davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1913-07-25
Iowa S,s,e Bystander
BYsTANDER PUh CO.. Publishers.
ore MONIES. IOWA
PAVED STREETS IN 1000 B. c.
DabyIon and Other Old cities Of the
Dead Past Took an Interest
In Good Roads.

When or where the first road was
built Ia not known, remarks = writer
In the Good Roads Year Book. Hero
dotus speaks of a great Egyptian road
on which King Cheops employed 1907
900 men for ten years. According to
the historian. this road was built OF
massive stone blocks ten feet deep
and lined on both sides with temples,
mausoleums. porticos and statutes.
The streets OF Babylon are said to
have been paved as early as 1000 b.
G., and several well.surfaced roads
radiated to neighboring cities. Car
thage. before its fall, was the center
of highly developed road system.
The ancient Peruvians had a wonder
full system OF national roads connect
ing all the principal parts OF their
empire. a
Bridges were also built by thte ah-
clients at very early date. The Eu.
pirates. at Babylon, was crossed by
. stone bridge prior to 1000 B. c., and
It Is known that the Chinese built
briggs as public works as early as
1000 B. C. +.
The first definite and fully anthem
lie information concerning the sys-
tematic construction and maintenance
OF permanent roads comes to us from
the Romans. It Is generally under
stood that the Romans learned the
art OF road building from Carthagin-
ians. However, the construction OF
their great road was as perfect Is
that of any OF their later ones.
The first OF the great Roman roads
was from Rome to Cupa, a distance
of 142 Italian miles, and was begun
by Appius Claudius about 312 B. G.
1t was known as the Appian Way or
Queen OF Roads" This road was
later extended to Brundisium. a total
OF $50 miles, and was probably COM
pleted by julius Caesar. About 220
B. c. the Flaminian Way was built.
1t crossed the Mar river on stone
bridge which had central span OF
$50 feet, with rise Of 100 feet When
Rome reached the height OF her glory.
under the reign Of Augustus. no less
than twenty-nihe great military roads
radiated from the city. More roads
extended to every part Of the vast
empire and are estimated to have
total length of $4,000 miles.
The Roman construction was In
general extremely massive. The Ap-
plan Way is said to have been In
good repair 800 years after it, was
built. On carefully prepared sub.
grade were placed four successive
courses Of layers. the statumen or
foundation course. the dudus or Sec
ond course, the nucleus or third course
the nucleus or third course and the
paHmentum or wearing surface. The
top and bottom courses consisted IN
general Of large fiat stones, while the
two intervening courses were built OF
smaller stone or other suitable mate
rial laid In lime mortar.
with the fall OF the Roman empire
the roads were neglected and grad
ually fell into decay. SO that today but
little more than q trace remains OF
these splendid achievements. ,.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1913-07-25
Fl,herman's Luck.

"Old man Soggers took the water
cure for drinking"
.That's q new one to me. Was It
effective?' ~. y,
For the time being 1t was. He
went fishing with jug Of liquor and
when he had consumed most OF 1t
he got SO full that he fell OF the
bank into the creek" 49,,
Il guess that sobered him up"
1T certainly did. He swallowed
gallon or two of water and swears 1t
was the biggest chaser he ever took
In his life."H ..as
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1913-07-25
SENATOR PENR0SE LAUDS H0ME-MAKING ART


shopping, and you don't get what you
want"
Senator Mark L. Myers Of Montana,
in presenting the diplomas. said: Il
am glad, in this day of the new
thought and the new woman. to see
some of them giving their attention to-
the home and such things in which
our mothers and grandmothers were
Interested
Representative Frank B. Willis Of
Ohio also spoke, as did DR.. Quay Rus
sci of the University of Pennsylvania,
Rev. Charles Wood and Rev. James T..
Marshall led the devotional exercises.
Mrs. Franceska X. Lawson sang, Sew
eral musical selections were given by
a section of the United States Ma
rine band.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1913-07-25

Chloride Of Lime Best Dislnfectant.
Next to corrosive sublimate the
most effective germ destroyer and de-.
odorizer is chloride Of lime. Corrosive
sublimate is such a powerful poison
that 1t is dangerous to have in the
house-as several recent cases OF
fatal poisoning prove. But chloride Of
lime is perfectly safe and very cheap.
Albert H. Hooker Of New York has
recently published a book describing
the many uses to which chloride Of
lime can be put. Among these are
sterilization ofswater supplies and
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1913-07-25
Bottle That Comes Handy.

