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Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1902-01-24
IN Il NUTSHELL

An size. not counting colonies, the
European powers stand In this order;
Russia. Austria, Germany. France,
United Kingdom. Italy.
white List FOR l1anaEsrs.
New York, like London. is TO have
q white list" Of theatrical managers
An organization calling itself the
Women's anti-vice committee ha.
come into existence. and Its avowed
purpose is to protect the chorus girl
The manager who is on the list will
be there because the committee will
have decided that he treats chorus
girls of his company properly. Public
placarding with the aim of public boy
colt Will be the fate Of the manager
who does not get q certificate Of high
moral rating. Chicago Tribune.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1902-01-24
Sober second rhosxhs.

Sober Second Th0ashs.
TOsa-'Was It hard TO tell Miss Au-
Mmnal you loved her 20
Jack--"Not half so hard a. It was to
explain matters after ! got sooer."-.
Chicago Msws.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1902-01-24
Queer Japanese Custora-

At the birth of a Japanese baby .
tree is planted that must remaia un-
touched until the marriage OF the
child. Wnen the nuptial hour arrives
the tree is cut down and the wood =
transformed into furniture.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1902-01-24

II We could only look at our OWL
troubles as phiiosophically 40 We do
at Tho. Of Others happiness wouls
10 NC sas y
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1902-01-24

&sS Mrs Nancy 1IlIHn SoioiSu
woman Of Milbun, N. is fo5
years old.
The largest saddiery and harness
store in Natchez, Miss, is run by a
colored man. Thre- fourth OF his
customers are white.
The man agement Of the Northern
!. Pacific railroad has issued an order
that hereafter no colored waters
shall be placed on the dining cars
where the other employees are white.
There has been cons iderable trouble
on HAT road between the colored
and white help.
A civil service examination for
mail carriers and clerks was held IN
Atlanta, Ga, recently, and out OF
1,5 applicants, 26 were colored.
Only ID Of The whole number passed.
and ~ Of these were colored.
Mr.. Booker I. Washington Of the
Tuskegee Institute was Tecectly OFT
cred One Thousand Dollars per
week for as many weeks as he would
accept to lecture under the auspices
of northern lecture bureau.
Owing to the absorbing character
of tie work at Tuskegee he has
been compelled TO decline the offer
-Colored American.
70 the Republican Voters of Des
Moines:
am a candidate for the republican
nomination for mayor of Des Molnes.
Should l be preferred over other cam
didates l pledge myself to stand for
a progressive and economical admin
istration Of the affairs of the city
Whatever knowledge | have acquired
from many years experience in bust
ness and public Office viii be devoted
to the best interests of Des Moines.
1 will favor the reduction of taxa
ton to the lowest point consistent
with the necessities of our growing
CITY. and such q distribution of the
city's income as will insure clean
streets.
stand for the employment of
home labor in all public works and
for the enforcement OF the eight hour
laws enacted for the benefit of the
wage earners.
shall at all times stand ready to
assist the organizations of our pa
triotic citizens in their efforts to in
duce new industries and enterprises
to locate here, and encourage by lib
eral treatment those already estab-
lished.
taxation within the limits of our city
and shall oppose the grant of fran
chises for the use of our streets for
private gain except for adequate COM
pensa ton.
I stand for the wise enforcement
of all laws and for the minimizing
of criminal lawlessness. 1t will be
my earnest endeayor to improve the
morals and efficiency of the police de-
partrEent and favor the enactment of
state laws placing the various city de-
partrnents under civil service regula
tions always, providing that the meth
Cd Of selection OF any civil service
cerilitission shall be consistent with
home rule.
Yours respectfully,
J. p. Patrick.
he Couecss Antique seaeaary
Sta afford White is one OF the largest
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1902-01-24
FHiLLs OF FASHION.

