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Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1907-09-20
FOUND OUT.
A Trained Nurse Made Discovery.

No one is in better position to know
the value of food and drink than q
trained nurse.
Speaking OF coffee, a nurse OF Wilkes
Barre, Pa, writes: Il used to drink
strong coffee myself, and suffered
greatly from headaches and indiges'
ton. While on visit to my brothers
( had good chance to try Postum
Food Coffee, for they drank 1t alto
gether in place Of ordinary coffee. In
two weeks after using Postum / found
I was much benefited and finally my
headaches disappeared and also the
indigestion.
NATURALLY have since used Postum
among my patients, and have noticed
marked benefit where coffee has been
left OF and Postum used.
Il observed a curious fact about
Postum when used among mothers. 1t
greatly helps the flow Of milk Ia cases
where coffee is inclined to dry 1t up,
and where tea causes nervousness.
II ind trouble In getting servants TO
make Postum properly. They most
always serve 1t before It has been
boiled long enough. 1t should be boiled
is to 20 minutes after boiling begins
and served with cream, when It IS Ger.
tainly q delicious beverage Read
Tho Road to Wellville" In pkgs.
| 81 here's . Reason. Is
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1907-09-20
He Set a Date.

A merchant in a Wisconsin town
who had a Swedish clerk sent him out
to do some collecting. When he re-
turned from an unsuccessful trip he
reported:
"Yim Yonson say he will pay ven he
sells his hogs. YIN Olesen, he will pay
ven he sell him wheat. and Bill Pack
say he will pay in january"
WELL" said the boss, that's the
first time Bill ever set date TO pay.
Did he really say he would pay III
january"
"Vell, aye tank So" said the clerk.
"He say dat it ban dam cold day ven
you get that money. I tank that ban
In january. wallpapers Weekly.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1907-09-20
TRAGEDY OF A BROADWAY CAR.
Truly Il 10 Everybody for Hlmself' In
New York.

There we're six in the seat OF the
Broadway surface car, which was too
many. However, everybody who board.
ed the car seemed to take fancy to
that particular seat so some were also
standing A very small man sat
crouched on the end seat, a pretty girl
next to him. The small man seemed
to be very restless. and no wonder,
for all the rest were pushing the pref.
ty girl, who necessarily pushed him in
a way that SEEMED to infer that his
room was better than his company. At
length, unable to endure 1t any longer.
he all at once showed his shoulder
under the rail and fell out, apparently.
Mercy" screamed nervous pas.
senger, has he committed suicide?'
IT don't know" answered the pretty
girl. "but, anyway. I've got the end
seat."-N. Y. Press.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1907-09-20
ADMIRAL WALKER IS DEAD.
Distinguished Retired Naval Officer
Succumbs to Heart Disease.

York Beach, Me.-Rear Admiral
John G. Walker, U. S. NJ, retired. died
here Monday. He had been i'll for
some time, but his death was quite un-
expected. He had been spending sew
eral weeks with his family at the cot
tage of Miss s. A. Pickering, of Salem,
Mass. Death was due to heart dis
ease.
Washington.-Aside from his gen"
orally distinguished service In the
navy, Rear Admiral Walker, who died
Monday at York Beach, Me-, had held
several important assignments, the
most conspicuous Of which was chair
man of the isthmian canal commission,
which office he held from 1899 to
1901. Admiral Walker was u years
of age and was retired with the rank
of rear admiral after 40 years on the
active list. |H7
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1907-09-20
THREE BOYS HAD ECZEMA.
Were Treated at Dispensary-Did Not
Impoverished Five Months
. Perfect Cure by cutIcura.

