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Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-02-12
TO DEATH IN OCEAN. \.
Pathetic, Yet in a Sense Ora.
matte, Suicide.
mo Work, No Hope, No USE" Wrote
California Man Before Swimming
to Oblivion In the Waters Of
the Pacific.

With Sc and watch, s. H. Eek.
hart. 4Ol2 Compton avenue, Los An
peles could find no hope in life. So
he went out to sea at Venice and no
one has seen him come back, and his
clothes and his watch and the IS were
left behind in one Of the bathhouse
dressing rooms. '.9.
No one knows his trade or his iden-
tity. He went to Venice with many
others for swim, the surf having
only a minor chill to the seasoned
swimmer. Quite few persons were
in the water, but not SO many. that
one was lost in the group.
So when the person who was later
identified as s. H. Eckhart, walked
from the bathhouse to the strand, he
was noticed. Before he had left his
room in his bathing suit, Mr.. Eek
hardt evidently had summed up his
condition in one short sentence.
1t read mo work, no hope. NO
use," and was later found pinned to
his clothing behind the locked door.
Beside it lay the Sc in currency and
the watch that was ticking faithfully.
Not once after he left the shelter Of
the bathhouse did the man turn hiS
head. He walked into the water, and
the whiteness Of his skin did not indi-
cate a hardened swimmer. But no
didn't finch. Above his knees tho
water came, and when about his
waist, and as it reached his shout
ders he bent over with his face to
sea, and took a breaker.
Farther out he came to the sur
face again, blowing for the open sea-
The men on the beach were playing
games to keep warm.
Someone noted the swimmer little
later. Quite ways out" and that
was all that was said.
Not once did he turn his head. To
those on land who were getting ready
for their warm rubs he grew smaller
and smaller. And at last lar out in
the distance, where the vagueness OF
death itself Is limited in the tint where
sky meets sea, they saw the small
spot bobbing, and straining eye could
see it bobbing again, and then the lit
tie spot went out to sea, and all that
came back, as far as anyone could
see, was a sea gull that had some
thing important to tell its mates. =.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-02-12
HUMOR IN WARFARE
Furnished by Grave and Dlgn'f'eo
Military Censors.
Russian Soldiers Message OF Love
Went Through With Curious Ammo
tation-Kisses Sent to English
Girls by the General Staff.

The rigors of the wartime censor
shin have from time to time drawn inc
fire Of French wit. One lively Partisan
journal promises when the war is over
to print a long and true story ABOUT
the tricks devised by soldiers in the
field or by prisoners to get some
crumbs of information past the ohclai
suppressors. Just for the present.
however, continues the cheerful "a
risian editor, few retrospective anec.
dotes must rerve-anecdotes culled
from the history of other wars peions'
ing to the brief period since the cen
sorship was invented. In the Man
churian camyaign, for instance, every
correspondent in the field was strictly
forbidden to send any private letter
of any sort. But there was RUSSIAN
who got pc; mission on the anniversary
of his wedding to telegraph to his WIFE
Dearest Marie" he wrote with Slavic
fervor, Il send you ten million kisses,
and the dispatch went out with this
solemn annexation at the bottom:
with the sanction of the imperial mil
itary auth ,rities."
Again, IN South Africa, the young
British soldiers used to wind up their
letter to their sweethearts at home
with a row of round marks like an
"o"-douttless meant to signify kisses.
These innocent marks upset the mill
tary censors nightly. Suppose they
concealed a reasonable message in
code? Finally more than ordinarily
human and intelligent censor hit upon
the expedient of making great many
more round marks after the others
That scotched the reasonable cipher
If there was one, while supposing
there was none, then the girl at home
got full measure of what was coming
to her. Indeed (remarks the French
EDITOR, more than one dear young
island thing with very undemonstra-
tive lover down there in the veldt
must have been thrilled and surprised
to receive whole avalanche of kisses,
nearly all of them, If she had but
known it, the gift of the general staff
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-02-12
Some Thouc''s on the Gettys-
burg Grafton, Well Described
as Immortal.

