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Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1913-06-13
BEFORE Fame Came.

A widely admired campaign speak
err in Nebraska, who had been billed
to make the principal address at a
political meeting in Lincoln. was
obliged at the last moment to cancel
his appointment
William Jennings Bryan was chos~
en- to fill the vacant place. Mr.. Bryan.
however, knowing that he was to act
as substitute for an older and more
popular man. was rather nervous. His
apprehension was increased when the
chairman announced him in the fol-
lowing manner: H., .... H..
"Feller citizens: This here's the
substitute fer our gallant an admired
leader. unfortunately taken sick. I
don't know what this gent can do; but
time was short an we had to take
what we could git."
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1913-06-13
Stewed Carrots.

One quart cut carrots, one table
spoonful butter, one tablespoonful
-four, one teaspoonful chopped pars-
ley, one teaspoonful salt, one-quarter
teaspoonful white pepper will be
needed. Wash, scrape and cut the
carrots into pieces one inch long. Put
on to boil with water enough to cover,
boil until tender without a cover.
Drain and save the water in which
they were cooked. Put tho butter into
saucepan, melt, add tho -four, mix
well, add one cup of the carrot water
slowly, mix the carrots and sauce and
add the salt, pepper and parsley; cook
three minutes.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1913-06-13
Care Of Mating.

Try sewing your new mating with
raffla, says a writer for the Modern
Priscilla. Dampen and split each
strand. This will make fine seam
that will look we'll on either side
When laying new mating one can pre-
vent ridges and wrinkles II, after put
ting down as smooth as possible, you
will wash with a pail Of hot water to
which a cup of salt has been added.
Leave quite wet and in drying the
mating will shrink into place. The
salt toughens 1t. Wash with the grain
of the mating. Never sweep mating
with an uncovered broom, as it will
split the fiber, but cover the broom
with soft canton flannel bag and dip
In salt water to brighten 1t.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1913-06-13
SLAVERY IN SOUTH AMERICA
AborIsines OF the Forest Arc Bought
and Sold Freely--$3oo the
Average Price.

The Madre de Dios Ia a majestic wa
terway, some 400 yards wide at Puerto
Alianza. Later on 1t joins another
river to become the Benz; farther
down again. 1t flows into the Mar.
more. and flnally-more than 1000
miles below Alianza-is merged into
the mighty Amazon.
On the banks of the Amazon there
are large towns boasting Of so-called
civilization, but in the remote reaches
OF the affluents and sub affiuents. and
in the great forest tracts along these
spacious waterways. force and ma.
ture reign supreme. Human. animal
and plant life battle hard for exist
ence.
In this vast and little known region
law and order are not codifed they
are merely the product of self-defense.
says writer In the Wide World.
If an evil doer be caught retribution Is
swift and terrible. And slaves--the
aboriginal forest savages-are bought
and sold freely. When L was in the
Madre de Dios the market price OF q
man was 5000, woman 5000. and a
child $50 although for good men.
used to collecting caucho dow grade
wild rubber), much higher prices pre-
vailed One land owner know had
just bought 20 families-say 80 per-
sons in all-for $4,000. myself was
offered 100 people by their master.
who was retiring from business He
appeared quite surprised when ! told
him that Englishmen did not deal in
human flesh.
Nevertheless, 1t must be confessed
that these slaves are not, as a rule. un.
happy. Instead of wandering wild
about the woods, they are brought into
the rubber camps. given Some clothes.
gun. and introduced to alcohol. Then
they are sent out into the forest to
cut down caucho trees and collect the
rubber that flows from the trunks. 1t
is true that, in some places. flogging
and other i'll treatment follow when
the quantity of rubber picked is small.
| and on the other hand, increased sup
plies Of alcohol, good guns and am
munition, and finery for the women
are attendant on good crop. More
over, If the Ill treatment be excessive
that Is, more than the men think
they deserve-the next morning may
find the master assassinated. During
my stay in the district two slave own
ers and their staff met their fate In
this way-all were wiped out In .
night.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1913-06-13