Variations in childrer's gowns bios
som out from time to time, even thong,
they are very slight, and small girl
rival their mothers In their ambitici
to keep up to date.
Soft wool materials make up YER,
flannel the collar may be made Of tn,
same and trimmed with rows OF narrow
braid or velvet ribbon. Skirts OF tn
small gowns are usually plain, but thu
older girls have some sort of trimming
either tucks stitched bands, rufies o.
velvet folds, stitched on.
The long-waisted mode, in which ths
Is conspicuously evident among thu
gowns for girls over 10 years OF age
and the small gowns for dainty little
girls Of initiate this fashion as mucl
as possible by having the long walls;
all around. Guimpa dresses, which
never seem to go out OF style, are suit,
able for all ages, from to the more
mature years Of middle age.
Bolero Jackets are very popular i.
the kingdom of small costumes, and the
attempt to produce the effect Of stol;
ends is seen in one little gown, wherc
narrow lace revers are carried down tbs
entire length CT the front, rs shown II
the illustration. Another pretty effect
is made b. two box plaits in front, one
at either side from the yoke to tn,
hem. and two III the back, giving :
long effect to the waist, which is de-
fined with q marrow velvet belt ending
in small velvet rosettes at either sids
of the front On the plaits. The skirt
gSt&es5 Sn so rne waist between thu
plaits, which apparently are ccntin.
uation Of those in the waist. A sailor
collar of lace covers the shoulders in
the back and opens il, front over .
yoke of tucked white silk or batiste.
Thin gowns OF point d'esprit for part,
wear are variously trimmed witt
ruches, ruf11es, lace insertion and rows
Of colored satin ribbon. A pretty feat
IRE OF the small girls costume is thu
coat and hat TO match.--New York
Syn.
Human Nature E1r,npllHsd.
An Atchison father who has lazy
worthless son sent him adrift ON Sat
urday at noon, saying he never want
ed to Sc him again. The youna man'
mother carried on in a pitiful way. blu
the father was inexorable, the young
man must get out aud shift fer him
self. The young man Wen, away say
ing he would return a rich nsal som
day and make his father Ashamed O.
himself? His mother said he was /
noble boy, and swooned. Thss nigh
at 6 O'Clock the Kitchen door open,
softly, and the yoIng man came u:
carrying = small arnful OF wood. Whe
supper was ready he took his ASA:
place at the table, and ate with his &C
customed appetite. The father 81.
nothing, but the mother waited or he
son wifL unusual care, as thoug'l I
had retur 7ed with the fortune lie hi,
talked aboslt at Noon. AtehisoR Globe
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1902-01-24

The largest saddlery and harness
storein Natchez, Miss, is run by
colored man. Threfourth Of his
customers are white.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1902-01-24
RACE ECHOES.

Mrs. Nancy Griffin colored
woman Of Milbun, n J is ro5
years old.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1902-01-24

A civil service examination tor
mail carriers and clerks was held IN
Atlanta, Ga, recently, and out OF
12s applicants. 20 were colored.
Only IA of the whole number passed.
and IL Of these were colored.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1902-01-24

FDai1y. fDaily.
All other trains daily except Sunday
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-07-05
HOUSE IN WHICH PAINE LIVED NEAR NEW ROCHELLE.

had lost his wife the year following
his marriage to her, and had separat-
ed from second by mutual consent
He afterward had as companion a
Nine. de Bonneville, a Frenchwoman,
whose husband had been ruined in
England by publishing '"The Rights of
Man, With her two sons, she &C
companied Paine to America and took
up her abode with him on his farm.
Here they lived life of the strict
est seclusiOn; for, although Paine was
occupied in a variety of active pur-
suits, his attacks upon religion had
greatly narrowed his circle of &C.
quaintances and rendered him an OBJ
ject of aversion to his neighbors. I'm
der the leadership of the clergy, they
Instituted crusade against him with
the avowed object of driving him from
town.
His last days were spent in his city
house, No, 203 Blocker street, New
York. 1t was a melancholy ending to
a brilliant and active career. Suffer
ing from complication of disorders
brought on by his habitual intemper-
ance, he dragged out the last hours of
his life propped up in a chair by a
window, porting over the pages of a
book and drinking at frequent inter-
walls from bottle of brandy that
stood on table at his elbow. It is
said that as death approached, the
noise in busy Blocker street caused
him excruciating agony, and it was
found necessary to remove him to a
house in Grove street, where he
breathed his last on June 8, 1909.
Paine had been born among Quak-
ers in England, so permission was
asked to bury his body in the Gem.
etery of the Society of Friends. This
was refused on account of his de-
istical writings, and it was found nee
essary to seek elsewhere for a place
of burial. At last permission was OBJ
tanned to bury the body in the grave
yard of Trinity Episcopal church, New
Rochelle, and the vestrymen ordered
a grave to be prepared for it's recep-
ton. The funeral procession started
from New York and proceeded along
the old Boston Post Road, and, as it
passed by several churches along the
route, was greeted with demonstra-
tions of intolerance that it is difficult
for the present generation to under
stand. The clergymen, seeing the
procession coming, ordered a vigorous
ringing of the church bells to indicate
their joy in the great deist's death.
On arriving at New Rochelle the
procession went to the little cemetery
of Trinity Church, where the grave
diggers were awaiting it's arrival by
the side of the grave they had pre-
pared. The coffin was lifted from the
hearse and lowered into the excava-
ton; but, as the gravediggers were in
the act of covering it with earth the
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-07-05
THE EXTRAORDINARY PART OF IT
Unkind Comment on Little Town in the
State of Maine.

