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WESTERN GOOD NATURE.

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CUSTOMS MEN SEIZE
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HIS WISH CAME TRUE.

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THE CULTURE OF SCHOOLS.

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The Nome daily nugget., 1908-06-02

Al tho end of their nightly shrdlu |
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 "l was reading one of your old let ters tdaay. James. and You said in fl thai you waald rather live in endless torment with me than in bliss by yourself.
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rf1l haO TIE FAvoRlrs SONS

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Granite Mining Candle, are the hes.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1908-06-26
ss4,e11 SHORTAGE IN SAC.
Treasurer's Populations Are Larger
Than Anticipated.

Sac City.-W. A. Burnap, expert
accountant, who was hired by the
county to go over the books of w. a.
Pettis, recently treasurer OF sac
county, and ascertain the exact
amount of Pettis shortage, has made
his report to the county board OF
supervisors after several weeks OF
thorough investigation. Mr.. Burnap
finds the shortage to be $34,61l.SO.
He made investigation of all the
entries in the tax lists and other de-
tails and found errors in the office
to consist of three kinds: First, can.
cellations, where receipts had been
issued and afterwards cancelled;
second, Implications, where two re-
ceipts of the same number had been
issued and only one carried to the
tax register; third, omissions, where
moneys have been received and not
accounted for.
Mr.. Burnap finds that the method
used in checking up the treasurer is
the same employed by a large major
ity Of counties In the state, and is
the method that has been used since
the organization of this county. He
does not blame the board of supervi-
sors for not making the discovery
long ago, for he believes they did the
same as most men would have done,
He has recommended the installing
of system in the auditors office
which will prevent such crooked
transactions hereafter.
When the shortage was first dis
covered local men figured the amount
at about $4,000 and it was believed
that the report Of the expert would
not change the amount materially.
That the amount is larger by nearly
$4,000 comes as surprise.
Sac 'City.-Following the report OF
the expert, showing the amount Of
the shortage, came the arrest of
former County Treasurer William II
Pettis, on information to which about
twenty citizens Of Sac county sWore,
charging him with embezzlement OF
the county funds. He furnished a
bond of $4,000 signed by his wife:
which secures his appearance before
the grand jury at the August term
of the district court.
Real estate and other property were
turned over to the bondsmen several
weeks ago, which footed up to $27,'
OS5.41. Mrs. Pettis also gave note
secured by a mortgage on her farm
in Coon Valley township, for s7.526.39
to w. Jackson, and the bondsmen will
suffer practically nothing.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1908-06-26

There Is a superstitious dislike fUF
the number 10, which Is deemed UNI
lucky In few OF the London hotels
this number has been removed from
the rooms.
Tie males Of Persia rarely laugh, ~
It Is considered effeminate for man
TO do SO. But the women laugh I'm
mod erately, and giggle IKE the girls
Of America.
Babies have largely displaced
monkeys at attendants OF organ
grinders in London. The cherubs ex-
cite more sympathy and coax more
cash from the listeners.
A police-dog in Paris arrested Two
railway-thieves the other day. He
pulled one down from a baggage-car.
he was robbing, and caught the other
one hiding beneath the train. The
men broke away from the police who
cook them in charge, but Lion brought
them back. :
The leaf OF the Mexican pineapple;
tree is very valuable, inasmuch as "
furnishes a fiber of such strength
and fineness that it can be made into
r,pes, Irvine, thread, mats, baggingi
f.ammocks and paper. A fabric al
most as fine and beautiful as silk Is
made from it, too.
No woman ever loved a man SO
much that she didn't try to tnd oul
what the engagement ring cost.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1908-06-26
MUCH DAMAGE BY STORM.
Northeastern Iowa Visited by Storm
Of Great Violence.

