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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-10-26

THE ABOVE ARE THE COLD FACTS known to every
who knows anything about Real Estate Washington Heights
in the Bronx.
DON'T YOU WISH YOU HAD BOUGHT
A FEW LOTS AT THESE AUCTION SALES?
NEXTTUESDAYYOUHA VEEXACTLY thesameopp
345 LOTS OF THE MOSS ESTATE will be Sold Auction
NO MATTER WHAT PRICE THEY BRING
If you pick up a few lots on the inside streets
for $500 ST. 900 less only 1915 cash. Jerome
for $4,000 $4,000 each less, only 1926 cash,
you from the above illustration what large in
will take place. and what profits you will make
WHEN THE SUBWAY, being built, IS RUNNING.
Examine Property To-day. Go to the MOSS ESTATE Sale
345 LOTS ON
Jerome Avenue, Adn A sns n snd sas sas
which MUST BE SOLD at Auction
At the Exchange Salesroom, IA Vesey St,
Next TUESDAY, OCT. 28, Commencing at 1880 AM
on Purchase
Can Remain
p. INasauSt,NY
SAVINGS BANK BOOKS TAKEN sd Ave
A@d
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1913-11-14
Wife OF The MINISTER FROM COSTA RIGA

a page. Well, If you will be so polite
as to pretend you truly are interested,
I'll have to confess that there are
five big sons and three daughters. An
active family? Oh, my, yes | have
no time for woman suffrage or things
of that sort. When woman has rear
ed family like mine, ] don't think
she actually needs the vote to prove
her place in society"
Madame shrugged her shoulders and
her brown eyes twinkled
"A mother of large family has no1
much concern for outside Interests OF
that sort. My music? Oh. please
don't say that l am very musical !
used to play. But now have forgot
ten. I could not keep up my prac'
'ticing when the babies were young.
When they were awake they needed
me, and when they were asleep was
afraid my playing would disturb them'
You see, one cannot keep up her mad
emily accomplishments under sucn ny.
ing drawbacks" and madame lausnea
again. Moreover, she did not look
as though she grieved one bit over
the exactions Of these sons and aausn.
ters that had made her music rusty
A slightly, dalk-haired woman 10 !Do
wife of the Costa Rican minister
Large Of eye, with all intellectual !aee
and a sensitive mouth, her lnon'le 'sce
is tensely interesting. AT hfst "e :.
manner was just bit shy. 4
Then, when she talked for rev u.
ments, she grew animated and entnu.
iastic. She is the sort OF WOMB !.
who will not admit stranger 10 ~.
friendship until she has trleo 'D''
stranger and found her worthy =
Senior Salvo has been stationeu -, :.
Washington longer than any otner Wy
lomat now here. Twenty-Five yeS :.
ago Senior brought his young WHO '
the United States. !
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1913-11-14

tired backs and temptingly peaceful to
guests.
The guest had been oeated IN the
parlor just two minutes by tho c'cck.
She had been talking to Nine. Calvo
Just one minute, when all her theories
of the home life of the minister from
Costa RIGA were verified.
In came two sturdy boys. Bly, sun
burnt, clear-eyed fellows they were
Both children rushed up to Nine. Cal
vo, Rugged her tight and kissed her
hard.
Mother, DEAR" cried two excited
voices almost in chorus, father says
we can have our bicycle. We are 60
ing to get it next week."
Nine. Calvo smiled affectionately at
her happy young sons, dismissed them
laughingly, and remarked:
"They are two of my eight children.
Oh, no; l could never, never tell you
all their names. The total would fill
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1913-11-14
When Snuff Was Useful.

Some people have the knacx OF
doing and saying the right thing at
the right time" comments Lord Ross
more in Things I Can Tell" And as
an instance OF the value of presence
of mind in an emergency. he tells of
a dog fight in Bond street, London.
Two terriers that belonged to two
socially eminent ladies had engaged in
a businesslike tussle.
The distracted ladies alternately
made fearful but vain appeals to
their favorites and to the bystanders.
Just as the fight seemed about to ter
inmate fatally for one of the animals
a blase-looking "chappie" elbowed his
way through the crowd with a polite
Permit me-"
He calmly surveyed the two strug.
Cling dogs; then he produce a hand.
some gold snuffbox and taking a pinch
of snuff from it he dropped a little on
the end of each dogs nose. A fit Of
sneezing ensued, which compelled
them to release their grip, and the
combat came to an end.
With polite bow to the ladies', the
strategist walked leisurely away
Youths Companion.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1913-11-14
ATTRIBUTES HIS LONGEVITY TO HARD woRr

