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Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1914-01-02
VERY ApPREcIATivE.

Senator John Sharp Williams OF
Mississippi. with an old.time collar
showing . large expanse Of throat and
with a grizzled beard of two or three
days Of age. was called to the tele.
phone in the Democratic. cloakroon
on the senate end Of the capitol one
day during the tariff a.bate: :.
This is Colonel Martin. senator"
"Howdy. Kunnel." ,..-
I'VE want you to come down to the
Cosmos club to dine with US next
Wednesday, senator"
"All right. Kunnel. be glad to be
there"
Whereupon Senator Williams hung
up that telephone, went to another
instrument and instructed his secre-
tary to indite the date for dinner In
the diary.
Half an hour later Colonel Martin
telephoned again to the Democratic
cloakroom:
II forgot to say, senator, that the
dinner Wednesday night would be In
your honor"
"Oh-er-.ah-all right" said the
senator.
And then he called up his secretary
again:
About that dinner Wednesday
night-put 1t down that it's in my
honor and l must shave"
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1914-01-02
FINDS GREAT HAPPINESS IN excepting HOUSE,

"The things that am able to do
are all directly or indirectly OF DO
nestle nature" she confessed In the
course OF the conversation. When
/ was child was weak and delicate,
SO my education was received q
home. part of the time from q tutor.
There were months when ] did no
studying at all. In this way. It seems
to me always, the foundation OF my
training was not very solid. ! never
feel that / know a great deal about
any one subject. My fund OF informa'
ton is general In character, never spe-
cialized. l have the greatest respect
for the person who knows his subject
from every standpoint.
" IT think" she smiled, that people
are the most interesting part of life
One of the reasons that Washington Is
considered such an attractive resi-
Dental city is the opportunity 1t al.
fords for meeting people Of varied
sorts in such widely different walks
of life"
Senator and Mrs. Pomerene have
been married Fl years. 1t Is only
since their marriage that Mr.. Pomer'
enc had held public office, with the
exception Of municipal positions IN
connection with his law practice IN
Canton. He was lieutenant governor
of Ohio before he came to the senate.
In the past the wife of a statesman
could help his material advancement
by keeping his house in order ana
making his friends-political or other
INTERCHANGEABLE. Nowadays another
channel is open to her. She may even
make stump speeches for him, either
actually or through the indirect
method Of talking state and national
politics along with her woman's SUI
frage. But not Mrs. Pomerene. she
is of the old-fashioned school. and she
believes-so does her husband, Tor
that matter-that her way is effective
active participation in the AFFAIRS
of a statesman-husband is not my IDEA
of the way a wife can help him most
successfully" she said emphatically'
81 believe in filling his life so COM
pletely from every angle. that his busl'
ness will be his only care"
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1914-01-02
Growth Of the Earth,

There can be no doubt that the,
earth had to 90 through stages OF
chemical and physical preparation be-
fore it became fit to be home of life;
that the physical basis of life. as We
know it here and now, could not have
been formed unless there had been IN
matter tendency to completely when
ever it got the chance-a tendency 70
build up atoms, molecules, multl-mole
cules, colloids; that the compounds Oh
carbon, with their large molecules ana
with their great power OF colloloa'
union, were we'll fitted to favor the ID
crease of structural completely, SUCH
as we see in protoplasm. 1t looks as
If inanimate nature is as 1t is win
purpose. At any rate, Professor hen-
derson brings forward cumulative e'f
dence to show that living creatures, d.
material systems, are in no wise lol'
eign to the earth, but are in the oeep
est sense congruent and SOLITARY wl'H
it.-Exchange.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1914-01-02
TRY CRANBERRY JELL BLOCK
Not a New Idea, but 1t Is One That
Has Seemingly Been Forgotten
for Some Time.

The newest thing in cranberr1es 10
cranberry jelly, made solid and st1n,
and cut in little blocks. That Is not
very new, but then styles do not
change in cranberries as they change
in skirts and bodices, and doubtless
the good old cranberry Is good enough
in the good old ways.
If you wish to serve cranberry jelly
in blocks you must make rich, solid
jelly that will hold it's shape. Pour
it while hot in fiat, square dish-a
dripping pan, if it Is enameled, for;
cranberries should never come IN con1
tact with tin as the acid in them
affects the tin. Have jelly an inch
and a half or two inches thick and
when it is cold and very hard cut 1t
with sharp thin steel knife In inch
and-a-half or two-inch squares.
This is recipe for jelly that is hard
enough to block: Wash thoroughly
quart of sound cranberries, rejecting
any that show soft spot, and being
careful to remove all stems. Put them
in a porcelain or granite saucepan
with half a cupful of hot water and
a heaping cupful of graduated sugar.
Cook them In a double boiler rather
than over the direct heat Then run
them through sieve and mold In the
fiat pan.
A good, old-fashioned rule for the
amount of sugar needed for cranberry
Jelly is this: Put in all the sugar you
can afford to use and then add another
cupful." And with very tart berries
Ihe allowance Of sugar given above
might need to be increased.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1914-01-02
AS ENGLISH MAKE PANCAKES
More Elaborate Than the American
Type, But Results Are Said to
Be Excellent.

