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Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1905-05-26
The Arab Pony.

Tho Arab is virtually pony, stand
Ing 14-2 hands. oftener under thar
over. He is not fast, even at the gal
Top; indeed, he is slow. He is very
poor trotIer, both as regards speed
and action; a bad hack, and cannot
walk without continually sticking his
toe In the ground He is totally I'm
fitted for harness and is uncomfort.
able to ride except al the galiop: this
Is his natural gait. and in ii his move
ment is free. smooth. delightful and
easy.-Sportirs News.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1905-05-26
cHuRch ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS


Coriu,nial Bay Us, Church cor er OF Nfteenth
AND Liza, en- reets. Preaching; Al III u m
SuraMy school ~ is Nclocs pr~sceinE. NJ
p. m. 3 Rev T. l.. Griffith. Pastor.
St Paul A. N. E.--Corner OF Secund and Csntei
Streets Preaching at 1880 a, NJ; ndal
School Ut 5 O'Clock: Epworth League at :
.. m. (; preaching At p. m. Horace S. Graves
pastor.
Ftst African Bapttst Church-Corne, Schoo
snd Fourth streets Rev. +. Lomacs pastor
Preaching l0.a a m Sunday school s.3' p.
~, Mis-. ]. T. China Superintendent;
Young Peoples meeting p. IN preaching
sO pm
auru's Chapel NJ Z. Church Corner of It'll
and Crocker Sts,-Church serv .ces, preach
ing at III IN and m: Glass ana prayer
m, citing ~ IN Sunday: Sunday School 800
m: Epwvrth League p IN Sunday: Prayei
and Class meeting every Wedne sday IN.
o. -. johnson, pastor, SAG nth 81
Maple Street baptist Church - Situsted on f.
Maple between Ninlh and Tenth streets.
Preaching II a N. ; Sunday School, 2 GO a. N.
preaching atsp m.
Rev ]. 0 RWimbush, pastor
Union Congregational Church-Coruer Tenth
ard Park streets. Preaching l04S Il IN.
Sunday School l2 n evening service Z 81
m. Prayer meeting "Wednesday evenings
H w. Porter, pastor.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1905-05-26
Dropper Her False Teeth.

A passenger on an English railway
train pulled the communication cord
the other day and stopped the train.
When the guard came to the compart-
ment in which the cord had been
pulled he found a distracted woman
passenger She had been looking out
of the window and had dropped her
false teeth. She wished to go back
and find them.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1905-05-26
knrssshnes in History.

Even horseshoes have been made to
serve the purpose OF extravaganza
and display. Sabina POppaea, the beau
tiful and luxury,loring wife of the
Roman emperor, Nero. is said to have
had her mules shod with gold. All
the world over, horSeshoes are sup
posed 10 possess some occult power of
attracting luck and wardiug off evil.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1905-05-26
Cars Minter Palace.

The winter palace is the cars WIN
ter home and officially the palace OF
the government. TIE winter palace
was built by the empress Anne on
the site Of house given to Peter the
Great by one of his admirals. Finish
ed after several inter- options in lI62.
it was largely destroyed by fire in
1897, and Immediately rebuilt Its
furnishings are said TO be gorgeous.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1905-05-26
IOWA CODE OUT

The new constitution, bylaws and
rules governing the Most Worshipful
United Grand Lodge of Iowa and Jur.
isdiction, A. f. & A. NJ, is just out
from the printers. We have received
copy and it is neat well arranged
book and should go to every member
OF the fraternity. For copy write
Geo. L. Suter, Marshalltown, Iowa.
Price per copy 50 cents N
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1905-05-26
with Only one Toe.

1t is not generally known that the
small feet OF Chinese ladies' have
commonly but one toe. This is, how.
ever, the fact. The great toe Of the
females OF the first rank, and some
of the inferior classes also, is the only
enc left to act with any freedom: the
rest are doubled down under the foot
In their tenderest infancy. and re-
tanned by compressed and tight oana-
ages till they unite with. aud are
buried in, the sole.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1905-05-26
subscribe toI the DystAnder
TO LAND AGENTS.