that day when the youth who !,
Lord Strathcona threw in bis ,ot W., uos
these provinces he has shared
their vicissitudes, and more than -.
other man. perhaps, been RESPONSIVE
for their development.
As a trader and factor with tho H.,
sons Bay company, he gained tbo, :.
military with the denizens Of the W.T..
northwest regions that stood him -
good stead later as chief comm,S.,,"
er to inquire into the causes ~ ~
Red river rebellion. Sir Garne, W., IVY
seley. who had been sent out to snn
press the instruction, said of Don.,s
Smith: His word was law in all th..
wide region" Perhaps the Rreat.s,
service to the provinces of this 70"
seeing Scot was consummated when \.
drove the last spike in the Canadi.'
Pacific railway, and realized his drea,.
of a united Canada.
Lord Strathcona ascribes hjs >,
markable health and longevity to hi.
devotion to work..
providence has favored me with
good constitution" he once said
Then have had plenty of work tn
do all my life, and there is no douh
that that is the best thing for keepix
a man we'll and strong"
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1913-11-14
Straw Stacks a Nuisance.

Kansas Is said to lose between
100000 and 100000 bushels OF
wheat each year because OF the
straw stacks. The straw is of
comparatively little feed value. Some
farmers have a hundred more times
straw than all their stock could eat.
The straw is of no use as fertilizer
until we'll rotted, and it takes four to
six years to rot. Not less than 1907
900 acres of land, 1t is estimated, are
covered with straw stacks and made
useless for farm purposes every year.
Burning these straw stacks does
great damage to the ground on which
it stands, as the terrific heat takes all
the life out of the ground for hun
dred feet or more around the stack.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1913-11-14
The Carbonarf,

People are mistaken in their esti-
mate of the Carbonari. The society
did not have it's origin in robbery and
frrder. On the other hand, its orig
inal put pose was to expel the foreigner
from Italy and to establish civil and
religious liberty. In 1920 the society,
1t is said, numbered 100000, and H.
will never be known how much they
did for the promotion of the spirit Of
nationality among Italians and the es-
Enlistment of q United Italy" Civ
llzation owes much to the Carbonari,
especially in the Italian peninsula.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1913-11-14

A negro boy of six years, whose
parents moved from the country, en-
tered city school. The teacher. OBJ
serving the child. went to him and,
learning that he had come to enter the
school, asked: What have you come
to school for?"
To learn to read" said the boy.
And why do you want to 'read?'
$50 I can read the sign boards at
the forks of the road, and know which
road to take" replied the boy. Tho
child's conception of education was,
indeed, narrow. But his words con-
tain a broad truth. The child soon
finds that the road Of life forks. the
left division leading to the city Of
wickedness and destruction; the right
to usefulness, happiness and eternal
life. So much alike are the two roads
ut and near the division point that he
does not always know which one to
take. He needs the influence of the
school and an education to enable
him to read the sign boards Alright and
know which road of life to take.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1913-11-14
WHAT MRS. PANkHURST THINKS OF M'KENNA

to the immigration building after Ii.
boat had started. They are delightful
people-intelligent, sympathetic and
kind. No. l did not have to conyst
the matrons to the suffrage cause,
Women who have to earn their own
living are all for it. OF course, there
Is a tendency in democratic countries
to be somewhat inquisitorial I hsv,
no criticism to make of your immiga.
ton law. was glad to find that tho
men officials were also believers in
suffrage.
The two people who will be sor.
riest for my admission to the country
will be Asquith and McKenna."
"Who is McKenna?" asked an Amer.
lean reporter, who did not recognize
the name of the home secretary.
Hal" said Mrs. Pankhurst with
triumphant laugh. You know who
Mrs. Pankhurst is, but you never heard
of McKenna. Now, perhaps, you SEQ
why we have adopted militant meas.
ures. We have made ourselves felt
and have forced thought and action for
our cause.
"McKenna, my young friend, is the
chief torturer of England He Is q
narrow.minded, ignorant, pig-headed
person. He is the negaton of all lib.
eral principles, though he calls him.
self a Liberal. AS proof cite this
record, which shows that he has re-
fused, since he has been in office, all
pleas for mercy or suspension Of the
death penalty. That is my answer to
who is McKenna?."
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1913-11-14
Jewish New Year,

