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Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1908-06-05

Abba, la,
To the Western Negro Press Asso-
ciation:
Striving to uplift your race and do
good to humanity we extend you a
welcome and may success be yours.
MAY F. DAVIS,
Correspondent from Abba.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1908-06-05
'HE SPRING HUB MANUFACTURING co

EAST Fifth and { rand AVnue.
Make the only puncture proof on
the market. We also deal IN blcy-
cle trade. New for old. Make
pneumatic wheels, and no gen.
eral repair business: mn.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1908-06-05

The Mite Missionary Society will
meet Saturday at the residence of Mrs.
W. Sampson Brooks, 73l-9th street.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1908-06-05

Ga'esburg, H., May 25th., 1908.
To the Western Negro Press ASS
ciation:
Your work is cOmmenda-
bic may it add much in knowledge for
the betterment and upbuld:ug of our
race. MAY Me E. RICHARDSON,
G10 $. Henderson St
Galesburg III.
Bystander Reporter.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1908-06-05
CITY NEWS.

NIB IT, you have relatives or friends visit
,ng IN the city or going to make visit, please
n ;orm us; we solicit ali your local news-Ed. !
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1908-06-05

Miss Frances NJ. Walker, is the
Bystander stenognapher and city re-
porter who will be the Press official
stenographer who was born in Os-
ceOla, came to Des MONIES with her
parents when mere child, was ed
ucated in the city schools, gradu-
ated from the East side high school
with honor to herself and credit to-.
She is one of our leading and exem-
plary young ladies.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1908-06-05

The above cut is Miss Mayme f.
Richardson, of Galesburg, ILL.,, who
has been reared in that state, she
attended the common and public
schools there is an active worker
society.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1908-06-05

Mrs. e. B Elliston will leave Satur.
dav for St. Louis, Mo-, New York City
and other eastern cities.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1908-06-05
Oskaloosa. Ia, May 10th, zoos.
Editor The Bystander,
Des MOines. Ia,
Dear Sir;


Editor The Bystander,
Des Moines. Ia,
Dear Sir;
As your
correspondent and representative in
Oskaloosa and Mahaska County, eN-
tended the greetings and the hearty
welcome of your many readers in this
section of Iowa, to the members of the
Western Negro Press Association, who
convene in you city June lO-ll. In
telligent and progressive educators of
our people may this influence continue
to spread and then subscription books
continue to grow until Negro News
paper will be found in the house OF
every Negro in the land. Hoping to
be with you on the above date, re-
main Yours Truly,
Luella f. FRANKLIN
GREETINGS TO THE PRESS ASSOCIATION.
Washington, Ia,
May the meeting be most pleasant
and most interesting one, and it's de-
liberations be as such to become
part of Iowa history. As citizen Of
Iowa, | welcome the Association to
the best State in the union,
w. L. BLACK.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1908-06-05

Bystander office: located over 2ol
Seventh street.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1908-06-05

WANIED-fiIst class barber; vii!
pay good wages II. K. Moore,
100 Ave. Iowa City, Ia
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1908-06-05

DR.. A. G. Edwards of Omaha is visit
ipg in our city for few days.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1908-06-05
Abba, Ia,

Bystander Reporter.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1908-04-18
HoMEs1cK DOCS LONG TRAMP.

The latest native of ElmiTa to re-
turn from the sunny South is a
valuable pointer that came on foot all
the way from South Carolina to his
home in this city because he was
homesick. The dog was the proper
ty of John H. Sullivan, a law student.
-A--fanailzy-named, Bum. living near
had been friends of the Sullivan lam
lily, signifed their intentionof moving
to South Carolina to live. A large
dog, which was owned by the Sullivans
spent much of his time between the
two houses, sometimes staying for
days at a time with one of the fami
lies and then leaving for the other
house suddenly without apparent rea :
son for his departure.
When the Bnnns moved to South
Carolina they asked the Sullivan fam
lily to give up their interest in the
dog, so that they could take him with
them. This was agreed to, and the
last that was seen of the dog in Elmi-
ra was when the train pulled out of
the station with the dog securely tied
in the baggage car.
Three months later the Sullivan
family heard a strange noise at the
door. They opened it and were as
tonished to see the dog which they
had given to the Bunns several months
before and which they supposed was
miles away. The Joy of the animal
to find himself among his friends
again knew no bounds.
He was so weak from hunger and
exhaustion from the long journey that
it was at first thought that he would
not live. The animals feet were so
blistered and swollen that after he
had been home an hour or two he
could not walk. What route the an
imal took or how long he had been on
the way is not known. .-ElwiyG (N.
Y.) AdzS1 tiSe/.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1908-04-18
DID LEE EXPECT DEFEATS

