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Iowa Baptist standard., 1897-05-21
Ants That Were ISefnl

In old countries ants make very lit
tie trouble. further than getting into
the cake-box or the sugar barrel. But
in the tropics they are often an abso-
lutte pest. They march in great arm
les and destroy everything in their
way. And yet even these ants have
their uses. An Australian explorer says
in regard to them:
In justice to the ants, | am bound,
however, to admit that | have found
them useful in more ways than one.
For instance, | bought an opOssum-
skin rug from native. | soon be-
came painfully aware of the fact that
1t literally swarmed with fieas and 9TH
cr yermin. In vain did exhaust my
stock of pepper. Even turpentine
seemed to have no effect beyond in
creasing the reckless activity of these
irritating settlers.
"At last, in despair, threw my rug
down on an ant HILL In less than half
an hour every flea and Objectionable
parasite was eaten, but the rug was full
Of ants. l therefore hung it on mi
mOsa bush, and as soon as the ants
found they were suspended they has
tened to leave the rug and descended
by the bush as best they could
again, had killed snake in Tas-
mania and wished to clean and bleach
the skeleton, which intended to have
mounted as necklace | left the body
near an ants nest. In few hours
there was not a vestige of flesh on the
bones. The sun soon did the rest"
Iowa Baptist standard., 1897-05-21
The Queens Ring

There is ring which our good queen
cherishes more than anything else she
possesses save her betrotEal and we'd
ding ring-a circlet of tlat gold in
which shines a ruby cross surrounded
with diamonds, signifying the sover-
eign's union with her nation; her coro-
nation ring. in fact. which she has worn
every evening since the day it became
hers by right, and which is jealously
guarded when not encircling her fin.
ger.-The Gentlewoman.
Iowa Baptist standard., 1897-05-21

e-..,, the pIeeZe.
Still to the forest branches cling:
1ney lie like blossoms on the trees
Inc brightest blossoms of the spring.
fIowers lfnger in each sheltered nook,
ana stlll the cheerful song of bird,
And murmur of the bee and brook.
Through all the quiet groves are
heard.
ana bell of kline, that, sauntering.
browse
ana squirrel chirping aa he hides
"here gorgeously, with crimson
boughs.
The creeper clothes the oaks gray
sides.
HOW mild the light in all the skies.
ROW balmily the south wind blows'
ne smile of God around us lies.
HIS rest is in his deep repose.
nese whispers of the flowing air.
hese waters that in music fall.
ncSe sounds of peaceful life declare
Ihe Love that keeps and bushes all.
Iowa Baptist standard., 1897-05-21
One GAuSp of EreaL IliIIa

Senator FOrney, of the Kansas state
senate, has a young daughter who tells
why her father introduced so MANY
freak bills in the senate "Whenever
he ran up against anything he didn't
like, she says. he would come home
and write a bill again it, There is one
of his railroad bills, for instance. We
drove to town to church one night. and
there was a freight train on the cross
ing, and it kept us there for twenty
minutes. 1t annoyed pa dreadfully, and
he went home and wrote that bill TO
prohibit trains from ObStructing cross
inge more than five minutes. Then one
night somebody stole all our chickens.
The next day pa wrote his chicken bill
But YOU will notice that the bill doesn't
protect ducks. Pa don't like ducks
And he said if anybody wanted to steal
them it was all right-the ducks was
punishment enough. Whenever pa sat
down to write a bill we always knew
that something had happened to him."
Iowa Baptist standard., 1897-05-21
A Sparrow's Ride in "A Fiv wA.s

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Birds have all sorts of queer advon-
lures. but perhaps what was tho oddeet
one of recent days is that which befeu
a sparrow at Anderson, Ind. II aor
into knife and bar manufactorv and
getting too near small wheel ua.
sucked in. The workmen noticed Il oo
into the wheel, but knowing that Tho
cylinder was revolving at a speed If
l30 revolutions a minute. took If for
granted that the bird had been killed
When the factory shut down at noon
the men were astonished to hear GEN
tie chirp from the wheel, and 10. there
was the sparrow as well as ever. They
found that the bird had clung to the
strengthening rod of the wheel and was
in semi-dazed condition. They picked
him up and put him on table and
thence, after collecting his wits, the
little bird few to freedom. The wheel
in which the bird rode made 81 900 rev
olutions while it was upon it. and so
the tiny feathered creature Travelled 7s
and $40 miles In the embrace of a fv
wheel.
Iowa Baptist standard., 1897-05-21
The Paramount QUESTION:.