'My three children had eczema for
i've months. A little sore would ap-
pear on the head and seemed very
itchy, increasing day after day. The
baby had had it about a week when
the second boy took the disease and
. few sores developed, then the third
boy took it. For the first three months
I took them to the NJ Dispensary,
but they did not seem to improve.
Then I used Cuticura Soap and Cuti-
cura Ointment and in a few weeks
they had improved, and when their
heads were we'll you could see nothing
of the sores. Mrs. Kate keim, 5l3
West goth St., New York, N. y, Nov.
/, S and Z, 1906" ~.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1907-09-20
Mr.. JOHNSON NOT TO BLAME.
Good Old Lady Understood How the
Mistake Occurred,

There is a good old lady who cannot
resist speaking well of all her ac-
quaintances.
On Thanksgiving day she told the
colored man who did chores about the
place that he might go into the barn
yard and help himself to a chicken.
TIE man obeyed with alacrity and was
most profuse in his thanks
In the course of few days the
lady's husband informed her that on
Thanksgiving day neighbors had seen
Mr.. johnson seize two choice hens
from the coop. ~
II did tell him to take one," con.
fessed the lady regretfully, but, you
know, dear, how intensely Mr.. John
son celebrates the holidays. Why, he
simply cannot help seeing things dou-
ble." ..
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1907-09-20
A BIG PROFIT IN OIL
STANDARD OF INDIANA MADE
1000 PER CENT. ANNUALLY.
SHOWN IN GOTHAM TRIAL
Peculiar Bookkeeping Problem In Ae-
counts Of New York Cor
poration and Parent
. Concern,

New York-More light was shed
upon the remarkable earning capacity
of the various subsidiary companies
Of the Standard Oil compan.- Wednes-
day when Frank B. Kellogg, who Is
conducting the federal suit, succeeded
In placing upon the record the profits
Of II of the principal subsidiary com.
panies in the years 1908 and 1906.
The statement of the earnings OF
the Standard Oil company Of Indiana,
which was recently fined $29, 240,000
by Judge Lands, of Chicago, for re-
batting, disclosed that in 1906 the COM
pany earned no less than $10,516,0S2
on capitalization of $1,000,0O0, or
over 1000 per cent year. The Indi.
ana company in 1906 earned moro
than any subsidiary company of the
big combine
New York.--Delving into the finan-
cial workings of the Standard Oil
company of New Jersey. the holding
company Of all the subsidiary organ
tzations of the so-called oil trust.
Frank D. Kellogg, conducting the fed
eral suit for the dissolution of the
company, brought forth Tuesday to
public view for the first time the enor-
nous profits made by the Standard Oil
company.
II period of eight years, from 1899
to 1906 inclusive, the company, on a
statement spread upon the records OF
Tuesdays hearings, was shown to
nave earned total profits of $490,315,'
934, or at the rate of more than $61,-
100000 a year, and distributed to its
shareholders in the same period $685.
359,403.
Oil Bond s6,oooooo.
Chicago.-The largest bonds In. the
history of criminal jurisprudence
were fixed Tuesday by Judge Petsr
S. Grosscup, of the United States cir.
cult court, to secure the governments
$29,24O.000 judgment against the
Standard Oil company Of Indiana
pending an appeal from the sentence
imposed by Judge Lands.
The aggregate security required BY
Judge Grosscup is s6,O00,00O, repre-
sented by two bonds-a forthcoming
bond of 100000 and a conditional
bond of 100000. The total was con-
sidered by Judge Grosscup to repre-
sent the value of the property owned
by the defendant company.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1907-09-20
Disillusion.

DisiIIusion.
The American contractor stood al
the base Of the great pyramid and
looked at the venerable monument In
disgust.
TITS a big pile, all right" he said;
"and it may do well enough for Egypt
but If a man in the United States
should turn out job Of stone work
like that the papers would roast him
from Hoboken to Hegewisch."
., Turning away disappointed, he con
soled himself by taking a ride on
camel, which animal he found fully up
to all the descriptions he had read OF
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1907-09-20
Nicknames for War Vessels.

