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Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1906-05-25
WILL TEST APPEAL.
Rock island Proposes To Support
Appeal. ,

Rock island Proposes To Support
Appeal.
Des NOTES.-THE fact that the
Rock Island system is marshalllng all
the forces of it's legal department,
under the personal direction of Robert
Mather. its general counsellor. in sup
port of it's appeal from the supreme
court of Iowa of a case involving only
$1,000, shows the Importance attach
ed to a test Of the Iowa decision,
which declared that an employe could
not sign away his right to sue the
railroad for damages if injured While
in it's employ.
The contracts which employees were
required to sign stipulated that in case
of injury they forfeited the right TO
sue for damages unless within thirty
days after the accident they served
on the officials of the road written
statement of their injuries. Roy Null
ford Of Davenport, whose foot was cut
off while switching for the railroad
at Des Moines, failed to give such no.
tice. He sued for damages. and a
Jury awarded him $1,000. The Iowa
supreme court. reviewing the case,
affirmed the verdict, asserting the
contract which employees were requir-
ed to sign, was invalid. The Rock
leland has now taken the case into the
United State supreme court, and has
placed the conduct of its case in the
hands of General Counsel Robert
Mather of New York. 1t will evi.
IDENTIFY spare no pains to overturn the
Iowa decision, as the same law would
invalidate the company's contracts
with its employees wherever its sys.
TEN is in operation.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1906-05-25
Humble Heroes.

Calling attention to the fidelity OF
the telegraph operators in San Fran
cisco, where they kept their heads
and stuck to their keys till driven out
by the flames, the New York Sun has
this to say: Elk the eyes of the
community on a man in Official place
and he will scorn his own safety. Give
the obscure man something to do that
calls for greater activity than usual
and he will seldom fail to come up to
what Is expected of him. Exceptional
" daring deeds done by our firemen
and policemen are often the result Of
the spirit of the service, though 1t Is
possibly less SO in their case than in
that Of the soldier or the sailor who
is Of emulation all compact. 1t In
wolves no reflection on the soldier, the
sailor or those who, in other ranks
Of life, practice the military virtues Of
discipline and obedience to say that
the man who, in great peril, goes on
doing his ordinary duty, with no hope
Of applause, honors or individual dis
tinction, is as heroic as any hero.
That is why we ask you to take OF
your hat to the telegraph operators IN
San Francisco"
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1906-05-25
ENDS IN MURDER.
Serious Shooting at Oskaloosa after
Trivial Quarrel.

Serious Shooting at Oskaloosa after
Trivial Quarrel.
Oskaloosa.--"Put that cigar out or
I'll shoot it ont"
"You don't dare"
Scarcely was the retort out OF
IL ouard Roberts mouth when Ton
Elmore had fired his A caliber re-
yolver at the smoking man. and mis-
sing the cigar had added another
CHAPTER to Buxton's book Of crime by
injuring seriously, if not fatally, the
smoker.
The shooting occurred just ever the
line in Mahaska county, where FL
more, Roberts and several of their
friends were loafing on the grass juct
outside the big mining camp. There
was no enmity between the men, no
thing to prompt the shot but the splr'
It of dare deviltry which prevails IN
a certain element in the Monroe min
tcs camp. A dozen friends were IN
the crowd at the time.
Elmore had no objection to smoK-
ing. nor to the brand Of cigar the IN
iur ed man was enjoying. He utter
ed his threat in q spirit or DUN.
When called he made good.
The friends surrounded the wound
ed man and took him to his home.
The man who did the shooting remain
ed at large until the Mahaska county
oficers were notified by Roberts fam
tly. which fears for his recovery.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1906-05-25
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Occurrences Throughout the Comnonweahn
70 PROTECT DOGS.

Organization 10 PERFECTED by Men al
Oes Moines.
Des Moines.-At meeting OF the
Iowa Dog Protective association the
association went on record as opposed
to the cur dog and will take measures
to rid the streets Of what they term
the pests. The following officers were
elected:
H. B. Wyman, president; W. A.
Graham, vice president; WILDER J.
Garrison, secretary; Geo. Q. Cooper
treasurer; Don H. Foster, D. H. MIL
Ter, Fred bunker, board Of directors.
The object Of this association Is the
protection of good dogs from thieves
and dog prisoners. The association
voted a standing reward Of not less
than one. hundred dollars for infor'
nation leading to the arrest and con-
viction of any person or persons
guilty of malicious injuryof any dog,
belonging to member OF this assocl'
alton.
The society is incorporated under
the laws of the state of Iowa, and all
members and officers serve without
pay. ...-..
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1906-05-25
DEBT OWED GRAND ARMY.
Highest Principles of Patriotism and
Citizenship 1nculcated by
the Order.

