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Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1914-09-04
Fla and Nut jelly.

Wash a cup OF pulled figs in cold
water. Put over slow fire with two
cups of cold water and stew figs un-
til tender. Skim out figs and to the
Juice add one-half cup Of sugar and
boil until it is like thin syrup there
should be one cup of liquid). Chop
figs and one-quarter cup of shelled
pecans not very fine. Soak one-half
box Of gelatin in one cup Of cold wa
ter for half an hour. TO the gelatin
add one-half teaspoonful Of lemon
juice, and to the fig syrup add one
half cup of boiling water. Strain
through fine sieve or piece Of cheese
cloth. When nearly set add nuts and
figs Turn into molds and set in cool
place for three hours. Serve with
whipped cream.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1914-09-04
National Parka.

There are in the entire country
twenty national parks-Yellowstone;
Hot Springs, Ark; National Zoo Park,
Washington, D. c.; Chickamauga and
Chattanooga, Ga. and Tenn: Antie.
tam, Nd; Rock Creek, D. c.; SeQuoia,
CAL; General Grant, CAL; Yosemite,
CAL; Shiloh, Tenn; Gettysburg, Pa;
vicksburg, Miss; Mount Rainier,
Wash; Crater Lake, Ore; Plat,
Okla; Wind Cave, 8. D.; Sully's Hill,
N. D.; Mesa Verde, Colo; Glacier,
Mont. The Yellowstone, Mont, and
Wyo, has an area of 2,142,720 acres.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1914-09-04
The Same Fish.

James Dillon of the county courts
and Attorney James N. Linton ~en'
fishing several weeks ago up In norm.
ern Michigan. The first day tney
started out in different directions ano
at the close a comparison OF 10
suits showed that Judge Billion mao
one nice big fish, while Linton mao
nothing to speak of. The next Gay
they started out again in different or
rections and when they returned Inv
tables were reversed. 49,,
but to be honest with you. JUL
said Judge Dillon, that nsh ".
caught today isn't as big a. the on'
caught yesterday"
That's funny" laughed Lihton.
"This fish l have IL. the one "
caught yesterday."-Co1umbia D''
patch.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1914-09-04
Confirmation.

At a recent meeting Of the founs'.
Set Suffrage club, 9 member maoe
sensational announcement.
"Girls," she said, have you no'. =
the news? Well, Bobbie 10 gong =
be married" 80.
"Bobbie who's" chorused the otne'
"Why, don't you know! hoDei
Hicks LeBonne." -,
mo? When was 1t announceu'
1T wasn't announced. It's Only
rumor. But it must be true" -.
"What do you mean It must "
true"
HE has started taking lessons 49, ~
COOKING school" -Cleveland fia'N
Dealer. sg
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1914-09-04
GINGERBREAD Without Butter.

Beat three eggs we'll, then add one
and one-half cupfuls of molasses and
three quarters of cupful each Of
sour milk and brown sugar. Sift a
of ginger and one tea
spoonful each of cinnamon, baking
powder and soda with three cupfuis
of -four. Stir into the liquid mixture.
pour into a shallow pan and bake in
moderate oven about forty minutes.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1914-09-04

and goddess men nothing evil is I'M
possible. 1t may be, of course, that
some half-crazed archduke or some
harassed minister of state shall half
knowing give the signal for Europe's
confiagration. In fact, the agreed
signal has been given more than once
within the last few months. The finder
is we'll dried and laid in such way
as to make the worst of this catas-
trophe.
Behind the sturdy forms of the
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1914-09-04
Carries Fever.

Carries Fever. 49,,
Details Of the new disease carrier
discovered by Professor Townsend Of
Lima have been announced. 1t is q
small, moth-like, hairy nudge Of the
genus Phlebotomus. This fly runs
well, but moves sluggishly In flight,
carrying its wings over it's head, and
on coming to rest it folds wings back
slantingly, like the roof Of q house.
a II lays its eggs in dark crevices.
They hatch in week into cylindrical
larvae. living In stagnant water and
AAoayinx vegetation, and these pass n
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1914-09-04