English pancakes are not the SIM
pie wheat preparations to which
Americans are accustomed, but elab-
crate connections. Here are two
ways Of making them: &%t
For custard pancakes use the yolks
of six eggs and the whites OF two, .
grated nutmeg. wineglass OF bran
dy, pint Of cream, with sugar to
taste. Pass the eggs. when beaten,
through q sieve into basin, shake
in the -four and mix 1t with the eggs.
Add the nutmeg. sugar. and cream,
stir all well, add the brandy, then the
whites. beaten to snow. Pour the
mixture into a small shallow pie dish
and set 1t in a moderately heated
oven.
When 1t is done and cold cut It into
slices and then dip each slice into q
batter made with cream, eggs. Hour
and a little grated ginger. Fry them
in boiling lard, drain them and SEND
them to the table garnished with half
lemons and powdered sugar.
Lancashire pancakes take trouble
to make, but are worth the effort.
Take the yolks of ten eggs and the
whites OF five, quart Of cream, six
tablespoons of -four. two wineglasses
Of brandy. one grated nutmeg. a quar-
ter of a pound Of Brazil nuts and the
same weight Of sugar. SO -
Beat the yolks and pass them
through a sieve upon the -four In q
basin. Stir in the cream and grated
nutmeg, then the butter, which has
been warmed; then the brandy. Add
a pinch of salt, the nut meats sliced
as thin as possible. and lastly the
whites whipped to snow. Fry the
pancakes in heated butter as thin as
a crown piece. Dish about six, one
upon another, busting sugar between
them. Serve with half oranges and
powdered sugar.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1914-01-02
INCREASED PRODUCTION.

A cablegram from the international
institute of agriculture, Rome, Italy,
has been received by the United
States department of agriculture. con.
tanning the following information:
The total production this year In
the countries named below (the prin'
cipal producing countries Of the north
ern hemisphere), of wheat is SO per
cent more, Of barley rs per cent.
more, and of oats 0S per cent more
than produced in the same countries
last year: Prussia, Belgium, Den.
mark, Spain, France, Great Britain
and Ireland, Hungary, Italy, Luxem-
burg, Netherlands, Roumania, Russia
in Europe (63 governments), Switzer-
land, Canada, United States, India,
Japan, Russia in Asia (ten govern.
ments), Algeria and Tunis.
For European Russia the prelim1-
nary figures of production this year
are, all wheat S3S million bushels,
barley $50 million, oats. 1,1O1 million.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1914-01-02
JUST LIKE THAT!

Representative James r. Mann of
Illinois, the Republican leader Of the
house, is the target for many shots
from the Democratic side. He usually
returns as good measure as is sent.
Recently Representative Thomas of
Kentucky asked for opportunity to
make a speech.
. "In order to enlighten the darkened
intellect of the gentleman from ILL.
nois, ask that may have thirty min.
utes in which to address the house,
said Mr. Thomas.
"Mr. Speaker" cried Mr. Mann,
jumping up, II think the gentleman
from Kentucky ought to have forty
i've minutes, or an hour, at least, If he
Is going to try to give US any informa'
ton"
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1914-01-02
Green Pea Cnoquettes.

Boil the peas tender in enough salt
ed water just to cover them, put
through the vegetable press, beat to
a paste with tablespoonful of butter
and two of flour, pepper and salt to
taste, set over the fire in double boil
er and when hot through add well.
beaten egg and cook for one minute.
Set aside until the mixture is stiff and
cold, then make into croquettes. Roll
these IN beaten egg and fine crumbs
and let them stand in cold place or
on the ice for half an hour before fry
ing them to a delicate brown In deep
fat. Drain on brown paper In COL
ander before sending to the table.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1914-01-02
ACCOMPLISHED WIFE OF new Y0RK'S MAYOR

