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Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1910-10-14
Interstate Literary
Announcement

To THE PRESIDENT AND MRN-
BRRs OF ALL LITERARY SocIETIRs
OF THE MIDDLE-WEsT:
This comes to inform you that
the Interstate Literary Associ-
alton of Kansas and the West,
will hold its Goth annual session
| in the Coliseum, Cor. First and
Locust streets, in Des Moines Ia,
Christmas week 1910, opening
Tuesday evening Dec. 9th and
closing with the annual contest
in Oratory, Original Music and
Original Poetry, Thursday even
ing Dec. 10Th.
Every Literary society in the
Middle-West that has been regu-
larly organized for a period OF
three months and has held at
least twelve regular meetings
this calender year is entitled and
is hereby invited to elect and
send three delegates, one OF
whom may appear on program,
provided, there are not more than
: q y q .a
three such societies in the same
city.
In cities where there are more
than three such societies the
delegates from these societies
must meet and select not to ex-
coed three of their number to ap-
pear on program.
The membership fee for new
societies is ST.. so; for old societies
|$1.OO.
The program will be made up
by a subcommittee on November
5th, and each society must there
fore have in the hands of Cores
ponding Secretary by said date
its membership fee, also the
names and addresses of its dele
gates together with the subjects
of those who are to appear on
program and the manuscripts OF
all its contestants.
ALI societies please take notice
and govern themselves accord.
ingly.
Lodging and breakfast will be
furnished free. Dinner and sup
per at a nominal price.
Cash prizes will be awarded to
the successful contestants as fol-
lows:
Oratory, first $40, second Sc;
Music, first Sc, second 81; Poetry,
first Sc, second 81; and, to cover
this and other incidental expenses
an admission fee of Is cents will
be charged on the evening of the
contests. All other sessions will
be free. No graduate in any sub
iect admitted to that particular
contest.
: No paper or grafton shall be
more than ten minutes in length.
Please bear this in mind when
writing your production.
Done by order of the Executive
Committee, this 1st day of Octo-
Der, 1910.
]. P. King. Pres. 92o Neb. Ave.
Kansas City, Kas.
Mrs. w. L. Grant, Correspond
ng Secretary, 1864 N. 4th ST.,
Kansas City, Kas.
S. Joe Brown, Chairman, 5O7
Mulberry ST., Des Moines, la.
N. B. The committee are
pleased to announce that they
have secured Hon. Geo. w. Muir
ray, Ex-Congressman from South
Carolina for the principal address
on Wednesday evening, Dec. %.
Your cough annoys you. Keep on
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1910-10-14
More Than Enough Is Too Much.

To maintain health, q mature man or
woman needs just enough food to re-
pair the waste and supply energy and
body heat. The habitual consumption
of more food than is necessary for
these purposes is the prime cause OF
stomach troubles, rheumatism and dis
orders Of the kidneys. If troubled
with indigestion, revise your diet, let
reason and not appetite control and
take q few doses of Chamberlain's
Stomach and Liver Tablets and you will
soon be all right again. For sale by all
druggists.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1910-10-14
Wiling 10 op..ae.

when you feels any temptatfoA
comin' along" said the friend and ad
wiser you mus say: Get thee benin
me, Satan"
"Da's what ! done said, = answered
Mr.. Erastus Pinkley. AN den
,magines hyuhs Satan answer me
back: ,.Da's all right Yves both gwins
de same way, nohow. an It dom make
10 dif'uncs 10 me which leads ~
Ouh1ession."
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1910-10-14

Chamberlain's Cough Remedy has
become famous for its cures Of coughsd
colds, Group and influenza. Try It
when in need. It contains no harmful
substance and always gives prompt re-
lief. Sold by all druggists.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1910-10-14

The pleasant purgative effect exper-
fenced by all who use Chamberlain's
Stomach and Liver Tablets, and the
healthy condition of the body and mind
which they create, makes one feel joy
full. Sold by all druggists,
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1910-10-14

Of Mrs. Butcher, from Troy, Kansas,
and Mr.. and Mrs. Hundey Of SPRING
field, Ohio, from $50 till 1890.
Mrs. Chas. Banks will gave party
in honor Of her sister, Mrs. Made Butch
er of Troy, Kansas.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1910-10-14

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Hurrahl The Union Wins!

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Your cough annoys you. Keep on
Hacking and tearing the delicate mem
branes Of your throat if you want to be
annoyed. But if you want relief, want
to be cured, take Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy. Sold by all druggists.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1910-10-14
NJ
Good for BlllOusneSS.