Dubuque Definite word has been
received from Waukon for the first
time since the cyclone and hail storm
Saturday night. A railway train and
track were washed bodily half mss
and left intact. Scores Of buildings
were swept away by the flood, though
no lives we lost. There were many
hair breadth escapes and many
animals were, killed, The Milwaukee
railway. succeeded in getting a train
through today. The crop damage
alone runs to 100000.
Cresco.-Growing crops to the ex.
tent of many thousands of dollars
were destroyed by the terrific wind
and hail storm which visited this re-
gion Sunday night and Monday morn
ing. The details of the disaster are
just becoming known, for all tele'
phonic communication was destroyed
and the roads were impossible until
today.
The stories of the hail storm are
almost unbelievable. Hail as large
as a baseball fell in spots, killing
smaller live stock outright and Grip
pling. and beating numerically the
stronger beasts. One man, Joe
Whalen,. who lives in the north part
Of Howard county, was caught in the
storm and beaten until he was I'M
conscious for a time it was thought
that he would die, but he is expected
to recover. Another farmer was also
caught without shelter, but will re-
cover. Dead animals of all kinds were
seen floating down the small streams
which empty into the Iowa river,
drowned by the sudden freshet or
killed by hail.
1t is reported that dozen large
barns were blown down and DESTROYED
in the tornado. The immense barn OF
Mahlan Culbert near kendallville was
utterly destroyed and the foundation
raZed. A man by the name of Burr.
living about four miles east of Cresco,
had just completed $4,000 barn,
which was demolished.
In Granger and Florenceville and
vicinity the hail drove clear through
the roofs of the houses in places
where the sheeting was little dis
lance apart.
The crops in northern Howard
county are complete loss. Glover Is
laid as fiat to the ground as if moved
by moving machine.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1908-06-26
New Workers Pay Rent.

Fewer New Workers. own their own
homes than the residents Of any other
city in the world. The reason Is a
simple one; the land is SO valuable
that none but the very wealthy can
afford it's purchase. OF the 391,687
families living on Manhattan island
only 1876 hold title to the houses
they occupy-if you will bring that
little pad and pencil into play again
you will learn that 81 out of every 100
families make monthly payments to
landlord. When these families
move, as they are constantly doing, It
seems only necessary to take the fam
lily photographs from the mantel-so
completely has their method OF life
been systematized. AS for the land
lords, they are mightier in wealth and
tenants than any feudal lords OF old
as forsooth the Astors, whose i'm.
mense multitude Of dwellings house
= greater number of people than are
contained in city Of the size of Hart
ford, Conn; Seattle, Wash; or Nash
vile, Tenn.-The Giant City -NaD
York." In National Magazine.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1908-06-26
KILLED KIDNAPPING CHILD.
Denver Man Shot on Farm near ket
iogu.

Iogg.
Newton.-While trying to kidnap
his little 5-year-old girl from his wife
from whom he was separated, Frank
Parker of Denver, Colo, but formerly
of Grinnell, was shot and killed near
Kellogg, by George Young, a former
business partner and the man who
came between Parker and his wife.
Parker's wounds were not immediat-
ely fatal, but he died several hours
after the shooting. Young was ar
rested, at the scene of the crime and
brought to Newton, where he is now
lodged in Jail.
The shooting occurred at the Ar
thur Robinson farm, six miles south
east of Kellogg. On leaving her hus'
band some weeks ago in Denver, Mrs.
Parker and her three children came
to stay at the home of her sister, Mrs.
Robinson. Young appeared there
soon afterward, presumably to be
near Mrs. Parker, to whom he had
become attentive during a years as
ISOLATION with Parker in the billiard
hall business in Denver; he asked for
employment on the Robinson farm as
hired hand and Robinson, who
knew of no intimacy of any kind be-
tween his sister-in-law and Young,
gave him work. Recently Parker
learned that his wife had come to
the Robinson's and a few days ago ar
rived in Kellogg, intent upon effect
ing reconciliation. He called up
the Robinson home by telephone,
talked briefly with his wife, but was
told that she would not see him. In
spite of this the husband hired liv-
cry rig and drove out to the Robinson
farm, arriving there about 10 o'clock.
True to her word, Mrs. Parker re-
fused to see her husband and he was
denied admission to the house for
talk with her. He returned to 60 and
as he did, his little 5-year-old girl
came running out to greet him and
kiss him. On the impulse of the mo-
ment the father picked up his little
girl, told her he was going to take
her with him and put her in the bug
gy. Climbing in himself, he started
to drive OFF amid the frantic cries OF
the mother, who had watched the
whole affair.
At this juncture Young came to the
scene. He sprang to the heads Of the
horses, calling to Parker to stop and
threatening him. The sight of Young
angered Parker and he drew gun.
But the horses ran into a gatepost
and in handling the reins Parker lost
his weapon. Immediately thereafter,
Young shot twice. the first shot taking
effect in the back of Parker's neck
and the second striking him in the
left side of the face. Parker fell from
the buggy mortally wounded and later
was carried into the house.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1908-06-26
A Business That Pays.