This to call your advance notice tc
the fact that the Minr eapolis & St.
Louis r. r, will sell daily during the
summer months round trip tickets at
one fare plus two dollars to certain
northern Minnesota and Dakota points
limited for return October 3lst. Low
round trip tickets Also on sale daily to
ST. Paul and Minneapolis after June
FIR particulars call On agents, or ad-
dress w. s. Mathews, D. T. A. Des
Moines, Iowa.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1905-05-26
EmEiatin1 Her Father.

At recent children's party, given
on the Hill, the little people were dis
cussing. during refreshment time.
what they intended "to be- when they
grew up. One little girl announced
that she expected to marry a hand
some man." whereupon her partner
Strengthened up and remarked, And
shall follow my fathers example and
be bachelor. "-Brooklyn Life.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1905-05-26
Warriors Death-Bed Toast.

Gen. De SonnGz, Italian senator at
Rome, before dying, and just after he
had received the Last Sacrament, ex.
pressed desire to put OH his uniform.
He then called for champagne. and
drank with those around his bed, TO
the health OF the King and the pros
perity of the country.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1905-05-26
.Iuiiet Ahead of Modern Girl.

The mode of procedure in courtship
has indeed altered since Shakespeare's
days. He made Juliet first confess her
love She asks, Does thou love me-"
and bids Romeo, if his purpose be
marriage. 20 send her word next day.
This is stages in advance Of the mod
ern girl.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1905-05-26
Sunday School Enrolment,

There are within three million CT az
r.any persons enrolled in the Sunday
schools of this country as in the pub
lie schools. there being thirteen mil.
lion in the former and sixteen million
In the latter. The total Sunday school
membership throughout the world u
twenty-five billion.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1905-05-26
Belgium EGG Exports.

Belgium exports annually $500 900
worth Of eggs. The shipments are
almost entirely to England, where the
demand is for eggs which run seven.
and quarter to the pound. The
Mediterranean breeds - Leghorns.
Spanish Minorcas and Andalusians-
are the most popular.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1905-05-26
Homeless CT London

A census of the homeless. of Lon.
don, made on a recent night. revealed
a total OF 2,43l in the streets, on
staircases and under arcl es. OF
these, 2,1G9 were men and 31r women.
In the common lodging houses and
shelters that night there We're $500
persons. of whom 2l,254 wera single
men, 1858 single women. 257 married
couples and thirty-fcur childrea under
ten years of age
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1905-05-26
As TRUE AS GOSPEL

Speak we'll OF your friend. OF yom
..smy. say nothing.
He who says what he likes Will heu
What he does not like.
A mans manners are the mirror u
which he shows his portrait
II cheerfulness knocks for admls-
sion, We should open our hearts wide
10 receive it for It never comes mop
N~~ss>e els
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1905-05-26
Privileges Of LADY Mayorsss.

Among the numerous privileges en-
joyed by the lady mayoress OF Lon
don during her husbands year OF or
fee is that of "entree" AZ court. That
is to say. instead of being compelled
TO take her place among the crdinar!
guests, titled ana untitled, at court
functions. she enters the palace by
a separate entrance and is received
by royalty before any Of the other
guests.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1905-05-26
School Teachers Poorly Paid.

Austria pays less to teachers than
Is paid in France. and the Parliament
has refused to consider the needs OF
the teachers. The highest salaries in
the empire are paid in Bohemia,
where, by placing an extra tax on
beer. the government raised enough
money to increase the salary Of its
teachers. The lowest are paid in the
districts which once were under the
Turkish government.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1905-05-26
Butterfly Farm.

Yorkshire possesses farm for the
rearing of moths and butterflies. Halt
an acre of land has been planted with
trees and shrubs for the purpose. In
their season the stock Of caterpiilars
Is 10000. From 10000 to 10000 pre-
served insects are kept in reserve, SO
that butterflies and moths can be sup
piled irrespective of the time of year.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1905-05-26
The First WRITING,

The first writing was picture writ
ing. in which the nearing was indi-
Gated by drawing, as a serpent or
bird to represent those creatures.
The Phoenicians invented characters
to indicate signs which are substan-
italy the same as our present letters.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1905-05-26
Icn6on Police Court Decision

Sleeping in the open air can only
be pracLiced with safety from arrest
by wealthy persons, or those who can
show that they have plenty Of means
and are doing it for eXperiment-and
then only so long as no obstruction is
don police court the other Gay.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1905-05-26
Wiling to Teach.