The old soldier, veteran Of the civil
war, is a Giving epistle, known and
read of all men," His presence among
us is a reminder Of the war, an in.
spiration to duty, living exponent
and illustration of patriotism.
The Grand Army of the Republic is
made up of the honorably discharged
union soldiers. None others are eli.
gible to membership in it. 1t is q
nonsectarian and nonpartisan, politi.
cally, organization, and yet its funda.
mental principle is loyalty to the gov.
eminent. 1t is bulwark against trea.
son, and everything else that men.
aces the welfare, prosperity and safety
of the nation.
Social order, exalted views of lifa
and appreciation of our privileges, and
the promise Of our future as a nation,
are secured by an intelligent and care
full use of our opportunities.
These things the Grand Army of the
Republic seeks to secure and foster.
No greater service can be rendered ia
our country than to promote and estab.
lish her interests in the welfare, in.
telligance and high moral quality OF
her people. The veterans Of the civil
war see all this, and for them they
stand-Rev. J. ]. Woolley. s..
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1906-05-25
Armies and navies are expensive

Armies and navies are expensive;
we need farmers more than we need
soldiers; we need merchant ships
more than we need battleships. The
civil war demonstrated that it doel
not take long to make first-clasa
fighting man of the American citizen
and there are 100000 such ready
to fight in quarrel with stranger:
The only power that is at all likely ia
give us serious trouble is Japan, and
she will not undertake it until she
shall think herself strong enough to
order all the other white folks out Of
her neighborhood. That will be gener.
atoms hence and need give us no con.
Germ. Our business is to make money,
not to engage in war. We have an i'm
mense territory right here in the re-
public that is yet virgin and the de-
mand is for laborers, not soldiers.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1906-05-25
THE POINT OF THE PRovERB

An old proverb advises the shoe
maker to stick to his last. 1t means
that q man always succeeds best ut
the business he knows. To the farmer
1t means, stick to your pillow; to the
blacksmith. stick to your forge; to
the painter, stick to your brush.
When we make experiments ous at our
line they are likely to prove expen-
sive failures.
1t Is amusing, however, to remark
how every one of us secretly thinks
he could do some other fellows work
better than the other fellow himself.
The painter imagines he can make
paint better than the paint manufac-
turer; the farmer thinks he can do
job Of painting better, or at least
cheaper than the painter, and so on.
A farm hand in one Of Octave
Thanets stories tells the Walking
Delegate of the Painters Union. ANY
body can slather paint" and the old
line painter tells the paint salesman,
None Of your ready made mixtures
Cor me; I reckon ought to know
how to mix paint"
The farm hand is wrong and the
painter is wrong: Shoemaker, stick
to your last" The fancy farmer"
can farm. Of course, but 1t Is an ex-
pensiye amusement II it strikes him
as pleasant to grow strawberries at
fifty cents apiece, or to produce eggs
that cost him five dollars a dozen, 1t
Is a form of amusement, to be sure,
If he can afford it, but it's not farm
ing. If the farmer likes to slosh
around with a paint brush and can al
ford the time and the expense of hav-
ing a practical painter do the job
right pretty soon afterward, It's
harmless form Of amusement. 1t the
painters customers can afford to
stand for paint that comes off in half
the time it should, they have perfect
right to indulge his harmless vanity
about his skill in paint making. But
IN none of these cases does the shoe
maker stick to his last.
There is just one class Of men In
the world that knows how to make
paint properly and have the facilities
OUlIS IL 44SASS oI1u eAUS 49, So
paint manufacturers-the makers OF
the standard brands of ready-prepared
paints. The painter mires paints;
the paint manufacturer grinds them
together. In a good ready-prepared
paint every particle Of one kind OF
pigment is forced to join hands with
j particle of another kind and every
bit of solid matter is forced, as 1t
were, to open It's mouth and drink IN
its share of linseed oil. That is the
only way good paint can be made, and
If the painter knew how to do 1t he
has nothing at hand to do it with. A
paint pot and paddle are poor
substitute for power-mixers, buhr.mills
md roller-mills.
The man who owns building and
aeglects to paint it as often as 1t
needs paint is only a degree more
,hort-sighted than the one who tries
% do his own painting or allows the
painter to mix his paint for him.
p O.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1906-05-25
REACHED a COMPROMISE.
esbyterians Settle Question Of Book
of Forms.

