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Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1903-11-13
NeW northern.
Turkish Baths

r. QUINCY STREET
Near east entrance 20 new Post Once building
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1903-11-13
7 Lo:. q work Tor ld,es t,a,nus.

Loud and urgent are the calls from
western farms and orchards for
scores Of thousands Of wage earners
for the harvesting Of the crops and
the garnerirg Of the fruits But too
many idlers. tramps ind beggars III
our cities, and Ia the country regions
also, turn desf Aars 70 such appeals
and refuse tempting opportunities to
earn honest and comfortable Mvings.
The yagrant spirit, the 'dead-beat"
desire q get along without working.
= too conspicuouS everywhere. New.
York Tribune. 3 W
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1903-11-13
Nj other trains daiiy except Sunday

HoMEsEEKERss EXCURSION.
:One.way rate with two dollars adj
.ditional, for round trip tickets on sale
the first and third Tuesdays of every
month, with limit for return twenty.
one days from date Of sale. See ticket
agents Of Minneapolis y ST. Louis for
information as 70 rates, etc or address
a. B. CUTS, g. p. & IA.
3s Minneapolis, MINI.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1903-11-13

! WANTED-SEVERAL PERSONS or
character and good reputation il each
state Zone in this county required to
and advertise old established
wealthy business house OF solid Rnan-
cial standing. Salary S21.O0 weekly
with expenses additional all para bio
ID cash direct each Wednesday from
head Offices Horse and carriage fur
pished when pescessary. References.
Enclose self ddressed envelope. Col
onial, 332 Dearborn ST.. Chicago.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-08-09
WALLACE CIRCUS WRECKED.
Occurred at Durand. Mich, and TWen.
ty People Killed.

Durand Mich. Aug S.-Wallace
Brothers circus was wrecked in the
Grand Trunk yard here at o'clock
yesterday morning and tWenty-one
men, mostly employees Of the circus,
including few performers. were kill
ed outright. Twenty or more were
injured. some fatally The show was
travelling in two sections over the
Grand Trunk tracks from Lansing to
Lapere, and the accident. ii is said.
was caused by failure Of the second
section Of a train TO stop on time
The two sections were travelling near
each other. and the second ran into
the first at full speed. The engine
e the second section and four cars
ii the first section were completely
demolished Much valuable property
was Destroyed and the loss to the
circus people will be heavy.
Some Of those killed and a few of
those injured were railroad people at
tached TO the train These include
Trainmasrer ]. Mccarthy of the Grand
Trunk Some Of the animals were
killed. The scene in the Grand Trunk
yards after the collision was appalling.
The wrecFage OF the engine and
f3gr cars was strewn about and piled
Gish. while the shria&s Of the injured
and believing OF the frightened ami
mas ceald be heard above the hiss
escaping steam and the excited
shouts o Fescuars. II was some hours
fore al the injured We're rescued
from lie wrecked cars Some Of
zam were in terrible agony. and It
= feared seven more viii die.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-08-09
BY TELEPHONE
A STAMPS, ARK, GENTLEMAN
WINS N ElIO" GIRL FOR
A BRIDE.
Il. j. Scott and Miss Annie Tisdaie
Married After Brief Tel.
ephorio Courtship.

