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Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1902-03-21
The Diamond Bracelet
By MRS. HENRY WOOD.
Author Of East Lynne. Etc.

and said It. She is lovable and at
tractive girl, and she does not and will
not marry; you are the cause"
my darling"
stay, Gerard" she gravely inter-
rupted; those words of endearment
are not for me. Give them to her; can
you deny that you love herr"
Perhaps do--in degree. Next to
yourself
Put me out of your thoughts while
we speak. If were-where | so soon
shall be, would she not be dearer to
you than any one on earth? Would
you not be we'll pleased to make her
your wife," e.
Eyes, might be-
THAT is enough, Gerard, Frances,
come hither." ...
The conversation had been carried
on in a whisper, and Lady Francis
Chenevix came towards them from a
distant window. Alice took her hand;
she also held Gerard's.
II thought you were talking secrets,
said Lady Frances. 80 l kept away"
LAS we were," answered Alice.
Frances, what can we do to keep him
among us? Do you know what COL
Hope has told him."
"No. What?"
"That though he shall be reinstated
in favor as to money matters, he shall
not be in his affection, or in the house,
unless he prove sorry for his rebellion
by retracting it. The rebellion. you
know, at the first outbreak. when Ger
ard was expelled from the house be-
fore that unlucky bracelet was ever
bought; think he is sorry for It; you
must help him to be more so'
Fanny" said Gerard. while her eye
lids dropped, and the damask mantled
in her cheek. deeper than Alice's hec-
tic. will you help me?' a
'.As II 1 could make head or tail out
Of what you two are discussing!" cried
she by way of helping her out Of her
confusion. so she attempted to turn
away; but Gerard caught her to his
side and detained her"
"Fanny-will you drive me again
from the house?"
She lifted her eyes twinkling with a
little spice of mischief. II did not
drive you before"
In a manner, yes" he laughed.
'Do. you know what did drive me-"
She had known 1t at the time, and
Gerard read it in her conscious face.
Il see it ALL" he murmured, drawing
her closer to him; you have been far
kinder to me than deserved. Fanny,
let me try and repay you for it,
Frances endeavored to look dignified,
but it would not do, and she was
obliged to brush away the tears of hap
piness that struggled to her eyes. Alice
caught their hands together and held
them between her own, with mental
aspiration for their life's future happi-
ness. Some time back she could not
have breathed it in so fervent spirit;
but-as she had said-the present
world and its hopes had closed to her.
But you know, Gerard" cried Lady
Frances. in saucy tone, III you ever
do help yourself to bracelet in reality,
you must not expect me to go to prison
with YOU
Yes, SHALL" answered he, far more
saucily; "a wife must follow the for
tunes of her husband"
THE END.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1902-03-21
ANDERSON ROAD BILL PASSES
Completely Alters Present Road SIS
trict System.


Des Moines, March 19.-One OF the
most important bills introduced dur
Ing, the present session OF the general
assembly was passed by the house
yesterday. It is practically the Ander.
son road bill, making the township the
unit In establishing road districts. The
bill has had a hard pathway through
the house. When first introduced 1t
was referred to the committee on roads
and highways and substitute recon.
mended for passage. This measure
was called up, and Anderson succeeded
in having 1t referred to the judiciary
committee and before the latter com.
mittee had the substance of his OVID
bill recommended for passage.
This measure was a special order
for 1880 yesterday morning. 1t was
taken up section by section and per-
fected in order to meet all the princi.
pal objections that had been urged
against it. Briefly this v.Ai provides
for a revision of the code, striking out
such sections as provide for the divi'
sion of a township in road districts
and for the election Of road superYls
ors.
Each township is to be made road
district, the road districts to be con.
solidated by the township trustees at
the regular meeting in April. 1903, and
all funds belonging to the road dis
tricts of said townships shall at once
become general township road fund.
out of which all claims for work done
or material furnished for road purposes
shall be paid. Another inSortant
change is that the property road tax
for the year 1903 shall be Levied as
heretofore and paid in cash and col
lected by the superintendent Of roads.
to be appointed by the trustees or
the township clerk, in lieu Of the cleo
ton of road supervisors.
The new law practically provides
for the payment of all poll tax In cash
as we'll as the property road tax. 1t
fixes the amount of poll tax at $50,
or in lieu thereof two days labcT OF
eight hours each. BY making road Ia.
Dor worth about IS cents day it In.
sures the general payment OF tax in
cash. The provision is merely to
reach such parties as never have any
money. The vote on the bill was -
ayes and 6 nays.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1902-03-21
WAR CLAIM TO BE REDUCED.
Government Agent sizer Makes Rec.
ommendation.

