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The Holbrook news., 1910-07-22
Be Prepared.

A great many people prefer to slide along the line of least resistance, to get along just as easily as they can, 10 paying the price in preparation for something better, says Orison Swett Harden in Success Magazine. They are rot willing to prepare themselves for wider, larger place. They know that their education is deficient, that they lack special training; and they know that they could manage, somehow, to repair their deficiencies, but they lack the energy to do so- They prefer to slide along in an easy-going way, with the least trouble possible to them selves.
 Enw many wrecks, how many incom-
The Holbrook news., 1910-07-22

Floating debts are familiar to treas nrers of churches and other societies; all of us have floating ribs; floating population is the joy of hotel proprie- tors; and now Alaska is to learn what a floating judiciary is like. The Unit ed States court for the district is to take possession of steamer this sum mer and make a cruise along two thou sand miles of the coast, administering justice as it goess If it were not for the fact that the justice administered will be well grounded and anchored In the federal statutes, there might be some dissatisfaction with the prospects of judiciary all at sea
The Holbrook news., 1910-07-22
Humor and Morality.

We have extirpated gross humoi from our modern literature, but we must not suppose that we are there fore more moral than the Elizabeth ans, whose literature was full of gross humor. It may be that we are only more afraid of ourselves and each other. This kind of fear is destructive not only of gross humor, but of humor of all kinds. In its essence humor is brave as it is honest, but with cow ardice and dishonesty there come base substitutes for it. substitutes that make fun of noble things with a hu- morous air. and so bring humor itself into discredit-London Times.
The Holbrook news., 1910-07-22

The desirability of the United States owning its embassy buildings in for eign capitals was again emphasized when the American ambassador to Germany was forced to vacate his Ser lin house, at the height of the social season. because it had been let to a permanent tenant It is not in ac- cordance with the dignity of this coun- try that its ambassador should be at the mercy of a foreign landlord
The Holbrook news., 1910-07-22
A PsychoiogIcnI ProbIem.

Suppose I met q sheeted shade
 All Ehastly grim. Why should be hit afraid
 Of spooks like him? The worst that he could do to me
 Would be 10 slay. And if he did, should I not be
 A spirit. pray? Then couion't pick out the spot
 He guarded most, And make it mighty all-fred hot
 For Mister Ghost? Magazine.
The Holbrook news., 1910-07-22
Be Q Real Power in the world.

It is a great thing to start out in active life with the resolution that you will not be a mere cipher in your com munity, but real constructive force; that you will stand for something more than a real living-getter or a dollar gatherer; that you will not be merely one more citizen, but a strong. robust. vigorous force; a power respected; a force that moves things, says Orison Swett Warden in Success Magazine. To be known as progressive man who stands for everything that is for the betterment of his community, every one should be ambitious to be some thing as citizen besides a specialist fn his vocation.
The Holbrook news., 1910-07-22

The familiar formula which tells as that woman is as old as she looks goes on to advise us that a man Is as old as he feels. How old, then, are some of our modern boys? What Is the real age of a college student of Il who deals in the fourth dimension and in flights to Mars? What is the real age reached by boy who begins on the stock market at 16 and, com pressing lifetime into single year, gives up this restless, anxious being at IT. a suicide? Many parents are troubled by backward boys who can not show results to reward parental sacrifices. or by needless boys who ignore the sacrifices altogether But dull boys and thougbtIess boys may cause less anxiety and distress than Oprecocious boys. Such a one was George Dabo. who, forced to maturity and fortune in the Wall street hot house and chafng under restraint put upon him by his physicians. sent a bull let into his head and so left the floor" Most fathers and mothers will prefer to take their chances with the ncEAudL D0Js-AOHeNSl irving -cerLaln oI his stages may be. Even the slow one may wrest from life what he may lave been unable to extract from books. Even the careless selfish one may reach, by slow process or by sud den shock. some notion of the world and of his place in it. It is trying when ones offspring seems to be lettering through some his most vital years with few thoughts beyond hab- erdashery. calf-love. sport and frater- ntty pins, bEt it is more trying still
The Holbrook news., 1910-07-22

wDen he runs through thirty years in seventeen and ends in disgrace ca reer that should just be beginning in hope. The real age of an organism is determined by it's experiences. The precocity so often developed by the stimulus of modern living merely cuts from one end of career what is has saved at the other.
The Holbrook news., 1910-07-22
A Great Mystery Solved.

