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Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1897-08-20

discomfort and unhappiness can ever
attend them hereafter. The plea OF
Hulda Duestrow for Il little pocket
money out of her millions is a begin
ming and thousands of persons who be-
lieve in signs and omens will watch as
time goes on to see the great fortune
crumble, and disaster follow wherever
it's dollars are spread. When at last
the murderer was hanged and she
alone was left of the family which but
a few short years before had been so
envied for its riches. she withdrew
herself from public view almost en-
tirely. And small wonder! People who
knew her declared that the shame
which her brother had brought upon
the name had broken her heart COM
pletely, and that St. Louis would see
little of her thereafter. But every one
supposed that, with inexhaustihlc
wealth at her disposal, she was trying
In seclusion to dull the pain that ter
rible chapter had caused her. The dec
laration made in court that she was
without money to pay her debts or
meet the ordinary demands of living.
startled the st. Louis people who had
known how unbOunded the Dnestrow
fortune was, aud set the gossips again
to talking about the strange girl who
had fallen heir to It all. When old
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1897-08-20
LATE NEW INVENTIONS.

With tho use Of new wash boiler
It Is not necessary to scrub the clothes
hard, the dirt being largely removed
by the action Of the water in the boiler.
series Of pipes extending down
through the boiler into the stove to
force the water out onto the clothes
as 1t becomes heated.
Clothes-pins are now being manu-
featured which have the opening to
grip the line placed in the side Of the
pin istead Of in the end, SO that the
pin can be attached to the line by pull
Ing down instead of pushing, tho Jaw
on one side being elongated SO as to
be grasped by the hand.
Medicine which tastes bad can be
easily taken by means Of newly de-
vised glass, which has Partition IN
the center to separate the medicine
from liquid to wash 1t down, the
partition preventing the two from mix
ing and allowing the wash to flow
out by tipping the glass higher up.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1897-08-20
heirs might have under that singular
provision of the will.
THE "CIN LAW"
First Blow ut Liquor Dealing Among
Civilized Nations.

First Blow ut Liquor Dealing Among
Civilized Nations.
This famous gin law" passed in
1886, ia interesting as the earliest Sc
we're blow at liQuor-selling among civ.
ilized nations, says Popular Science
Monthly. 1t levied tax of 20 shillings
a gallon on spirits and license Of ESQ
for any one selling or dealing in 1t.
And, being in advance Of public opin-
ion, 1t failed. much as other more
stringent prohibition laws have failed
in our own day. For the cry was at
once raised that 1t taxed the poor mans
gin and let the rich mans wine go
free. Every wit, every caricaturisl had
his fling at it. Ballads were hawked
around telling OF the approaching
death OF Mother Gin. The liquor shops
were hung with black and celebrated
uproariously Nine. Geneva's lying in
state, her funeral, her wake and so on.
The night before the law went into
effect, so the contemporary journals
say, there was a universal revel all
over the country. Every one drank his
fill and carried home as much gin be-
sides AZ he could pay for. 10 evade
the law apothecaries sold it in Walls
and small packages, sometimes colored
and disguised, generally under false
labels, such as "Colic Water Make
Shift" Ladies' Delight" There were
printed directions on some of these
packages-e. g.; Take two or three
spoonfuls three or four times a day,
or as often as the fit takes YOU" In
formers were very prominent and ex-
ceedingly offensive, inventing snares to
catch law-breakers, for the sake of the
heavy rewards, and spying and sneak
ing around in way particularly dis
tasteful to the English mind. The
mere cry Of Liquor spy" was enough
to raise mob in the London streets,
and the informer was lucky if he es-
capped with a sound thrashing and a
ducking in the Thames or the nearest
horse pond. Indeed, such an cutlery
! was made about the matter that the
ministry became very unpopular. and
the law was not enforced after two or
three years and was largely modified in
1743, after seven years trial.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1897-08-20

