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The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-08-11

and such can be made at trifline
cost. 3
The barn and entire group of farm
buildings, together with the grounds
they occupy, may be made to har.
monize in q general way by proper
construction, arrangement and paint.
ing. The ground about the barn and
other feed and stock buildings, which
for convenience are located near the
dwelling, may, and should be, as neat
and clean as the home grounds proper.
This is both good farm management
and a mark of good taste and char
acter on the part Of the farmer.
Good fences around all the home
grounds and lots are necessary con-
venience, and keeping them in good
repair adds to the neatness and beauty
Of the picture as whole. 81
A four-room cottage designed after
our own ideas, in garden made with
our own hands, Is better than ten
room fiat designed by the greatest ar
chitect and set on top Of twelve
story building in noisy city.
One way to give children an interest
in the home grounds is to allow each
a garden spot. Let them grow what
ever they wish and use 1t as they
please.
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Around the World

Sudan grass yields from one to eight
tons of cured hay an acre.
Production of copper in the United
States Is more than rs times what 1t
was In 1880.
John Rebow Of Wilkesbarre, Pa, has
adopted 20 orphans. BE has seven chill
dren Of his own.
New York city has the largest cleo
trio sign In the world. 1t is POI feet
long and contains S,916 lamps.
Each of the 10000, 900 workers in the
United States loses on the average
about nine days every year on account
Of sickness.
The Australian government Is plan.
ming the establishment Of laboratory
for the application Of scientific re-
search to national industries. .'..
Telephone poles Of glass nodded over
a heavy wire net are being made IN
Europe. These poles are rarely broken,
win neither rot nor rust, and are Inn
pregnable to insects. n 4 5sis
Daniel Cronin, for q years I mem
her 81 the National Soldiers home IN
sTogus Me-, was surprised RECENTLY ~ q
and that the goysrnor of sc inse ,as..
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has made other managers green with
envy. Busk seems to be coming
back" in great shape this year and
pitching with all the splendor that
was expected Of him two years ago.
With such work continued from Myers
and Bush and with a few more de-
pendable hurlers the Athletics will be
pretty we'll cared for in the box. The
idea, current through the early part
of the season, that Connie Mack had
gathered q bunch of talented but
green and awkward kids Is rapidly be-
ing dispelled. The confidence and pep
they are showing have surprised most
of their opponents. A great part OF
the success of the youngsters so far
may be aScrlbed to Comics care to
have the backstoP, second base and
center field we'll cared for by steady
heads. With Schang behind the bat.
Lajoie at second and Strunk In center.
the situation is well fortified. The
present season Is Strunk's sixth sum-
mer in fast company and every fall he
has shown fat average. If he Is not
able to top a good 300 he comes we'll
near it. From the vim he has shown
with the hickory of late it's most like
~ that he will finish the season with
the highest average he has shown yet.
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-08-11
Things That Are New.

So that a horseman's feet can be
warmed in cold weather there has been
invented a stirrup with a receptacle
for charcoal or other heat producing
substance
Since the founding Of the Pasteur in
stitute in Paris there has been steady
decline in the number Of cases of by
drophobia, none at all occurring some
years.
An English scientist who has raised
wheat in record breaking time explains
that he so treats the seed with cleo
tricity that he trebles the life force
within it.
A Salt Lake City man is the inventor
Of an undershot water wheel that viii
run when wholly submerged in q
stream, the blades folding on the up
ward stroke.
A Detroit woman has invented Q
syringe for applying scalp lotions that
is so shaped as to fit closely to the
head and deliver it's contents In mar
row stream.
The vacuum principle has been ap
piled to an ice cream freezer that
freezes its contents automatically in
half an hour and keeps it frozen eight
hours.
AS q life-saving precaution French
inventor would have all seagoing yes
sells furnished with beds equipped with
a nonsinkable mattress he has pat
ented.
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WINDOW BOXES

