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Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1907-06-28
THOUGHT CHILD WOULD DIE.
Whois Body Covered with Cuban Itch
--cuticWs Remedies Cured at Cost
Of Seventy.Flve Cents.

. i . y 4 d.
"My little boy. when only an infant
|'of three months. caught the Cuban
itch. Sores broke out from his head
20 the bottom OF his feet. He would
itch and claw himself and cry all the
time. He could not sleep day or night,
and 4 iight dress Is all he could wear.
called one OF our best doctors to
treat him, but he seemed to get worse.
He suffered so terribly that my hus-
band said he believed he would have
to die. I had almost given up hope
when lady friend told me to try the
Cuticura Remedies. used the Cuti-
cura Soap and applied the Cuticura
Ointment and he at once fell into a
sleep, and he slept with ease for the
drst time since two months. After
:ilree applications the sores began to
dry up, and In just two weeks from the
lay commenced to use the Cuticura
Remedies my baby was entirely well.
The treatment only cost me 75c, and l
would have gladly paid 500 If / could
oot have got Il cheaper / feel safe in
saying that the Cuticura Remedies
saved his iife He is now a boy of five
years. Mrs. Zana Miller. Union City,
r. F. d. No. /, Branch Co., Mich, May
II. 1906"
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1907-06-28

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup.
children teething, softens the gums reducea n
ssnmation aisys pain. cures wind collie. c bottle
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1907-06-28
TREATMENT INDUCED a Chill.
Remedy Given In Hospital Tent Must
Have Been Pleasant.

The captain tells story which runs
something like this: In camp one
morning the first sergeant reported
that Private B. had a chill rs 1t
a serious one?" asked the captain.
Well, sir, don't know Just how seri-
Gus 1t is, but It's big one. for 1t
seems to be all over him, and he
weighs 200 pounds. On seeing him
the captain found him looking rather
blue, and instructed the first sergeant
to send him to the surgeon In charge
Of corporal.
Soon after breakfast the captain
saw the corporal and asked him how
the man was getting on. ooh, he's
all right now" was the reply. Il took
him up to the hospital tent, and when
l saw what kind Of medicine the doc
or gave him had chill too,"--Army
and Navy Life.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1907-06-28

ing tremendous pressure Of gas
which pours out of the spindle cavity,
causing the rocket to shoot skyward.
The colored stars, which go in the
head of the rocket or bomb, are com.
posed as follows: Red, nitrate OF ba-
ryta, chloride of potash and shellac;
green, nitrate Of baryta; yellow, oxil-
ate of soda. Purple and blue are conf
posed Of various preparations Of cop.
per. while the making Of the other
tints are trade secrets.
The Roman candle is charged as
follows: Sets of cases are placed on
pins and there is scooped in first a
quantity Of clay, which prevents the
explosive composition from burning
the hand; then O charge Of gunpow-
der, and on top of this are placed the
colored stars In the proper sequence
of color. On top of this comes COM
position called fuse, which makes the
intervals between the discharge Of the
stars. After the fuse hammers are
brought down to pack the material,
the operation being repeated as often
as required. The candles contain from
two to IS stars. The finishing con-
sists Of covering the candle and pro-
viding quick match for easy igni-
ton
Quick match, one of the important
features of fireworks manufacture, is
made from specially prepared wick
soaked In solution of gunpowder. At
the proper time it is wound of on
frames and just before it is dried 1t is
.sifted over with very fine powder in
order to make it extra quick in action.
1t is then cut in lengths Of about six
feet and worked into what is known
as match paper, after which it is
placed In manila paper cases and
Joined together. Fire at one end of
quick match leaps to the other and al
most as quickly as would electricity.
The quick match is fitted out on what
are known as lances, or rods of BAN.
boo. For set pieces the design is
sketched by an artist and then scaled
so itcan be enlarged to any size. The
regulation set piece frame is 1Ox5
feet and is divided into squares foot
large. The design is outlined in rat
tan, pegs are driven into the rattan
and on these pegs are fastened the
quick match lances referred to.
Sulphur, saltpeter and charcoal en-.
ter largely into the manufacture Of
fireworks and for particularly brilliant
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1907-06-28
ALISON QrIhE aJpIH
: W..Dl :N.eybit.