A farmer was in the city hunting
for boy who wanted a farm. The
boy could earn a home with, food,
clothing and education and a future
and in time buy it. Some men are
buying farms while some men are
losing them Is it due to education?-
Earl NJ. Pratt.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1905-05-26
Children Have No Footwear,

Italian children of the poorer
classes can neither hang up their
stockings at Christmas nor put their
shoes out the window at Twelfth
night for the wise men to fill For
when the weather is too cold for
item to go barefoot they wear rags
bound around their feet for coverings,
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1905-05-26
Rrunettes Have Advanteue.

1t is claimed that the faculties and
senses of brunettcs, as well as CT dark
and full-colored animals, is much more
acute than that of blondes and white
animals, thus enabling them to avoid
dangers which their less fortunate
brethren would not notice.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1905-05-26
YtlIA(LES nADE 70 FIT ANY TIT
DISEASES OF THE .
| sssak tYt.EAR:koif 4 THROAT CURED
EYES TESTED FREE
DR. DUNCAN .OCULIS1
~@ pEs> MolNE5.l0WA.
COZ West Walnut Street.
HOMESEEKERS' RATES.

Via the Minneapolis & St. Louis R.
R. On first and third Tuesdays of
each month, TO Nebraska. Kansas.
Missouri. Arkansas, Oklahoma. Indian
Territory, Texas, New Mexico, Colora.
do and other states, Stop-overs a How.
ed. For rates, time Of trains, etc. call
on agents or address. W. Mathews,
d r, A. Des Moines, Iowa
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1905-05-26
Total Output of Books,

A Brussels expert. NJ. Paul Otlet.
estimates that from the invention Of
printing, In the middle OF the fifteenth
century, to January, 1900, 12,1G3,000
different books have been issued. He
also estimates that about 100000
books are now annually issued.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1905-05-26
Split Wood by Machine.

machine has be"n invented which
Is capable of splitting wood two feet
long and eighteen inches thick. 1t 10
run by three horsepower gasoline
engine, and consists Of huge knife
which works through the knottiest
wood at the rate of sixty strokes
minute. AL. E s. ..
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1905-05-26

Beetles Destroy Trees in Germany.
IN 1873. in Germany. 1.5000on trees
are said to have heea destroyed in the
siar,z forest alone by two small
species III beetles. The larvae burrow
beneath the bark ard thus cause the
injury III the growirg trees
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1905-05-26
slioht Sounds Carried Far.

Slight Sounds Carried Far.
In the Abbey church at St. Alban1
Is a curious echo. The tick of q
watch may be heard from one end
OF the church to the other. In Giou
cester cathedral gallery VI octagonal
form carries a whisper seventy Eve
feet across the nave.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1905-05-26
CantjIever BRIDGE in Thibet.

In a recent lecture in London it was
remarked as curious that though the
Thibetans had not realized the prin-
ciple. of the wheel or arch, they thor
oughly understood that Of the canti-
lever and used it in their bridges.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1905-05-26
Typographical Error.

Some typographical errors compel
q correction. A Tennessee paper that
announced the introduction of a bill
To nut a tax of $500 on dealers in fur.
niture hasters to explain that it
meant dealers in futures.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1905-05-26
co.t al Eeedina Royalty.

The imperial kitchen Of the Aus
trian Emperor at Vienna costs about
$3.50 day, says a German contem-
porary. In this sum, however. are not
ircluded the extra expenses for court
dinners, etc.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1905-05-26
French Users Of Tobacco.

In France there are 100000 smoK.
ers. and Of every fifteen there are
eight who smoke a pipe. five who
smoke cigars, and only two who use
cigarettes. Still the French consume
rore than 100000 cigarettes year.s
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1905-05-26
Be Not Rash In Criticism.

Beware OF rash criticisms, the rough
AID stringent fruits you condemn may
re an autumn or winter pear and that
which you picked uo beneath the same
bongh III August my have been only
IL, worm-eaten windfalls.--F Holmes.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1905-05-26
Particular.

