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Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1906-09-14
Lincoln as a LAWYER.

leader OF the Lincoln party told
other day in Philadelphia a story
1.-THE astuteness of Lincoln as a
yer.
When Lincoln was practising law"
@said, "he had case involving a
puted will. The opposition claimed
will was genuine and for several
IRIS adduced proof of this. For
coln, who had to prove the will a
gerry, things looked black.
Lincoln, however, only called one
eness, retired paper manufactur,
renowned the country over for
wealth and probity.
|kyss Mr.. Dash Lincoln said to this
Illness, handing him the disputed
III. please hold that paper up to
~ Hight and tell us what is the wa+..r
mark on it.
The water mark of my ow-. ,-.rm
le1k G. Co. the witness answered.
When did your firm begin to
paper?'
Tin 1S41.'
And what's the date of the docu.
nt in your hands?'
a 2Sass August II, 1896
@ That is enough. Gentlemen Of
~ Jury our case is closed"
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1906-09-14
BIG RAILROAD SCHEME.
Line From Alberta to Gulf Is Project
ed at Des Molnes.

Des Moines.-One of the most am.
bilious railroad projects Of the
twentieth century is being projected
in Des Moines A steam road connect
ting the great Canadian northwest by
direct route with the Gulf of Mexico
ports is being projected by E. A.
Harris and his associates in the Des
Mones & Northern Railroad company
and by Philadelphia capitalists now
in the city. Alberta at the north and
Port Royal, Texas, at the south are
the two objective points in the
gigantic" raiIroa,. scheme. The road
as projected would pass through
Minneapolis, St. Paul. Des Moines, st.
Louis, Louisville, KY, and through the
richest of the Mississippi valley coun.
try.
None of the promoters Of the Inc is
willing to give mush information con-
corning il. but it is known the eastern
capitalists are much interested In the
project. Their agents are now at
work in cities along the proposed
route. J. w. Renewal and w. II. Cogs.
we'll are now III Des Moines on this
matter.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1906-09-14
ROCKER FOUND Gull Y.
Verdict of Conviction in First Cegre7
PetIIrned

SibIev.-The jury ii the ROCKER
,ourder case, after celebrating fifteen
l,,,rs found Charles Rocker OF muir
.,er in the first degree and recommend
ad that he be imprisoned for life
The Jury on the first ballot stood
civ for acquittal and six for convic
tion For fifty or more ballots there
after they were nine for conviction
and three for acquittal, finally return
ing an agreement as above:
Rocker was charged with the muir
dor Of August Schroeder in Lyon
county in 1900 He afterwards mar,
r,nd Schroedcr's widow, who testified
that she first learned of the crime by
hearing Rocker talking in his sleep.
, Rocker was tried in Rock Rapids
and was convicted May J, 1904, and
Sentenced to hang, but ne" trial was
or,ntod By tho supreme court this
Ioinp tho second hearing Of the case.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1906-09-14
i HOW MANY OF US?
Nh TO Select Food Nature Demands
|ssS to Ward Off Ailments.

sss Ky. lady, speaking about food,
Sk: Il was accustomed to eating
kinds of ordinary food until, for
1ue reason, indigestion and nervous
6Stration set in.
I had run down seriously my
I lf6ntion was called to the necessity
l44Ome change in my diet, and | dis
I ltInued my ordinary breakfast and
[ Ma using Grape-Nuts with a good
ntity of rich cream.
Il III a few days my condition
N8ged in a remarkable way, and |
III to have a strength that I had
VUr been possessed of before, a
lS0E of body and poise Of mind
Hamazed me. 1t was entirely new
J. Ny experience.
IN former attacks Of indigestion
Sbeen accompanied by heat flashes,
MANY times my condition was dis
my, with blind spells Of dizziness,
Of blood to the head and neural
&nins in the chest.
s 3iSsy hce using GrapeNuts alone for
9Efast I have been free from these
tfQ46Ies, except at times when | have
liddilSed in rich. greasy foods In
0aJHity, then would be warned by
uader the left shoulder blade,
m unless l needed the warning the
fpllble would come back, but
Hi finally got to know where
Estroubles originated returned
Gray Nuts and cream and the
Nd disturbance left very quickly,
Am now in prime health as re-
my use of Grape-Nuts.' Name
& by Postum Co., Battle Gre <.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1906-09-14
DELTA FIRE LOSS $4,000.
Principal Buildings and Stores Wiped
Out

