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Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1906-07-20
OUTDOOR LIFE
Will Not Offset the III Effects Of Coffee
When One Cannot Digest It.

A farmer says:
1t was not from liquor or tobacco
that for ten years or more suffered
from dyspepsia and stomach trouble,
they were caused by the use Of coffee
until I got SO bad had to give up
coffee entirely and almost give up eat.
Ing. There were times when ! could
Eat only boiled milk and bread and
when went to the field to work l
1ad to take scrle bread and butter
I llong to give ms strength.
Il doctored with doctors and took
almost everything could get for my
F;tomaeh in tho way Of medicine, but
II get any better It only lasted . lit
tie while until ! was almost . walking
skeleton. .s,
"One day I read an ad for Postum
and told my wife would try 1t, and
Is to the following facts viii make
lffdavit before any Judge:
II quit coffee entirely and used
Postum in Its place. / have regained
ny health entirely and can eat any
Thing that is cooked to eat. have
Increased IA weight until now I weigh
more than ever did; have not
taken any medicine for my stomach
since ] began using Postum. Why, I
believe Postum will almost digest an
iron wedge.
NY family would stick to coffee ct
drst. but they saw the effects It had
On me. and when they wers feeling
bad they began TO use Postum. one ct
Z time. until now we all use Postum"
Name given by Postum Co, Battle
Creek Mich.
Ten days trial Of Postum IN placs
ef sofss proves the truth, III easy and
clsasant way. There's = reason"
Look q ykgs. for copy Of the q,
mons little book. THE Road 70 we'll
o1lAs
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1906-07-20

The parson was talking to little FL
mer about his habits, and asked him
what time he was usually called for
breakfast. ''They don't have to call
me-" answered Elmer. I'm always
Johnny-on-the-spot."
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1906-07-20

TO prevent that tired feeling on
ironing day-Use Defiance Starch.
saves time saves labor-saves annoy.
ance, will not stick to the iron. Tho
big 16 OF. package for 10c. at your gro.
GERS.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1906-07-20
Death of Gen. Gwyn.

Philadelphia.-Word was received In
this city Wednesday Of the death In
Yonkers, N. T., Of Brevet Maj. Gen.
James Gwyn. He was Is years of age.
Gen. Gwyn served with distinction In
the war OF the rebellion.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1906-07-20
Peanut Warehouse Burned

Franklin, Va.-The warehouse Of the
Franklin Peanut company was burned.
The building was valued at $4,000, and
the contents at $4,000. The Seaboard
Air Line depot and other bushes,
houses were saved.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1906-07-20
Two killed in Collision.

Houston, Tex.-Two men were killed
and three Others seriously hurt in q
collision between two oil trains on the
Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe >railroad
two miles north Of Plantersville late
Monday night.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1906-07-20
Mexican war veteran Dead.

Olatle, Kan.-A. Smith Deveney, for
80 years practicing attorney for east
ern Kansas, died at Santa Barbara,
CAL, aged rs years. He fought in the
Mexican and civil wars. When young
he was on the stage with the eldey
Booth.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1906-07-20
Seize Rebel Arms.

copenhagen. Russian revolutionists
are trying to import arms. The Swed-
ish authorities seized 10000 rifles des-
tined for Finland. The weapons were
hidden in casks, topped with fruit.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1906-07-20

MISS Priscilla Stokes ,,r,,.,
after . weeks yisitin si,n, ~ iHs
The Sunday school has nl.n.
their annual picnic Friday NJ :,
the banks OF James lour m,,s. - WI
city. 'sass N
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1906-07-20

Col. Watterson tells the young men
to Ego SOUTH" while Uncle Jim Hill
bids them go west by north. Torn
BY conflicting emotions, most Of the
young men probably will remaip
where they are.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1906-07-20

Edison says he has discovered how
20 cut the price Of automobiles IN
two. It will soon get so that even
editors can have EN-.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1906-07-20
slabs Father During Quarrel.

New York.-During a quarrel be.
tween Conrad Schirmer and his 49,
year-old son at the home Of the sons
sweetheart, the youth stabbed his ia.
Their with a piece Of broken glass, in.
flicting probably a mortal wound.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1906-07-20

The trouble with lots Of men who
ray they are willing to die Tor their
country Is that they don't
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1906-07-20

3 King leopold Of Belgium persists
ii his ambition to be the worst gem
floman IN Europe. 5sx
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1906-07-20

Sunday School Teacher-What be-
came of the swine that had evil spirits
cast into them? Small Johnny-They
were made into deviled ham.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1906-07-20
Trees Of Great Age.