- + !.
The red firecracker in her hand
(Beside her lips twas duller.
Twas in her hand, you understand;
! but compare the color,)
"A frown was on her gentle brow:
BE careful, please" / shouted.
Best let an expert show you how
Just like mani" she pouted.
fFirecrackers are" ! gravely said,
Alive with risk and danger.
They strike ut the devoted head
Of friend, or passing stranger.
They must be handled with dispatch
Or all the risk is doubled.
First, one must try to find match
Just like man. she. dubbed.
lyon light the match and touch the fust
And when it is ignited--"
She seemed to tremble in her shoes,
But said she was delighted;
That this was quite the best Of aarks--
See how the fire has wriggled
Until by turns it flames, then sparks"
Just like mani" she gigglcds
I held the cracker, while her eyes
Grew wide and wide with wonder,
l said: In this one must be wise
And not make any blunder.
Observe, now, that let it drop
just when the flame was glnted
Close to the charge. Now it will pop"
Just like lnan?' she-hinted.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1907-06-28
NERVOUS COLLAPSE
: OFTEN PREVENTED az 81.
n WILLIAMS PINK PILLS.


..ms Are Noticed Much Needi...
= Suffering May 81 Saved.
An Won troubled with pallor. loss -
.,;rits. waves Of heat passing over tho
sodv shortness Of breath after slirht
.rertion, q peculiar skipping Of tie
Mart beat, poor digestion. cold extreri,
Ses Of o feeling Of weight and fullnessp
M not make the mistake Of thinkins
.hat these are diocases In themselyas
Wi be satisfied with temporary relief. \.
This is the way the nerves rive warn.
~ that they are breaking down. n
I =. means that the blood has becoms
;r,nnre and cannot carry enough nonr;sh.
rent to the nerves to keep them healthv
snd able to do their work.
Rest. alone, will sometimes rive tha
.ooded relief. The tonic treatment M
- williams Pink Pills, however nrc :.
tents the final breakdown Of the nerves
md the more serious diseases which
sllow, because the pills act directly
mon the impure blood, making Il rich.
nd and pure. ii. al
avenue, Rochester, N. y, says:
III was never very healthy and some
Years ago, when in . rundown condi.
ian. I suffered nervous shock. caused
~ 4 misfortune to q friend. II was -
Test that was untitled for work. I,
snI was Just weak, low spirited and
reryous. Icould hardly walk and conld
MT bear the least noise. NV appetita
r 4, poor and ! did not care for food. I
couldn't sleep well' and once for two
weeks got scarcely an hours sleep. /
had severe headaches most Of the time
and pains in the back and spine,
II was treated by two doctors. being
nnder the care Of one Of them for si1
months. got no relief and then de-.
cided to try DR.. Williams Pink Pills. /
soon began to feel better and the i'm.
nroyement was general. NV ametita
BECAME hearty and my sleep better
me headaches all left and also the Mains
IN INV back. "A few more boxes entirely
cured me and was able to 70 back r.
work. I felt splendid and as though
had never been sick.
DR.. Williams Pink Pills are Invaluable
in such diseases as rheumatism. after.
effects of the grip and fevers, neuralgia
ST. Vitus' dance and even partial
nralysis and iocomotor ataxia.
DR.. Williams Pink PILLS are sold bv
al druggists, or will be sent, POSTPAID.
on receipt Of price, 50 cents per box. siy
boxes for $3.50, by the DR.. Williams
Medicine Company, Schenectady, n. Y.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1907-06-28
ceea ,or ev,,.

One Sunday a teacher was trying
to illustrate to her small scholars the
lesson, Return good for evil" To
make Il practical she said:
Suppose, children, one Of your
schoolmates should strike you, and
the next day you should bring him
an apple--that would be one way Of
returning good for evil"
To her dismay one OF the little
girls spoke tup quickly:
"Then he would strike you again
to ret another applet"
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1907-06-28

Men with long heads are capable
3of using them on short notice.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1907-06-28
Knotty Point 10 Decide.

rs goat a Sheep" is geological
question that the commissioners OF
this county have been called upon tc
decide officially. There has long been
state law providing that the count,
shall reimburse farmers for sheer
killed by dogs. A. r. Harvard, Of
Mifin township, has filed claim ~,
$50 for Angora goats so destroyed
Columbus correspondence. Pittsburs
Dispatch.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1907-06-28
srAvr or ONO. CRY or roLEpo, | :.

