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Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1905-02-10
WOMEN or INDIA ToiL HARD
Have to Share In Endless Struggle
Tor Existence With Men.

Il
In the lower stratum OF Hindu soci-
ETY. women do not live the life OF lux
ury and ease that Is common among
the upper classes. says the Calcutta
Statesman. The great masses OF small
farmers. artisans and coolies earn
SO meager livelihood that their lives
are merely an endless struggle Tor
existence, in which their wives have
OF necessity to do their share.
Not only Is this true in the domestic
affairs to which the women must at
tend, but not infrequently they are
called upon to do the work OF men.
upon occasions even hiring out to per-
form various tasks, such as hauling
roller up steep incline, doing noun
tain road repairing work. The team
grasping the tugs fastened to either
side of the huge heavy roller. drag 1t
along the steep mountain road. While
there workers perform their toilsome
task, oftentimes there are men stand
ing by who far various reasons may
not lend their assistance. One per-
haps is an overseer, another water
seller-a trade in itseif-while others
might be perfectly willing to carry
hods, chop wood, OF carry burdens
but haul a roller? Nay, nay! theii
caste would forbid it!
A curious custom obtains among
the Coorgs. When one Of them kills
a tiger or a panther, he is married
to the dead animal, regardless Of its
sex. Propped upon framework OF
wood and bamboo, the animal Is car
ried in procession and the marriage
ritual is strictly observed, while Law
ish hospitality is dispensed.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1905-02-10
HER BLOOD TOO THINI
GENERAL DEBILITY RESULTS rRnr
IMPOVERISHED BLOOD.
Ehs Remedy That Makes New B,o.,
BAnishes Weakness, Headaches, Il.
Glgestion and Mexysss Troshle.

Ehs Kemsdy That MAkes New B,oes
Banishes weakness, Hsadaehes. -
digestion and Nsrvess Troabls.,
Hundreds Of women suffer from head
aches, dizziness, restlessness, lanvnn,
aud timidity. Few realize that the;r
misery all comes from the had state :,
their blood. They take one thing a.
their head, another for their stomach
j third for their nerves. and yet an tha
while it is simply their poor blood that
is the cause Of their discomfort.
II one sure remedy for making pooa
rich blood were used every one Of thei,
distressing ailments would disappear 4,
they did in the case Of Mrs. Ella +
Stone, who had been ailing for years and
was completely run down before she re-
allied the nature Of her trouble.
"For several years, said Mrs. Stone
81 suffered from general debility I.
began about 1896 with indigestion, ner.
vousness and steady headaches. Tn to
1900 hadn't been able to find any relief
from this condition. was then verx
thin and bloodless. An enthusiastic
friend, who had used Dr.. Williams Pink
Pills, urged me to give them trial aud
I FINALLY bought box.
ST did not notice any marked chanrs
from the use of the first box, but de-.
termined to give them fair trial and
kept on. When had finished thu
second box could see very decided signs
Of Improvement III my condition. be.
gan to feel better all over and to have
hopes of complete cure.
~ used in all eight or ten boxes and
when stopped / had got back my regu.
Lar weight and good healthy color and
the gain has lasted. can eat what
please Without discomfort. Ny nervous.
ness is entirely gone, and, while 1 had
constant headaches before, very rarely
have one now. I cheerfully recommend
DR.. Williams Pink Pills to women who
suffer as I did,"
Mrs. Stone was seen at her pretty
home in Lakewood, r. l., where, as tho
result of her experience, DR.. Williams
Pink Pills are very popular. These fa-
nous pills are sold by all druggists. A
book that every woman needs is pub
lished by the DR.. Williams Medicine
Company, Schenectady. N. Y. It is Ell.
titled "Plain Talks to Women, 'and will
be sent free on request.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1905-02-10
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copyright, 1904, by Daily Story Pub. Coz