One q the most unique weddings
=aat ever occurred tn=the city OF
stamps took place in the fling room
= "a w.1.tll No Iast Saturday prompt
pm. Rev. Perkins speaking
- solemn words which bound fer
If the destinias Of \. J. SOFT OF
Stamps and Mss Annie Tisdale o
NingsiaRd Ark. says the Stamps Re.
ccr1e..
The circumstances attending this
welding are tinged with a romance
which would satisfy tie most ardent
renancer Miss Annie has been for
some tine past the clever ard accom-
noaarirg hello" girl at the local tel
ep.tne exchange. where she happened
. meet Mr.. Scott. who holds lucra-
tive position with the Bodcav Lun-
Der company as assistant saw hIer
a. mill No. ,.
One day last week Miss Annie was
asked over tbs telephone by her ar
dent admirer if she would marry him.
and she. in a spirit OF fun. answered
Yes when straightway. immediate
y and forthwith Mr. Scott went to
New Lewi:ville and procured a IL
eense. returned and demanded that
Miss Annie we'd him forthwith She
pleaded for time TO consider. and the
importunate Scott renewed his suit
with all the ardor of his nature. final
y winning out, as the sequel shows.
Faint heart ne,er won fair lady"
maxim as old as the hills and one in
which Scott was devout believer
Promptly at o'clock p. N. the
bridal party assembled in the filing
room accompanied by Rev. Perkins.
who, in the presence Of the large
crowd assembled to witness the novel
wedding in a sawmill. in solemn
and very impressive manner. spoke
the solemn words which made them
man and wife.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-08-09
NOTICE..

Bids Will be received tie board
Of public affairs q the e.ty Of Pine
Bluff. Ark. for immo }ta.e delivery.
Of 5S4,S00 No yifride1 paving III. X
Of a quality as good as The CofIey13.,e
brick used IN payI4s Chestnut street.
in the city Of Pine Bluff, Ark. These
bids VIII be opened en- August 3. 1875.
The board reserves the right . re.
jeet any and all bids Address al
bids to R. N. GalbeaiJh. secretary. H.
King White, mayor ana chairman x
board of public affairs. 254
August ), 1903
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-08-09

watch and tend and cook for
Her brave efforts at tidying UP,
sweeping and scrubbing would be
worthy one more than ten years old.
Her hard d-working mother gives her
her share Of praise. She will tell all
who will listen the story Of me old
est little gurl who can already do the
wGrk of a woman"
And little Jennie brightens at the
praise For her it is reward enough.
It would not be worth your while
to offer to take her away from it all.
1t would not be worth your while to
offer to give her a week or day
free from all care in the great, green
couLtry. Like true soldier, she will
stick to 'Ier little company and tell
you that she can not leave them.
What would be swing or a pony
ride to her, or as much pie and cake
as she wanted, spread out upon
snowy Goth under leafy tree, if the
mother who gives her a word OF
praise at the end of the day the
little brother whose face will never
stay washed and the chubby, heavy
baby ~ho makes hzr arms ache, were
not all there?
The little mother OF the slums IS
study for the soeiologist. She IS a
factor in the industrial and economic
problems of every great city, and.
raore tran this, she affords also an
Interesting study for the physiocolo-
gisr, since her development is Of fore
ed growth. Though forced, however,
it is still development, for she does
not daily take up her burdens because
compelled to assume them. The sense
of personal responsibility is keenly
awakened and alert.
And here's a tribute to the liit'x
mother Of the slums. Who is brave,
patient and never thinks of asking
YOU to hold the chubby baby, one-haIf
he own weight. while her scrawny
aud oyerstrained little arms have S
rest. Let all womanhind greet her.
MARGARET H.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-08-09

! IlL Z = y : : IL
B. G. H. Gamn1ill. .
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-08-09
ALITTLE MOTHER OF THE SLUn
PICTORIAL PUZZLE.
-Gr--