| believe that the miseries conse-
quent on the manufacture and sale of
intoxicating liquors are so great as to
command imperously the attention of
all ded:cated lives. and that, while the
abolition Of American slavery was nu-
merically first, the abolition OF the IL
dnor traffic is not morally second
Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward.
Iowa Baptist standard., 1897-05-21

Wnen | was boy, and l remember
now the old folks voices trembled
with emotion while they sang it. I
nave forgotten all but two lines, Du-
those lines are the peroration of my
sermon:
VIII save us from thousand snares
10 mind religion young.
Iowa Baptist standard., 1897-05-21
A Merry Evening Game,

One of the merriest Of merry evening
games goes by the name of Mum
mics" All the boys and girls, except
ing four or five, leave the ROOM Two
of those remaining act as dressers.
They place the others in chairs and
put over the head of each tall news
paper cap, with holes cut in 1t through
which the eyes may be seen. Cover
tHe uresses of the three mummies with
sheets, so that they Will not reveal ~.
owner. Now call in the other boys
and girls and set them to trying to find
out who each of the mummies is by
peeping through the eyeholes. This
causes great laughter and fun. After
the party is all agreed as to who is who
remove the papers and see how many
mistakes have been made. This game
is almost as much fun for grown people
as it is for children.
Iowa Baptist standard., 1897-05-21
Juvenile H0rsethieyns 1Iarried

Erwin Shaw and Gertie Fisher. each
sentenced to one year in the peniten-
tiary for joint horse theft, were welded
in the Jail parlors at Wilmington. Ohio.
Gertie's mother. of Dayton, gave her
consent. Gertie is beautiful little girl
and her husband a handsome beardless
Iowa Baptist standard., 1897-05-21
The Gjft of Peace.

So many people. when Lent is over,
min all the good they gained by leaV-
ing it all behind them. But the per-
son who will put in'o practice all the
good deeds. all the prayers and deV"-
ticns. wf:ch he used in Lent for the
rtst n[ bis lay.. he is The one who
Iowa Baptist standard., 1897-05-21
All the Sad World Needs.

So many gods. so many creeds,
So many paths that wind and wind,
While just the art of being kind
Is ali the sad world needs.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox.
Iowa Baptist standard., 1897-05-21
Children.

Conjugal devotion that is both child
less and atheistic lacks just that con-
summating ingredient CT tenac.ty which
can alone secure marriage from being
anything but sentimental experiment.
Rev. Charles II. Parkhurst.
Iowa Baptist standard., 1897-05-21
Very Strange,

Mrs. Gray-Isn't it lovely. How
much did you pay for it? Mrs. Green
Two and half a yard. Mrs. Gray
What an odd price. You are sure 1t
wasn't s2.4S or s2.51?-Boston Tran
script.
Iowa Baptist standard., 1897-05-21
4 Tired Cry.

What is it that | labor and solicit
for. when it is but very little that
want and it will not be long that
shall need anything? s?"-Seneca.
Iowa Baptist standard., 1897-05-21
of Course.

She-Dont you think II is always
difficult to tell a wonan's age? He
She always 1cs rs If il waS. Rich
mOnd DiSnatch.
Iowa Baptist standard., 1897-05-21
TALWAGE'S SERMON
HEALTH OF THE BODYn IAcr
SUNDAYS SUBJECT.
rom the Text: Till Dart StriL.
through His Liver''-Proverbs yII-a3
The Gospel of Purity In Bodx sna
In Soul.

anato-
mical and .physio-
logical discoveries
were SO very great
that he was nearly
[ h L e e thousand
years ahead Of the
scientists of his
day. He, more
than one thousand
years before Christ.
Iowa Baptist standard., 1897-05-21

In some parts of Tulare county. Cali
forna this season s strengthening has
been given entirely to Indians and Chi
nese.
Iowa Baptist standard., 1897-05-21

and in my heart | blessed him; for even
then knew that the lesson of the split,
wafers,> with its sequel, was to be the
initial OF my future success.-Ledxer.
Iowa Baptist standard., 1897-05-21
FOR BOYS AND GIRLS.
SOME GOOD STORIES FOR OUR
JUNIOR READERS.
"hy He Quit-The Sick Bootblack-It
rays to he Good-Story of the Split
Waters - Ants That Were Useful
Other Sketches.