in action she is essentially an artist
in living. Yet she is a deep student
of social affairs. She reads inces-
sanity and there hasn't been a single
phase of the political revolution in
which her husband was involved In
which she was not thoroughly in
formed. She was consequently able
to consult with him and TO advise,
her keen perception intuitiv-iy going
to the heart of things. And John
Purroy Mitchell generally takes her
advice.
Mrs. Mitchell is twenty-four and was
married at twenty. Her husband has
been so busy that the happy couple,
who by the way first met at dance,
have not had time until the present to
take their honeymoon and they are
now at Panama on the first real vaca-
ton they have had together. On sew
eral occasions, however, Mrs. Mitchell
accompanied her husband on short
hunting trips, for Mr. Mitchell likes
the wilds and Mrs. Mitchell is as fond
of outdoors as the newly-elected may
or. Mrs. Mitchell is somewhat OF an
athlete, besides, and to this diversion
she owes much of the erectness and
gracefulness of her figure.
Therefore, Mrs. Is busy woman.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1914-01-02
WHOLE STATE SOLD
Manuscript in New York ubrarv
Tells Of Transfer. :
Mirrors Part Of Price, Also r,v..
Horses, Cattle, Paint and s12s IN
eiuded In Payment to Indian,
'< by Land Company. .&

The first real estate transfer in IT.
state occurred in 1878. The whole s...
was sold. The price, paid to MINUS S'e
OF Indian chiefs by English promo,ssa
was $1.25. q dozen horses. a dozen o..
tie, three dozen looking glasses ma Y
lot Of tobacco, Dress kettles. verm,,,.'
knives, gun powder, breechcloths ans
blankets. ""u
These facts wre testified to in n co,
temporary manuscript included in IN.
private library Of the last Cbarla.
Henry Ward Of New York city. Tho II.
brary will be sold at auction in Nsw
York on Friday Of this week,
The manuscript is the record. hoot
OF The United Illinois and Ouabacbs
Land companies" and contains tran.
scripts of deeds to Several Large and
Fertile Tracts Of Land on the Rivers
Messissipy, Illinois, Ohio and Oua.
bache and their Branches and Wa.
ters," subscribed to by the chiefs and
sachems Of the various tribes of thu
Illinois and Piankashaw Indians, dat.
ed respectively at Kaskaskia and port
st. Vincent, 1773 and ITS.
It contains also other historica,
records of the companies resolutions
and other transactions. 1t consists ot
40 folio pages, closely written.
The Large and Fertile Tracts
which were conveyed comprise all Of
what Is now the state of Illinois. They
were sold to William Murray and bis
associates, who were the promoters Of
the land company.
The manuscript also gives contem.
porary testimony as to the meaning
Of the word Chicago, mentioning Chi.
cagou or Garlick Greek" in its de-
scription Of the property sold.
The tracts conveyed were bounded
by "Haron Creek, Hilly Plains, Crab.
tree Plains, Big Buffalo Hoofs, seven
leagues or Whereabouts to the Ohio
and Messissipy; also from the mouth
Of the Illinois River to Chicagou or
Garlick Creek-thence to an ancient
battlefield and two remarkable hills
as well as the Foggy Spring and the
White Buffalo Plain" and so on
In the manuscript is included resolu-
tons respecting the laying out Of
towns and plantations at the junction
of the Mississippi and Ohio the Qua
bache (Wabash) and Ohio, and the
Illinois and Mississippi rivers, with
directions as to the making of streets,
alleys and public buildings and the
manner of drawing lots and the terms
to settlers.
The establishment of civil and mill.
tary authority is provided for, also
the sale of the company's shares in
Europe and the increasing of the hold
ings of certain officers of the Revo1u-
tionary army, Baron Steuben, General
Wayne, General st. Clair and others T.
The volume records the earliest at
tempt on the part OF the whites to set
tie Chicago and the state of Illinois.
As congress legislated the land COM
pany out of existence in 1901, 1t 10
probable that few, If any, other of Its
manuscript records survive. 81
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1914-01-02
JOHN J. ESCH IS LAUREATE OF The HOUSE

What subterranean power. now at rest
Beneath the Caribbean's storm ridden
breast,
Caused thee to use with dangerous shore
Athwart our course from days of yore?-
Navassa.
Tell us the tragedies Of thy rocks;
Can one be guNtless who ever mocks
The prayers Of those in stress and pain
Who thought to shun thee, but in vain?-
Navassa.
Inhospitable thou art, and to be feared
AS much as those embattled rocks that
reared
Their rugged fronts at far-off Roncador
Or at Manlla's sentry at Corregidor-
Navassa.
Soon may thy reign Of terror end
And welcome lights their rays extend
To gladden. the weary, storm-tossed sail
or's sight
On ships that pass by In the night-Na-
vassa.
The bill for the lighthouse on Ma
vassa Isle passed the house, carrying
a good appropriation for this work.
And now when Xhe beams CLINT out
across the billowy deep from this
storm-bound isle the mariner will have
to bless John J. Esch.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1914-01-02
Few SAILING Vessels Lett.

