Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1898-09-16
CURRENT EVENTS.

of badness.
The church holidays in the Philip
pines average about three week, and
they are generally observed.
Nearly all the gold coin in circula-
ton in the Sandwich Islands is of
United States mintage.
About 100000 people without homes
are nightly sheltered in the common
lodging houses of London.
Ireland, with population of 4,T04,-
900, has one of the smallest suicide
rates in Europe-only ten to 100000.
Spain has only 7,54s miles of railroad
in her whole territory, or little over
four miles TO every 10000 inhabitants.
There arc close upon 100000 mar
ried couples in France who have no
children, and as many more with only
one child.
Those Ridiculous Questions.
holder (sharply)-What do you want?
Burglar (sarcastically)-The initiative
and referendum, of course.
| Baggs-It is said that Dame Fortune
knocks once at every mans door,
Jaggs-Well, it was her daughter, Mis-
| Fortune, who called on me.
All French subjects who are 70 or
more years of age have Alright to claim
admission to one Of the hospices, where
they are well fed and housed.
sReputation is a good deal like a
linen suit.'s @sss How's that? nsasas.sslS hen
you undertake to wash it, it always
shrinlss the wrong way" f..
"A decapitated snail, if kept in a
moist place, will in a few days grow Il
new head, and it will be just as SER
viceable as the original one was.
l.. H. Pray, of North Conway. N. H..
has United States note for the sum
of $50 which was issued May 10. 1775,
and the printing and signatures are
all legible.
It has been discovered that oysters
feed only at about the turn of tide,
and that the habit of opening period
ically persists even when they are out
of water.
The rate at which Zulus can travel
in an emergency is astonishing. Some
will cover as much as fifty miles in six
hours. Eight miles an hour is an or
binary pace.
TO clean suede gloves place them on
the hands, then rub well with fine
oatmeal and renew the meal several
times. Finally brush it off the leather
with soft brush.
The Japanese address their letters in
Just the opposite way to other people.
u.
city, the street and the number. and
the name last of all.
Some of the colored people in Ala
bama try to cure themselves of rheu-
matism by sleeping with young dog.
They imagine that the disease is thus
transmitted to the dog.
Three grandsons of Commodore
crate cruiser Ala ALBANIA, are in the
United States service, one in the navy
and the others in the army.
1t is said that many people in Maine
are so offended at the advertisements
painted on boards and barns along
country roads that they refuse to deal
{ h the firms which SO advertise.
If the United States. in addition to
the recent annexation Of the Hawaiian
Islands. retains the Philippines. Cuba
and Porto Rico. our territory will thus
be increased 247."43 square miles, or
by an area somewhat less than that of
Texas.
Percy Bocdecker 1ged 10, of Mount
Vernon. n. Y, often walks in his
sleep. His latest somnambulistic ram
BILE was on the roof of his fathers
house He missed his footing and fell
Il distance Of thirty-five feet, but was
only slightly injured.
J. Pierpont Morgan. the New York
banker. owned a prize bulldog, named
His Nibs. for which he paid $1,000
In a conflict with Il cat. the pussy
scratched out one of the dogs eyes.
and Mr.. Morgan intended to have Il
glass optic placed in the vacant socket,
but the dog died.