srA-h OF I oH,S; c conrs or r0lto0' IS.
FRANK ]. CHESKy makes oath that be IA aeG or
partner OF the nriu OF +. D. CHENEY & Co, doing
business In the City Of Toledo. County and State
aforesaid. and that said arm Will pay the sum Of
OF CArARRH that cannot be cured by the use Of
HALLS CArARRH CURE.
FRANK J. CHENEY.
sworn to before me and subscribed In my presence,
this 9Th day " December, 4. D.. 1885.
--.~I A. W. GLEASON.
skAL NorARY PUBLIC.
Hairs Catarrh Cure 10 taken internally aud acts
directly on the blood and mucoua surfaces OF the
system. Send for testimonials. free.
F.J.CHENEY h CO., Toledo, o.
Sold BY all Druggists, T5c.
Take Hair Family Pills for constipation.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1907-06-28

Many sweetheart turns out to be
. bitter disappointment as a wife.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1907-06-28

Important to Mothers.
EI,nine carefully every bottle Of CAsTORrA.
safe and sure remedy for infants and children.
and see that it
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1907-06-28

A woman derives more pleasure
from planning things that never come
of than man does from the actual
happenings Of things.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1907-06-28

When, a banana peel takes fall out
OF man and there isn't anything
broken but one Of the commandments
he gets OF lucky
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1907-06-28

Care o. Submarine Cables.
Fifty fine vessels are constantly
employed In laying and repairing the
submarine cables of the world.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1907-06-28
ALIENS F00T-EASE

A Certain Cure Tor Tired, Hot, Aching Feet.
20 NOT ACCEPT a SUBSTITUTE.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-12-21

vious considerations, IL only those OF
time rule out selectiye breeding, and
the long life affords the opportunity
of direct modification of each indiv-
idual. Advances in knowledge and
scientific method are to be employed
to rectify human life. and to remove
from it all acquired or inherited dis
harmonies. until there be attained the
condition which he calls "orthobiosis''
"a cycle from birth to death from
which extraneous accidents have been
removed. and in which each success
sive phase comes in its due course.
We are already advancing rapidly
along the first stage of the process.
Year by year, as the study of diseases
advances, we are getting nearer the
time when mankind will be free from
their burden. burden measured not
only by the deaths due directly to
them but by the loss of health and
shortening of life caused to those who
may appear TO have recovered. The
normal duration of life is extending
in all civilized countries. and this is
the result of improvements in clean
illness. general hygiene, and greater
simplicity of life. Already, if scien-
llllC hIlOHAShSe nNtC dPptACd W It's
fullest extent, the race would make
an enormous stride towards "ortho-
biosis," and ii is a definite part OF
the new morality that the parliaments
and executive officers who have charge
of human affairs should be experts in
the new scientific knowledge.
THE CAUSE OF EARLY SENILITY
The most striking part of Metchni-
koff's doctrine, however, is an affair
of the individual rather than of the
state. One of the legacies that men
have inherited from their animal pro-
genitors is the possession of very
capacious large intestine. in which the
debris of the food remains for con-
siderable period. All the conditions
In this organ are normally favorable
to the existence and multiplication of
a varied fora of microbes, among which
the most abundant and pernicious are
those which set up putrefaction or
the contents.
BY series of most ingenious in
vestigations, Metchnikoff has shown
that there is a direct relation between
the presence of such a possibility of
intestinal putrefaction and a relative
animals generally. The depression,
headaches. and even serious Illness
caused by prolonged retention of the
contents of the lower bowel are fami-
liar to us all, and are the result OF
the microbial poisons being absorbed
into the blood and thereby affecting
the tissues generally. These poisons
not only cause immediate troubles, but
are chief agents in the production OF
early senility. They depress the re-
sistance of the higher cells and slim
ulate the activity of the phagocytes.
so that their presence encourages the
eating away of the specific elements
of the tissues and their replacement
by useless. degenerative material.
Whatever may have been the original
use of this great reservoir of waste
material, it is now positively harmful.
Although the resources of modern
surgery have made it possible to
.short-circuit'' the large intestine.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-12-21

