Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 20, Number 54, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 March 1899 — Lions Fear Umbrellas. [ARTICLE]

Lions Fear Umbrellas.

A German professor, in giving his experience as an explorer In the wilds, of Africa, says that the best protection against lions is an umbrella, as the beasts are especially afraid of one when opened suddenly upon them. Piao’a Cure for Consumption ia the best of all cough cures.—George W. Lots, Fabacher, La., Aug. 26, 1895. A European statistician has discovered that only 55 per cent, of the blondes marry, while 79 per cent of their brunette sisters engage in matrimony.