Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1900-01-12
sTORYErTEs.

In sentencing . prisoner to be hanged
for the murder OF a soldier, Lord Esk-
grove dilated upon the crime a fol-
lows: And not only did you murder
him. whereby he was beraved Of his life,
but you did thrust, or push, or pierce,
or project, or propel the lethsl weapon
though the bellyband Of his regimenkal
breaches, which were his majesty'sl'
Buckle attributes the great success Of
Scottish men Of science to their prefer
ence for q priOM Or deductlve argu-
ment. The following. story OF similar
trend was attributed to Sir Henry
Campbell Zimmerman, A Scotsman was
asserting that all the great poets were
Of his nation. We'll. but" said one.
'.how about Shakespeare? You can't
say he was q Scotsman" To which the
other replied, Ellis talents would JUS
tity the superstition
The humors Of examination papers
were illustrated by Or. Haig Brown.
who. speaking at the Cty Of London
College upon the responsibility which
rested upon examiners In weighing
fragments OF knowledge, said that the
question, what are the Chiltren Hun
dreds?" once received the reply,
Small antnlals which abound In such
great numbers In cheese" The In
quiry "What Is "a cherub?" ELECTED. In
It's turn, the answer, An imrao1 al be-
ing of uncertain shape" go
A solicitor In a Georgia court relates
that he once overheard a converse ton
between his cook and "a nurse, who were
discussing recent fun eral OF a member
OF their race, at which there had been
great profusion Of flowers. The nurse
said: when / die. don't plant no flow.
ers on my grave, but pianl a good old
watermelon vine, and when It gets ripe
you come dar, and don't you eat +. but
jes' bus it OH de- grave and let dat good
old Juice dribble down through Dc
ground." ,tsa
The Boston Transcript tots .. story
OF I man who hal. q class Of boys in
natural history. One OF the subjects
which he took up was butterflies and
moths, and he told the children a good
deal about the chrysalides and cocoons
After he had got the bsys weli;instruct-
ed. he showed enc Of the smallest Of
tkarn one Of the cococns, and asked:
"What butterfly Is this the cocoon OF"
Then the little boy looked up and said
slowly and respectfully: my papa
says chat all cocoons look alike to hin!'
When Henry Clay was stunning
Kentucky for reelection. at one Of his
msss- meetings an old hunter OF wide
political Influence said: well. Har-
~, I've always been for you, but be-
cause OF that VOTE (which he named.>
"I'm goin' agin yoa." LET me see
your rife" said Clay. It was handed
up to him. ''Is she a good rifle?"
eyes" 'tDd she ever miss fre?"
'Well. yes. onee." "Why didn't you
throw her away" "The old hunter
thought a moment and then said. "Har-
ry. I'll try you agin." And Harry was
elected. ~ a.r. ...-- ..... .-. =.
Sir John Adye, who was governor Of
Gibraltar fortress. always made him
self closely acquainted with the work
Of whatever happened to be in his de-
partm ent. Meeting person once COM
ing into the office late. rne general
asked him what time he WIS supposed
to be on duty. ooh" was the reply,
II usually stroll in about eleven or
twelve o'clock" stroll in?" said Sir
John, in rising tone; then pre7ure
YOU do not leave till late?" 'Well, !
usually clip of about two o'clock
"Slip off at two?" exclaimed the veter-
On. in his topmost note; pray. may
ask what department you belong to-"
"Ob.n said the stranger, Il come every
Saturday to attend to the clocks"