The negro of Texas can best ad-
vance his own interest by developing
spirit Of enterprise. Enterprise
has changed Texas from a wilderness
to civilized country. 1t felled the
trees, built the cities, banks, railroads
and schools. The negro has the abil.
ity to do anything that man has done.
He is we'll adapted to the climate; his
physical makeup Is we'll developed,
full of strength and vigor. He can
think keenly and quickly. What he
needs Is energy, initiative-a spirit of
enterprise. In nearly every line OF
business there Is place for the man
who will take it, and make good. The
negro can have real estate Offices II!
he will be truthful, honest and ener
getic-if he will go into it with energy.
with enterprise, put life into 1t, make
it go. But he must work out and
shape his own destiny. Take the
farm, for instance: II the negro farm
er in Texas will put his brains into
the soil and use up-to-date farming
methods; If he will have his lands an
alyzed and see what it takes to make
it produce cotton or corn, potatoes. or
wheat, rice or barley; If he will send
to the factory and get fertilizers and
work them into the soil, he will make
one acre Of land yield more than four
times as much as it would under the
old-fashioned method. The negro
should buy every foot of land he can
get in Texas, become citizen, an own
err of land. 1t will give him self-re-
spect.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1913-06-13

One of the finest audiences that
ever assembled in Chicago was pres
ent at Orchestra hall to witness the
first exhibition of the moving pictures
Of "A Day at Tuskegee" Both white
and colored were seated in the boxes.
on the main floor, in the balcony and
gallery and from interviews of many
present, the pictures were not only
pleasing and instructive bat gave
splendid idea Of Tuskegee which has
become the leading Industrial insti-
tute Of the world. Three thousand fee.
in three reels containing 100 scenes Of
vocational activities were exhibited.
now making it possible for millions OF
American citizens to get an opportu-
nifty to see just what has been &C.
somplished at this world famed
school Plans for the entertainment
had been artistically arranged and
carried out to perfection. The splen-
didly trained chorus opened with a
selection. "Eothopia." During the
changing of the reels, folklore songs
were rendered to the delight OF the
large and appreciative audience. The
pictures began by showing a life size
photo of DR.. Booker T. Washington,
followed by the shack in which the
school was started in 1881, and contin-
ued through the evolutionary stages
to the institutes growth with its in
creasing buildings, departments and
trades to its present mammoth growth
and development. The activities OF
the school were wildly portrayed in
all its departments and phases with
its scores of teachers and pupils at
work in class rooms, at play and upon
the drilling fields. 1t was indeed a
wonderful exhibition CT the mighty
brain of Negro. his management and
achievement Members of the race
seemed greatly encouraged at the
thrilling and inspiring sights and she
white people took as great a part in
the applause as did colored people.
The pictures were educational from
every viewpoint
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1913-06-13
Sighted johnson.

Men who become suddenly rich
should be judged leniently. They have
many temptations from which the rest
of us are, happily. delivered Mr..
John Johnson, a man of this class. was
DESTROYS to be known as of literary
turn Of mind, and to that end proceed
ed to purchase library. One Of his
purchases was an old dictionary.
which, being somewhat out Of repair.
was sent to the binders. When 1t
was returned to the purchaser he
found printed on its back the words,
"Johnson's Dictionary" The slight
threw him into furious passion, and
he demanded Of the messenger:
why didn't he put the full name
on. John Johnson's Dictionary
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1913-06-13
DlsposinQ Of Competition.