Oskaloosa suffered a $4,000
loss in the business section at ; o'clock
on the morning OF the 18th by fire
originating in Hunts restaurant. The
only means Of fighting the flames was
a volunteer bucket brigade, but the
be saved. The principal losses are:
Hunts restaurant, $1,000: j. B. Ran
dali building. $1,000; Reid & Son,
clothing stock. $4,000; Reid & Son.
building, $500; Wharton, building
and stock, $4,000; Whistler, building,
$1,000; B. A. Johnson. building, 1920;
damage on east side of street, $4,000.
The amount Of insurance carried is
not known.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1906-09-14
Tact.

He had crossed her and she was
in a dangerous mood.
See" she Kissed, pointing her fin
ger at him, see how you have worked
up my feelings. Why, | am purple
with rage
But the young man only smiled.
so becoming" he unused, softly.
What is becoming, sr?"
Why, the purple. 1t just matches
that purple waist you have on
And the next moment she was al
smiles and telling her girl friends tina
George was the cleverest chap in tn
world
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1906-09-14
When Woman Isn't Young.

The report is that local religious
titution which is for young WON.
has drawn the deadline of youth
35. Every woman over that age
M be- marked 20 and requested to
1ddoo. This Is painful. 1t is unkind.
4 mat is worse, it is impracticable. We
- glad the task is to be performed
J. women. No man nor set of men
mid ever have dared tackle such
l6blenl-not they. This is simply
0ther example Of woman's inhu-
nifty to woman.
We have been told for many ages
a woman is as old as she looks
~ man is as old as he feels. Just
3I, we say it with regret, most wom-
look like 60 and most men feel like
6thuselah. But the general rule
ms a good one. 1t is a plain, III
Atable fact that women will deceive
TO their age as long as possible AM
"a openly lie about it. There ar
ny women who were born during
Eravages of the civil war who still
I'm sweetly to be in the thirties.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1906-09-14
-Mayms E. Smith.

<4& =, Woan9 Street, Columbus. OAio.
AY FEVER is endemic catarrh. It
IS caused by some irritating sub
stance in the atmosphere during the
summer months. 1t is generally
night that the pollen of certain weeds
flowers is the cause of it.
hnnge of locality seems to be the
~ rational cure. The use of Peruna,
never, stimulates the nervous system
resist the effect of the poisonous
knations and sometimes carries the
Inn through the hay fever season
hOut an attack of the disease.
large number of people rely upon
ANA for this purpose. Those who
mot find it convenient to change
- location to avoid Hay Fever,
I'D do well to give Peruna a trial.
has proven of priceless value to
" people.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1906-09-14
Drowned In SHALLOW Water.

Iowa City.-Two boys, Glenn and
Wayne Flynn, aged ten and twelve
years, were drowned in Hovels creek
near Riverside.
The boys were III waddng when
one slipped into a deep hole. In at
tempting to rescue him the other
was dragged in. In the struggle both
were drowned.
The bodies were recovered some
hours later. The parents are pros,
trated
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1906-09-14
States Of Brazil.

Politically, Brazil is divided into 81
states including the federal DISTRICT
,ut SO unequal is the division that
hree of these embrace practically her
,ntire lowlands, as well as portion
Of TIE western uplands, and exceed
Il area the remaining Is, which lie
within the highland region, except
Or their narrow margins upon the
coast. These latter, however, contain
more than SO per cent. of the popula-
ton
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1906-09-14
o,,ae;ex Youth Commits Suicide.

Council notwithstanding. to his
home from the carnival grounds after
NV - hriaf meeting with his sweetheart,
q Ioh ~ W. Dolson, aged twenty-five.
Srad two bullets into his body lust
aboye the heart, and is expected to
dia Despondency over a love affair
in &c the cause Of his rash act.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1906-09-14
Superb Service, Splendid Scenery

en- route to Niagara Falls, Muskok;
and Kawartha Lakes, Georgian Ba,
and Temegami Region st. Lawrence
River and Rapids, Thousand Islands
Algonquin National Park, White Noun
tains and Atlantic Sea Coast resorts
via Grand Trunk Railway System
Double track Chicago to Montreal ant
Niagara Falls, N. Y.
For copies of tourist publications
and descriptive pamphlets apply t.
Geo. w. Vaux. A. G. P. & T. A., 49,
Adams ST., Chicago.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1906-09-14
Subject for Another ecture

'Oh, DEAR" exclaimed Mrs. Slap
dash, when they were finally seated
IN the carriage, give only got one of
my earrings on | left the other on
my dressing table"
"Huh!' grunted her husband lust
like my lectures on your carelesspess
in one ear and out the other"
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1906-09-14
psrasols for Partisan Horses.