The Jews date from the Creation"
which they consider to have been g.
76O years and three months before the
commencement of the Christian era.
To reduce Jewish time to Christian
time subtract 1851 years. The Jewish
year consists of either twelve or thir-
teen months, of Twenty-Five or thirty
days. The Jewish civil year COM
mences with the month Tisri, immedi-
ately after the new moon following the
autumnal equinox The ecclesiastical
year begins with Nissan.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1913-11-14
Russia and United States,

Territorially, Russia is by far the
largest single country on earth, en-
bracing more than 100000 square
miles (almost three times the area OF
the United States proper). The popu-
lation of Russia Is 164,000,000, and her
natural resources are great, almost in
conceivable. The United States has
an area Of something over 100000
square miles, a population of 100000
900, and vast amount of, as yet, unde-
veloped wealth. The greatness Of the
United States overtowers that of Rus
STA today, but when the great empire
of the north becomes republican in
spirit and institutions. as some time 1t
must, it will be mighty power indeed.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1913-11-14
KEEPING away HARM
Almost All Peoples Place Faith
in Charms.
Even In Civilized. Countries Orna
ments Are Generally Worn That
Are Supposed to Bring Good
a Luck to the Wearer. -ss.t

Perhaps the instinct to avert the
Evil eye is born In our natures. CIVIL
lzation has lessened it to a great ex.
tent, but in every race we ind such
an instinct exists. The wearing or
nearly all personal adornment seems
to have originated In an idea of paci-
tying evil deities.
The savage wears ornaments SYM
bolizing the protective powers sup
posed to be able to keep away harm
Or danger. In the West Indies there
Is a bean or seed which the natives
think possesses many valuable prop
critics. If carried IN the purse they
say the owner will never want for
money; If hung on watch chain
good luck will ever be with the
wearer But woe betide the man who
loses his precious charm.
The East Indian leaves tiny cor
ner of his embroidery unfinished to
propitiate the gods; the dusky moth
er calls her baby hard names for fear
| her love should bring Ill fortune upon
him.
In England superstitious country
folk tie amulets around their necks
to prevent diseases. Some Of the
earliest OF these were skilfully
wrought by the people who inhabited
this country thousands Of years ago,
and treated flint much the same as
a cameo, producing varied effects by
cutting through into the different lay
ers of color.
Several examples Of this practical
ly lost art may be seen in the mu-
scum at Ipswich. They are carved
20 represent the heads Of men and
women, birds, fishes and reptiles. and
are for the most part cleverly and
prettily done.
The fossil belemites found on many
of our coasts embedded in the rocks
were once thought to be thunderbolts
and were worn as charms by fisher
folk.
Farmers in ancient times decorated
their horses by hanging amulets and
gypsy fetish charms among their
trappings to insure good harvest.
These amulets we're frequently asso-
ciated with the worship Of the sun
and were of Egyptian, Moorish and
Persian origin.
Although most people profess to
laugh at the idea Of wearing them
purely for luck or from superstitious
motives, yet charms are worn still
with good-humored federation and, for
reasons none can explain, secretly IA
vored, just in the same way that
sober-minded men and women cling
tenaciously to crooked sixpence and
treasure a three-penny bit with hole
In 1t as omens of good luck.
A pink coral hand in Italy is sup
posed to ward of the evil eye and
plays it's part in ornaments. Ruby
ornaments are supposed to dispense
evil spirits and are considered pro-
lection from poison and other dire
evils. Emeralds Danish blindness
Garnet ornaments are supposed to
keep one In good health; the sar
donyx insures happiness.
The sapphire keeps off fever. Anne
thysts keep off worries. A turquoise
means that you will never want q
friend. A four-leaved clover in a
crystal locket is a favorite charm and
is said to bring good fortune and
long life to it's wearer. Jade also has
reputation as luck bringer.
! Mall Gazette.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1913-11-14
BATTLE
Lesson That All Must Learn In
+ Their Journey Through
- Life. ID