We had a ship called the Muriel,
says the New York Press, and the
sailors promptly dubbed her the Mer-
ry He'll. The Georgia, as everyone
knows, is the Jaw-Jaw. The Pennsy1-
vania is the Billy Penn. The kearsarge
is the Cuss.Age. The Washington is
Papa George, and, singularly enough.
is commanded by John Adams. The
Indiana is Red Annie. The Terror is
the Tear Her. The Cleveland is Gro
yer. The Des Moines is The Mine.
The Galveston Is Shirtwaist-a clever
hit. The Amphitrite is the Ample
Tight The Solace is the One Ace.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1907-09-20

vt Idea Of a Wooden Leg.
ltt-1s your: wife a woman Of
tacal ideas?
Si.,,sett-Well, I could imagine that
Sst leg she would think that the
\ could be filled by taking OILS
y legs out Of pine table that we
;SssNaser use."-Judge.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1907-09-20
New to Him.

ne leading lady Of q road company
wing In one Of the smaller cities in
. concluded that she would press
y Of her lace collars one morning.
accordingly rang the bell, and
g the hall boy appeared said:
Snng me up a hot iron."
course of time he returned empty
yea, and when the lady answered
hock he said:
couldn't get it for. you, lady"
and why not?" she asked, mysti-
lae bartender said he didn't know
y to mix it."
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1907-09-20
The Truth,

Gobsa Code descended painfully
from his SO-horse power limousine.
II wish to purchase" he said, IAN
engagement ring"
Eyes, sir" said the eager clerk. I'VE
have Just imported superb ring, sir
two ruby hearts surrounded"
NO." said the aged millionaire. in
disillusioned voice; mo, that won't
do. There is only one heart concerned
in this affair. The girl Is marrying me
for my money" H...
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1907-09-20
piaparitX.

The two young women, who had not
met for long time, embraced each
other with much fervor. a:s@
Flows this, Kate? hear you have
zone and married q rich widOwer. Is
he much older than you?"
"Well, there's considerable diner
ence between our ages, Clara. In fact,
he's a war veteran"
Spanish war;"
'Oh, no; he wasn't in that"
'"Civil swar, then, Of course"
'No-er-Mexican."
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1907-09-20
What the Poet Says.

After their honeymoon to Niagara
Falls they came back and settled on
the old farm.
"Gracious, Sile!" said Cynthia. why
are you in such a bad humor?"
making butter is blamed hard
work." grumbled Sile, removing the
beads from his brow. .u..
"Oh, cheer up, sile. Don't the poet
say that it is love that makes the
world go round'?"
Eyes, but, by gosh, it don't make the
churn go round"
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1907-09-20
The, First Steamboat.

About a dozen years before the u
English colonies declared their 1nde-
nendence from the mother country,
William Henry, native OF Chester
county, Pennsylvania, attached q
steam engine to an old bateau and
managed to steam for some distance
down the Conestoga river, but by sone
mishap the boat was sunk.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1907-09-20

chronic case. At one time ! had to use
q crutch and cane to get about. My
back was lame and weak. and besides
the aching, there was a distressing
retention of the kidney secretions. !
was in a bad way when began using
Doan's Kidney Pills in 1901, but the
remedy cured me, and I have been
we'll ever SINCE"
Sold by all dealers. so cents a box.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1907-09-20

,.any Bullets Had Gone Wild.
sently four tons and a half of bull
Nere dug out Of a hill behind a
tsnse at Yarmouth, England, the
aalation Of two years shooting
AZ :. local volunteers. They sold for
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1907-09-20
Cool.

what does that stranger on the
beach mean by his signals?" demand
cd the man at the helm. did you
ever see the fellow before?"
mo-" answered the girl in the yacht
ing cap, but he has just proposed to
me by wigwag, and l have accepted
him. Our engagement, therefore, is
of. kindly put me ashore.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1907-09-20
No Grace.

Four-year.old Anna was invited to
take luncheon with the family of one
Of her little friends. Before they par
took of their meal, the head of the
house asked a blessing upon the food,
during which time Anna chartered con.
stantly. Not wishing to reprove the
child, her hostess said, II suppose you
don't have grace at your house."
'"Oh, no." tho little girl replied, I'VE
have Bessie. "-Harper's Magazine.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1907-09-20

Y : cutie easy to perform our duties
ney are pleasant and imply no
.s'nce; the test Of principles Is
ssIlorm them with equal readi-
.aen they are onerous and dis
4 ahls Langford.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1907-09-20