"Of course he's not heavy; he's my
brother
No one ever heard a little mother of
the slums complain
She carries a burden one-half her
own weight and never thinks of
Sinking the task.
She is a strange little being, this
bit of childhood and maturity wrap
ped up in one
She has looked upon illness and
death, and all the shifting scenes OF
the tragedy OF poverty, and has played
her role-her little hand has been
helping one all the way through.
She just happened to be in it all, and
no one thought of saving her from it,
and she was too young to save her
self, and, besides that, she was born
with the soul of a heroine ara 4;ould,
not have Stunned it all if she could.
Her possibilities began early in
life-began when she could hardly
more than toddle to hand drink of
water to her mother when another
poor mans jewel was added to the
mean little home that there was al
ways the vain hope Of making better.
Then. as the children came and
grew. and grew more round and rosy,
the harder work was to obtain and
the lower wages fell, it came to be
that wise, old look crept into little
Jennies eyes and the doll made of
2 bottle with a piece of calico wrapped
around it lay neglected.
Shifting from one arm to another
the chubby baby who somehow seems
to feel a personal responsibility as to
his weight, the little mother Of the
slums from morning until night at
tends upon his comfort anu safety.
There remains enough OF childhood in
her soul 10 want to frisk away, arms
free and swinging. with the other
children. 10 gather the bits OF ice that
fly from the wagon when The iceman
chips a big block. and her feet yearn
to trip VIXEN an organ grinder wends
his way down the dusty street, but
not once does she deposit the chubby
baby on the pay n.enJ or return him
TO his motHef at #Wash5ah that she
may follow t5e.e inel5natioas.
The chubby ba9E does not mean 70
show any sign 81 GisJrasr when he
clutches his uns IeaaE bearer by the
shoulder during tie from arm-to-arn
shifting process. 1t s probably the
self-preserYation instinct and an early
developed wish to help things along
as much as possible that causes Il
involuntary movement. Indeed, there
is an eager look in his bright little
face that plainly says Goodness me,
how glad ! will be when | can walk
or even sit alone!"
Sometimes the little mother OF the
slums is alone from early morning
until late afternoon with a brood that
is unruly enough. These she must
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-08-09
CAME NEAR CAUSING DEATH OF
TWO OFFICERS AT EL
DORADO.
Was Sampled and Sheriff Pen.
dIeton Was Very Sick.

f Dorado Aug. S.-Ac effort .
poison City Marshal CT -T,=s==.sz., ll-eaz
Yesterday came near resulting in lie
death Of Sheriff W..G Pea3.etoaz
Tucker received notice from tie
express company thai th=ze was
package in the ofce=for him. charges
prepaid. He sent down and got i.
L proved to be a ha.f-ga1.0n Jug Of
whisky. enclosed in a box Il had
lie label OF a Camden firm en- It, and
Tucker supposed that It was sent
him by some friend He AMI Perdsa-
ton are friends. 50 he asked Pendte-
ton to take drink with him.
Pendleton noticed that the whisky
was very bitter. Tucker then thought
Of foul play. and merely tasted the
liquor He at once got DR.. R. \ Hi
ton. and by the prompt use OF enet-
les Pendletons lfa=was saved. He
was very sick for about two hours
Herbert Pendleton and Tucker
were also sick from the small amount
they took. investigation Of the bill
at the express Office showed that the
whisky had been shipped from Tex
arkana.
Tucker has signifed his intention
OF resigning and leaving for parts
unhnown. as he says Ae can not resort
TO the means employed by his ere
mics.
Investigation showed that a large
quantity OF sti:chnine had been used
in the whisky
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-08-09
MUST kUMP THE CITY DRY.
New Orleans Lies SO Low It Cannot
be Drained by Ordinary Methods.