woman might devote herself, undts-
turbed by sex, to specialized functions
in the community.
In more general affairs, the rule or
the young would cease. The expert
ence and ripened faculties of the old
would no longer be destroyed by bod
lily and mental weakness, and the al
fairs of mankind would be guided by
men who had passed beyond the period
of pessimism, who had acquired the
sense of life, and who combined the
experience and wisdom and calm Judg-
ment of age with the energy Of an en-
during youth.--WorId's Work. /,
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-12-21

divfdual integrity occurs. Each unit.
however it be bound up in the well
fare of the community, retains its
complete set of functions. Metchnikon
points out, however, that in state OK
'torthobiosis," specialization would oc-
cur, but that it would affect the dlt-
ferent periods of each individual lie.
There is no reason, for instance, why
there should be sterile working women
and women given UP to the privileges
and duties of sex. After the period or
early youth would come the effiores-
cence of sex. and after that, in the
natural order of events. period when
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-12-21
Sour MiIkandLongLife
Metchnikoffs Philosophy of the Pro-
longation ofLife and Vigor, With
an Easy Descent to Death.

Mitchell formerly Examiner in Biology in the Royal
College of Physicians; of Biology
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-09-06
NOT THE TIME TO STOP.
Manager Saw the Possibilities In the
Situation.

Jim Johnstone, the famous base
ball umpire, said recently in New
York that baseball crowds were far
kinder to umpires than they used
to be.
This Is true OF theater crowds.
too" said Mr.. tombstone. why, with
provincial touring companies in the
past, ~maltreatment was regularly ex-
pected. In fact, the companies prof
tied by II in more ways than one.
II know OF a company that was
playing The Broken Vow In Paint
Rock. a one night stand. The audit
ence didn't like The Broken Vow and
eggs, eabbages and potatoes rained
upon the stage.
"Still the play went o n The hero
raved through his endless speeches.
lodging an onion or a baseball every
other minute, and pretty sore from
those missiles that he hadn't been
able to dodge.
But finally n gallery auditor in a
paroyysm of rage and scorn hurled a
heavy boot, and the actor, thoroughly
alarmed, started to retreat.
Keep on playing. you fool Kissed
the manager from the wings, as he
hooked In the boot with an umbrella.
Keep on till we get the other one.'"
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-09-06
PRESCRIPTIONS IN LATIN.
The Public Should Have Them Trans
lated by the Druggists.

What virtue is there In the secrecy
with which the doctor hedges about
his profession?
Professional etiquette" occupies a
prominent place in the curriculum OF
every medical school, and when strict.
ly analysed professional etiquette"
seems to mean doing what is best for
the doctor, individually and col
lectiyely."
Among the things that rs best for
the doctor" is the writing of his pre-.
scriptions in Latin, and thus keeping
the public in ignorance not only Of
what II Is taking for its ills, but fore
ing a call upon the doctor each time
a prescription is needed.
In plain and unmistakable English
the writing Of prescriptions in Latin
makes business for the doctors.
Let us say that you have the ague.
You had 1t last year and the year be-
fore. Each time you have visited the
doctor and he has prescribed for you
i'm Latin. You have never known
what he has given you for the disease,
and so each time you are forced to go
to him again and give him an oppor.
tunity to repeat his prescrlption--in
Latin, and his fee--in dollars.
If you ask the doctor why he uses
Latin in writing his prescriptions. why
he writes aqua" when he means wa
ter, he will give you a technical dis
sertation on the purity of the Latin
language, and the fact that all words
are derived from 1t, etc. 1t will be a
dissertation that you may not be able
to answer, but 1t will hardly convince
you.
1t would be a good thing for the pub.
lie to devise a little code of ethics of
its own; ethics that will be "a good
thing for the public individually and
collectively"
Let US apply n Of the rules of this
code of ethics to you, the individual.
You call in the physician when you
have the ague, the grippe, or any of
the other ills to which human flesh Is
heir, and which you may have again
some day. The doctor prescribes-in
Latin, and you take this, to you, mean.
ingless scribble to the druggist to
have it compounded. Right here is
where you come IN, II you are wise.
Say to the druggist that you want a
translation Of that prescription. 1t Is
your privilege to know what you are
taking. While the doctors code of
ethics may not recognize this right It
is yours just the same.
With the translated prescription In
your possession you have two distinct
advantages. You know what you are
taking, and should you wish to call
some other doctor at some time you
will be able to tell him what drugs you
have been putting into your system,
and also II you should have the same
disease again you can save yourself
a visit to the doctor, and his fee, by
taking this translated prescription to
the druggist once more and having 1t
refilled.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-09-06
NEW GAME FOR FAT BOY.
Cleveland Gamins Have Devised
Something Really Novel.

