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The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1897-05-08

Eu&eQ1e bldlf, WIZ Will PASS0AS q
series of standard productions during
.'the summer season." at the Metropoli.
tan Opera house, beginning Monday
night, May 10th, is in every way worthy
of the high position she has attained in
the stellar world. On Monday
night at the Metropolitan this
beautiful woman has chosen to be
seen as Camille" the story which the
younger Dumas wrote and became ia
NOUS. All of the strength and beauty
of this wonderful character is within
the easy range of Eugene Blair's great
ability. She has played this part many
times and she comes to Minneapolis
confident of her power to satisfactorily
portray this role. The assisting COM
pany has been thoroughly trained, and
It will not be case of "frst night"
so q complete performance may be look
ed for.
The third week of the summer vaude-
Vile at the Bijou will open Sunday
matinee, May 9th, and will introduce
unquestionab1y the strongest bill yet
offered in connection with the summer
departure. Heading the bill are founS
the names of Eugene O'Rourke and Ada
Dare. Eugene O'Rourke is we'll known
to local theater goers from his sue
cessful appearance here 40. the star Of
~7hs wicklow Festival" Go. Miss!
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1897-01-15
Tho Success of Exank &. Putna ~.

The experience of Frank G. Putnam, OF
Aurora, Hamilton county, Neb., is another
proof of the statement that Nebraska
farms pay" Mr.. Putnam came to Nebras-
la in 1872. He had Sl00 in cash, two beds,
q chest for a dinner table and nail kegs for
!, hairs; To-day he owns $50 ceres: all i'm.
elso owns good house saAurora. where
he lives He says: ''Evefy dollar I pos:
ress has been made from my FARM
In our Nebraska Book'' (4O pages with
maps aud illustrations), are dozens of state
ments like that Of MIR. Hotze. They are
made by farmers who have made a success
Of farming. They show that Nebraska Is
rs good state as any in the Union.
rhe book in which they appear is US diff
crent from the ordinary agricultural pam
phlet as day is from night. 1t is interesting,
practical, truthful. In straightforward,
simple fashion, it tells you everything you
need to know about Nebraska-its climate,
people, schools, churches, railroads. mar
kets soil and crops. 1t explains why the
Nebraska farmer makes money in spite of
low prices and hard times. Why land is
cheap. And how it is as easy for an intel
ligent and industrious man to BUY Ne.
braska farm as it is to rent one in any
state east Of the Missouri river.
Every farm renter who wants to become
farm-owner; every farm-owner who is
tired Of trying to make money or high
priced land; every father who wants to give
his sons start on the high road to indie
rendence, should write for n copy. Free
j. FRANCIS.
Genl Pass'r Agt., Burlington Route,
Omaha Neb.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1897-01-15
EurOpG's Electric Railways.

There are now $50 miles of electric
railway in Europe, an increase of 1875
miles in one year. The number Of
electric cars has increased from / 1885
to 1,747 in the same time Germany
has $50 miles of electric railway and
S57 motor cars; France has 50 miles
and 225 motor cars; Great Briraiv has
IS miles with 16S cars, and Austria
Hungary As miles with ISL cars. Then
Switzerland, Italy, Spain and Belgium,
in the order given, while Russia has
but one electric line with six miles of
track and 80 motor cars. Portugal
ends the list with one and seven
eighths miles OF the 111European lines
81 are overhead trolleys, of which
there are IS in Germany, IL in Switzer-
land, 10 in France, each in England
and Italy and 6 in Austria Hungary,
etc. OF electric railways with UNDER
ground current there were but three
at the beginning of this year, one each
in England, Germany and Hungary.
Nine lines are provided with an insu-
lated central track, through which the
current is conducted, eight of these
lines being in Great Britain and one
in France. The remaining eight lines
are provided with accumulators. OF
these, four are in France, two in Aus
tria and one each in England and the
Netherlands. s-.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1897-01-15
POPULAR SCIENCE.

TIE temperature Of the suns surface
Is greater than we have anywhere on
earth. The temperature Of the suns
surfac6 has been measured and deter
mined to Us between 10000 and 10000
degrees Fahrenheit.
The heat Of the moon IS only about
one ono NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
part Of that which We get from the sun.
The moons temperature IS about that
OF the freezing point A strange, unex-
plainable phenomenon is that when the
moon is eclipsed its heat suddenly dis
appears, and does not come back for
an hour and half after the eclipse is
over. ...s.,- .--.....-
Boiled milk requires much more d.
gestive effort than does the unboiled
material, as in the latter case the
serum albumin and indicated cells, it
is said, are absorbed directly by
osmosis without any chemical change.
Milk may be pasteurized (warmed to
100 degrees Fahrenheit) without inter-
fering with It's digestibility by coagula'
ton Of the cell and serum albumin.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1897-01-15
FLAT" Smith boro. Ill.