The city Of New Orleans. like most
of the land at each side of the Mis-.
sissippi river in the alluvial country,
lies considerably below the high
water line of the Mississippi river
The whole city would be inundated
by the river occasionally if it were
not protected by a levee along the
river front, The city is also pro.
tected by leyees running at right
angles to the riyer-one above the
city and one below it-and also by
levee along the shore Of Lake Pont-
cha1train and by levees along the
banks Of the various canals which
reach from that lake into the territory
Of the municipal ality.
New Orleans is so near the mouth
Of the river that the land upon which
TIE ci1y is built is not only lower than
the high-water stage of the river but
is in part lower than the level of the
Gulf of Mexico and of the various
lakes in the vicinity OF the city.
Therefore. there is no natural drain.
age for the land inclosed by the lev
ees surrounding the town The rain
water that falls upon this area has
10 be pumped SO as TO force it into
either Lake Pontchartrain or Lake
Borgne. The city itself covers a
large area. although the major por-
tion Of its area is not built up as a
city. The part al present chiefly oc-
oupiad by buildings assists OF strip
a mile or so wide a5ag the bank OF
the river.
This area is re subject Of rainfails
rhe greater q which FOR many years
has been about seven and half IN
cfes within twenty fours hours. which
IS equivalent 10 a cube OF water SO
feef 1ang wide ana deep. Of course.
such a rain occurs only at very rare
intervals. IN 1894. before work on
lie new drainage system was COM
menced. records We're kept OF the
amount OF rainfall each year and these
records have been continued until the
present time. During the month Of
July 1884 325.739S30 cubic feet Of
water were drained away from about
half the total area included in the
drainage plan. This discharge for one
month is equivalent to a cube Of
water 6S5 feet on edge or 10 a lake
ten miles long. 600 feet wide and ter
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-08-09

TIE parties washing tie streets say
tta- viii rot sprinkle an. more. !
don't see ba# washing lie streets vii
inte.t tere in any Va Win ny sprink-
ling. as washing tie streets once Ct
twice a week does net keep down the
Gust. and vii expect by subscribers
q continue paying NJ collector,
SAN FRANKLIN.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-08-09

Investigation showed that a large
quantity OF stf=chnine had been used
in the whisky.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-08-09

When woman loves a man she
thinks she understands him perfectly,
while a nan loves a woman most that
he doesn't understand at ali
When a man feels sure that wo-
man trusts him. then he feels sure
that he can betray her trust.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-08-09

Eczema, scald head hives itchiness
CT the skin of any sort instantly re-
lieved permanently cured Doan S
Ointment. At any drug store
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-08-09

Burdock Blood Bitters gives man
9 clear head, an active brain a strong.
vigorous body-makes him fl for the
5afJle Of life.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-08-09
TAKE NOTICE..

All the subscribers for stock in
the Consumers Ice and Coal company
will meet a. ) p. N. Monday at the
Bluff City club rooms. over the Pine
Bluff Mercantile company building,
for the purose OF e.ecting nine direc-
tors 10 serve the company and to
ADOPT the constitution and bylaws
and for such other business as nay
come before them.
THE COMMITTEE.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-08-09

Most women will marry almost any
man after they have failed 10 NARY
one.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-08-09

feet deep. or to canal eighty miles
long, forty feet wide and t"ent! leel
Notwithstanding Magazine.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-08-09

CvEieisra * the sour milk OF Ill
man kindness
Milford chronicle., 1903-05-08

the American mas cleared his desk and Is
ready to go out and interview customers.
''While the one, SNUG and stolid, is sip
ping Scotch whisky in a rare old public
house that reeks Of tradition the other.
sharp faced and dapper, is lodging about
subscribing shares. When the English
man is engaged inethe relish of a MONDAY
chop, the American is walking in Hyde
park talking automobiles TO a prospective
buyer.
''At 4 p. m. when the Englishman is
on his way to golf links, tennis or the
river, the American. dust covered and
soiled, is still busy building electric trains
in kensington, placing elevators in Buck
ngham palace and erecting hotels in Pie.
cadilly.
"When the Englishman. flushed with
healthy exercise. returns to make care
ful change of dress for dinner the Amer
lean is giving hurry orders at his hotel
for a party with whom he hopes to do
business. and when the Englishman is
looking on at the play his Anglo-Saxon
cousin is revolving the days work and
planning for the morrow. The English
man works to live; the American lives to
work"
Milford chronicle., 1903-05-08
Endowed Churches.

