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Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1901-06-07
SOCIAL PHILOSOPHY.

Heed not the blusterer; beware OF
the silent man.
A newborn babe has no past and its
future is uncertain.
Teeth resemble verbs; they are reg
ular, Irregular and defective.
Absence may increase true love, but
1t is rough on the counterfeit.
A miser is a great lover of generos-
ity-in everybody except himself.
Women either love or hate; there is
no happy medium in their affections.
With the exception of success some
people willingly forgive anything in a
friend.
No mans ability should be rated by
what he finishes and not by what he
attempts.
Few men have sufficient confidence
in their own veracity to believe all
they say.
Adam was probably created in the
afternoon-at least it was a little be-
fore Eve
The more blunders man makes the
more expert he becomes in framing
apologies.
The coat of a horse is the gift OF
nature. The coat of a donkey is often
the work of tailor.
A lot of different tools come under
the head Of sin, but a lie is the han
die that fits them all.
Old men often give advice to young
men-and they also give up money to
confidence men occasionally.
A wise old tiller of the soil speaking
of the relative value Of grains says
grains of common sense are the most
valuable.
1t is folly to attempt to please ev-
erybody. 1t matters not in which di-
rection a man faces he must of neces-
sity turn his back on half the world.
The farmer Of today reads the pa
pers and refuses to invest in gold
BRICKS" but ne steps up to the polls
and votes for the candidate who prom
ises the impossible, Just as he always
did .....
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1901-06-07
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AS TRUE As GOSPEL

There Is always compensation. Ous
angels go out that our archangels may
come in.
Unhappy is the man for whom his
own mother has not made all other
mothers venerable.
It is poor wit who lives by borrow
ing the words, decisions, mein, inven-
lions and actions of others.
What an absurd thing 1t Is to pass
over the valuable partA OF a man, and
tx our attentions on his intirmities.
Virtue will catch as well as vice BY
contact; and the public stock OF hon.
est, manly principle will daily accumu'
late.
A greater value should be set on
having received instructive and usefu'
lessons than of possessing great store
Of wealth: for the latter is transitorJ
good, the former is durable.
There Is scarcely generalization
for one sex which does not apply equal
IL to the other, SO perfectly alike tn
nature are men and women. The dill
ference SC only in circumstances.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1901-06-07
Arctic Night.

1cebergs dotted the blue surface OF
the sound, and far into the haze o,
Bafin bay we could see them drifting
southwark. The air was as still and
clear as on a quiet, moonlit winter
night at home, and the level sun rays
streamed through in a glory of Italian
pink. Enfolding all, as was the peace
that passeth knowledge" like the Sc
renity of soul that has won, through
toll and storm, the strength and poise
Of enduring calm. It was well-nigh
overwhelming. In ill-disguised neces-
sity we turned from the vision to the
sight Of heaps of crumpled dead birds
in the boat, and talked of shooting,
and agreed that nowhere in the world
was there promise of better sport than
here. Then silence fell again. In spite
of us, our eyes were drawn outward;
and through all the peaceful beauty
we felt once more the poignancy of it's
awful purity. He would be man of
spotless soul indeed and of assured
faith who. seeing the stainless lowell
ness Of the scene, would feel no pang.
Not ones self only, but ones world
came there, as into the presence of the
great white throne, and stood con-
demned in stiffness that was I'M
broken-From with Arctic High
landers," by Walter A. Wyckoff. in
the September Scribner's.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1901-06-07
AhOnt Slate Pencils.

Slate pencils were formerly all cut
from slate just as it is dug from the
earth. Pencils so made were objected
to on account of the grit which they
contained To overcome this difficulty
q scientific man devised an ingeniuos
process by which the slate is ground
to a very fine powder, all grit and for
eign substances removed, and the pow
der bolted through silk much in the
same manner as -four is bolted. The
powder is then made into dough and
this dough is subjected to heavy n.y.
draulic pressure, which presses the
pencils out in the required shape and
diameter, but in lengths Of about
three feet. While yet soft the pencils
are cut into the desired lengths and
set out to dry in the open air. After
they are thoroughly dry the pencils
are placed in steam baking kilns,
where they receive the proper temper.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1901-06-07
COLD INDEED.