The, carly biz NAY get the worm
Ard cali the DAINTY fine:
III stay in bed and snooze because
I want no worms III mine
- Illinois State Journal.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1905-05-26
RuNa Welsh Coal

The Russian government contracts
yearly for $4,000 tons Of Welsh coal to
be delivered at Port Arthur before
July |.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1905-05-26
RAILWAY COMPANY,
~rTIy vaCancieA

After the appointments TO the army
from the class at TT. Leavenworth
there remain ninety-two vacancies In
the grade Of second lieutenant.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1905-05-26
The Cricin of Wcran Haters

A Jealous ar . nasciHg mother viii
20 more to MAKE her son woman
tater than anything else in tie world
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1905-05-26
import Less Hosiery.

The imports in hosiery from Eng.
land have fallen 10 ten years from,
1880, 900 a year to 5000 900
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1905-05-26

St. Petersburg Suit on Islands.
st. Petersburg occupies six large
and many small islands at the meath
of the Eeva.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1905-05-26
c;v.e work To 100 900.

Gives Work to 100000.
Over one hundred thousand people
are employed in the cork wood indus
try in Andalusia, southern Spain.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1905-05-26
Car. for Prisoners Teeth,

Toothbrushes and tooth powder are
to be supplied to all the Inmates OF
the Austrian prisons.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1905-05-26

Paper From Cotton Seed.
a high grade OF paper IL now made
from cotton seeds.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1905-05-26
Henry Crazy
Embalming and
Funeral Director,
MS West Loo, st Street.
A. T. st. Glars Livery in Connection
Iowa $40. Mutual 1920
Difficult Road auildk,o.

Difficult Road 6uildI,e.
Thirty-three tunnels we're blsstrN
With dynamite "a tie construction cf
the cirrun. Raik.l branch Of the
iraossiOelian railway. The enuis
leogrh Of, the line ia only 152 miles
Its construction was begun in 1929.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1905-05-26

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The Iowa State Bystander is the
oldest Afro American journal publish.
ed in Iowa. 1t was established in 1894
and is read by nearly all the colored
people of Iowa. We have correspond.
ents in the following towns:
Clinton "A. A. Bush
keokuk IA. }. Fields
Mt. Pleasant. Miss Lydia F, Bartlett
Muscatine. ...... Miss Fannie Grooms
Marshalltown. ii. =. Walker
Ottumwa Edna A. Martin
Rock Island Mrs. c. J. Toliver
Sioux City ........ Mrs. Eta Grant
Moline. III. ........Mrs. r. H. Pollard
Boone. Miss Mary Coleman
Washington. ....... Mrs. James Redo
Galesburg, Ill.,. Mrs. E. j. McGruder
Burlington. .............O. C. Folks
Dubuque. Miss Gertrude Evans
Newton. .............. Miss Ella Mays
Superior, Wis. Mrs. Geo. H. Wade
Al5ia ................M Miss May Davis
Cedar Rapids Mrs. Adelaide Perkins
It. Madison. .......... Anna Harper
Oskaloosa .... .Luella E. Franklin
Davenport ........ Mrs. c. B. Lewis
Buxton .......... Arthur Turner
| Omaha. Neb. .......... Miss Wade
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mail your letters that contain news
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n. 3. 10 Correspondents Please
mail your letters that contain news
for publication not later than We'd
nesday morning to insure publication
for the current week.
The Tupelo journal., 1905-11-17
A Needless Waste.

Much of the cotton which has been
brought to town recently has been bad
ly damaged by exposure to the wealth
er, and in consequence has not brought
the best prices or has been heavily
locked in weight.
In some instances the losses thus
caused have been heavy, amounting to
ten or fifteen dollars a bale. Why peo-
pie will not take care of their proper
ty-why they will deliberately throw
away good hard-earned moneys hard
to understand. 1t would have been
business to have sold cotton at Z cents
last fall when cotton was in good con-
dition and had the use of the money
till now than to have allowed the cot
ton to lie in the rain all the winter and
sell it now for no more money than It
would have brought then.
Of course good, clean, dry cotton has
been bringing a gooc price, ten cents
and over, but bad cotton can never
bring nothing but a bad price. Some
farmers could have made $25 a day by
properly housing their cotton at the
right time.-Symmerville (Ga.) News.
The Tupelo journal., 1905-11-17
Diamonds and the South.

