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Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1908-06-19
New Chart Corrects Errors.

The great practical utility of the
magnetic survey made In the Pacific
ocean by the yacht Galilee since 1905
is shown by a new magnetic chart,
from which it appears that the charts
previously used by navigators in the
pacific ocean were erroneous along
some much-traversed routes to the ex.
tent of from three to five degrees,
and the errors at times were syste-
matte. Errors OF this magnitude are
of Importance in practical navigation
where the indications of the compass
should be as accurate as possible.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1908-06-19
MIGHT VET De PERSUADED.
Sweet Girl Brought TO Ask Time for
reconsideration.

d. L
"Since you can be no more than q
ulster to me-" said the heartbroken
young man, will you not give me one
kiss Of farewell?"
She assented, albeit coldly.
And Mannering drew the girl to his
heart, he pressed his lips to hers with
a passionate fervor born of his de-
spair.
Afterward her head sank gently up
on his shoulder
"Mr. Mannering," she breathed,
this is all so-all so new to me-so
strangely different from my expeota-
tions-perhaps, If you would give mo
dme-time to reconsider"
But, dear reader, let us draw veil
over the sacred sccne.--Exchange.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1908-06-19
"Internal Revenue" Collections.

The term internal revenue" has
been restricted in its meaning to such
revenues only as are collected under
the internal revenue bureau con-
nected with the treasury department,
and does not include all revenues that
are, properly speaking, from internal
sources, that is. from sources other
than duties levied at the frontiers
upon foreign commodities. Thus,
moneys arising from the sale of public
lands, from patent fees, or the reve-
nues of the postal service, are not gen.
orally known as internal revenues"
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1908-06-19
Pardon Man of Mystery,

Dubuque.-A renewed attempt to
obtain pardon is being made by
Leonard Haley who is now entering
upon his sixteenth year of his life
sentence in the Anamosa penitentiary
for murder Many believe in Haleys
innocence here in Dubuque. 1t was
in this city the crime was committed.
And no one is more stanch in this be-
lief than Attorney Glen Brown who
defended Haley and Richards, the
latter an alleged accomplish, and in
conclusion said: Haley and Robbards
are innocent of the murder am con-
WINGED an5 l am heartily in favor of
a pardon" .# Ne"
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1908-06-19
1.-TWO TOPERS."
A Teachers Experience.

my friends call me The Postum
Preacher" writes Mimi school teach
er, because I preach the gospel OF
Postum everywhere I go, and have
been the means of liberating many
'coffee-pot slaves
IT don't care what they call me SO
long as I can help others to see what
they lose by sticking to coffee, and
can show them the way to steady
nerves, clear brain and general good
health by using Postum.
while a school girl drank coffee
and had fits of trembling and went
through siege of nervous prostratlon.
which took me three years to rally
from.
"Mother coaxed me to use Postum,
hut I thought coffee would give me
strength. So things went, and "hen
T married I found my husband and
were both coffee topers, and l can
sympathize with drunkard VINO trles
to leave off his cups.
AT last In sheer desperation
bought a package of Postum, followed
attractions about boiling it, served IT
with good cream, and asked my nus
hand how he liked the coffee.
ave each drank three cups apiece
and what satisfied feeling it left. Our
conversion has lasted several years
and will continue as long as we live
for it has made us new--nerves are
steady appetites good, sleep SOUND
and refreshing" =,
"Tbere's Reason" Name given BY
post,,m Co., Battle Creek, Mich. Reac
"The Road to Wellville," in pkgs. u
Ever read the above letter? a ne"
o,e appears from time to time. They
are genuine, true, and full OF hum''
Interest.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1908-06-19

meant agony. My rest was broken by
a troublesome weakness and the Sc.
cretions seemed to burn like acid. I
was in an awful condition and doctors
did not seem to help me. Doan's Kid
ney Pills benefited me from the first
and soon made me strong and
healthy woman"
For sale by all dealers. 80 cents a
box. Foster-Milburn Co.. Buffalo, N. Y.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1908-06-19
Whose Fault?

We talk So much, and we think Sc
much more, of the trouble we have
with others, that we more than hal.
persuade ourselves that if everybody
else were just right, we could get on
easily in life, but the fact is that more
than half of all our troubles, even OF
our troubles with others, grow out OF
our own faults and our own failures
and not the faults and failures OF
other people. Until we get rid Of our
selves, or until we are lifted above
all selfish thought OF ourselves, there
is continual trouble for us, however
other people bear Themselves
Home Chat.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1908-06-19
The Missing Link.