Women are, as rule, most success
full in decorative work, and it is Q
matter for establishment that compar-
atively few have so far gone in for
this branch Of money making.
There are numbers of girls with
powers of discrimination who might
pick up curios and antiques at rea-
sonable price, though, of course, even
in the depths Of the country, the sup
ply has been steadily declining for
years.
Not alone that, but cottage owners
of old china and oak have become
more wary, and articles of what Mrs.
Malaprop termed "bigotry and virtue"
are not to be bought up for . mere
song.
Still, there is good field for the
woman collector. In furnishing and
decorative work feminine ideas are
hardly to be surpassed and many .
house beautiful" owes its beauty to
the artistic faculty of woman
Woman's Life.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1908-06-26
FULLY NOURISHED
Grape-Nuts Perfectly Balanced
Food.

No chemists analysis Of G,vpe-Nuts
can begin to show the real ~elue of
the food-the practical value IS shown
by personal experience.
1t Is food that is perfectly bal
anced, supplies the needed elements
of brain and nerves in all stages of
life from the infant, through the stren-
uous times of active middle life, and
is comfort and support in old age.
For two years I have used Grape
Nuts with milk and little cream, for
breakfast. am comfortably hungry
for my dinner at noon.
II use little meat, plenty of vege-
tables and fruit in season, for the
noon meal, and if tired at tea time,
take Grape-Nuts alone and feel perfect
ly nourished. @ t.ss ...
Nerve and brain power, and men,
are much improved since using
.rape-Nuts. I am over sixty and weigh
l55 lbs. My son and husband seeing
how I have improved, are now using
Grape Nuts.
MY son, who is travelling man,
eats nothing for breakfast but Grape.
Nuts and a glass Of milk. An aunt,
over 70, seems fully nourished on
Grape-Nuts and cream" There's a
Reason"
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek, Mich. Read "The Road to Well.
ville," in pkgs.
Ever read the above letter. A new
one appears from time to time. They
are genuine, true, and full Of human
lntersst.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1908-06-26
THE GoDoWNs OF JAPAN.
Iron Sheathed Warehouses Necessary
Because of Danger of Fire.

Fire Is one of the terrors that dodge
at the elbow Of the Japanese house
holder all the time, and because he
lives in a matchwood dwelling Sakure-,
san has to take a curious precaution
against the sudden loss Of all his
household goods. This precaution 10
the goodwin.
The stranger in Tokyo or Yokohama
who sees from his rickshaw strange
iron plated building with doors like
turret shutters and pointed roof heavi-
ly incrusted with tiles is led 70 DC
lieve that here perhaps is some feudal
fort of the old time, ready to house
fighting men against the attacks OF
street mob. But when the tourist
finds one of these black sheeted build
ings on every other block he learns
from the country dweller that these
things are godowns or storehouses for
household goods.
When fire gets we'll started in the
crowded blocks of dolls houses in a
Japanese city it is rarely stopped I'M
| til from 10 to so houses have been
consumed and black scar has been
drawn across the whole face Of the
district. Because the houses are SO
fiimsy and crowded so closely togeth-
" that the Japanese firemen even at
their best can do little with well
developed blaze certain astute citizens
erect these iron sheathed and shut
tered two-storied storehouses where.
In tho householders of the neighbor-
hood and the storekeepers OF the dis
trict can store away their valuables.
The godowns are SO heavily
sheathed with iron plate and so
weighted with mud tiles that they
rarely burn. All day long their win
lows are kept almost Theoretically
sealed by heavy swinging shutters
that look like the doors Of safe.
When fre comes to certain dis
trict the first thing is to close the
doors Of the goodwin and put It in
shape to weather the flames.
To these public hreproof safes the
householders bring their best furni.
ture, their porcelain and their deli
cate prints- The wives keep locked np
there their best kimonos and their
odds and ends Of jewelry. Merchants
have their excess stock slowed away
within them.
Whenever there is fete in any
Japanese home or preparations are be.
ing made for the entertainment OF
solAe special. guests the servants are
sent to the nearby goodwin to bring
home all the valuables. Pictures are
again hung on the, wall, the heavy
bronze vase is restored sfor the, day
to its special tabouret, and the ward
robe of madame is replenished.
Then with the passing of the special
occasion passes also the household
grandeur. All the fleeting prettiness
of print and Powered kimono is swal.
lowed up in the black NAV Of the go
| down.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1908-06-26
MOTHER BROWNS BABIES.
Mrs. johnson of Ida Grove Throws
Four in Well.