Peterson sat. lazily sketching in the
outline Of the distant ruin, and trying
% make up his mind whether to set
lie down In dead earnest at his bit OF
landscape or give 1t up and 90 on on
spree with Mrs. Peterson. HE
stopped q moment, to refill his plpe'
and then leaned back against the tree
and crossed his legs.
Matilda" he said finally. after gaz'
ing at the little cottage to the right
Tor some short space Of time, Just
xook at that girl work. ! never saw
such industry. And she's the pink OF
ueatness, too"
"And," commented Mrs. Peterson,
she works all day and almost all
eight, too. Twice woke up last
aight and heard her in the buttery'
working away"
''She.s worth two Of our Maggie
ever home" sighed Peterson.
"Six," returned his young wife, IN
determined tone of vA,ce.
Peterson was an art Lacquer and
IN artist. His speciality was land
scapes of very particular kind. And
he had to go to very particular places
70 get his particular kind OF land
scape. 1t happened therefore that
ne was summerirg in Hungary-real
Hungary-and at farm house where
he could wear what he pleased and
DO what he pleased.
Nothing to do" he told his wife,
Shut paint away like mad. But l
font know" he continued reflective
", "why l couldn't do this back In
Jersey. | could, If it weren't for that
big blank wall of mountain over there,
and the ruin, and the funny little
eots-"
"And Olga" added young Mrs. Pc
terson.
'OIga-to be sure" returned Peter.
son, his glance once more returning
gratefully to the girl who was working
away In the cottage garden. He raised
tbs voice.
"Oh. Oiga!" he exclaimed. The girl
rose. answered his call and came trip
Ding blitheiy toward him.
Olga" he said, speaking to her in
her native tongue, you could Frau
OlIendorf to tell, our dinner out here
under this big tree to have. II SO be
It too much trouble IS
But the girl laughingly shook her
head. and replied vivaciously that it
would be no trouble at all. She would
be pleased to comply with the re-
quest. So, that being settled, Peter
son informed her gravely that in his
room were two pairs OF shoes that
oeeded cleaning, that he wanted ex-
ira washing done at once, and that he
desired that the large bathtub be half
oiled with warm water, as he wanted
J to take bath before his dinner, hav-
ing been too lazy to take one when
he rose. Mrs. Peterson followed with
few injunctions. And Olga only
smiled and nodded.
"All these things" she answered,
"already have done" .
Peterson rose, as she left. What a
girl, Matilda" he reiterated. Selling
q piece Of paper he hastily sketched
two faces-one bedraggled Irish
girl: the other, Olga.
Look on this picture and on thai"
he said. "Oh, for an Olga in New
Jersey" He glanced at the ruin for
an instant and then slapped his thigh.
ASuppose," he yentured, suppose.
Matilda, we should take her back
home with US, and forget Maggie.
Think OF It,"
81 'sBut the expense" protested Mrs.
Peterson. 1T wouldn't pay
Peterson frowned. THE expense. .
he unused. "Hang It! There's the
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1905-02-10
To Ward Off Disease.

Among the peasantry of Roxburgh
shire (Scotland) women who are nurs
ing babies wear round their necks
small cords of blue wool. These are
never removed, day or night, until the
child is weaned. BY taking this pre-.
caution they imagine that they insure
good health both to themselves and
their offspring during that critical pc.
Rod. The cords are handed down
from mother to daughter end are es.
teemed In proportion tu their an.
tiQuity.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1905-02-10

Jove, it's the very thing. Olga" he
called. Olga came.
"Olga," he said, "how would you,
to go back with us to the American
United States enjoy yourself?"
Olga gave little scream. oh
| OH" she gasped delightedly, Ito
America"
"Assuredly," returned Peterson,
would it not you please? You could
there work only one-halfs the time.
Half of two days in every week to
yourself you could then have"
"And you we should pay added
Mrs. Peterson, $50 much as ten dol
lars by the month"
Olga's eyes glistened. "Ten dollar"
she repeated. How much is she?"
They told her. Again she screamed
| with delight 1t was fully four times
what she was getting at Frau Ollen-
| dorff's.
ITO go with you" she announced
solemnly, II should so much like.
"Only," she concluded, shaking her
head, 81 fear it should be nothing but
dream"
In due time, back to New Jersey
| went the Petersons. And back with
| them went Olga-their new ten-dollar
| prize. And Peterson was lucky and
sold all the pictures he had painted
while abroad.
| Olga was transported. "Just think"
she told herself, up in the little serv-
ants bedroom in the little Peterson
house, "ten dollars-and for doing
nothing almost. am 50 glad-so
aglad-so glad"
Little by little Olga learned to talk
after the manner of Jerseymen, and
little by little became accustomed to
J the customs Of the country.
Olga said Mrs. Peterson, you
may go out, you know, on Thursday
and on Saturday or Sunday afternoon,
too, If you want to. And you must
get acquainted with the other girls
around here. Then you won't feel
homesick, or SO lonely"
Olga laughed. y never homesick
feel" she answered, black to Frau
| Ollendorff I would not co."
But, nevertheless. she took advice,
and gradually made the acquaintance
of the neighborhood domestics-and
| then there came the crisis.
One night Olga charged into the
presence of Peterson and his wife
! with fire in her eye.
"Swindlers," she exclaimed wrath
fully, "swindlers-und liars-und
thieves. Yes; say 1t. Me, poor
| innocent girl you would deceive. You
| both of you. You brought me over
here, and here am. And what?
You pay me ten dollars. Ten little
| dollars. Katie, next door she get
twenty. Rosalie she get twenty
three. And 20 wash:c.g-no iron;
nothing. And II am slave. For
ten little dollars. Bah"
For ten minutes Peterson and his
wife, after recovering from their sur
prise, argued with her. But to no
purpose. very well, Olga" they fin
ally announced, "we'll pay you six
teen and send the washing out"
Olga tossed her head.
lO-WOTTOW, SIG duSWereu, con-
yincingly, tomorrow you leave.
have engaged already been by Mrs.
Romaine-next blockat twenty-five
month; she say everybody wants
Hungarian girl and she give anything
to get one: she been watching me for
six month; she want me: she going
to have me; she pay twenty-five to
get me-" Peterson looked at his wife
sadly. .send for Maggie, dsar." hs
said.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1905-02-10
Must Marry to GET Prize

