Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1902-03-28
sToRYErrEs.

sTORYETTEs.
Once during heated debate BE-
tween Senator Joseph b. Foraker. Of
Ohio. and Senator Joseph w: BAILEY.
Of Texas. the question OF law ~ Texas
and law In Ohio came up. The pas
sAgo became warm. Foraker. oy way
OF . parting shot. told Bailey that II
he would come to Ohio he would learn
. great deal Of law that no did not
know. III there 10 30 very much law
to be learned in Ohio" remarked
Bailey. II must advise the senator to
spend al his spare time there. He
needs It,"
Thomas A. Edison is deaf. but, like
many whose hearing is defective, he
sometimes understands what Is said
when It is least expected. There
were visitors one day at nis labora-
tory, to whom. as usual, he was pc.
lite, although busy, and he patiently
answered many questions unnecessarl.
ly shouted at him. Finally one Of the
visitors, the humorist OF the party.
said to another: II bet he'd hear II
we ask him to take a drink" Eyes"
said Edison, looking directly at the
man. and smiling. II would: but no.
thank you. not today"
Some years ago Philadelphia
preacher inaugurated in his Sunday
school the practice Of having the chill
dren quote some scriptural text as they
dropped their pennies into the con.
tribution box. One the first Sunday
In question, a little shaver walked up,
and said: The Lord loveth q cheer
full giver," and in dropped his penny.
Charity shall cover multitude OF
SINS" and in dropped the next. 1T
is more blessed to give than to re.
ceivs." quoted the third. and so on.
Just then. up walked little fellow
with the unmistakable remnants OF
molasses candy on his chubby face,
and. as he dropped his cent. he bawl.
ed out, "A fool and his money are
soon parted"
The late Lord Dufferin was fond Of
relating an amusing experience which
occurred when he was returning to
Ireland from a diplomatic mission to
be married, and his engagement to
the beautiful Miss Hamilton had just
been announced. He landed one
evening on the platform of small
cousasry station near Clandeboye, and
hired driver to take him the four or
five miles, but he was so muffled up
that the driver failed to recognize
him. Presently Lord Dufferin asked:
ANY news about here?" mo news. .
grumpily replied the man. Except
that the beautiful Miss Hamilton Is
going to marry that ugly fellow.
Dufferin!'
The Tillman-McLaurin incident re-
calls a heated debate which once took
place in the senate between Senator
Henry S. Foote, Of Mississippi, and
Senator Hale, of New Hampshire
The Mississippi statesman had been
accusing Senator Hale of being las
guilty as If he had committed high
way robbery" in promoting a certain
bill which Foote conceived was an at
tack on the institution Of slavery
Turning to Senator Hale, he said: 81
invite him to visit Mississippi; an6
l will tell him before hand, in all hon
esty, that he could not go ten miles
into the interior before he would grace
one Of the tallest trees OF the forest
with rope around his neck, with the
appreciation of every honest and pat
riotic citizen; and that, If necessary
I should myself assist in the opera
ton"
1t has been urged that doctors a
least should be absolutely vaccinat
ed" To show what is meant, DR.. Ar
fective vaccinations at intervals O.
seven to nine years, in 1892 he revac
cinated himself four times at inter
walls of a month, the effects decreasing
to no reaction at all; and since tina
time he has regularly vaccinated him
self every few months. He insist.
that the physician should have thi!
protection, which gives no inconven
fence after two applications.
Butter is now packed in a name
that permits Of it's carriage from Aus
tralia to Europe without losing IT
freshness. A box is formed of 81,
sheets or ordinary window glass, ant
the edges are sealed with gum paper
This box is then inclosed in plaster o
paris one-quarter of an inch thick, THU
being again covered with special pa
per. The plaster is bad conducto
of heat, SO the temperature inside tn
blk remains the same. Boxes are nov
made to hold 200 pounds of butter, an,
the cost of packing is Id a pound.
The New York Times tells Of ,
New York woman who had a sligh
cold. She was advised by faith heal
er to consult one OF the cut, but sh'
declined to accept the suggestion
Later the cold disappeared, but in it
place came bill for IS with the in
formation that by absent treatmen
she had been cured by a healer sh,
had never seen. The bill was ignored
but it was followed by others, in quicl
succession. and, finally, from trul,
American distaste tor row, it wa
paid.
A good many loose habits are moth
inb but night robes.