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Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1905-06-23
GUARDED BY SACRED JEWEL,
Mrs. Conger Received Strange Gift
from Dowager Empress.

from OoWager Empress.
Des Moines, June 23.-The sacred
and charmed jewel that has been worn
constantly for thousands of years by
the Chinese rulers is now in posses
sion of Mrs. Edwin Conger and is
worn in like manner around her neck
secreted. 1t was torn from the neck
Of the Empress Dowager at the last
audience given Mrs. Conger by the
empress in her deep and sudden i'm
pulse Of sadness and concern for her
welfare in her journey home. 1t was
the highest tribute the empress could
give her at the parting and meant the
attending guidance of her gods for
the successful journey.
1t was this little stone that had car
ried her through her flight from Pc
kin and made possible her return to
the palace.
ut was a most affecting scene,"
said Mrs. Conger yesterday morning
at the home of Mrs. Harry West,
where she is visiting, land l was at
loss to know what to do. I could
easily appreciate the value of the
charm but it was not until later that
I knew the true history of it,
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1905-06-23
MADE new STRENGTH.
QUICKER THAN DOCTORS TONIOS,
SAYS TYPHOID PATIENT
Young Lady Left by Fever in Very Weak
State Uses DIR. Williams Pink Pills
with Gratifying Results.

Young Lady Left by Fever in Very Weak
State Uses DIR. Williams Pink Pills
with Gratifying Results.
Z After a fever, such as typhoid or scar.
let, has run it's full course there remains
the recovery of strength. The tonic that
will most rapidly increase the red cor.
puscles in the blood is the one that will
most quickly restore color to the pale
cheeks, strength to the weak muscles,
and elasticity to the sluggish nerves. So
far nothing has ever been produced SUI
perior to DR.. Williams Pink Pills for
this purpose.
Miss Midendorf had been i'll with
typhoid fever for fourteen weeks. She
had a good physician who carried her
safely through the critical stages When
he left, nothing remained to be done ex-
cept to build up her strength, which was
very feeble, and he gave her some pre-
scriptions for that purpose. Here, how
ever, she met with disappointment.
Il took the doctors tonics," she says,
"for two months after l had recovered
from the fever, but they did not do me
the good looked for. Ny strength came
back SO slowly that scarcely seemed to
be making any progress at all. Just
then read in book thrown i'll our
yard some striking testimonials showing
what wonderful blood-builders and
strength-givers DR.. Williams Pink Pills
are. I got box Of them soon after
this and after I had taken only about
half Of them could see very great inn
provement il my condition. When I
had used up two boxes, felt that did
not need any more medicine. I have
remained strong ever since"
! Miss E. B. Midendorf lives at No. |
1901 Park street, Quincy, Ill. DR.. Will |
iams' Pink Pills are the best remedy to |
use i'll all cases of weakness, from what |
ever cause the system may be run down. |
In cases of debility due to overwork they
minister fresh strength and overcome
nervous symptoms. They are specific
for anamia or bloodlessuess. They are
particularly helpful to girls OH the verge
of womanhood. They meet all the re-
quirements of the period known as the
change of life. They correct spring
languor. They strengthen weak diges-
ton and rouse up sluggish organs. No
other tonic combines SO many virtues.
All druggists sell them.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1905-06-23
Took Cash, Then Broke the TILL.

Council Bluffs, June 21.-Burglars
broke into the drug store of r. N.
Anderson and stole S35 from the
cash register, but were not content
with getting the money, and after
loading the machine on a hand-cart
and carrying it seven blocks they
smashed it to pieces. 1t is not known
whether the men expected to find
more money in the register. or were
actuated by spite against the owner
Of the store.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1905-06-23
Sioux City Men implicated,

Sioux City, June 21.-Ed Williams,
confined in the penitentiary at Sioux
Falls charged with attempting to rob
Frank Bertrau, hermit living near
Jefferson, S. d., has made a confess
sion duplicating Morris Levich, a
well known second hand man at
Sioux City, and Frank zimmerman,
his clerk. He says that they helped
plan the robbery and he and man
named Torlelson did the work.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1905-06-23
Laurence Hutton cites as the mos