From Poem Entitled "a Dav In
Autumu."
Iowa Baptist standard., 1897-05-21

The bounding pulse. the languid limb
The changing spirits rise and fall:
We know that these were felt by him,
For these are felt by all.
Iowa Baptist standard., 1897-05-21

N K ra m b l e
t h r ou & h the
woods with me,
Thou dear COM
panion of my
days.
These m | & h t v
" o o d S, how
quietly
They sleep in Au-
tumn's golden
haze.
The gay leaves.
twinkling in
Iowa Baptist standard., 1897-05-21

In Danish cities 1t is against the law
to ride on bicycles faster than the speed
OF a cab.
Iowa Baptist standard., 1897-05-21

He suffeaedSbut his pangs arc DER;
Enjoy dISbNt his delights are fed;
Had friendships friends are now no
And foes-his foes arc dead.
He loved-but whom he loved, the
grave
Hath lost in its unconscious womb,
Oh she was fair--but naught could
save
Her beauty from the tomb.
He saw whatever thou hast seen;
Encounter'd all that troubles thee:
He was-whateVer thou hast been;
He is-what thou shalt be.
The rolling seasons. day and night.
Sun. moon and stars, the earth and
main,
Erstwhile his portion, life and light
To him exist in vain.
The clouds and sunbeamS. DER his eye
That once their shades and glory
threw.
Have left in vonder silent sky
No vestige where they flew
The annals OF the human race.
Their ruins, Since the world began
OF him afford no other trace
Than this-There lived a Man.
Iowa Baptist standard., 1897-05-21

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Iowa Baptist standard., 1897-05-21
CarIyie Harrfs and His Mother-Sensa-
tional Theatrical Exhibitions Have an
Evil Tendency with Young Men
Service Done In Gods Name.
Ihe Com mon Lot.

His name has perished from the earth,
This truth survives alone:
Iowa Baptist standard., 1897-05-21

He suffeaedSbut his pangs arc DER;
ENJOY 'd~rbNt his delights are fed;
Had friendships friends are now no
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1897-11-18
How FLIES WALK UPSIDE DOWN.
An EntOmolOgist Advances n New
Theory toEx plain the Phen nomenon.

An EntOmologist Advances New
Theory to'ExpIain the Phen omenon.
In our youth wewere taught that flies
adhered to the ceiling or to the window
pane because their feet were provided
with suckers from which they had the
power of exhausting the air, says the
Hartford Courant. This was disproved
by the fact that fly could run up the
side of an exhausted glass receiver
when vacuum under his feet would do
him no good, even if he had the power
of creating it, and by the further fact
that microscopic examination showed
that his feet were not provided with
suckers, but with multitudes of hairs
from which exuded fluid in minute
drops. 1t was then suggested that this
huid was viscous or gummy. SO that the
fly adhered by a sort of mucilagc. This.
too, was disproved, as it'was shown that
the fluid possessed no adhesive proper
ties. BY series Of careful experiments
detailed in Our Animal Friends Dr..
Drerhold proves that capillary attrac-
tion, the adhesion Of water to a sur
face, is enough to support fly even IL
he were 50 per cent. heavier than he is.
The hairs give out an infinitesirnal dron
OF water, and as there are great num-
ber OF them the fly is enabled to hang
on the ceiling and to tickle any sensi-
tive surface on which he alights in a
highly scientific manner.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1897-11-18
CURED BY EXPERIENCE.

Why the Doys Are Not Going to
Alaska.
A story was told on the dock recent
ly in Seattle of three young men who
were cured of the Alaskan fever in q
very practical manner, says the Post
Intelligencer. They had concluded
that they would go on the Al-Ki, and
had purchased three berths.
"Now, you boys" said the aged ad-
wiser, want to remember that it's
pretty cold up there. It's pretty low
temperature here to-day, but nothing to
what you'll find on the Yukon. Now,
let me advise you. Before going to
that country you would better have
some experience. You may not like it
and then you will want to come back.
Tonight promises to be pretty cold
have tent at my house that used in
Alaska. You boys take the tent out
on Queen Ann hill and sleep in it to-
night.
at is now ten o'clock. Don't eat
anything until about eight o'clock this
evening. Then build fire in your
tent, cook some beans and bacon, fix
up some unsweetened black coffee and
make meal. Until bedtime sit around
the fire smoking and chewing tobacco
and playing cards, and then fix up
rough bunk on the ground and sleep
until morning. If you enjoy it, go to
Alaska; If not, stay at home"
The boys caught up with the idea en-
Enthusiastically, and promised to carry
out the programme. Whether they did
or not is not known, but the other
morning three misunderstanding boys
Cancelled three tickets on the Al-Ki, and
as they humbly left the steamship office
one was heard to say:
DO you suppose it really gets that
cold in Alaslxa?'
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1897-11-18
EASTWARD THROUGH