Large Country Without Railroad.
@. n. Keys tells in the Worlds
Work OF q territory. In the Orient
larger than the United States in
which there is not a single mile Of
railroad. From the eastern end OF
the Caspian a railroad runs through
Turkestan, with q branch to the Dor
der OF Afghanistan. Beyond this
stretches for thousands Of miles. Tar
into China. region IA which there 10
not mile OF railroad east west north
q scuth. II supports population m,
Hsater than that OF this Sountry.;
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1914-09-04

lovingly laid out for them to eat and
the English sparrows lovingly laying
Themselves out to eat them, the life
Of perfectly sweet little army worm
n fast becoming one riotous night.
mare. despite the fact that SO far the
regiments of them have been uniform
ly successful in their raids upon the
choice grasses Of the city.
This state of affairs shall not always
continue, aver the poison squad men.
Armed with their force pump, wagon
and a long hose line that looked like
the great granddaddy Of all army
worms, the poison squad descended
upon some of the parks where the
worms were getting a square meal.
and proceeded to give them something
to drink.
This something to drink" was fire
water" to the army~worms. The first
lick Of it made them wiggle two wig.
giles to the second; at the second
draft they went right up in the air,
and In the last scene that ends this
tragedy the army worms were reQuis-
eating in PAGES. If you know what
that means. The army worms didn't
They didn't know anything at all, pore
Ill army worms. They wuz all dead
.ah.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1914-09-04
Lettuce Hint.

To remove the leaves of head Of
lettuce without tearing them. tear or
cut out the stalk so that the ends OF
the leaves are free, and plunge head
downward into cold water. After re-
naming there five or ten minutes the
water will fill in between the leaves
so that they will readily fall apart.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1914-09-04

anu various IuIcI'
pretations to place
on the life and &C.
tons Of Princess
Zita, future en-
press of Austria,
but to peasants Of
Tuscany, among
whom she passed
twenty Of her
twenty-five years
OF life, there will
be no change Of
opinion. For them
Princess Zita al
ways will be just
as much of a saint
as it is . possible
for a human being
to be, a verftable
daughter and sue
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1914-09-04

how entirely Ii IN
a piece OF states.
craft on his part.
rather than Q re-
luctant surrender
to an overwhelm-
ing popular de-
mand, 10 striking
ly shown by the
manner in which
his casting down
the gauntlet to
Seryia, and indi.
rectly to Russia,
took not only all
Europe, but even
his own country.
men, by surprise.
The outburst of
public indignation
in Austria against
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1914-09-04

starr } O < q g. n,
Americas distin-
guished peace ad-
vocate, said in his
recent book, War
and Waste"
What shall we
say of the great
war of Europe
ever threatening,
ever impending,
and which never
comes? We shall
say that it will
never come. HUI
namely speaking,
it is impossible.
Not in the
physical sense, Of
course, for with
weak reckless
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1914-09-04
Chief Justice
Whites Dog.

Here are markets awaiting develop
ment, and some day they will be
opened to trade, but International
jeaiousies today block the possible en-.
terprise OF private capital that might
bring many millions of people within
range Of civilization and commerce.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1914-09-04

Sery1a DacK 10
health is being
made by an Amer
an WON a n.
NJ m 9. Grouitch,
the wife Of Slavic
Grouitch, assist
ant. secretary OF
foreign affairs of
Seryia. =.
. Nine. Grouitch
was Miss Mabel
Dunlop OF Clarks.
burg, W. Va, and
q frequent and
popular visitor to
w q 9 in 6 t o n,
where hosts of
former ,acQuaint-
ances remember
her,
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1914-09-04

cessor of st. Zita, patron saint of the
city of Lucca, after whom, in fact, the
princess was named.
This Is tire universal sentiment at
the childhood home of Zita, following
the assassination Of Archduke Ferdi-
nand and his wife, which made the
Princess Zita and Karl Franz, her hus-
band, direct successors to the throne
of Austria. The life and antecedents
of Princess Zita are strange indeed,
but the peasants of Tuscany have
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1914-09-04
Sounds, Like Il

Redd--I hear an, automobile was
built in II minutes and put on the
road in 10, at a test conducted at .
factory in Manchester, England.
Greene-Wonder II this was the one
which broke down in four minutes and
reached the scrap-heap in 16 minutes.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1914-09-04
Battle Waged
On Army Worm.