Laurence Hutton cites as the most
amusing and, at the time, most per-
picking typographical error in his
long journalistic and literary career,
one which occurred in an article he
wrote at the time Of the consolidation
Of the Aston, Tilden, and Lenox libra
ries, in which he was made to express
the following opinion: New York,
perhaps, has never fully realized un.
til this day how greatly it has been
enriched by the receipt of the vest
buttons of James Lenox!" He had
written vast bequests."
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1905-06-23
MIDLAND CHAUTAUQUA.
Program Costs $1,000 More than
Usual

Des Moines, June 19.-Already over
$1,000 more than usual has been con-
tracted to be spent on Midland Chau-
tauqua at Des Moines. A great big
program greets the visitors with such
men as Bryan, Booker T. Washington,
Sam Jones, McClary, Iyenaga, Holden
and Gearhart, while the price is one
third the usual price, or only $100.
Camping parties from out-of-town
solicited. Beautiful grounds. Every
thing convenient, a genuine feast of
good things for eleven days. Mid
land Chautauuua Circuit, 354 Good
Block, Des Moines Iowa.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1905-06-23
FOOD IN SERMC1IS,
Feed the Dominic Right and the Ser
mons are Brilliant.

'iShS 0iS III ItiI0iils
A conscientious, Woodworking and
eminenty successful clergyman
writes: Il am glad to bear testimony
to the pleasure and increased meas
ure of efficiency and health that have
come to me from adopting GrapeNuts
food as one Of my articles of diet.
"For several years ! was much dis
tressed during the early part of each
day by indigestion. My breakfast,
usually consisting of oatmeal, milk
and eggs, seemed to turn sour and
failed to digest. After dinner the
headache and other symptoms follow
ing the breakfast would wear away,
only to return, however, next morn
ing.
Having heard Of Grape-Nuts food,
finally concluded to give it a fair
trial. l quit the use of oatmeal and
eggs, and made my breakfasts OF
Grape-Nuts, cream, toast and Postum.
The result was surprising in improy.
ed health and total absence of the
distress that had, for SO long a time,
1OLlOHCu IuC Wol uluo uSdl. MY uiScS'
ton became once more satisfactory,
the headaches ceased, and the old
feeling of energy returned. Since that
time, four years ago, I have always
had Grape-Nuts food on my breakfast
table.
= II was delighted to find also, that
whereas before began to use Grape
Nuts food was quite nervous and be-
came easily wearied in the work of
preparing sermons aud in study,
marked improvement in this respect
resulted from the change in my diet.
l am convinced that Grape-Nuts food
produced this result and helped me
to sturdy condition Of mental and
physical strength.
Il have known of several persons
who were formerly troubled as ! was,
and who have been helped as have
been, by the use Of Grape-Nuts food,
on my recommendation, among whom
may be mentioned the Rev. -,
now a missionary to China" Name
given by Postum Company, Battle
Creek, Mich
There's reason"
Read the little book. The Road to
Wellyilln." In each pkg.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1905-06-23
Refuses to Chanue Faith.

Davenport, June 23.--Rather than
abandon her Christian Science faith
and become a Catholic, Mrs. Lucinda
Ganson has refused to accept legacy
of $50, 900, left her on that condition
by a California relative. In case of
her refusal. the money is to be do
mated to Catholic orphanage in Sac
ramento.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1905-06-23

Two Australian black swans were
picked up recently off Norfolk Island,
in the Pacific. They must have trav-
eled 400 miles. The birds were in
very exhausted condition, but after a
fresh water bath and plenty Of food
they revived. The black swan is a
powerful swimmer, but 400 miles at
sea is long swim, even for him.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1905-06-23
Decision As TO Labor lJnione

Boston, June 22.-The Massachu.
sets supreme court handed down 4
decision yesterday holding that the at.
tempt to force all laborers to combine
in unions is against the policy Of the
law because 1t aims at monopoly o.
tie labor market.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1905-06-23

A curious will in rhyme, was recent
ly filed for probate in Harrisburg, Pa,
and has been declared perfectly legal.
1t reads thus: When my wife's a
widow, of me bereft, she shall in
herit what I have left; and when
she's finished her career, it then shall
go to my daughter dear"
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1905-06-23
Jerome Starts After Equitable.