My last official intercourse with
General Lee was on the retreat.
was sent to him with dispatches from
President Davis and reached him near
midnight of April 6 near Rice's sta
ton. / approached without being
challenged by a single sentinel and
found him standing near shoulder
ing fire with one of his hands resting
on an ambulance wheel. He was
debating some order to Colonel Mar
shall, who sat in the ambulance with
lap desk receiving his dictation. AS
General Lee spoke he gazed into the
bed of Goals as if weighing every
word. There was no staff or escort
about, so far as 1 could see. Touch
ing Sailors Creek, he spoke bitterly
and said in answer to Mr.. Davis de-
sire to know his proposed line of re-
treat that it was beyond his control !;
that he had intended to retreat by the
line of the Danville road, but had
been forced off that route by the ar
rival of Sheridan ahead of him at
Burkville that he was then follow
ing the line of the Southside road to
Lynchburg, but the enemy was out,
marching him and might force him
off that his movements were depend
ent on the developments of each hour,
and then he added: "How can tell ?
A few more Sailors Creeks and it will
all be over-just where l thought it
would end from the beginning. /"
When 1 first published this statement
its truthfulness was questioned. For
tunately I afterward saw two of his
staff, both of whom said they had
heard him express himself'in the same
way. There may have been times
when General Lee, elated by some of
his surprising successes, felt hopeful
about the triumph of our cause. From
the probabilities based on numbers
and resources his judgement may
have been warped away now and then
by the feeling he expressed when,
after Second Manassas, Sharpsburg,
Fredericksburg and Charlottesville,
he said, "No general ever command
edssuch troops as those under me"
But his mind was too mathematical
in its workings, and all its calculations
were too habitually based upon what
could be done with a given number
of men and certain amount of ma
terial to make him forget the vast
disparity between the contestants or
hope for ultimate triumph. John S.
Wise in Cs,cle Magazine.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1908-04-18
THE OWNING ROD.

In experiments with divining rod
as used for discovering underground
supplies of water one of the geologists
of the United States geological survey
found that at points it turned down
ward independently of his will, but
more complete tests showed that the
down turning resulted from slight and
- until watched for unconscious
changesin the inclination of his body,
the effects of which were communi-
Gated through the arms and wrists to
the rod. No movement of the rod
from causes outside the body could
be detected, and it soon became OBJ
vious that the view held by other
men of science is correct, that the
"divining rod" is generally due to
unconscious movments of the body or
of the muscles of the hand. The ex-
periments made show that these move
ments happen most frequently at
places where the operators expert
ence has led him to believe that water
may be found.
The usefulness of the divining rod
is indicated by the facts that the rod
may be worked at will by the opera
tor that he fails to detect strong cur
rents of water running in tunnels and
other channels that afford no surface
indications of water and that his To-
cations in limestone regions where
water flows in we'll defined channels
are rarely more successful than those
dependent on mere guesses. In fact,
its operators are successful only in re-
gions in which ground water occurs
in definite sheet in porus material
or in more or less clayey deposits,
such as the pebbly clay or till, in
which, although few failures occur,
wells would get water anywhere.
Ground water occurs under certain
definite conditions, and as in humid
regions a stream may be predicted
wherever a valley is known, so one
familiar with rocks and ground water
conditions may predict places where
ground water can be found. No ap
pliance either electrical or mechanical
has yet been successfully used for de-
tecting water in places where plain
common sense or mere guessing would
not have shown its presence just as
we'll. The only advantage of employ
ing water WITCH" as the operator
of the divining rod is sometimes call
ed, is that skilled services are obtain
ed, most men so employed being keen
er and better observers of the occur
renee and movements of ground water
than the average person. n.--Scientifc
Amey1can.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1908-04-18
wARD1NG OFF A COLD.