How many hairpins does woman use when doing her hair? The hair pin editor has investigated and makes this report: "She uses just as many as she has. If she has only two hair pins she makes her lair stay up with two, but if she finds twenty in the top bureau drawer she uses all of them."- \tchison Globe.
The Holbrook news., 1910-07-22

A surgical operation was performed on the head of a California boy re- gently for the purpose of curing him pf evil tendencies. It is reported to have been a failure. There may still be a chance, though. Perhaps an operation with a serviceable slipper would have the desired effect.
The Holbrook news., 1910-07-22

Congress has had some stormy ses- sions this spring, but inkstands have not yet taken the place of arguments. The Hungarian parliament must be a sight for laundrymen to rejoice over after one of its political crises.
The Holbrook news., 1910-07-22

New York man e5 years of age has refused to enter a home for old people because his mother-in-law, aged 115, is an inmate of the institution. We declare without fear of successful contradiction that this is carrying prejudice against the mother-in-law too far
The Holbrook news., 1910-07-22

Professor Jespersen, who. although A Dane. knows more about the En- glish language than most of those who speak it by inheritance, insists that "It is me" has become correct through usage. This will send cold shivers down the backs of strict gram marians; and yet 1o not the precise and logical Frenchmen say. "Cest mof 7'
The Holbrook news., 1910-07-22
A sensitire Patient.

pr. Emdee-Feet go to sleep? That shows your circulation is bad. Editor all you quacks know. I sup pose if my corns ached that would show that advertising patronage was falling of.
The Holbrook news., 1910-07-22

The nation paid out s16.OOO.oOe for tuberculosis last year. Fresh air comes high, but we must have 1t. No one has yet suggested patrolman to go about smashing in all closed bed room windows.
The Holbrook news., 1910-07-22

When poor man thinks of wealth, he thinks how he would spend it, rather than how he would invest it, which is probably one reason he is a poor man thinking of wealth.
The Holbrook news., 1910-07-22
DeprIvntion Due.

A St. Louis man asks fer divorce be- cause his wire hasn't spoken to him for five years. Any man who will seek divorce on such plea doasnt deserve to have wife.-New York Herald.
The Holbrook news., 1910-07-22

The man who takes an upper berth hereafter will be under the terrible suspicion of travelling Ion the cheap" This will make the top bed more un- popular than ever.
The Holbrook news., 1910-07-22

A poor woman in St. Louis put all her money in the oven, and then, for getting what she had done, made a fire in the stove. But 1t was silver money, and wasn't hurt a bit.
The Holbrook news., 1910-07-22

It is rumored that the Nfcaraguan naval forces will be doubled by the snlisting of another sailor.
The Holbrook news., 1910-07-22

Five suspected crooks have been shot to death in Chicago this season Prudent crooks will avoid being sus- oected.
The Holbrook news., 1910-07-22

The idea of putting in meters to measure telephone talk is good, but will 1t be possible to devise meters that will stand the strain?
The Holbrook news., 1910-07-22
In Reno.

He-There goes that handsome wid. ow Jenkins.
 She-Widow? Why. she's only a widowreno,-Life.
The Holbrook news., 1910-07-22

In running a school or in curing disease the fresh air is immeasurably better than hot air
The Holbrook news., 1910-07-22
The Other Extreme.

Fame sets her laurel on your brow,
 But, sure as you are born. Misfortune sets her foot somehow
 Right square upon your corn. Judge.
The Holbrook news., 1910-07-22

There's no fool like an old fool-ex- eept the young fool who marries the old one.
The Holbrook news., 1910-07-22

A good garden and a well-kept yard are sure indications of thrift in the home.
The Holbrook news., 1910-07-22

Mark Twain died a millionaire. It pays to be cheerful
The Holbrook news., 1910-07-22

What is per haps the most i'm portant work of the forester and his assistants has been to arouse public sentiment against the wan ton, wasteful con- sumption of tim Der. Conservation of the natural re-
The Holbrook news., 1910-07-22

It's human nature to believe all the good we hear of ourselves
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1910-11-18
VI MORE THAN EVER
increased Capacity for Mental LABOR
since Leaving OF coftee.