THE ROCKIES ~---rSzIySS-
The traveller, tourist or business
man is wise when he selects the Rio
Grande Western Railway aGreat Salt
Lake Route" for his route to the East.
Ut ls the only transcontlnental line
passing directly through Salt Lake
City, and in addition to the glimpse
it affords Of the Temple City. the
Great Salt Lake and picturesque
Salt Lake and Utah Valley, it. affords
the choice Of three distinct routes
through the mountains aud the most
magnificent scenery in the world.
On all classes OF tickets stopovers
are granted Mt Ogden. Salt Lake
City, Glenwood Springs, Leadville,
Colorado Springs, Denver and other
points of interest. Double daily
train service and through Pullman
and Tourist sleeping cars between
San Francisco md Denver. Tourist
cars through to Omaha, Chicago and
Boston.
For illustrated pamphlets descrip.
tive Of the "Great Salt Lake Route" !"
write to IF. A. WADLEIGu, General
Passenger Agent, Salt Lake City.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1897-11-18

A young English woman once peti-
toned Bismarck most pathetically for
his autograph, declaring that a few
lines of his handwriting would make
her happy for life. So the chancellor
wrote OH the front page of the book:
Beware, my child, of building castles
in the air, for they are buildings which
we erect so easily, yet they are the
most difficult to demolish."
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1897-11-18

While you are IooElng for change
In the weathe, examine the latest
patterns in wall paper at the Postof-
Gee. All goods first class aud at the
lowest living prices. Cali in and ex.
anime my stock. M trouble TO show
goods. l.. y. SuEawood.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1897-11-18
No. III.
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respondence.
Shorthand and Typewritng.
Send for circulars giving full intor-
nation.
c. +. NESSE, Principal.
Eko Nevada.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1897-11-18
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D.
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Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-06-19

There was not a single inviting nook
or artistically possible" corner in the
room. II was altogether an uninter-
esting oblong room, with a door at one
end. two windows on the opposite side
and a dreary stretch OF wall between.
Moreover. II was a Dom with a bleak
northern exposure. which seldom had
sunshine enough to atone for It's bad
form. But its owner did not despair.
AT a triling cost she had the carpenter
place a shelf a foot wide six feet from
the floor from the edge OF the door
around the corner and down six feet
of the long, uninteresting wall. Then
the shelf stopped abruptly. but that
there might seem to be method in its
pause its owner placed a small book
case there. A cot bed costing 81, with
springs and mattress. was placed
against the wall under the shelf. Pomp-
eiian red burlap was fastened to the
wall beneath the shelf all the way
around. The bed was stained a clear
oak color. The cot bed was converted
into a divan by the aid Of a Bagdad
cover and a pile of cushions of rich,
warm. bright tues. At the corner OF
the shelf, where 1t turned. a bed Ian
tern in a wrought-iron casing. swung
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-06-19

there was something still more amaz-
ing and blood-curdlihg IN front OF the
ranger. The headless trunk OF the out
law did not fall from the flying horse.
The blood was squirting high Into the
air from the Arteries Of the neck, but
the body sat In the saddle with arms
and legs clinging to the animal and
looking as rigid IS II they we're made
Of iron. A dozen or more rangers who
were riding the range had heard the
firing and they were riding In a gallop
to the rangers assistance from an OPP
posite direction. As they rode over a
low ridge the first thing they saw was
the headless outlaw, not twenty steps
away, and coming towards them as II
the horses feet were hardly touching
the earth. Not one lacked courage.
They had proved that in a dozen bat
ties, but they had already began to
retreat into the bush, too much terri
fed TO open their mouths. when the
headless body Of the outlaw dropped
from the saddle and struck the sand
like a log OF wood. The body had chung
to the saddle for 200 yards. The ranch
ers c~orroborated the story OF the ran
ger. and they say that the arms and
legs OF the dead man we're like pieces
OF iron. The limbs were so firm and
rigid that it would have been impos-
sible to have bent them in any di-
rection without breaking them.
The Texas rangers are brave men.
It is doubtful whether there is another
military organization on earth that
endures SO many hardships and faces
so many dangers. Old soldiers famii-
lar with campaigning say they would
rather serve in the ranks of any army
In Europe during actual war than to be
a Texas ranger. Watchful and grave
enough while riding through the cac-
tus, the moment that they get out on
the plains where they can look about
them they are ready to tell a story or
sing a song.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-06-19