Mrs. johnson of Ida Grove Throws
Four in Well.
Idas Grove.-While temporarily in.
sane Mrs. August J. Johnson drowned
her four little children in the cistern
al their farm home mile south of
town. The youngest is about a year
old and the oldest about 6. There
were two little boys and two girls.
1t Is not known how she did it, as
her husband was in the field at the
time. She drowned the four children
and tried to drown herself when
neighbors and people from town came
running in.
Word was sent to town and crowds
went out in autos. When Will An
derson reached there she was trying
to choke herself with bed cover
and fought like a f1end when he over
powered her and pulled it out OF her
throat.
The little ones were quickly pulled
out of the cistern, but all were dead
and though the crowds worked on
them for an hour. it was in vain.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1908-06-26
One Of Bill Nye's.

Referring to real estate transac'
ton made by one Peter Minuit, way
back in the year 1923, Bill Nye, in his
history of the United States, declared:
New York was afterwards sold for
$24; the whole island. When think
Of this l go into my family gallery,
which l also use as a swear room, and
tell those ancestors what I think of
them. Where were they when New
York sold for $24?"
The humor of this strikes deeply
when one stops to consider what has
been the outcome Of this original in.
vestment. Peter Minuit, with trinkets
and few bottles of rum, SO delighted
the native indians that they gladly
turned over to him the whole OF Man.
haitian island, now the heart of
Greater New York.-"New York, the
Giant City," National Magazine.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1908-06-26

An elephant works from the age
of twelve to the age of eighty. He
can haHl fifteen tons, lift half ton
and carry three tons on his bach
without any trouble.
Stout people are to be taxed in the
Swedish town of Hafanger. Al.
people who weigh more than 13i
pounds are the victims, and will have
to submit to graduated tax.
The parchment used for drumheads
is prepared from the skins Of don
keys, calves, goats, and wolves; and
that for writing purposes from the
skins Of sheep. The polishing IL done
with pumice-stone.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1908-06-26
American Book Company Declared .
"Trust."

Dallas, Texas, June 22.-Followins
the recent state adoption OF text
books in Texas the Governor refused
to sign the contract awarded to the
American Book Company, on the
grounds that it is a trust. The At
torney-General began a far-reach1ng
investigation, which covered the en-
tire history and development OF the
American Book Company and set
forth the relations existing between
it and the allied houses. The con-
tract made by the State Commission
with the American Book Company
has been cancelled and the commits.
sion have readvertised for bids. The
encouragement filed a report STAB
ing the American Book Company IL
composed of almost 30 different
houses whose business 1t had &C.
uuired.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1908-06-26
TO Property Owners

If you own city or town dwelling
and barn or contents of same you can
insure it against loss by Fire and
Lightning at one half the cost Of old
line insurance in purely cc-opera-
tive association having $S5, 900. 600. 100
Of insurance in force and $4,000 policy
holders all In Iowa. Inquire in your
town for the Town Mutual ms. Assn
Agent and If you don't ind him drop
card to c. E. Harsh, Secy.. Des
Moines, a., and receive full parti.
culars. Over 1900 losses paid since
organization.