Many former coffee drinkers who
& have mental work to perform, day
after day, have found q better capaci-
u and greater endurance by using
Postum instead Of ordinary conee. An
Illinois woman writes:
n II had drank coffee for about TWEEN
" years, and finally had what the
doctor called coffee heart was
nervous and extremely respondent;
! had little mental or physical strength
left, had kidney trouble and constipa-
ton.
1.-THE first noticeable benefit derived
from the change from coffee to Postum
was, the natural action of the kidneys
and bowels. In two weeks my heart
action was greatly improved and my
nerves steady.
"Then / became less respondent,
and the desire to be active again
/ showed proof Of renewed physical ana
mental strength. 90
Il am steadily gaining in physical
strength and brain power. formerly
did mental work and had to give It up
On account Of coffee. but since using
4 Postum am doing hard mental labor
with less fatigue than ever before.
Read the little book, The Road 70
Wellyille. In pkgs. There's Reason.
Nj. Ever read the above Ietters new
one appears, from time to time. They
are genuine, true, aAA 1uA q No. NJ. =
fatsEeets ,ss
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1910-11-18
BABY WASTED TO SKELETON

My little son, when about year
and half old, began to have sores
come out on his face. I had physi.
clan treat him, but the sores grew
worse. Then they began to come out
on his arms, then on other parts Of
his body, and then one came on his
chest, worse than the others. Then
called another physician. Still he
grew worse At the end of about a
year and half Of suffering he grew
20 bad that had to tie his hands in
cloths at night to keep him from
scratching the sores and tearing the
nesh. He got to be mere skeleton,
and was hardly able to walk.
My aunt advised me to try Cuti-
cura Soap and Cuticura Ointment. I
sent to drug store and got cake Of
Cuticura Soap and box Of the Oint-
ment and followed directions. At the
end of two months the sores were all
well. He has never had any sores
Of any kind since. can sincerely say
that only for Cuticura my child would
have died. l used only one cake Of
Cuticura Soap and about three boxes
Of Ointment
IL Il am a nurse and my profession
brings me into many different fam
lies aud It is always pleasure for
me 70 tell my story and recommend
Cuticura Remedies. Mrs. Egbert Shell
| CON. Ltchf1eld. Conn. Oct. 23, 1909"
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1910-11-18

blessings and remember. perhaps. now
many there are less favored than our.
selves. There is not time for com.
plete and permanent smoothing out OF
the wrinkles Of care and perplexity
before we sit down at the bountifully
laden table, but on the whole we are
ready to enter into the spirit Of the
time. Is Thanksgiving, then. rever.
sal or an occasional accumulation Of
the proper habit OF Christians life?
If there must be rusty hinges. should
they be upon the doors Of praise.
while the other .door OF grumbling
works with constant ease? The un.
disputed right of way In the Thanks.
giving season ought to be the right OF
way for all the year. Praise first
then grumble, II you positively must.
but be sure to give the right OF way
to gratitude. That would be better
for our homes than big legacy, and
more smoothing to our foreheads than
any of the measures the beauty ma.
kers recommend.-Congregationalist.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1910-11-18
sono Of the Plump Turkey.

! am growing quite uneasy, I'm so fat
I'm getting wheezy. ra r.. .,m.
For a month they've kept me led Till
nv suspicious are aroused
Ave so fat I merely wobble, and har@
w care to gobble. ""s -.
And at night they all take pains to
see that I am safely housed. ~
T surmise there's something doing-can
e. no there's trouble brewing?- ...5
From the interest they take It's al
most certain as can be,
every bone in me is shaking and my very
soul Is quaking.
For fear the worst Is coming-com
ing mighty quick to me. H..
7 IN fancy see platter and hear the
clnk and clatter
OF the dishes. knives and forks as BIT
deet flies around the room;
hit the worst of all my dreaming Is the
flash OF crimson cleaning
When my head is on the block and
a. last have met my doom.
lie Is growing sad and paling-pardon.
nIease. the tear drops falling s
For a turkeys life is hard this time
~ year. as you can see;
1vce Is me and deep my sobbing. and my
heart with grief is throbbing.
. FIR fear the worst Is coming
Ing mighty quick to me! #
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1910-11-18
DAY OF FAMILY REUNIONS
Thanksgiving Not Complete II Face
Is Missed From the House.
hold Gathering.