If there are some windows about
the house where you would like to
have some plants growing, and no pro
visions have been made for boxes foI
them, don't forego the pleasure be-
cause 1t seems to be late In the sea-
son. @&
Use Coleus instead of towering
plants. A row of the yellow variety
about the outside of the box with scar.
let in the Center, will make your win.
dow brilliant with color, and as these
plants are Of rapid growth yo9 VIII VII
not have to wS
They will often be &und more sat
isfactory than Towering plants, be.
cause their richly colored foliage Will
take the place of flowers, and it will
be in evidence at all times; while few
Towering plants will afford constsnt
show of color.
The gray centaurea and the orange
yellow pyrethrum golden feather)
can be used with the scarlet and yell
low varieties of coleus, with fine ef-
feet.
Don't be sparing Of water on your
window boxes. Ninety-nine cases OF
failure out Of hundred result from a
lack of sufficient water.
Being exposed to the air on all sides,
evaporation takes place very rapidly.
Apply water by the pailful instead OF
the bowlful, and there need be no
failure to grow just as good plants IN
the window box as in the garden beds.
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-08-11
LEARN SECRETS OF NATURE
Some Of tho so-caIIed Rarer Metals
May Not Always Be So, De-
clare Chemists.

Among the so-called "rarer" metals
the most interesting are those whose
compounds are abundant but whose
cost Of obtaining from these COM
pounds is very high. In other words
cheap methods have not yet been
worked out for extracting the metals
from these abundant compounds. In
an article by DR.. J. w. Richards IN
Aetallurgical and Chemical Engineer
ing discussion is given OF the posi-
pilities of some of these rarer metals
among which are beryllium, which Is
found as a compound in the gem, en-
erald, but more abundantly as a MIN
eral called beryl. Magnesium is an
other metal which has lately been
made on q fair-slzed scale In this coun-
~ but not especially cheaply. Others
IRE calcium, strontium, barium, boron,
chromium, titanium and chromium. n !,
Aluminium in 1855 sold for $40 per
pound. Today II sells Tor 60 cents,
IEh!slt normally is much lower, due 70 g
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-08-11
M0DESTY IN WOMAN IS GOLDEN KEY
that OPENS DOOR OF MANS HEART
BY LAURA JEAN LIBBEY

way about 1t. But, then, attractive
widows are in class by themselves
and in the main are beyond the pale
Of this little talk, the clever ones be.
ing too canny to let man know he is
admired or that his society Is unduly
appreciated. If they set their cap for
second heart mate he, above all 9th.
ers. never discovers that fact.
Many women have the mistaken no.
ton that they might with propriety
give bashful man little encourage
ment to assure him that his calls were
not unwelcoMe. 1t Is not pleasant to
shatter such a beautiful thought by
jostling it with hard fact. The truth
Is that no man living Is too bashful to
WOO, and right earnestly and eagerly
at that when he meets the woman who
appeals to him.
1t Is somewhat of a surprise to a
man who thinks he is wanted by a
host of women to find one who Is ap-
parently Indifferent to him. He pur-
sues her as stimulus to his self
power to attract. Despite all the new
tangled notions about women meeting
men half way on their own ground
modest young women will never usurp
the mans prerogative to 90 forth and
find a mate, WOO and win.
If man shows that he is interested
by desiring to be where she Is, send
Ing her flower, book or some trifle
to let her know she has been constant
" in his thoughts, her pleasant greet
ing when they meet, the language of
the eyes, so subtle, so sweet, which
never passes the lips, can inform him
past all doubling that, being a woman
she is therefore to be loved and there.
fore to be won.
Modesty in a woman is the golden
key which opens the door Of O mans
heart. Boldness pushes it to with a
bang, locking it securely. There is q
happy medium in expressing admira.
ton. 1t requires tact.
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first. He would dodge around the first
corner, walk q dozen blocks out Of his
way to escape meeting her. No drag
net could be secured to draw him to
the home Of an acquaintance for din
ner If the casual word was dropped
that she had also been invited.
He cannot help 1t. 1t Is the. per-
verseness Of mans nature to make a
wry face at the peach ready to fall
into his mouth, and long for the one
indisputably beyond his reach. Un-
consciously, the woman who shows
openly her admiration for him awak-
ems his antagonism. He Is bound to
fight shy Of her on general principles,
unless she be a widow, very young and
very pretty. In that case, her careless
admiration is incense to him, for he
feels very confident that she would
not remain a widow long if some score
or more admirers could have their
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-08-11
CULTURE OF HARDY ANIMALS;
BY LIMA r. ROSE.