0oals Of the Odd Tricks Of Llquid Air
Liquid air is. perhaps, the coolest
thing in the world. 1t is so sold that
cake OF ice is like a fierce fire as COM
pared with 1t. for a kettle OF liquid al:
placed on a cake of ice will boil just
az water boils over hot fire.. 1t
freezes mercury so hard that one can
drive nails in it. The story Ia told that
Mr.. Charles e. Tripler, the expert
menter in liquid air recently took a
quart can OF the remarkable substance
with him on a visit to friend. On
the way he stopped in restaurant to
eat beefsteak. The waiter brought
in q hot broiled steak and placed it in
front of Mr.. Tripler. AS sora as the
walters back was turned Mr.. Tripler
hastily opened the can and exposed the
meat to the liquid air. Instantly the
steak was frozen hard as rock. Wheu
the waiter came back his customer
complained that the steak was frozen
So the waiter called the heat waiter
and the head waiter blamed It all on
the cook and the cook was at Il loss t.
explain, and the result was That the
frozen steak was taken back into til.
kitchen as mysterious currently. 4
new steak was broi1ed for Mr. Triple,
and this one he ate with much relish
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1901-06-07
English Learn from America,

The ice habit is making rapid prog
ress in Great Britain, says Marshall
Halstead, United States consul at Bir-
mingham, due largely to the incessant
clamor for ice in hotels and public
places by the thousands of travelling
Americans. Not very long ago the
attendants of public places in England
where nearly everything except ice
was provided, would be insulted If
one complained because ice could not
be had. Today all first class places
have few small Jumps swimming in
a glass dish, and you pick these out
with sugar tongs; and in country inns
and even in second class public houses
they apologize for not having it.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1901-06-07
EMERALD MINES
IAey were Loaf for csnturiss. bus Hsvs
Keen Rediseovsrod

ASy were Loaf for Centuries. bus Hsvs
Keen Redlseovsrod
what are known as the emerald
mines OF Cleopatra lie Ia the mountain
range that extends for long distance
parallel to the Red sea and Few
leagues vest OF its coast. in Latitude
yather south Of Eofu, on the Nile. says
Ns Geographical Journal. This. ike
some other parts OF the region-such
Is the :porpnyrv Quarries OF Jebel Dok-
han-Was tar better known than it ID
now, and more thickly peoriSd, about
twenty centuries ago, and only during
the present one. so far as we know.
have isolated explorers at long inter-
walls found their way into the treasure
house Of ancient Egypt. When It's rus-
ers first used the emerald for personal
adornment is uncertain. Whether the
large. clear stones which. according TO
ancient authorities. ornamented the
Egyptian temples were really emeralos
is a matter Of dispute, but as this gem
owing to its regular shape, which Is
commonly a six-sided prism-and Us
beautiful unt stands less in need CT
the lapidary's art than many Others, 1t
probably formed part of the regalia
of princes at very early period. That
It was known to the Romans is Ger
tain, and the mines now revisited USED
to send their treasures to the gem cut
ters of the capital. Ever since then
the stone has been highly esteemed.
These mines of the northern Ethbal
seem to have remained untouched since
the decline and fall of Rome caused
them to be deserted. According to Mr..
MacAllister, the workings are only
small passages, hardly more than bur-
rows, e1cavated in the emerald-bear-
ing cyst and sometimes extending for
a long distance. Many scattered ruins
may also be seen-dwellings, watch
towers and tombs, besides those OF fen
settlements. In these. no doubt, the
mining population used to live, and
the difference in style suggest they
were occupied for long time. Some
are mere novels. very roughly built:
others show more careful construc-
ton, while a third group are we'll fin
ished. Mr.. MacAllister also found three
rock-cut temples, for the soft stone
lends itself to that kind of architecture.
He thinks that ''>4ir pillars, though
very primitive i'll y.c. indicate Egyp-
tiAn designs, with traces of Greek in
duance One, indeed. contains a crum-
bling inscription in that language.
Broken pottery, sometimes ornament
ed. is abundant. but there is no evil
dence that the neighborhood attracted
visitors for any but business purposes
Notwithstanding this, there was in
those times settled instead OF
nomad population, and travellers once
must have been rather frequent, for in
one place many drawings of persons,
animals and tribal marks are scratched
upon the rocks. Some Of the figures
evidently are much older than others,
but as whole they recall to memory
the Sinaitic inscriptions which some
forty years ago were believed to be
memories Of the wanderings Of the
Israelites.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1901-06-07
WHEN SUMMER COMES.