The passing of the sailing Vesse, -
demonstrated better than any otnel
way by the figures secured from 'ne
port of Hongkong. Just one sa'llns
ship entered Hongkong in the we.
1912, as compared with 6SS, one.loulm
Of the total entries, in 1876. No sai'
Ing ship of European type is now ~
gagged in regular trade to HonsAons
and even Chinese 1unks are oeins w. ".
bed of local business by power vesDs's
of various kinds. In the nscai ~
ended Jupe 30, slightly over foul p
cent. of the tonnage entering p%n
of the United States from 1oles
countries represented sailing VessS :.
while in 1884 such ships maoe =
more than AZ per cent. Of the tota' - :.
tries.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1914-01-02
UNDER new NAMES
Miuhy Extravagant Claims Made
for Old Plants.
ospartmsnt Of Agriculture Warns
Assinst Certain Class OF Advsreis
eC-Nhat The Shahon Pea and
Giant Stock Bean Arr.

7 Washington.-There has recently
been considerable amount Of adver-
ttsing, by the press and otherwise.
of two beans for which highly extrava-
Gant claims are made, and for the seed
OF which axorbitant prices are being
asked. One of these Is being advertis-
Cd under the name Of the Shahon pea,
with the absurd claim that on three
and one-half acres this plant produced
10 tones of hay and $50 bushels OF
seed.
Tho Shahon pea Is nothing more
nor less than the plant properly known
q the Asparagus bean, or Yard-long
bean. It Ia . close relative OF the
cowpea-in fact, by most botanists
considered . mere variety. In expert
mental tests with upwards Of 20 va
r1eties Of Asparagus bean, this de-
partment reached the conclusion that
none Of them could possibly compete
with the better varieties Of cowpeas
Is . forage crop. The stems, as
rule. are much more slender and vim
ing, and the long pods, which lie on
the ground, cannot be harvested by
machinery. None Of these 20 varieties
Is as productive, either in heritage or
in pods, as the better varieties OF COW
peas.
The Asparagus bean derives its
name from the fact that the young
green pods, when used as vegetable,
have somewhat the flavor OF aspara-
gus. As 8 vegetable, the Asparagus
bean may come into somewhat more
general use than it has in the past,
but as forage crop it has but little
merit Seed OF the Shahon pea, which
apparently is the commonest variety
of Asparagus bean-namely, that hav-
ing pinkish-buff seeds-is offered by
the advertisers at IS per pound. The
same variety Is offered by seedsmen
tn France, where the bean Is more or
less commonly grown. for rs cents
pound.
Another plant which has been thor
oughly tested, both by the department
and the experiment stations-namely
the Jack beams also being extraVa-
gantly advertised under the name OF
the Giant Stock Pod bean, or the Wa
TAXA bean, the seed being quoted at
SIS per bushel. This bean has been
fully treated of in bureau of plant in
dustry circular No. 10. which can be
obtained from the department free up
on request. While the Jack bean pro-
duces an enormous amount Of beans
per acre, they are not relished by
stock, and no satisfactory means OF
utilizing them has yet been discov-
cred.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1914-01-02
Just Outside.

Just Outside.
Two darby women Of Baltimore met
on the street the other day and the
following conversation ensued:
why, Mrs. Bolts, amt seen you
for l don't know, how long. De last
time calls at your house dere's sign
on it For Rent Has you-all moved?"
Eyes. Mrs. Brown, we's moved. My
old man got tired livin' in all do noise
an hustle Of de city, an so we goes
away out in the sububs"
What direction does you go?''
1--WE goes northwest"
"And jest where is you located"
I'VE is located in a new neighbor
hood, Mrs. Brown. It's kinder hard to
describe it exactly; but if had a map
Of de city here could shcw you. We
lives just about half an inch outside
de city limits"
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1914-01-02

by an official inspection which results
In certificates being issued only to
owners OF disease-free crops. Such =
plan for the United States would be
better II carried out by the coopera-
ton Of potato growers associations.
the state experiment stations and the
United States department Of agricul-
ture. rather than through legal en-.
actment
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1914-01-02
Brave Preacher.

