Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1897-04-30
MISCELLANY.

,o rife of Ii Hung Chang Is sala
possess 1000 frocks, and mas MAJ
number of waiting women Al ~
dance upon her.
Eagles do not have different ma,oe
NV season. as do birds generahy'
\, nalr for life, and sometimes o'o0
the same nest for many years.
electrical conductivity OF metals
is,ew test Of their purity. IN pulo
mts It is increased Immensely ny
coll which is not the case with amy.
T,W. G. T. U. Of Battle Creek 10
in a,anaarv It has received a be-
quest, money and property from a
notoris saloon-keeper who mas '@'''
died.
There speculation in Texas towns
as to W. made a pet OF puA1 ,'au
and lost las a buzzard wearing pel'
On its ne: has been seen at so'he'
land Sprin, and Marcelina.
To show advance in methoos ~
locomotion cling her reign, it Is sus
gested that Teen Victoria shouiu s'
in :, state NOR carriage to ST. Fau''
escorted by guHds on bicycles.
The oldest wGden building IN tha
world Is chuTh at Borguno' Nol
way. 1t was ertted in the eleVeh'n
century, and freQent coats OF pl'cn
have preserved thewood from decay
Arrangements I've just been mau0
for the simultaneous lighting OF DON
fires on every pDnlinent he'ght IA
2 Great Britain on thu night OF the an-
e niversary OF Queen Victoria's coioii'
e ton.
: A flying quail came in violent con-
a tact with the temple Of Arthur L.
: Lezinsky, while he was riding on "a
excursion car near Corral Hollow, oal
: The quail dropped dead, and l1ezlhsA'
: fell unconscious.
Dalton Query, a gentleman OF Blu
T., Ridge, Ind, has for yeArs oeeh
! chewer Of gum, and this habit cause
! q dangerous attack Of appendicitis. l
his intestincs was found pail o. sul
the size OF hens egg.
q Samuel Ward, Of Waync9 sboro, ia
/. in July, 1894, had cat VIII fch ne We
8 eager to lose. He dropped 1t from
Y moving train, near FredericA~AQ.~7
! few weeks ago, to his intense amaze
ment, the cat came back.
When a Trappist monk Of the mon
ostery at Gethsemane, Ky, closes hi
earthly career, his form is enshroude'
in the habit he wore in life, and thi
O is his only covering in the grave ex
J.. cept the earth. No coffin is used.
| Villedieu Chassagne, a Partisan, la
f succeeded in producing photographs i
!. natural colors. BY his method Al
p varieties OF tints arc displayed, an
:, yividly blended. Pictures Of rose:
It each representing several tints, ar
Q really wonderful.
: The Sultan CT Morocco, who is fon
of noisy music, has engaged a nativ
:, Highlander to play the bagDipes a
. mis- court. The Moorish musicians
when they first heard the penetratin
notes OF the bagpipes, stuck thei
fingers in their cars.
e The dredge to be used for deepenin
i; the Sacramento (Cal) river channe
will go through sandbar at spec
: of from FIVE to ten feet minute, Gu;
). ting .e.-r-,-..-4>.e.ea= soAd=han.sy
leaving behind IT a channel forty fee
wide and twenty feet deep.
A chicken-stealing trust has been or
: ganized in Alameda, Cal. Five China
= men steal forth at night, with darl
y lanterns, to localities where chicken
!. are known to lie kept. One of til
r men, who can initiate ROSTERS croN
o perfectly, sounds his decoy notes, an
2 the responses show just where tn
r game is located, and the thieves quick
b ~ bag their plumber.