Tucks will again be in evidence.
Lace gowns will be worn as of yore
for both day and evening.
Hip yokes, both deep and narrow,
will be feature of skirts of gowns.
Dotted muslins in solid colors with
contrasting dots will flourish in femi-
nine favor.
White duck or butchers linen will
be used for the shirtwaist for strictly
tailor-made wear.
Crushed raspberry and dark and light
faded blue will be the popular shades
in colored shirtwaists.
Lovely edgings and insertions from
Vienna. Lyons and Paris will charm
ingly adorn warm weather toilettes.
Practical gowns will be of chambray,
linen crash, denim and other firm wash
goods, trimmed with white or colored
pique or embroidery.
White and tinted chiffon, in the
forms of various kinds of flowers, some
with jeweled centers and petals simu-
lating dewdrops, will be used on hand
some evening round hats.
Soft chips and Neapolitan straws
which can be manipulated easily into
any shape are promised features of
millinery.-PhiiadelpEia Times.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1901-06-07
sHoT AND SHELL

Honor is not in honorA
Good morals make the best manners
A man must be greater than his
work
Bridling sin is like Harvesting ser
penis
The church that upholds the world
cannot uplift it
The devil never misses the church
business meeting.
Greatness is not in being lifted up
but in growing up.
The kingIiest are those who are kin
to the King of Kings.
The wrath of God is like that OF the
sunlight with darkness or dirt
If the Gospel is impracticable here.
then heaven Is impossible there.
Christ would not shield you from
storm. but he can save you from
wreck.
They who live on public opinion
will probably die of popular oporo-
brium.
1t is sad when we are not on good
enough terms with God to call Hin
Father.
He who is crowned by his con-
science cares not if he is condemned
by the crowd.
He who resolves to be better, expect
ing to fail, surely he shall not be dis
appointed.
The spendthrift who is always spend
ing upon himself is as selfish and mean
as the miser.
The man who places the highest
things first will be the first to get the
highest place.
1t is folly to ask pity for your pains
as long as you continue to make your
couch on the DEVILS thorn bush.
God will reward some according to
the sheaves they bear and some ac-
cording to the seed they have scat
tered.
Deeds are the only measure OF our
days.-Ram's Horn.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1901-06-07
Eminent In letter. at -.

Dr. Adolph Harnack, for many years
professor of ecclesiastical history in
the University OF Berlin and the au-
thor of "The History of Dogma" has
Just been elected rector OF the univer-
sity for the ensuing year. His cleo
ton was opposed by the orthodox par
ty, which objects to his somewhat lib
eral views. but the selection Of this
eminent scholar, whose services as the
historian of Christian dogma are ap-
preciated In both hemispheres, is
warmly approved by the whole body
OF German scholars. He has attained
this eminence at the exceptionally
early age Of 49,.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1901-06-07
CLUB LIFE IN CHINA.