What was said to be the missing
link between man and ape" was found
by DR.. Dubois in 1895 on the banks
Of the Bengawan river, in central
Java. These fossil remains consisted
Of skull, a thigh bone and two molar
teeth, from which the scientists con.
structed" an animal. not human, yet
nearer to man than the ape. The
link" was named "Pithecanthropus
Erectus."-New York American.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1908-06-19
CRIME IN SIOUX CITY.
Murder, Suicide and Accident All II
One Day.

Sioux City.-The wave of crime
and casualty certainly struck Sioux
City on the 18th. Early in the morn.
ing the body of Fred Geinke, a
veteran cobbler, was found suspended
by rope in his shoe shop; Mrs. L.
S. Critchell. prominent society wo.
man, was burned at 1870 o'clock A.
M. and died at 80 in the afternoon
Selma Arnold, negress who had
been shot by mistake by Paul Ross,
a negro, died at the Samaritan hos.
pital; because she would not marry
him, Orville Whitford shot at Ethel
Mathews and then killed himself.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1908-06-19
HOw's This?

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for any
case Of Catarrh that cannot BIO cured by Halls
Catarrh euro.
FIJI. CHENEY & CO., Toledo O.
We, tho undersigned. have known F. j. Cheney
for the last Is years, and believe him perfectly hon
orabie in all business transactions and financially
able to carry out any obligations made by his arm.
WALDtNG, KINNAN 4 MARVIN,
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo o.
Halrs Catarrh Cure Is taken Internally, acting
directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces OF the
system Testimonials sent free. Price Is cents per
bottle. Sold by all Druggists.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1908-06-19
354 GRADUATES AT IOWA.
Largest Class in History Of The State
UniverSitv

University.
Iowa City.-Commencement ut the
state university was in number of de.
grees the largest in the university's
history.
Four hundred and sixteen degrees
and certificates were awarded. There
were thirty candidates for advanced
degrees, 296 candidates for first de-
grees and ninety candidates for certi.
fcates. AS a number Of persons re
ceived both degrees and certificates
there are some duplicates in the fig
ures, and the total number of per.
sons who were candidates was 354
against about 313 last year.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1908-06-19
Stcikebreakers Routed.

Marshalltown.-For the first time
In several weeks strikers and strike
breakers clashed in the Iowa Centra!
strike district. A party Of strike
breakers left the shops to go to a
nearby saloon, and were there met
by a party of strikers. A fight en-.
sued and strike breaker named
Murphy Eas pretty roughly handled,
it is said. The strike breakers were
routed and driven back on company
property. No arrests were made.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1908-06-19
Water. Water. Everywhere.

During the food Of 1908 an old
darby living in the East bottoms
awoke one morning to find his
premises four feet under water
Later he was found by a party
of rescuers walking about the yard
prodding into the ground with fish
ing pole. He was asked his purpose.
Good gracious, men," said he,
what do you think All am a-doin'? All
am tryin' to find nah dog-goned well
SO All can git mahself pail of watah.'
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1908-06-19
Nnfhinn to Sneak OF

"You are to take these capsules"
said DR.. Pussy. before meals, not
after, remember"
obi" said the patient. II guess it
doesn't matter much"
But 1t does matter, sir"
"You wouldn't say that, doctor, II
you had ever had a meal in our board
ing house. "-Catholic Standard and
Times
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1908-06-19
Art In the Soup.

The artists wife leaned over and
looked at her husbands soup after she
had handed it to him.
"Oh," she cried, look at the scroll
the fat has made in your soup. Isn't
1t artistic? Don't eat it. 1t is 70
beautiful" ...
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1908-06-19
LACEY ON RESOLUTIONS.
owa Delegation Selects Committee.