The Paris jehu, not noted for tn
,rrcy he shows his horse, is OF th'
III irtop that the sunhonnet is too no
|cr the beast Therefore, some OF tn
ivsrs have provided their animal
1t;h parasols, strapped to thet
nnHdS
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1906-09-14
Marsh to Succeed Walsh.

rloo-Information from a pri-
vate source. but known to be anthem
tic, is to he effect that w. w. Marsh
of Waterloo will be appointed national
committeeman to fill vacancy caused
by resignation of Charles A. Walsh.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1906-09-14
Oil at Mauuoketa,

Maquoketa.-Great excitement pre-.
walls in Maquoketa over the alleged
discovery Of oil on the farm of Sam
uel Earle. Samples of the oil are be.
ing exhibited in the stores AMI it is
said to be of an excellent quality.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1906-09-14
CravnH Nv Drink

Council Bluffs.-CraZed by the eff
fects of too much drink. John Ward
fred two shots from revolver into
4 crowd Of children playing on the
street, but hit no one.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1906-09-14
Found Dead In Bed.

Cedar Rapid Pendelicek. a
Young man twenty-five years of age.
was found dead in bed by his room
mate with two bullet holes in his
right temple. No cause is known for
the rash act.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1906-09-14
Shoe Thief CAPTURED.

Musca Sine.- Prank Holt, the robber
who broke into the North Star sho!
store in Davenport, was caught il
Muscatinc. He was neddling til?
shoes which he had stolen.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1906-09-14
Rifle Bal Cuts Oesophauus.

Davenport.-Harry Pohlmann, SIX.
teen-year-oid lad, accidentally slot
himself with a rife while in the barn
shooting rats. The bullet penetra d
the oesophagus, barely missing the
WinQDiDc
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1906-09-14

natives of the Malay peninsula
Ve in use the smallest current coin
tile world. 1t is sort of wafer,
re from the resinous juice of a
76. and is worth about one-twenty
Snhaudth of a cent.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1906-09-14
ratanus Ends GarI's Life.

Clinton. MARY Schurchard, a ~
year-old girl, died Of tetanus caused
by. stepping on rusty nail some
time ago and blood noison resulted.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1906-09-14
Physicians Recommend Castoria

AST0RA has met with favor part physicians harma
- ceuca societies and medical authorities. is used by physicians
results most gratifying The extended of Coia unquesonay
result Of three facts h-The npuae evidence that it
s'eeIhat not only aay stomach pains and qus the nerves. as
late the ood 7hd- agreeable and perfect substitute OIL
absolutely SAFE It does contain any Opium, Morphine other narcotic
and does not spe unlike Soothing syrup Batmns Drops Godey
Cordial This is good deal for Medical Journal Our duty
expose danger record the advancing health The day
for poisoning innocent children through greed ignorance ought end To
knowledge Casta remedy which produces mpoe and health by
regulating the synn by supplying itand readers entitled
the Observation-Disclosures Jo1unaL Of euzh.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1906-09-14
HAY FEVER

6visg used Ps,ana fer eakarrA and
tvey. I can recommend it to all wAo
I.0fring with tie alone diseases. I
hatty to be CHE TO say ii has helped
ElD0xds,Jaly.'
Il -Mayme Z. Smith.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1906-09-14

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BGssf ta Is irR9 iNc }sulIia, ieuurtF
g .tiE,. arse 4ti. q ~ res wtIlt. Euilu. sjG 4 lG,
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1906-05-12
REPAIRING BRAIN
A Certain Way by Food.