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Maadarins and Rich Man CongreEa.. O.
Social PleasureA
Club life in China is not an innova
ton from the west. For centuries tht
rich Chinaman has had his club, ant
as a rule 1t is quite as elegant an af.
fair as are the aristocratic clubs OF
New York and Chicago. Most of the
large Chinese cities, such as Cantor
and Pekin, contain club for manda.
rims and rich men with pretensions tc
rank. Some have political faint
some are merely social. but all have
one peculiar feature. This is room
or oratory set strictly apart for relig-
ious exercises. In the oratory the
image Of Chinese god is placed.
From time to time members OF the
club enter the sanctuary to offer their
devotions. Apparently 1t is no I'M.
common thing at the beginning or sue
cessful ending of great enterprise
such as, say, the murder OF an enemy
or the consummation of political
conspiracy-to see Chinaman hasten
ing from the secular part OF his club
pSdl IuS A1CA oAS1 AAG "a q ~ oS ca 4OA
the god in the club sanctuary. He OBJ
serves Ills devotions with a gravity
that bears witness to his sincerity.
Some devout Cinnamon visit the god
the moment they enter the club build
ing and again PROSTATE themselves
the last thing before leaving. The
club god Is not usually war divinity,
but now, in the centers where the
Boxers" hold sway undisturbed 1t is
more than probable that the Boxer
god has been placed In all the clubs
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1901-06-07
DOCTOR YOURSELF.

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Goods; name what you want.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1901-06-07
A Sprained Ankle Quickly Cured.

Eat one time suffered from severe
sprain of the ankle" says Geo. E.
Carey, editor of the Guide, Washington,
Va. "After using several we'll recon-
mended medicines without success, I
tried Chamberlain's Pain Balm, and am
pleased to say that relief came as soon
as began its use and complete cure
speedily followed Sold by al Drug
gistA.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1901-06-07
JOHN SEBASTIAN, G.. p. A, CHICAGO.

Excursion Rates to the Pan-American
Exposition, Buffalo, N. Y.
via the North Western Line, will be
placed in effect May LIST, and on Tues
DAYS especially low-rate ticke,s will be
sold with favorable return limits. Di-
rect connection at Chicago, with fast
trains of all lines to Buffalo. For fur
Their particulars, apply to agents. An
illustrated booklet will be mailed on
receipt of two cents postage by w. b.
Kniskern, General Passenger and Tick
ct Agent, Chicago.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1901-06-07
White itsN e Visitor

About 500 persons day l. av.
srage visit the white house the YEA.
round. The number rises sometimes
to $500 to 1000, and the hours cor Wis
itors are not many, being from 10 a. m
70 2 p. m. In spite of this constant
tread the beautiful old-gold figured car
Dst In the east room looks as well q
When Il va drst put down.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1901-06-07
CALIFORNIA AND THE NORTHWEST

On every Tuesday in February, March
and April the Iowa Central Railway
will sell one way Settlers and Colo
nists' excursion tickets to points in
California, Oregon, Washington Mon
tana, Idaho and British Columbia at
very low rates-lower than ever before.
Tickets for California points sold on
Tuesdays will be honored for passage
in Tourist Cars of the Iowa Central
Railway on Wednesdays of each week.
For full particulars call On Iowa Cen
raj ticket agents, or address Geo. S.
Batty. &. p. s. T. A, Marshalltown Ia
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The San Francisco call., 1901-10-31
GREAT CARE TAKEN IN
DOCKING THE OREGON

SEATTLE, Oct. So.-The battleship Ore
gon is now on the Government drydock
at the Puget Sound Navy Yard, where she
was taken last Friday to undergo repairs
to her keel, which was severely strained
when she struck on the rocks some
months ago. Later she will be given a
general overhauling and painting, More
than ordinary care was necessary on ac-
count of the strained keel and for many
days prior to the docking extraordinary
preparations were made for the reception
of the big war vessel.
In order that she might rest gently on
the blocks, instead of pumping all the
water from the dock, as is usually the
case, only about six feet was taken out.
Shores were then placed in position and
two divers entered the water to adjust
wedges and blocks carefully about the
keel before any great part Of the weight
of the battleship was allowed to rest. The
remainder of the water has since been
pumped from the dock and the damaged
part of the hull exposed.
The San Francisco call., 1901-10-31
SAIL SOUTH
To TRY T|LLEY
Officers and Warships
on Way to Samoan
Islands.