II took two Of Chamberlain.s Ssom !,
ach and Liver Tablets last night, ahu !.
feel fifty per cent, better than ! ha Al,
for weeks, says j, ]. Firestone o. A
Logan, Mich They are certainly
fine article for biliousness, rof go
BIS all druggists.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1910-10-14

official paper Of the M. w. u. Grand
Lodge Of Iowa, A. F. & A. M, and
international Grand Congress Of
Heroines Of Jericho of America
b and Western Baptist Association.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1910-07-30
UnflatterInq Truth.

A Chicago physician gleefully tells
child story at his own expense. The
five children of some faithful patients
had measles. and during their rather
long stay in the improvised home hos
pital they never failed to greet his
daily visit with pleased reclamation.
The good doctor felt duly flattered,
but rashly pressed the children. in the
days Of convalescense, for the reason
Of this sudden affection. At last the
youngest and most indiscreet let slip
the better truth.
1--WE felt so sick that we wanted
awfully to do something naughty, but
we were afraid to be bad for fear you
and the nurse would give US more hor-
rid medicine So we were awfully
glad to see you, always, cause you
made US stick out our tongues. We
stuck 'em out awful fart"
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1910-07-30
FRED FALkENRERG.

major league pitchers and very few
kids" but began late. / have watched
school boys of fourteen and fifteen
cracking their arms. A few hints to
these boys may help. In the first
place, boy ought to learn to warm
up" before he starts to pitch. Few
do. The pitcher who is going to
work in a game ought to start per-
haps ten minutes before time to play,
throwing the ball easily, and with a
free swing of the arm and body and
gradually increase the speed as the
arm warns up and the muscles work
he pleases without endangering the
arm. If he starts pitching hard with
out this preliminary warming up he
will ruin the shoulder sooner or later
instead of developing and strengthen
ing it, and have a sore arm all the
time.
Another thing, he should not pitch
too many curve balls. The first thing
a boy ought to learn is that a curve
it not effective unless other balls are
being pitched Control is the first es-
sential. l know we won college pen
nants for years because our coach
taught US two things: First, that
the pitcher should get control and
pitch at the plate steadily, and, sec
ond, that the batters should learn to |
wait The success of our team was
in the fact that our pitchers seldom |
gave bases on balls and had control |
enough to put the ball over. A boy
ought, however, to remember that
when the other team is swinging at
bad balls not to pitch them good
pres, and that a straight ball a foot
away from the plate will be missed as
1ften as curve is.
A boy who will take care of his
arm, avoid straining it and practise
slowly and steadily, tossing the ball
either at mark or to his catcher and
striving always to get control, rather
han speed and curves, can make a
pitcher of himself. The other things
viii come naturally and If he has the
I'm and the control he will last long
enough to learn more
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1910-07-30
Evers ON Radn Analn.

Didn't we tell you Johnny Evers
couldn't help it? He started out the
season saying he intended to be good
and not have trouble with the UNI
pires, ct al. 1t wasn't until he had
drawn three day suspension for do
ing the very thing he said he wasn't
going to do. Now the latest Is a
charge filed by the Pittsburg manage
ment that EVers made faces at peo-
pie in Pittsburg grand stand when
they ridiculed the Chicago players for
bad work. Isn't it just like johnny
to have done it whether he did or
not?
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1910-07-30

formances OF tire Cubs, the irresistf
bic rush of the Tigers and the sensa
tional play of other teams owes much
OF its brflliance and seeming luck to
team signals. Even the umpires find
1t profitable to understand some of the
signals while officiating. Of course.
1t Keeps them guessing lot, because
signals often are switched in a game,
but they come to know, in a general
way, what is going to be pulled off.
The authority for this statement is
President Tip" O'Neil1 of the West
ern league, who was once an umpire
himself. Understanding signals in
a general way was often help to
me- said O'Neill. For example. the
umpire would often be caught mapping
on a base decision if he didn't know
that a steal or hit-and-run signal was
given. This enables him to keep one
eye on the play and the other on the
other angle of the play It has been
said that the umpire might give some
of the plays to the other team if he
knew the signals That's all bosh. No
umpire could do that and retain his
job.
"Umpiring is one of the hardest
jobs in all creation, and for that rea-
son every little thing helps that aids
him in his general all-round work. It
Is easier in the big league nowadays
where there is a man on the bases all
the time. That takes away nine
tenths of the worry from the man de-
Gliding the strikes and balls"
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1910-07-30