An artillery volunteer won recently
at shooting match at Blackpool
England, prize consisting of a wed
ding ring, gratuitous marriage cere
mony, wedding equipage. a polished
cradle, and bassinet. But he must
marry within twelve months to get
the prize
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1905-02-10
curtails opium Smoking.

Japan's official control Of the use Of
opium in Formosa is success. Its
import into that island fell from $780,
10 in 1902 to $594,095 in 1903, de-
crease Of $175,000. The price is fixed
by the government, and selling agents
are only allowed profit Of ~ per
cent. Since late In 1900 the number
of opium smokers in Formosa has de-
creased by about a thousand month.
Each opium smoker has to be regis
tered. Public opinion ~ well as .iiA
Law 10 against its use.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1905-02-10

Newspapers from home" said Pc
terson, drinking off glass of rich
new milk. Its good to see them"
Hastily he scanned their contents.
Suddenly he shifted with excitement
Look here, Matilda" he said, there's
a rate war on among the steamship
lines. Just look. They are landing
immigrants in New York for ten.
twelve, nine dollars-anything, al.
most. And it used to cost thirty-five. -
He paused. by George" he contin-
ued, passing over the paper, "it's our
very chance-to get Olga over to New
Jersey, and to give Maggie the go-by.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1905-02-10
STUDENTS HAVE GONE OUT
Claim That They Cannot Work Unde,
. Police SuoerYiaion

S'0p" s"os suSy ~AbT1Vt Work Onoef
Police Supervision
r st. Petersburg, Feb. 9-The stu.
dents of the military academy of med.
icine yesterday struck on the ground
that owing to police interference 1t is
impossible to carry on their educa.
ton. They demand that the academy
be closed until freedom is granted
them.
The police have forwarded to the
employers Of labor a list of promi-
nent strikers. asking for their immedi.
ate dismissal The director of the
Nevski naval construction yard re-.
fused compliance an other EMPLOYERS
are similarly disposed because many
of the b'ack.listed men are skilled ar.
tisans who can not easily be replaced.
The police Of Odessa have seized
consignments of revolvers and, car.
tridges destined for the strikers in tn.
Caucasus.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1905-02-10
Changes.

Changes.
Mourn, o rejoicing heart! O.
The hours are flying;
Each one some treasure takes,
Each one some blossom breaks.
And leaves 1t dying;
The chill dark night draws near,
Thy sun will soon depart,
And leave thee sighing;.
Then mourn, rejoicing heart
The hours are flying
Rejoice, o grieving heart!
The hours fly fast!
With each some sorrow dies.
With each some shadow flies,
Until at last
The red dawn In the East
Bids weary night depart, :.
And pain is past.
Rejoice, then, grieying heart h
The hours fly fast.
AdsiAlds Anns Proctor.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1905-02-10

Patent medicine proprietors are fire.
guently harsssed by the laws in Bull
garia. In that country he who puts
on the market preparation an.
nounced to cure a specific disease Is
liable to be imprisoned if the medi-
cine fails to produce the desired re-
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1905-02-10

trouble. It wouldn't pay. That's
true"
He strobe lazily toward the house
and disappeared and took his bath.
when he reappeared. looking fresh as
! man does who has had q bath and
knows It, the dinner was ready,
spread daintily, under the tree and
waiting for him.
Peterson had his hands full OF mail.
For Olga had found time while her
ainnar vas preparing to run down to
- little village and hack xs11n.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1905-02-10
Earliest Green Onions.

