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Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1895-10-04

SURRENDER" COMMANDED ONE.
cry OF human agony seemed to come up
from the dark shadows away down the
trail.
1t turned my blood to ice.
listened for repetition Of the cry,
and even as / listened thought that if
it came from human throat it could
never be repeated.
Then | heard Old Bender grooming
and jabbering in the cabin. Two min
utes later he came staggering out, fight
ing something invisible to me, and
shrieking for me to take 'em away"
Old Bender had the jim-jams.
All night long watched the raving
topper, sometimes struggling to keep
him from destroying himself, even
though l felt that it would be good
thing if he would take his own life.
With the coming of the morning his
horrible visions left him.
| gave him something to eat, and
told him to get as far toward Jaspar
City as possible before another night
fall
Then, with more food wrapped in a
handkerchief, he left me, and saw him
turn up a trail.
l went inside and smoked, wondering
when Nelson would come back.
After a time / went to my work.
where the little mountain stream came
down through the gorge.
All the forenoon | labored, and still
my partner did not appear.
1t was near noon when a mob of
armed and bewhiskered men came
rushing toward me.
They were from Cable Bar.
1'There he isr' shouted the foremost,
pointing toward me. Don't let him
get away!"
reyolvers.
Surrender" commanded one" Throw
UP your hands"
Up they went.
Then, for the first time, noticed that
one of the men carried rope.
They rushed upon me-seized me-
dragged me toward a tree.
What is the meaning of this?" l
cried, again and again; but I received
no answer till l stood beneath the tree,
with the rope about my neck.
Are you going to lynch me without
telling me what it is for?" I screamed
You know well enough what it is
for" asserted Bige Williams, grimly.
1--WE found him.
Found whom?''
CAS- if you did not know! That won't
work with us. Your knife was in his
hearth
my knife? What are you talking
about? / do not understand what you
mean
But there was sick sensation at my
heart, for shadowy understanding of
the truth began to dawn upon me.
lyon were heard quarreling with
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1895-10-04
The men who heard

| him last night. The men who heard
you are here"
Then the three men had noticed
descending the trail stepped forward.
Nelson r. gasped HE is"
Found, though you kivered him with
rubbish arter you had dragged him oft
| the trail"
And he is dead?"
well, man can't live very long
| when he has knife through his heart
you say 1t was my knlfe?"
"Hyar it is! Deny it If you can"
The bloody knife was held up before
me. | could not deny it; it was mine!
l thought of Old Bender But he had
gone the other way.
Still he might have sneaked back
when went into the cabin to smoke.
YOU'RE a fool" said Williams. you
hade time enough to get good start
Doc Nelson was killed last night"
Last night!
thought Of the awesome cry Of NOR
tai agony that had come UP to my ears
from the darkness down the trail
had heard Nelson's death shrek!
Will you confess to the killing Of
your pard?"
Never! am Innocent
Say yer prayersp'
l did pray. felt that I was on the
brink OF eternity. 1t would useless to
protest my innocence useless to ask
for mercy. / would die as bravely as
possible
Ready"
The moose about my neck grew taut!
In one more moment I would swing
into eternity.
Hold on thar"
Three men came rushing toward us,
swinging their hats.
Bige Williams cursed at the delay.
Th' real murderer has been caught
an lynched a'ready!'
How my heart leaped! The real
murderer! Then I was saved!
Whats that?" demanded Williams,
astonished
"Old Bender killed Nelson" declared
one of the men. When he heard you
had come after Swift he confessed, and
the boys lynched him instanter. He
said he stole Swift's knife"
In less than minute was free. The
men who had been ready to swing me
into eternity such a short time before
shook my hand and congratulated me.
was dazed. Old Bender had been
lynched for the murder. Then he must
have sneaked back to Cable Bar.
But, if the sot killed my partner,
somebody was mistaken about the time
the murder took place.
And the death cry I heard come UP
out Of the darkness the night before
what of that?
The more I thought of it the more
puzzled became. 1t did not seem pos
sible that Old Bender had committed
the crime.
Then why the confession?
had taken him in-I had shown him
kindness. He heard the lynchers were
after me. In return for my kindness he
gave up his life to save mine.
That is my explanation.
In tho most fallen and degraded CT
human beings all that is good and noble
may not be blotted out.
The mystery of Nelson's murder re-
mains to me mystery still.
But 1 saw that Old Bender was de-
Gently buried, and | raised white
stone above his grave.
1t was all could do in return for all
he had done for me.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1895-10-04
somebody's prayers are ascending
How,s This,

