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Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1900-11-16
Making Of watch Classes.

Watch glasses ought not to be ex-
pensiye, and are not. In the produc-
ton of common watch glasses, the
glass is blown into sphere about a
meter in diameter, sufficient material
being taken to give the desired thick
ness, as the case may be: Disks are
then cut ont from the sphere with the
aid Of a pair Of compasses, having a
diamond at the extremity Of one leg,
There Is knack Of detaching the disc
after it has been cut. A good work
man will, 1t is said, cut 5000 glasses
In day.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1900-11-16
NOTICE TO REDEEM FROM TAX
SALE.
rnI w Norris

(. To j. w. Morris:
You are hereby notified that the fol,
lowing described real estate. sltuatea Z
in Polk county, Iowa and described q : .
follows: Lots MOI, 8. Il, in sBlock -
Des Moines co. Addition to Polk CITY,
was sold for taxes on the 9th day q
De:eimb ], 1897 to j q. Wilson, that jig Z
the certificate Of sale thereon = now;
owned BY said j u wilson Wis =. ano y, Sne
right 81 red emption viii expire, ana a. 2
Trensurer's Deed for said lots Will &c
made, unless redemption from pm sn e
sale be mad 8 within ninety days !lom
the date .of completed service q th's
notice. (
Dated this end day OF November ,n:!sa =.
d. 1900. - :, - :: m =. Iow.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1900-11-16
NOTICE TO REDEEM FROM TAN
SALE. b
State Of Iowa, Polk County, IS:
~ M .flon A 4. nn :, - .. -

State Of Iowa, Polk County, IS:
TO Geo. A. Danner:
You are HEREBY notified that on the
9TH day of December A.. D 1897 the
following described real estate, situat-
ed in Polk county, Iowa. was sold for
the taxes for the year 1895. which real
estate is described as follows to-wit:
Lot Sixteen ll6) Block Six (6) Fairview
Addition to, and now forming part of
the city of Des Moines, Polk county,
Iowa. h. &,
I. That the same was, at such sale,
purchased by c. NJ. Cathcart and GER
ti6cate issued to. him by the Treasurer
of Polk county, Iowa, and by the said
Cathcart the certificate was duly as
signed, to j. II. Phillips, and he is. now
the owner and holder of said certificate
and the right of redemption will ex-
pire and a Treasurer's Deed for saiYI
property will be made, unless redemg,
ton from such sale be m .de within
ninety days from the completed Iservia-
hereof. j. 81 Phillinf
Lawful holder and owner Of saifSE !,
tificate. IA 5 isssSsS
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1900-11-16
Hal Handled aso,ooo.ooo.

A remarkable record was tina.
which had been gained by the l.te
John Lancombc, for 80 years cashier
Of the government printing Office at
Washington and an employe of the In
stitution in some capacity since its
establishment. His record lay in the
fact thar as cashier Of the printing of
ice he dis5ursed more than $50 Goa, 0c0,
and without tho disallowance or sus-
pension Of a single account turned In
BY him to the auditors o. the treasury.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1900-11-16
NOTICE OF EXPIRATION OF RIGHT OF
REDEMPTION.

To E. Switzer:
You are hereby notified, that the fol-
lowing described real estate, situated
in Polk County, Iowa, to-wit: Lot
One ~ in Block Six (6) of foundry
addition, being included in and forming
at part of the City Of Des Moines, Iowa,
was sold for the taxes of 1896 on the
seventh day OF December 1897 to Daniel
L. Patton; that said Daniel T. Patton
is still the owner and holder of the GER
tificate Of purchase issued in pursuance
of said sale, and that the right of re-
demption will expire, and a Treasurer's
Deed for said land will be made unless
redemption from such sale be made
within ninety days from the date Of
completed service of this notice. You
will govern yourself accordingly.
Dated this 10th day OF October A. d.
1900. I, Daniel I. Patton. &
BY Geo. Harnagel, his agent.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1900-11-16
Passion r,ay.s Financial Result, J.