New York. June 23.-District At
torney Jerome of New York has en-
tered into an investigation Of the
Equitable Life Assurance society and
yesterday telegraphed to Superintend.
ent Of Insurance Henricks asking him
to forward him at once official copies
Of his report.
The district attorney would make
no statement as to his intentions in
the matter.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1905-06-23
Is Crushed under Slate

Lucas, June 22.-Chas Carter, a
miner working in the Cleveland mine
was instantly killed by fall of slate
A driver found huge chunk of slate
in the shaft. Investigation showed
Carter under it, life extinct. He had
been dead for hours,
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1905-06-23

When Norwegians are in quest of
a drowned body, they row to and fro
with a rooster in the boat, fully ex-
pecting that the bird will crow when
the boat reaches the spot where the
corpse lies.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1905-06-23

The River Jordan has long been
considered the most winding river in
the world, but it is not in the same
class as the White River in Arkansas.
The river flows one thousand miles in
going thirty miles as the crow flies.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1905-06-23

At auctions in Japan. each bidder
writes his highest price on a bit of
paper and deposits it in box. The
box is opened, and the object put up
for sale is handed over to the one who
has offered the most for it.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1905-06-23

Miss, Peechie-''I want a hammock
that will not break down." Polite
clerk-"Can't guarantee any of 'em,
miss" Miss Peechie-"Why, that's
strange" Polite clerk-"Not at all.
We'd do it if you were homely girl,
but-"-Cleveland Leader.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1905-06-23

Mrs. Nooporte THE auto has
stopped again. Well never get to
the church in time to see them mar
ried!" Nooporte-"Well, never mind,
perhaps We'll get to the court in time
to see them divorced! "-New York
Mail.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1905-06-23

Those Who Have Tried II
will use no other Defiance Cold Wa.
ter Starch has no equal in Quantity
or Quality-16 or. for 10 cents. Other
brands contain only II or.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1905-06-23

The cost of the worlds wars since
the Crimean war has been s12.263.
100000, or enough to give $40 to every
man, woman and child on the globe.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1905-06-23

The ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS of South
Carolina, when presiding over the
q nate, wears purple robe Of Office.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1905-06-23

1t is not jiu-jitsu after all but judo
that you ought to learn.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1905-06-23

Whose says that he has given a
benefit seeks one.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1905-06-23

Never hover thought that won't
bear you good results.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1905-10-07
Cured Her rheumatism.

Deep Valley, Pa, Oct. 2d-{Spe-
cial. )-There is deep interest in Green
county over the cure of the little
daughter of l. N Whipkey of Rheuma-
tism. She was great sufferer for
five or six years and nothing seemed
to do her any good till she tried
Dodd's Kidney Pills. She began to
improve almost at once and now she
is cured and can run and play as other
children do. Mr.. Whipkey says:
az am indeed thankful for what
Dodd's Kidney Pills have done for my
daughter; they saved her from being
a cripple perhaps for life
Dodd's Kidney Pills have proved
that Rheumatism is one of the results
of diseased Kidneys. Rheumatism is
caused by Uric Acid in the blood. II
the Kidneys are right there can be no
Uric Acid in the blood and eOnse-
quently no Rheumatism. Dodd's Kid
ney Pills make the Kidneys right.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1905-10-07
TO MEET EMPEROR.
N. Wltis Leaves 81. Petersburg For
Finnish Gulf.

st. Petersburg. Oct. 2. = NJ. Witte
left st. Petersburg by boat to meet
Emperor Nicholas, who, with his fami-
ly, is prolonging his trip to the Fin
nish gulf The meeting will take
place at Bjorrke, the unfrequented lit
tie fishing port where the recent in
terview between Emperor Nicholas
and Emperor William took place just
before the peace conference, and
where the imperial yacht, Polar Star,
is now lying.
1t is reported that NJ. Witte will be
made a count and receive the order Of
st. Andrew, with which Presidents
Faure and Loubet were decorated. but
a most substantial honor may be- his
nomination to the post of chief of the
cabinet.
Berlin. The National Zeitung's
st. Petersburg correspondent has tele.
graphed to his paper as follows:
IN. Witte told me that Emperor
William said to him: I accord to you
the same honor would to a crowned
head, you have accomplished extraor-
binary things, and 1 congratulate Rus
STA ON the possession of such a man.
If monarchs had many such true SER
wants then one would think better of
the monarchs.' The German emperor
was described by NJ. White as most
amiable and kind
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1905-10-07