We offer One Hundred Dollars reward
for any case of Catarrh that cannot be
cured by Halls Catarrh Cure.
F. J. CHENEY & Co, Toledo, o.
We, the undersigned, have known r.
J. Cheney for the last Is years, and be-
lfeve him perfectly honorable in all
business transactions, and financially
able to carry out any obligations made
by their firm.
WALDING, KJNNAN & MARVIN,
Wholesale Druggists; Toledo Ohio.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken Internal
ly, acting directly upon the blood and
mucous surfaces of the system. Testi-
monials sent free. Price. 75c per bottle.
Sold by all druggists.
Halls Family Pills, 25c.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1895-10-04
WHEN THE "PRoFEsH" MEET.

An Exchange OF Interesting Personnel
Experience
An actorine and an actorette met on
Main street and the following first-classl
conversation enSued:
"Hullo, Gladys!'
"Howdy, Lionel!"
"Ain't seen you in a year, dear girl"
mop. Been south with repertoire
company. Hall show; three-night
stands; variety performance after the
drama"
what plays were you doing?"
"You guess"
"'Uncle Toms Cabin?'"
Right"
"'Ten Nights in Bar Room"
Correct"
'''The Hidden Hand?''
You're off there. The jaspers pre-
fer East Lynne now
What did you hold down, Gladys 2"
Little Eva in Tom Willie, the min
ister's son, in Ten Nights Lady Isa-
bel and Madame Vine in East Lynne,
and, of course, did my skipping rope
turn in the concert"
Cad! You always were one of the
most versatile women in the profess
sion 1t reminds me of the time when
I was out with snap Of that kind and
had to play Richelieu and Humpty
Dumpty on alternate nights"
what are you doing now, Lionel?
You look prosperous
''Oh, I'm in great luck this summer.
I'm tending soda-fountain, in drug
store up the street. ] expect to play
leads with Henry Irving next season,
though"
Eyes, you do! Tell that to the Sal
walton Marines. I'm eating, myself,
though. That is eat when the guests
at the dairy kitchen, where sling hash,
get through. I've written to Sam Jack,
and think I'll be leading grand
marches again next season, or perhaps
Kiralfy will let me be Stalacta, the
Fairy Queen. Well, SO long, Lionel! Ii
you get strapped before you leave town
come up to my tunnel and I'll stake you
to a meal ticket
''Ta-ta, Gladys! Remember that
you're on the free list at my soda foun-
tain for the rest of the summer Elk.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1895-10-04
MISSING LINKS.

A copperhead snake, seven feet long,
was killed in cigar store in Franklin,
N. j., Monday.
Microbes killed a bank clerk lately
who, in counting pile of bank notes,
moistened his fingers with his lips.
A Maine physician prescribes for ner-
vous exhaustion tomcod chowder, and
the patient must catch his own cod.
Atlanta, Ga, is the only city in the
United States that has house con-
structed wholly of paper from founda-
zion to chimney
A child born in the northern suburbs
of Omaha last week has finger nails
an inch long and a thick growth of
hair over his body.
A petrified frog found in an Elmira,
N. Y, stone quarry in 1886 was two
feet and eight inches in length and
weighed over 100 pounds.
Tin is said to have been discovered
in Huerfano county, Colorado, in better
paying quantities than any other place
in the United States.
B. H. Freeman of Toomsboro. Ca,
once kept moccasin snake, tightly
sealed UP in bottle, for two years
without food or water, 'yet it lived
and grew fat"
In 1892 the cost of the election in
England was G95S,522, an average of a
little over shillings vote. In 1874
each vote cost Ia to Is shillings, and
in 1859 over e1.
The amount of New England rum
sent from Boston to Africa has de-
creased in the last two years from l.
025,226 gallons to 561 ,265. The cause
of this decrease is not given.
The very latest "standpipe" in the
United States is at the corner of Seven
teenth and Croker streets. Des Moines,
Iowa. It is 1S5 feet high and twenty
odd feet in diameter, and holds 500
gallons
- IL 49,
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1895-10-04
THE WRONG SHOT.
Six Lives Sacrificed BY Workman's
.-rrOr.

