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Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1906-05-11
Defects Of Criminal Law.


There are two reasons why criminal
law reform Is pressing problem to.
day. One IL the repression by that re.
form Of lynch law. The other Is not
less important We need that reform
says IN Atlantic writer. because the
social condition Of our day impera-
lively demands a substantial increase
in the scope and power Of criminal
law. . system strong enough to meet
the new and increasing requirements
Of our civilization for corrective and
repressive criminal law. A system too
complicated to deal out certain justice
to common offenders. ignorant and
brutal, poor in purse and influence,
can never adequately deal with our
new class Of big business criminals,
with the men who get rich by fraud.
the corporation inflaters and wreckers,
the faithless trustees and grating di-
rectors. the exploiters of municipal
ties, the magnates who give brides
and the bosses who take them, the
trust operators who sin against hon
esty In business, who break the law
against monopolies, who give and take
forbidden rebates. How can predatory
wealth. powerful. influential, often in.
trenched In Office. be punished by sys.
tenn which creaks. groans. and often
breaks down, in bringing border ruff
fan to Justice?
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1906-05-11
Intellect in Sex.

Tho common impression that the av.
erage man is superior to the average
woman Intellectually at least in orig.
inality. inventiveness. reasoning pow.
er and the like is beyond doubt due
to the common habit Of judging each
sex by its most superior representa-
tves. This seems fair enough, and
would be fair enough. says . writer
in the Bookman, but for the difference
between the sexes in variability, that
is, the range Of spreading down from
and up the average, in intellectual
traits at least the male sex Is the more
variable group; the very highest and
very lowest marks in q mixed college
class will commonly be given to men;
the variability found among boys in
the numerous mental tests which have
been given by psychological investi.
gators Is from 1--WE to ten per cent
greater than that found among girls.
OF the thousand most eminent intel
lects Of history 81 per cent. are men.
the variability which causes the mo.
nopoly of genius causing also the ex.
istence Of twice as many male as fe
male idiots!
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1906-05-11
REPAIRING BRAIN
A Certain Way by Food.

.
Every minister. lawyer, Journalist
physician, author or business man II
forced under pressure Of modern con-
aitions to the active and sometimes
pveractive use OF the brain.
Analysis of the excreta thrown out
BY the pores shows that brain work
breaks down the phosphate Of potash.
separating It from its heavier compan-
'on. albumen, and plain common sense
teaches that this elemental principle
must be introduced into the body anew
Zach day, II we would replace the loss
md rebuild the brain tissue.
We know that the phosphate Of
potash, Is presented In certain neld
grains, has an affinity for albumen and
hat is the only way gray matter In the
brain can be built. It will not answer
% take the crude phosphate OF potash
81 the drug shop, for nature rejects It.
The elemental mineral must be pre-
scented through food directly from ma
lures laboratory.
These facts have been made use Of
In the manufacture OF Grape-N Nuts, and
any brain worker can prove che valus
Of the proper selection OF food by max
ing FREQ use Of Grape-Nuts for ten day.
or two weeks. Sold BY grocers every.
where (and In immense quantities).
Manufactured By tho Postum CO. Bat,
- Greek Mich.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1906-05-11
STORY OF A PHOTOGRAPH.
Uncanny Figure Appeared in Three
Successive Sittings Of Young
Woman.

The following story of young lady
living in the country who came -
London to be photographed is told by
m. A. p" and vouched for by a we'll
klown London photographer. After
some days the lady, Miss B., was
informed the photograph was not a
success, and another sitting was sug-
gested. This she agreed to, but AGAIN
was informed that the photograph was
a failure. There was third sitting.
In two days time she received an urg-
ent letter from the photographer ask
ing her to come up to his studio and
bring friend with her. Miss B.
vent, accompanied by her mother,
>nd was shown the amazing results
= the three sittings. The pictures of
he girl herself were quite good. but
n each plate there was to be seen
standing behind her the figure OF a,
san holding dagger In his upliftad
s>nd. The features though faint
were clearly discernible, and Miss B.
recognized them as those OF her flance,
An officer in the Indian army. The
effect OF this experience was so great
that after few days she wrote out
to India, breaking of the engagement
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1906-05-11
MONEY MAKES THE HARE GO
Tied in a Girls Handkerchief Quite
Sum Went to the
Dogs.