.. invading hordes,
Battle Waged after the battle Of
IN Army Worm Fifteenth street,
with the sparrows
Of that vicinity, IN which fray over
enc million Of the worms we're en-
tombed in natural airships.. attached
the parks south Of the bureau of en-
craving and printing, and began to
run amuck on the lawns In front Of
the municipal building.
Now. nobody is allowed to run
smuck on the lawns in front of the
municipal building. Angel. man, dog
o. army worm. none - allowed to ca
wort and prance at will on the we'll
kept sward Of the municipal building.
In the drst place. its. . pretty lawn.
and in the second place it gives the
Do,icemen something to do, to chase
men and worms OF the grass. 1t WAS
General Coxey. who was told to get
OF the grass" twenty years ago in this
city, and 1t was the army worms who
we're told to get OF the grassland
stay oil, confound you-the other day.
Anybody or any worm who or that
gets on the grass around this here"
city does 20 at his or it's peril. Men
who trespass should beware of the
police department, and worms who
vtggle should keep their ears open
and their mouths shut, for the poison
squad of the department Of public
buildings and grounds is on the Job.
IT'S 4 short but 4 gay life for the
army worms. What with the poison
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1914-09-04
Fried Scallop0.

Parboil In hot, sailed water for five
minutes; drain and set them upon ice
to get cold and firm. Roll them in
salted -four. next in beaten eggs. then
in fine bread crumbs. Set on ice for
half an hour and fry in deep. boiling
fat which has been gradually heated
to the boil.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1914-09-04
Ia Keen Peanut Butter Moist.

To Keep Peanut Butter Moist.
Always keep the peanut butter jar
turned upside down when on the cup.
board shelf, which insures the last Of
1t being as oily as the first instead Of
dry and hard, as is usually the case
when 1t stands upright.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1914-09-04

For Mortar and Paint Spots.
To remove mortar and paint spots
from window glass rub the mortar
with hot sharp vinegar and tho paint
with turpentine and sand. r, .$s.>..5
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1914-09-04
To Test Bread Dough.

To test light bread dough and make
sure as to whether 1t has risen suf-
ficiently for baking, press the finger
in the dough. II the hole remains
the dough is in proper condition: II
the dough rises and fills the indenta.
ton this shows that it is In a condi.
ton to continue rising.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1914-09-04

Bulgarian farmers turks the sinister
figure of Russian intrigue. Russia and
Austria, careless OF their neighbors,
careless Of obligations, find in this
their opportunity. And the nations of
Europe in their degree are bound to
one or the other of these malcontents.
Neither Russia nor Austria can be
trusted to keep the peace even in her
own interest, for both, through debt
abroad and discomfort at home, are in
a condition of perpetual crisis.
Should all Europe rush into war,
the expense would be about $50,000.-
900 a day, a sum to be greatly In
creased with the sure rise Of prices.
THE table OF Richet (here trans
lated from francs to dollars) deserves
most careful attention:
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1914-09-04
CLEANING Oriental Rugs.

Cleaning Oriental Rugs.
Oriental rugs may be cleaned very
we'll with the aid Of a vacuum cleaner.
as 1t does not pull out the nap, as beat
ing is apt to do. The cleaner should.
however, be rolled up and down tho
rug with the nap rather than across.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1914-09-04

eight weeks into pupae, which burst
In two weeks, letting out the perfected
flies.
The: flies are scattered throughout
tropical and sub.tropical regions.
One species is now found to be the
carrier Of Seven days fever" which
occurs where this fly is found. 'r
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1914-09-04
Real Glass.

Summer Visitor-Any gentle"
farmers located hereabouts! ~,
Native-Lots of EN-! Why ~ -.
narson's last donation party ne g..
fnr coat. a six-cylinder car ana 8 w.
rel of gasoline.-Puck. .'@%#S.&
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1914-09-04
Cruel.

. 'r am going to try and se' .od ",e
very ugly girl over there, c0I ~ tha,
"What do you want 70 W
for7" i. counta
"Then maybe she'll change s
nance"
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1914-09-04
unaccountahle.

"Queer about this tainted water
supply business" ~ ,,,--.......
How is 1t queer? Pr
"That well water makes people
sick."
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1914-09-04

Chief Justice White has a dog
named Mike. which is Just dog, accord
ing to the Chief
Chief Justice Justice, but the
Whites Dog. finest dog OF his
lived!" Representative Kent, of Cali
fornia, has another finest dog Of his
kind" to which he is devoted with u
responsibility that borders on SELF
sacrifice. Thus when some of his
friends insisted upon his lingering on
the cool and comfortable heights of
roof garden the other night, after they
had dined, he resolutely declined, be-
cause he had to 60 home. ~
But you're alone. the house is emp
ty, why 90 homer q. -. =,
That's Just it, replied Mr.. Kent,
the house IL empty. and my dog viii!
be lonesome; he hates to stay alone.
that dog!" -, -.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1914-09-04
seed IN Cans.