Data proclaim you mixture OF the
signs Libra, which Venus rules, and
Scopio, which Mars rules, and, there
fore, Venus and Mars are your ruling
planets. You are medium height; we'll
set figure; medium complexion; hazel
eyes; hair was flaxen when young, but
has been getting some darker as you
have grown older. II you had been
born few minutes earlier there would
be indications of a dlmple in your chin.
You are endowed with the indications
Of both the gentle, conflding, modest
Venus; also the bold, aggressive, re-
fractory, warlike Mars, and you will
act in accordance with whichever one
of these happens to be called forth.
You are fond Of anything that relates
to chemistry and mystery; also the
beautiful in art, such as music. paint
ing, drawing, sketching, etc. You need
some special instructions or you will
ggeArla OF ~ he money you can make
and have nothing left to show for It.
Marriage fortunate.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1897-01-15
INDIAN DIVORCES.
The Courts Playing Havoc with Customs
Of Marriage.

The Courts Playing Havoc with Customs
Of Marriage.
With most of the plain Indians mar
riage consists simply Of picking out
the maiden, leading her to cabin or
wigwam and installing her as mistress
of the house and corn-field, sometimes
with the necessary preliminary of pay
ing the father pony or two or an
installment Of blankets and occasional
~ with some slight ceremony per-
formed by a chief Or medicine man,
says the st. Louis obe-Democrat.
And when the brave grows tired of his
partner he can get rid Of her as easily
as he won her. The people who are
now focking to the Dakotas or Okla
homa to get divorces would be SUI
premely happy II they could throw off
the CALLING bonds Of wedlock as easily
as does the reservation indian. The
fact having been formally announced
by the head man Of the clan the d.
vorce takes place when the tribe is
gathered at dance. When all are as
sembled and the circle formed, the dis
contented warrior strikes a drum used
by the jewellers, gives away few pres
ents (ofttimes making present to the
squaw he intends to take next and
then in a short, bombastic speech he
stigmatizes his wife by giving her over
to tender mercies of the other braves,
while they look upon him enviously and
consider that he has performed an act
OF bravery in his desertion. Often as
many as half dozen divorces are thus
obtained at single dance. No tedious
waiting, no courts, no lawyers and no
about alimony or the custody Of
children. And the sQuaws thus cast on,
as general thing, seem to take 1t as
4 matter of course, and before the close
of the dance are using the wileg known
Ind used BY women the world over
n an effort to repair as speedily as pos
sjble the break in their hearts and
experiences. With the TAX
ng, Of land in severalty and putting on
If citizenship, however, the Indian finds
hat he has cemented the ties that were
20 loose before, for the courts every
where are deciding that the tribal mar
.iages are legal and binding upon the
Indian who becomes citizen. And il
he weight of one legal marriage wears
somewhat heavily upon white man,
now must it be with the red man. who
has contracted two, three, four or even
more alliances which the court now
declares legal and at the same time
takes away his former avenue of re.
lief?
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1897-01-15
FACTS ABOUT GAMES.

On the old-time cards used in India
the vizier is represented as mounted on
a horse, a camel or tiger.
1t is said by some writer's that the
game Of dominoes was known to the
Jews in the time OF Solomon.
Dice of ivory and marble have been
found in the ruins OF Roman houses in
various parts Of Great Britain.
Dice almost exactly similar to those
now used have been discovered in
Thebes and other Egyptian cities.
Both Aeschylus and Sophocles, in
their tragedies, allude to the game Of
dice as being common in their day.
The Arabic cards are believed to have
been originally associated with NEGRO.
mantle or fortune-telling practices.
!; According to one historian, cards
we're brought from the East and first
used by Europeans in Italy In 1879.
/, French historians say that the intro
duction Of dice into France was in the
reign Of Philip Augustus. 11S0 to 1923.
! The name Of chess Is supposed by
some philologists to have been derived
from Shah. the Persian name for king.
The first KNOWN; slsEi}KSsr b5plas Jns
dicezS IN or else she can never get4nA
e-<6f 1t. Il depends en- the man. ha
elections Of . Bachelor w y.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1897-01-15
gomez and she haughtily pointed t.
ward the 1onr. i57s