The first point that must have
struck almost every careful observer
of catarrhal pneumonia is that in nine
cases out of ten cold is caught as the
result, not of getting cold, but, on the
contrary, of getting unduly hot. This
apparent paradox is, of course, intel
ligible enough when one considers
that it is when the body is heated
that the pores of the skin are opened
and are much more likely to take a
chill than when they are closed by
the action of the cold. This is also
the explanation of the efficacy of a
cold shower bath after taking a Turk
ish or even an ordinary hot bath, as
the sudden action of the cold water
closes the pores and so protects the
skin from the action of the air. The
best possible preventive from catching
cold is cold water, applied either in
the form of cold bath or, if that is
considered too drastic measure, it
will be found that merely bathing the
neck in cold water, both in the early
morning and also the last thing at
night, does great deal toward giving
one immunity from colds.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1908-04-18
IN. Md, SATURDAY, APRIL 18, 1908.

Religion does lot for a feller, +"
Chris went on. IT'S made a new
man outer me. Why used to
swear once before / got in church.
Chris looked to see if his audience
was duly impressed.
Il used TO be just like other boys,
but now / wouldn't swap places with
any of 'em.'
Clarkson and "Billie" rose to go.
As they did so, Chris leaned forward
on his elbow. Goodbye" he said,
thank you for comm"
Then he fell back on his pillow
dead.
Clarkson, the man without senti-
ment, picked up one dirty hand and
kissed it as he turned away. "Billie"
sobbed and tenderly brushed the hair
back from Chris forehead.
He's run the elevator for the last
time" said Clarkson.
s'Yes, but it didn't stop at the sew
enth hoor," said the other.
This was "Billie's" crude way of
saying things. He meant that Chris
was in heaven.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1908-04-18
BRAVERY OF THE SMALLEST BIRDS.

Fearless birds are humming birds.
So unafraid are these charming crea
lures that they readily will enter open
windows of houses If they see the
flowers within.
They even have been known to visit
the artificial flowers on a woman's S
hat when she was walking out, and
other writers speak of their taking su-
gar from between persons lips. In
a room they become confused, and be-
ing frail, they are apt to inlure them
selves by stricking against objects.
1t is of no use to try to keep them
in captivity, unless possibly it were
in a greenhouse, where there were
plenty of flowers, for no artificial food
ever has been found which will nour-
ish them. Yet even in a greenhouse
they probably would kill themselves
by flying against the glass.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1908-04-18
A WITTY JUDGE.

The late Hon. Noah Davis, well
known throughout the country as the
Judge who tried and sentenced Boss
Tweed, was justly celebrated in many
He-.was af-that tvHe. e.ef ~illrist
famed during the half century follow
ing 1880. Orleans county is proud
of him as one of her noblest and most
distinguished sons. He was slightly
above medium height, full habited,
large head, fine, clean cut face--indeed
a stricking figure in any community.
He was we'll read lawyer, an hon.
est, fair minded judge, with a keen
sense of humor and withal something
of writer and poet. The following
lines from his pen, written on the
spur of the moment and in the midst
of trial, illustrate the alertness and
quality of his mind. They are per-
haps the best play upon words OF
which we have any record in the
English language.
It was at the Niagara circuit in the
early seventies. Judge Davis pre-
sided. An action in ejectment was
called. The dispute was over a party
wall or division line. 1t was purely
question for the civil engineer. The
division line established and the case
was won. The defendant attorney,
realizing this, called as expert witness
es the Hon. John A. Ditto, city engi-
neer of Buffalo, and the Hon. A. r.
True, the engineer who constructed
the cantalever bridge over Niagara
river at the falls. They were two OF
the most eminent civil engineers in
the state. They made survey OF
the premises and established the divi-
sion line as contended for by the de-
fendent and when called to the wit
ness stand so testified, giving monu-
ments, courses and distances with
such minute exactness that they could
not be successfully controverted. The
moment True, who followed Ditto as
a witness, left the stand, Judge Davis
wrote these lines and passed them to
the clerk to hand to plaintiff S counsel
Since True swears ditto to Ditto,
And Ditto swears ditto TO True,
If True be true and Ditto be ditto,
1 think they're too many for you.
-DdnteL II. Mcmillan IN Buffalo Truth.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1908-04-18
A WAY THEY HAVE IN SOCIETY