Des Moines, March 21.-The state
of Iowa will not get over 100000 from
the United States on its war claims.
This is the estimate of the limit placed
by Auditor Sizer Of the treasury de-
partment, when he was here going
over the records with Captain Lothrop
who had been employed by the state
to assist in the work.
Mr. Sizer went through .ue ac-
counts very carefully. He contended
that the payments of the government
to the state as made from time to
time during the war and Immediately
afterwards, should nave been applied
- the state to the payment of the
bonds of the state on which the mon
ey was borrowed and to the payment
of interest then due. In fact, the
earliest payments were turned direct
into the states war funds. If the po
sition taken by Mr.. Sizer is main.
tanned then Iowa Will not get more
than 100000 at the outside and may
not get that much.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1902-03-21
NAMED BY THE GOVERNOR.
Judge Kline Reappointed to Board OF
Control

Judge Kline Reappointed to Board OF
Control
Des Moines, March 17.--1n a sealed
communication to the senate Satur-
day, Governor Cummins appointed
Judge l.. G. Kline of Des Moines. as
a memb n of the board of control to
succeed himself and T. w. McCurdy
of Buchanan county, as custodian, to
succeed ]. D. McGarraugh of Des
Moines. Governor Cummins in the
course Of the day also appointed Lr.
P. O. Koto Oh Winnebago county. as
state veterinar an. to succeed DR.. ]. /.
Gibson of Denison, and made known
his selections .or the three state mine
inspectors. John Werner of Oskaloosa,
was reappointed as inspector for the
Second district and James W. Miller,
of Des Moines, was reappointed for
the Third district. Edward Sweeny
of Swan, was appointed inspector foE
the First district, to succeed James A..
Campbell of Ottumwa.
Accor ling to law the senate is re-
CURED to confirm the appointments
for the board of control and custod an
If executive session.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1902-03-21
CHAPTER XVII.

Once more Gerard Hope entered his
uncle's house; not as an interloper
stealing into It in secret, but as an
honored guest to whom reparation was
due, and must be made. Alice Seaton
leaned back In her invalid chair, q joy
GUS flush on her wasted cheek, and a
joyous happiness in her eye. Still the
shadow of coming death was there,
and Mr.. Hope was shocked to see her
more shocked and startled than he
had expected, or chose to express.
"Oh, Alice! What has done this?"
That" she answered, pointing to
the bracelet, which, returned to its true
owner, lay on the table. Il should not
have lived many years, of that am
convinced; but I might have lived a
little longer than l now shall. 1t has
been the cause Of misery to many. and
Lady Sarah says she shall never regard
| it but as an ill-starred trinket, or wear
Il with any pleasure"
But, Alice, why should you have
| suffered 1t thus to affect you," he re-
| monstrated. You knew your own in
uocence, and you say you believed and
trusted in mine; what did you fear?"
II will tell you, Gerard" she re-
sumed, a deeper hectic rising in her
cheeks. II could not have confessed
my fear. even in dying; it was too dis
tressing, too terrible; but now that it
is all clear, l will tell it. believed my
| sister had taken the bracelet"
He uttered an exclamation OF amaze
ment.
II have believed it all along. She
had called to see me that night. and
was for a minute or two in the room
alone with the bracelets; l knew she,
at that time, was short Of money, and I
feared she had been tempted to take
it-just as this unfortunate servant
man was tempted. Oh, Gerard. the
dread Of 1t has been upon me night and
day. preying upon my fears, weighing
down my spirits, wearing away my
health and my life. And had to bear
it all in silence-that dreadful silence
that has killed me-"
"Alice, this must have been a NOR
bid fear"
mot so-if you knew all But now
that have told you let us not revert
to it again; it is at an end, and l am
very thankful. That it should so end
has been my prayer and hope; not
quite the only hope" she added, look
ing up at him with a sunny smile; Il
have had another
What is it? You look as If 1t were
connected with me-"
so it is. All, Gerard! Can you not
guess IT,"
"No," he answered, In a stifled voice.
II can only guess that you are lost to
me-"
Lost to all here. Have you forgot
ten our brief conversation the night
you went into exile? l told you then
there was one far more worthy Of you
than I could ever have been"
None will ever be half so worthy;
orr will say it, Alice, in spite Of your
warning hand-haf so loved"
Gerard" she continued, sinking her
voice, "she has waited for you"
Nonsense" he rejoined.
"She has. have watched and seen,
and I know it; and I tell it you under
secrecy; when she is your wife, not
before. you may tell her that 1 saw it
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1902-03-21
CORONATION FLOWER.

