Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1908-04-17

No man knows MS null powers I'm.
I'll he turns 1t on some worthy pur-
pose.
Service is the Sign by which nobil.
ity is ranked In the kingdom iof
heaven.
There is in every good life tails.
man that turns all adversely and III
to advantage and good.
II the Lord loves only the cheerful
givers. there are going to be lot OF
vacant mansions In the skies.
Some OF the tireless church
workers work 1t for all 1t is worth.
There are SO many people engaged
In breaking the Sabbath that 1t keeps
the Almighty busy mending It.
II It wasn't for the weather, there
are lots OF men who would never
look toward heaven.
The man who is always telling you
how much he does for others needs
watching.
When we say that wisdom is better
than riches, we Always mean our wis
dom and other peoples riches.
They tell US that knowledge is the
faculty Of knowing what we have no
business to know.
A divorced woman Is entitled to the
name OF widow, but she can't keep OF
the grass. ~"
Some men cut some ice but the ice
man sells more than he cuts.
The pawn broker is always a loan
some man.
The worst of all %sms" in this
country Is rheumatism. $500,
They say truth is mighty. It's
mighty scarce In Des Moines during
the primaries and elections.
Talk is cheap-especially when you
use your neighbours telephone.
We never respect the man who
can change his opinion as much as
the one who can change q hundred
dollar bill.
The man who is willing to do you
. favor is never In position to do it.
When you are In trouble, the peo-
pie who call to sympathize are really
after the particulars.
Some other fellow Is applauded for
saying the coed things that we might
3ust as we'll have said, had We only
thought Of them.
A man is never contented with
his lot until he occupies one In the
cemetery.
A woman may coax a nail. but she
can never drive one.
The reason miners succeed is be-
cause they get down to business.
Of wisdom to himself.
It is a poor medicine that can't get
Q testimonial Of some kind.
Thirty years ago there were only
two dozen explosive compounds known
to chemists. Now there are over
1000.
II. the generals at Port Arthur had
fought in the trenches there would
pe more heather headboards dotting
203-Meter Hill.
Reichstag members d;smayed by re
fusal Of newspapers to print the
speeches. It resulted from snub to
the press. Press can beat 'em at that
game with its hands tied behind its
back.
An old Dutch Bible, with an up-to.
date Illustration, was recently found
in the Humonsdorp district of Cape
Colony. The frontispiece depicts the
vengeful Cain shooting Abel with 3
blunderbuss.
Toledo's three ice men wro were
sentenced to six months each in jail
for violating the antitrust law have
been released after serving thirty.
seven days. How good their behavior
must have been!
Two customs inspectors shot each
other to death on the Rio Grande
each thinking the other was snug
gler. II inspectors are crowding each
other that closely along the border,
it's wonder any smuggling can ex.
list.
The breakage of glass can be to
great extent prevented by the simple
precaution of placing lamp-chimneys.
tumblers, and such articles in a YES.
sci filed with cold water to which
some common table-salt has been
added. Boil the water for two hours
and then allow 1t to cool slowly.
When the articles are taken out and
washed, they will resist any sudden
change of temperature.
A gentleman of Allentown, Pa. Mr.
VIM. H. Heimbach, an expert breeder
of fancy fishes, has recently sold
lot of Japanese fringetails and some
Chinese fantails for ten dollars each.
Several of the fringetails, with bodies
less than three inches long, have tails
measuring four inches. The parent
stock was imported from the Orient.
but Mr.: Heimbach has succeeded in
raising about five hundred of the fish
In an elaborate hatchery he built ad.
Joining his home. A well-stocked five.
gallon aquarium Is worth about one
hundred and fifty dollars.