You might almost call it
court house"