Lily Of the Valley, Alexandria Favorits
May Be Chosan. re-
There seems good reason for sup
posing that the lily of the valley,
which has always been the favorite of
Queen Alexandra. will take very
prominent place in the coronation
decorations next June, says the Lon
don Telegraph. It is in that month,
as it happens. that the bloom is at its
best out OF doors. AS it happens, the
lily of the valley can, in these days
be had to almost any extent, and at
any time Of year, owing to a system
Of forcing which, by curious coinci-
dence, was first practiced in this coun-
try on the kings estate at Sandring-
ham. A Dutch cultivator of consid-
cradle repute set up the first factory"
at Dersingham, attracted thither by
the consideration that the soil closely
resembles that in which bulbs are so
successfully cultivated in Holland.
What he did was to import Crowns"
as they were termed, and then, by the
utilization of artificial heat, to bring
them to the Towering stage as and
when desired. So we'll understood is
the practice in this respect that the
lily Of the valley may be made to
bloom to order, and the initiated
know not only the day, but the hour
when the process will be completed
On the other hand, by means Of cold
storage, the stock Of crowns can be
kept In an undeveloped state for a
long while, so as to be always ready
for drawing upon as circumstances
arise. ~
June being the month of roses, there
was some anticipation that these
would be regarded as the coronation
flowers; but the facts outlined above
make it plain that the very general
employment of the queens favorite
would be not only graceful compli-
ment to her majesty. but would have
the charm of novelty, besides present.
ing no serious difficulty. Out of season
the lily of the valley is still compare
lively expensive, but there can be lit
tie doubt that, with the long notice
which Is given, and with the induce
ment which is held out to everybody
who has garden to add to the avail
able supply Of these delicate flowers,
next June. the range of values at the
coronation ought to be anything but
exorbitant.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1902-03-21
SUIT Is COMMENCED.
Executive Council Orders Attorney
~ General to Act.

Des Moines, March 1S.-The state
executive council held meeting yes
terday for the purpose OF considering
the report made by the experts in re-.
gard to the alleged overcharges made
by the former state binder, LATE
Young. The council passed resolu.
ton which gives to Attorney General
Mullan authority to begin an action
against Mr.. Young for the amount
found by the ex. orts to have been I'M
lawfully collected from the state. In
accordance with this resolution it is
expected Mr.. Mullan will prepare his
petition for filing at the next term of
the Polk county court.
Mr.. Young did not avail himself of
the opportunity of appearing before
the council for the purpose OF expung-
ing from the record. so far as possible,
the charges that had been made
against it.
The resolution adopted by the coun.
ell is of considerable length. 1t recites
the fact of Expert Skinner and Hedge
having made an examination Of the &C.
counts of the binder and found that
overcharges had been made amount.
ing to over $4,000: that this report
was referred to Attorney General Null.
Ian: and at the 1atter's request an.
other examination was made by A. S.
Wilcoxen with substantially the same
result. 1t is also stated that Attorney
General Mullan made complete in.
vestigation of the reports and had
recommended that the points involved
in the alleged overcharges were mat
tiers for the courts to determine and
that action should be brought.
This action taken by the council pre-
cludes the possibility of an amicable
settlement of the state bindery scandal
and renders a court airing certainty
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1902-03-21
ATTEMPTS TO WRECK TRAINS.
Boy at Jewell Seems to Have Mania
For PIacinu Stone on track,

For Placing Stone on track.
Jewell, March 13.--Lilas Johnson, a
young farmer boy living near Lake
Cairo, was arrested charged with at
tempting to wreck train. The lad
had been putting rocks and sticks on
the track for some time, and would
stand off to the side to see the train
run over the same. He wac seen do
ing this some time ago, and was told
he would endanger lives by SO doing.
It was reported that he said he didn't
care IL he killed a hundred people.
The trainmen have been on the arert
for some time in going by that place.
On the night of the abuse for which he
was arrested he had taken long piece
of timber. and placed it between the
timbers on the bridge, and also had a
large pile Of rocks ahead of the bridge.
A slow freight preceding the passenger
happened to see the danger and came
to stop just as the pilot of the engine
struck the rocks. G. & N. w. de.
tectives tracked him to his home by
his pigeon" toes. He pleaded guilty
in Justice Kings court, and will BIZ
bound over to the grand jury.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1902-03-21
Lost the Fourth OF july,