No excitement has followed the sug-
gestion of an expert that diamond
mines may be developed in the south.
The explanation is obvious. Within
the $50, 900 square miles of the south
are sources of wealth far greater than
ali the diamond mines in the world.
The estimated value of all the dia-
monds now owned is 81, 900, 900, 900. The
last two cotton crops in the south have
brought the growers at least 81, zoe, 000,-
600, 5000, 600, 0G0 more than the total
value of the known diamonds owned.
The average annual value. of southern
cotton and cottonseed during the past
five years has been $3.50, 0o0, 600, several
millions greater than the total value
Of diamonds mined in the South Afri-
can fields since they were opened more
than a generation ago.
Moreover, last years corn crop in
the south was valued at $3.50 DOC, 000-at
least ten times the value of the annual
production of diamonds in the rough;
and the value of its wheat crop $685.
100000, and of its hay crop, $54, 000, 900,
were each close upon twice the value
Of the yearly diamond output.
Even the value Of the annual produc-
ton of the scuth's dus}y diamonds
throws that of the precious stones into
the shade.
Why should the south bother about
digging diamonds when the value OF
J4,- -S-n =, ~fn
and mineral products is sufficient to
buy all the diamonds in the world
Southern Farm Magazine.
The Tupelo journal., 1905-11-17
THE VALUE OF THE sILo.
Twenty Per Cent. Added to the
Feeding Value of Corn by CUT
ting and SLIDING 1t.

We have commended for years that
the United States, with its great corn
plant, has the bulge on the entire
world in the production of meat or
dairy products, and the experiments
which have been made by different
stations show that 20 per cent. at least
can be added to the value by the corn
crop by sioling it. Many of our read
ers no doubt are aware that Fayette
and Madison counties, in Ohio, carry
on some very large feeding operations.
Humphrey Jones is a large feeder who
has on his farms silo capacity of about
5000 tons, and has been adding to the
capacity from year to year. Three or
four years ago Mr.. Jones wrote us that
after carefully weighing the steers,
weighing the silage and estimating ten
tons of silage to the acre, he estimated
the feeding value of an acre of corn
at $40. A bunch of fifty steers was
bought and divided in two lots Of
Is each on the farm of Mr.. Funk, in
Mclean county, Ill. Half of them were
fed on silage, hay and grain, the other
half on shock corn right from the
field, hay and grain. The ensilage-fed
steers were followed by n shote in a
starving condition, the other steers fed
on shock corn were followed by sew
eral shotes which continued to thrive
and gain. This demonstrates to our
mind that the SLIDING of cor in a meas
ure cooks it; that is fermentation goes
on, and really the first steps of diges-
ton are taken right in the silo itself.
For the amount OF money invested
We hold that there eve was an i'm.
provement put On a farm that will earn
more money than a good silo. 1t is an
insurance policy, it might be said, be-
cause a man with a good silo "a save
his clover crop in catchy weather; he
can feed it out during the hot, droughty
weeks of August and experimentation.
Breeders Gazette.
The Tupelo journal., 1905-11-17
E AND THERE.

Good blowing is of the first con-
sideration in the profitable production
of crops. 1t is really the foundation Oh
which the other work is to be done,
hence the necessity for doing it well.
An ostrich egg weighs nearly thir-
ty times as much as an average hens
egg; but to hear the hens remarks
after laying an egg one would suppose
she had beat the ostrich out OF sight.
The same law that applies to AMI
mails in breeding will be found apphca-
BILE to plants. Poor, weak seed will pro-
duce weak plants and now is the time
to put this down in the memorandum
book.
Alfalfa is the natural food for
swine. The pregnant SOW on alfalfa
generally needs no grain at all; at
most, but a triie Of corn, should she
be in a thin condition when turned to
pasture.
ALI the damage done to equine
trade by the automobile may be dis
missed without calculation. The auto
mobile is a mere toy, a thing to amuse
the well-to-do. For practical purposes
mans Eest friend still f.-s the same
roll.