The John A. Salzer Seed Co., La Crosse,
Wis, always have something new, some.
thing valuable. This year they offer
among their new money making yege.
tables, an Earliest Green Eating Onion.
1t is a winner, Mr.. Farmer and Gardener
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1905-02-10

The great thing which counts In
this world is not talent. but faithful
ness.-John Clifford.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1905-02-10
JUST SEND THIS NOTICE AND 16C.
and they viii send you their big plant and

seed catalog, together with enough seed
1000 fine, solid Cabbages,
1900 rich, juicy Turnips,
1900 blanching, nuttys Celery,
1000 splendid Onions,
1000 rare, luscious Radishes,
1000 gloriously brilliant Flowers
In all over 10000 plants-this great offer
Is made to get you to test their warranted
vegetable seeds and
:, ALL FOR BUT 16c POSTAGE.
providing you will return this notice, and
if you will send them 26c in postage, they
will add to the above big package Of
Salzer's Fourth of july Sweet Corn-the
earliest on earth-lO days earlier than
Cory. Peep o Day, First ofAll etc. CW.N.U.l
The great thing which counts In
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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-03-15
CAUGHT. IN DEATH
WEBSPUN BY FIRE
Nineteen People Burned to Death in an East Side
tenement Whose Exits Were Barred
By Flame.

Policeman John J. Dwan, who had run
q plank across to the window of an
adjoining building. He rescued nearly
a dozen persons but finally fell twenty
feet to the paved yard and shattered
his shoulder. Dozens of people were
taken from the crowded fire escape
and upper windows. BY this time the
were effected in many cases only
through heroics efforts of the firemen.
Lieutenant Bonner, son of the form
er Fire Chief, ascended the now red
hot fire esca~e five times. Four times
he brought down a woman or child
in his arms. The fifth time he was
descending with an unconscious wo-
man but staggered and was barely
saved from death. Once Bonner res
cued a little girl from a window where
She stood surrounded by flames. She
pleaded with him to leave her on the
escape and go in after her little BROTH
er who she said had fallen unscious.
Bonner jumped into what looked like
a furnace, found the boy and saved
him.
Fireman Hannigan repeated Bon
ner's feat on the third floor. wo-
man. her night dress blazing. was
crawling down the escape and fire.
man had almost reached her when a
belch Of flame enveloped her. She fell
back and died in sight of the crowd.
Five Sink in Flames.
Death reaped a harvest quickly on
Continued from Page Six.)
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-03-15
Leads all North Carolina Daies i'm News sd Circulation

out in three or four places in long
stretches and at least one large trestle
carrie dout. Saturdays southbound
trains have not arrived here, but 1t is
expected that the line will be tenn
porarily repaired today and traffic re-
sumed.
The Southern Pacific line to the east
has remained undamaged and trains
are proceeding slowly have been kept
moving in both directions. At Cajon
Pass a landslide buried the roadbed
beenath tons of earth. The Santa Fe
has annulled it's eastbound trains and
held all westbound trains at Barstow,
pending the repairs to the roadbed.
AT the various seacoast towns the
damage from wind and waves will foot
up in the neighborhood of $500, 900.
Piers were wrecked, wharves torn to
pieces, scores of small craft driven
ashore and broken up and many build
ings along the coast battered and bad
ly damaged.
AT Santa Monaco the loss is esti-
mated at $4,000 Two piers and one
wharf were ruined and extensive
beach improvements in course of con-
struction were pounded to pieces.
AT Long Beach the loss is estimated
at $4,000.
At San Redro the government
breakWater, in the course of construc-
ton, was damaged $4,000 and other
minor. losses occurred on shore. The
wireless station here sustained several
hundred dollars damage.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-03-15
BUT ONE LIFE LOST
Though Immense Damage
Was Wrought.
Los Angeles Was the Worst Sufferer
in This Fierce Tempest That
Swept the Southern Pacific
Coast.
(By the Associated Press.)

