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Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1897-06-11
TNCOMA'S EARLY MONEY.
Coin Which No United States Bank
Would Recognize. a"n

Coin Which No United States Bank
Would Recognize. ~s"a
Tacoma once had mint that coined
all of the monev in circulation where
the City of Destiny now stands, and it
did not require the fiat of Uncle Sam,
the silver Of Idaho or the gold of Cali
fornia to make the pieces from Ia
comas mint pass current among 1ndi-
ana and the few hardy pioneers who
were blazing the path of civilization
through the forest on the shores Of
Commencement bay, says the Tacoma
Ledger.
Back in the early '70's the Tacoma
Mill Company. not being able to hand
lily secure gold and silver for use in
trading with and paying off the Indian
laborers and early settlers, hit upon
the novel plan Of issuing its own cur
rency. and to this end set its black
smith to work to fashion out of scraps
Of iron and brass pieces of money, or
rather tokens, which could be used as a
circulating medium.
The pieces consisted of 40 and As
cent iron tokens and brass 81 pieces.
The Accent pieces were about an inch
in diameter, and the Accent pieces were
about the size of the present silver
half dollar The 81 pieces were oval in
shape, about an inch and a quarter
long, an inch wide and sixteenth Of an
inch in thickness. These pieces were
stamped with the figures showing their
value and readily passed current all
over the country tributary to the mill.
Nearly all OF the old mill" coin has
passed away, but few days ago Will
liam Hanson of the Tacoma Mill Com
pany presented a set of these queer
coins to the Ferry museum. In his ;et-
ter to the museum he said: THE hon.
esty of the people and the absence of
any blacksmith save that Of the COM
pany made the use Of this money pos
sible."
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1897-06-11
The Prince RebukeS n TOady.

The Prince of Wales is not without
wit. Some little time ago he dned at
a country house in Midlands, and after
dinner retired, as is his habit, with a
small company in the billiard room
He was about to help himself from a
cigar box which lay on the table. when
a certain millionaire of aspiring mind
presented his enormous cigar case to
the Prince, saying: y think, Your
Highness, you will find these better!"
The royal guest, disguised at so os-
tentatious piece of bad taste, looked
at him coldly, and replied: 'Mr. A..
i: a mans dinner is good enough for
me to eat his cigars are certainly good
enough for me to smoke"
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1897-06-11
King of the Hellenes.

The official title of the Grecian mon.
arch. which is King OF the Hellenes,
is said to have been adopted by way
of a challenge Of the Sultan's sover-
eighty over the millions Of Hellenes
residing in Macedonia, Roumelia, on
the islands Of the Aegean sea and the
Levant and on the coast OF Asia Minor.
King Georges eldest son, the Crown
Prince Constantine, seems to have
been named in the same spirit Of de-
fiance OF the grand Turk, and in an
ticipation of the day when the ruler
of all the Hellenes shall sit enthroned
in the imperial city on the Bosphorus
founded by Constantine the Great,
which for a thousand years was the
capital of the Grecian half OF the Ro-
man empire.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1897-06-11
OLDEST COUPLE.
Hitler and His Wife, Aged 1O7 and 1Ok,
Respectively.

Hitler and His Wife, Aged lO7 and 1Os,
Respectively.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jacob Hitler, who live
near La Grange, Ind, have just COM
pleted eighty-seven years Of married
life, and both bid fair to live few
years longer. Mr.. Hitler is now 1G7
years old and his wife 105, and the
little frame cottage they occupy has
been their home for nearly eighty-five
years. This house consists of one
room, and this room contains all the
aged couples earthly possessions. Mr..
Hitler is a vigorous looking man for
his extreme old age. His hand is as
strong and his step as firm as those
of man Of 40. His eyes are bright
and his long hair falls in unmixed
whiteness almost to his shoulders. His
wife has long since passed under the
spell Of old age. She is bent almost
double with the weight of her years,
and is totally blind. Its a caution"
says Mr.. Hitler, speaking of his age.
81 never counted on living so long or
anything like it," He tells how he
was born in jamestown, near King
ston, Canada. He was % years old
when the war of 1912 came along, and
he describes Canada as very wild
country in those years. The first year
of the war he and his wife left Can
ada and settled near Marine City, and
went from there to Emmett, Mich,
whence they came to their present
home. They were married when Mr.
Hitler was 20 and his wife IS. With
his old age have come symptoms of a
second childhood, the most amusing
and amazing of which is the cutting
Of two teeth safely. The old couple
have eleven children-the eldest 81
and the youngest 81.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1897-06-11
AUTHOR DU SOUCHET.
His Sudden Rise to Prominence in tn,
Dramatic World.

