Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1904-09-30
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ne best immigrants that come 70 tbs
country are Norwegians and Swedes.
During the last i've years and . halt
The Standard on company has paid
dividends amounting to 3242.000.-
90 on . capital Of 500, o00. 900.
There Is quite color scheme In
volved in the attempt of Russia to get
her fleet out Of the Black sea, through
tho Red. and into the Yellow.-Toledo
Times
A translation OF THE Pilgrims Pro
gress" is popular In China Some Of
the pictures show Christian with the
face and garb OF Chinaman, with
. shaved head and pigtail-
A guillotine has just been erected
n the market place at Gothenburg.
Switzerland. 1t is intended for q
laudabIe purpose, and viii be used to
aecapitate ducks and chickens.
japanese ladies sometimes have the
floors Of their boudoirs, underneath
the mats, 50 arranged4 that by the
movements of the boards when trod.
den upon sounds something like the
chirping Of birds are emitted.
Automobiles on runners have been
conceived by . French machinist. 20
be used on snow-covered roads. The
machine will rest on four runners,
two in front, to be used for steering
purposes. Wheels connected with the
hind runners will keep the runners in
motion.
Moinst vapor is constantly arising
from the sea, and In the course of .
year this amounts to layer OF water
fourteen feet thick. This mass Of
moisture is borne to the clouds, and
the winds drift a large part Of il over
the land, on which it descends In rain
or snow. ~-... - ..--
A quaint little fish haunts the weed
tracts of the Gulf Stream, and there
builds its nest and lays its eggs like
q bird rather than fish. This AMI
malHthe antennarius-imitate in
color the weed ii lives in. and. like
the chameleon, constantly changes its
eolors. #T~ #a s-T
Automobile tenting parties are pop.
Slar in England. The camping outfit
Is carried in the vehicle and when
night comes on the riders seek ia
vOrable ground and erect the tent, do
their own cooking, have jolly good
time and refreshing rest, and resume
their journey in the morning.
A company has been organized in
London for the procuring OF wealthy
brides for impoverished aristocrats.
A percentage on the estimated wealth
of the bride is the fee for this work.
20 be paid within week after the
marriage takes place.
The antiquity Of Chinese civiliza-
ton may be inferred from the fact
that at the present day there are IN
circulation coins which were minted
three hundred years before the Chris
ton era, and bearing Licensees OF
empercrs who reigned in those days.
Bohemia is the country OF long
courtships. In no other part OF the
world are they so abnormalfy drawn
out 1t is not rare to hear Of engage
ments which have extended from ff-
teen to twenty years An old man
died recently at Prague at the age
Of ninesy-nine, who hade been court
ing a sweetheart for sixty-two years.
An unfortunate husband in Ohio,
whose wife occasionally. forgsts wo-
manly dignity, and gets fuddled, sent
the following advertisement to the
paper of his town: II hereby give
notice to my friends, and not my
friends. that my wife ran away and
stole money from the house. last
Thursday. If she don't return in
fwenty-four to.rs I call us parted"
A surgeon in the British army MOTTO
ed that when a wounded soldier was
taken to within an easy hearing dis
lance Of music, hemorrhage was great
~ reduced or stopped It Is believed
that the vibration of the air produced
by the music causes the patient to
oecome faint, in which case the &C
zion Of the heart is go considerably
essened that the overflow is reduced