George Wharton Pepper, the well.
known Philadelphia, said in one Of
the eloquent and fearless addresses
that marked the general convention Of
the Episcopal church in New York:
"The only successful preacher is the
brave preacher. There are too many
preachers who, before they will throw
a stone at sin, look to see who is
hiding under 1t" g.,
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1914-01-02
New Works Mines.

New York is q more important ~.
ing state than California. A co 0.,s
spondent Of the Engineering ana v M
ing Journal points out that new IN ~
and New Jersey combined wiz a..
area Of $4,000 square miles, make e. ~
nually an output of mineral prou th.t
exceeding in tonnage and value ssE "A. Am
Of California, with an area OF l0, Nv
square miles. Furthermore, ~ w. =
York's mineral industries arc those NJ
much more varied nature than INA a,ud.
of any of the western states j., 'ns s.lt,
ing well-established business IL M "a
gypsum, tale, graphite, iron 0'o' :
troleum and other things.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1914-01-02
Both Farmer and Marble PLAYER.


What is your .occupation?" asked
James E. Watson, when Cassius King
was testifying in case on trial in
the circuit court at Rushville.
Il am a farmer" replied Mr.. King,
who lives in Milroy.
We'll, but have you, any other oc.
cupation?" persisted Mr.. Watson, in
attempting to bring out that he dealt
in stock.
Besides being q farmer" an.
swered the witness, II am a marble
player. 4,
Milroy has already achieved fame
as the center Of the marble playing
sport in Indiana. 1t is only outdoor
sport of the summer and the only in
door sport of the winter that holds
any interest for Milroy.-1ndianapolis
News.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1914-01-02

visitor hired native to help pack up
AS they were engaged in boxing
shelf OF books the ,mountainetr re-
marked: Somehow All neyah k<eret
much fob books; but" b. 70
sumed after thoughtful pause. al
can't read, an mebbe that had sumpin
to do with II" 55,5s
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1914-01-02
IMPROVED VARIETIES OF PoTA.
TOES.

American progress In the develop
ment of improved varieties Of pota-
toes has not been satisfactory as COM
pared withs the progress Of leading
European Countries. is the statement
OF the bureau Of plant industry OF the
department Of agriculture in Depart
ment Bulletin No. ~, Lessons for
American Potato Growers From Ger
man Experiences"
The best European varieties possess
. better flavor, color and texture, par
ticularly for boiling and frying, but
these do not succeed when introduced
into the United States. II private
growers would engage in this work
as they have in Great Britain, Ger.
many and Austria, they would find 1T
q fascinating industry and would un.
doubtedly make notable achievements.
In America we have much to &C.
compiish in breeding potato with
greater starch content. Our potatoes
are now lower than the German va
rieties by from four to eight Per cent.
Our climatic conditions in America
are so diverse that we need varieties
OF potatoes adapted to special local1-
ties, Particularly do we need heat
resistant strain that can more sue
cessfully Withstand the high summer
Temperatures. Disease resistance Is
another quality that has been bred
into certain foreign sorts, but is SO
lacking in ours that we have to quar-
antine absolutely. certain foreign
types that might bring disease with
them.
l. The breeding Of potatoes for diff
ferent kinds Of cooking might even
be found profitable. A variety spe-
cially suited for baking is needed; an
other for frying; close-textured
ituber is In some demand for salads.
The housewife today finds 1t neces-
sary to waste much good material in
preparing her potatoes for the table,
particularly the irregular, deep-eyed
sorts.
The use Of commercial fertilizers
universally in Germany, is unknown
in our western potato districts. Ger
tain of our districts in Maine, New
York, and the Atlantic trucking belt
have already found 1t to their profit
Ito use more fertilizer and potato
growing Is most prosperous in these
|sections. This should become more
universal. .."
Crop rotation is Of fundamental i'm
.iportance to the potato crop in con-
trolling diseases and maintaining pro-
Iduction, but in the United States only
}|the beginning of an ordered system
MAS been made. Germany has a rota'
ttion Of from three to seven years be.
tween potato crops. Nor has the i'm,
portance Of green manuring yet been
q fully appreciated in this country.
i The problem OF securing disease
free iced has been met in Germany
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1914-01-02

Mrs. Auee Pomer
enc, wife Of the
Democratic senar
tor from Ohio,
Is decidedly up-to-
date and alert.
This seems a par
adoxical state, for
1t is generally &C
cepted that up-to-
dateness m 9 q n Q
advocacy OF at
least one of these
m o d ern move
ments. Mrs. Pom
creme says en-
phatically that 1t
isn't because she
decries the assert
iveness Of modern
women that she