His Sudden Rise to Prominence in the
Dramatic World.
Henry A. Du Souchet, author of "My
Friend From India" and The Man
From Mexico has risen to sudden
prominence in the dramatic world by
scoring two farce comedy hits in quick
succession. What makes the achieve
ment the more remarkable, is the fact
that Mr.. Du Sochet is forty-five years
old, and has been more or less asso-
ciated with the theater. both as actor
and author, for the past twenty-five
years, yet not until the present season
did he receive the slightest encourage
ment Of success. It is nothing extra
ordinary for an author to knock at
the stage doors for years in vain; the
exceptional thing about Du Souchet's
case is that he should finally have got
tearing-through the merest acct
dent. But if the acceptance and pro-
duction of my Friend From India"
came about by chance, the skillful con-
struction and clever lines Astounding in
that merry farce did not. BY repeat
ing himself, with even happier results,
in "The Man From Mexico" the au
thor demonstrated that he came to tri
umph by the long road OF patient
study, and had not blundered into it.
Born in Indiana, Du Souchet as boy
learned telegraphy, worked for while
as train dispatcher, then went to Louis
lana, and for many years led the life
Of migratory operator, after the man
ner of the youthful Thomas A. Edison.
In Prescott. Arizona he joined local
theatrical company, and mastered the
tricks of the stage by adapting, d.
recting and acting in miscellaneous
assortment of plays. He came to New
York in 1884. since which time he has
alternated between newspaper work
and the telegraph desk. Personally,
Mr. Du Souchet is dark, distinguished
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1897-06-11
Fetes ut Warwick Castle.

The Daily Telegraph contains the
following items Of society and person
al intelligence: The Earl and Coun-
tess of Warwick will celebrate the
queens diamond jubilee with a NUM-
cipal garden party at Warwick Cas-
tie on Thursday, June 3, for which
five thousand invitations will be is
sued. The mayors and mayoresses of
various municipalities in Warwick
shire will be asked to attend, and
among the guests at the castle will be
the lord mayor and lady mayoress of
London and the lord mayor and the
lady mayoress of Birmingham.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1897-06-11
GEMS or THOUGHT.

Man is unjust, but God 10 Just; and
Gnaly Justice NATURALIZATION. !
Truth ID truth. though from an en-
cry, and spoken in malice.-0. lAllo.
Truth IL . pillar erected by God. and
urholdeth tho universe.-J. Linen.
Truth 10 q mighty instrument, what
socver hand may WELD it-Rsv. J.
Card. g.. n.-.F ..
/. Negligence IL the rust Of ths soul that
eorrodes through all her bes: resolu-
tions.-Feltham.
Tho sublimi:y Of wisdom Is to do
these things living which ara to DO
desired when dying.-Jeremy Taylor.
Men must decide what they will not
do. and then they are able 10 act with
vlsor In what they ought to do.-Men-
cius.
Nothing is denied to we'll directed Ia
Dor, and especially true is It that MOTH
ing is to bs attained without i:.-DS.
Stalker.
Real merit of any kind will be dis
covered, and nothing can depreciate It
buta mans exhibiting 1t himseif.-
Chesterfield.
knowledge is not gained without
study, health is not secured without
care, good habits are not formed with
out MISUNDERSTANDING
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1897-06-11

