Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1898-07-22
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public schools of Boston.
Epping forest is the largest public
recreation grounds IN the world.
There are 741 German newspapers
published in the United States.
The seacoast line of the globe is
computed to be about 1860 miles.
Married couples in Norway are priv
LEGGED to travel on railways at Il fare
and half.
Prisoners when arrested in Morocco
are required to pay the policeman for
his trouble in taking them to Jail.
"Yo' kin git yo' daily bread by pray
in" says Uncle Nose, 'but de nightly
chicken has to be hustled TO-"
The oil of tobacco found in the stems
of long-used pipes is ono of the most
active and powerful poisons known.
The atmosphere is SO clear in Zulu
land that it is said objects can be seen
by starlight at a distance of seven
miles.
When old coins are SO worn that it
is hard to make out the inscription. the
coin may be gradually heated. and in
almost all eases the inscription will
appear.
All we'll trained Spanish women arc
taught to handle the sword from their
earliest years, and. as a result, they
are noted for their admirable figures
and easy walk.
It costs 25 cents word to send a
cablegram from New York to London,
and S.? 35 a word to send it to Manila
In the latter case it must be received
and transmitted n score oftimes before
it reaches it's destination.
Mrs. Meeks. widow Of New York
city, is well represented in the army.
She has four sons in Company |. Sew
enty-frst Acknowledgment Il. Mcel1s.
Sergeant +. G. Meelis. and privatcs
Ludlow C., and Benjamin +. Meel1s.
A fleet is composed of twelve battle
ships; a squadron is composed of less
than twelve battlcships, and is some
times part of a tleet;a tlotilla is COM
posed of twelve or more mcn-of-war,
some of which may be battleships.
A recruit from Coffeyville, Kansas,
few days after his arrival in camp,
in San Francisco. received several pres
ents from his home, and among them
was copy of the New Testament. He
ferred the Old testament, as there was
more war in it.
General Lawton is one of the partic-
ular heroes of the Santiago campaign.
1t is now recalled that he was conspic-
nous in the Indian war against Geron-
limo. years ago While on the old chiefs
trail in the Sierra Madra mountains
LawtOn and his men had to crawl
miles on their hands and knees, and
going at times twenty-four hours with
out water in an intense heat.
A humiliating misfortune befcll
man in Pratt county, Kansas, on his
honeymoon trip. lie has a wooden leg,
and on the train. he was arrested for
some fraudulent transaction. The Of
ticcr was considerate enough not to
handcuff him, but he prevented the
prisoner from running away. by re-
moving his artificial leg and storing
it in the baggage car.
A monastic confederation of Greek
Christians has existed since the twelfth
century. in the Peninsula of Acte, in
the Grecian Archipelago. This con-
federation numbers over 1000 persons.
they occupy 90 monasteries. all built
prior to the thirteenth century, and
no female is ever permitted there Not
even a COW. hen, ducl or goose is al
lowed on the grounds.
a wealthy German of Tangier has
purchased a number of plots of land in
the town from the Moors. "Your gar
dens are pretty, but scattered. remark
an Englishman to him recently. Yes"
he replied. They happen to be on the
sites of the forts which England must
build when she occupies Tangier.
England will pay me for my pretty
gardens. return to the fatherland
comfortably fortunate"
Major Pond asserts that his offer to
Hobson, the hero of tho Merrimac, of
$4,000 for series OF asn addresses on
his experiences at Santiago is genuine.
He declares, moreover, that every cent
above expenses would be paid into the
fund for the benefit of the army hos
pitfalls in Cuba and elsewhere. Major
Pond, it is said, has submitted his prop
osition to President Mckinley and feels
sanguipe Of securing his sanction.