Empty baking powder cans are ex.
cellent to keep vegetable seed. such
az sweet corn, beans. etc, from being
destroyed BY mice or bugs. 4.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1914-09-04
His status,

"That lazy boarder Of yours IL busy
enough with gossip about the rest. "
oh. no; he's not Q gossiR NJ
merely ~ Idle room0s. 4,
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1914-09-04

In the years to come, the world at
large may have various things to say
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1914-09-04

Representative c. H. Sloan Of Ne
braska is from the land of big farms
farms whose corn
Reminded Him Of fields run along a
a Public Domain. railroad some
times for ten
miles, while in its wheatfelds several
German principalities could be lost.
So Sloan is used to taking big view
of things, as we'll as viewing things
from the standpoint OF a homestead
ef.
During this warm weather the Sc
curing Of a good attendance in the
house has been q difficult job. and the
frequent three rings for call to the
house is common over In the Offices.
One day recently Sloan went over to
the chamber to find but few men
there. All around were rows on rows
OF empty seats, with only few cases
Of members in a desert Of desks. 1t
reminded Sloan Of his big quarter
sections out in the bounding prairies.
So he rose to his feet.
"Mr. Chairman, he said, 4 nave
look ed around on the vast unoccupied
area in this house, and. not desiring
to raise question of no quorum, wish
to submit a parliamentary inquiry"
1.-THE gentleman will state II" re-
sponded the chair.
Il wish to ask, Mr.. Chairman con-
tinued Sloan, "if it would be proper to
make filing for a homestead on the
great unoccupied public domain in this
chamber"
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1914-09-04
IA, % sure.

TO 30 sure. !
"Do you think forcible feeding Il
.crusl?'
u should think It would be very
cruel II the person fed were already
full I'll.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1914-09-04

To what extent Count Berchtold is
for the great war. and
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1914-09-04

One of those very peculiar cases, OF
which two or three have come to the
notice of scien-
Infected With lists recently, is
the state depart
ment. 1t is found that very efficient
officer in the navy Is said to be
typhoid germ carrier. He is apparent
" in the best Of health, has fine rec
ord, but his medical examination indi-
safes that his association with officers
in the service has developed a number
of typhoid cases, following his assign
ment to duty on ship.
The medical officers took every pre-
caution for the sanitation of the ship
upon which the officer was serving
and could find no source in which
typhoid could originate. Finally. upon
examination of the officer in question
It was shown that he was infected
with typhoid germs. He is now taking
treatment from specialists in New
York with the hope that the germs
can be expelled from his system.
II he is not cured the department
may be compelled to retire him, al
though he IL otherwise dt for duty.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1914-09-04
NINE. GRoUITCH ISSUES A CALL FOR NURSES

The call for arms-fair arms-who
will nurse the wounded soldiers OF
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1914-09-04
100000 A DAY COST OF EUROPEAN WAR

The general European war lends
interest to what DR.. David
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1914-09-04

Secretary of the Interior Lane very
severely disciplined young patent
attorney the 9th
Patent Attorney or day. The doc
Is Disciplined. nments IN IN the
rated among the governments most
valuable possessions. They are in
adequately housed. most of them on
wooden shelves, setting along q wide
open corridor, where tiny spark from
a cigarette or cigar would fire the pa
pers ALMOST ready for spontaneous
combustion and send the whole bloom
ing thing up In; flames. One OF the
severest rules of the patent office,
that for the protection against fire,
IL always rigidly enforced. This par
ticular young man who knew the rule,
but who wanted to evade 1t, just ex-
actly as We want to evade all rules
and regulations, struck match, light
ed his cigar, and left the building.
The Waterman reported the matter
to Secretary Lane and he did the rest.
He ordered that the attorney be de-
MED the privilege Of the building for
30 days, and If he had made 1t 80
years nobody would have objected.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1914-09-04

esting the National Red Cross in the
Balkan war, in which she served as
nurse by the side of Queen Eleanore
Of Bulgaria. r45 :. i
At present she il in London, where
she as vivacious and winsome Amer.
lean has won the admiration OF Lon.
doners to her husband, the Servian
diplomatist
She is organizing a volunteer corps
Of surgeons and war nurses Of Eng.
fish and American men and women,
and will go into the field herself to
nurse the Serbs. A dispatch received
from Nine. Grouitch by friend in
Washington, who wishes her name
kept from publicity, states that she
was on her way to Sils-Maria, Enga-
dine, Switzerland. to organize and
await the call Of deld duty.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1914-09-04

The last visit of Nine. Grouitch to
America was for the purpose of inter
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1914-09-04
Few Hesitate.