A male student competing with 30
girls In a bread-making contest at the
University of Nevada the other day
won the second prize and came very
near to getting the first. We do not
know whether the young student in
question will eventually make the man
ufacture of the staff Of life his !ife's
work, but the outcome of the contest
convinces US anew that the modern
woman, no matter whether she got her
education at some university or come
county district school, knows very
little about the art of breadmaking
The girls Of today rather play tennis
or study Ibsen than bother their pretty
heads about bread-making. knowing
full we'll that If they ever get married
they can procure better and more
wholesome bread than they could over
hope to produce themselves.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1913-06-13

Secretary Robert McRay of the Red
Sox has become an ardent devotee Of
golf -
Cooper, the young left fielder Of the
Baltimore club. Is leading Dunn's club
with the bat
Western league followers can fore
see close finish between the teams
this year.
Mike Kelly is proving himself to ~
wizard as head Of the lndianaI o"
lis team of the American assoc'a'
ton.
Western newspapers are making -
most as much fuss over the Fede.al
league as they do over the two ma
| jors.
Scotty lngerton, who was once q
member Of the Cubs, has been sold
by the Indianapolis club to the Louis
Vile club. He is great pinch hit.
ter, but Is too slow for a regular.
Camel, son of Charley CAMEL, the
old Detroit catcher, Is Hugh Duffya
| first baseman on tbs Portland team.
| Duffy says he has Il club that will
| make the going very fast in tho New
! England league.
Bostonians now ara calling little
| Maranville the Rabc.t" Also they
! are rising to proclaim that he Is one
| of the very few men in the game who
! really can place" hit, which over.
| comes his inability to smash the
ball quite as hard as some of his larg.
er contemporaries.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1913-06-13

1t is quite certain that potatoes will
not mix in the hill any more than
chickens will mix in the nest, but
this does not prevent a change in
potatoes in the hill, not due to mix.
ing, but to the tendency Of all living
things to sport" There will be &C.
casional ears of red corn when no
red kernels are planted, and red corn
can 80 propagated by planting these
red kernels. SO Win there be varia-
tions in potatoes, and new varieties
may be propagated by planting
these sports. Ordinarily, new vari-
cites are obtained by planting the
seeds grown on the potato tops, and
these seeds will mix because they are
seeds-the potatoes are merely swoll-
en- places in the roots.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1913-06-13
Sand Tarts.

One cup sugar, one-half cup butter
mixed with sugar. In q separate dish
tut one egg. onefourth cup sour
cream, one-third teaspoon soda, a few
drops mapaline and pinch of salt.
Mix together, then add the sugar and
butter mixture and two cups flour.
Roll thin and over the top spread the
beaten white of one egg, then sprinkle
with sugar and chopped nuts. Pass
rolling pin over lightly and cut in any
shapes desired. Place in moderate
oven and bake but do not let brown.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1913-06-13
1FR!!l1|II

SN A1N
Fournier is rapidly getting to be a
tirst-class fielding first baseman.
The operation on Jake Stahls loot
Is said to have been complete sue
cess.
Looks as though tall Cy Falkenberg
Is trying to win the flag for the Maps
single-handed.
Kid Elberfeld opines that Nap La
ioie hits the ball harder than any
body else that ever took bat In
hand.
Fresh" Regh, the youngster whom
the Pirates sent to St. Paul, hit for
400 in his first IL games in the Amer
lean association.
Bobby Byrne, the Pirate third base
man, says he will not be poorer bats
man as the result of being hit by one
of Joe Woods shoots.
Manager Connie Mack has only
three players on his team who are nit
ting 300. Eddie Collins, Ira Thomas
and Struck are the three.
Pete Knisely, the heavy-cloutins
outfielder, who goes to the Birmins'
ham team, should break up the
Southern league this summer.
There are 50 many has-been ma
jor leaguers in the Federal league,
that some persons are thinking of
calling it the G. A. r. league.
Big Jim Vaughan is pitching win
ming ball for the Kansas City Blues.
He would hold the Highlanders this
year If he were only with them now.
The Athletics do not display the
dash of last season; they must In
prove to win the flag," says one Wash
ingtol critic, who apparently believes
what he Is saying
Danny Murphy predicts the flag Tor
the Athletics this year. Danny fears
the Senators, though. and even con-
cedes them a possible chance to beat
out his team.
Ty Cobb having advised ball play.
ers not to 60 on the stage. 1t is be-
ljeved theater patrons will raise a
purse of $4,000 per annum II Ty can
prevent these calamities.
New York fans say that beating
Washington these days is a grown-up
mans task. They claim that the Sen
a.ors play as if they knew the pen
nant was within reach.
Larry Lajoie beat out a bunt the
other day, which feat called for full
faced type. A Lajoie bunt? Gee,
don't you know what it Is. anything
that stays inside the fence.
st. Paul has released Pitcher Elmer
Steele, who failed to come back.
Steele hopes his arm will get in shape
with warm weather and he will make
aEother try, possibly in the New York
State league.
Red Ames has lined up with George
Wiltse to bear witness to the fact
that the veteran Giant pitchers are
still able to stand up and bring in a
win or two. Matty Ames and Wiltse
may be making Marquard and Tes-
reau blush yet.
Two shortstops with wonderful arms
are in the field together when Bill
Stump Of the New Yorks% and Heine
Wagner of the Red Sox, are In the
same game. Stump can whip the
ball across with as much power as
the noted Bostonian.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1913-06-13

