Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1914-03-20

will study with the men Of the battle
ship Wisconsin.
A congressman OF canny Scotch an
cestry contributed a story of disputes
in the gIens about
Had No Use the antiquity and
for Noah's Ark. importance Of their
Campbell pronounced Cammle) and
a Mclean were one day disputing and
| the Campbell said his clan had existed
before the days Of Abraham, Isaac and
Jacob, for be said, Does the Bible not
say that when Isaac lifted up his eyes
he saw that the camels were coming?
lGen. xiv, 63.)
"Hoot, mon," said the other, what's
that to the McLeans? The McLeans
are as old as the world ITSELF"
DO you mean to tell me that the
McLeans lived before the flood?" asked
Campbell. .a..
ITO be sure" said Mclean, long BE-
fore the food"
But the whole Of the people was
drowned said Campbell, excepting
the one family that went into Noah's
ark"
"Noah's ark" retorted Mclean scorn-
fully. What would the McLeans
want wi Noah's ark? Who ever heard
OF a Mclean that hadna boat O his
ain" .'-@ -s
Laughter rang through the corridors
as the little group scattered and di
vided itself into pairs and trios as
some made their way to the house. Of
flee building and others marched gay
ly out to the, tune OF Home. Sweet
Home. National Magazine.
More than $11S,000,0O0 a year is
given to the benevolent institutions
in the United
Pays High for States. according
Remembrance to the, census bu-
reau. The figures
have been compiled from the 1910 re-
turns. The institutions spent sl11.-
SOC, 700, and they had property valued
at $643,900, 900. There were about 81
400 institutions. Those in New York
state reported total income Of $751;
900 900, with property valued at 1885,
0o0, 900, as against $15,000,000 income
In Pennsylvania, with property Of the
institutions there valued at Sill ,000,-
coo. There is one benevolent institu-
ton for each 1900 of population
Forty-six per cent of the benevolent
institutions in the United States are
for the sick, 27 per cent. are for the
exclusive care of children, and 1 per
cent. are for the care and protection
of children. In the 1915 institutions
reporting there were 1851 inmates,
and during the year 100000 persons
had been received into the total num-
Der OF institutions.
The number OF inmates In the benev-
olent institutions in New York state
increased $4,000, or 46 per cent, from
1904 to 1910: more than 10000 children
were put into homes in 1910. The hos
pitfalls had $4,000 nurses, $500 doctors
and ], $3.50, 900 patients. with sec. 100000
in receipts
Under no circumstances shodld
fresh and dried fruits be considered
a luxury, since
Nutrition in they supply the
nrjad Fruits needed nutritive
material as an in
liet, besides adding to the attractive
ness of the daily fare, according to
nutrition specialists of the depart
ment Of agriculture. If they are to
be eaten raw, brands made and mar
keted in cleanly way should be OBJ
tanned
The amount of dried fruit produced
In the United States increased SIS per
cent. between 1899 and 1909. Califor-
MIA produced more than four-fifths of
the yearly output. According to a
rough estimate each person in this
country consumes on an average Of
five or six pounds Of dried fruit .
year. s -,. ...
The value Of dried fruit grows from
between four and five million dollars
to over twenty-one million dollars In
ten years The average wholesale
price. however, has not advanced with
the increased demand; on the con-
trary it has dropped from about five
and a half cents to four and half
cents per pound.
Possibly it seems little tough, but
those who have to take care Of the
"".,.. poor In Washing
Says a Dog ton will certainly
Is a Luxury. agree agree with G.: !, =.
sioner to the poor at Topeka, Kan.
The board OF charities at To
peka has decided that any Shaw
nee county resident owning a
dog will be disqualified from receiv-
ing any fund devoted to Shawnee
county's poor. The commissioner to
the poor says that dog is luxury
and that families who have not enough
for their children divide their pittance
with the dog. The poor commissioner
says that III a family is poor 1t has a
dog; II it is very poor. it has two
dogs"
People must dispose or their pups
II they wish help from the county. 1t
IL a practical ruling, but will wiring
tears from the eyes Of many ragged
kid. There Is nothing 80 nice as .
dog. but. like Oliver Twist. they do
eat tremendous. Dogs are luxury.
People, enjoying luxuries cant expect
county aid"
The Associated Charities Of Wichita
roconfly adopted 4 similar ruling. and