CEera ,laergan has been casting up
the ACCOUNTS Of this years Passion
Pla,. Thcrs were forty eight perform
ancsss ard 100000 Visitors. WHO paid
$500. 600 for admission. The profits OF
the Village from dodgers, the sale Of
trirKats. etc, were between $3.50, 600
ana s1,0oo.000 Munich and Bavarian
railroads have also profted, the latter
showing q snrplw Of 81. 50o, 900.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1900-11-16

Raising tho Hat an Ancient salutation.
When a knight of old entered a
company of ladies he removed his
helmet to indicate that he considered
himself among friends, and that there
was no need to protect himself. This
practice has survived in the custom OF
raising the hat when saluting lady.
June Ladies' Home Journal. "a.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1900-11-16
BURLINGTON ROUTE q "

Make. ! speciality Of personally con
Quoted excursions TO California ana r. :,
cific coast points on Thursday q eacn
week. Through tourist sleepels z
run every Monday and Th By :, e I.
fordinr excursionists with luxurious l''.
c,omfort q minium cost. For Fl rtlcp7
lars address i. y Gannsway, g y Y! ~ !.
sanger Agent, Burli gtoa ltoute, ~ a
4 ,ocust street Dss Noinea, ls
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1900-11-16

All Druggists guarantees every bottle
OF Chamberlain's Cough Remedy and
will refund the money TO anyone who
is not satisfied after using two-thirds
OF the contents. This is the best rem
edp in the world for Ia grippe, coughs,
colds, Group and whooping cough and
is pleasant and safe to take. II pre-
vents any tendency o. . cold to result
in pneumonia. W
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1900-11-16
AS TRUE AS GOSPEL

speak well Of your. friend. Of yom
4aemy. say nothing.
He who says what he likes will hear
what he does not like.
A mans manners are the mirror n
which he shows his portrait.
II cheerfulness knocks for admls-
sion. We should open our hearts vide
V receive II, Tor Il never comes imp.
OnGAsso A1o M III IS: III IA tS ~
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1900-11-16
widows Do Not Re1narry.

In China it is the rule Of good So
ciety that widows do not remarry.
They are not forbidden to do so, but
they are thought more highly of II
they don't. In order to encourage
them the government, when they have
passed the age of so, and have not re-
married, confers on them a tablet con-
tanning eulogy of their virtues.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1900-11-16
BURLINGTON ROUTE

Is the shortest, most satisfactory and
pleasantest line to the. Black Hills
Deadwood, Montana and the northwest
Sumptuous chair cars and superior SER
vice every day in the week. For par
ticulars call on f. L. Gannaway, City
Passenger Agent, Burlington Route
400 Locust St. Des Moines la.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1900-11-16
EVER YBODY
KNOWSTHAT MUNGERB LAUN.
DRY is the best In the city. Try them
and be decided. 4.
$40 THIRD ST.
PHONE $40.
sEWe want you to subscribe for
the Iowa STATE BYsTANDER.O4
PHONE $40.

Weekly Excursion Sleepers leave
Kansas City via the NJ. x. and T. Ry.
every Saturday at 9:o5 P. NJ. for San
Antonio, Los Angeles and San Francis-
60. First Sleeper leaves Kansas OF ty
Nov. ard. s,@ 5a.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1900-11-16
rrincs Isupert,s Dl,li!ses..

Prince Rupert, the heir to the
throne CT Bavaria, dislikes the atten-
lions OF the White Rose league of Eng
land, which, because it recognizes the
claims of the Stuarts to the British
throne, persists, much to his disgust,
in styling him 1.-THE rightfu1 prince OF
Wales" =
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1900-11-16
Br,tain.s New IIalfpennv Stamp.

Britain's New Halfpenn- Stamp
Great Britain has issued a new half
penny stamp, green in color; a new
Is bi-colored postage and revenue
stamp will also be issued about mid
summer. when the stock Of the pres
ent single colored green stamp will b
exhausted.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1900-11-16
Money to Loan by the
EnteIpriSelYeStnentCO Go.

on personal, chattel and other secur-
ties. Everything private. Loans can
be renewed upon payment OF extern
sion. Easy payments. monthly or
weekly. l. =. WILLIAMSON,
1890 Business Manager.
I'll 4th, street. Des Moines.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1900-11-16
J FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 10.
RAGE ECHOES.