LAWYER Takes Too Much ChIoroform.
Montgomery, Ala.-Judge Terry M.
Richardson was found dead in bed at
a hotel at Luverne Monday, having
been overcome by chloroform which
be had taken to allay headache. He
WAS a prominent attorney.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1907-09-20

neer white goods, In fact, any fine
goods when new. owe much OF
effectiveness to the way they
Numbered, this being done in q
aer to enhance their textile beau
Home laundering would be equal
satisfactory if proper attention was
70 starching, the first essential
~ good Starch, which has sufficient
aglh to stiffen, without thickening
GOODS. Try Defiance Starch and
WI be pleasantly surprised at the
1sOVed appearance, OF your work
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1907-09-20

will interest the thou
sands of veterans who
came back from the
Civil War suffering tor
lures with kidney COM
plant. Capt. Ely says:
II contracted kidney
trouble during the
Civil War, and the &C.
casional attacks final
Nv developed into q
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1907-09-20

Foraker Speaks at HiIlsboro, o.
Hillsboro, O.-With Senator ]. B.
Foraker, native of this county, as
chief orator, the celebration of the
one hundredth anniversary of the
founding of Hillsboro was continued
Wednesday. @1.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1907-09-20
Product Of the LowIy Hen.

Washington's monument Is 555 feet
high. The eggs shipped from 80 coun-
ties in this state, leaving GA yet to
hear from, if placed end on end would
build monument 221, 1892 times higher
than the Washington shaft.-Kansas
City Journal.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1907-09-20
Dutch at Home and Abroad.

uutch at Home and Abroad.
avlland has population of only s."
IVY but there are 100000, 900 of peo-
y the Dutch East and West In
me Dutch are not at present
n addicted to emigration. In the
49, states, at the time of the last
-. there were only 100000 per
VI :! Dutch birth. The number Of
'sasrlanders in the Dutch East In
~ ohreefy 12,UOO. = 49,
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1907-09-20
a.. infant kim Another.

Misunderstanding playing with q
,evolver, John B. Horton, six years
sid. Monday accidentally shot and
.illed his five-year-old friend, Robert
!. Donaldson. The boys had been
playing hold up"
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1907-09-20
Was Built to Last.

The great military thoroughlare q
80 Roman world known as the Appian
Way reaching from Rome to B 81
Inn was but is feet wide. yet 20 years
=, nsad between its commencement
and its completion. j
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1907-09-20
4 FATHER AND
nary ACCOMPLISHED
\ ,.o,s MAN WRITES RE-
n,.c HIS SUCCESS IN
n ...rsrERN CANADA.
!, Homestead Regulations
u.ke. Entry Easily
Accomplished.

49, succeeds like success" Is
e' Y and true saying having many an !
. suu IN western Canada. The
as'0I ,stter is an illustration. The
su y Gerts, left Chicago q short
~ and the success he has
y, q may well be gained by any
ss,a pluck and energy by locat-
s'', no free homestead lands In
q ~ ranada. A change recently
taa tha Canadian Land Regula-
,o j homesteads make. makes it
- for any member OF a family to
4 o. s. r. for any other member Of
,,nIly entitled to q homestead
, ,sa a man may now make
ssiore the local agent for his
~ for his brother or brothers,
J his Il son or sons. or for a sister
snahter who may DO the head OF
.milv having minor children de-
49, mon her for support. A Sis
laughter or mother are also ca.
10 make entry upon q home
d, The only fee required is $1,000
~ entry. A great saving IN rail-
expenses is thus made.
N what Mr.. Gerts has to say:
Rattleford, Sask., Aug. 4. 1907.
(r,nIiug a letter from us Northwest
.,srs might interest you. and write
. lines and let you know we are
,essing finely and well pleased
a our new home.
[s,en / think Of the many hard
ma Industrious men east with
.uips who are struggling for a liv-
E,ad doing the strenuous. laying up
ideally nothing for old age and the
E.,,nds of acres of land here yet to
,loved and cultivated capable of
~ sixty to eighty bushels IF oats,
a to forty bushels Of wheat, it GER
n seems a pity the two cannot be.
rsht together. But I will repeat,
country is only for the industrious
4 thrifty; also might add, 1t re-
n some capital to start.
4 man should have at least q team
three good horses; better to have
"a 50 as to have some colts COM
r.long each year. It Is best to bring
q with him as work horses are
4 He should be able to purchase
=. disc and drag, harrow, drill,
vi and hay rake. OF course sew
taking up claims or buying land
\ together can divide up the pur-
ing of the above machinery and
Iiange work. This plan will work
aior few years or until crops will
ir,nt each individual to purchase a
Iutht.
h have 4S0 acres Of as good farm
I is lies in the famous Cut Knife
tst Every foot can be plowed.
kyear our oats run 60 bushels per
i | sold them for Soc per- bushel
NJ place.
h Indications are for q good crop
rear, though we were very late
Heding owing to the late spring.
tvlnter was the coolest known in
country by the Oldest settlers
= who have been here IS years..
With a comfortable house and
" Of firewood, which We hauled
miles, we passed the winter quite
unity. The air is clear and dry.
Nof the days ! came from work
lsuprised to find the thermometer
aering 400 below zero. Though
never keep fire at night, we had
Ing freeze in our cellar.
q stock and chickens wintered
/ ] have a yearling heifer, who
q
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1907-09-20
Deafness Cannot Be Cured