Presbyte rians Settle Question Of Book
of Forms. ,..
Ties Moines. striking out
Of the resolutions and out OF the
title page and preface all words
which might indicate that the Pres
byterian general assembly authdriz-
es the use of the Book OF Forms"
and also Incorporating resolution
of the opposition showing that the
body made no recommendations IN
the matter, the report of the COM
mittee headed by Mr.. VanDyke, was
adopted. The arrangement by which
the adoption was brought about was
q compromise, but gives the church
the book just as it was without any
authorization or recommendations
from the general assembly, and ends
a notable contest.
The opposition won it's victory in
the resolution presented by DR.. Will
liam F. McCauley of Cincinnati, the
leader of that side and in the
changes suggested by DR.. James D..
Moffat, who had gone over the reso-
lutions and the book itself carefully
and eliminated all of the words in
dicating in any way authorization or
Endorsement. Even then there was
some opposition, but it dwindled
down to almost nothing when the
final votes were taken.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1906-05-25
Forty-one years ago this spring
Grant and Sherman, at the head of the

Forty-one years ago this spring
Grant and Sherman, at the head of the
two great armies of the union, were pre-
pairing for their master campaigns
the one against Richmond, the other
through Georgia to the sea-which
were to crush all resistance and bring
civil war to an end. On Memorial day
some of the survivors Of the 100000
men that formed those two armies will
be among the veterans who march in
parade in honor of the country's SOL
dier dead. But their numbers will be
few, and their feeble steps will point
all too surely to the early coming of
the time when the veterans Of the civil
war will march no more.
Memorial day will be retained forever
by this nation as one Of its great holt
days. 1t is the fourth in historical or
der In the series Of our great celebra-
lions. Christmas day is the feast Of our
religion and civilization. Thanksgiv-
mg day harks back to our forefathers
Who brought that civilization to new
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1906-05-25
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what None, Is Doing.
ore MONIES.

There are even In these days . good
many families in the United States
Who find 1t possible to do certain
amount OF moderately high thinking
and still cultivate some of The graces
OF life. They may be obliged to live
simply, says Scribner's, and yet may
not need to use up all their vitality
in manual labor. True. they must
walk when others ride. they must take
thought to their apparel. that 1t %
presentable at small cost, and when
they entertain their friends they must
do 1t simply. But they have time to
read books and they have money to
educate their children. Oftener than
not they are persons whose family
traditions incline them to fastidious'
ness In social matters. They and their
forebears have been accustomed not
only to well.bred, but interesting peo'
nile and have kept in touch with what
was going on in the world; In short'
they have taste for the best society.
twenty-five years ago there was no
reason why they shouldn't maintain
their inherited or acquired right to IT.
but the tendency on the part OF GER
tain of their fellow citizens to what
has been characterized as the haolt
of getting rich" has changed all that.
It is not only that the accumulation
of colossal fortunes restricts the imam
cial chances of the moderately ampl-
tious majority, but it deprives them
of some innocent and legitimate COM
forts and pleasures to which they
think themselves reasonably entitled
by Increasing SO tremendously the COST
of living with the standard OF luxury
is raised in proportion. This, to be
sure, is an old cry, but to the 1mpe'
cunious majority it does not cease to
be a live issue.
Yet one cannot .snd fault with the
people who have made money tor
wanting to spend it; oEe cannot be
SURPRISED IL luelE AOCoS oAS Stu0S ~~
il they fail to appreciate refined SIM
plicity. Most Of us spend all the
money we can afford and we should
not thank anyone who should presume
to dictate to us as to what we ought
to buy with it. The very rich do not
in the least intend to make life hard
for the rest of the world. In fact
from their kind-hearted desire to give
pleasure we get some singularly bad
results, such as, for instance, the poor
girl with rich tastes, who, although
she need not always be a Lily Bart,
yet is always in an unnatural and de-
moralizing position; and the young
man who goes to the dogs in his effort
to keep up the pace with his rich
mates.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1906-05-25