During the first long winter in Ply.
mouth one-half the little band Of pill
grims died. The winter snow covered
their leveied graves. and when spring
warmth removed that friendly cover.
ing the survivors planted grain above
the graves. that waving blades OF
wheat or corn might hide the colony's
loss from the cruel eyes Of the foe
whom fear alone restrained from open
warfare. The pilgrims hearts were
stout. and though their eyes might
grow dim at times in looking over the
fields where only mysterious patches
of brighter green revealed to their
sad knowledge the secret of hidden
grave, they dashed away the tears
and only strove the more to carry on
the task those tired fingers had let
fall. And when autumn came with it's
abundant harvest the great thanksgiv-
Ing feast they held was in communion
with the lost Secure in the belief
that their dear ones in happier
spheres were rejoicing with them.
they gave thanks for home. for har.
vest. and for hope. r..
Since then Thanksgiving day has
been day of family reunions The
distant son returns, the grandchildren
gather around the table, the old peo.
pie take pleasure In welcoming the
familiar faces that time is changing
and the new faces added to the widen.
ing family circle. 1t is day Of care.
less mirth and thankful gladness.
Some 60 to church to find an expires.
sion for the feelings which find them
voiceless. and others feel only vague
~. if at all. the need of more than the
tacit acceptance and enjoyment OF all
that the day brings. There are house
hold games and the sports of winter,
and If the great football contests seem
to overshadow more spontaneous d.
versions the actual figures would show
that not one In thousand of the
population of the country attends the
matches The thoughts Of the preach
ers are apt to turn to the betterment
OF civic or political conditions. rea.
soning that the way to show thank.
fulness for public blessings is to pro.
cure more Of them. Not even these
serious thoughts can turn the charac.
ter OF the day away from that i'm.
pressed upon 1t at the beginning. an
occasion for feasting on what Provi.
dence has bestowed in reward for
courage and for toll. The minor
strain that runs through the music OF
the affections is heard by those whose
hearts once thrilled to voices silent
now but the spirit of the day Is to re-
jolce. a
For what is secure In memory, for
the blessings of the year and the day,
for the promise of the future. may we
be truly thankful #.. .
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1910-11-18
PUTS ST0MACHs IN ORDER.
No Indigestion, Gas, sourness or Dys.
pepsia Five Minutes After Taking
q Little Diapepsin.

There should not be case OF indiges-
ton, dyspepsia or gastritis here If read
ers who are subject to Stomach trou-
BILE knew the tremendous anti.ferment
and digestive virtue contained In Dia-
pepsin. This harmless preparation
will digest q heavy meal without
the slightest fuss or discomfort, and
relieve the sourest. acid stomach IN
five minutes, besides overcoming all
foul. nauseOus odors from the breath.
II your stomach Is sour and full OF
gas, or your food doesn't digest, and
your meal don't seem to fit, why not
get 5O-cent case of Pape's Diapepsin
from any druggist here In town. and
make life worth living. Absolute re-
lief from Stomach misery and perfect
digestion of anything you eat is sure
to follow five minutes after, and be-
sides, one ffty-cent case is sufficient
to cure whole family OF such trouble.
Surely, harmless, inexpensive
preparation like Pape's Diapeps!n,
which will, always either at daytime
or during night, relieve your sick,
sour, gassy, upset stomach and digest
your meals, is about as handy and val.
liable thing as you could have In the
house.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1910-11-18
A Corn Huskinu Record.

Mount Ayr.-The corn husker IS
again abroad in the land. In Lincoln
township in the county, Howard stew
art, working for J. NJ. Beatty claims
to have huskcd in eleven hours 2l4
bushels Of corn by weight. Beatty
says he will make affidavit that the
corn was husked in eleven hours. he
claims the ears made continuous
noise going against the throw board
of the wagon. s|
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1910-11-18
! The villain sun Pursued Her.