- HE FACT that President Wilson
] writes his messages in shorthand
and then transcribes his notes on a
typewriter has given rise to some spec
ulation as to whether this contrib.
utes to the style of his state papers.
The variety of methods used by au-
thors makes 1t unsafe to dogmatize on
the subject. But that the writing out
Of his messages by hand benefits the
style cannot be doubted. While short
hand suggests speed, it does not nee
essarily imply it when the writer is
committing his own thoughts to paper.
He might linger as long over pot
hook as over an ordinary character.
But the writer who uses a pen feels
a certain inspiration in it, and as he
writes various synonyms come troop
ing through his mind and he has the
time to select the one that expresses
his meaning with the greatest nicely.
says the st. Louis Globe-Democrat
A magazine writer, in discussing
the presidents method, suggests that
when one operates a typewriter the
cessation of the click of the machine
interrupts the continuity of the
thought. This disadvantage is not so
obvious as that arising from the fact
that the speed of the typewriter pre-
cludes careful selection Of synonyms.
But either method of writing is pre-
ferable to dictation, for dictation
causes prolixity and the speed pre-
vents fine discrimination in the use of
words. 1t is also responsible for
many extreme utterances. The famous
letter General Egan wrote about Gen.
eral Miles affords an illustration.
Much of It's heat was generated in the
process of dictation.
Lincoln's Gettysburg address is e.
teemed a model of conciseness. 1t
was the result of lifelong habit of
composition. AS boy Lincoln had
neither slate nor scratchpad. He
wrote on a single with a piece of
charcoal. The only way he could erase
his writing was by shaving the shingle.
We have the testimony of one of the
telegraphers in the war department
that President Lincoln, when compos.
ing :. telegram, whispered it over to
himself before committing it to paper.
The telegrapher knew nothing of the
single, but we may trace the habits
Of the man to hie childhood. Is it too
much to argue that had Mr.. Lincoln
been accustomed to debating to
stenographer we might have never had
the Gettysburg classic? And is it not
possible that tie limited library of
the Lincoln boy proved a blessing to
him? 1t was composed Of the very
best books In our language and he
read and reread them and then wrote
the essence of them on his Single
and told them to his playmates in his
own language. The self-education of
Lincoln is one of the marvels of his.
tory.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-02-12
LINCOLN LIKED THE DRAMA
Showed Preference for Shakespe ares
Tragedies and Serious
Histories.

Lincoln liked the drama, the New
York Evening Mail observes. Perhaps
If he had not liked 1t so much he would
have lived many years longer, since
otherwise he would hardly have put
himself in Wilkes Booths way on that
fatal night in April. 1865. But he
never pretended to any knowledge or
connoisseurship whatever. Most of
his life had been passed in a country
town-and at time when few great
actors ever appeared in such small
places as Springfield, Ill.
In sale of the autographs, prints
and playbills which belonged to the
late Douglas Taylor there is a CODY of
a letter from Lincoln to James H.
Hackett, dated Washington, August
II, 1863, afterward printed in this
form for private circulation, which
contains the following: 81 i.
II have seen very little Of the drama.
Some of Shakespeare's plays l have
never read. whilst others I have gone
over perhaps as frequently as any
unprofessional reader. Among the lat.
ter are Lear Richard III, Henry
VIII Hamlet and especially Mac
BETH ! think the soliloquy in Hamlet
commencing, o, my offense is rank
surpasses To be or not to be-"
No one but the modest Lincoln
would have gone out Of his way to tell
q shakesperean scholar that he had
never read some Of shakespeare's
plays. It IL interesting to see that Lin.
coins preference fixed itself upon the
tragedies and the most serious Of the
histories. His choice Of 20, my offense
is rank over ITO be or not to be-
seems rather strange. Tho soliloouy
y the kings desperate bemoaning 81
l,is perhdy and cruelty Ia numbering
IT. brOt her. III 4. Al.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-02-12
USES FOR THE WHIsk BROOM
Can Serve Many Other Purposes
Than One for Which They Usu-
p. ally Are Employed. 81.