which lay snug and untouchable in the
hands of the trust company, was ruined
and worthless when that day was DONE
She hired temporary dwelling place,
and set about the work of making the
old home habitable again. 1t was
long task, and when it was over there
were bills amounting to over $4,000
against the heiress of the Duestrows.
The income which is hers by the pro-
visions of the will is $4,000 year, but
this had been spent in one way or an
other incident to the burdensome pro-
cess of living, and the creditors, when
they knocked at her door and asked
for their dues, found her penniless.
And that was not the whole story
In addition to the injury the storm had
wrought there fell to her the duty Of
providing for the burial of her BROTH
er's body after the hangman's knot had
wrung the last vestige of life out of it,
The lawyers had taken the last of his
money That increased by $500 more
Miss Duestrow's load of debt. so that
the total which, with vouchers, she adj
mits to the consideration Of the court
is $26,45o. Unless the petition says
1.-THE trustee exercises it's discretion and
grants her application for s1O,O00-of
her own money-she will be subject to
great distress, not only to meet en-
penses already incurred, but to pro-
vide for her ordinary expenses Of liv-
ing. She has no other means whatso-
ever that can be applied to the payment
Of such expenses. inasmuch as she has
heen obliged to anticipate the income
which she receives quarterly under the
will of her father But there stands
a fine and perhaps impossible point OF
law in the way of Miss Duestrow get
ing this bagatelle which she asks for
Before resOrting to the courts she made
request of the trust company to let her
have the money. But the ghost of her
brother and his crime confronted her
The officers Of the trust company STU
died and studied over the old mans
will. and the longer they studied the
graver their doubts grew. whether. hay
cordance with the will, 10000 to meet
his unexpected embarrassment the
company has not exhausted its power
OF discretion as trustee. What re-
strains the trust company from grant
ing Miss Duestrow's request is the
fear that Duestrow the elder intended
to make $4,000 the limit of his allow
ance for the meeting Of unexpected
embarrassments." and that in paying
that maximum mount to the murderer
they Cancelled all claim which the three
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1897-08-20

louis is absolutely and utterly penni-
less. Stocks, bonds, houses. lands
vast holdings Of every sort and descrp-
tion-are hers, and yet she hasn't the
Wherewithal to pay cabman for
trundling her to her dressmakers.
Millions of her money lie at interest,
piling up enormous profits day after
day; but for all that penuary stares
her In the face. So far as ready money
goes she might better be the woman
who sits at the street corner and all
day long holds out a tin cup for aims.
She Is the sister of Arthur DuestroW,
who in February last was hanged in
st. Louis for the murder of his wife
and child, the only millionaire, too.
who ever suffered death upon the gal
lows. Her name is Hulda Duestrow.
Louis Duestrow, their father, died in
1892 and left his great fortune in the
keeping Of the Union Trust Company.
There were only three heirs to divide it
then-the widow, her son, Arthur
DCestrow, and the girl, who now holds
title to the wealth and yet is poverty
stricken. The mother died nearly a
year ago. Perhaps it was as well she
did The murderer himself and after
him his baby, whose life he took, would
have been chief heirs to all the mil
lions which now stand in the sisters
name, and of which she can touch no
single penny without the express per-
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1897-08-20
Outwittins \ store Detective.

detective in a we'll known retail
store is engaged in the mental process
of kicking himself whenever he thinks
of certain transaction which took
place last week. At time of day when
the store was crowded the detective,
who was keeping sharp lookout for
evildoers, was approached by a we'll
dressed, intelligent-looking man, who
informed him that he was employed
as detective in another store, and had
followed shoplifter from his firms
store to the present place, where they
would find her at the glove counter
stealing gloves. LET her alone" said
the strange detective, "and when she
loads up l will follow her home, and
we can then make big haul" Con-
sent was given to this plan, and the
shoplifter stole t2oo,or $500 worth Of
goods unmolested:s Then she went out,
followed by the strange detective. That
was the last ever seen Of the pair, and
the store detectives wonders how or
earth he was duped so easily.-Phila-
delphia Record.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1897-08-20
died there was found an DE

Duestrow died there was found an sx-
traordinary, but none the less fortu.
nate provision in his will. 1t set forth
that: III at any time during the life-
time Of the wife, son or daughter
either of them should need money to
meet unexpected embarrassment, not
due to extravaganza, neglect or fault
of the person SO In need, the trustee
shall have power to exercise his dis
erection, and may pay from the resi-
duary estate sum or sums not to ex-
coed $4,000" 1t is upon the strength
of this provision that Miss Duestrow
appeals for money, as her brother did
when he was fighting for his life in the
st. Louis courts. He got it then. 1t
may be that the sisters request will be
denied now, though there is no other
person in the world who has vestage
of a claim to all these millions ex-
cent herself. But the reason that she
gives for being thus in want tends to
fortify even further the belief that an
evil genius haunts the Duestrow fam
lily anu lis JuOAcy.
1t was not falling off in the values
Of the Duestrow holdings which brought
their owner to such a pass. It was
none of the ordinary causes which
sweep away fortunes. 1t seemed rather
to have been distinct intent of Fate,
and the instrument, a tempest. A
little more than a year ago, on the 9th
of May, 1896, to be exact, cyclone
swept across the western country,
spreading death and destruction as it
sped. The splendid Duestrow home,
in Lafayette avenue, st. Louis, already
saddened by death and then Swallowed
by an awful crime, lay in the path Of
the whirlwind. Other dwellings, null
titudes of them, the houses of the poor
who knew no life but TOLL were spared.
But when the storm had gone the Dues
trow homestead lay in ruins in the
pathway OF desolation. The one refuge
left to the wretched girl whose life,
young as it was, had been so darkened
with the curse, was a wreck, as her hap
piness was. More than that, there was
not single dollar Of insurance money
with which to undertake the labor OF
rebuilding the place, so that she might
have a shelter OF her own.
The furniture, wearing apparel-ev-
erything that the hapless child owned
in the world, save the gigantic fortune
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1897-08-20
NOVELTIES IN BRlC-A-BRAC.

