Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1898-04-15
CURRENT EVENTS.

The hair ON most of the dolls made
| in Europe comes from the Angora goat
The number Of clerks in the United
States had quadrupled within the past
| twenty five years.
Handkerchiefs to the number OF 32S,-
500, 900 are annually worn out by the
people of the United States.
! Female commercial travellers in Ber-
lin make their rounds on tricycles,
| which arc arranged to carry samples
Of their goods.
! A recent decision Of the supreme
court Of Indiana declares that q wife
may recover the money lost by her
husband at gambling.
A fall caused Louis Bender, aged fou2
years, Of Bloomfield, N. j., to become
cross-eyed Two days later he fell
again, and this second shock caused
his eyes to resume their normal cOndi-
ton.
A wild man, who was running amuck
near San Antonio, Texas, was captured
by cowboys, who brought him up sud
denly with the aid OF lariat.
Spurious coins are legally made in
China They are used to put in the
collins Of the dead, and the superstition
prevails that they make the dead hap
py.
Clocks and watches are seldom used
in Liberia. There the SUN rises. all the
year at exactly 6 a. NJ, sets at p. m,
and is vertically overhead at noon.
Public ovens are established on most
Of the residential streets Of Japanese
cities, where people can have their din
ners and suppers cooked for them at
triff1ing expense.
High hats have been denounced from
the pulpit by Rev. A. E. Smith of De-
fiance, Ohio. He thinks that the ladies
ought to have more sense than to wear
them in church.
aries as singers. A canary of Germany
has been known to continue single
trill for minute and a quarter, with
twenty changes Of note in it.
The treasurer of Georgia town late
ly skipped, and the town funds were
missing at about the same time. n
local paper described the defaulter as
"six feet tall and $4,000 short
The lantern fly Of Surinam, South
America. has two sets of eyes, so as to
catch the Fight from all directions. It's
light is that Of the ordinary FREELY, but
it is much more brilliant
A mad dog in Pisek, Bohemia, bit a
resident. and caused fatal attack Of
hydrophobia. Immediately afterwards
the authorities decreed that every dog
in the town should be shot.
A little pet dog which belonged to
the Duchess Of Marlborough, died re-
Gently. For some months before it's
demise it had carried a glass eye, the
result of a serious dispute with cat.
A teacher In q public school in Mat
teawan. N. Y. exhibited to the smaller
pupils the various organs Of a dissected
cat, to instruct them in physiology
Several Of the children became i'll.
The culture CT oranges. lemons and
grapes has been quite encouraging in
Arizona during the past two years. In
1897 the production Of these fruits
doubled that Of the preceding year.
I.n'--~ "'-~~~''~ foot CHANGED to come
in the way Of Vance Vaughn as they
were whir]ing in dance ut keystone,
w. Va. AS he did not promptly apollo
giZe. she drew 4 pistol and shot him
dead
Several patients who had each lost an
arm. were present at an entertainment
in London hospital The MANNED
spectators were arranged in pairs so
that two sound hands could be used to
applaud.
A cob pipe manufacturing company
in Quenemo. Kansas, has failed. The
reason assigned is, that the farmers of
that section are 50 prosperous that in
stead Of smoking pipes they now smoke
cigars.
1t was once customary in France,
when a guest had remained too long for
the host to serve cold shoulder of
mutton instead of hot roast. This
was the origin OF the phrase ito give
the cold shoulder
A young trout with two perfectly
formed heads was lately discovered in
the pond OF the South Side Sportsman
club at Oalldale. n. Y. by H. l.. Riley.
The curiosity has attracted numerous
visitors.