A bunch of small boys who were
disporting themselves the other after.
noon on a corner near the public
square. have discovered a grand new
game.
They said IL was lots OF fun. and 1t
is absolutely harmless. And it is not
a game that requires extensive APP
paratus. The only important require
ment to play the game successfully is
a real fat boy.
The youngsters who were at II had
the fat boy. He was about as fat a
boy as one could mention. With this
fat boy and a lead pencil apiece in
the hands of the other boys. the par.
Elephants had everything that was re.
CURED for the game
Here is the way the game is played:
The first player takes his pencil and
places the eraser end against the fat
boys abdomen. Then he pushes the
abdomen as far back as 1t will go and
releases the pencil, The fat and mus
Giles bounding back into place act as
a sort of a catapult and hurl the pen
Gil for six or seven feet.
Then another boy tries it, and an.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-09-06
WILLIE HAD NEEDED ORDER.
Garment Of His Friend Tommy Jones
Came In Handy.

There is a certain little boy who
Will be known to fame as Willie
Smith, simply because his name Ia
neither Willie nor Smith. He has .
friend whom we will call Tommy
Jones for the same good reason.
Willie Smith is very fond Of going
swimming. and, tradition to the con
trary, he goes with his mothers per-
mission. His papa visited the swim
ming hole as such places are usual
ly called when %patronized by small
boys. and certified that there was no
danger, so Willie is allowed TO go
whenever he pleases. But one day not
very long & he developed a bad cold
as the result OF the bath.
with what did you dry yourself
when you came out of the water?"
asked mamma. who vaguely remem
bered that she did not remember hav.
Ing seen her small son take a towel
with him when he went on the swim
ming expedition.
u used my shirt" he explained.
And mamma realized that her young
hopeful caught his cold by wearing
the wet shirt the remainder Of the
day, so she told him never, never to
do It again.
The next time he went swimming
fond mamma noted that no towel was
brought home.
Willie" she said. severely. II told
you to go without a towel. How
did you get driedy'
"Oh. used Tommy Jones' shirt"
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-09-06
RockErELLEa LIVES IN FEAR.
Dread OF Assassination or Robbery
Always with Him.

Probably the most complete burglar
alarm system In the world Is Installed
In John d. Rockefeller's house at
Cleveland. Both the burglar alarm
and an intricate signaling system are
tested nightly when the master is in
the house. and il a defect is found an
expert is Immediately summoned to
repair 1t.
It is reported, but not confirmed,
that Mr.. Rockefeller sleeps in a room
on the top floor. the only entrance to
which is through several other rooms
In which trusted ~lieutenants are sta.
toned. At night brilliant arc lamps
illuminate the grounds around the
Rockefeller house, and at least three
men are always on duty patroling the
premises,
Mr.. Rockefeller's fear of ~assassina-
ton is such that even in his own
house he will not sit with his back to
a window. When forced to travel he
will never. II II can be avoided, enter
the public waiting room of a railroad
station, preferring to sit in the bag
gage or some other secluded
place. 1t was not vanity, it is said,
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-09-06

A singular case of treasure trove
is reported from the Belgian village of
Saint Omer-C apelle, where some boys
climbed an old willow tree to rob a
birds nest found In a hole high up In
the trunk an. old leather bag.
On opening this they found 1t to
contain what seemed to be bright vel.
low counters and pieces of paper, bear.
ing writing which they did not under.
stand. So they made playthings OF
the lot, and gave some away, without.
however, anything being damaged.
AS soon as the find reached the ears
Of the parents they naturally guessed
the truth. Some among them, being
honestly disposed. gave information to
the Marie, which after some trouble
resulted in the whole contents OF the
bag being got together again. They
were old notes and gold representing
10000 francs.