jardinieres of decorated faience are
attracting attention.
Children's cups in Russian silver af-
ford pleasing birthday gifts.
Corkscrews with silver mounted
buckhorn handles are popular.
For travellers are provided cut glass
soap boxes, with silver mountings.
Dagger pins, so fashionable for the
hair. are diamond sheathed and hilt-
ed.
Silver receptacles for tooth and hail
brushes come in round, oval and square
forms.
A new idea Is the employment OF
cnlored enamel as a background 70!
diamonds.
There is a large choice OF embossed
silver fruit and bonbon dishes. with
pierced borders.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1897-08-20
AN ANCIENT LOVE LETTER.
1t Was Written by . King Of Egypt
Many Years Ago.

1t was written ny . N'hg OF Egypt
Many Years Ago.
Once upon a time--before Rome was
dreamt ola king of Egypt wrote to
a king Of Babylonia asking his daugh-
ter's hand in marriage. The king OF
Babylonia, being a most unromantic
parent, declined to enter into any such
arrangement until he had substantial
proof of the royal suitors worthlness
and honorable intentions. Then fol-
lowed a long correspondence, which,
wonderful to relate, was very much
like the correspondence that ensues
today when European monarch takes
it into his mead to get married. They
died, did these two kings, and thirty
five centuries rolled slowly over their
graves, and the world grew to be vast
" different from what 1t once was and
vet remained vastly the same. In the
year 1888 a peasant woman seeking an"
tiquities among the ruins near the city
of Tell-el-Amarna found a number OF
tablets written in the cuneiform char
acters. In the course OF time these
tablets reached the hands Of one Hugo
Winckler, a young Assyriologist, who
translated them, among others, and
now from the press of Reuther e.
Reichard Of Berlin, there has just
been issued a little book entitled "The
Tel]-el-Amarna Letters" The Nibmu-
aria referred to below has been iden-
tilted with Amenhotep, who reigned
over Egypt about 1415 B. c. This Nib
muaria had married the sister of the
Babylonian king, Kallima-Sin, and,
polygamy being much in vogue at that
time, had expressed desire to marry
Ki)limar-Sin's daughter also. The
Babylonian king, however, hesitated,
bec he did not know how well
his sister had been treated.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1897-08-20
Try Aliens Foot Ease.

A powder to be shaken into this
shoes. At this season your feet feel
swollen and hot, and get tired easily.
If you have smarting feet or tight
shoes, try Aliens Foot-Ease. 1t cools
the feet and makes walking easy. Cures
and prevents swollen and sweating
feet, blisters and callous spots. Re-
lieves corns and bunions of all pain
and gives rest and comfort. Try it to-
day. Sold by all druggists and shoe
stores for 25c. Trial package FREE.
Address, Allen S. Olmstead, lie Roy,
N. Y.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1897-08-20
W. r. Roberts, for years Cashier of the
Citizens Bank of Omaha, and widely
and very favorably known In
Omaha and Iowa, cured of Nerv-

W. r. Roberts, for years Cashier of the
Citizens Bank of Omaha. and widely
and very favorably known In
Omaha and Iowa, cured of Nerv-
Gus Dyspepsia.
Omaha, Neb., March 18th, 1896
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Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1897-08-20

mission of the court. Duestrow's awful
deed diverted the riches from their
destined channel and took away from
them, maybe, all power they ever
might have had to bring happiness to
any one. 1t is not surprising that even
thus soon after the commission of his
crime and it's expiation complications
should arise to wake in the minds OF
superstltious people the belief that the
curse Of blood is on the Duestrow mil
lions and that naught but difficulty,
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1897-08-20
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Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1897-08-20