1.-THE last international Congress Of
Brewers omitted one important item
from their statistics on beer" said q
wise old seaman. They neglected to
state that two-thirds of the bottled
messages found drifting about in
oceans and bays are sealed up In
beer bottles. This is not because q
beer bottle is more seaworthy than
any other kind. but because it is
handler.
people who send messages adrift
either from necessity or fun are moro
likely to have beer bottle lying
around than vinegar bottle or milk
bottle or ginger ale bottle: so it's
the beer bottle that makes the voy-
age" .--
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1913-07-25

from San Salvador, where she went aft
er retiring from the exhibition field.
1t was not until she had been the vic.
tim Of four accidents and In each In
stance had narrowly escaped death
that she was persuaded to give up fly.
ing. And now she says she only quit
because che had made nervous wrecks
of members Of her family and was
compelled to make promise to stay
on the GROUND. ~
Miss Moisant. 1t will be remembered,
took up flying soon after the death Of
her brother, John B. Moisant, who lost
his life in an aeroplane fall. Il never
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1913-07-25
Dance Once Religious. Ceremony.


For thousands of years in all
stages Of the world. as, far back as
history has any record Of. men and
women have danced together and
alone, on gay occasions and on sad
occasions, at festive and at religious
ceremonies. r.. .'..-.. ..s
In the beginning 1t was almost ex-
clusively a religious ceremony. Per-
haps the most ancient on record is
the dance of the Jews, established by
the Levitical law to be exhibited at
their solemn feasts. Also is the
dancing of David often quoted, and
many historians claim every psalm
once possessed and was accompanied
by distinct and sacred dance.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1913-07-25
Enqland's Coast Most Perllous.

England's Coast Most Perl'ous.
Pilots say that the most dangerous
coasts are those Of England and Nova
Scotia. They are especially dangerous
on account Of the fogs that envelope
them and because OF the great depth
OF water right up to the base Of their
rocky shores. Soundings are useless
because Of the great depth Of water,
and navigator can't always tell how
close he IL to shore until his ship
crashes against the rocks. The coasts
Of Alaska and Australia are consid-
cred very dangerous, and the coasts
It this country have many wrecks
upon them. -
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1913-07-25
IL No Longer Goes.

SLOW, but sure. Is no longer the
eulogy it used to be, said Harrison
C. Childs, the well-known publicist. at
an advertising mems dinner IN
Duluth. SLOW, but sure. indeed. is
condemnation in these brisk twentieth
century days.
'It's all right to be slow and sure,
but what is the matter with being
swift and sure?
"The man who is slow and sure IL
bound. i admit, to get there. but he
40 often arrives too late"
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1913-07-25

American ana1rS.
Secretary of State
Bryan has select
ed a man from
c o m me r cial life
whose acquaint-
ance with Latin
America; as he
states 1t, consists
Of knowledge &C
CURED in old Mex
leo in the course
OF travels during
three months in
the year during,
t h 9 pas st n i n e
years. Heretofore
the incumbent Of
he post has been
, man versed in
dinlomatic. affairs.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1913-07-25

tary Gran0 LUKE
Adolph Of Neck
lenburg and Strel-
itz Is officially de-
MED. There is
said to be no
foundation for 1t
whatever.
That the hand
some f n g i 8 h
princess should
remain so long
unmarried It n g
ungallant Burke's
peerage says she
was twenty-seven
on March II last)
seems strange,
but 'gossips In
court circles de-
clare that she pos
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1913-07-25

with considerable experience, and
with one exception--of ministerial
rank. 49,.
Mr.. Long is the son of Elisha v.
Long, chief justice of the territory of
New Mexico during Cleveland's ad-
ministration. He is a native Of Indiana,
and about thirty years Of age. His
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1913-07-25
..Wnuld.Re LAWYERS.