Six Lives Sacrificed BY a Workman's
Srror.
INDEPENDENCE, Mo-, October IA
premature explosion occurred in a
rock quarry seven miles northeast of
Independence, five men and boy
losing their lives Two others were
seriously injured by flying rocks, but
it is thought they will recover. Two
blasts were set just before quitting,
one on top of large ledge of rocks,
the other much higher and further up
the side of the hill. They were to be
touched off with wires from an electric
battery The men took refuge under
the ledge of rocks, immediately
beneath the first blast, intending to
touch off the one higher up. by a
mistake the blast over the ledge was
fired first. \ The explosion tore loose
the whole mass of rock and the
immense mass fell forward upon the
men.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1895-10-04
MAY co INTO MEXICO.
At Any Rate the Big Fight is Bound to
Coma OF. ~

Come OH
SAN ANTONIO, October 2.-It is learn
ed that negotia tions have been quietly
in progress for the past several days
between the Florida Athletic club and
railroad officials in Mexico, looking to
the pulling off of the Corbett-Fitzsim-
mons fight in that country, across the
river from Eagle Pass, or at some
point below there on the line of the
Mexican international road, in case it
is found impossible to have it at
Dallas or the Indian Territory. 1t is
stated that the governor of Cohuila,
Mexico, guarantees protection to the
fighters. President Stuart writes a
friend here that he will positively pull
the fight off somewhere on or before
October 81, if the principals are alive
and ready to meet each other
LAREDO, Texas, October 3.--It APP
pears that the Florida Athletic Club
has doubts as to its ability to pull off
the Corbett- Fitzsimmons fight in
Dallas and has secured by telegraph an
option on the amphitheatre and arena
used for bull fighting in Neuvo Laredo,
Mexico. This would seem to indicate
that the fight would be pulled off
there. The option is for one month,
but further particulars could not be
obtained.
ARDMoRE, I. r., October Active
effects are being made to have the Cor
bctt-Fitzsimmons fight take place here.
The best legal talent in the city con-
cur in the opinion that there is no le-
gal impeachment in the way, as the Ar
kansas statutes, which are in vogue,
make prize fighting misdemeanor or
assault and battery, made punishable
by only $500 fine. The Gulf, Colorado
& Santa Fc railroad has offered to
transfer the lumber for the large am
phitheatre from Dallas to Ardmore
free Of CHARGE
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1895-10-04
Dead Easy.

Before the eyes of the doomed man the
fatal knife is tested. AT q nero touch it
swiftly descends.
The victim cannot forbear to shudder.
You take life ALFRED easy he NUT
ters hoarseiy
The executioner pressed his hand to his
brow. Luckily he has placed cabbage
leaf in his hat to protect him from psudden
rush of blood to the head.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1895-10-04
Men with wheels in their head are netur
ally inclined toward revolutions.
A Man Of the United states.

The wall map issued by the Burlington
route is three feet wide by four feet long:
is printed i'll seven colors; is mounted on
rollers; shows every state, county. impor-
tant town and railroad in the Union and
forms a very desirable and useful adjunct
to any household or business establishment.
Purchased IN large quantities, the maps
cost the Burlington Route more than fifteen
cents each, but on receipt Of that amount
in stamps the undersigned will be pleased
to send you one. Write Immediately as
the supply is limited. j. FRANCIS, e. p. s.
z. A.. burlington Route, Omaha, Neb.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1895-10-04