An odd story Of the disappearance
Of hare with sum of money comes
from Donegal, Ireland. An old man
living in the mountains, near Glen
ties, sent his daughter into the town
tc change five-pound bill which he
haG received from his son In Amer
lea The girl, having changed the
bill, and made purchase for Is Cd.
was returning home, when 1t struck
her to look at some traps set in the
mountain. She was delighted to find
a large hare, and, having nothing else
with which to dispatch it, proceeded
to strange 1t with the handkerchief,
in which she had tied up the precious
ca It's. Cd. Strangulation being coM-
pieted to the satisfaction OF the girl,
she was about to lift up the harc
when the animal sped away with the
handkerchief and the money. A hare
with white article round its neck was
later seer in Killybegs, but that IL all
the old man and his daughter knew
Of the whereabouts Of the money.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1906-05-11

that this location Of refneries and
the natural advantages following 1t
were obtained by means Of unfair
competitive methods, but beyond this
mere assertion does not 60 into his
tory or explanation Of these alleged
unfair methods at all. He says the
development of the pipe line system
by the Standard Oil company was the
result of special agreement with the
railroad companies AS matter of
fact, the development of the pipe
line system by the Standard Oil com.
pany was in the face Of violent hos.
tility on the part of the railroads.
Conditions in New England.
Passing from this point, Commits.
sioner Garfield takes up the question
of favoritism, which he alleges has
been shown by various railroad cor.
porations, to the Standard Oil com.
pany. The first specific case Of al.
legged discrimination to which he di.
reefs attention is in the New England
territory. It is charged that we en-.
joy monopoly in certain parts Of that
section because some Of the railroads
there refuse to prorate. Casual in
quiry would show that the New Eng
land roads are simply doing what they
are forced to do by natural conditions.
Obviously, we have an advantage by
the use of our pipe lines from the
western oil fields to the coast and the
use of water transportation thence to
New England over anyone who uses
all rail transportation from western
points.
Some of our competitors do the
same thing and deliver oil at the
points in New England that we do BY
the same process.
Question Of Rebates.
"The commissioner says that with
one or two exceptions the investiga-
tons of the bureau have as yet dis.
covered no rebates in the technical
sense on interstate business
"FIe says the Standard OIL company
has habitually received from the rail.
roads, and is now receiving. secret
rates and other unjust and illegal dis
examinations. 1t Is hardly fair or
manly for him to add the sentence, OF
course there may be other secret rates
which the bureau has not discovered
Does Not Crush Competition.
1.-THE statement that the STANDARD
Oil company has largely by unfair
and unlawful methods crushed out
home competition is fully answered
by the fact that home competition has
always existed, Is steadily growing,
and that there are now at least 125
competitive efineries in the United
States. .
"The Standard Oil company has been
investigated over and over again at
the instigation of its rivals, and 1t
always welcomes such investigation
when conducted in good faith and
fairly. We are engaged In large and
honorable business. We are conduct
ing 1t honorably and we sincerely be-
lieve in conformity to law"
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1906-05-11
GUARANTEE OF GOOD FAITH
Boy Applicant for Situation Who
Knew Thing or Two About
Fires.