The.s Is one thing that must be
said for the Englishman's stubborn
nese: it seems to be finding its match
in the Englishwoman's stubbornness.
six sixty maybe six hundred times
the Englishman has told the English
woman that she shall not practice law.
And six sixty-m six hundred
times the Englishwoman has replied:
'.But 1 WILL For the SIX hundred
and first time. the matter has again
come up for action. Four women have
sued the Law Society and the Chan
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1913-07-25

far from the ideas
of our forefa-
TIERS" Senator
Boies Penrose Of
P g n n s y lvania
made a plea for
"home-making as
a profession" at
the CO m m g n &C.
,ment exercises OF
the N a tt o n a |
School OF Domes-
tic Sciences, held
at the Playhouse
in Washington a
few days ago. He
declared that the
art of home-mak-
ing is not only
the most honored
81 l. Ah~
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1913-07-25

blunt ones cour-
age or destroy the
desire to fly. And
Miss M o q n t
ought to know be-
cause she has ex-
perienced m o 8 t
every kind OF mis-
hap known to the
game. She has
been lost in cloud
b a n X 8, pinioned
under wreckage
and rescued from
a burning aero
plane, and yet she
says she would fly
again.
Miss Moisant
had lust returned
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1913-07-25
Unkjnd.

"Prosby says you are not the man
you used to be-"
.sDoes the tone Of his voice indicate
that / am better or worse than used
to bel" III
"He speaks very sadly"
"umph! Prosby is always knocking
4 somebody.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1913-07-25
Wonders Of Mature.

Uncle Treetop--We have to be very
careful in summer. for lightning Will
sour the milk. 4. &.
Miss Terry "a city nlece)-You
don't say! And are these little knobs
on the horns Of the cows lightning
rods Puck. III
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1913-07-25

itively refuses to marry foreigner.
Grand Duke Adolph Che is thirty
oney is visiting King George at
Windsor Castle, and his friends
say he is trying to find out
who Is the facetious person IN Ber-
lin attempting to effect matrimonial
alliance through the newspapers be-
tween himself and Princess Patricia.
The duke and the princess are well
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1913-07-25
DISQUALIFIED.

Mrs. ,McCarty-An' phwat does your
son Teddy be doin' now. Mrs. Flynn 2
Mrs. Flynn-He's dom tonne, Mrs.
McCarty; but it's not his fault that
he's a pickpocket, poor bye! They
won't let him on tn perleece foorce
on account Of his iungs.-Puck. :, IS:
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1913-07-25
Hint 10 the WISE.

Madeline--D Don't come up to the
house tonight. Harold. ii s5
& Harold Why not, deal? 5 I
MadelinePa had puncture.
cracked cylinder, and bent steer
Ing wheel today, and I'm afraid he'll
wreak his VENGEANCE on you.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1913-07-25

corner stone upon which rests the
welfare OF the nation.
There is too much ordering Of gro
ceries and household goods over the
telephone nowadays" said Senator
Penrose. THE old system of doing
your own marketing at the market
should come into vogue again. Tele-
phone orders are sixty per cent:
higher than when you. do your own
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1913-07-25
.xouna Parents.

what is the baby crying lof'
,band?" IL d only
"Wife, | cant imagine ne = tnow
six months old, and ne doesn sooving
that there are such things IS 80
nicture shows. or candy. VI
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1913-07-25
Ups and Downs.

Governor Johnson of California at a
dinner in Sacramento philosophical
about man of middle age who. hav.
ing attained great success after years
Of struggle, failed through rash specu'
lations. and fell back into obscurity
again. go -
Governor johnson summed up this
mans fall in an epigram.
How many. of u.s." said he, reach
the topmost. pinnacle OF success only
to be attacked with hopeless vertigo"
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1913-07-25

sewage enuents. street sprinkling.
flushing of cutters, disinfecting of all
sorts in hospitals, homes, factories
and railway cars; the determination OF
vermin of all kinds, especially the
typhoid-carrying house fly. "a.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1913-07-25

Gerry Division for refusing to grant
them any right to be examined and
enter the profession. All four wom-
en- are winners Of flrst-class honors at
Oxford or Cambridge.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1913-07-25
Her States.

Z Housekeeping seems to have made
a seesaw affair OF life for Mrs. Smith"
How so?'' u. 4. .E ~
First, she broke down and then
her husband insisted on her breaking
up. N
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1913-07-25
BoAz W. LONG CHOSEN AS CHIEF OF BUREAU

home is at Las Vegas. N. NJ. He comes
to the department of state heavily In
dorsed.
Mr.. Longs acquaintance with old
Mexico has been obtained in the pur-
suit Of his business interests as an ad-
vertising man. He has little acquain-
lance with official Mexico, he states,
although HIS business brought him in
to contact with many state governors
and other state officials. He believes
he knows the Mexican people. The fall
ure Of his prospects in, old Mexico, in
cident to conditions of unrest and re-
bellion, forced him to seek elsewhere
a field of endeavor. The state depart
ment affords him opportunity.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1913-07-25
Gifted.

y 80 80 EETtf Gifted. 49, .-5s'-7-.1I. .
Dickey Dolt-Fweddy is ambwidex-
twous, dontcher know. 9.
Cholly Chapp-Yaas? = s1..-s..s s. &
Dickey Dolt-He can handle his
cane with his left hand just as we'll as
with his right-Puck. NJ e..
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1913-07-25
Just So.