Modern high explosives are again
bringing the principle of the old gun
powder engine into prominence. Col
Barker, superintendent of the British
small arms factory at Sparkbrook, in
recently speaking of the subject, made
the point that while one pound of gun
powder was capable of developing over
10000 foot pounds of energy, the new
smokeless powders were capable of still
more, and at the same time left no solid
residue, as ordinary gunpowder did, on
combustion The latter, too, developed
in combustion only about $50 volumes
of permanent gases, while the new pow
ders gave off nearly 1000 volumes,
With this encouragement, it is not at
all unlikely that the gunpowder engine
inventor will set to work with renewed
enthusiasm - Cincinnati Commercial
Gazette.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1895-10-04
Kate Field In Denver,

DENVER, September 10. My journey
from Chicago was over the Chicago,
Burlington & Quincy railroad, one OF
the best managed systems in the
country, should say, Judging by the
civility of the employees, the comfort
| experienced, the excellence of its
roadbed, and the punctuality of
arrival. / actually reached Denver
ahead of time. The Burlington Route
is also the best to ST. Paul, Mime
apolis, Omaha and Kansas City.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1895-10-04
Somebody.
Somebody's eyes have grown DINNER,

Somebody's eyes have grown DINNER,
Off in some quaint old home,
at morn, while the evening stars gimme
Watching for some one to come;
Watching, while heart grows sicllcr,
AS day after day glides along;
Watching, while tears fall the thicker,
Choking the lullaby song.
Somebody's wandering over
Lands far away from his own,
Sees, of old, the sweet clover
That grew By the old door stone;
Longs to so back and to mingle,
AS in the dim days Of yore,-
With those round the old cottage mingle,
Those, who, alas are no more.
Somebody's prayers are ascending
Ever for dear ones away;
Prayers, that His blessings attending
May keep them from going astray;
PRAYERS that float nearer and nearer
The throne of the Father aboye,~
And reaching the ear Of the Hearer,
Are answered in infinite love.
Somebody's life work is ended;
Patient they wait now to go;
Long have they faithfully wendell
Toilsome paths here below;
Soon the reward they'll be reaping
That to the faithful is given,
sWell done! come up and be keeping
Watch for somebody, in Heaven"
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1895-10-04
Expresses Her Sentiments.

Caller-Why, how shockingly profane
your parrot is Idon't see what you keep
him for.
Old Maid--Y on don't know what COM
fort he is when the mischievous boys ring
the front door bell, and when the gas man
comes around with his bill at the beginning
of the month
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1895-10-04
REMARKABLE PUMPKIN VINE.
Illinois Man Alleged to Have Record
Breaker.

LAooN, ILL.,, October g. Paul
Guibert, Richland township farmer,
has on his place pumpkin vine 1913
feet long, growing twenty-seven per-
fectly developed pumpkins of various
sizes. The seed came from the prize
pumpkin at the worlds fair. Guibert
will ship the whole thing to the Atlan-
ia Exposition when it has attained its
full growth.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1895-10-04
An impression.

Congressman Bluffkins seems to
think this government is in a very bad
way
Yes" replied the man who once
studied medicine, ''he is forever labor
ing under the impression that the
constitution of the United States needs
tonic"
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1895-10-04
Among The ozarKs.

1ne Land of Big, Red Apples, is an at
tractive and interesting hook, Handsomely
scenery. including the famous Olden fruit
farm of 3, 600 acres in Howell county. 1t
pertains to fruit raising in that great fruit
belt OF America, the southern slope OF the
Ozarks, and will prove of great value, not
only to fruit growers, but to every farmer
aud homeseeker looking for a farm and a
home Mailed free Address, ). E. Lock
WOOD, Kansas City, Mo.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1895-10-04
MYSTERY OF A CRIME.

Id BENDER came
staggering up the
trail that led past
our cabin.
He was the bum,
the sot, the drunk
en- wreck who had
been twice warned
to get out of Gable
Bar.
His clothes were
in tatters, his eyes
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1895-10-04
An Old Master.