Disc. He told them that he would
prefer a constitutional monarchy, but
would abide by and support republic
If the people wanted one He an
nounced himself as candidate for the
assembly and was elected, but he did
not return to France until June of 1871,
when the ban was removed from the
royal family.
Honors now came fast for the Prince
of Orleans. He was elected president
of the general council of the Disc de-
partment. He became a member Of
the academy with but one vote against
him. He was made a general of a d.
vision in the army and in 1876 a de-
mand was made upon him to represent
the people of the assembly, but he de-
clined in order that he might give
all his time to the army of France.
But he was not to be left long in his
beloved France. The bill of expulsion
against the members of the royal fam
lily was passed and Boulanger then
minister of war, deposed the royal gen
eral, who retired meekiy to his estates
in England. When he had gone it was
discovered that he had willed his BEAU
tiful chateau at Chantilly to the French
nation. Among the treasures in this
country palace is painting, Raphaels
celebrated "Three Graces," for which
he had paid the English Lord Dudley
the stupendous sum of $4,000 francs.
This discovery softened the hearts Of
Frenchmen for the patriotic duke, but
it was only after many years, in 1889,
that the decree banishing him was re-
voked and he returned to live in his
chateau, life interest in which he re-
tanned for himself. 1t now becomes the
property of the French nation. D'Au-
male wrote a history Of the princes
of Condo, Of which house he was the
heir. These volumes were published in
1869. The last volume appeared eight
years ago. The old due died widowed
and childless. His consort passed
away at Twickenham in 1869. She had
borne him two sons. OF these the first,
Louis Philippe Marie Leopold dor
leans, Prince de Condo, died in 1866,
aged q, and his second son Francois
Louis Marie Philippe d'Orleans, Due de
Yuise, died in 1872, at 10.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1897-06-11

strategic purposes. and NJ. Gambetta's
celebrated escape in one from Paris
when the city was surrounded by the
Germans offers fair example of what
could be accomplished with one In an
emergency; but in those experiment.
al stages Of the service the full value
of the new war machine could not be
gagged. The use to which the balloon
was then put had little in common with
the purposes for which the modern
military balloon is constructed. The
army spy will, Of course, hover over the
scene of battle in the future, but he
will accomplish so many more import
ant things that this will seem small
and Insignificant.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1897-06-11

Carritte, an acknowledged grand opera
prima donna, who sacrificed an envi-
able European operate position to
come to this country to join the
Opera Comique" company the firm OF
Abbey, Schoeffel & Grau proposed es-
tablishing in New York. The failure
of this opera comique did not cause
Mile. Carritte to like America any the
less and she remained here, singing
in many concerts and drawing rooms.
also in several light operas with much
success. When touring with the Carl
Rosa Opera company, Mile. Carritte
was very successful as Mignon and
Carmen, the latter role creating re-
markable enthusiasm wherever. she
sang it. Mile. Carritte possesses q
rich beauty Of the oriental type, the
Irresistible charm of her French an
cestors, and is most brilliant guest
or hostess. Her charming artistic
apartments in New York are filled with
ton Of her artistic triumphs. Mile.
Carritte has become an immense ia
vorite In society, where she is often
heard. and some day she will undoubt-
edly again reign In opera comiQue.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1897-06-11
Golfers In the South.

Although golf may be played an
through the winter. as has been the
Ease at Lakewood this year, many
.rdent golfers prefer to follow the
swallows south of Mason and Dlxon's
line. There is very smart colony at
Aiken, s. c., this year, and the links at
Hampton Roads have been played on
regularly. These latter have the ad-
vantage of being within reach of the
officers quarters at Fortress Monroe,
nd there is much rivalry between sol-
liers and civilians.-ExchanHa
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1897-06-11

of their most popular singers to re-
main abroad next year, these managers
are discouraged at the prospects for
Franco-Italian opera. Jean and Ed
Guard De Reszke (who have been the
backbone of the Metropolitan COM
pany) have announced their intention
Of singing exclusively in Europe next
year, and so has Calve, while Melba
will be heard with Damrosch next sea-
son.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1897-06-11
IOWA CHRISTIAN ENDEAVORERS

The Burlington Route IL tho OhiciaI
Route
To the San Francisco Convention. The
Iowa C. f. special train leaves Omaha at
6 .. M. Wednesday, June 80. Through
tourist sleepers. Stopovers at Denver,
Colorado Springs, Manitou and Salt Lake
CITY. Endeavorers and their friends who
take this train are guaranteed q comfort
able journey, fine scenery 10y daylight
and first-class equipment.
Lowest rates ever known:
$225O Omaha to San Francisco.
S22.5 San Francisco to Omaha.
Correspondingly reduced rates from
points in Iowa.
Berths reserved and descriptive matter
mailed on request. Write to A. ID. Kinzer,
LYONS, Ia, or j. Francis, Genl Pass'r Agt.,
Burlington Route, Omaha, Neb.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1897-06-11
There Is q Class of People