The distinction Ct being the Oldest
nving thing undoubtedly belongs to
one Of four trees. A century ago De
Canbolle found two yews, one at Fort
inga1, in Perthshire, and one In He'd
sor. in England, that were estimated
to be, respectively, $500 and 3,240
years old. Both are still fourishing,
and the older tree has a trunk 81 feet
round.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1906-07-20
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TO Our City SUBSCRIBE,
Those WHO ARE IN AR.
REARS please donot WAIT
FOR OUR COLLECTOR 10
CALL, but when down IN
town come to our office and
pay the amount you owe.
If you will do this at once !.
will save you the trouble ii
telling the collector 50 many
pretty fairy tales of why yo,,
can't pay.
The Washington times., 1906-09-02

into the mud where she stuck until an
outbound steamer came along and
gave them z hand
Al the trial Miller claimed that the
order 10 starhoard the helm was not
given IN time for him 10 prevent the
grounding. but the burden OF the testi-
mony showed that there was reason
able ground for the assertion OF the
captain that II was a deliberate at
tempt 10 wreck the ship.
Two or three days after that incident
Miller refused duty. declining to go
out upon the bowsprlt while the
schooner was making heavy weather
Of IL. claiming that the footlines were
not taut enough 20 make them safe
In fact, he said. ne told the captain
that he had never IN his life been on
such 4 poorly regulated ship.
Eight days out from New Orleans.
Miller. the Finn. was so ugly that he
was arrested. put in irons. tied up by
the thumbs and sfterward put into the
lazarette, a little cubby h0ls not big
enough for a boy and with much less
room than is needed for a full grown
man 20 stretch himself and rest.
The Washington times., 1906-09-02
Mates Murdered

That right. he said. Clark came 20
him and said that Glew would join the
mutiny. II he (MMler) would also be-
come member OF the rebel band
Miller. nursing fancied wrongs. agreed
TO rebel Glew. 81 appears, had been
won over TO the plan OF killing the ON
GERS and either scuttlinK her OF turn
pirate with a base in the West Indies
by a threat that if he did not he would
have 10 go overheard.
As -use 10 get the mates out OF
their bertls. a part OF the jib rigging
was cut away. and Miller was sent to
call the second mate. Running for
ward. Charles Patterson went out upon
the ub-boom and made fast the thrash
ing rigging As he came down. Clark
engs ged him in a wordy row. and Pat
tcrson struck at him. According TO
Clark's story he retalisted with a blow
that Knocked him overheard from ,
deck house around which there was no
rail.
While Clark was diEposinE OF the sec
ond mate. Miller sku!ked around the
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tsin's wife would often leave the cabin.
bring her chair ND on the deck and
talk with Clark or any other man al
the wheel At other times when shs
would glance up from her work and
meet the gaze Of Clark she would
speak 10 him. nodding TO him IT
pleasant manner II she had nothing
10 say
These things, Miller believed, caused
Clark TO lose his head and imagine
vain things. That Mrs. Patterson
never had any feeling for Clark is at
tested BY the fact that she tried hard
10 prevent President Grant committing
his sentence OF death TO life imprison-
ment
The vessel sailed from New Orleans
on March >, 1875. bound for London,
loaded with oil cakes and other mer-
chandlse with a crew composed OF
William NJ. Patterson, captain; Cory
don Trask Patter son. a brother OF the
captain. first ma =: Charles A. Patter-
son, a cousin OF the first two. second
mate; Harry Aiken. cook and steward;
George Miller. a Finn; Ephriam Clark.
alias William Smith. who, II appeared
afterwaFd vas the chief conspirator;
John Glew. Jacob Timber, a Swede;
Henry Malaheine, a French boy, ana
Mrs. Emma J. Patterson, wife OF the
captain and the woman IN the case.
The Washington times., 1906-09-02
Tried to STAB the CAPTAIN