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Tic colored people Of Minnea-
I ,,o,;s MINI have Organized a
::o;nt s+ock comnanv and will soon
omen ! large grocery store. j..
@ Reed Is President and ). Ford
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Wolfe one OF Boston's Negro
aawyers as Judge advocate general
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Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1900-11-16

tof4an said 70 navo Yielded 10 Csar
London. March 222.-It is ANNOUNCED
that the sultan has yielded Sin all 60.
sent!al particulars To the Russian de-
mauds respecting railway ccncessions
In AFta Minor. s.aS
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1900-11-16

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Rome. March 22.-Don Carlos. the
Spanish pretender. has appeared In
court at Lucca and renowned his Span.
1sh citizenship. declaring himself Al
Austrian subject.
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Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1900-05-31
cnDAns TWENTY CENTURIES ON.

The sturdy storm enduring red
cedar, says john Muir in the Atlantic,
delights to dwell on the tops OF granite
domes and ridges and glacier pavements
Of the upper pine belt, at an elevation
Of 1000 to 10000 feet, where il can get
plenty OF sunshine and snow and elbow
room without encountering quick
growing, overshadowing rivals. Itneyer
makes anything like forest, seldom
comes together even IN groves, but
stands out separate and INDEPENDENT in
the wind, clinging by slight joints to
the rock, living chiefly on snow and
thin all, and maintaining tough health
on this diet for at least 1900 years,
every feature and gesture expressipp
steadfast, doRged endurance, + I
Some are undoubtedly more than 2, 600
years old. For though on good moraine
soil they grow about as fast as oaks, on
bare pavements and smoothly glaciated
overswept granite ridges in the dome
region they grow extremely slow.
Ono on the Starr King ridge, only 3 feet
II inches il diameter, was /, 140 years
old. Another on the same. ridge, only
] foot 71a inches In diameter, had
reached the age Of S34 years. The first
10 inches from the bark of a medium-
sized trees feet in diameter--on the
north Tenaya pavement. had S59 layers
Of wood, or 81 to the inch. Beyond
this the count was stopped by dry rot
and oyergrcwn wounds. The largest I
examined was 33 feet IN girth, or nearly
10 In diameter; and though l failed to
get anything like complete count, l
learned enough from this and many
other specimens to convince me that
most OF the trees to 10 feet thick,
standing on polished glacier payements,
are more than 90 centuries of age rather
than less. Barring incidents, for ali I
can see, they would live forever. When
killed they waste out of existence about
as slowly MS granite. Even when over
thrown by avalanches, after standing so
long. they refuse to lie at rest, leaning
stubbornly on their. big elbows as II
anxious to rise, and while a single root
holds to the rock, putting forth fresh
leaves with grim never say die and
neyer-lie- down expression.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1900-05-31
LIFE IN MARS.
If There Are Human Beings There TIL
Are Probably Giants.

II There Are Human Beings There The
$ Are Probably Giants.
National Review.
Mars possesses SO many features ID
common with the earth that IL Is inn
possible to resist the thought that Il
also has inhabitants. This is, however,
by no means equivalent to saying tha|
Marian folk are constituted 10 thd
same way as human beings; indeed,
every consideration points to the con
trary. Whatever atmosphere exits on
Mars must DO much thinner than ours,
people with our limited lung capacity.
A race with immense chests could live|
under such conditions, or folk with gils|
like fishes could PASS comfortable
existence IN spite Of the rarefied air.
The character OF life anywhere is, in|
fact, nodded by the external circum-1
stances. and these are known to be diff
ferent on Mars from what they are onl
the earth. Martian inhabitants must
have developed peculiar characteristics
In order to adapt themselves to their
environments--the forms of life capable
of hourishing in attenuated air have
survived, while those requiring denser
air have dropped out of existence.
The tenuity Of the atmosphere of Mars
Is not the only fact that suggests that
the inhabitants Of that planet are not
fashioned after the image of man. 1t
is known beyond the possibility Of
doubt that the force with which sub
stance is attracted to the surface OF
Mars, Is but little more than third as
strong rs it is on the earth or. 10 ex.
press the point in figures, 100 pounds
on the earth would only weigh 81
pounds on Mars, il tested In a spring
balance. In consequence Of this weaker
pull, IL would be possible for human
being to perform astonishing feats on
Mars without excessive muscular
sxertion. A man who could jump five
feet here could top Is feet there; be
could lift three hundredweight by
quitting out the same strength as II
required to raise one hundred weigh,
on the earth: he could spring across q
road as easily as he now leaps over a
mud puddle, and couple Of bounds
would carry him tn the top of a flight
OF stairs. lsr
But, paradoxica as it may seem, the
smaller planet, and, consequently. the
less the pull of gravity at its surfacn,
the greater Is ths probability that i'll
inhabitants are giants compared to us,
Terrestrial giants ale generally veal
in the knees; they are crushed by theil
own weight. But on Mars they would
only weigh one third as much, ant
would, therefore, he able to move abou
in sprightly fashion, so that al
elephant there might bo quite nimhl'
animal.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1900-05-31
GOLDEy COLLEGE.