May-You seemed to be SO In love with
your art that you would never marry, and
vet here YOU have eloped with a man old
enough to be your grandfather
Ethel-Ah my dear, you have no idea
how difficult it is to find an old master In
this country, particularly one worth S5o-
l0O n yaar
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1895-10-04
REDSKINS READY TO REVOLT.
Reports of War Dances Along the
Oklahoma Frontier.

HENNEssEY, 0. T., October "A
report has reached here that the
Cheyenne and Arapahoe Indians, on
the reservation west of here, have
become ugly, and are holding war
dances and disregarding the agents
orders to keep on the reservation.
Runners from Anadarko are in COM
municution with them and it is said
the Kiowas are ready for the war
path The cattle men in western
Oklahoma are thought to be partly
the cause of the trouble, as well as
dissatisfaction with the agent, who is
very strict.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1895-10-04

aGO WEST" But before you go, write to
r / whitney, c. p. & I. A., G. N. Ry., ST.
Paul, Mimi, for printed matter descriptive
of the Northwest country, which offers SO
many inducements to new settlers and in
vestnrS L.L-
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1895-10-04

FlTS-AllFitss stopped free by DR.. = lines Great
Nerve Kestorer. 10 Fits after the first days use.
Marvellous cures. Treatise and So trial bottle free II
Ell cases. Send to DE- Kline, 9Sl Arch ST., Pkla Ia
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1895-10-04

Reading and conversation may furnish
us with many ideas of men and things, yet
it is our meditation that must form our
Observation-Disclosures.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1895-10-04

There Is pleasure and profit
and no small satisfaction in abatipg troublesome
and painful ills by using Parkers Ginger Tonic
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1895-10-04

Even woman weighing 200 pounds with
good health, money, and happiness, likes
t. be called poor little thing.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1895-10-04

"Hanson's Magic Corn sa1ve."
Warranted to cure or money refunded. Ask you
druggist for it, Price Is cents.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1895-10-04
Yhe Picture.

Maud tcxhibiting her photograph
Isn't it just horrible9
Ethel Nonsense. 1t doesn't look a
bit like you.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1895-10-04

When a boy frsts starts In the shoe shin
ing business, he nearly works himself to
death on one pair.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1895-10-04

The young men are getting entirely too
particular. They now ask the girls how
far away they live before offering to take
than home
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1895-10-04

COe's Cough Balsam
is the Oldest and best 1t Will break up Cold qucke
than ANYTHING else. 1t is always reliable. Try it.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1895-10-04

Plso's Cure for consnmption has saved
me many doctors Bills. E. HARDY,
Hopkins Place, Baltimore, Md, Dec. 2, '94.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1895-10-04

A bluff works as successfully in Low
affair as in poker game.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1895-10-04

The BURBERRY crop in Maine is phenom.
enally large this year. Michigan, too, has
big crop.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1895-10-04

Even the wives of the best husbands II
the world are eager for an opportunity tt
earn little money for themselves.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1895-10-04

Ills 20 easy to remove Corns with Hindercorns
That woIder so many will endure them. Get
Hindercorns ard soc how nicely il takes them OF.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1895-10-04

II the Baby Is Cuu5lng Ieeth.
BE sure and that old and welltried remedy, MRS
WEsIows SOOTHING SYRUP for Children Teething-
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1895-10-04

st. Peters, Rome, can accommodates 81,
900 worshippers, and ST. PauIs, London
$4,000.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1895-10-04

Whose escapes an INJURY avoids GAIN
Theodore Parker.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1895-10-04

Some men lose their nerve when they
go to dentists, and others wish they
hadn't any to lose. Texas Siftlngs
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1895-10-04

Some swift people fancy that the dust
was made solely for them to throw into the
eyes of their rivals
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1895-10-04

There is not much demand for men who
are able to earn Sl.25 day, but the men
who are able to earn So day are in brisk
.In
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1895-10-04

Latest geological calculations make the
earth ,52o, 80, 900 years old.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1895-10-04
According To greeley;

The white IL an egg, applied at once to
burn or scald, gives prompt relief.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1895-10-04

GA Cup of Parks Tea at night
moves the bowels in the morning"
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1895-10-04

Il thou faint ia the day Of adversityf
tlx strength is &mallsold Testament,