The use OF aluminium in the arts does
not grow in proportion to the reduction
In the cost of the material. Afew years
ago the price of the metal was from
$40 to sis a pounds. 1t is now sold eli
from 81 to 80 cents a pound. At that
price 1t is now cheaper than copper or
brass for the same purpose, because for
a given strength the weight is much
less. The consumption Of these metals
In 1896 was: Copper, 156. 900 tons: brass,
10000 tons: aluminium. $50 tons. The
producers Of aluminium IN order to
make a market for the metal have been
obliged to discover nearly all OF its
uses. invent methods Of handling 1t.
and build the works for turning out
the finished product. Thus far It has
nearly displaced nickel in the arts, and
it bids fair to eventually displaco brass
for most purposes. excenf where ex=
poses to a. heat of over 400 degrees.
II III largely used for cooking utensils.
ana keeps bright. II Is used in labor
ntori1s. and for tho handles Of surgical
Instruments, not only for lie l:shtnesa.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-06-19

ence on the border is accounted for by
the fact that the country for a con
siderable distance on both sides of the
Rio Grande is the hiding place for des-
peradcs. outlaws and cattle thieves.
Scarcely a day passes that the service
of these armed men is not sought by
cattlemen, ranchers or some traveller
who has suffered the loss of property
at the hands Of the desperate charac-
tiers who infest the mesquite thickets
and cacti-covered hills of the plains.
A stout ranger tells a story of a
recent battle with a desperate outlaw
that presents features Of such a start
ling and horrible character that the
bare recital Of the cold facts taxes the
credulity Of one not familiar with
scenes upon a field of carnage. Those
who remember the headless rider that
dashed about over the battlefield of
Woerth during the Franco-German
war, will doubtless read the rangers
strange story with more interest than
others. This ranger suddenly rode
within earshot of the man he wanted,
and he called to him to surrender. The
outlaw replied with a rifle shot, accom-
panying the echo of the frearm with
a laugh and the words, "The guard
dies; it never surrenders." "Ah, you
have been reading Victor Hugo while
hiding in the bush, muttered the ran
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-06-19

by a chain a foot long, made a spot OF
brilliant color. The long expanse Of
wall and the dreary color scheme Of
the 0 were successfully and easily
overcome. In another room, where a
cozy lounging place was desired, the
long couch was supplemented by a
short one placed at its head at right
angles to it. Across the top made by
the two a narrow board back was nail
ed, and to this was sewed a high piece
of fretwork, stained forest green. At
the top Of this fretwork, on a slender
brass rod, hung a silk curtain Of dull
turquoise blue. The couch was covered
with green denim and piled high with
cushions in blue and green. In the
angle formed by the joining of the two
couches a small wicker table stood.
il was painted green. On its top stood
a tete-a-tete tea set of turquoise blue,
while its lower shelf was devoted to
literature and a w~ork-basket.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-06-19

The Boston School of Technology 10
becoming noted for its valuable re-
searches in the line of testing the ten
sile strength OF various articles One
of the latest tests is that OF cement.
which Is performed by a machine con-
structed expressly for this purpose. The
cement which undergoes he test Is
prepared and put into moulds. which
give a casting one inch square. rhe
ends Of this casting are so arranged
that they fit into sockets, the attach
ments being fixed to gearing and screws
by means OF which the pull Is made.
Time and strength have much to DO
with the breakage. The power Is snps
piled gradually, and at the rate Oh foo
pounds per minute. The pull or weight
is applied by a wheel, which runs along
the Weighing beam, and is connected TO
a small slide running along an upper
beam. which is fixed. The scale OF
weights on this beam shows the amount
Of power which is brought to bear. \
of the features Of this machine is the
smoothness and ease with which 1t Is
controlled. The weight can be shift
ed without any p~erceptible jar Of the
machinery.