Every minister, lawyer, journalist,
physician, author or business man is
forced under pressure of modern en-
ditions to the active and sometime J
Cveractive use of the brain.
Analysis OF the excreta thrown out
by the pores shows that brain work
breaks down the phosphate of potash,
separating 1t from its heavier compan-
ion, albumen, and plain common sense
teaches that this elenenta! principle
must be introduced into the body anew
each day, II we would replace the los,
and rebuild the brain tissue.
We know that the phosphate Of
potash, a. presented in certain field
grains, has en- affinity for albumen and
that is the only way gray matter In tn ,
brain can be built. Il will not answer
to take the crude phosphate OF potash
of the drug shop, for nature rejects 1t.
The elemental mineral must be pre-
sented through food directly from ma :.
lures laboratory.
These facts have been made use Of
in the manufacture OF Grape Nuts, and
any brain worker can prove the value
of the proper selection of food by max
ing free use of Grape-Nuts for ten days
or two weeks. Sold by grocers every
where land in immense quantities).
Manufactured by the Postum Co., Bat
tie Creek, Mich.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1906-05-12
PERSONAL PARTICULARS.

Rev. Edward Everett Hale, OF Bos-
ton, attributes his excellent health at
the as VI "a to TIE serenity with
which he takes life. He sleeps nine
hours every night.
John ID. Rockefeller is to live for
two months of the year at Pasadena,
Cal. He purchased Carmelita, the
magnificent home where Helen Hunt
Jackson wrote "Ramona."
Mrs. Virginia E. Bland, widow OF
SILVER Dick" Bland, has become one
OF the most successful agriculturists
and horticulturists in the country at
her place in Lebanon. Mo.
Theodore A. Cook, brother of DR..
Frederick A. Cook, of Brooklyn. Is
building three motor cars at his home
in Callicoon, N. Y, for the use OF the
south pole expedition, which Is to
start in 1901.
Miss Esther Whitman, the strongest
woman in New York, has married
Herman Hyams, Harlem real estate
man, whom she rescued from drown
ing three years ago. She is an ex-
pert swimmer, and can lift dead
weight of Geo pounds.
DR.. Fridjof hansen, the arctic ex-
plorer VINO has been appointed Nor
wegian ambassador to Great Britain,
is firm believer In woman's rights.
He and his wife are almost equally
proficient in all that relates to athlet-
les and the strenuous life. Apart
from his fame as an explorer. DR..
Nansen is well known as a writer on
scientific topics.
Miss Nora Stanton Blatch has been
elected to membership in the Amer
lean Society OF Civil Engineers, the
first woman so distinguished. She
is granddaughter Of the famous Eliz-
abeth Cady Stanton and the first
woman to win the degree of civil en-
gineer in Cornell university. Miss
Blatch has under consideration an Of
fer from the Chinese government to
undertake some important work in the
interior of the eastern empire.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1906-05-12
CONGRESSIONAL NEWS,

Free distribution of flower and gar.
den seeds was provided for by house
appropriation after q hot fight, the
members fearing the effect on the
next election IL their gifts to their
constituents are cut off.
Agitation for an appropriation to
pay the travelling expenses of the
president when he goes about the
country has been begun by some
members OF congress.
Senator Tillman, in a speech in the
senate, attacked the records of seven
federal judges and said these cases
are ample reason for curbing the pow.
er Of all inferior courts to interfere
with the orders of the interstate com.
merce commission.
The solution of the rate bill problem
in the senate Is found I'm court re-
view amendment by Senator Allison
which united the Republicans in sup
port of the measure and is expected
TO hasten its passage.
Samuel Gompors, in q final appeal
for the passage of the eight hour law
by congress, upholds the right of labor
10 vote against congressman who OPP
pose them.
President Roosevelt declined to rec
ommend that congress make $780,
100000 loan to rebuild San Francisco
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1906-05-12
TIE WHITE PAINT OF THE
WHITE HOUSE.