All women work; some in their
homes. some in church, and some in
the whirl of society. And in stores,
mills and shops tens of thousands are
on the never-ceasing treadmin, earning
their daily bread.
All are subject to the same physical
laws; all suffer alike from the same
physical distur bance, and the nature of
their duties. in many cases, quickly
drifts them into the horrors of all
kinds of female complaints. ovarian
troubles. liberation, falling and dis
placements of the womb, leucorrhOa,
or perhaps irregularity or suppression
of monthly periods" causing back
ache. nervousness. irritability and
laSsitude.
Women who stand on their feet all
day are more susceptible to these
troubles than others.
They especially require an invigorat,
ing, sustaining medicine which will
strengthen the female organism and
enable them to bear easily the fatigues
of the day, to sleep we'll at night. and
to rise refreshed and cheerful.
How distressing to see a woman
struggling to earn livelihood or per
form her household duties when hef
tired she can hardly drag about or
stand up, and every movement causes
pain, the origin of which is due tC
some arrangement of the female or
ganisM.
Miss F. orser of IL Warrenton Street
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable COE
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1905-10-07
Another Poetic lido. Gone.

One by one our old poetic idols are
being shattered by the unitarian and
practical of the fin-de-siecle woman
doctor. The latest iconoclast is re-
sponsible for the asseveration that
what is so poetical in poetry and the
novels about the wilderness of the skin
means something not SO poeticaI. 1t
is due. she says, to the languor of the
muscular tissues throughout the body,
and the slowness and languor that was
SO often characterized as a charming
feminine attribute is associated With
indigestion and is therefore thorough.
ly unromantic. 1t is one of the fronies
of life that women as they stand in
literature and romance are not true
20 life-Chicago News.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1905-10-07
Fifty Thousand BengaIIs Swear BOyesft
On Britain.
ACTS SANCTIONED BY PRIESTS.
In Holy Presence of the Goddess Kali
Natives Take Oath Not to Buy or
Use Foreign eoods-strikins scen7
Enacted at Great Temple.

Calcutta, Oct 2. = Fifty thousand
Kalighat have sworn by the Goddess
Kali to boycott British goods as pro-
test against the partition Of the prov
ince OF Bengal
The administrative work of the
province according to the views of the
home and Indian governments, had
grown to such unwieldly proportions
as to necessitate a division of the Ia
Dor. hence the partition of the prov
ships.
The Bengalis are intensely resent
full at what they characterize an at
tempt to split the population and i'm
pair the Bengalis popularity. At
scores OF meetings through Bengal the
people have pledged themselves to
support the boycott, which has now
received the sanction of the priests.
The scene at the temple of Kalighat,
the greatest in Bengal. was striking
when the immense assemblage took
the oath: I'm the holy presence of
the Goddess Kali not to use foreign
goods, buy articles in foreign shops
when available in native shops or en-
ploy foreigners on any work that can
be done by our countrymen."
The high priest then placed mys-
tic vermillion symbol on the fore
head of each of those who took the
oath. Foreign firms are all feeling
seriously the effect of the boycott.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1905-10-07
YOU NEED SUCH A TONIC
Until Mu1rs Grape Tonic Was Brought
to America. the Following
Was IncurabIe.


10000 people die yearly from the results
of Constipation and Stomach Troubles and
their attending ills. Nine in every ten
have it. Many don't know it, and good
many who do know it neglect it until it
is too late. Some get so bad they think
il is incurable, and then they resort to the
phySic or pill habit, where the real trouble
begins You and know that Pills and
Physic make US worse, we become a slave
to them, and finally they lose their power
and paralysis of the intestines occurs, and
then slow death.
Now CONSTIPATION and stomach Trouble
are TI6t az durable as any other diseases;
we have proved this fully By curing over
:Ss 1 tns oss oPono, :erous. oomSi
Gated kind IN which all other rsme6iss an s
but our treatment cured them quickly and
to stay cured
Mr.. Thompson, of Peoria, who had suf-
fered all his life and had given up hope,
was cured by 24 bottles. DR.. Dill, of st.
Louis, whose health had been broken
down, claims that several bottles cured
him, that it is a splendid medicine for
Stomach and Bowels, and the best general
tonic he ever saw. DR.. Hedrick, of Kansas
City, who had constipation so badly that
he verged upon nervous collapse, says to
his great surprise after trying everything
else was cured by Mul's Grape Tonic, he
says it is the best thing for Stomach and
Bowels and kindred ills, that has come TO
his attention in his professional career.
Mrs. Alcoba, of Chicago, who was con-
hrmed lnVahd Tor years, a11er baK1ng q
saws she was able to leave her bed after
the third bottle, and is now enjoying good
health. She had tried everything that
came to her notice. Mr.. Crow, OF st.
Louis, had dyspepsia, liver and bowel trou-
BILE for IS years, which he contracted dur
ing the Civil War. He said he never could
get anything that even afforded him relief,
but that short treatment of MuIl's Grape
Tonic completely cured him. He recon-
mended it to old soldiers so many of whom
suffer with the same complaint. Mr..
McCurdy, of Troy, Ohio, was one of the
greatest sufferers that ever came to our
attention. There apparently wasn't an
organ of his body free from disease: Liver
Trouble, Stomach and Kidney Trouble,
terrible piles that kept him in agony.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1905-10-07