ing ever forget them, or will future
generations ever cease to read of those
times from the pages OF history!
Two Memorial days-one for the
north, one for the south, and again,
"All Americans No other nation has
concern in these memorial times OUT
our own. 1t was a war between broth
ers; the war has passed, the brother
hood remains. Or, If there still are
those whose hearts are fermenting
rooms for sectional hatred, we pity
that man or woman; surely there Is
time to put aside-tf not forget-a
time to regard the best Of the pres
ent, not the worst of the past; time
to cultivate amenities and loves, not
antagonisms and base passions. Yes,
there are two Memorial days; may
the sun shine clear in the heavens on
the days that commemorate the valof
and the losses of both the north and
the south; nor let either section fall
in thought, at least, to pay its due
tribute by awarding equal sincerity
and valor to the other. These days,
as is eventually the case with all me
mortal days. have measurably lost
their early characteristic-that which
clusters around the affectional nature
and recalls the father or the son whe
fell in that great struggle. 1t Is not
in man always to mourn; and now
that which was born of the affections
becomes monumental and historic, and
it is we'll that 1t is so. In recent
years graves of the northern dead
have been decorated by the brethren
of the south, and the blue have loved
to lay their floral tributes upon tho
graves of the gray. So may it con
tinue to be-, as in future years OUT
two Memorial days come around with
each recurring spring. Pass a few
tardy years and monuments to a Lee
or a Johnston or a Gordon shall find
a resting place at the north as well
as at the south, and so the oneness OF
the people and the forgetfulness OF
old antagonisms shall ind expression
in bronze or in marble as 1t already
dwells in the hearts Of those who are
both broadly patriotic and strong
Festina diem!-Christian Work.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1906-05-25
Suffered for Three Years with Itching
Humor-Cruiser Newark U. s. N.
Man Cured by Cuticura.

II suffered with humor for about
three years off and on. l finally saw
q doctor and he gave me remedies that
did me no good, so I tried Cuticura
when my limb below the knee to the
ankle was as raw as piece of beef.
All l used was the Cuticura Soap and
the Ointment. bathed with Cuticura
Soap every day, and used about six
or seven boxes Of Cuticura Ointment.
I was thoroughly cured of the humor
In three weeks, and haven't been at.
fected with 1t since. use no other
Soap than Cuticura now. H. J. Myers,
U. s. N, u. 8. s. Newark, New York.
InlY 6. 1905"
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1906-05-25
DAY OF SENTIMENT.
Ceremonies in Cemeteries School of
Patriotism for Both Old
and Young.

On every national anniversary, ex.
cept Memorial day, we deal with things
of life, rather than of death.
On Independence day we celebrate the
nations birth; on Washington and Lin
coin days the birth anniversaries OF Its
immortal patriots; on Thanksgiving
day the fullness and blessings Of ma
tional prosperity.
On Memorial day alone we give pause
for tears; on this hal]owed anniversary
we weave chaplets for the nations
glorious dead.
And how glorious they are-these
myriad sleeping soldiers-and how the
glory of their deeds magnifies with the
years!
We, the living, add not at all to their
Immortality in history with our flow
lers, our prayers and our tears. But
we do add something of priceless value
to our own lives by the customs OF
Memorial day. We turn these sacred
hours into a symphony of patriotism.
The benediction of to-day's flower
etrewn mounds Is for the living; 1t is
an oasis in the storms of life; level
ing occasion when the finer sentiments
creep into the souls of American men
and women.
And the nations cemeteries are to-
day the greatest school of patriotism for
old and young that we have. For true
patriotism counts not death, if through
death the nation shall find life and
health.
No nation is in peril that has such a
Memorial day as we have.
There are those who place sordid
gain above sentiment. and care for our
prosperity only for individual profit
But the heart of real America beats
true In every crisis. No foe, open OF
secret, can successfully ;.~ measure
swords with the national conscience.
And this is the real lesson of Me-
mortal day. So long as we honor our
soldier dead we will honor our coun.
try.
Memorial day gives perspective.
The tottering Grand Army veteran,
and the lisping boy with cap and
drum and flag, are the visible ex'
tremey Of a common unity Of patri
otism.
Passionless, the remnants of former
contending armies unite in a common
sorrow and a common hope. The
blue and gray are not less hallowed
because time is blending them.
The season of natures renewal Is
fittingly the season when this and
future generations will yearly deco
rate the raves of American soldiers.
And though none Of these .sleepers
hears the bugle call, each Is taken
again to the national heart by the
fresh flowers in his "windowless pal
ace of rest" ....
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1906-05-25
GREAT HATCH OF CHICO.
Mammoth Incubator in New ~
Town Turns Them Out by
Thousands,