YEARLY the Woman's eyes closed
and she dreamed Of the battle waging
within. y" ~
."Ah." cried the Heart, what you
ask is impossible-it would mean
starvation--I should die!"
Are you, then, SO afraid OF death?'
questioned the Soul. half pityingly'
half contemptuously. 1T Is VINO
must triumph, l and the Intellect to
give lasting happiness"
For a space the quivering Heart
was silent. The Soul was convincing
it against its will. But it would mean
so much, this sitting Of its longing
the endurance of pain and agony which
only a little human heart could know
and great soul could not compre-
bend. The Heart, too, could give the
Woman happiness-the Soul could not
deny that, for the Heart had made the
Woman happy before, deliriously nap
by. And" thought the Heart, 1T was
the Soul with it's Gliding and the In
tellect with its cold reasoning who had
caused the after hours OF remorse, IN
decision and regret"
Fired by the injustice, the Heart
spoke Of these things. but the Soul an
swered sadly. Can you not see that
the happiness you would give the
Woman is to be measured by Time? l
would lead her to the white peaks or
the Spirit--so that she might have
happiness Eternal. That which you Of
fer her is not Love-" the Soul went on
patiently; 1T is that base thing, Pas
sion, which erring ones have ever con-
fused with the Divine Gift.
1T is physical beauty alone which
fascinates and attracts this Woman to
the Man-this Man to the Woman; and
If you gain your desire, If you give her
to the Man, in the degradation OF her
so-called happiness with my teach
ings forgotten, all her victories, her
sacrifices. her toilings upward Will
have been in vain. Oh, little Heart
there are many existences through
which the Mans soul must pass, many
cons of time through which it will have
to live, before it can attain the heights
upon which l am empowered to place
the Woman-even as l must pass
through countless existences before
may unite with the Perfect Source
from which sprang. The Mans soul
is but just awakening.
Think you then, poor Heart, that
for long the Woman would rest con.
tent with that blindly cropping soul!
Passion, which you in your blindness
call Love, would then fail to compen-
safe, for Passion is but mortal and OF
the body, while Love is divine and OF
Eternity"
The Woman aWoke, pale and trem'
bling, for she had shared in tbc
Hearts agony as we'll as in the exaita'
ton of the Soul.
A fortnight passed, and again the
Woman dreamed.
And now the voice of the littel Heart
was filled as with an untold WEAKNESS
mo more, O Soul" it said, shall
oppose your will. The battle is yours
But in losing l am also victor, for
have conquered Desire" and the voice
sighed waveringly off into silence.
Listen" breathed the Soul softly
and, as though from afar off came, In
tones Of infinite sweetness: "Thou
shalt die, o Heart, but by thy sacrifice
thou hast gained Eternal Life. In thy
next existence thou shalt be divine
SOUL"
And, when the Woman woke, there
was in her eyes the peace of renunc1a
tion.-Janet Reese, in New York Press
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1913-11-14

COrQlnS +" ui6
patches from Of
tawa, Canada, has
announced his In.
tention OF resign.
ing his post as
Canadian hig b
commissioners to
England when he
reaches the ripe
age of ninety-four.
early next year.
Whoever has read
his biography has
not missed any
thing OF import
ance in the his
tory Of the do
minion for the
asst three-Quar-
tiers of a century.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1913-11-14

AAASA AANN s
Washington au-
t critic s b a d
granted permits
sion to allow her
to land in this
country. A report
er took the first
news of the deci-
sion to the fight
ng suffragette.
She heard the It'd.
ings calmly.
Il never DOUBT
ed for a minute
said Mrs. Pank-
hurst, that the
American people
would recognize
the righteousness
of my cause or of
anu Aphf for lib
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1913-11-14

fate. The WASH
ington home Of
Nine. Calvo, wife
Of the minister
from Costa RIGA,
Is certainly not
the exception that
proves the rule. 1t
it a vivid example
of the proverb.
Think Of big,
h / & h ceilinged
r o o m 8 COM
for t a bly, filled
with furniture.
There are great
Ga sv chairs, q
dozen or so, in
the drawing room.
Cozy CHIT they
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1913-11-14
OrIqin Of "Thuqs."

A real thug was member of an Or
ganized society Of fanatical murderers
in India, who considered their vic
tins to be sacrifices to their gods.
Their method was by strangulation.
The English tried to suppress them
about 1910, but did not succeed till
about 1880.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1913-11-14

The Industrial exhibit at the recent
negro exposition at New York includ-
ed $4,000 patents from the United
States patent office at Washington,
which have been granted to negroes
for useful inventions. A model of the
first machine for manufacturing shoes.
the invention of a negro, was one Of
the interesting exhibits. An automatic
device for oiling locomotives was also
on view. Exhibits we're shown from
the negro republics of Haiti, Santo Do
mingo and Liberia and pageants pre-
sented daily at the armory illustrating
important events in the history Of the
negroes in the United States.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1913-11-14
Colossus Of Rhodes.