ward the door.
AS Il by magic the recreant lover
stood before her completely sopereo' 4
Kate he cried piteously. But tne
naughty southern blood within her
was afire. That blood which overcame
US at Bull Run and ChancellorsVii'e
and nearly TUNED the tide OF bat&le ~
Gettysburg, was boiling In her VEINS
like a volcano, and she again pointed
to the door, =,
Broken hearted, crestfallen, humili
ated, Ginger seized his hat ana oe-
parted. Silently We followed IN MS
footsteps. :,
Poor Ginger! We tried to comfort
him, but he was inconsolable. A re"
days afterward he endeavored 10 eN-
plain and affect reconciliation. But
twas OF no avail. The imperious
maiden, who should have been born IN
the middle ases-''in the days or ON
when knights we're bold'-ref"sea'
most emphatically, to harken 10 MS
frantic appeal, and preemptorily or
dered him from her presence. Wi'n,n
fortnight lie left the Sunny south
for the rugged hills of his native Ne"
Hampshire.
A dozen years ago, while touring the
eastern states l met Ginger In coun-
try town in Massachusetts. He was
greatly changed; presumably old, and
suffering from melancholia. He MADE
a confidante of me; told me he had
never forgotten his early love; she was
still his ideal, and that's why ne never
married. :,
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1897-01-15
The Clerk pail 1t.

During Andrew Jackson's presidency
a certain clerk in the treasury depart
ment showed marked disinclination
to paying his board bill. He had signed
notes, but his landlady could collect
no money. In despair she went to the
White House to see Jackson. She told
her story and he requested her to get
the clerks note for the account. She
obeyed and carried the note to An.
drew Jackson, who, after glancing over
1t, affixed his signature to the back.
Now, madam" said he, "put that In
the bank and We shall see which of lis
shall have to pay you the money" The
note was duly deposited and was paid
by the clerk, who afterward apologized
to Jackson and promised to mend his
ways.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1897-01-15
Mrs. Helena" Cairo.

According to data. the sign Sagitta-
RUS, which Jupiter rules, was rising at
your birth, and, therefore, Jupiter Is
your ruling planet or significator. You
are medium height or above, with
well-set figure. The complexion very
clear and healthy; the hair medium
to light; eyes light; you are noted for
being of cheerful, happy disposition;
you do not allow anything like the blues
to come near you; you are also noted
for being fully appreciated by all, and
you can secure and hold a good posi-
ton at any time you wish; you have
had very eventful life and have been
a great traveller, and the last half Of
life has been the most fortunate; you
can always command good salary if
you wish, and will make and handle
large sums OF money during your life,
yet will meet with many losses. You
are a great lover Of horses. You have
great ambition for a large business.
You have remarkably strong constl-
tuition.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1897-01-15
Helen, Dubuque, Iowa.

You have the zodlacal sign Libra ris-
ing, and therefore Venus is your ruling
planet. You are medium height or
above; slender figure: medium to light
complexion, hair and eyes. II born
four minutes earlier you have Uranus
also for ruling planet, and that would
denote a little darker shade to the
eyes. You are cheerful and happy
most Of the time, yet will be subject to
short spells Of the blues. and II any,
one does you an injury you are not
apt to forget it very soon; yet you
will forgive them and be very just to
them il you had any dealings with
them, for you are lover Of justice, and
have also great admiration for the
fine arts. You will have very strong
intuitions at times, yet this will only
be spasmodic In its actions. Marriage
will be more than average fortunate
Tor you.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1897-01-15