Unkind Comment on Little Town in the
State of Maine.
Down in the state Of Maine is
stretch of the poorest, sandiest soil in
all New England, and it is officially
known as the town of Durham: It's
soil is by-word and a scofing in the
rest of the state, says the New York
Times. 1t is there that Frank w.
Sanford, the evangelist, built his
famous Holy Ghost and Us" school.
and called it Shiloh. One of the lead
ing citizens of the little town became
in that condition which permits of
the heirs squabbling for what has
been left behind. Shortly after that
event the Rev. Mr.. Sanford was at
Lewiston, and met the champion wag
of all Down East" the Hon. Stephen
W. Carr of Bowdoinham, insurance
commissioner for the state of Maine
He had known Mr.. Sandford's late
neighbor, and the departed acquaint-
ance became the subject of converse
ton. Mr.. Carr remarked:
Smart, energetic, thrifty man; left
a tidy little property
The reply in a surprised tone was:
"Why, he left only $4O0!"
eyes, but just think of that"
drawled Carr. "He accumulated all
that $500 in the town of Durham!"
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-07-05
European University Songs.

The conspicuous scarcity of char
acteristic songs in British as COM
pared with German universities is
probably due to other causes besides
the relative Indifference to musical
culture of British youth. The under.
graduate of Oxford or Cambridge
does not take himself with that prodi.
gious seriousness which characterizes
the student of Bonn or Jena, and is
not naturally inclined to regard his
university career as 4 separate idyllic'
phase Of existence deserving OF rev.
erent and enthusiastic lyrical treat
ment. His general athletic bias
makes him regard musical men" of
serious cast as class apart, whose
proselytes are fortunately few, while
on the occasions when his triumphant
soul seeks relief in more or less me-
lodious outpouringgs, he is apt to find
the simple directness of the latest
Anglo-American musical comedy fit
his needs quite fully. For these diff
ferent reasons, such an attempt as
has once been made recently to pro-
vide English university men with
song book after the German pattern
is not very likely to succeed. There is
neither an adequate demand nor
suitable supply. In Germany there
exists a great mass of student songs,
because for generations the taste of
the student has run in that direction.
In England there are hardly any
songs that have a special suitability
for university life at all, and any Sc
lection made from songs at large is
arbitrary and carries light weight
with Its sintende public. 81
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-07-05

found that his friends body had been
stolen. On making this discovery he
hurried to New Rochelle and in
formed the constable of what had
happened. That officer Immediately
organized a party to pursue the grave
robbers
Anticipating the possibility of pur-
suit Goblet urged his team to brisk
trot, and ratified over the rough high.
way at q great rate of speed: For he
knew that if he could cross the Kings
Bridge without detention he would be
safe from arrest, as he would be in
New York County, beyond the juris.
diction of the officers of Westchester.
But the constable was hot on his
TRAIL A mile from Kings Bridge DUR,
suers and pursued came within hear.
ing of each other. The constab1e's
men could plainly distinguish the
sound Of wagon wheels ahead, and,
realizing that those with the body
were making every effort to escape
them, whipped their horses to a fu-
rious gallop. But it was in vain. Mr..
Goblet reached the Kings Bridge
ahead of them, and dashed over it to
safety, just as they came galloping up
on their painting steeds. .-..:
Numerous theories have been ad.
vanced as to Mr.. Cobbett's DISPOSE.
ton of Paine's body. The corpse is
supposed to have been taken to Eng.
land, Mr.. Goblet intending to demand
its interment in Westminster Abbey.
But the people of England refused to
receive it, and Mr. Corbett, it is said,
to avoid arrest, threw it into the
Thames. Others say that the body
was taken to the East Indies. The
most probable story Of all, however,
lis that which credits Goblet with
having given the body decent burial
in 3 remote English churchyard, ali
though some authorities say It rests
il France. New York Tribune.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-07-05
T BIG g. GAME 4, y IN n. MEXICO ].
RETURNED TRAVELLER DECLARES
~ "A HUNTERS PARADISE. I.
ferocity and Eighth. Qualities of the
Wild Hog Are Probably Unequaled-;
Mountain Lions Stalk Their Human
Prey for Miles.