Iowa Delegation selects Conmittee-
men.
Chicago.-The Iowa delegation held
it's caucus and elected the following
committeeman:
National committeeman, E. E. Hart,
Council Bluffs.
Honorary vice president, DR.. J. R.
Guthrie, Dubuque.
Permanent organization, Duncan
Rule, Mason City.
Rules and order of business, E. r.
Moore Cedar Rapids.
Credentials, David Brant. Iowa City.
Resolutions, John F. Lacey, Oska-
loosa.
To notify the presidential nominee,
A. D. Clark, Algona.
To notify the vice presidential
NOMINEE, Eugene Schafter, Eagle
Grove.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1908-06-19
Conflu enceS,

Mrs. Grammercy--I married for love
and it lasted only a year.
Mrs. Park-Pshaw! l married for
money, and we blew it all in before
six months.--Smart Set.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1908-06-19
Wild Cattle in the Berlin Zoo.

The collection of wild cattle In the
Berlin geological garden is probably
the finest in Europe; in it Is forms
are represented by about 40 examples
These include American and Euro
pean bison, yak, the Lake Chad buffa'
To-, the Egyptian buffalo, arni, anoa,
gayal, gaur, zebu, steppe cattle from
Ascania Nova, Spanish fighting bulls,
Damara cattle from German South
west Africa and bumped cattle from
North Africa.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1908-06-19

ties, Mrs. A. s,
Payne, Of SOL Third
ave. So. Columbus,
Miss, suffered for
years. She says:
1.-The pains in my
back, sides and loins
were so terrible that
l often smothered a
scream. Every move
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1908-06-19
Harlan Boy Under the Cars.

Harlan-Carl N. Orgard and IL
year-old boy, was run over by the
Rock Island train in the yards here
and his leg cut off below the knee
He was driving cows to pasture and
attempted to ride a part Of the dis
tancc. He was taken to DR., Biscard's
Office and the leg amputa,ed at the
knee,
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1908-06-19
Wronu Selections.

Wrong SeIections.
"Why doesn't that man get on IN
notifies? He seems capable and In
dustrious."
Eyes" answered Senator Sorghum;
"he is all that. But he showed bad
Judgment in selecting his opinions.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1908-06-19
Cleaned Out.

Cleaned Out.
Walker wonder il there were any
tramps In old Rome? ",@ =
James-No fear. There were too
many baths in that .town.-lllustrated
BitA & Ea@
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1908-06-19

FITS st. Vtus' Dance and Nervous Diseases per-
manently cured ny Dr. Klines Great Nerve Kestorer.
Sond for FREE s. 90 trial bottle and treatse. DR..
H. H. Kline, Id, 93l Arch Street, Philadcl phia, Pa.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1908-06-19
SO lifelike.

Grey, the art critic came along just
as I was looking at your new paint
ing"
"You mean my AT Work in the
Fields And what did Grey think
Of it,"
Commended it's realism highly. Said
oven to look at it made him tired"
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1908-06-19
ONE woMAN's ENDURANCE.
Southern Woman eIHers Torture
Without Complaint.

Racked and torn with terrific pains,
nightly annoyed by kidney Irregular.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1908-06-19

Did you ever see pretty girl who
didn't know shu was pretty? -
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1908-06-19
$4,000 Masonic Home.

Iowa City.-Iowa City Masons
have voted to build a $4,000 temple.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-09-23
A COURSE IN MATRIMONY

A in matrimony?
Why laugh it?
There limit the systems attaining heaven
hereafter them all serousnesshen
system for gaining heaven here?
Professor Backma of the University
"a
of the country the other.
Why do laugh?
so
idea of happy marriage is itself
lawyer all pilot divorce should
impossible that
out the formula for happy married life
The bishop
presents
and bridegroom after the with booklet
family Even
hghtens his leisure semiocay pointing path
motherhood
So the idea of instruction
the thoughtess suppose.
Unfortunately it is delicate subject teaching. cal
be instruction
they?
Those who have had the highest marriage
fewest theories about it.
heny express decided opinions on the subject are
the unmarried.
And those married encounter a distinct
The novel is the directing agency Of our emo
ton particularly with But the
ton ago ended with happy marriage while typical
today begins with situation that unhappy
and failure in this matter furnishes little
real instruction.
Happy and successful marriage is either
and difficult question in the world-or it simplest.
Without true love- that smp things things
and endure all things all the philosophy ages of no
avail
But with love- cooling infant Eliminates
the home with infinite wisdom.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-09-23
BEFOGGING THE RAILWAY ISSUE