When a neighborhood of homes turns
into n region of boarding houses, as fire.
quently happens in our older and larger
cities, what shall become Of the churches? +?
The young men and women in the board
ing houses need them more perhaps than
did the families to which these churches
used to minister, but the young people
cannot contribute to their support as the
heads of families once did, and unless
such church can get help from outside
it must eXpend. in the struggle for mere
existence. energy which it ought TO use in
reaching and aiding the multitude.
Problems of this kind confront every
denomination and tax the mind and heart
Of many a city clergyman. Why not
solve them and set the ministers free
from pitiable anxieties by endowing such
churches as colleges are endowed? Rich
men might remember them with bcouests.
Poorer men might combine to raise me-
mortal funds which should bear the
names of former pastors.
There are already some indications of
general movement along these lines.
and 1t is clear that few more PROMISING
but neglected fields are now omen ia
Christian enevOlence.-Youth's Compan.
Milford chronicle., 1903-05-08
BRITIsHER AND YANKEE
''The EneIIshman works to LIvel

''The EnsIishman Works to Live
the American Lives TO Work.
''In the first place." says Allen Sangree
in Ainslee's. IAN enterprising Yankee in
London does not, as common fable re
ports, dash around distraught, helter
skclter now leaping from a bus, again
/ galloping in a hanson up the Strand,
running, walking, panting-aeting, in
short, so that one might point him out
and say; There is an American. See
him hustler
Not at all. Business Americans in
London are rather a type of cool reserve,
content to open the argument, display
goods and then calmly await develop
ments until they can reach out and get
what they are after Any day in the ho-
tel lobbies one may notice clean shayen,
substantial men, who appear TO have no
other object in life than to smoke slowly
long black cigars. RepOseful in coun-
tenance, deliberate in movement, non
cOmmittal in speech, you might judge
them idlers or mere students of human
nature: you would scarcely take them for
;he ceverest promoters that ever came /
out of America That is what they are.
''In order to win English PATRONAGE an /
American is ready TO foregO comfort and I
temper and nationality. He 81 lilly .
makes for himself a motto, Fight an
Engishman with his own weapons, and
he learns the value of frUck coat. One
Of his first impulses, therefore, is to hunt
up tailor, and the baneful garment that
at home was associated oaly with we'd
dings and funerals soon becomes his daily
habit Sometimes also he struggles with
the broad "a patheticaly. But do not con-
clude from this that the American loses
his individuality. Far from it, The coat
and the accent are only part Of his work
ing capital. Neither inJerferes with his
method of enterprise. The contrast 'twixt
Britain and Yankee is always apparent.
The Briton rises late the Yankee be-
times. The Englishmau dresses leisurely.
breakfasts plentifully, reads his paper
carefully and reaches the Office By 10
o'clock; the American jumps into his
clothes, disposes Of slight meal, buys
PAPER on the way to the station. reads it
IN the train. walks briskly to his Office
md pluEges into correspondence. Tyre.
writer's start clicking. letters are dictated.
ables answered. and when the hour ar.
ives for the EnglishTan to begin v-crl; !
Milford chronicle., 1903-05-08
--lif.s'1 .-iieli1.-.si-7 ~ -; -.
bibles Bound In TIN.

In Uganda rats are some Of the
worst opponents to their work which
missionaries have to contend against.
The Bibles sent out by the Church
Missionary society to the natives are
eaten by the Uganda rats,
who overrun the country in enormous
swarms and devour any book they
come across. Bibles going to Uganda
are now bound in tin, which preserves
the holy writ from being DESTROYED
Dy vermin.-London Taller.
Milford chronicle., 1903-05-08
For HumRnIty's Cause.

Shall the strong lawyers only look
after the strong clients and not after
the weak? No. no. That is not what
they ought to do. Surely the lawyers
should be just as self sacrificing in car.
ing for the helpless unfort anates as
their brother professionals the sur.
geons and the doctors. The poorest in
our cities can have if necessary the
services of the very best surgeon or
oculist or aurist or lung specialist. All
man has to do is to go to the hospital
clinics. and the best medical and sur
gical skill is at his command free. Can
1t be that the lawyer is not ready to
sacrifice as much for humanity's cause
as the physician or the surgeon? Besides
that my able legal friend. you know
your success has brought you plenty of
money. You know the reason you do
not retire from practice is simply be.
cause you cannot bear to be idle. Then
why not give part Of your time. to
helping the weak and downtrodden?
Milford chronicle., 1903-05-08
Some Illustrations.