HONOLULU, Oct. 23.-The new battle
ship Wisconsin arrived here to-day en-
route to Pago Pago from the Bremen
haven naval station. She has on board
Admiral Casey, who is to off1ciate on the
court-martial to try Commander Tilley
Governor of Tutuila, on charges of con-
duct unbecoming an officer and a gentle
man. Captain Merry, naval commandant
at Honolulu, who is also a member of the
commission. will take passage for Pago
Pago on the Solace. which is expected
here in a few days.
The steamship Moana, arriving to-day
from Australia en- route to Victoria
brings news that bubonic plague has
again appeared at Brisbane. According
to the reports Of her officers the dis
ease appeared just as the YES
sci arrived from Sydney at Brisbane.
The victim was sick few hours and died
on the day. that the Moana was in port.
all indications pointing to plague as the
cause of death. The Moana was not quar-
antined here.
No appeal has been perfected to the
United States Supreme Court against the
new income tax law here, and some of
those interested in the original proceed
ings to contest the law are considering a
withdrawal from the case, in view of the
decision by the Supreme Court of Hawaii
THAI the law is valid.
The San Francisco call., 1901-10-31
LOCOMOTIVE WRECKS
CROWDED AUTOMOBILE
Chauffeur Fournier and Several New
York Friends Injured in
Serious Accident.

NEW YORK, Oct. 30.-As Henri Four
nier, the French chauffeur, was crossing
the tracks in an automibile in which five
other men were seated the machine came
into collision with a locomotive and dis
astrous results followed. All six men
were hurt and the machine smashed
The names of those in the party and the
extent of their injuries were:
N. B. Fullerton, a special agent of the
passenger department of the Long Is
land railroad; badly cut about the head
and face and compound fracture of one
leg. A. G. Batcheldor, chairman of the
National Cyclists Association Board of
Control; broken leg and other injuries.
J. H. Gerrie, broken shoulder and leg
Arthur Lewis of this city, cuts on face
and hand and ankle sprained. Henri
Fournier, foot sprained. Henry J. Ever
all, bruised and cut and leg sprained.
The party was on its way to New York
when the accident occurred, having been
out all day in company with William K.
Vanderbilt Jr. in his machine looking for
a good road, on which it was Fournier's
intention to try for the mile record to-
morrow.
The San Francisco call., 1901-10-31
DEATH CLOSES TRAGEDY
OF A YOUNG GIRLS LIFE
Sad Career of Pretty San Francisco
Miss Comes to an End
in Seattle


SEATTLE, Oct. 30.-When the body of
pretty 1S-year-old Ada Miners was laid to
rest in a lot in Lake View Cemetery yes
terday morning the closing chapter was
added to a sad career. Several months
ago the girl left her home in San Fran
cisco. Her parents were poor and she, be-
ing left to shift for herself, came to Seat
tie. She believed that she could find work
here by which she would be able to earn
a living. Upon her arrival here she found
employment. For several months she
struggled along and by close living was
able to provide herself with clothing and
occasionally send few dollars to her
mother and father at home. Finally,
growing discouraged, she started out to
seek what she had an idea were the pleas
ures of life. Later she was induced to en-
ter a resort on Washington street con-
Quoted by a woman known to the police
as Lila Young She went to the house on
Wednesday, October %. She was a corpse
two days later
Upon her arrival at the house she COM
planned Of being Ill. A physician was sum-
moned and the following day she was re-
moved to the Monod Hospital. 1t was seen
by those in attendance that an operation
was necessary to save the young girls
life. 1t was performed by two Seattle
physicians. The awful truth then came to
light The girl was found to be in a dy-
ing condition, and by her own hand. On
Friday she succumbed.
Her parents in San Francisco were COM
municated with, but replied that they
were in too poor circumstances to defray
the expense of their daughters burial.