A civil engineer recently returned
from the hacienda of Jimulco, in
Coahuila, Mexico, an immense prop
erty containing over 1000 square kilo-
meters, tells some stirring tales of
shooting wild game. Antelopes
abound, but great care is necessary
in approaching these willy creatures,
owing to their habit of always. plac-
ing one or two on guard while the rest
of the herd is feeding. The sentinels,
faithful to their duty, remain with
head erect, peering and shifting to the
four points of the compass, and give
swift alarm the moment an enemy
appears in sight.
Not long since party of young
men were hunting the javali, or wild
hog, and coming up with number,
one OF the hunters succeeded in kill
Ing one and discounted to secure it.
AS he approached his prey dozen or
more Javali that were hiding in the
tall grass attacked him ferociously,
and one fastened his tusks in the
hunters heel, hanging on like grim
death. The others came to their COM
panlon's assistance, and the brute was
killed, but the tusks were sunk so
deep into the heel that the hogs
jaws had to be pried apart with a gun
barrel before the man was freed.
Strange as it may seem, the wound
closed quickly, and with no serious re-
suits.
On this same hacienda are both wild
dogs and wild burros, the latter being
remarkably swift and hard to take
The dogs are said to be large and very
savage, with ugly countenances and
extremely long, coarse hair. Some
time ago a pup was caught and tanned,
developing into fine watch dog, but
though every effort was made to Sc
cure a mate for him it has not been
possible.
It is not generally realized that the
mountain lions of Mexico will attack
man, but several recent encounters
show him to be as dangerous for men
as for beasts. One of the mozos in
a recent hunting party had but one
hand, the stump of his left arm BEAR
ing witness to terrible struggle with
lion he had shot and then approach
ed, thinking the brute was dead. A
gentleman who has hunted in the
state of Sonora tells of certain
spring where two men have been
killed by lions while quartering there
for the night. These brutes follow a
man for miles, like panther, lured
on by the human scent and hopes OF
finding an opportunity to spring on
the traveller. A mountain lion was
recently killed in Michoacan that
measured three meters from tip to
tip. |;
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-07-05
No Bed in Sight.

A delegation from Findlay, Ohio,
went to Washington last week to ar
que for a federal building. Two were
farmers. When they got to Colum bus
the party changed to a sleeping car.
One Of the farmers protested.
Il don't know about this here
sleepin' car business" he said. Il
hain't in favor of this delegation put
tin on no such style"
"Why, gol durn We, Jim," said the
other taking his colleague aside,
''don't be shown your ignorance.
You're going off at half-cock. This
hain't no sleepin car. They hain't a
bed in sight,"
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-07-05
THE HUMOR OF LIFE + &,
BEST JOKES OF THE DAY PUT IN
CONDENSED FORM. u
A Well-Trained Husband-YounS Mrs.
Torkins Endeavors to Console Her
Husband-Man of Genius and Hi,
Request for Information.
No Cut In Rates.

Clinton Zimmerman has just re-
turned from visit to Ohio and on his
journey out there he went into a little
railway station to have dinner. At the
end of his order he said:
Bring me a demi-tasse, Also"
The waiter stared. whats that?"
he asked.
"A small cup of Coffee" Mr.. thinner
mann exclaimed. "A small cup of
black coffee-see that it's good coffee,
please-demi-tasse means half a cup"
law, g'Wan," said the waiter. Il
amt a-goin' to bring you no half cup
We don't sell nothin less than five
cents here" New York Times.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-07-05