An incident occurred during sum-
mer voyage of the army transport
Hancock, which will not soon be for
gotten by the distinguished party Of
American officials then en- route to
Manila. 1t all came about through
the speed Of the trim transport and
the accepted laws laid down in the
Gregorian calendar. The Hancock
made record run from San Francisco
and arrived at the one hundred and
eightieth meridian on the night Of
July :, and. as usual. one day was
lost In the crossing thereof. In this
case the day lost was Independence
day. July 4. and therefore no Scelebrae
tion could be held.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1902-03-21

WHEN You GO TO BUY Brn,,.
Ak TT Russ bleaching Blue Mo- - =.
Russ Company. South Bend. Ind sss ~ ~
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1902-03-21

Paradoxical as it may seem . s,,...
meal 10 one that will 60 around S1s1
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1902-03-21
PROBABLY WILL GET MONEY.
Government Agent Apparently Finds
Iowa War Claims Well Founded.

Government Agent apparently FlndS
Iowa War Claims Well Founded.
Washington, March 17.-Adrian
Sizer of the treasury department, who
was sent to Iowa to investigate the
states claim against the government
on account of the premium on gold
which it was compelled to pay during
the civil war, has returned to Wash
ington and made his report to the
auditor for the war department. The
claim of the state against the general
government amounts TO nearly 100000
and there seems to be nothing that
now stands in the way of It's payment,
at least nothing that Will prevent the
secretary of the treasury from asking
congress to appropriate that sum Of
money to reimburse the Hawkeye state
for the premium it paid on its bonds.
Should Secretary Shaw recommend an
appropriation to pay Iowa's claim the
amount will be made part Of the gen
eral deficiency bill. ts Ya
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1902-03-21

Falling In love is getting .rd.
ave in your affections.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1902-03-21

The man Who hesitates may be lost
but the man who never hesitatas i.
hard to md
As there II any love IN q mans leart
ne cannot I. 4 4 ~ totally depraved. o
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1902-03-21

Total .......... ..... III ,52i ,9o5.4l
THIS the committees figures. Will
leave an apparent deficit of $515, 963..
65 for the biennial period, having fig.
ured that the present surplus and the
3 mill levy contemplated-out OF which
the senate will get small benefit for
the satisfaction CT appropriations
made by this assembly-yields $1,O12..
600 available for expenditure. Actual
ly, however, 100000 of this is ap.
propriated so that the apparent total
Deficit will be 751,963.6S, If appropria.
lions are made as contemplated by
the figures given in the foregoing.
Against this however may be put the
$45O,OOO war claim, the increases in
income from corporations of one kind
or another, the increase in the col.
lateral inheritance tax, etc.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1902-03-21
THE NEWS in IOWA
NAY ExPEND s,,s27.ses.

Committees Make Figures on Basis
Of s Mill Levy.
Dos Noines, Marcn 21.-Appropria'
cious amounting to $1,I.7,963 have
been practically agreed upon by the
legislative committees. This does not
include 4145,oOO OF the Nicksburg and
$50, 900 Of the Lookout Mountain sol
diers', monument appropriations, which
will be expended in the next biennial
period. Following are the Items wMcn
60 to make up the $l,527 1868 extraor,
binary appropriations ~ecided on:
C..,.., t.sn.o,a~or+ & 60 5O0 90
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1902-03-21

You never hear any one csmtsh
A,out Defiance Starch. There n
none to equal It in quality and qslse
tity. 16 ounces, 10 cents. TT I,
now and save your money.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1902-03-21

Better q distant friend than a =
innate enemy.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1902-03-21
rhe Industrial school committee

The Industrial school committee
ssIecommended for indefinite postpone
smeut che bill to create woman's
Irefoa natory building Of the abandoned
tndunt trial school'for the blind at Knox
syille The ways and means committee
Yp0o1 amended for passage the bill to
- onefith Of i mill tax for the State
ASf3cnltural college at Ames. and the
$3.50 University ct Iowa City, and
so&Gnth mill tax to aid the State
Normal school at Cedar Falls.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1902-03-21