After fifteen months absence, exact
~ as scheduled, Colonel Theodore
Roosevelt disembarked from the Ka1-
serin Auguste Victoria, Saturday morn
ing, June IS, at II a. N. To the keen
disappointment of a large group OF
newspaper correspondents, Mr.. Roose-
velt absolutely refused, as heretofore,
to be interviewed or to talk on polltl-
cal subjects, but his rapid fire OF ques-
lions showed the same virile interest
In public affairs as before.
II the welcome rendered by the
vast throng may be considered q
criterion upon which to base a re
turn from Elba," surely there was nc
discordant note in the immense recep
tion-parade, nor in the wildly clamor
Gus crowd which cheered at every
glimpse and hung on his very word
The incidents of the day In New
York were many, but perhaps nom
better Illustrated the nervous energ!
and vitality of the man, the near-manii
to be up-and-doing. which ne ma
brought back to us, than the discard
ing of horses and carriages for tn
gwffter and more reliable automcb iles
The moment the Roosevelt family an
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1910-07-30

immediate party landed, they werS
whisked away in White Steamers to
the home of Mrs. Douglas Robinson at
433 Fifth avenue. A little later, when
the procession reached the corner of
Fifty-ninth street and Fifth avenue,
Colonel Roosevelt again showed his
preference for the motor car in gem
eral and the White cars in particular.
when he, Cornelius Vanderbilt and Col
lector Loeb transferred from their car
rage to White Steamers, which were
in waiting for them.
After luncheon at Mr.. RobinsonS
house, the entire party, including
Colonel Roosevelt, again entered White
cars and were driven to Long Island
City, where they were to take a spe-
| ciaI train to the ex-President's home
at Oyster Bay.
The supremacy Of the White cars
with the Roosevelt party was again
demonstrated on Sunday, when the
party was driven to church In the
White Steamers, and group OF soms
forty prominent Rough Riders wera
taken in a White Gasoline Truck to 9
clambake at the Travers island club,
house Of the New York Athletic Club
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1910-07-30
Looked Like a Pattern.

My DEAR" asks the thoughtful hus-
band, did you notice a large sheet
of paper with lot of diagrams on it
about my desk?"
you mean that big piece with dots
and curves and dfagonals and things
all over it,"
Yes. 1t was my map of the path
Of Halley's comet I wanted to"
my goodness! I thought it was that
pattern l asked you to get, and the
dresmaker Is cutting out my new
shirtwaist by it!"-Chtcago Evening
Post.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1910-07-30
Controlled NEWSPAPERS.

The Atchison Globe says that no ad-
vertiser has ever tried to control its ed
itoriaI policy, the remark being occa-
stoned by the charge often made nova
days, that the big advertisers direct
the editorial policy of newspapers.
The experience Of the Globe Is the
experience of most newspapers. Inc |
merchant who does great deal OF adj
vertising Is more interested in the cir
eulation department Of a newspaper
than in the editorial department. Ii a
daily paper goes to the homes OF the
people, and is read by them, he Is salts
fed, and it may chase after any theory
or fad, for all he cares. He has troubles
of his own, and he isn't trying to shoui-
der those Of the editorial brethren.
There are newspapers controlled by
people outside Of the editorial rooms'
and a good many Of them, more's the
pity; but the people exercising that
control are not the business men who
pay their money for advertising space.
The newspapers which are established
| for political purposes are often con-
trolled by chronic oficeseekers, whose
first concern Is their own interests.
There are newspapers controlled by
great corporations, and the voice or
such newspapers is always raised IN
protest against any genuine reform.
The average western newspaper usu-
ally is controlled by its owner, and he
is supposed to be in duty bound to make
all sorts of sacrifices at all sorts OF
times; there are people who consider
it his duty to insult his advertisers
lust to show that he Is free and 1nde-
pendent. If he shows decent respect
for his patrons, who pay him their
money, and make it possible for him to
carry on the business, he is "subsl'
died" or controlled" The newspaper
owner is a business man, like the dry
goods man or the grocer. The mer'
chants are expected to have considera
ton for their customers, and they are
not supposed to be subsidized by the
man who spends five dollars WITT
them, but the publisher is expected tc
demonstrate his courage by showing
that he is ungrateful for the patron
= age of his friends. 1t Is funny com
bination when you think 1t over
a EmporiG Gazette.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1910-07-30
CORRECT YOUR MISTAKES
IS FALKENBURG'S ADVICE
BASEBALL is A GAME OF IMPos
SlBILITiES DECLARES THE
CLEVELAND PITCHER.