The White House at Washington,
which has been the Kings Palace
OF the American People since 1t was
first occupied by President Madison
In 1909. has recently undergone
thorough course of remodelling, reno
walton and repair. Every American
citizen is owner of an undivided
eighty or eighty.fve millionth part OF
the White House, as well as of the
other Public Buildings and Monuments
in the Capitol City. An item In the
renovation Of the remodelled White
House was repainting. Every visitor
to Washington knows why the White
House Is so called-because it Is lit
orally white house. The exterior
paint must therefore be white. Now
while the pure white surfaces and SIM
pie lines of the White House, set in
the midst Of green lawns and beauti-
full trees, produce a very satisfying
effect of dignified simplicity, white
paint from practical point of view,
is about the most unsatisfactory kind
of paint that could have been selected
by the original designers. First, be-
cause any white paint is easily dis.
colored by smoke and dust and Sec
ond, because ordinary white paint
itself gradually turns gray or brown
fish yellow from exposure.
But white the White House is and
, white it must remain or it would no
longer be the white House. So the
renovators, making the best of dis
couraging situation, sought for the
best kind of white paint procurable.
The average citizen II asked to guess
what kind of paint they finally decid.
ed on would probably nsaer-"white
lead and OIL" but he would guess
wrongly. The paint selected as the
best obtainable was ready mixed
paint, such as can be bought in any
well furnished village store. such as
is used by more than half OF the
eighty or eighty-five million owners
Of the White House on their own
homes. That one brand of mixed
paint was used instead CT another is
mere accidental detail-there are
fifty or a hundred brands on the
market that might have been selected
in other circumstances, and In fact,
q different brand was used in paint
ing the Capitol.
Every property owner, therefore.
who paints his house with a high
grade ready.mixed paint is following
the example set by the Government
Authorities at Washington, who used
ready-mixed paint, because they could
find nothing else as good.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1906-05-12
WHEN CLEANING GARMENTS
How to Use Gasoline to Get Good Re-
sults-Don't Iron Until All
Has Evaporated.

IL one has a black lace dress that
looks very stringy and limp, let her
try the following method of rejuven-
ating it: Rip it up and wash it in
gasoline and dry; then proceed as
follows: Carefully iron each piece
on the wrong side, pulling II into
shape, then place over it damp
cloth and iron until the cloth is
nearly dry. Remove the cloth and
iron until quite dry. 1t will then be
as crisp as when new. Always darn
any torn places before washing it,
and remember that gasoline. must
not be used in room where there is
the least light, flame or fire.
For cleaning dainty silks or crepe
waists without ripping, place several
quarts of gasoline in a clean bowl or
jar: place the soiled garment in it
and gently squeeze and work until
the solled spots are gone. 1t is a
good way to mark the soiled spots
before washing, by lacking d basting
thread in them. When clean, rinse
in clean gasoline. Do not be spar
ing of the gasoline, and IL the rinse
looks dirty, rinse it again in clean
fluid. Squeeze out all the gasoline
you can, but do not wiring. and then
hang the garment out to dry. AS it
dries 1.-THE gasoline evaporates),
carefully pull the trimming into
place. Let it hang until the smell
Of the fluid is about all gone. The
gasoline should be left to settle and
the clear gasoline poured off for use
again; but it should not be used for
white goods. For cleaning ribbons,
the ribbons may be placed in a fruit
jar with the gasoline, well shaken
until clean, rinsed, and then wrapped
around bottle to dry smooth.-The
ommoner.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1906-05-12
GETTING RID OF WEEDS.
Certain Ones Can Be Smothered BY
Sowing Grass Seed Thick =
About Fertilizers.

Such perennial weeds as the dand~
lion, speedwell, plantain, dock, monkey
plant, etc, can sometimes be smother-
cd by growing an abundance OF grass
seed and making the soil so rich that
the grasses will choke them out, but
| IL they have obtained a strong root
reid" 1t will be cheaper In the end to
gull them out and then put on the
rrass seed and fertilizers. IL the lawn
Sas covered over winter with coarse
manure II should be raked over. leav-
ing as much Of the fine material as
possible on the land to supply sum-
mer food for the grasses. IL heavy
growth of grass leaves was left on the
lawn last fall 1t should be raked with
an iron-tooth rake to ,straighten out
the leaves and then the lawn mower
rum and the clipping removed before
grass seed and manure or fertilizers
are applied
II one has no fine stable manure for
spring dressing one may use fine
ground bone and wood ashes or a little
muriste of pota.h. The lawn mixtures
put up by manufacturers and seed deal
ers make good dressings. but they are
more expensive. If the grass starts
slowly and is of poor color-light
green--a little nitrate of soda. 100 to
300 pounds an acre, will give the
plants better color and rapid start.
| These mixtures should be put on as
early in the spring as possible and be
raked little into the grass roots to
prevent the loss of nitrogen from the
decomposing bo.e. 1t is better to APP
ply bone and ashes separately, and If
the former is applied a week or two
before the latter there will be little
loss of nitrogen.
After the spring raking. fertilizing.
clipping and seeding of the lawn the
mower should not be run until the
ground has become settled, that the
grass roots may become well rooted.
II heavy rains follow this work it may
be only few weeks. but II there are
no rains it may he a month or more.
Chicago Chronicle.