The accounts which we have re-
ceived of the Colossus OF Rhodes are
very various-the extreme statements
are 80 feet and 157 feet. If we &C.
cept the larger of these measure
ments, the Colossus, standing at the
waters edge without any pedestal,
would have overtopped the Bartholdi
Statute of Liberty" by little more
than six feet Bartholdi himself says
of the ancient wonder: 1--WE may
consider it as having been very
remarkable piece Of work, independ'
entity Of the legend Of the ships pass
ing between it's outspread legs"
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1913-11-14

erty, whether or not they believed in
the means employed in making that
fight
Mrs. Pankhurst packed her baggage
and waited for the official confirmation
of the order for her release.
Commissioner Uhl told her she had
Just five minutes to catch the 1890
transfer boat to Manhattan. She
snapped the bag shut, and hurried to
the landing.
Let me pay my respects to the
matrons and fficials of that institu-
tion," said Mrs. Pankhurst, pointing
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1913-11-14
Jurymen In a Hurry.

In a case of Middlesex England
sessions in which an agent was
charged with false pretenses, the evil
dence for the prosecution had not
closed when the foreman of the jury
announced that they had made up
their minds. Mr.. O'Connor, the de-
Tending barrister, at once demanded
new trial, and the Judge ordered the
case to be considered by fresh jury.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1913-11-14
Fire Drill,

Factory Proprietor-"Fire drill, If
you please, ladieC! Division A will
endeavor to batter down that locked
iron door; Division B will leap from
the windows; Division G will remain
quietly at the tables until suffocate,A-
all just as you would have to do In
case of an actual fire. March!"-Life.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1913-11-14

prince Vi w dAes
is to be made an
increasingly i'm
portant figure IN
the life a n d
thought of the
British empire.
The fact is that
King George can
not forget what
eclipse his own
father and mother
suffered before
they came to the
throne owing to
tactics pursued by
Queen Victoria,
and he and the
queen have re-
solved that they
will do nothing tn
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1913-11-14
Our Funny Language.

A sleeper is one who sleeps. A
sleeper is that in which a sleeper
sleeps. A sleeper is that on which
the sleeper runs while the sleeper
sleeps. Therefore, while the sleeper
sleeps in the sleeper the sleeper car
ries the sleeper until the sleeper,
which carries the sleeper. jumps the
sleeper and wakes the sleeper In the
sleeper by striking the sleeper under
the sleeper Gu The sleeper, and there
is no longer any sleep for the sleeper
sleeping in the sleeper on the sleeper.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1913-11-14

Queen Victoria had just been crown
ed when Donald Smith, at the age OF
eighteen. left his home in Morayshire.
Scotland, relinquishing the prospect
of an easy life in the East Indian serv.
ice to take his chances with adventure
in the wild and isolated provinces
which are now the dominion; and since
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1913-11-14

Lucifer matches-that is, matches
tipped with an explosive substance
that bursts into fame on being struck
-were first used about 1884. Many
improvements have been made in
matches since then, the most impor-
safety match, striking on the box only.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1913-11-14

A resident OF a section of Australia
where the roads are few and poor has
had a cross-country automobile built
from his own ideas. high enough to
clear several feet OF water and with
winch and reel OF wire rope to pull 1t
clear should it sink into soft ground.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1913-11-14
Fate,

"My good man, how did you come to
be in PRISON."
Fate, l guess, ma'am."
Fate? l don't understand you"
well, you see, it must have been
ordained that somebody would be In
this cell when you came along asking
fool questions, and of course l had to
be the guy"
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1913-11-14
A Timely Accident

1T is reported to have been so hot
in an Ohio town the other day that a
mans whiskers caught fire."
We'll! Well! l guess he had a close
shave"
Yes, and that was just what he
headed"
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1913-11-14
n,....,r.. of tho Table

"Then I commended mir'n' . yH II,
a man hath no better tnlns 49, and to
sun than to eat, and to DRINK ,s "Aud
b be merry a ."-Ecclesiastes' s: tho,, bs.t
much goods laid up Tor maA, .nd b.
take thine ease, eat, drink l1,so - an ad,an.
merry."-Luke 1919. wv Mnn not! let
tageth it me If the deao . .nmorrow We
IA eat and drink, for t oa Tat %
die,"-1, Corinthians 1917. "a ahall
eat and drink, for tomof''"
die,"-Isaiah. 22:A