copyright. 1910. by Joseph B. Bowles.)
l am asked to write how to win,
but the ball player does not learn
from that, but gets his lesson from
losing. We study our mistakes and
try to correct them, and after cor
recting and correcting up to near the
time the arm wears out some of US
get to learn part Of the game.
There is no game IN the world that
offers such variety of plays and so
great number of ways to make each
one. 1t is game of possibilities, and
to take advantage of them a player
must study his own profession all the
time One might learn it all, but for
the fact that the other fellows are
studying at the same time, and just
when he thinks he knows all about
them they switch on him and he must
start all over again.
have studied pitching and studied
batters ever since was school boy,
and there are times when l think
| know less than when I first started.
| For a pitcher, no matter what curves
and speed he may have, l think the
most essential thing is that he shall
! possess the keenest power of obser-
Walton. Pitching, in fact, is the one
acquired art of baseball. Every other
position depends more upon the natu-
raj ability of the player, while any
one with a good arm, a free motion
and a fair brain can become pitcher
! through constant practise and study.
| Whether he is a success or not de-
ponds largely upon what kind OF
brain he has and how rapidly he can
think.
A boy who aspires to become a
pitcher ought to begin early-and to
begin caring for his arm from the
first l believe four out of every hive
school boys who start to pitch ruin
their arms before they really learn
anything about pitching. AS l under
stand it, this is intended to be merely
a few hints to pitchers, and l am try
ing to tell boys not how the big lea
guers pitch curves, but how boys who
aspire to be big leaguers ought te
start. Most of them begin pitching
with full power, and as soon as they
learn to pitch an outcurve they p1tcf
1t all the time until the arm weakens
and baseball career is made impos
sible. ] have talked with dozens o.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1910-07-30
Statistics Go Lamn

Pears t. me thar's somethin'
wrong with stertisticks," remarked the
Oldest inhabitant as he dropped into
his usual place on the loafers' bench.
Whats wrong with 'em?" Queried
the village grocer.
wall, ercordin' tew EN-" continued
the o. L., Eve orter hev had death in
teown ev'ry six weeks fer tn past
few years"
as that so?" said the grocer.
"Yaas," answered the other, "an'
by ginger we amt had 'em!"
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1910-07-30
A BURNING EDPTIoN FROM
HEAD Il FEET
q recreation of 1t

-Four years ago suffered severely
with a terrible eczna, being a mass
of sores from heado feet and for six
weeks confined tony bed. During
that time sufferedcontinual torture
from itching and brning. After being
given up by my dotor | was advised
to try Cuticura Reledies. After the
first bath with CuGura Soap and ap-
plication of Cuticua Ointment l en-
joyed the first goo sleep during my
entire illness. / $50 used Cuttcura
Resolvent and the Eeatment was con-
ttnued for about tree weeks. At the
end of that time was able to be
about the house, htirely nzred, and
have felt no Ill ea would
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1910-07-30
The Lost Chords.

The village concert was to be
great affair. They had the singers,
they had the program sellers, they
had the doorkeepers and they would
doubtless have the audience. All they
needed was the piano, but that they
lacked. Nor could they procure one
anywhere.
At last the village organist learned
that one was possessed by Farmer
Hayseed, who lived Eat the top o. the
ILL Forthwith he set out with two
men and van.
"Take it, an welcome" said Hay
seed cordially. I've no objections
s'long as ye put 'Pyenner by Hayseed
on the program"
They carted it away.
San / wish EN- Joy of It" muir
| INJURED Mrs. Hayseed, as the van disap
peared from sight g.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1910-07-30
When Maaee Swallowed His ould

Although George Needham of New
Britain swallowed guild or tobacco
while playing second base last sea-
son. it is doubtful if any one ever had
the experience of Magee of the Phil
lies, in Brooklyn the other day. He
made hit good for four bases. but
swallowed a guild as he was rounding
second and was forced to pull I'D at
third base to allow the process of di-
gestion to overcome that of strangu-
lation.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1910-07-30
He Had Been observino

why don't you call your invention
the Bachelors Button?'" asked my
friend, who was about to put on the
market button that a man could at
tach without needle or thread.
Il fear that the appeIlation would
imply too much restrictiveness," he
answered. 'You see," he went on. Civ
ing me one of his knowing smiles. 81
expect to do just as much business
with the married men as with the
bachelors"
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1910-07-30
TactfuI.

A woman with pronounced squirt
went to a fashionable photographer.
He looked at her and she looked at
him and both were embarrassed.
He spoke first.
Wont you permit me- he said, 'to
take your portrait in profile? There
Is: certain shyness about one of your
eJes which is as difficult in art as it
il fascinating in nature Beacon.