M local eppcationg, o. they cannot reach The dis
essed portion OF the ear. There is only one way to
cure deafness, and that BY constitutional remedies
Deafness 10 caused BY an iudamed condition OF me
muc,us lining of the Eustach1n Tube. When this
tube 10 indamed you have rumbling sound Or I'm
perfect hearing, and when 1t 70 entirely cloaed Deaf
ness 10 the result aud unless the can be
taken out and this tube restored to its normal cond
ton, hearing will be destroyed forever nine cases
but an Unnamed condition OF the mucous surfaces.
We viii give One Hundred Dollars for any case OF
DEAFNESS tcsused By cstarrhl that cannot be cured
by HalVs Catarrh Cure. Send for circulars, free.
FIJI. CHENEY CO., Toledo, q
Sold BY Druggists 75c.
Taka Halla EanilY Pills for constipation.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1907-09-20

The great question in life is the SUI.
fering we cause; and the utmost In
genuity of metaphysics cannot justify
the man who has pierced the heart
that loved him.-Benjami Constant.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1907-09-20
To Cut Copper Output in Half.

To Cut Copper output N Ha1f'
New York.-The output Of the cop
per mines controlled by the Amalga'
mated Copper company will be cur.
tailed by so per cent. of the normal
production Immediately, and further
:urtailment may be ordered. he.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1907-09-20

Opening Lower Bru'e Indian Hesers&
ton In South Dakota.
Parties wishing full information as
to the character of the land, how to
reach it and how to take part IN the
drawing in October, also Information
In relation to the opening Of Trip
county, in the Rosebud Reservation, can
secure same by sending One Dollar to
Chas. H. Burke, Pierre, South Dakota,
form erly Member of Congress and
author of the Lower Brule and Rose
bud legislation.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1907-09-20

And it's easy to advertise the fact
that you are fool. All you have to
do is boast publicly Of your wisdom.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1907-09-20
HERITAGE or CIVIL WAR.
rhousands OF Soldiers Contracted
Chronic Kidney Trouble While
In the Service.

The experience OF Capt John L. Ely,
4 Co. e, 18th Ohio, now living at 500
East Second street, Newton, Kansas,
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1907-09-20

Mr.. Windows Soothing syrup.
For children testhng, softens the gums, reduces y
,asmmation, sllsys PAIN cures wind coio Sca ootaes
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1907-09-20

Women see without looking; their
husbands often look without seeing.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1907-09-20

saaada Adds 70 Population.
population Of the prairie prov
= canada has increased In dve
1om 466, 900 q about = million.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1907-09-20

A man can do no wrong-after the
undertaken gets him.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1907-09-20
cun.. Trans. peeoys. Etc,

= Lowest prices. Writeforlfree catalog Mol
N. w. Hide l. Fur Co.. Minneapolis. MINI.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1907-09-20

Important to Mothers.
-..,,,,,,. carefully every bottle Of cAsToR1A'
: .ssa and sure remedy for infants and children
3 .rd aoa thaf.it go.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1907-09-20

Sold BY Druggists, 75c. RI
Take Hairs Family Pills for constipation.