-a Few Hesitate.
Hardly any man puts of until to.
morrow the foolish thing he wishes to
do today.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1914-09-04

The army worms continue their vic
toriou6 conquest Of WASHINGTON. Th.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-08
ACCUSE MAYOR OF INSULT
Pounds, Connolly and Marks IN
Arms Over Paving Decision.

Borough Presidents Pounds o. BROOK
IN. Connolly Of queen. and Marks OF
Manhattan agreed yesterday that the att
tuds OF Controller Prendergast and Mayor
Mitchell IN cutting their power in tho mat
ts- q street psvenents was wrong.
Mr Pounds was most emphatic.
The opposition OF the Controller TO me
expenditure Of mcney for street repaNinS
work Il based on ignorance. or something
worse" Doc SAID. 81 also consider IS re-
mark about the propriety Of having the
Borough Presidents sitting in the board
and voting on appropriations which they
are goirg 10 spend Themselves TO be an IN
cut pure and simple
II the Controllers suggestion is carried
out" said President Connolly. most pub
Ec improvements 10 the borcughs payable
by assessments viii have 10 DO aban-
coned"
Borough President MARKS said that
S3oco should be spent for street pave
ment in Manhattan this year.
10 I. economical Tor the city and
economical Tor every citizen that We pro-
'ee1 with the utmost regularity and ell
'eney in our repawng work" he added.
10 10 ny purpose ~ combat every need
"ss expense. but intend 10 eight Just as
sssressiycly for every outlay In the dircc-
Won oi true. bread economy
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-08
ROMANCE REUNITES PAIR
Both Once Married, E. P. Gavit
and Mrs. Marie Cooke Wed.

Erastus Palmer Gayit, president OF the
Municipal Gas Company of Albany, ana
his childhood companion, Mrs. Marie Tur-
ner Cooke, got a license yesterday at the
City Hall and were married q few hours
later I'm the Brick Presbyterian Church by
the Rev. DR.. William p. Merrill. The
bride is the daughter of Major Emory s.
Turner, president OF the Anderson Art
Galleries
The bridegroons first wife was the only
daughter OF the late Anthony y. Brady.
She was killed two years ago in the New
Haven wreck at Westport. Mrs. Gayit,
the bride OF yesterday. obtained a divorce
from her former husband in April, 1909,
in Colorado.
The couple were born within a few
miles of each other, and their childhood
acquaintance was renewed only after Mrs.
Cooke obtained a divorce from her hus-
band. Only close friends and relatives
attended the wedding The couple left the
city for short trip through the South.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-08
URGES F0SDICK FOR P.S. C..
Malone Thinks Appointment
Would Win Confidence.

Collector Malone, who left town YES
tcrday for three weeks tour Of the
West Indies on the steamer Pastores of
the United Fruit Company's line. said
he had written TO Governor Glvnn urg-
ing the appointment Of Raymond 3. Eos
dick. former Commissioner Of Accounts.
for Public Service Commissioner in this
district, TO succeed john T.. Eusts.
lie also urged the Governor ito lead
tho fight for the adoption Of the five
amendments submitted TO him by the
National Democratic Club to add safe
guards to the present primary law"
Speaking OF his recommendation or
Mr.. Fosdick, Mr.. Malone said
His nomination BY Governor Glynn
for this most important Office would. in
my judgment, win the complete conf
dence OF the thinking people OF New
York City without regard to partisan
ship
II was reported Yesterday that the name
OF George T. Hayes. a lawyer. OF No. Ill
Broadway and Riverialc has been sug-
sested TO the Governor to succeed Eustis
The commission is in deadlock over sew
ersl matters, and IL Is necessary 10 fill
the fifth place at as early date as pos
Sble.