Practical illustration: A man comes
to his lawyer and says: 81 have been
unjustly treated. and I want S5.OOO
damages. want you to bring suit
right away" What does that honest
lawyer do? He looks all over the de
tails Of the case. Then. IL he is con-
scientiOus, he says to his client: my
friend, You have sufficient grounds for
damages; but, as your lawyer. am
going to advise you as would my own
son. Do not get mixed up in this case
unless you must. The lawyers fees
may in the end cost more than You
would make. Then there is no telling
what jury may do. You might lose
everything. I would compromise.
would take what could get and let
Mower County transcript., 1903-12-09
Mcbride, the Grocer's
Weekly Letter, -.

Butter-Dairy butter is coming in
more freely, good many people have
but little milk and don't bother to go
to creamery, SO are making butter, at
home, but creamery having advanced,
we are able to keep paying price dairy
at zoe cash 23c trade for this week.
Eggs-Are higher again very few
fresh coming in pay this week 22c cash
25c trade for fresh laid. .....'
Potatoes-Are as scarce as ever, and
we have to ship them from north and
west. Quality is not as good as those
we have from home, paying this week
zoe cash SOC trade which is 15c or zoe
above the Chicago market. a. .@. .@S.9: !
Beans Plenty coming in paying
$3.50 cash $500 trade, for bright hand
picked $1.5O to $500, for machine
cleaned. ss;s 5a#f 3 /. E4 d f#
n Onions Paying SOC hundred pounds
for good sound stock.
sg Bagas Paying 3Oc cash 4Oc trade,
for nice bright medium size raised on
55s'' IA BRsI DE, HE G ROGER.
Mower County transcript., 1903-12-09

Levi w. Decker is laid up with a
sprained knee on which he has had an
operation.
The G. l.. A. to the b. of l.. r..
took in over $76 at their bazaar and
sociable last week.
The city schools will have ahollday
vacation commencing Friday, Dec. 1S,
and continue two weeks until Jan. 4.
Mrs. Dany Niles, who has been
visiting Rev. A. Cressy's folks and
other relatives went Thursday to
Parker, S. D. to visit her brother, &. G.
Phelps.
Mower County transcript., 1903-12-09
DIED

At his home in this city, Wednesday
Dec. 2, 1913, of spinal disease,
Charles r. Petty aged ~ years. He
was born in Shellsburg, Wis. June le,
1861, and was married in 1884. They
moved to Austin from Lacrosse in
1887. Deceased has been very i'll for
nearly three months. Funeral services
conducted by Rev. D. J. W. Somerville,
were held at Christ Episcopal church
on Friday afternoon. The Maccabees
attended in a body. lnterment at
Oakwood.
Yesterday afternoon Mrs. August
Zunk, living on the east edge OF the
city on the Brownsville road came tC
visit Mrs. J. Schwan for an hour and
about $3.50 as she went out to return
home, she fell backward and died in
a few minutes. She had been aillng
with heart trouble for about two years
Otelia Rockenbach was born in Neu
we'll Germany, Sept. %, 1885, and was
68 years last September. She was
married to Mr.. 'Zunk in Germany il
1865 and they came to this country II
1873, coming directly to Austin wher'
they have since lived. No children
we're born to them. The husban<
Survives. Deceased was woman o
quiet ways, and kindly disposition
She was all her life a member OF tn
Lutheran church and was highly re
garded by all who knew her. Funera
services conducted by Rev. c. D. Belde
will be held at the residence Thursda
afternoon 200.