Mine, ten, a good fat hen" sittr
:en years, or a thousand hens sittIn,
zach on their Is eggs, would b. =
luired to do the work of the nav i,
:ubator, with capacity Of $4,000 een !
ately completed in Pembroke N.Y.
Partitions divide it into 100 corapa,t
nents, each accommodating two tr,n
The trays have wire bottoms and hola
IS eggs each. The incubator IS heat.
I'd by means of coil Of eight ,team
pipes passing over the top Of the q,
chamber on one side and returpin. q
the other. These pipes are connects
1t one end with water tank asi
leater. The water flowing through
The pipes is heated to exactly the rieht
:em ne! allure, a thermostat sttachM
70 LIS stove opening and closing the
irafa' to make this possible. The only
ltteution required by the heater b
Implying it with coal nigh. anl
morning. The thermcstat is an q.
pansion tank which stands over the
heater. The tank Is filled with oil d
which Is float. As the heat Of tn
furnace warns the water d
The jacket surrounding the heater q.
bands and the float rises. This move
ment actuates a throttle attached to
the float arm and shuts the dratt d
the heater; another lever at the sane
time opens the cold air draft o. o.
furnace. In this way ths tempeatEsl
Is automatically regulated With a.
lremely little variation, the egg bdng
kept at a temperature Of 1o2 dssresv
Fahrenheit. A second novel teatars
b that the heat Of the esys is resu-
lated by raising and lowering them q
The egg chamber, which Is nearly Q
loot high inside, burlap separating Y
from the pipes. The egg trays rsst @
aouble frames hinged BY galvanized
arms. AS the chicks develop the tfsys
IRE lowered on these supports, ~
lrst drop being made in six days, a.
others ut intervals, until on the Va.
ty-frst day the trays are resting q
The bottom of the chamber
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1906-05-25
Nations Greatest Holiday

world. independence day celebrates
the birth of our nation. Memorial day
celebrates the preservation of the ma.
ton and as we'll the sacrifice of its pre-.
servers. The other national holidays
must be content with lesser rank.
Those of the younger generation will
never know year go by in their livei
without its Memorial day, but long be-
fore their mature years have come they
will have lost forever the opportunity
to watch ranks Of veterans file past al
the center Of the celebration.
Boys and girls have their place along
the line Of march. Hats off, boys. Out
with your handkerchiefs, girls. Tht
veterans deserve your cheers.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1906-05-25
KILLED BY LIGHTNING
Former Resident Of Boone Dies in
Nehraska.

Former Resident Of Boone Dies in
Nebraska.
Boone.-Word mas been received in
this city of the instant death of a
former resident of Boone, Mrs. Bob
Allen. The Aliens reside In Blair,
Neb. A severe wind storm, which at
almost any moment threatened a cy-
clone, caused Mrs. Allen and a num-
Der of other ladies who were at her
home to seek shelter and safety in
the cellar of the home. While getting
to the cellar door she was struck by
lightning and instantly killed. Bob
Allen while a resident of Boone was
bridge foreman for the Northwestern,
and after going to Nebraska was fort'
man OF the bridges and buildings for
the Nebraska and Wyoming divisions.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1906-05-25

Prof Brander Matthew's thinks the
atrical audiences see jokes more quick-
iy than they used to and that this
proud and happy progress in visibility
has come about because the stage Of
to-day is so well lighted that all the
spectators can follow the changing ex-
pressions on the ccuntenances Of The
ouarreling couple, whereas in the
eighteenth century the theater was, al
most gloomy, as there were only
sparse oil lamps to serve as footlights,
by which it may have been difficult to
see a joke"