Interesting Programme for the Annual
Commencement on June 18th.
The following interesting programme
has been arranged for the annual COM
mencement of Goldey Wilmington Com
mercial and Shorthand College, which
will be held at the Grand Opera House
on Thursday evening, June 7th:
Music by Philharmonic Orchestra. begin
hing at 7.45 p. IN.
Selection, 1.-THE Singing Grip. ..... Herbert
Gavotto. "In Summer Time. ....... Barker
March, Under the Double Eagle".. Wagner
Faculty, guests and graduates enter.
Invocation.
The 1t. Rev. Leighton Coleman. s. 7. D.,
LII d.
Presiding officer,
Mayor John G. Fahey.
Martha Fl. Taylor.
Waltz, "The Founders" ....... :. Engleman
Annual address,
s. Parke Cadman, D. D., of New York.
Moroccan, 1.-THE Busy Bee. .........B endix
Presentation of diplomas,
Principal H. s. Goldey.
March. SILVER Jubilee. Winkler
Mazurka. "Amorasa" Navarro
Address to graduates.
William Writ King. d. d.
Flower song, Hearts and Flowers. Moses
Valedictory,
Percy R. Roberts Of Washington Boro, Pa.
Benediction,
W. L. s. Murray. Phi. D., D. D.
March, "fhe Colored Major. 80. :. Wilson
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1900-05-31
AnoUr oAMEo o.aRTrHa.

All the tools used by the cameo
carver would make but handful, says
the New York Post. The worker sits
before wheel turned by pedal; tools
occupy small corner of the table
eurface on which the workers. hands
rest while he holds tho shaped stone or
shell beneath the needle-like drill. The
little, pointed instruments which are
used to drill resemble those employed
by dentist, and, indeed, il was from
the cameo 7caryer's kit that the dentists
got their ideas when the tools now in
use by them came to be manufactured,
30 years ago. The drills vary in thick
ness according TO the portion OF the
figure or design to be executed; some
are as fine as the point of cambria
needle. "A small china receptacle also
stands near, filled with oil and diamond
dust, and into this the workman fire.
quently dips his tool during the
process Of his work. The cameocutter's
occupation is very exactiIg. He can
put in only few hours work at a
time as usual thing, because Of the
tension ON his nerves A quayering
hand may be responsible for the single
stroke which will spoil weeks work.
He must have an eye almost like a
microscope, and very delicate touch !;
he must be- an artist ia soul, and as
skilled craftsman as is q watch
marker; he must know how to model
and draw, and he must have a knowl-
edge of chemistry, SO as to remove
offending spots. The work is executed
In relief on many kinds of hard and
precious stones, but essentially the
chalcedonic variety Of quartz and on
shells. The cameo pcutter himself
prefers onyx, because of@its dark and
light layers, which throw out In bold
relief white head, say, against q
black background. He evolves his
picture BY removing all that portion
of the white stratum after the head has
been completed. Sapphire blocks are
used, carnelinn, turquoise, amethyst
and numerous other stones 1t takes
about one month to execute a portrnit
on onyx, while much less time is con-
sumed If the work is done on shell.
There is always great danger of the
latter breaking, and dts durability,
too, is not great, SO that the shell, as a
rule, is not as desirable as the harder
materials. portrait on onyx will
cost 5000, while one in shell may be
had for $50. The inquiries for these
are rare, and building ur patronage
is slow, and is accomplished mainly by
satisfied customers influencing others.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1900-05-31
THE FIRST POW EXPRESS.