WORLD

Brown easily outpointed Wesleyan
In their annual dual track meet. win
ming 6S to So.
Prizes won at the Olympic games
at Stockholm by James Thorpe. the
Carlisle Indian athlete, will be award.
ed to the men who finished second In
the events.
Coach Pat O'Dea of the Leland
Stanford university oarsmen, Is
booming a project to pull off an inter-
national college boat race on Oakland
estuary in 1915.
Princeton won the intercollegiate
gun championship with a sweeping
victory over Yale and Dartmouth. The
team scores were: Prir tcton, 407;
Yale, 312; Dartmouth, 2s4
The announcement Of the proposed
revival of racing on the big tracks
Of the Empire state has resulted IN
booming of the thoroughbred market
of New York that has not been equal
ed since 1910.
English polo hopes have received
a severe setback through the injurj
of walter S. Buckmaster, rated head
and shoulders above any OF the chH!-
longing team. Buckmaster may be
unable to play at all.
An intercolle, .iate athletic meet
will be held on the lake front on July
! and 9 in connection with the inter.
national athletic games under tho
AUSPICES of the international Athletic
CHAMPIONSHIPS association.
The Naval Academy tennis men do
feated Swarthmore by taking four
strings of singles and two of doublea.
The midshipmen repeated their per.
Torrance against Johns Hopkins and
Dickinson by winning every set.
MANY critics believe that If the
Army-Navy game is scheduled at tha
Polo grounds or any hig baseball
plant, that interest In the crack GRID,
ron attraction will lag. The specta,
tor will be taken too Tar away from
he play to enjoy =
j M
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1913-06-13
Cherry Cocoa Tea Cakes.

Cream one cup sugar with one-half
cup of butter, or substitute for butter
one-half cup milk, two small cups of
sifted -four, with two teaspoons baking
powder, two tablespoons .s#a
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1913-06-13
Cheese "Dreams."

Perhaps some readers have never
heard of dreams" They are com.
posed of thin slices Of bread spread
with cheese and placed together sand
wich fashion, then Drowned on both
sides in the chatting dish.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1913-06-13
His Trouble.

Church: II see New York has six
blind operators at telephone switch.
boards"
Gotham: II bet they are not going
to tell US how many deaf ones they
have" i
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1913-06-13
Self-M ade.

Son of the House Ito caller)--.'I
wanted to see you COS father says you
made yourself" Caller"Yes my lad,
and I'm proud OF IT, Son Of the
House "B-but why did you do it like
that Punch.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1913-06-13

The word has gone forth that the
prospects are good for the ginseng
crop Of the present season: This crop
is one for which there is no local de-
mand whatever, but the entire prod
uct of this country, which is consid-
cradle, is sent to Hong Kong, where 1t
Is distributed over the entire Chinese
kingdom. The amount exported in
1910, $4,000 pounds, was considerably
less than that Of the previous year.
which reached 100000 pounds, and
that for the year 1908 was 146,933
pounds.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1913-06-13

A device small enough to be carried
in a soldiers knapsack, yet powerful
enough to capsize an aeroplane high
in the air, has been invented by a
French scientist
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1913-06-13