From this arrest Miller was re-
leased only after he had signed q
promise. written on the log Of the
ship. agreeing TO make no more trou-
BILE for the captain. This promise was
Endorsed by. all the other members OF
the crew, who signed the log as wit
nesses and indorsers. II is claimed
that during the scuffle, while Miller
was being placed under arrest. he
tried 10 stab the captain Miller in
his confession said that the captain
was trying to get his sheath knife
away from him when the incident
occurred which the captain claimed
was an attempt 10 stab him
II appeared 10 the captain that there
was an understanding between Clark,
or Smith. oS. he was called. and Miller,
10 the sffect that il either was TO be
punished the other vas &c be pres
ent and interfere.
From. the time the Borden left port
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the schooner made heavy weather Of
IL, The men had to man the pumps
for more hours than they haf a right
10 expect They also grumbled more
than customary about the quality OF
the food. Miller continually growled
about the long chances he was COM
PEELED 20 take 10 obey orders
For forty-seven days the schooner
fought her way against big seas and
adverse winds, and then came mutiny
and murder.
On the night Of April 20 Miller and
Clark, under the leadership Of Clark,
planned and committed the murder Of
the mates. Miller in a statement made
while he was in prison, said that the
evening OF that day he overheard the
officers talking among themselves
The captain directed the mates to
gather Up all the loose boards, mar
lin spikes. and all other things that
might be used as weapons, and bring
them back to the cabin.
The Washington times., 1906-09-02
4 Leakg Graft

The schooner Borden was q leaky
and not too stanch craft OF the
American type on which conditions
were probably a little worse than
usual, with respect to food and nard-
ness OF the life for the men before the
mast But she was not the floating
he'll that Clark described her.
Trouble began within an hour of de-
psrture from port. With Miller al the
wheel, the Jefferson Borden dropped
down the Mississippi. conveyed by
tug Arrived al the bar, the tug cap
tain found q strong tide running.
wherefore he ordered the helm OF mthe
schooner hard a stsrboard. Miller put
II stsTbosrd. but not IN time 10 save
the schooner from pokinE her nose
The Washington times., 1906-09-02
Clayk Becomes Infatuated

Miller, although a big hulkinK Finn,
always wearing a big Russian fur cap
that made him look like a bear. was
not as dull witted as some Of the
others. He saw that the eagerness OF
Clark 10 stand his trick a the wheel
proceeded not from a willingness 10
perform his duties but to be near Mrs.
Patterson. Standing at the wheel
Clark could look into the door OF the
cabin and see Mrs. Patterson sitting
with her sewing
Clark was never late a second in
answering the bell 10 stand his watch
a the helm. On the contrary he was
often there ahead OF time and fire.
quentiy ne loitered there after being
relieved Holding the wheel was not
monotony for him. Looking down the
companionwsy into the ca bin, he often
became careless in handling the ship,
50 intent was he In his regard Of the
captains wife.
When the nights we're warm the cap
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WHO BIDEs HIS TIME.

Who bides his time. and day BY day
Faces defeat full patiently.
And lifts a mirthful roundelay.
However poor his fortune be,
He will mot fail in any quaim
OF poverty-the paltry dime
Il will grow golden IN his palm
Who bides his time.
Who bides his time-he tastes the swssa
OF honey In the safest tear
And though he fares with slowest feet
JOY runs 10 meet him. drawing near
The birds are heralds OF his cause;
And. like a never-ending rhyme.
The roadsides bloom IN his applause.
Who bides his time.
Who bides his time. and fsvsr1 not
In the hot race that none achieves.
Shall wear cool wreathen laurel. wrough
With crimson berries IL the leaves;
And he shall reign a goodly king
And sway his hand Ger every cline,
With peace writ on his Eignst ring.
Who bides his tine.
James Whitconb Riley.
The Washington times., 1906-09-02

hands, and the revolver IN ne HANDS
OF the cook.
After fifty hours Of this kind OF war
fare. the captain. finding there was no
response from the forecastle, ven
tured down into the hold. where he
found three wounded mutineers. who
had tried 10 secrete themselves. They
surrendered then and suffered them
selves 20 be ironed. in which condi-
ton they were brought into London,
where they were Immediately sent 70
a hospital To get them in condition
for their trial at Boston.
The story Of the mutiny preceded the
schooner to London. for the captain,
flying the Stars and Stripes at half
mast. with union down. spoke 4 Nor
wegian bark also bound for London,
and got a sailor from her 70 help him
take the Borden into the British cay
itaI.
Arrived in London, Captain Pattsr~
son showed A ferociJyf that disguised
the American consul He would not
permit Miller TO be carried out on
strstchcr. insisting that the Finn could
walk, Notwithstanding the fact that he
had three bullets In one OF his legs.
This was Of a piece with his treatment
Of the prisoners.
After they surrendered he logged
them with rope ends 20 make them
confess what they had done with the
mates. lie even compelled Miller 10
enact the scene that took place when
he had killed the second mate.
The Washington times., 1906-09-02