Bowels would not act for days, heart action
bad, emaciated, run down and completely
discouraged. He reSorted to every known
means, doctors, remedies, baths, etc, all to
no avail. He says: ''Soon after started
Mull's Grape Tonic my bowels began to act
regularly, the pain left me, and my general
health built up rapidly. heartily ree0zn-
mend it as an absolute cure to which ann
a living witness"
These are only few of the very worst
cases of the thousands cured by Mulps
Grape Tonic.
We can cure you, no matter how bad off
and to prove IL we will send you without
cost bottle of MuII's Grape Tonic and ins
structions how to use u. the digestive
tive power OF MuIps Grape Tonic
There IL no scheme about this, but .
fair. square chance for you TO test ffst4
grand treatment for yourself In your own
home without cost.
If you have Rheumatism, Stomach,
Bowel, Kidney, Lung and Heart Trouble,
Indigestion, Dyspepsia, cold, fever, diar
rhoea, loss of sleep and strength, run down,
Piles, appendicitis, fstula, bad blood, dig
illness, bad complexion, ETC., remember
they are the result of Constipation and
Mull's Grape Tonic viii cure you. It Is a
splendid Tonic just as DR.. Dill states.
Everybody should use it. Typhoid fever
and appendicitis are unknown in families
where Mul's Grape Tonic is used YoD
need such Tonic, begin to-day.
Don't wait but send now for this free
offer and get well Good for ailing chill
dren and nursing mothers.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1905-10-07
Not Altogether Satisfactory.

A young civil engineer employed
some years ago on the line of the Ala
bama Midland railroad, while he was
at work in Henry county. Alabama,
CHANGED to meet piney woods lass
with whom he became infatuated.
Among collection of gifts which he
presented to her was a parrot and a
very pretty cage. After leaving the
section of the state where his lady
love resided, he returned to pay her a
visit. After a stay at her home of
some minutes, he casually inquired,
Mary, how do you like your parrot?"
With some hesitation she replied:
Not so well. the meat was rather
tough" She had cooked the bird and
eaten it.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1905-10-07

Boston, tells women. how 20 avoid such
suffering; she writes:
Dear Mrs Pinkham:-
II suffered misery for several years w1t4
irregular menstIuation- Ny back ached: I
had bearing down palms, and frequent head
aches; could not sleep and could hardly
drag around. / consulted two physicIanS
without relief and as q last resort, tried
Lydia E. Pinkham'sVe getable Compound, ana
to my surprise, every ache and pain left mo.
Igainsd ten pounds and aIriu perfect health"
Miss Pearl Ackers of 327 North Sumo
mer Street, Nashville. Tenn, writes;
Dear Mrs. Pinkham:-
t'I suffered with painful periods, severe
backache, bearing down pains, pains across
the abdomen; was very nervous and 1rrIta~
bic and my trouble grew worse every month
- Ny physician failed to help me and
decided to try Lydia =. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound. / soon found it was doing ule
good. All my pains and aches disappeared
and / no longer fear my monthly periods
Lydia E. Pinkham,s Vegetable Com
pound is the unfailing cure for all these
troubles. 1t strengthens the proper
muscles, and displacement with all it,
horrors will no more crush you.
Backache. dizziness, fainting. bear
ing down pains, disordered stomach.
moodiness. dislike of friends and society
all symptoms of the one cause-wiN
be quickly dispelled, and It will make
you strong and we'll.
You can tell the story Of your sur
feriugs to a woman, and receive help
full advice free of cost. Address Mrs.
/ Pinlzham. Lynn. Mass.
pOuad SueceedS .Nhcrc 0tierS fall