Whisk brooms are useful not only
for brushing clothes. but fo- other pur-
poses as well.
Keep little broom in the kitchen
to clean the kettles, spiders, sauce
pans, etc. It saves time, does better
work and saves the hands. You can
scrub around the ears Of the kettle
with it and get into all the crevices
of your pots and pans with 1t. Inc
same little broom does duty as
vegetable cleaner.
After the clothes are brought IN
from the line clean little broom,
kept solely for the purpose, should
be used to sprinkle them. 1t accom-
plishes this quite as effectively as
the Chinese laundryman who sprays
the water through his teeth.
Washtubs, wringers and wash
boards can be kept in order with al
most no labor at all by having
little broom handy to scrub them on
with.
Pantry shelves, kitchen sink and
table can be cleaned with a whisk
broom.
Even the kitchen windows, In fly
time. should be washed down first
with the inevitable little broom,
which cleans the corners OF the
sashes in less than half the time
necessary to accomplish the work in
any other way.
Backing the stove is no longer a
task to be dreaded. A little broom
puts on the black and does all the
polishing.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-02-12

DR.. J. E. Spingarn, chairman Of the
board of directors of the National AS.
ISOLATION for the Advancement of Col.
ored People, is soon to start on a
speaking tour of the middle West in
the interest of the work and ideals Of
the association. A year ago he made
similar tour. His present trip be-
gan at Pittsburgh on January 10, and
will include Columbus, Springfield.
Dayton and Cincinnati, Ohio, Spring
field, ILL.,, st. Joseph, Mo-, Des Moines,
Ia, Omaha, Neb., S.. Paul and Mime
apolis, Mimi, Toledo, Ohio, and Buff
falo, N. Y. 1t is intended that sue
ceeding trips will cover other sections
Of the country, until all have been or
ganized In the interest of the advance
ment Of the colored people.
The annual meeting of the associa-
ton will be held at the Ethical Culture
hall, West Sixty-fourth street, New
York, on February IL. Governor Whit.
man will present the first "Spingarn
medal" gold medallion to be award.
ed annually to the colored man or
woman performing the highest or
noblest achievement during the pre-
ceding year. The committee on award,
consisting of William Howard Taft,
Oswald Garrison Willard. Bishop John
Hurst, President John Hope of More
house college, and DR.. James H. Dill.
lard of the Slater and Jeanes funds,
will announce the winner at this meet
ing.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-02-12
Golden Rolls,

One.half cupful scalded milk one
yeast cake dissolved in a little cold
milk, one-quarter cupful eggs 1.-TWO
eggs not beaten), one-eighth cupful
yolk 1.-TWO yolks), one-quarter cupful
sugar, one-third cupful butter, little
salt. one-quarter teaspoonful lemon ex-
tract. two and one-half cupfuls -four.
Let rise six hours, roll out thin, spread
with melted butter and fold over twice,
making three layers. Cut in strips and
roll round. Let rise and bake. Make
strip Of powdered sugar and brush
thick over top when taken from oven.
These are fine and it is not as much
work as it sounds.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-02-12

"PIaced end on end, 600 barrels
would make two piles taller than tho
ta'lest skyseraper." - .~-.
ably has an idea that an inch of rain
is mere trifle on natures part. This
Is entirely wrong. In reality 1t is a
good big rainfall-more than falls in
most places in an average week.
1t is five times more rain than fell in
New York city during the 46 days
which ended on October Is last. but
that was the longest dry period in the
history of the local weather bureau.
A rainfall Of one inch mean literally
that the amount of water descending
in particular shower would cover the
surrounding territory to depth Of one
inch, providing it did not run away or
soak into the ground. ~. ~. y.
An inch Of rain coming down on a
single acre Of land would fill more
than 500 barrels of As gallons capacitr
each. This amount of water would
weigh more than 10 tons, or nearly :
quarter Of a million pounds.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-02-12
Has Relic Of "stonewaIl.r

H. w. Livenhood, Confederate vet.
eran, who lives at Cullman, and 4
visiting his daughter here, has in his
possession small medicine case
about the size Of an ordinary cigarette
case which he says he picked UP when
1t fell out Of Gen. stonewall jackson.
pocket when the famous Southern
leader was killed at Chancellorsyille.
Mr.. Livenhood was present when Cen.
eral jackson was shot, and he re.
ceived a bullet in his leg q minuta
later when he picked up the case Ia
mas been onered much money for the
SOU he says, and has kept It II
memory n Of the stirring days passed
through during the war,--Anniston
(Ala) Dispatch to Atlanta Journal !,
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-02-12
Paroled Men Max. Good

The Missouri state board OF pardons
and parole submitted report to Gov.
ernor Major showing that out OF 312
convicts paroled from the prisons IN
the last two years only 10 have vio-
lated their paroles. and have been re.
turned to prison. All the others ara
following some useful occupation.
Those who have obeyed their paroles
are earning from nine dollars q week
mp, several instances being cited
where they are earning as much a.
500 9 month. Out Of 500 paroles IL
sued n the last four years only is
have violated the terms OF their re-
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-02-12
Stuffed EuQs With Ham.