cality was known as WHISKY sHueeA''
The gentleman behind the bar having
poured out as much Of the liquid hafa-
ware as he thought 1t prudent to hide
away, the gentleman behind that WOOD
en- structure would, with his dexter
hand, force few drops Of lemon JUICE
in the glass and your whisky squeeze
was ready for the sacrifice.
One night Harry Butts changed the
order of things and requested tnat
few drops OF the extract of ginger De
deposited in his glass instead OF the
customary lemon juice. This modest
request Of Harry's tickled the LADS;
and ever afterward he was known as
Ginger" Butts. No man ever drank
alone in that town. Southern hospital
ity demanded that everyone SHOULD
wait until his neighbor was accommo-
dated, and the man who treated wouid
shout: Show your glass" when every
glass would be drained. l have seen
score of typos outside Of the Old
fashioned bar of the CASTOR house,
which, believe, was situated on Pol
lock street, wait with true politeness
for the cry of ''show your glass; at
which command each tumbler would
be emptied with precision.
Now, Ginger Butts was o good-na-
turcd, handsome fellow, and half the
white girls in Newborn were In love
with him. not to mention few Of the
off-colored ones. But Ginger fought
shy Of the fair sex Until he met
young lady in the name Dwell, just
here III call her Kate Devere. Kate
was typical southern beauty. She
had the dark hair, flashing eyes. ruddy
cheeks, coral lips and the tall synimet-
rical form SO often met with in the
daughters of Dixie. That she was
high-spirited and imperious, will be
seen later on |
Now, there wasn't lad on the Times
but would have given his whole weeks
string for smile or tender word
from Kate, end for a time certain
individual who shall be natneless felt
that he was making rapid progress in
her good graces until Ginger fastened
his blue eyes upon her, and then that
nameless persons stock began rapidly
to decline.
One night at little social gathering
Ginger confid entity informed us that
week previously he had said to Kate
will you?" and that the young lady
had blushingly replied, Il will" So it
was hands down and eyes off with all
the rest of us after that. Some OF us,
the nameless person above alluded to
included, felt rather sore upon the re-
ceipt of this information, but it was
only momen.ariy. Ginger was such
an all-round favorite that it was almost
impossible to bear him malice, and in
the course o. a half hour We we're all |
Showing our bottom" at Ginger's ex-
pense.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1897-01-15

The day of the consummation of the
nuptials had been named. They were
to be married in October, and Ginger
thought it would be good and friend
~ thing to give an entertainment to a
few of his bachelor friends shortly be-
fore the wedding. AS no paper was
issued on Sunday, Saturday evening
in the latter part of September was
selected as the most appropriate time
for the affair.
So on that memorable Saturday even
ing a score or more of lis, by special
invitation, repaired to Miss Hates vine
clad cottage. which was situated just
outside Of town, all prepared to have a
quiet, sociab]e, but jovial time.
Unfortunately for Ginger in antici-
patton Of the pleasure of the evening,
he had INDUCED trifle too much in his
favorite beverage during the afternoon
Whether it was the whisky or the GIN
ger that worked the change in him, l
never could ascertain, but certain it
was that he was a triae weak in his
limbs, and slightly incoherent in his
speech.
Miss Revere was alone in the parlor
when we arrived and received US with
true southern hospitality. How beau
tiful she looked! What vision of de-
light she appeared! There's nothing
half so sweet in life as loves young
dream" said Tom Moore more than
eighty years ago. That sentiment held
good in 1866, and does yet if an old
timers opinion is worth recording.
Certainly never before or since have
seen anyone look half so sweet" as
Kate did on that evening. She was the
very embodiment Of loves young
dream"
Well, the young lady sat down to the
piano, and for half an hour enter
tanned us with the Star Spangled Ban
rer," the Bonnie Blue Flag" Hail
Columbia" my Maryland" and various
other patriotic airs. When she con-
cluded Ginger rose, waltzed gracefully
to the old-fashioned sideboard, upon
which glasses and decanters were
placed, and requested us to imbibe. AS
one man We accepted the invitation.
Then the prospective bridegroom raised
his glass, and suffered "N-now, gen.
gentlemen sh-show your bot-bottom.
We were about to empty when my eye
rested on Kate, and raised my hand
warningly.
"Wh-whats natter" persisted Gin
ger. "Sh-show bot-bottom"
Again raised my hand. Instinc-
lively every eye turned toward me, and
from me to Kate.
She stood erect, her tall form tower
Ing to its fullest height, and from her
black eyes flashed forth Elan{e Of
sc0rn and contempt $1,000
1880 litzr I. Hayes Is ,.his
etaaS s. representative to the WI
k1ADER. Oh Ei, ,.... TO N. 3 siol
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1897-01-15
Outings From Jasper County.
CULLED Al coLrAx.
Al ola Soldier Tells Ills Tale.

