Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1908-05-15

The cripple who Is unable to work
has lame exrise for begging.
. Some nen mind their own busi.
ness, while Others employ secre-
tary.
Any person In Denmark who paws
1 the state $3.50 when he is twenty
one Is entitled to an annuity of s65
when he becomes sixty-fiye years
old But II he dies before that time
the state keeps all the money.
An ignorant thief in Omaha stole
thlrty.sLy bars of silver and DISPOSED
of four Jr them to plumber as lead
The truth was discovered when the
silver refused to melt at the temper
AZURE which melts lead.
Over one thousand houses In Ion
don are without regular OCCUPANTS
because of the belief that they are
haunted. Most of them are Occasion.
ally tenanted at night by tramus, few
Of whom are afraid Of ghosts.
Visitors to the bathing-estnblish.
ment at San Giorno, on Lesina
Island. In the Adriatic, recently wit
messed CHASTITY scene. A woman
teacher was swimming a little dis.
lance from the beach when a bie
shark was seen approaching The un.
fortunate woman was speedily caught
by the legs, and the shark, with its
human prey, disappeared in the
depths of the sea.
Laundered shirts are unknown IN
China. This is strange when IT is
considered that nine out of every
ten Cinnamon who come to the Unit
ed States go into the laundry bust
ness.
1t is the opinion Of most librarians
that books should not be bound in
either calfskin or Russia leather. as
these are most liable to decay. On
the other hand, morocco and pigskin
are most durable. Good judges OF
these things object to the use Of gas,
as 1t has most deteriorating effect
on the bindings. The electric light
being preferable.
Persons who wear eyeglasses have
noticed that they become dim when
subjected to a sudden change OF
temperature-as, for instance, when
the wearer goes from the cold outer
air into q warm room. This may be
prevented by rubbing the glasses
with soapsuds every morning. They
may be polished bright after the
soapsuds are applied; but an invis.
ible film Is left on them that will pre-
vent the deposit of moisture.
For three weeks after marriage a
New York printer extolled his wife's
mother as one of the best women
that ever drew the breath of life
Then the Old lady began to "show
her hand, and her son-in-law reluc
family changed his opinion What he
thinks of her now may be inferred
from remark which he cautiously
whispered in the ear of friend: ~
have but one thing to desire In re.
gard to my mother-in-law-I sincere
ly wish that all of her children had
been sons"
A negro in the process Of turning
white was recently seen on the
streets Of Keokuk, Iowa. Fifteen
years ago he was perfectly black,
but he Is fast becoming white man,
so far as the color of the skin goes.
Since he began to change his color,
the transformation has been gradu.
ally going on, and his appearance
now Is more white than black. His
cheeks, chin, ears, hands, and part
of the neck are all white. The black
skin peels off in scales, and in few
years he will, with the exception of
his wool which possesses the African
kinkiness, be all white. j
The woman who has no children
never knows the greater joy Of devo-
ston. sympathies, instead of ex-
tending themselves, will narrow
more and more, and tend to concen.
trate themselves upon the merely
experiences and sensa-
lions which only lead souls about in
their own labyrinthine domain. She
may win personal distinction and
high fame. She may surely deserve
them, but she will be in danger of
following the false way which begins
and ends in self, says Julia Ward
Howe in the May Delineator. II the
fates deny her marriage, or leave it
bare Of offspring, let her win to her
some motherless child, and study the
lesson taught by the dear Christ
when he placed a child before his
disciples and babe them learn from
him the great science of life.