"A department store cailIe a AZ.
tween forty and fifty thousanu
ferent articles" II ,or
d "And woman who drops - on %,
snool Of thread has to look -
everything else in stock" 5.35
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1913-07-25
Mental Gastronomv.

.rWhat did you do when that man
hurled his iron determination in your
teeth? @>-
II swallowed hard"
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1913-07-25

Uncle Sam closed the fiscal year
1918 with a surplus Of $40 ,229, rep
resenting the ex-
Uncle Sans cess of receipts
curniue Gains over expenditures,
1 exclusive of Pana.
ma canal and public debt transactions.
This exceeds last years surplus by
$3.50, 900. Panama canal expenditures
Of $41, IA, 900 and public debt transac-
lions, however, wiped out this surplus
and created deficit for the year Of
s2,149, 900. ~ 49,. u
Total receipts for the fiscal year
amounted to $723,782,921, while the or
binary disbursements were $6S3,699.-
692. s}~ 81
The record drinking and smoking of
the American people during the last
IL months brought the government
s3O9, Ats, 900 in interest revenue re-
ceipts, which was s16,500,000 greater
than in 1912 and one of the highest
amounts on record. The Peoria dis
trict alone collected s34,000,S94, a gain
OF $4,l32,555. -.a.
Corporation taxes yielded the gov
eminent s34,948,s70, or 65,766 more
than during the fiscal year 1912.
While custom receipts for the last
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1913-07-25
The Diaonosis.

\ Whats the matter with Jimmy that
he's laid up p n. &. I: I. N
ISL He went on q motoring trip WITH
some friends and they got on jag
NH see. A case Of auto-intoxica-
ton.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1913-07-25
Rouuh Life.

2s@. Rough Life.
'"Can you build me piano and leave
the bark on the wood?" 90 - :.
Il guess So" opined the piano man.
81 want it for my hunting lodge. We
rough it UP there, you know"
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1913-07-25
Natural Result.

~ y NatUFaI Result. =
Jack Jingles, has a swelled head"
4 And what about. a. I would like to
know" ~ t.. .t-% .,g.,ssoa.
Somebody gave it good punching
last night" RI ~
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1913-07-25

the best-informed persons in each
Observation-Disclosures, country mer-
chants, implement dealers and others
and to collect information in every
way. They make reports in every
way. They make reports monthly,
sometimes by mail and sometimes
by telegraph, and If conditions re,
quire more frequent reports they are
made. Then there are state Stats
teal agents, each Of whom reports
for his state as a whole, and main
tains corps of correspondents entire
ly independent Of those reporting d.
rectly to the department at Washing
ton. The state statistical correspond
ents report monthly to the state
agent, who cooperate and analyses
them in the light of his own knowl'
edge, and from them prepares his re-
ports to the department.
OF course, although there Is much
checking up of reports from various
sources, the final result canLot ap'
proach mathematical exactness be.
cause the whole rests on the opinions
of farmers, merchants and others,
based on such information as they
have at hand. The reports. however,
do not purport to be other than estt-
mates. To take. an agricultural GEN.
sus each year, 1t is explained, would
be out of the question because Of the
great cost. and when it Is taken the
results cannot be known for year
or more after the data are gathered.
The collection of estimates, with as
great care as possible, is made to sup
ply the demand for current informa.
ton. y (.'" -@s@
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1913-07-25
.AitruIetic

II III 3ss s AltruIstlc. # a. ~ MI 81
Rose He said he would kiss me q
II lie IA the attempt
Marie Well IS !.
Rose He has no life insurance, and
/ i pitied his poor old mother. ss II. 4
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1913-07-25

Declaring that ting trouble Of to-
day is that we are. getting away too
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1913-07-25

In the appointment Of Boaz W. Long |
to be chief OF the bureau Of Latin |
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1913-07-25