Seeds of hardy ANIMALS should be
sown early, in shallow boxes or pots
and placed in warm window, or
hotbed. A second sowing ought to be
made from two TO four weeks after
for succession, as we'll as to pro-
vide against failure the first time.
The most convenient receptacle for
seed is a shallow box from two to-
three inches deep and of any con-
venient size. :
The best soil for all of the smaller
kinds is a very fine, rich, sandy loan.
The very best soil is that taken from
old hotbeds, or from old pasture land.
piled up in sods and allowed to rot
for two or three years and then mixed
with sand and a little old stable ma
nure.
Give the tiny PLANTS plenty Of air
and moisture, yet rot too much wafer
or they will damp off," Get pots two
inches or more in diameter and plant
the young seedlings along the edges
of the pots. so that as soon as the
ground is warm enough they can De
easily turned out and planted singly,
as by that time they will have GOOD
roots.
Do not cover seeds too deeply. This
is common and disastrous mistake.
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-08-11

, ton was his old schoolmate, William
P. Hurley, with whom he grew up in
Portsmouth, N. FL.
A huge bowlder having ten acres of
surface above the ground, from which
granite is being taken for building the
new Oklahoma state capitol, Is said
once to have been a favorite bandit
rendezvous. 1t Is SOLID mass, tower
ing above the tree tops and formed Of
an excellent grade of stone.
Merritt B. Holley Of Traverse City,
Mlch., has collection Of every known
flag of the world. He has 1876 foreign
flags, and for 81 years has correspond
ed with persons in 95 countries, al
though he has never left American
soil. There are 3S flags in the collec-
ton which are significant in American
history. ...... VI i. ,z4!
Edwin Booth, the actor, although an
incessant smoker, could drink very lit.
tie, and was promptly affected By the
smallest draft Of liquor fact which
once led a friend In waggfsh mood 90
present him a cup "A the bottom of,
which was 4 comp the SIN
came, said Booth late sirl rsferring tos
I'm incident ~ rom So no Aaew
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-08-11
verdun Waterman Would Have
Busy Time at His Post Today

Before the present great war the
city Of Verdun was an old-fashioned
place with some well-preserved ancient
customs, among which was the official
night Waterman. Red Cross nurse has
recounted, in lie Cri de Paris, her i'm
pressions of the first bombardment
Of Verdun a year ago. She arrived at
night and was very tired after q
fatiguing journey. Some time later she
was awakened by the bursting Of a
shell and the ringing Of big bell In
a clock tower. This was followed by q
lugubrious silence which was broken
by the slow and monotonOus voice OF
the night Waterman, who called out
from the high tower: =.
1.-THE fire Is in the fauborg Pave. In
habitants Of Verdun, get upl" !
Then came another shell explosion
and the clang OF the bell.
The voice of the guardian of the
night was again heard: "The fire is at
the station. Inhabitants of Verdun,
get upw
Then came more bombs, more bell
changing and in the intervals of silence
came the voice of the bell ringer in the
same drawling, impassive voice: '"The
fire is at the square Of Armes-the
fire is at the fauborg-get up!"
The Waterman of today would have
a busy time notifying the Verdunites-
if any remain-of the thousands of
shells showered upon that city devoted
t. destruction.
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dreamed Of Charles ever since his re-
turn. 1t would be affectation to say
that she had not often forgotten him
during the years Of his absence. Bat
with his return the memory of the old
love came back to her and, though she
dared not show it, she fancied Charles
was not Indifferent to her.
She fancied SO that night when he
opened his heart to her. He told her
what wreck he had made Of his life.
II was a fool, Esther" he said unhap-
PLY. II squandered my youth. What
is left to me now?"
As he said this he looked up, and
suddenly Esther knew that her eyes
had answered him. She blushed furi-
ously. Now that she knew he cared
for her she was afraid. And then
well, then an interruption came
For girlish voice rang out from
the street: miss Rogers! Oh, Miss
Rogers, where are you?"
It was Laura, unconventional as al
ways. OF course she was invited in
and presented to Charles, and as soon
Jas the man had set eyes on her he
began to dream again. He dreamed
.of youth that was yet recoverable.
He looked at Laura as If she embodied
1all that Esther had been.
After that the man and the girl
often met, and Esther shrank more
and more into her shell. 1t was plain
that Charles cared for her no longer.
As for Charles himself, his mind was
In whirl, and he hardly knew what
he wanted; he was drawn like mag
met by Laura's bright eyes and OBJ
sdous interest in him.
Then, one evening, when he had en-
tered the garden to call on Laura, he
was surprised to hear her in the little
summer house. 1t was pitch dark, and
before he could make himself known
the words he heard held him spell
bound. Laura was talking to Esther.
"Of course, I don't love Charles
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-08-11
POULTRY POINTERS