There had been a fire in the shop
CT Mr.. Sands, and, neighbors being
neighbors, there were not wanting
charitable individuals to suggest that
if the shop had not been insured the
fire would not have occurred. How
ever the matter was amicably settled
between Mr.. Sands and the insurance
company, and In due course the shop
was reopened. Everything in the place
was brand new, and, therefore, it was
only natural that he should want a
brand-new errand boy. Betimes a
heaming youth applied. .".
Nov, what want" said the trades
man, impressively, 'is a lad upon
whom I can rely-in whom l can
place implicit faith. You understand"
you'll find I'm all that, and MORE"
said the youth.
II want lad I can trust"
"That'l be all right, guv'nor," said
an applicant. And then he added, in
confidential tones: You'll find me
close as an oyster. And If you should
appear to want another little flare
up at any time, you can stand on me.
III never breathe a whisper!"
But, oddly enough, he was not en-
gagged.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1906-05-11

away with. This immediate correc-
ton, partial or complete, of the evil
Of the secret rates is. of course, on the
one hand an acknowledgment that
they were wrong and yet were per-
severed in until exposed; and, on the
other hand, proof of the efficiency Of
the work That has been done by the
bureau Of corporations.
But In addition to these secret
rates the Standard Oil profits i'm
mensely by open rates, which are so
arranged as to give it an overwhelm-
ing advantage over its Independent
competitors"
Controls the Market.
It Is not possible, he says, to put
into figures the exact amount by
which the Standard profits through
the gross favoritism shown it by the
railroads in connection with the open
rates. "The profit, of course, comes
not merely by the saving in the rate
itself as compared with its compet-
itors, but by the higher prices it s
able to charge and by the complete
control of the market which it Sc
cures, thereby getting the profit on the
whole consumption
There Are Others.
1t is unfortunately not true, he says,
that the Standard OIL company is the
only corporation which has benefited
and Is benefiting in wholly improper
fashion by an elaborate series of rate
determinations. The sugar trust, he
adds, according to the results of the
investigation now in progress, rarely
II ever pays the lawful rate for trans
portation. He declares that in the ef-
fort to prevent the railroads from
uniting for Improper purposes 1--WE
have very unwisely prohibited them
from uniting for proper purposes; that
Is, for purposes Of protecting them
selves and the general public as
against the power of the great cor
porations." ... ......
Correctionary Measures.
He fayors as an element of compe-
tition the passage of some such law
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1906-05-11
Eminent !! Doctors Praise I,s

suner1ng Women know, 70
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Of Unicorn root (Helan1L r.
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no continues "in Heloniap productive a,ss.
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cufiar n vc Al me treatment ~ ~ .pAtII~
seen which does NJ ~ Is seldom tho a,,ssa.es
ior This remedial agent eSseut soma indIs.st
says: THE following A.. Dr.. Fyie ss..s
lnoications for Helon1as i ~ among III HWS@i
OF schlng In the bacty onioorn roon -
orSs ," 'weak) conditions ~ wv; IN leuoonha.
ritanM;.u, women, mental den uo teproaussS
the reproS SnSoClated with chronis Gn aI n
sensation Of hes, organs Of wom.u% seesss
aeys; menorrnagia iioodi H region oi d. n.
sn nsnS condition OF th e repy,S que . ~,
, nenGsuSrshGa Suppressed o aroaactivs ~
periodso. arising from Or VI absent nccsa
soaormal condition Of tn. sSeonpanylns1
s snu t atn@mio lthin blood digestive ens
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Pr present, no invalid WOW, synpkN
pna"a; snan Take DR.. pierca,an ca can
ants one Of the lead;ss. fs'ohA
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and general enteeblement, It ii 10 n1n 80
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Cincinnati inc says of Golden Seal y Dn,t Late d,
In relation to its general s- ioos:
system, there Is no nedicins 10 , eIects % IN
Mere 70 such general unqai,n;t n. we W. aeot INA
Is untrSrsatly regarded as t IT, ~, ~ onatoA n
all deb1l1tated states" WV ~nlc useiul =
Prof. Bartholow, NJ n o,,
Medical College, says Of Golden ~ ss ssa1sssa
Valuable in uterine hemo. en oea:
rhagta (nooding) and conee otritnass memo
rhea (painful menstruation1% 4'e dysnsus
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fully. represents all the abova .p su ht!s.
gredlents and cures the diseases i far esi Y
they are recommended. AVE- WnlA
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1906-05-11
bwa State Bystander
Dystandsr pub. Co.
DEa MONIES.