really take it very kind
This visit, Mrs. Skinner
have not seen you such an age
(The wretch has come to dinnerD
Your daughters, toO-what loves of girls
What heads for painters easele;
Come here, and kiss the infant, dears-
land give it, p'r'aps. the measles).
Your charming boys, see, are home
From Reverend Mr.. Russell'6-
Twas very kind to bring them both
(What boots for my new BrusselsD
What little Clara left at home!
Well, now, call that shabby;
should have loved to kiss her So
"a fiabby, dabby, babbyD
And Mr.. s., / hope he's we'll
But though he lives so handy
He never once drops in to sup
(The better for our brandyD
Come, take seat / long to hear
About Matilda'S marriage;
You've come, of course, to spend the day
(Thank heaven! hear the carriaReD
What must you go? Next time, l hope,
You'll give me longer measure
Nay, shall see you down the stairs
with much uncommon pleaSureD
Good-b -by-good-byl Remember, all,
Next time you'll take your dinners
(Now, David. mind. I'm not at home
In future to the SkinnersN
London 7st-Bits.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1908-04-18
BLUE EYES.

That the color of the eyes should
affect their strength may seem strange,
vet that such is the case need not at
this time of day be doubted, and
those whose eyes are brown or dark
colored should be informed that they
are weaker and more susceptible to
iniury from various causes than gray
or blue eyes. Light blue eyes are
generally the most powerful, ana
next to those are gray. The light
er the pupil the greater and longer
continued is the degree of tension the
eve can sustain.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1908-04-18
HOW THE KATYD1D SINGS.

Everybody is familiar with the
rasping notes known as the katy
dds "song." 1t is the male only
that is capable of emitting the well
known sounds, and he does it in a
most peculiar manner. His vocal
organs are at the base of his wings
and consist of two fat excrescences of
thin, dry membrane. 1t is the rub
bing of these two membranous plates
together which produces the song"
If your shoulder blades were so loose
ly put together that one could be slip
ped under the other and the underside
of one and the upper side of the other
were so rough that the operation OF
slipping them past each other would
cause rasping sound you could imi-
tate the katydid's musical efforts very
nicely.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1908-04-18

CHARLEs r.. MOTZ, ASSIGNEE, rs.
" CHARLES r. COLEMAN. ELEANORA
COLEMAN, HIS WIFE, IN THE CIRCUIT COURT
ORDERED, by the Circuit Court for Baltimore
county, this 26th day of March, 1908. that the
sale made and reported by Charles f. Motz, AS
assignee, named in the mortgage for the sale of
the property described in the proceedings In the
above entitled cause, be ratified and confirmed,
unless cause to contrary thereof be shown,
On or before the goth dag of April. 1908;
Provided a copy of this order be inserted In
more county once in each of three successive
weeks before the said Goth day of April, 1908.
The report states the amount of sales to be
$1.O6O0O WILLIAM P. COLE, Clerk
Mch 2sSltI WILLIAM T. COLE. Clerk.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1908-04-18

LANDLORD (to new tenant -
suppose that you would require anew
bathroom in the house?" Tenant
"Oh, we don't need a bathroom.
We 90 to sea every year.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1908-04-18

"MA, why does Sis sing so much
when Mr.. Spoonmore is here"
"Well, l think dear, that she is just
trying to test his love-"
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1908-04-18
Richard Bernard & Son, Attorneys, 81
Central SGvtngs Bank Building,
Baltimore, Md.

MARY ELIZABETH WILLIS, INFANT,
w BY RICHARD BERNARD, HER NEXT
FRIEND, US. RERTHA- e WILLIS IN, THE
ETBfIfrT C8f4RTf HnH HAfrrzESDS f<ssvrs-re -
ORDERED. by che Circuit Court for baltimore
county, this 21st day of March, 1908, that the
private sale made and reported by Richard
Bernard, Trustee for the sale of the property
described in the proceedings in the above enti-
tied cause. be ratified and confirmed, unless
cause to the contrary thereof be shown,
On or before the 4Oth day of April, 1908;
Provided copy of this order be inserted In some
newspaper printed and published In Baltimore
county, once In each of three successive weeks
before the said 10th day of April, 1908.
The report states the amount OF sales TO be
$4,000. WILLIAM P. COLE, Clerk
Mch 2S-ltl WILLIAM P. COLE. Clerk.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1908-04-18

"YEs, sir" said the man in cell No:
III. "time was when I was admitted
to the very best houses" And
what brought you here :" They
caught me coming out.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1908-04-18
VOL. SO. WHOLE No. 1858.
Eeaa1 Aotices.