When hens are allowed free range
they are apt to feed too heavily on
grass, especially If not fed any grain,
and the eggs become watery and weak,
with impaired keeping qualities. Such
eggs are known on the market as
grass eggs"
In wet weather when the hens feet
are muddy, collect the eggs twice a
day. This will insure cleaner eggs.
Clean fresh water lessons disease.
Filthy drinking water is the source of
much trouble. Clean the drinking
pans frequently.
Add to the grain feeds with a mix
ture such as bran, shorts and corn
meal. ~ ''"
Soft fresh dirt Is an insurance
against leg weakness in chicks.
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A Mans
Mistake
W
bp
GEORGE MUNSON
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
DOWNRIGHT. lpl6. by w. G. Chairman

Copyright. 1916. by w. g. Chapman.)
When Charles Dawson left nome
with his fathers fervent wish that he
might never return few had expected
to see him again. So when Tom Daw-
son died and left him his entire prop
erty, the flourishing farm and dairy,
and the lots on Midvale avenue, ag-
gregating a sum Of $4,000, everybody
knew that the ne'er-do-well would
turn up again soon.
He. did. Very few people remem-
bered that Esther Rogers and Charles
had been engaged, but the few who
remembered specialized. Esther was
now middlish-aged woman, which Is
not the same as middle-aged She was
perhaps thirty-seven. Charles must
be forty-three If he was day. Would
the engagement be renewed-that en-
gagement that Esther had broken at
her mothers insistence?
They met and resumed their friend
ship. People wondered, but little was
to be learned. They seemed just good
friends. Meanwhile Charles proved
that his journey West had sobered
him. He ran the farm systematically
and made good money out of it.
Then Laura Dean came into his ex-
istence. Laura had been a little thing
in short dresses when Charles went
away. Now she was young lady of
twenty-five, the prettiest in the viii
lage, and the gayest. Esther, watch
ing, saw that after Charles had met
Laura all the welcome In his eyes for
her seemed to fade away.
Like all good women, Esther craved
husband and a home. She had
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-08-11
Noble ScintiIIations.

Warehouses Townshend, it Is ru-
mored, will soon come to America to
play in film dramas Of her own COM
position.
The marchioness, who is pretty,
paints, writes and generally scintil-
lates. Here are the latest Of her scin-
citations to 60 the rounds of Anglo
American circles in London:
Men compare women to lilies, but
remember that there are tiger lilies. "
"A cup Of tea Is often a reservoir
of scandal"
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-08-11

cheap methods of extraction by elec-
tricity at Niagara Falls.
The silicon industry furnishes an
other example in point. Silica is the
most abundant and cheapest material
in nature, yet silicon was selling in
1900 as a chemical curiosity at over
500 an ounce. At present 10 cents
per pound Is a good price for silicon,
due also to the use Of electricity in
an electric furnace. 1t Is possible that
the coming generation of chemists will
find cheap methods of producing some
of the present "rarer" metals.
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-08-11
WISE OLD HEADS STEADY
MACK'S FAST YOUNGSTERS
Willy Manager Of Athletics Uses Elk.
perienced Players as Backbone OF
His Teams Defense.

In the reorganization Of his Ath-
letics Connie Mack has seen the val
Ne Of few wise old heads among
the many brilliant but inexperienced
kids. Amos Strunk in center field Ia
u great help In steadying the bunch
at critical times and his heavy hit
ting very often inspires them to fol-
low up and bring In enough runs to
support their hlgh-class pitching.
Joe Bush and Elmer Myers have
shown some Of the most excellent
twirling seen anywhere this year, the
latter being find Of Comics who
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-08-11

from q man the
knowledge that he
has awakened in
terest in her heart
If he has not in
vited 1t. Let a
man once become
aware that a par
ticular > wOman'S
eyes brighten at
his approach or
that she Is speak
ing enthusiastical-
~ of him to their
mutual friends
and she will never
have the pleasure
Of a bow or chat
with him on the
street If he catch
oS sight Of her
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-08-11
.Related VIndIcatlon.