der OF the 1rst and second mate. one
a brother and the other cousin %
the captain. and had II not been for
the quick wit OF Mrs. Patterson.
would have killed the captain HIM
self. and would have been in full pos
session OF the ship.
AS Il was. for forty-eight hours the
battle lasted on the schooner, cabin
against forecasts. Both parties we're
afraid 20 show themselves on deck,
but IN the long run me captain had the
better or the argument and the mutt
neers were captured. Through those
long hours Jacob Timber. a SWede.
stood by the wheel, keeping the vessel
on her course He mad sided neither
with the captain nor Clark, he merely
waited at his post until some one re-
lieved him u was n terrible ordeal
through which he passed, not knowing
when he might be attacked by either
party.
The tragedy linked with the name OF
jefferson Borden Mortified two con-
tinents. The one refining influence on
board the schooner was the presence
or Mrs. Patterson. the young wife OF
the cantain She loved the sea. II
was the unlawful and impossible love
for this woman that caused Clark to
plunge the crew OF the Borden into
mutiny-
BY the side OF her husband Mrs Pat
terson shared the hardships and the
pleasures OF the sea. Nothing had
marred the serenity az their lives. The
sweet womanly nature Of the captains
wife caused her TO treat all the men
kindly. They all treated her with ap-
parent respect. though Clark. so Mil
Ter said. often regarded her with a
peculiar and sinister look.
The Washington times., 1906-09-02
Sentence of Death COMMITTED

The accounts OF the men OF course
could not be heard al the trial IN Bos-
ton and the stories current since the
trial are those they gave years after
the occurrence. after they were IN
pris0n. Their stories did not agree,
but Miller made the more favorable
impression for, after his imprison-
ment, he applied himself to study and
ACQUIRED a very fair education during
the nineteen years spent IN Jail before
his death.
The sentence that Miller and Clark
be hanged was committed by President
Grant to imprisonment for life. Twenty
minutes after the late Senator Morrill,
OF Vermont left the White House
carrying with him the Presidents
promise Of Communication. Mrs. Patter-
son. infatuatIon for whom had caused
Clark 10 plan the mutiny, entered Il
20 protest against the Communication.
She came bearing protests from ship
owners and others 20 whom she
told the details OF that awful TIA
april 60. q. and %. 1875. during which
time the fight between her husbands
cabin and the forecastIe lasted, Tbs
President told her that she was too
late. In the party taken 20 the White
House nv Senator Morrill, was the sis
ter Of Clark. who since that time mas
refused TO hold communication with
her brother until such time as he can
tell the truth
Clark expects. some day. 20 receive 4
pardon from the President OF tbs
United States. He has the distinction
OF having received denials OF clemency
from BENJAMIN Harrison. Grover
Cleveland. and William Mckinley.
Theodore Roosevelt he never tried be-
lieving the newspaper reports that the
present occupant is Of the opinion that
a Justly imposed sentence should be
carried into execution 10 the full limiG
The Washington times., 1906-09-02
SaUed bu wire s mt

They finally arranged that Miller
should call him, saying that a man
had broken a leg snd was afraid that
h was going 20 die. Mrs. Patterson.
sharp Witted wife. cautioned her hus-
hand against going out. for she sus-
pected the Finn OF a desire 10 murder
her husband on account Of the rows
they had had.
For Gods sake, why don't YOU
come" cried the Finn after the cap
tain had asked where the mates were
and had received no answer. Miller
tried A third time 10 entice the cap
tain out OF his cabin but was unsuc-
cessful. because by this time the cap,
Jains wife was sure there was some
thing wrong. Mrs. PaJterson's fears
were only TOO well grounded.
Before they had killed the mates
they had gagged and bound the
French boy and put him into the hold.
Aiken, the cook, the sailors had treat
ed with the disdain men OF their call
ing usually have for the man IN the
galley. They had simply ignored
hIm, so Aiken Crept aft and joined
the captain and his wife. The ship
Immediately became the camps Of two
hostile parties, the captain and his
wife and the cook in the cabin, the
three sailors IN the forecastle.
Although numerically equal. the cap
tain's party had a great advantage
all the firearms aboard were in their
possession. The captain Immediately
laid siege 10 the fore castle, taking pot
shots ar the mutineers. who were also
murderers, although the captain did
not know that at the time, whenever
possible. His aim was true and when
the ship got 10 London the three mutt
neers We're al wounded. They were
in such bad shape that they had to
be taken to d hospital before they
could be brought 70 this country for
trial
Malaheine, the cabin boy, was able
to get rid of his bonds. and creeping
TO the afterhatch, scratched on Il so
as 10 attract the attention of the cap
tain VINO opened it and admitted him
20 the cabin. This gave the numerical
preponderance TO the law and order
party.
The Washington times., 1906-09-02