Who are injured by the use of coffee:
Recently there has been placed in all
the grocery stores a new preparation
called GRAIN-O made of pure grains,
that takes the places of coffee. The
most delicate stomach receives it with
out distress, and but few can tell it
from coffee. 1t does not cost over 4
as much. Children may drink it with
great benefit. Is cts. and IS cts. per
package. Try it. Ask for GRAlN-O.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1897-06-11

carriage; and remarkable because she
has accomplished such vast amount
of work in her short life. Her work
in this country has been principally
in opera, and with the Heinrich Opera
company Miss HUMPHREYS became we'll
known and greatly admired through
out the country. She has also sung
with the orchestras Of Theodore Thorn
as and Anton seidl, and in England
with the Carl Rosa Grand Opera COM
pany. Miss HUMPHREYS has received
innumerable criticisms from various
sections Of this country and Europe.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1897-06-11

ing to Algeria, he spent the years from
1912 to 1845 in the midst of the war,
and was placed at the head of the sub
division of Medeah. In this war the
young due distinguished himself no.
bly,. The war records show that he
defeated Abd-el-Kader and captured
nearly 1000 prisoners, besides booty
that was very valuable. He was ele-
waited to a generalship for his service
and placed in command of the Constan-
tine province. 1t was while he was at
the head of the brilliant expedition
against Biskarah in 1914 that d'Aumale
Xmarried. The bride was a Bourbon
Marie Caroline Auguste, daughter OF
Prince Leopold of Salerno. Three years
afterward the due became governo:
general of Algeria, and made success
sful administration. But trouble await
led him. The revolution of 1S4S swept
France and he resigned his post i'll
%Algeria and fled with his wife to Eng
land, whittier his relatives had escaped.
4 His brother, the Prince de Joinville, is
sued a protestation against the Danish
$ment of the royal family from France,
land d'Aumale joined him in it. The
sprotest fell fiat and the due settled
Sdown to enjoy life as best he might IL
Ia foreign country. Unlike many royal
Refugees the due had the advantage of
being rich. He built for himself a
noble country house on the Thames at
Twickenham and thither he repaired
| with his family. He wrote and stu
died, and in 1861 made great stir by
publishing in Paris a pamphlet ad-
dressed to Jerome Bonaparte. The
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1897-06-11

A simple apparatus for disinrecting
sinks and closets consists Of suspend
ing a bottle beside the flushing pipe, a
small bent pipe extending from the IL
quid in the bottle into the flush pipe.
so that when the water flows through
thu pipe it will siphon a small quantity
of the disinfectant from the bottle.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1897-06-11
H1od.rn Military Balloonlne.

From the Chautauquan: The status
Of the military balloon service OF to-
day is unquestionably much higher
than the average reader imagines. and
should a war break out in Europe the
balloons would play very conspicu-
Gus part in it. In the Franco-Prussian
war the balloon was employed for
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1897-06-11
Ocean and Rail.

Take tho Big Four Route and picturesque
Chesapeake and Ohio Ry. The popular line
to the mountain resorts in the Blue Ridge
and Alleghanies and the seashore; the
Ocean Route to New York and Boston via
Old Point Comfort and Fortress Monroe.
Send for tourist rates and descriptive
pamphlets U. L. TRU1rT, N. W. P. A., c.
& o. Big Four Route, :.,34 Clark St., Chicago
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1897-06-11

Tommy-"Say. Mollie, I wish I had
ten cents to get some candy with"
Mollie-"Go and ask father who Soc
rates was and what is meant by the
differential Calculus. He's got company.
and shouldn't wonder II he gave you
a quarter"
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1897-06-11

A most clever, attractive and re-
markable little artistic has lately been
gaining much attention in musical cir
cles in New York. Miss Nina Ber-
tint HUMPHREYS is clever, because she
has a repertory of twenty-four grand
operas, the principal oratorios, and in
Vulnerable songs; is remarkably
good actress, and the mistress Of four
languages. Added to this. Miss Hum
phries has a voice Of great beauty,
volume, and flexibility, which she uses
with the utmost intelligence. She is
attractive because Of her refined, in
teresting features and pretty, graceful
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1897-06-11
In School.