A quarrel Is not supposed to b ~
good as new when It's patched up S
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1902-03-21
n re Interurban Railway company. Of

\ The Interurban Halfway company oi
which ii. II. Polk is president, and W..
Hsskit secretary. mas fled q trust
\ Led with the county rscorder con.
sgeyinS liz property. tracks. right Of
" ~ " equipment, etc, to the American
Trust and Savings Bank Of G. Chicago.
Nd Frank h. Jones. trustee. The con-
AsiSeration is $475,oOo in bonds OF ST.
! 60 each ia run for 4 period Of twenty
years, and to bear per cent interest,
payable semi annually from the date
n fhe filing. The property conveyed
s1D tie Chicago bank to be held in trust
5eomprises the lines to Colfax and
rs the proposed site Of the army post.
10 rs described as q ffty-foot strip of
had between the south and east limit,
" De- Moines to the army post site
;and rs Colfax in Jasper county. four
'four.Wheeled cars to be used on the
lines. rails and other equipment neces-
Aary "a IN interuroan line.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1902-03-21

The committee on appropriations
for passage the bill ap-
pfopriating 800 900 for the Vicksburg
Dark commission. stipulating that only
4 $40 200 shall be available during the
dennial period; also the bill appropri-
afing PSI. 900 for the erection of a
stock Pavilion at the state fair
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-06-06

p. Medders. H. Johnson Charles CoryeIl
and Charles M. Carroll have apartments at
Bleak House. Mrs. J. E. Clarke is sojourn-
ing at the Lamborn. Arthur T. Cahiu is
at the Scarborough. Benjamin A. Smith
Is the guest of his friend, W. H. Nelson at
the Rudolf. Col. John r. Chambers, MIR.
and Mrs. Sol Rich and Miss L. E. Rich are
located at the Rudolf for the month DR..
i. Woolverton. United States army, is at
the Sterling, accompanied by his wife. q.
2. Bloom and r. V. Warman are at the
davenport At the Majestic are ]. W.
naugh: Mr.. and Mrs. K. Percell. Miss Vir-
glnia Duvall W. NJ Mathews O. X Dur
nam, II. G. Garland and daughter, Mr.. and
Mrs. W. B. Dickinson, Mr.. and Mrs George
r. Coils, Mr.~and Mrs. Charles w. Ely,
Miss M. Dacey, John l.. Hopkins, M. II.
Troupe, r. w. Troupe, Mr.. and Mrs. G. l..
Snellenburg., T. M. Lannaue and L. p.
sWeed and daughter. Stopping at the Iro-
quots are Mrs. ]. w. Scott. Mr.. and Mrs.
w: j. Newton. Mrs. Richard H. Moorgouse,
Miss Catherine Newton, Miss Ella Moore,
Miss Arthur. Mrs. j. T. Mcclure and c. ].
Bromley.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-06-06
Self Study in Golf
From Atlantic.


The rule OF self-study Is the demand Of
golf that Is oftenest discussed in the trea-
tises, and set forth with the greatest full
ness of illustration and analysis but the
true nature of it, the extent and limit Of 1t,
the little more and the little less Of 1t, Is
best made plain, 1 fancy, only by persist
ing with this same analogy to life which
already. no doubt. Is growing tiresome
For the line between the self-study which is
peedfui and the circumstances which is
fatal is precisely the same in both. You
discover. let US say, that the position Of
your left foot In driving is wrong, and BY
practice ascertain that you should set it
thus, and not so. Nothing, surely, can be
simpler; you will thenceforth avoid the
error. and slice or pull no more. But 1t Is
not merely necessary to place that left foot
properly; 1t Is necessary to leave 1t there.
to withdraw your mind from It, to redis-
tribute your attention, or WILL Or whatever
may be the right term, throughout all the
parts of your anatomy. A hang, catch,
a snap Of the lid. and you are shared /:
your left foot will not down. At every
stroke 1t will offend you. 1t is no longer
yours, but is become q foreign and an
alien thing. 1t rises up and kicks you; it
shall be set upon your neck. Rebellion
and civil war Is let loose within your state.
Conquer It you may, but you know not
when 1t will again grow outrageous. You
are cursed with besetting sin. and in the
time OF stress 1t viii find you out Hence
willing can you doubtfully maintain your
poise between the outward and the inward
thought, and precariOusly regain the whole
ness you have lost.