Boil half a dozen eggs hard. Re-
move the shells and cut the eggs cross.
wise in two. Slice off piece from
each end to make them stand firmly.
Remove the yolks and mix with them
little chopped ham. Fill the whites
with this mixture, heaping it up in
cone shape. Put the stuffed halves
on fiat dish and pour over them this
dressing: Beat two egg yolks with
half teaspoonful of mustard, half a
teaspoonful of salt and IL tablespoon
fuls of salad oil added slowly. Thin
as. it Is necessary with wine vinegar
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-02-12

5000 volumes are being published by
large printing house in Kansas City.
photographs of the handwriting prints
are made on thin glass and the whole
Is converted into zinc etchings from
which the print is made. Work is now
In progress on the Gospel OF st. Luke
IN Shilha, the language of the Berbers
The original natives Of Morocco, who
still have their strongholds, as in prim.
tive times. in the mountains.-Tech.
nical World Magazine. T. &ss.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-02-12
Looked Ahead as Statesman

While l desired the result of the
late canvass to have been different.
J still regard it as an exceeding small
matter. I think we have fairly en-
tered upon durable struggle as to
whether this nation is to ultimately
became all slave or all free,s and
though I fall early in the contest. it
ls nothing II ! shall have contributed
In the least degree, to the final right.
full result. Letter, to H. D. Sharpe.
December 3, 1858. b,
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-02-12
Cream Puns,

One coffee cupful of boiling water
and butter the size of a small egg;
melt the butter in the water; while
boiling stir in one cupful of flour, sift.
ed. Use the same size cup for all. Stir
thoroughly; when cool stir in two eggs
one at time, and pinch of soda the
size of pea; beat well, then drop in
tin far enough apart SO they will not
touch while baking; bake in very hot
oven. This makes nine puffs.
Filling for Puffs.-One cupful sweet
milk, one egg, one teaspoonful of corn.
starch and sugar to taste; flavor with
vanilla.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-02-12
Tomato jelly.

One quart II tomatoes. one teaspoon.
full Of salt, one cupful Of sugar, one
steaspoonful Of ginger, the Juice Of one
lemon. two tablespoonful Of corn
starch Strain the tomatoes, put them
In saucepan with the ginger, sugar,
lemon Juice and salt. Moisten the
cornstarch In two tablespoonfuls Of
cold water, add 1t to the tomato, boil
moment and turn into mold to cool.
Serve cold with the turkey.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-02-12
Marbles in Fruit Kettle.

/ have a neighbor who for some
time has used marbles to keep her
fruit from burning during the canning
season, and she says the plan works
admirably, writes contributor. She
washes half dozen large marbles and
drops them into the kettle when the
fruit begins to boil The bubbles, ris-
ing at the bottom Of the kettle, keep
the marbles moving over the surface
in such a manner that the fruit does
not touch the bottom long enough to
be burned.--Mother's Magazine. r
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-02-12
Fitted for Great Position.

There could have been no better or
more ideally At man for the great task
which Lincoln was set to perform. He
was the gentlest, kindest man that
ever had such Z burden laid on him.
SO the nation does well to keep him
~ remembrance, for he 10 its noblest
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-02-12