deck with a csptstan bar. and when
Corydon Patterson came out Of his
berth he used that weapon so effective
IS that the first mate fell on deck with
out tremor, for he had been instant
ly killed. All this tine Jacob Timber
the Swede. vas an the wheel. nor did
he stir from his post.
After the bodies Of the mates had
been thrown overheard like dead dogs
Miller and Clark defeated as 10 bow
they should get the captain out OF his
cabin. Clark says that Miller wanted
The Washington times., 1906-09-02

~ ~ er. hailing from Ken
nebunk, Ne, set sail
from New Orleans.
bound for London. with Captain Pat
terson and his fair young wife. mu-
tiny and murder trailed IN her wake.
Two men there were aboard, both
ships Officers. who must die before
the end or the voyage. though little
they knew Of their fate when the
snchor was shipped Two men there
were who must serve long years In
prison for the crime, though II was
with other plans that they raised
their hands against their captain: one
Of them George Miller, huge Finn,
sailor before the mast, died In the
striped clothes. the other. Ephraim
Clark, lies behind the heavy steel
doors Of the Federal prison at Thomas
ton. Me. where for thirty years he
has hoped against hope for pardon
And all for the love OF a woman.
Il was not Mrs. Patterson's fault.
however. that Ephraim Clark became
infatuated with her. The LONGER ne
sailed with the PattersOns the more
Jealous he became OF her husband.
which. according to the laws Of God
and man, was a peculiar situation,
20 say the least. Clark was OF some
intelligence as we'll as energy. He
had the head 10 plan as well as 10
dream.
RE dreamed OF capturing the JEFF
feTsOn Borden, Of killing Captain Pat
terson and mis- officers. Of laying a
straight course % the South seas, car
rying with him the captains wife; OF
seeking cut a small island IN the
tropical climate and establishing him
self there is a pirate king, He pan
ned TO carry through this diabOlical
scheme with the aid Of George Miller.
The gigantic Finr Nho, though ignor-
ant and unthinKmg, hated Captain
Patterson because OF harsh treatment
ne mad received al his hands. Clark
realized the value of the assistance
which the Finn could render him. He
worked upon Miller's hatred until the
seaman was willing to do murder
With the other members OF the crew
Clark had Indifferent success.
The Washington times., 1906-09-02
MutiHeers Yield

The battle lasted for two days and
two nights. Every time there was an
opportunity CAPTAIN Patterson called
upon the men in the forecastle to sslr-
render, accompanying each demand
with volley from the rife In his own
The Washington times., 1906-09-02
4 Fatal Mistake

Because he failed TO reckon with one
important detail IN his plans Clark
failed. He did not take into considera-
ton that all the firearms on board
were in the captains cabin. and the
tremendous advantage which these
weapons would give 10 the party which
held possession Of them. But in spits
OF this oversight Clark and his CON
federates we're successful in the muir
The Washington times., 1906-09-02

70 70 in and kill him while he lay in
his bed alongside Of his wife. Clark
would not consent 10 that because, as
he said, It might mean the killing OF
the woman. and he wanted her for
him saIf
The Washington times., 1906-09-02

HEN thu good ship
Jefferson b orden.
three-masted schoon-
er, hailing from Ken
nebunk, Ne, set sail
Rrnrn Neur Orlea rs.
The Washington times., 1906-09-02

3ut After Their Sentences We're Imposed, It Was De-
peIoped That the Lore of One of Them for His Cap
tain'S Wife Had Caused Him to Dream Wild Dream
a Dream of Capturing the Three-Masted Schooner
on Which He Sailed, of Killing the Captain and His
Officers, and of Laying Straight Course to the
South Seas With the Woman He Loved, Where He
Hoped to Establish Himself on a Small Tropical
Island as a FuH-Fledged Pirate King.
The Washington times., 1906-09-02

When George Miller and Ephraiu1 Clark We're Sent to
Federal Prison for Life on the Charge of Murder
ing Two of Their Superior Officers on the High Sea,
1t Was Supposed That Rebellion Against TyrannicdL
Authority Was the Motive for Their Crime
The Washington times., 1906-09-02

septic m b er 2, 1906