Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1900-07-27

There are 100000 men in Prussi,
earning less than SCI per year.
ta1
!. A clock of the year 1880, which be
longed to Henry III, is exhibited al
the Paris exposition. .
More than a million slaves have
been liberated in Madagascar dur.
ing the last four years by the French
government.
A leading Chicago physician says
that one of the best remedies for in.
somnia--and certainly the cheapest
is to take n long trolley ride just be.
fore going to bed. An
Does your wife believe all you tell
her?" asked Mcbride. Does she?''
repeated barley. "Why, sir. my wife
believes all the weather man says
The oldest American naval officer
alive is Captain Francis Martin of
Detroit, who has just celebrated his
10th birthday. He was second lieu
tenant before Admiral Dewey was
born. g"
During the last thirty years 9,57j
persons have lost their lives in Penn
sylvania anthracite coal mines. The
principal cause of accidents is said to
be the carelessness of the employees.
An Arkansas woman and her sew
en- children recently Travelled to Min
nesota on one ticket. The children
were all within the prescribed age
limit, there being two sets of twins.
England uses 30,OoO,ooo birds every
year for decorative purposes, and, to
provide all Europe, 15O,OOO,OO0 are
annually destroyed, and when we add
America it brings the sum total up to
300,000OO0.
A Berlin physician has written an
article on the dangers resulting from
what are considerd insignificant
wounds. For instance, in thirteen
wounds to the thumb, permanent dis
ability followed in 60 per cent of the
cases.
Major Llewellan, of the Rough Rid
ers, was recently operated upon for
appendicitis, and the surgeons discov-
cred two big bullets while they were
carving him. When he recovered from
the anesthetic they showed them to
their patient, who calmly observed:
There are two more in there some
where; did you see anything of
them?"
A small thermometer was placed
in the mouth of Lee Chew sick Chi
naman, yb DR.. Pilsbury, San Fran
cisco physician, to test his tempera>
ture. He chewed the thermometer
and swallowed the mercury, and Lee
ChoNv will chew no more. The mer-
Jury killed him.
The French village of Aumore ranks
rs the healthiest spot in the world.
1t contains only forty people, and
twenty-eight of them are over so
years of age, and three have passed
Il century. There are no graves in the
place, and the Oldest inhabitant can
not remember seeing funeral.
jeff Eddins, of Burlington, KY,
noticed an angle worm speedily
emerging from hole in the ground,
and then travelling at a rate Of speed
unusual in " worm. He watched the
movements attentively and presently
observed mole in pursuit. He slew
the mole and saved the worm. a5s
The freak of an insane man has
caused the loss of a fortune. w. d.
Bender, who died u short time ago,
at the College Hill Sanitarium, near
Cincinnati, accumulated considerable
wealth and then became demented.
10 annoy his relatives he burned gov
eminent bonds representing $4,000.
They were unregistered, and the rela-
tives lose that amount.
A flock of crows comprising appar-
emily a thousand in number attacked
Lemuel Hindes, 1T Oshlomo, Mich,
while he was at work on his farm.
They viciously pounced upon him.
peclsing at his face, hands and arms
and he tried defend himself with
a pitchforlz. Although he killed sever
al, he was almost overcome when his
wife, summoned by his cries, scatter
ed the flock with shotgun, after she
had slain score of the birds.
Australian Army,
The present establishment of the
forces of New South Wales
consists of 9,T4 officers and men; that
of Queensland Of 1916; South Austria
liza of SILT; Victoria of 1928, and
western Australia of 1920, making the
total military force on the Australian
continent 36,645 officers and men.
A Pointer.
Do not buy land on which the trees
are small, and not very thick growth.
You will see that men who are cxpe-
rienced in buying farming land always
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