Something About the Times When Letters
~ Were Five Dollars an Ounce.
In the March 3lst issue of the Satur
day Evening Post Homer Bassford gives
a full account Of talk ne had with
Col. Alexander Majors shortly before
his death. Col. Majors was a member
Of the firm that controlled the famous
Pony Express. Col. Majors said: 1--WE
had first sounded lot of the important
business men of both the coast and
Eastern cities as to its desirability. We
learned that the fixed charge OF So a
letter OF one ounce weight would be
welcomed as surprisingly low that is,
if we were able to keep our promise as
to the delivery Of letter In something
like eight days.
1.-THE expense, at the outset, WAS
enormous. We bought, in round nnm.
beis, GOO hardy, healthy ponies, sure Of
foot and we'll tried. We EMPLOYED ali
the brisk, dare devil young men of
good habits whom we could find we
built posthouses every 10 miles, unless
1T chanced that our stage posts would
serve the purpose. The ponies were
stationed at these posthouses, with
bedding for extra riders, food arrange.
ments, and q keeper in charge. We paid
each OF our riders from 500 to 1925 a
month, and nearly all the boys we're In
love with the work, hard though it
was. 1t sometimes happened that i'll
ness actually prevented man from
taking up his trip as assigned to him,
but there was never difficulty in getting
the other rider to take up at least one
extra leg of the long journey across the
plains.
II have been asked, sometimes.
whether the express stopped ON account
of weather. This question used to mako
me smile, but it has Eeen repeated SO
many times that have concluded that
our present-day folks; who know little
of pioneer life, ale to be excused. Why,
l have seen man jump from the back
OF one pony to the back Of another, IN
zero weather, and start away like the
wind, with never a thought OF entering
the posthouso for drink or sniff Of
the fire. '
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1900-05-31
A BUSINESS PROPOSITION.

Good Roads Are an Economic Necessity.
Something OF the Movement TO Get Them
---Twenty-Y Year Campaign by the l., a. w.
Speaking of one of the most i'm
portant matters now occupying the al.
teption of Aybeelmen, Vice. President
Kingsbury Of tho L. A. w, says:
"The suggestion that thu Highway
Improyement Committee of tho Leaguo
of American Wheelmen take Immediate
stems toward tho insertion OF good roads
planks in the Democratic and Republic
can National platforms has met with
sueh instant approval and so much en-
couIagement that it seems safe to pre-
dict for it complete success. Under
the splendid aid which the League has
given to IL, tho movement for better
roads has grown to great proportions
and now, under the united efforts OF
the wheelinen, farmers and automo-
bilists, is 30 rapidly becoming recog-
nized as a plain business proposition,
the beneficial results OF which are out
of all proportion to Its cost, that far.
seeing statesmen will no longer have
any desire to ignore the question of
highway improvement under national,
legislation and appropriation.
1t seems perfectly proper that the
demand for declaration Of belief on
this subject from the leading political
parties should come from the oiganiza-
tion which was the pioneer In the
movement; II has been long, 20.year
campaign of education, commencing
with local work and the distributionEof
such literature as could be obtained,
and working gradually, by the expendi-
nj nflo fbnncunda nj
dollars and the distribution Of millions
Of pamphlets, up to successful logisla-
tion in many States and the adoption
of the State aid system, which has
proven an unqualified success wherever
tried. The time has now arrived for a
still broader movement ana from the
come the primary efforts which shall
result in thoroughly practical system
OF national, State and city road build
ing, which would apportion the expense
and soon put tho highways OF this
country on oasis equal TO that per-
fiction which national and State finan-
cial aid have made II possible for our
through rail and waterways to attain.
1.-The effect Of the insertion Of a
strong plank declaring in favor of
national Highways, which, with the
united effort Of farmers, automobilists
and wheelmen, should not be difficult
to obtain, could only have beneficial
results, even IL placed there only with
the idea of vote getting by the party
management; the good roads movement
today is strong enough to follow up
such a party promise with demands for
its fultilment; it would prove tie
entering wedge which could be driver
deep enough into the heart of Congress
to produce immediate results, and | am
confident IL will be accomplished and
that We shall mark the beginning Of
the new century by starting national
highways" II