Rev. MIR. Bayard, the rector, came run.
ming to the spot in great excitement
and ordered them to STOP
Paine's friends then remembered
that in his will he had reserved for
himself twenty square feet on his
farm as a place Of burial; but, I'M
fortunately, he had omitted to name
location: They proceeded to the
farm to carry out his last wish, but
Nehemiah Purdy, who had acquired
possession, refused to allow them on
the premises. In this dilemma they
were obliged to bury Paine's body in
the right of way to his farm.
The present monument is supposed
to mark the spot where the body was
buried, but those who raised the shaft
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-07-05

idol. lay in neglected wayside grave
without a stone to mark it's location
he was indignant, and resolved to take
it away and give it honorable burial
elsewhere.
For this purpose he engaged the
services of two negroes, and, having
sworn them to secrecy, awaited a IA
vorable opportunity to put his project
in execution. Selecting dark, cloudy
night, he hired a team and wagon
and, accompanied by the negroes
started out from New York. They
reached Paine's grave shortly before
midnight and disinterred the body.
AS they were in the act of LIFTING
the coffin into the wagon, Andrew Con
tant Of New Rochelle, a former friend
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-07-05
ics Of the Life and
death Of Thomas Paine

In the suburbs Of New Rochelle, fac
ing North street on the east, stands a
granite obelisk, inclosed by a stone
fence and overshadowed by trees. It
is the monument erected in 1889 in
memory of Thomas Paine, the author
OF THE Rights of Man." Common
Sense" and ''The Age Of Reason" by
the Paine Historical Society.
The ideas expressed in his age of
Reason" raised storm of popular in
dignation against him, and when on
his return to America he took up his
residence among the descendants of
the stern Huguenots of New Rochelle
they treated him as an outlaw.
Indeed, he appears to have enjoyed
little comfort in his country home. He
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-07-05

William Cobbett, the celebrated politi-
cal writer, who at the time was an ex-
lie from England, on account of an at
tack he had made upon the British
government. Goblet was one of
Paine's most ardent admirers. He
regarded him as one of the greatest
of English writer's. So, on coming an
exile to America, he made a pilgrim.
age to Paine's grave, to show the deep
generation in which he held his mem
DRY. On finding that the body of his
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-07-05

of Paine's, happened to drive by, and
noticing the glimmer of lanterns by
the roadside, stopped his horse. He
saw the shadowy figures of three men
moving mysteriously about Paine's
grave, and a team and wagon waiting
close by. Presently the men lifted an
oblong object from the ground, de.
posted it in the wagon, mounted to
the seat and drove off in the direction
of the city.
According to this story Mr.. Contant
then fastened to Paine's grave and
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-07-05

made an error as to the exact loca-
ton. About thirty feet south of it
stands hourishing hickory tree, and
near it are the stumps of two locust
posts. Years ago, the father of Henry
M. Lester, of New Rochelle, placed
these posts, with two others that have
long since rotted away, at the four
corners of Paine's grave, and subse-
quently the hickory tree sprouted
from the mound.
Several years after it's burial the
corpse was taken from it's grave by
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-07-05
y = l-4-- - - l,I'W| N7l+. II,4- 2 =
ID, Worth Trying Again.

The impecunious author passed over
the manuscript with faltering hand.
The aged, but truthful, editor started.
: "Er-Mr. Wrightly," he said, with
the air CT man who has just become
saddled with great thought, Ibid you
ever hear that Walter Scott received
the suggestion of his first successful
novel while he was washing his
hands?"
Il believe I read of It," STAN
mered the impecunious author, slip.
ping his hands into his pocket A far
away look came into the face of the
aged but truthful editor.
II was merely throwing out the sug-
gestion," he said softly.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-07-05
Not Onto Mad

Lawyer-Were you acquainted with
the deceased?
Witness-Only in business way. I
was clerk in a large store at which
the lady did much of her shopping.
Lawyer-Did you, in that capacity,
notice in her any signs of insanity?
Witness-Well, no; not insanity ex-
actly-mere eccentricity. was in the
thread department, and I have fire.
quently seen ner buy spool of thread
and carry it home hereself.-New
York Weekly.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-07-05
Inconvenience Of knowledge.

First medical student-What's wor-
rying you?
Second medical student-You know l
am desperately in love with Miss
Beautie.
Eyes, and I have noticed lately that
she has sad, dreamy, soulful express
sion"
That's it. I don't know whether
it's love or her liver'-New York
Weekly.