Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1900-11-02
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Joseph 81. choate, our cmb assa n \ ~ \
Is the court OF ST. James, WINS o1aes
asked Ii a company whom he wonlfl N
i like Is he Ii ..lc were not hihselt Hia !
kindly eyes travelled round the roonal
as if In snrch OF inspirat ton. and sh lissil
rested upon Mrs. CHI cate. I'm a lasfls
came the answer to the sillgula ques
!. ton put to him: Mrs, Ch oate " secony
husband.
At the close Of a pert orlnance gwen 4
a. d benefit to John Brough ham. tlis "A
actor and dranatist, one ot the aud q
ence threw upon the stage a. Iisssl a. A
Y " gold. Brougham picked az M md . sss
after examining it, said: Ladies' an &
5Slrentlemen. circumstances compel nie
1 to pocket ths insult; hut lcckiIls,,
GRIM II should like to see the mai
who would dare to repeat "!
AS, Horace Mann sat il his study v
one evening, an insane man rushed li y!
to the room, and after abusing him him
FOR .all kinds Of fancied grievhnce
challenged him to d fight. MI. M Ilss
replied: Ny dear fellow. "a WotlittEgss
give me a great pleasure TO accom- q e' NJ
date, but I can't do it, the odds are So
unfair. am I, Mann by name and a$s
man by ature-two against one ~ ~ Y
would never do to fight. The insane
,aan answered: Come ahead l am "A N
man, and man beside myself; leg \
us four have q fight.
One day while AIil1ais was pain ting
his famous picture, Chill )et s.''. rs
among the reeds and rushes on the
banks of the lay, a man came pps be t't,'s
hind him and stood looking tii'st at
the picture, then at tho surround il
landscape. Finally he asked in broad 4
Scottish dialect: ssMan did We never =
try photography % g No, never, re-
piled Millais, painting slowly
pause. It's q hantle quicken SAID &
the man. Yes, I suppose 50. \ 4 not ll h
er pause; then the Scot lehman ad;l .GSs
thoughtfully: And it's 1ss.lr ike Re.
the place" s
When Governor Rooseyelts train
pulled out of Greeley, Colo, the otil@rs
day, q woman climbed on the back &
platform in order to give him q home
made cake. The train gained such \,
momentum that when the time came
for her to get off she was obliged to &
make a flying trapese leap for terra
1irma. She oiled over few times. IN
the sand, got up, and smiled at Roose-
welt as he stood worried for her Safe &.
ty on the back platform. Then she
waved her handkerchief 5iill evil lent de-
light, and became the. elly Of q \
hundred women who had watched her I;
acrobatic effort.
A crowd of United States survey ors
and allotting. agents were recentlY
working in the reservation OF the
Comanche Indians, surveying. estab-
fishing corncr-stones and gettin:s,
everything ready to divide the lanl US.
in quarter sections. The Indians did VI 81.
not take very kindly to the division,
and allotment Of their land, andAa SSa i
ing that the whites were scared, - -:
decided to act. The surveyors onsssis'
-all tenderfeet from Washington. Unpir
ienly, without warning, tReir III, S,
vas invaded by q yelling. shoe I lpokl,
pand st i've hundred Indians in HSssS
paint and feathers. The sllrve ~ b =,
party could not stand the pressure Y
ind started out for the, settlements,
along the Texas lire, and kept rp,
their flight, pursued BY Indians, tintilst.
they crossed tho state line. Them
they telegraphed to Fort Sin, and q
the commander sent out q large cav. 4
airy force to protect the SURVEYORS. 4,
The general sMpposition Is that i lot
ST cowboys and young bucks play :,