"Johnny2"
"Yes'm."
complete this adage for me: People
who live in glass houses should"
'"Should pull down the blinds"
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1897-06-11
HILDA CLARK.

and unique points. The music is de-
lightful-just enough Spanish coloring
to lead charm and dash to it and yet
maintain the genuine Herbert ring.
The orchestration, solos, and concerted
numbers, from overture to finale are
all excellent. Every now and then the
orchestra breaks forth in such droll
little suggestive snatches, 1t Is quite
laughable without the aid of the Ii
bretto. In fact it is all so unsteady
satisfying it is refreshing. Miss Hilda
Clark, who has been identified with
the company as prima donna for about
a year, still makes most beautiful
photographs and has gained much in
acting and stage presence. She was
very young when she made the step
from a prominent church choir to the
stage, and her voice has not been i'm
proved by the step. Naturally Miss
Clark had a most beautiful voice and
it Is pity she did not give it less
severe strain than that inevitable in
comic opera. Bright, piquante Miss
Nielsen is one of the song birds from
the south, her home being in Tennes-
see. She sings and acts the double
role in "The Serenade" with all the
spirit imaginable; had this part been
written for her, both composer and
artistic could not have made hap
pier selection. Other members of the
company also seem to be particularly
suited to their respective parts, and
"The Serenade" is wholly satisfying
as a genuine comic opera.
Among the many American singers
who returned from their European
studies last fall in quest of concert en-
gagements, and public approval, Miss
Marie Donavin has perhaps been the
most fortunate. Miss Donavin was
selected as soloist for Gilmores band,
on their tour last fall. and sang with
great success in many cities where
they appeared. Ohio claims Miss Don
avin as its own, and she certainly
possesses much of the cleverness and
ambition for which the representatives
from her state seem to be noted. On
the concert platform she presents
most lovely picture Of feminine grace
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1897-06-11

and foreign-looking, amiably vivacious
in manner, and neither embittered by
adversely nor flustercd by success. He
has just completed new farcial play,
with which May Irwin will open her
next season.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1897-06-11

Smith-No, do not like jokes which
make fun In any way Of religion. It
seems to me We are liable to be called
up for them In the next world. Smyths
We're more likely to b called doVA'
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1897-06-11

mours whose son married the unlOr-
tunate Princess of Bavaria, who per-
ished at the charity fair in the hue
Jean Goujon.
/ He was the most advanced OF the
| proud family Of Orleans, ana mlght
&haye been high in the councils or the
#republic had not his royal blood placed
#him under a ban. French republicans
kdo not like the sons of kings. DAu-
Emale was the fourth son OF the late
#4<ing Louis Philippe. His mother was
SDueen Marie-Amelie, and the young
NC was educated,as were all his broth
T. srs, in the college OF Henry Nv. At
lis death d'Aumale was Is years old.
"a lie leaves an immense fortune, the
interesting and the most valua-
gsAle mart of which, his chateau au Chan
ally, he has beQueathed to the French
sgssseople, The due was residing at Zuc-
so, Sicily, when he heard of the horror
gss which his niece, to whom he was
Nh merely attached, met her death, and
Is nervous system gave way under
he strain. His career was one that
& Vas mixed with adventure, triumph
IS Ind disappointment. In 1S4O he went
with his brother, the Due d'Orleans, to
and took part in the campaign
that followed. He returned to his
sxcountry the year after and took up his
gtechnical military education where he
hhad left off to go to Algeria, and CON-
pleted it at the Courbeyoie. Return
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DUO D'AUMALE.

publisher was punished by the French
authorities and d'Aumale challenged
young Bonaparte to a mortal duel.
and was ignored by the imperial prince.
le~aars of quiet life, interrupted on
4as sensational speech at dinner
A by the Literary Fund of
swere spent by the due at his
IL the Thames and his fine breed
Estate in Worcestershire, where he
JIM Ated himself to agriculture. When
Franco-Prussian war came D'Au-
freely offered his wealth and per-
10 the cause of his country, but the
- larry authorities steadily refused to
we aught to do with him. In Janu-
1871, he addressed proclamation
DE people Of the department Of the
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1897-06-11

The Bostonians, famous for so many
years as the best light opera organiza-
ton in this country, also of Robin
Hood" fame, have made long stay in
New York this spring, delighting large
audiences with the new opera by Vic
tor Herbert and Harry B. Smith. "The
Serenade" must be seen to be appre-
ciated, for it has some extraordinary
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1897-06-11

The strike of convicts in California
prison for better rations should not be
classed as q wAlkOut.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1897-06-11

The bones or tombs " more than aO
giants have been found in different parts
Of Europe,