III stone wall were built arount
the state OF Georgia, and communica
4 tion with the outside world entirel!
a shut on. the people OF the common
\ wealth could live ard enjoy life for al
indefinite time." said Claude N. Ben
nett. president Of the Southern societ,
Of Washington, at Washington. Mr.
Bennett has Just returned from
| months trip through the South, spend
ing most OF his time in his native state
Of Georgia. s..
"Whilc in Atlanta" he continued, u
attended q Georgia products dinner
This 10 something new that has beer
adopted by the present regime there
November IS Of each year Is known
ss Georgia Products day. and on that
day, at every important place in the
state. great dinners are given, the
menu Of which is entirely made up OF
Georgia products. At the one attend
ed between 1900 and 1000 people were
present, and the food was good enough
both in quality and variety. to serve
at banquet to the gods.
The possibilities that the state az
fords for good, wholesome living can
be no better illustrated than by telling
Of an experience had one day while
making tour of some Negro farms in
Columbia county. had visited the
homes of three colored families and
found them all poorly kept and none
OF the men able to pay his way out OF
debt--.in fact, they were objects OF
charity. The fourth colored man |
found working on land exactly like
that occupied by the others, but In
stead Of renting his land he had bought
It and paid for 1t. He rented little
extra land from me adjoining his, but
most OF 1t he owned. ! found his house
as neat as pin, comfortably fur
nished. the larder we'll supplied, and
ffve bales Of cotton under the shed. He
had provisions enough to last his fam
lily all winter, plenty of fodder for his
cattle, and his total Indebtedness was
less than $50. 1t was afternoon by the
time my companion and myself reached
his house and we had not had dinner.
30 we asked his wife If she could fix
W up q snack In less than half an
hour she had prepared most tempt.
Ing meal. which was set on a table
covered with a spotless cloth and clean
napkins. The dinner, all Of which was
grown on this colored mans farm. con-
sisted Of collard greens (Which might
be termed the local spinich), bacon,
corn bread, wheat biscuits, Irish and
sweet potatoes, milk and good butter,
and Georgia cane strip. That was an
impromptu meal that would have done
credit to any household. Now, II a col
ored family can, on the spur Of the mo-
ment, get up a dinner as good as that
you can realize what can be done by
the other people in the state
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-02-12
1 Spanish Salad.

Three pounds meat boiled, five ripe
tomatoes. four red peppers, one can
French peas, one can mushrooms,
three large potatoes. one teaspoonful
salt. one onion, one quart hot water.
boiled rice Or mashed potatoes. VIII
serve from ~ ~ eight persons. 81
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-02-12
IMMORTAL GETTYSBURG SPEECH

W. 0lRSCORE and years ago our fathers brought
forth on this continent new naton conceived I"
w liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that Az
" men are created equal.
Now we engaged great civil war, testing whether
that nation any nation conceived and
long endure. We met great battlefield OF that war
We have come dedicate portion Of that field as final
resnace for those who here gave their lives that that
naton might live. It is altogether fitting and proper that We
should do this.
But, in larger sense cannot dedicate-we cannot
conservative cannot haoxts ground. The brave men,
living and Dead who struggled here, have consecrated
far above our poor power to add detrac The world will
little note nor long remember what say here, but It can
forget what they did here is for the living, rather
to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who
fought here have thus far nob advanced is rather
for be here dedicated to the great task remaining
before usthat from these honored dead take increased
devotion that for which they here the last full
measure of devoton that here highly resolve that these
dead shall not have died in van that this nation, under Cod
shall have birth Of freedoms and that government OF
the people, BY the people, for the people. shall not perish
from the earhspeeh
bsrs Cs.ssry. Noveaber 70. 1862
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-02-12
BIBLE PRINTED IN ARABIC
Latest Translatlon Of the Scriptures
Had to Be Made In a Peculiar
Manner.

The Bible Is being printed in a new
language-the Arabic. TRANSACTIONS
Of the books of Genesis, Psalms, st..
John, St. Luke. st. Matthew, the Acts
and Romans have been made by mis-
sionaries in Mekines, Morocco, and
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-02-12
Arabian Nlnhs.

What became Of that lucky broth.
Aladdin. : al ! h e s.s1
4 Hes 9 sort Of Aladdin still. ~.
got Job with the railroad 49, tae
rubbing up lamps" u pan
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-02-12

Between 5000 and 1000 Boy Scouts
have been specially employed in Lon
don since the war broke out at vari-
Gus government Offices, recruiting de-
pots, the headquarters of the prince
of Wales fund and other new organ
lizations requiring dispatch carriers
and attendants.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-02-12

Photography has discovered the
depth to which the suns rays pene-
trate water. Five hundred and thirty
feet below the surface darkness was
much the same as that on the earth
on . clcar but moonless night.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-02-12

Manchuria Is making new paint
nut Of the bean oil that is produced
there In tremendous quantities. The
plant is said to be waterproof and
dreproof as well as cheap and durable
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-02-12

In q famous German animal park
there have been erected llfe.size
models Of the huge beasts Of prehis-
toric times. G