Charming Pollock cites certain
Melodrama, produced few years ago
on Fourteenth street as containing
The busiest and most inconsistent vii
lain ever created
In the first act, he tied the beautiful
heroine to railroad track Just as
the limited was due. In the second,
he lured her into an old house. locked
her in an upper room and set the
place on fire. In the third, he
strapped her under a buzz saw and
oct the machinery in motion. In the
fourth. he tore the planking out Of
the Brooklyn bridge, so that her auto
mobile plunged through to the raging
Good below.
In the fifth act he started to make
Oye to her. She shrank from him.
"Why do you fear me, Nellie?" he
asked.-Success Magazine.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1910-11-18
-cL. LTra> s-rE Yo...G.

have had their ear close to the
ground during the past week or two.
Practical political leaders who were
constantly in close touch with affairs
in Iowa have from the first believed
that the appointment Of Mr.. Young
was the logical thing to happen In
the senatorial controversy, and hence
they showed no surprise when the
appointment was announced
The appointment holds good until
the meeting of the legislature Janu-
airy 5, next, when that body will have
the duty of choosing a senator TO fill
out the unexpired term Of Senator
Doliiver, which ends March 4, 1919.
Biogr aphicaI Sketch of New Senator.
Lafayette Young was horn in Mon
roe county, Iowa, May 10, 1S4s. He
learned the printers trade with Mills
e. Company, of Des Moines, Iowa. He
established the Atlantic, Iowa Tele-
graph, February, 1871. Published the
same until March, 1890. When he
came to Des Moines and purchased
the Des Moines Capital, then an OBJ
scure newspaper. Has edited and
published it from that time to the
present.
Was state senator from Cass anu
other counties twelve years. Served
during the making OF all the railroad
laws, which now govern the state
excepting the anti-pass and two-cent
fare.
Was permanent chairman OF two
reput llcan state conventions.
Was state binder six years.
Was delegate-at-large to the repub'
lican national convention in 1890 and
1898.
Was elector-st-large IN the last
presidential campaign, 1908.
Was member Of the Secretary
Taft party to the Orient in 1905.
Made the nominating speech plac'
ing the name of Theodore Roosevelt
before the national republican con-
vee+ion at Philadelphia, 1900.
Was with Skaters army in CuDa
as a CORE spondent in 1898.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1910-11-18
che.p Excursion to California.

On Thursday. Dec. Sth, james Porter
Of the Porter Land Co, will take train.
load of people to the Early Fruit Lands
cf Kern County. in the San Joaquin Val
ley Of California. This is splendid chance
for you to see the western wonderlands
and to get Il rich fruit farm that will
produce. from $500 to $1,000 an acre each
year. Write us or come and see us and
let us arrange for your trip TO California,
on one of our cheap excursions. II you
cannot 60 just now. let US select a choice
farm for you and hold it for three months
for your inspection.
Think of it: no snow. NO winters. The
balmy delightful climate, the jovial thrifty
people you will have for neighbors, the
the things that once Investigated will
make you California fruit farmer--a man
Of wealth and influence. Write for our
new booklet EARLY Fruit Lands" and full
particulars regarding our cheap excursion
Of Dec. Sth, to land seekers. Porter Land
Co.. Marquette Bldg. Chicago. Illinois.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1910-11-18
Easy Marks.

talk erbout yore easy Marks" said
Uncle Silas Geehaw. who had been
passing a week In the city. "us rubes
Amt in It with them air .teown
chaps"
did yew sell 'em emmy gold bricks.
Silas?' querled old Daddy Squash.
neck. ..N
Nav. didn't" answered Uncle
Silas. but seed Teller peddlin' arti'
fcial ice-hed tn sign right on his
wagon--an' blamed OF tn chumps
didn't buy It for the real thing. by
grass!"
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1910-11-18
What's In q Name?

.See here. waiter" said MIR. Crouch,
growing deeply over his plate. i or
dered turtle soup. There is not even
4 morsel OF turtle flavor In this.
"Of course not. sir" returned the
waiter. What do you expect? Shake
speare said there was nothing IN
name. IL yol ordered college pudding
would you expect college In 1t! IN
Manchester pudding would you look
for a ship canal or cotton exchange!
And tea. sir?"-Tit-Bits.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1910-11-18
Sci. AFART ron GRATITUDE
Thanksgiv the Day Of All Days on
Which We Should Remember
Our Blessings.

On Thanksgiving day most Of u.s.
with deliberate intention and perhaps
no little effort. close the door Dy
which grumbles enter and open vide
the other door that lets in praise. For
once gratitude has the right OF way
and we are inst a little bit ashamed
to be found in the dull company OF
complaint. At the Thanksgiving serv'
Ice. IL we attend It. we gTe ourselves
to i deliberate enumeration OF our