: The report that Princess Patricia OF
Conanught is betrothed to the heredi-
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1913-07-25

According to Miss Matilde Molsant,
the aviator accidents In the air do not
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1913-07-25

few months have shown decrease. as
10 characteristic Of tariff revision
period, the total for the fiscal year
reached $318,142.000, an increase Of
nearly 100000 over the previous
year. ss. "
Under the first years operation Of
the new pension law the government
paid veterans and widows $175,134.00c.
an increase Of $21.537,000.
The fiscal year closed with $164,704I-
600 In the general fund OF the treasury,
rs compared with $167,152,000 a year
ago.
Secretary McAdoo announced that
the daily treasury statement In future
would be issued in complete changed
form, designed to show at a glance
the assets and liabilities of the gov
eminent. 1t will be in the nature OF a
budget statement, with a purpose OF
indicating from day to day whether
the government revenues are progress
ing on surplus or deficit basis.
That the space used by the postal
-
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1913-07-25

Uncle Sam closed the fiscal year
1918 with surplus of sac, 0S3,229, rep
, 1913-03-27

der, but that they will soon be
ready for business.
Andrew Anderson came down
FROM the Evanston tie camp Sstur-
day to get some of his personal
effects and returned Monday. He
reports that the snow is very deep
in the timber.
Bill Sodergreen sure did look
natural saving away on his old
fiddle in his accustomed place in
the orchestra last Saturday night.
Chickens will come home to roost.
There is no place like home, is
there Bill ? Bill is no "spring"
chicken either.
, 1913-03-27
Dainty little Novelties in Neckwear
just in at The Dyer Store. (Adv.)
Easter Program.

Sunday night ut the Presbyter-
ian church a fine program raj
given in place of the regular ser
vices in the evening. The program
consisted of speaking, singing and
music. The speaking was very
good. TIL" Sunday school classes
in the different grades had little
drills and sang and spoke. Mr..
Burnett and Mr.. johnson, rend-
cred az instrumental piece on
their horns. There was a fine
choir and the entire program was
a success as we'll as being enjoyed
by the large audience.
, 1913-03-27

In the northern counties are build.
ing roads in order that thew NAV
do 50. There are perhaps other
thousands that would like to see
and perhaps invest in the Platte
valley but you must let them
know that you are on the map.
1t is probable that the road will
he built from the southern Colo.
RADIO line through Medicine Bow
and Casper into the Park, and I
am sure that the energetic boosters
OF Medicine Bow will handle your
literature. This will divert some
of the traffic that does not get into
Wyoming by way of Cheyenne.
We must get these thousands of
people into Wyoming aud we must
have your assistance.
Very truly yours,
j. d. Kilborn.
Sec Wyo. Highway Assn.
, 1913-03-27

Mrs. Olson, Mrs. Evans, Mrs.
Rruse, and Mrs. Fred Hansen
were visitors at the Dickinson
ranch last Wednesday.
John Wick went to Denver on
the Oath to purchase supplies and
new bar fixtures for the new addi-
ton that he is going to build on
the saloon. 1t seems that John is
going to do the thing right.
Mrs. Reese of Hanna is a visitor
at the Dickinson ranch.
One Of the front rooms in the
old hotel has been fitted up as a
good roads office and if you want
a good single handed good roads
lecture just even intimate that you
are interested in the subject. This
place will be open at all time and
you are invited to drop in and
make yourself at home. W. shall
try to keep copies of a great num-
Der of the state publications on
file and they are for your
Paul Wilson the chief of the
Basin company forces has gone to
| Nebraska on q visit.
John Wick informs that VIM.
Widdowfeld will have charge OF
his ranch in the future. We are
glad to have Billy and his wife in
the neighborhood, and John is to
be congratulated In having secured
them to look after his interests.
Mother Hermann and Mrs. Ed
Hermann were in the city OF the
21st doing some shopping.
On Saturday, April 9Th, the
Commercial Club will give a hare
times dance. 1t has not been def
nstely decided as to what the pri
yes will be, but we are sure tina
they will be good.
John Wick has leased the salooi
property from Mr.. Evans and vii
take charge about April LIST.
Clarence Ramsey is helping MI
Tyler on the we'll drilling outfit
at Hanna. Mr.. Tyler reports tina
on account of adverse weather con
ditions he has had rather a har'
time getting the rig working or