At Dearborn observatory, Northwest
ern University, Professor George w.
Hough watched the recent eclipse
through it's entire period. The big tele-
scope was not turned on the sun in
the hope of astronomical discovery,
but to accommodate the Evanstonians
who wanted to observe the phenomena.
According to Professor FIough's OBJ
servations the eclipse began at 7:35
o'clock and ended at 9:47:33. 1t pre-
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1897-08-20

A tendency to rheumatism is undoubted.
" inherited. Unlike many other legacies,
1t remains in the family. The most effect.
ual means of checking this tendency, or OF
removing incipient rheumatism, whether
pre-existent in the blood or not, is to re.
sort to Hostetters Stomach Bitters as soon
as the premonitory twinges are felt. Null
lifying the influences of cold, exposure and
fatigue, the Btters not only fortifies the
system against their hurtful consequences,
but subjugates malaria, liver and kidney
complaint, dyspepsia and nerve disqui-
etude,
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1897-08-20

scented no unusual phases. At differ
ent stages OF the eclipse photographs
were taken by means Of a camera at
tached to the eye-piece of the telescope.
One taken at Sal o'clock, the maxi
mum stage, proved to be the most near
ly perfect. It showed plainly sun
spot near the center of the suns sur
face, and the outline of the eclipse was
clear. 1t is here reproduced by the
pen and ink process.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1897-08-20
But a Single Clock,

Wifey-You came home very late last
night
Hubby-I looked at the clock when
came In and it was only /.
W1fey-I didn't say you were full; said
YOU were late.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1897-08-20
Read the Advertisements.

You will enjoy this publication
much better if you will get into tho
habit OF reading the advertisements.
They will afford most interesting
study and will put you in the way OF
getting some excellent bargains. Our
advertisers are reliable, they send
what they advertise.
Teacher-How many homes are there i'll
the human body! Pupil-Do you mean
before or after one has eaten shad?
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1897-08-20
There ia a Glass Of Peop,e

Who are injured by the use of coffee.
Recently there has been placed in all
the grocery stores 4 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 25 cts. per
package. Try it. Ask for GRAINO.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1897-08-20
STRAIGHT TIPS.
After wit IL everybody's wit

ID.
After wit 10 everybody's wit.
Rashness Is the pivot Of injury.
A careless sentinel is a mark inviting
q foe.
Who serves himself alone 10 ty-
rants slave.
Censure Is a tax paid by man for
prominence.
Danger expected long is always met
not too late.
Education polishes good dispositions
and corrects bad ones.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1897-08-20
A GREAT SAVING.

featured by the American Chicory Com.
pany, of Omaha, Nebraska you can cut
down your coffee bill rs per cent, besides
improving the drink. You will find it
economical, wholesome and agreeable.
Ask your grocer for Flag Brand Chicory
put up in pound packages. If he does not
keep it, write the factory. Samples mailed
free on application.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1897-08-20
She Was Fly.

You want keepsake that will always
remind you of me" she said.
II do, darling" he said tenderly.
whats the matter with myselfi' she
whispered.
There will be wedding shortly.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1897-08-20

s1o.so TO BUFFALO AaoS Al 4as.
Via Michigan Central, ,sy. he Nsak
Falls Route" from Oh 80, good 60
ing August 21-23. A rare opportunity
to go East at very low rates over "A
First-class Line for First-class Trav-
ell" Reserve your sleeping car accom-
modations early by writing to l.. D.
Heusner, Genl Western Pass'r Ag't,
119 Adams Street, Chicago.
$1,000 to Buffalo and return.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1897-08-20

A Virginia evangelist breaches to thu
people from, a Emission boat" in the
river. He can not be induced to preach
on shore. Water and religion, he
says, go together" -..-.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1897-08-20

Belle Ito cadet -How you do resemble
my old aunt III appearance. All you need
to mako tho resemblance complete is a
moustache
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1897-08-20

Mrs. WinslOw's Soothing Syrup
For children teething softcns the gums reduces inan
nation aays pain cures wind collie Is cents BOTTLE
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1897-08-20

The vatican at Rome is the largest palace
that has ever been erected. In length it
is 200 feet and in breadth "t 1t
contains 4, 423 rooms. 1oe>-S.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1897-08-20

No-To-Isac for FIFTY Cents.
Guaranteed tobacco habit cure makes weak men
strong blood pure &c. 81. All druggists.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1897-08-20

You cannot dream yourself into a char
actor; you must hammer and forge your
self one.-J. A. Froude.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1897-08-20

Moses Pierce, who died the other day in
Hartford, Conn. was the nephew of Presi-
dent Franklin Pierce