For preparing grape fruit for the
table quickly there has been invented
knife with a curved, saw-edged
blade
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1913-06-13

What is said to be the largest
clock in the world forms a part Of
an electric sign in Boston.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1913-06-13

The Parisienne is going to be per-
fectly happy this summer in a little
toilette Of fine linen flax-cerise, khaki,
green or violet The perfectly cut coat
is of plain linen, and is ornamental
with raised cotton or soft wooden en-
oroidery or soutaching. The skirt is
short and of stripes, one Of which
must match the color of the coat, the
other may be of white or mauve, or
green. or blue, or white If you wish.
The combination and idea are very
work is simple. The embroidery on
the coat should match the alternating
colored stripe.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1913-06-13

Our African Methodist brethren are
suffering just now, heavy loss of lead
ers. Bishop Salters has passed away
in South Carolina; Bishop Turner Of
Georgia has been retired on account
Of senility and Bishop Derrick lies Sc
rously sick at his home in Flushing.
N. Y. The writer has long personally
known these men, who have ranked
well among the strong men of the
leadership Of the Negro race in Ameri-
ca. We feel their passing from the
stage as q part of the ordained trag-
edy of mortal life.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1913-06-13

The surest way to determine the
age of a painting, according to Lon,
don chemist, is to analyze the pig
ments.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1913-06-13

The first electric railroad in the
canal zone is being built from Pan
anna City to La Boca.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1913-06-13

Natural colored crash is made up
into bag which answers for vari-
ETY. Of purposes since its 6rawstring
top, when opened, discloses two
pockets, one hanging somewhat below
the other. In addition there are out
side pockets lined with oil silk and
sufficiently large to accommodate
pair Of footholds or a few small
pieces Of soiled linen. These recep-
,acles are crewel embroidered or dec.
Grated with an applique design in
linen of contrasting shade.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1913-06-13

Jacksonville. Fla, has equipped its
city engineer with camera to take
pictures of districts where new street
paving is demanded by citizens.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1913-06-13

Widows oft rush in where young
girls fear to tread.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1913-06-13

Egypt last year exported 1,165,0OO
pounds of cigarettes.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1913-06-13

An Illinois inventor has patented a
box that unfolds and displays each
piece of candy it contains.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1913-06-13

During last year the sum Of $780,
100000 was expended in New York
City in the erection of Office buildings
alone.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1913-06-13

Uruguay imports much paper and
syrup from the United States.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1913-06-13

Apparatus invented by Paris sci
enlist matches chickens and protects
Them from all microbes until they
reach desired age.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1913-06-13

e. ELECTRICITY, in the form of continu-
GUS currents, has been found to drive
moisture from clay better than me-
chanical processes.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1913-06-13

Jesse Walker, a Frankfort (Ky.)
Negro, has fallen heir to a 3O0-acre
estate.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1913-06-13

The principally of Montenegro is
doing a plucky thing. The six great
powers Of Europe have demanded that
the effort to take Scutari shall cease,
because the interests OF the powers
will be disturbed; but, though Monte
negro is the smallest of the states
of the Balkan alliance, her king and
his cabinet have fatty refused to cease
their warfare for the reason that she
is fighting in the alliance for indie
pendence and freedom from the op-
preston Of the "unspeakable Turk. y
She is determined to do her full part,
unless she is overwhelmed by the
great powers by violent force. The
interests of the big powers, as We see
1t, can better afford some disturbance
and readjustment than can the op-
pressed suffer longer postponement Of
liberty. % The interest" in all lands
have demanded too much as against
inalienable human rights Bravo! to
Montenegro for her stand which she
takes as against all big Europe, for
her rights to secure and enjoy liberty.
What kind of q Negro Is this Monte
negro anyhow? She is the right kind.
The word means . region OF black
mountains. Mountains, mark you, not
sand hills.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1913-06-13

A second electric railway is to be
built to connect Jacksonville and St.
Augustine, Fla.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1913-06-13

Even dull man has his good points