TN THE ORPHANS COURT OF BALTI-
IL MORE COUNTY.
ORDERED, by the Orphans Court of Balti-
more county, this 2lt6 day of March, 1908,
that the sale Of the leasehold estate of John b.
Kelly, deceased. made by William e. Harris. the
Administrator of the said deceased, and this
istrator, be ratified aud confirmed, unless cause
be shown TO the contrary,
On or before the goth day of april, 1908;
Provided copy of this order be inserted in some
weekly newspaper printed and published In Bal
timore county, once in each of three successive
weeks before the said 10th day of pril, 1908.
The report states the amount of sales to be
MELCHOR HOSHALL, I1,,ao.s
e. CLINTON TRACEY, "11ss
True Copy-Test:
WIN. ]. PEACH,
Register of Wills for Baltimore county.
Moh al
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1908-04-18
The Highways Commission Of Baltimore cour

ty will. on ..l..-
thursday, the Esd day of AprsI, 1905,
At 1I30 O'Clock A. M,
Or as near thereto as 1t may be convenient
for them so to do, take up for consideration the
said application, and opportunity will then be
given to all persons or corporations who may
desire to be heard in reference to said applica-
cation. BY ORDER OF THE BOARD,
B. STANTON B0SLEY, Secretary.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1908-04-18

A MAN isn't necessarily the head
of the house because he wears a big
hat.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1908-04-18
W, AshbSe HGsCleSsss Attorney at LasC, SO;
st. Paul Street, Baltimore, Md.

TN THE ORPHANS COURT OF BALTI.
i MORE COUNTY.
ORDERED, by the Orphans Court of Balti-
more county, this 24th day of March, 1908, that
the sale of the leasehold estate of Andrew j
Kelly, deceased, made by William e. Harris
the Administrator of the said deceased, and
this day reported to this court by the said Ad-
be shown to the contrary,
On or before the goth day Of AprsI, 1908;
Provided q copy of this order be inserted In
some weekly newspaper, printed and published
In Baltimore county. once in each of three sue
cessive weeks before the said 10th day of April
1908. The report states the amount of salet
to be $825.O0.
E. CLINTON TRACEY, 'uueos'
True Copy-Test:
VIM J. PEACH,
Register of Wills for Baltimore County.
Mah 18-lf
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1908-04-18
3aisceI1a,renms.
NTOTICE OF APPLICATION.

NOTICE OF APPLICATION.
Notice OF Application of the Baltimore
County Water and Electric Company Of
Baltimore county for Franchise 60 Lay q
Six Inch Cast Iron Water Main Along the
West Side of Glenmore Avenue, or Old
Hartford Road, Beginning at the North
west Side Of Hartford Road and Running
Northerly for q Distance of Twelve Hun
dred Feet, and also to Lay . Four Inch
Cast Iron Water Main Along the South
west Side of White Avenue, Beginning
at the Southeast Side Of Hartford Road
and kunning Southeasterly for Distance
Of Eighteen Hundred Feet.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1908-04-18
TO TIE Honorable. the HsghsOcys Communication

or B0ttn90Te COu51Cy.
NOTICE rs HEREBY GIVEN, That the un-
dersigned has filed its petition with the High
ways Commission of Baltimore county. for the
grant Of right or franchise to lay six inch
more avenue, beginning az the northwest side of
Hartford road, and running northerly for dis
tance Of twelve hundred feet, and also to lay q
west side of White avenue, beginning at the
southeast side of Hartford road and running
s0utheasterly for distance of eighteen hundred
ton in the ohice of the Highways Commission
9f RaItiTo5e county ana at the exIidFafionS t S Of
timore County Water and Electric Company. of
Baltimore county, will make due application to
for the granting Of such privilege on the county
roads above mentioned, under the provisions of
Chapter 36S Acts of 1909.
THE BALTIMORE COUNTY WATER
AND ELECTRIC COMPANY
OF BALTIMORE COUNTY,
By ALBERT Il. WEIR.