Los Angeles, CAL, March Ito
day dawned clear and cool in Los An
geles and it is apparent that the great
stor mthat has ragged almost incessant>
ly along the Southern coast for the
past forty-eight hours is over. AS
far as has been learned but one life
has been lost as a resultof storm, that
of a laborer, who was drowned near
Caion Pass The total damage scat
tered over a wide stretch of territory
is conServatively estimated at an
amount in excess of half million DOL
lars. This includes the damage to
strets. buildings, bridges and other
property in this city, the loss OF the
steam a dnelectric railways and the
damage to wharves, piers and shipping
all along the coast. The total faIl or
rain for the storm measured 352
inches, according to the government
rain gauge, but at other points in the
storm belt this amount will be great
ly exceeded, approaching at some
places as high as $40 inches.
The storm was accompanied by most
phenomena in the shape of a strong
southeastern gale of wind, continuous
rolls of heavy thunder, flashes of
lightning and occasional showers of
hail The wind which at times at,
tanned a velocity of 63 miles an hour,
wrought immense damage all along
the coast, telegraph and telephone
lines were blown to the ground in
many places and for hours Los An
geles was practically isolated from the
outside world. With the exception of
one telegraph wire to Chicago, which
was in operation only at intervals, all
communication with that section was
cut off. Until today the telegraph has
not been able to reach San Francisco
since early Sunday morning.
The damage from the flood waters
10 the streets in this city is estimated
to be over 100000. Pavements and
curbstones have been torn up and
washed away, sewers and storm drains
broken and miles of streets covered
with thick slime of sand, gravel and
petroleum. washed down from the oil
region outside of the city.
The Worst Disaster.
The worst disaster was the wash
ing away of the Seventh street bridge
across Los Angeles river, where six
teen people were carried down into
the river. and five of them, including
one woman, seriously hurt. 1t was at
first reported that two women had lost
their lives in the accident but so far
no one has been reported missing. The
San Gabriel river ana olnef streams
were charged to their full capacity,
but caused only minor damage.
In the city proper the flood water
from the surrounding hills converted
many of the principal thoroughfares
into raging torrents, two fet deep IN
some places. Many business houses
and dwellings in the lower part of the
city were flooded on the lower floors
and considerable damage done. Street
car traffic was tied UP for hours and
entirely suspended on several lines
In the Southern Pacific and Santa
Fe Railroads there occurred extensive
washouts that tied up all traffic in
both directions for more than thirty
six hours The Southern Pacific Coas>
Line to San Francisco was washed
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-03-15
TWO CAPITAL CASES.
Proceedings of Superior Court in Pas
quotank County.
Especial to News and observer.l

Especial to News and Observer.)
Elizabeth City, N. c.. March A.
Superior court convened here this
morning in the second days session,
Judge Long presiding
The case of w. I'll. White selling IL
quor, was continued on account of the
absence of witness. In another case
against the same party, forwant of
evidence the solicitor submitted a YER
dict of not guilty without going to
the jury.
Walter Watson, a co1ored boy four
teen-years-old, charged with breaking
into the home of Jerry Waters, and
other violations of law. was found
guilty and sentenced to eight years
IN the States prison.
Richard Turner, colored, was SEN
fenced to twenty years in the States
prison, charged with breaking into
the home of Emerson Davis. He was
represented by e. F. Aydlett, who
pleaded guilty to burglary in the sec
ond degree
The case of Joshua Pendleton, col
ored, also tried for housebreakfng.
was continued long enough to have a
lawyer to represent him. This and the
case of Turner are both capital cases,
use-breaking being a hanging crime.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-03-15
NO IDEA OF PEACE.
That is What the Russian Foreign Of
flee Declares.
INV the Associated Press. )


st. Petersburg, March 14.-6:O5 p.
m.-The Foreign Office adopts a very
firm attitude regarding the peace ru-
mors today again, categorically insist
ing that Russia has not the slightest
idea of peace. There is nothing con-
firmatory of the reports that Japan
intends to made a formal proposition
to enter into peace negotiations within
q week, and they are received with
great skepticism. An official of the
Foreign Office with whom the CORES
spondent of the Associated Press talk
ed, expressed greatsdoubt whether ia
pan could offer a. basis for negotiations
acceptable to Russia. Nevertheless
diplomatic circles believe that the ice
once broekn the belligerents will find
a way without Intermediates to con-
clude peace. Until Field Marshal
Oyama has exhausted his last effort
to secure the fruits of his Mukden
victory it is pointed out that Japan
will not move, as naturally any pro-
posal emanating from either side
would be accompanied by an arrange
ment for an armisGce.