IOWA

judicial 1spression.
y1se why. In = country In which the
vast majority Of judges are elected By
popular vote. there should b q.
pressed In law such supsrstitious ter.
TOR jsst Z fudge should give any ex-
PRESTON Of his own personality Is pus
xling IN the extreme. IN many states.
writes George W. Alger. in Atlantic.
and particularly IN those in which .
nrm and vigorous administration OF
justies ID Of urgent Importance. the
Judge who prssides at criminal trial
u not permitted by law to b Judge
In any real or vital sense. He must
not comment on the evidence, he must
not review the facts and set them In
coherent order before the Jury, he
must not sift the testimony and sepa-
rate tho material from tho immaterial,
he must. above all things. refrain from
expressing In any wise q personal
opinion on anything from the start
Of the trial to its close. He must deal
out abstract rules of law. and leave the
jury to their own devices with such
blind guidance in endeavoring to apply
that law to the facts. II he sees them
swayed by misleading eloquence, he
must not set them In the path Of rea-
son for justice's sake. He is a pilot
who must not touch the wheel. The
vigorous, commanding figure of the
English Judge Is by law excluded from
the great majority Of our criminal
courts. The summary of facts in the
charge which, for example. Justice
Bingham gave a few years ago to an
English jury in the sensational case Of
Whitaker Wright, the great swind.
ling promoter. would have meant an
inevitable reversal and new trial for
"error" In any lynch law state in this
country.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1906-05-11
standard OIL company, made the fol.
lowing abatement to the nress.

standard OIL company, made the fol.
lowing statement to the press:
''In the presidents effort to secure
tho passage Of a bill charging the
powers OF interstate commerce com.
mission and just and equitable rail-
way rates, we have precisely the same
Interest that any good citizen has. No
more and no less. Regarding his crit
icisms upon the management Of the
railways, or his structures upon any
acts of the interstate commerce com.
mission, we have neither responsible
ity nor concern. When, however. he
or Commissioner Garfield atb sks the
Standard Oil company and asses its
methods Of doing business IN object
lesson for the purpose Of promoting
his views, we protest. 1t may be
frankly stated at the outset that the
Standard OIL company has at all times
within the limits of fairness and with
due regard for the law, sought to sc.
cure the most advantageous freight
rates and routes possible.
Corporation Is Upright.
I'VE say fatty that any assertion
that the Standard OIL company has
been or Is now knowingly engaged in
practices which are unlawful Is alike
untruthful and unjust.
"The commissioners report, upon
which the presidents message is
based, opens with the statement that
the manufacture of refined oil in this
country Is about 26,0OO,00O barrels
annually. It would have been fair
for him to have stated that over 10000.
900 of barrels OF this annual manufac.
ture Is exported.
"He next calls attention to the fact
that the Standard Oil ref1neries are To-
Gated at centers Of distribution, while
the independent reflneries are usual
ly in the crude oil fields. He charges
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1906-05-11
THE WHITE PAINT OF THE.
WHITE HOUSE.

The White House at Washington.
which has been the Kings Palace"
OF the American People since 1t was
irst occupied by President Madison
in 1909, has recently undergone q
thorough course Of remodelling, reno
ration and repair. Every American
citizen is owner of an undivided
.ighty or eighty-fye millionth part of
the White House, as well as of the
,ther 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 1t Is lit
orally q white house.. The exterior
paint must therefore be white. Now
while the pure white surfaces and sim
pc 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 a 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.
ssh 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 if asked to guess
what kind of paint they finally decid-
ed on would probably answer-"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
we'll furnished village store, such as
y 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 of another is
a mere accidental detail-there are
fifty or a hundred brands on the
market that might have been selected
In other circumstances, and in fact,
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
Che example set by the Government
Authorities at Washington, who used
ready-mixed paint, because they could
dnd nothing else as good.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1906-05-11

