Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1913-09-19

About two hours after leaving the
hotel he returned with cold feet and
pleasant temper 1t was q large bill
he gave the cochera.
The leaning chimney Of the Avenue
Of the Presidents withstood the great
storm Of 1918
WlthSt0Od One would like
Great Storm to write that II
stood up under
the stress Of the storm but this Chin
ney has never stood up within the
memory of old inhabitants. 1t has
been q leaning chimney for many
years, but in view Of the tenacity
and persistence with which it leans
one would hesitate to call 1t de-
crepit chimney.
This old chimney leans as much as
it did when 10th street was only 18th
street and no more. when the Sec
ton over which 1t leans was gener-
ally called Meridian Hill neighbor.
hood. and before rich men began to
build residences in that section.
Friends of the crooked chimney
felt that In the late storm the end OF
it had come They felt that its bricks
and mortar and Its topping tile would
be scattered on the ground. But the
chimney never lost a brick.
) On the west side of 18th street. at
the intersection Of Columbia road and
Mount Pleasant street. is a row OF
small frame houses. They sit rather
IA back from the street, for the line
OF 1eIl street and its grade were
slightly changed when 1t was made
into a great way. The chimney leans
over the roof of the northernmost
of these old houses.
Increase in the industrial and COM
mercial activity of the United States
during the last
Big Gain fiscal year, as
in Exports. compared %" Z, wit with "a
closed by figures made public by the
bureau Of foreign and domestic COM
MERGE.
These show there was gain OF al
most II per cent. in the value OF ex-
ports of manufactures, manufacturers
materials and agricultural products.
The increase amounted to $262.OOO.-
900, and the total exports this last
year were $2,466,000,000. The imports
increased almost ten per cent. the
gain being 100000, the grand to-
tai during the year aggregating 81
813 100000.
Exports of iron and steel luanufac-
lures this year amounted to $3O5,O0O.-
600, against $26S. 100000 last year. and
the total exports Of manufactures
other than foodstuffs were valued at
$1,1S7 900 900, against $1,000 100000 IN
1912. The copper produced In tho
first six months this year was $780,
100000 pounds. against '736,O0O.O0O
pounds in the same period last year.
and the exports of copper and manu-
features thereof, exclusive of ore. ap-
proximate $14o.oOO,0OO this year.
against $114.000.O0 last year.
The conversation in the cloakrvom
having turned from tariff to servants,
Senator Warren
From Tariff Of Wyoming told
to Servants. this tale:
Washington family had resigned. &C.
cording to the senator, and an hour
or two before she left the house her
mistress in anything but a sweet tenn
per- said to her:
Il hope you will leave here in a
better manner than you came. II l
remember rightly your goods were
brought here in a wheelbarrow!
II am going away in an automo-
bile" said the maid. as motor cars
chugging was heard outside in the
back alley. "My new mistress is
sending one for my clothes and
things"
rs that so?" was the scornful re-
Spouse of the ruffled woman. Then
why don't they drive up to the door
in a respectful and respectable man.
ner, instead of choosing the alley
way?"
y don't know" replied the maid,
but l suppose they don't care to let
people think they are on visiting
terms here"
Baseball by Wireless.
When the battleship Illinois was re-
turning from Madeira to the United
States and was distant 2,115 nautical
miles from Arlington, and 2.610 nan.
tical miles from Key West, she inter-
certed wireless messages from these
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