Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1908-03-20


road with regard to handsome faces.
Nature and custom agree in conceed-
ing to all males the right OF at least
two distinct looks at every comely
female countenance, without any In
fraction of courtesy or the sentimen:
of respect.-Holmes.
Bishop Potter says he "believes In
The new woman"
Fire Chief Crocker led the fighting
Of big fire In New Fork one night
recently in evening dress. including
pumps and silk hat. He was dressed
ior dinner when the alarm was
given.
A woman Is more Influenced by
what she divines than by what she Is
told.--De Lenclos.
A woman who is guided by the head
and not by the heart Is social pestl'
ience.-Balzac.
A woman without laugh In her Is
the greatest bore In existence.-Thack'
cray.
Beauty is the first gift Nature gives
10 woman. and the first she takes from
her.-Mere.
China has apoligized to Japan, thus
earning Tue COuleulpI VI NV Va "o~
be war correspondents. :
The south has recently had what Is
called IAN orderly lynching." stu,
the lynchee probably failed to enjoy 1t.
There is nothing a man OF good
sense breads in wife so much as her
having more sense than himself
Fielding.
The Chronic Kicker is thoroughly
convinced that April will more than
make up for the bad weather we are
not having in March.
Male firmness is very often obsttn-
acy. Women have always something
better, worth all qualities. They have
tact-Lord Beaconsfeld.
Hartman now controls railroads
that stretch from ocean to ocean. He,
too. probably regards it as foolish to
70 on with the Panama Canal
Evelyn is going to sue for divorce
on the ground that Harry was insane
when he married her. There are
women who would hate to set up
plea of that kind.
Pugilist Jeffries has declined an
offer of $4,000 to appear in boxing
contest. Apparently there Is at least
one man in the world who knows
when he has had enough.
A big diamond firm which failed the
other day blames It's trouble on the
public's craze for automobiles. me
old saying may, therefore, be changed
to 'eStick to me and you'll ride in an
automobile"
A New York burglar, as part or
his loot, carried off 200 neckties. His
arrest and conviction quickly followed,
and now he is extremely sorry be-
cause not even one of the neckties
matches his suit of stripes.
An octopus measuring ten feet SIX
inches in length, while being killed
ct Tooradin, Victoria, twined ten
tacle so firmly around the foot OF one
OF its captor that the membrane had
10 be cut to free the man.
China imagines that her sovereignty
has been restored in Manchuria, yet 1t
Is a fact that the South Manchurian
Railway refuses to carry Chinese
mails unless they are sent through the
Japanese post-office, and international
rates paid on what is considered to be
Chinese inland correspondence.
horse led at the funeral OF
cavalry officer Is relic of the custom
when q charger was sacrificed at the
crave. an officer led the horse from
behind the bier to the brink OF the
crave, and it was there slain and
thrown in upon the coffin. The last
occurrence OF this kind took place at
Treves Germany, in 1881.
In years long past the German was
considered the greatest smoker on
earth. He is SO no longer. The Bel
gian smokes e2l pounds Of tobacco
yearly; the inhabitants of the United
States, $40 pounds; while the Ger
mau's STARE Is only 3.44 pounds. The
Englishmen Is really most mod
crate smoker; 1875 pounds last him
year.
There Is trouble in tonsorial firm
In New Orleans. In the barbershop
this information Is displayed: "Notis
The partnership heretofore subsit-
ing betWixt me and Moses Jones IN
the barber profession is dissolution
Ted. Persons who owe money must
nay to the subscriber. Them what
Che firm owes are referred to Moses
Jones'"
A patient and ingenious Italian. a
resident OF Rome, has constructed a
tiny boat formed of single pearl.
Its sail is of beaten gold. studded
With diamonds, and its headlight, car
ried at the PROV, Is perfect ruby.
An emerald serves as its rudder, and
it, stand Is a slab Of ivory. 1t weighs
less than half an ounce, and its price
- said to be $4,000.
Belgian hares imported into the Ar
gentine Republic have multiplied at
"a astonishing rate. Some fifty OF
these hares were introduced into the
country, and they have now spread to
such an extent as to be found at a
distance Of five hundred miles from
the spot where they were first turned
out. and have increased so prodigious.
~ that ten hunters have been known
to kill one thousand in day.
DES MONIES DIRECTORY.