WI (NTCH VAC AlAeClC1us NEWARK OHlO.J st3 ~
" .'Alr. William Winpigler was one Of tl,s
early settlers OF Jasper County, Iowa. and
no man from all accounts, Is bettcr known
than he in the vicinity OF Colfax, or moro
respected. When the civil war was raging
he took the field with his comrades OF the
Forty-eighth Iowa, and while serving his
country contracted rheumatism, which as
aumed the chronic form and seemed to affect
his entire body. Tho following is his own
account Of his sutferings and cure:
CoLrAx, Iowa, July 3lst, 1895.
Il contracted rheumatism during my
army service which could not get rid OF
and it became worse and worse until was
able to do no labor whatever, and eventually
Thought had not long to live, us my heart
was So affected Twas in q very Responding
condition, as my worldly affairs wore going
from bad to worse, then in enc OF our papers
\ ] read Of a man who described himself as
having been even worse than was. and who
had been cured by the use Of DR.. Williams
Pink Pills. procured some, after much
trouble, for at that time they were very little
known In this part Of tho state, and none OF
+ the druggists in Colfax kept them. 1ha0 not
taken the contents of one box when my heart
q trouble disappeared, but continued to takc
the pills, and soon found my rheumatism was
being rapidly cured. no longer suffer any
rheumatic pain, and think my cure was u
y
u ing. i have recommended them to every
\ one afflicted rs was, and the result is that
all the drug stores in Colfax now keep them
and sell a great many, and others have
been benefited as ] was. For man OF my
age, I am 10Y | am as active as ! can be
more so perhaps than many younger persons
who never were crippled with rheumatism.
The above is o trne tatemcnt OF fact.
7s4 WILLIAM WINPIGLER."
Subscribed and sworn to before me, a
Notary Public, in and for tho County of
Jasper, and State Of Iowa, this 3rd day of
August, 1896.
p. p, CRAGAS, Notary Public.
Witness: C. W. HARPEH.
DR.. Williams Pink Pills contain. in a con-
dcnsed form all tho elements necessary to
give new life and richness to the blood and
restore shattered nerves. They are an un-
failing specific for such diseases rs locomo-
tor ataxia, partial paralysis, st. Vitus'
dance, sciatica. neuralgia. rheumatism,
nervous headache, the after effect of la |
grippe, palpitat ion of the heart, pale aud |
sallow compilations, all forms Of weakness
either in male or female Pink Pills are
sold by all dealers, or will be sent post paid |
on receipt of price, 50 cents Il box. or six
boxes for q. 50 {they are never sold in bulk |
or by the 1907, by addressing DR.. Williams
Medicine Company, Schenectady, n. Y.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1897-01-15
JOSH BILLINGS PHILOSOPHY.

The best ov us owe more to chance
than we are willing to admit.
Buty and brains are seldom found
together; this IL too much to expect.
Silence IL allwuss safe, and IL fire.
quently the smartest thing we kan say.
Most ov the lies that are told are
told from habit rather than malishus
design.
Center shots are what tells; one bull
let in the bull's-eye IL worth 10 that
Just miss 1t.
Yu amt certain ov emmy mans repu-
tashun or estate until he IL In tho
hands ov the undertaken.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1897-01-15
California.

If you will send your name and adj.
dress we will send q representative to
your home to explain all about the adj
vantages of Phillips.Rock Island per-
sonally conducted Tourist Car Excur.
siops to California. Address A. Phil
lips g. Co.,. 81 Adams street, Chicago.
John Sebastian, G. P. A., Chicago, III.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1897-01-15
/. , 4, ms, POTATOES PER ACRE.

Don't believe It, nor did the editor
until he saw salzer's great farm seed
catalogue. It's wonderful what an ar
ray of facts and figures and new
things and big yields and great testi-
monials 1t contains.
Send This Notice and o Cents Stamps
to John A. Salzer Seed Co., La Crosse.
Wis, for catalogue and IL rare farm
seed samples, worth $40, to get a start.
W.n.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1897-01-15
Cheap Lands and Homes

Are to be had on the Frisco Line in
Missouri, Arkansas and Kansas. The
best route from st. Louis to Texas and
all points west and southwest. For
maps, time tables, pamphlets, etc.,
call upon or address any agent OF the
company, or d. Wishart, Gen'l Pas
senger Agent, st. Louis, Mo.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1897-01-15
Proved.

Miss Won Bikenstein-Mr Pennyfellow.
you are not opposed to women wearing
boomers, are you?
Mr. Pennyfellow-No, indeed. You know
the good old French proverb, "Honi soft qui
NAL Y pants"