The Persians Of the time Of Cyrus
were Zoroastrians. The Persian relig-
ion was prlmitively monotheistic, and
they allowed no idols or other mate
rial symbols Of deity in their tenn
pies. There was less enmity on the
part Of the Jews against the Persians
than against the other great nations
with whom they came In contact, due
probably to the monotheism which
characterized the Persian religion. So
Cyrus, whatever else may be said Of
him, was certainly not an idolator.
Christian Herald. "
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-08-11

The device which Raes claims con-
stitutes perpetual motion" machine
includes spring, gear wheels and two
electric motors attached. The initial
impulse is given to the machine by
handwriting large spring. Gear
wheels communicate the power thus
generated to motor, which, in turn,
runs smaller motor This smaller mo-
tor partly rewinds the original spring
and keeps it In a semiwound state.
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-08-11

Joseph Raes, a Belgian-American in
ventor, Is the latest to come forward
with q device which he claims solves
the problem Of perpetual notion"
The man who claims to have achieved
the goal for which inventors and SCI
entists have been striving from time
immemorial, has been working on this
device for 25 years. He has several
other successful inventions to his
credit.
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-08-11
Guided by Magnetic Currents.

Recent experience has tended to
show that carrier pigeons and other
birds Of passage are guided by mag
netic currents. NJ. A. Thauzies, q
French student Of pigeons, has noted
that on two occasions when pigeon
flights were unsatisfactory magnetic
storms were occurring, and the flights
of these birds have been becoming Of
ten uncertain and cratic since wire
less telegraphy came into extensive
use.
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-08-11
How to Keep Young.

The best way to keep young is to
associate, as far IS possible, with
everything and everybody that is new
and young. Both men and women get
old by sticking to old ways, thinking
old thoughts and always looking back
on the past.
Look ahead If you want to keep
young. Youth always thinks Of what
it is going to dc. In the future, and for
gets the failures Of the past. It is not
the go-ahead men who age rapidly; it
is the men who stick In old ruts and
follow-out long-established rules and
methods. Constant change and vari-
ETY. may be said to form one of tho
great secrets Of youthfulness.-Pear-
sons. i.
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Treasure love Tough ready
Still to live without.
In your fondest trust keep
Just one thread of doubt.

It is a sweet trait Of feminine mod
esty for woman to strive to keep
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-05
VAN DYKE REPORTS.
Minister Notifies 4. =. Of Inensi-
meas Ia Holland.

WAsHINGroN. April 4-Dr Henry van
Dyke. American Minister at The Hague
has notified the stat. Department OF re
ports of unt tasin"ss in Holland. indicating
that the country may b. forced into the
European war. The Minister has en-
pressed no opinions but has simply for
warded such information a. has reached
him for secretary OF state Laus.ng's con-
sideration.
There appears 10 h. Veil OF deep
mystery shrouding Hollands feaf that
the Dutch people may after all not be
able tn escape becoming Involved in the
war. Dg. van Dyke spoke of the sinking
of tn. rubantid a. arouslng comment
and speculation in the press. II is un-
ierstood thar Hollands real fear H. that
the Entente Allies will press their re-
quest that IN, treaty of the Rhine with
Germany l." abrogatcd and that the
Netherlands viii become Il battle-ground
The Entente Alli,es have pressed iiul-
land to abrogatc the treaty Of the Rhine
for the reason that this Instrument per
mtS i"rmany to import freely up the
Rhiu. aud thereby tends to nuiity the
effect Of the Allies blockade uf Ger
many. hut the Dutch hav. perSstently
drclued Ia cons id-r any such suggestion
on the ground that II would inevitably
mean war with Germany. At the Paris
conference tins question is said tn have
"",no pointcdiv to the fore and diplo-
mats at The Hague have heard alarming
reports concerning the Entente Allies
determination 10 insist upon Holland
cutting off the flow OF supplies to ,;er-
many.
The possibility Of Dutch territory
being used hy any OF th. bclligercuts
has. It Is said. placed Holland "b,twren
the devil and the deep sea" Thrr. have
been reports recently that France and
Great britain intended to strike "A blow
At Germany Via Holland in The nest
Entente offensive. Dutch diplomats in
London and Paris have inquired solicit
ously about this and received redssur-
ances that Dutch neutrality would lie
respected. But Germany has declined
to place AZ much credence Ia the En-
tente's promise as the Dutch officials.
Germany says In effect. according to