In Londonderry, one afternoon, mo
late William Sharp was seated 10
barber-shop when a farmer entered
to get his hair cut. Tho farmers
locks had an odd, ragged look, ana
the barber, after regarding them
scornfully, said: "Who cut your mar
last, old man." my wife,, u.
farmer answered. with an aWkwsss
smile. The barber snorted. Hna'
did she do 1t with?" he asked; :
knife and fOrk?"
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1906-05-11

Decently dressed always and cheer
full in manner. John S. Robinson, of
San Francisco, veteran Of the Mexican
war and formerly a millionaire, al
lowed none Of his friends to know for
two years that he was living ON his
pension OF $12 a month and Lad no
other resources. But finally he mad to
give up the struggle and now he is
dying in St. Luke's hospital, surround.
ed. too late. with every possible COM
fort. ... W.. 'a ...
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1906-05-11

Which 10 tho Arst and most iE-
portant sacramsntf" asked . Sunday.
school teacher Of q girl preparing for
confirmation. Marriage" was the
prompt response. mo, baptism IL
the first and most important sacra'
ment," tho teacher corrected. mot
in our family" said the pupil, haught
lily: I'VE are respectable"
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1906-05-11

A Lancashire vicar was asked ~
tho choir to call upon old Betty, who
was deaf, but who insisted In Joining
in the solo Of the anthem. and to ak
her only to sing in the hymns. 10
shouted into her ear: Betty! rve
been requested to speak to you about
your singing" At last she caugae
the word "singing," and repllsas
Mot to me be the praise, slr; IT. :
rift
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1906-05-11

The pope will this year present ths
Gold Rose to Princess Ena Of Batter
berg. The Golden Rose is a symbol
in wrought gold which Is blessed BY
the pope with much ceremony On
mid-Lent Sunday. 1t Is presented by
the pope to some prince or princess
whom he desires especially to honor.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1906-05-11

Horses in their natural wild state
i've longer than when put to domest
ic uses. When free and uncontrolled
q horse Nves TO the average age OF
thirty-sight years; the domestic horse
ts Of little use after twenty-five yeara
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1906-05-11

Excavations recently carried out h
Santa Cruz. CAL, in connection WITH
the coast-line r.llroai, have revealed
q number Of sea-walrus tusks two "
three feet long and from nine 70
twelve inches thick, all in state q
excellent preservation. The petrinsA
remains Of q mastodon we're also DID
covered, probably a relic Of the 10
age.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1906-05-11
President Transmits Report Of Conn
missioner Garfield with Conn
nnents on Document.
RoeERs AND ARcHBoLD REPLY TO NATIONS EXECUTIVE
Issue Elaborate Defense of Great Corporation.
Contending 1t Is Conducted Along Honor
able Business Lines and That Home
Competition Is Not Crushed.

as that which has already passed the
house, putting alcohol used in the arts
and manufactures upon the free list
and of keeping the fee to oil and coal
lands of the InG4an tribes or on the
public domain in the government, the
lands to be leased only on such terms
and for such periods as will enable the
government to entirely control them.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1906-05-11
Struck by Yiphtn;ns

Mrs. Nancy Cleary. Of Brewer i
c.. suffered as If struck by lishtnhr
She says: II was almost na,.lv,..
from my waist down, and my b,.I
hurt me constantly, from tenah ton,
bles. / had headache, seemed alv,n
tired, and felt as II I was dying. tool
Wine of Cardui, which cured mo- ,pa
now I feel like new person." Cardiff
relieves periodical pain, and make
sick women we'll. $l.10 at drug sto,u
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1906-05-11

Andrew D. White, ambassador, edu.
Gator and author, declares: Simply
as matter Of fact the United States
are, among all civilized nations Of the
world, the country In which the crime
Of murder is most frequently commit.
ted and least frequently punished"
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1906-05-11

There IL q summer dining-house in
the cars palace at Psterhof which
b 10 arranged that there need not Be
any servants present during the meal
A bell = touched at the end Of every
course, ana the table and all its con
tents then descend through the door.
70 reapnear laden with the dishes for
he next cour0A