down in these times the mist mills and
haze and
double shifts And of all issues
becouded beuddled than the railway issue
proawa speaker writer discusses this aggrega
ton questions from the total
intention such
their mental moral make
entirely that of the
plain that
t s wrong steal
railways, reduce wages!"
They neither they can't do the one
unless their employees
scarcity jobs
will down anyhow
things only keep up scarcity
labor unions Wages with
railways IF fall off must in
fixed charges
all fixed charges should be allowed
But there fixed charges and fixed charges Should
dividends
bonds based waeed stock
fictitious values?
shippers
squeezed a dividends wind,
and blue sky?
spoke of of
bonds interstate railways for the unlawful enrhng of
concentrating control"
recevershps
unless labor lower shippers higher
extortionate
good times
dividends certificate
depressed
extortionate low will make times harder
The mist and fog cloud darkness will all be cleared
will
utes hard times the railways they had the pit
blue They
their BEDS them lie in them abore
plucked to make them softer.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-09-23

Briggs perceived we'll known
form crouching down under his
shield In an instant she had
caught him by the ear and yanked
him forth.
Now, you just come back with
me this moment, James" she cried
Il gave you a months notice. and
could have you locked up fol-
running away like that. Come
home"
Wow" muttered James Black
sulkily.
"Mary's crying for YOU" contin
ued Mrs. Briggs more softly
James, don't you remember how
you used to wheel her to church on
Sundays? See, she's sent you her
doll to show she's thinking of you
it's a new one; look, it opens and
shuts it's eyes
A howl of terror broke from the
battle line. A moment later the
Zulu regiment was streaming away
in full flight over the plain, while
Mrs. Briggs, leading the reluctant
trembling Mpisi by the ear, was
marching back triumphantly in the
direction of Eshowe.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-09-23

Officer Ito new recruit doing
sentry 60 for first time)-Now,
mind you, let no one go by without
challenging them.
Recruit-That's all right, guv'nOr.
Don't worry. The slightest noise
wakes me up!
A powerful human voice in open
air, without any wind, can be heard
about $50 feet.
Does Gladys look any different
since she and her husband have
separated"
Yes. She wears her hair a la
divorcee."
Heavens! Hows that?"
parted"
Looks like Hearst has tapped a
Standard Oil pipe line.
Who, in your estimation, is the
greatest living man. Why? Dis
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-09-23
DAILY SHORT STORY

cloths, wearing necklaces of lions
teeth, strobe up and down exhort-
ing them. Upon such an assem-.
blage the lone woman issued. A
deep sigh of establishment went
up and down the line. But Mrs.
Briggs went gravely on until a
chief strobe out toward her, shak-
ing his spear.
How dare you shake your spear
at me, you heathen?" cried Mrs.
Briggs; and. reaching up, she boxed
the veterans ears.
Wow" calculated the aston
ished Zulu, dropping his spear and
rubbing his face. Signs of discom-
fort were visible all along the line.
But Mrs. Briggs approached and
called:
James Black, come here this mo-
ment!"
And scanning the awestruck
Zulus with her eagle eye. Mrs.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-09-23

A Fox, having fallen into a well,
secured a toe nail hold on the sides
and was able to keep his bean
above water. Then he waited. Soon
after a Wolf came and looked over
the brink. Thereupon gladness as
well as water filed the Fox, for he
thought there was going to he a life
line tossed to him. In fact, the
Wolf could not forbear expressing
his concern Che expressed at c. o.
d., however,. and said: '"Ah. poor
Reynard, | am all Cit up over your
misfortune. ] will chase and tell
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-09-23

your brethren to get you out The
Fox, with a reputation for wit to
sustain, instead of bidding him get
a gait on him, seized the opportun-
ity for making funny crack, and
replied: That's right, Just tell the
brethren they'll find me with the
cistern, tee-hee!" Laughing heart
lily, the Wolf went away, and, think.
ing the Fox's predicament could
not be so serious II he WAS sc
jocose about it, loafed on the job,
SO that when he returned with as
sistance he Fox WAS drowned.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-09-23
MRS. BRIGGS-HERoINE.

