Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 May 1896 — Current Condensations. [ARTICLE]

Current Condensations.

After a man is old enough to have whiskers he should not be seen on the streets carrying a pair of skates. A woman never thinks a man is making a time confession until he tells her something it breaks her heart to hear. No difference how rich a man is,or how prominent, a woman can throw; hind by accusing him of trying to kiss her. TJie first iron bridges were erected from about 1777 to 1790. The same general principles apply to the construction of iron as, of stone bridges, but the, greater cohesion and adaptability of the material give more liberty to the architect and much greater width of span is possible. A flying machine that will liy is said to have been exhibited recently by a man named Lamson in Portland, Me. The machine has wings like a bird and is said to be about as difficult to operate as a bicycle. The inventor moved about-with considerable facility at a distance of twenty feet from the ground. The port of St. Petersburg will b 6 excavated to the depth of twenty-two feet T to correspond with the depth of thS cahaTTeadiffg ts ts. Tlie harbor ts also to be enlarged, so "as' t<r hold at least twenty-four large steamers at a time. These proposed operations are the result of the fact that the port ol Cronstadt is to be closed to merchant vessels. Manager A 1 Spink of "The Derby Winner” has among the other noted steeds in the troupe the smallest horse in the world. Baby Ruth was foaled iu Houston, Texas, is 3 years old, nineteen inches high, and can stand on an ordinary dinner plate. She is remarkably pretty, and }ter owner, Col. J. H. Wood, of Texas, has been offered and declined $5,000 for her. The tall of the crawfish serves that animal as an oar. By a peculiar jerk of the tail the animal can retire from a dangerous object with almost incredible swiftness. The tail 1s much more effective in moving the animal backward than forward, a singular instance of adaptation to its situation, for by means of its tail it can withdrafv into its hole with such swiftness as in an instant to place Jt out of danger. Arizona women are out after political privileges equaLto enjoyed by the men, and recently a woman suffrage association was organized in Phoenix. For some years a few representatives of advanced womanhood have championed the cause in Arizona, and each successive Territorial Legislature has been asked to pass an equal suffrage bill. Once or twice the bill has passed one branch and has been treated as a joke in the other. But Statehood is almost in sight now, and the women are stirr{ng~themselves to greater efforts looking toward enfranchisement. The Governor of the Territory has expressed himself as strongly in favor of woman suffrage.