| Of all the stalwart and half
naked Zulus that wheeled baby car
riages for their white mistresses
| along Guest street, Durham, Natal,
none was more loyal to his small
charge than Mpisi (Christian name
James Black of the Umslomansi
tribe, Zululand.
His mistress, Mrs. Briggs, an
honest Englishwoman of the middle
class, had the lack of imagination
characteristic of what she would
have called her station in life"
When her husband Unexpectedly Sc
cured a post in the South African
telegraph service in Natal, his wife,
who had never seen or imagined
anything more dangerous than a
runaway hanson cab, followed him
with implicit confidence in her
ability to meet the crisis in life as
she had ever had in her suburban
home at Brixton, England.
To Mrs. Briggs, Mpisi, of the
Umslomasi tribe, numbering 1000
warriors, was simply niger with
fuzzy hair and an improper appro-
priation of clothing, hired at % shil-
lings a month and rations. Under
her tutelage, however, he soon be-
came James Black of the Episco-
palian church and came into the
possession of a suit of clothes, two
shirts, two pocket handkerchiefs
and two of everything else.
AS James Black, the savage heart
in Mpisi slumbered. He turned
from his idols, the green grass
snakes in which his ancestors were
incarnated. The only thing which
still awakened his superstitious
fears was Mary's doll.
Mr.. Briggs was transferred up
country to Eshowe, and his wife
and daughter had just followed him
when the first murmurs of discon-
tent anr instruction were heard
One day James Black presented
himself to his mistress, very much
oiled and very little clothed. He
carried two knobkerries.
Me go now. missis," he re-
marked.
Whats that" cried Mrs. Briggs
angrily.
1t soon transpired, from Mpisi's
broken language, that his chief had
sent for all the young men of the
tribe. The Umslomasi regiment was
being mustered to fight the settlers.
James, you ungrateful fellow,
give you a months notice on the
spot" his mistress answered, thor
oughly aroused. How dare you
come before me looking like a
heathen?"
But the next day Mpisi was not
to be found. And two days later
the first symptom of revolt showed
itself in the massing of Zulu army
behind Eshowe, cutting off all com
munication.
The settlers went into camp.
Mary too young to understand the
danger, cried ceaselessly for her
black playfellow. Bad food and
close confinement brought on camp
fever.
Briggs" said his wife, "you
must bring that heather back or
Mary will die. If you won't she
| added, 81 will"
You're mad, Martha" her hus-
band retorted. He's nothing but
a yelling savage now, dancing
about with a spear
Meanwhile the Zulus, having doc
tored themselves, sent In mes
senger announcing that they were
| about to take the town and put all
the inhabitants to the torture.
1t was then the brain of Mrs.
Briggs evolved a scheme. Eluding
the sentinels at daybreak, she left
the camp and marched down to the
valley where the natives were en-
camped. By 10 o'clock she came
upon them; body of 1000 men,
drawn up in line behind shields of
white oxhide. Chieftains In lOin
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-09-23
WHAT THEY SAY.

First Chorus Girl-That hand
some millionaire said was a
jewel. He also said he would like
to have me for his own little wife.
Second Chorus Girl-Yes, / hear
he has been collecting antique ew.
els for some time.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-09-23

A girl doesn't mind being caught
without cent. but she is EN-
barrasssed beyond measure when
she Is compelled to admit that she
had no handkerchief with her.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-09-23
Some Short Laughs

(a) How can you spell George
with one letter?
!, (b) Why is S noisy letter?
(c) Why Is love like a canal
boat?
(d) Why is snuff like the letter
Is?
(e) What is the center OF gray.
fly?
(D Why is 4 dentist likely to be
melancholy?
ANSWERS.
(a) q or G.; tb) because 1t makes
sream scream; tc) because it's an
Dternal transport; Id because 1t Is
II the beginning of sneezing; (e)
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-09-23

Doctor-You have not a very
long time to live, my man.
Patrique Dooligan-Phaix, OF
knowed that as soon as liver yez
convinced doctherin' me.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-09-23
BAKED BANANAS.

To bake bananas, remove the
skin, put them in a baking pan.
sprinkle with lemon juice and
sugar and cook about Is minutes.
Then remove the bananas, turn in
hot water, add a little butter and
make sauce. with flour to
thicken.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-09-23

do you consider your nerve is
sufficiently steady to fit you for an
airship NAVIGATOR"
We'll, I've been out in a canoe
with a nervous fat girl"
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-09-23

THE time has come" cried the
socialist orator, when the labOring
man will have the wealthy under
his feet. And what will happen
them"
Hell be walking on his uppers,
came a voice from the crowd.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-09-23

the letter V; Q because he always
looks down in the mouth.