The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1877-03-24
GENERAL BREyIrIEs.

n GENERAL BREyITIES. 'sT
SENATOR DAVIS covers 1926 square
inches when he sits down.
jar GOULD drew d 28O, 600 dividends
on Union Pacific last year. He votes on
1873, 729 shares.
TAX is paid in Great Britain on I, $780,
600 dogs, being licensed dog to every
rs inhabitants.
ISAAC MARKS, recently hanged in
London for murder, was the first Israel
lite England had legally put to death in
200 years.
THERE are in England eleven times as
many accidents from broken rails in the
cold as compared with the warm quar-
tiers of the year.
The British Museum must be . pleas
ant place for man looking for . book.
The books of that famous institution
cover IL miles Of shelving.
ACAPRICE of the moment with young
ladies is that of wearing long black kid
gloves with light evening dresses; they
have the effect of making the hand look
small. E"tt
A DETROIT baker had two barrels of
crackers spoiled by turpentine, and he
not only gave them to the poor, but
secured q reputation of q liberal
hearted man. .-Le-s go
A YOUNG Madagascar brought into
France inquired if all the Frenchmen
are doctors. Asked why he thought
so, he replied that they all took his
hand and asked after his health.
A SAN FRANcIsC0 man, with %, 900
q day income, has q penchant for get
ting his moneys worth. Considering
the saucer part of the cup, he insists on
both being filled when he orders a emp
of coffee.
BETWEEN Roversto and Trent, at the
foot of hill, an immense bronze table
of the Roman epoch has been discov-
cred. 1t reproduces in perfectly pre-
served characters the decree of julius
Cesar, in which he granted to the peo-
pie OF those towns the Roman citizen
ship and alliance with one of the civic
tribes.
THE London Lancet defines !" Mod
crate Drinking" as that which consists
with a clean tongue, good appetite, q
slow pulse, cool skin, clear head, q
steady hand, good walking power, and
light, refreshing sleep, and asserts that
s'odd glasses of beer and spirits in q
forenoon do not come within the range
of moderate drinking"
FOLLOWING in the wake of the Acad-
emv of Sciences, some of the French
papers are discussing the anasthetics,
notably protoxide Of azote-laughing
gas-in the practice of dentistry. 1t is
urged that while its use may be popular
in the United States, where life is
cheap, it should not be encouraged
elsewhere.
Mr.. WALTER, NJ. P, has presided at
q temperance conference at Newbury,
and strongly advocated the brewing Of
q lighter and less heady beer, resem-
bling that of Germany, and the estab-
ishment of cafes after the model of
those on the Continent, as the best an
tidotes to the widespread drunkenness
of the working classes.
ROMANCE outruns civilization. Spot
ted Tails daughter Shonkoo, or the
"Red Rose" loved Lone Elk, q young
brave. Two Sisters of Charity per-
suaded Spotted Tail to give them his
child and bring her up in q convent.
Shonkoo said nothing, but at night she
eloped with the darling Lone Elk, who
pacifed the old gentleman by the gift
of a pony.
An Englishman says: "The attrac-
tions of French women born of Fren Oh
parents, as rule, consists of q grace
full movement of the body, small feet
and well shaped hands; q sometimes
fascinating expression belonging to ir-
regular features and facility for con-
versation which often makes you for
get they do not belong to the Phryne
ideal. They dress better than any 9TH
er ladies in the world"
FROM recent details which have been
received of the great fire at Toxic, in
Japan. it appears that not less than
10000 houses were burned. Among
them were eight buildings belonging to
foreigners, including the residence of
the Austrian Minister. It is supposed
about 60 lives were lost. About 80 of
these are believed to have persisted in
the Simabara, which was considered
the best theater in Japan.
The methods recommended for the
cure of sleeplessness are numberless.
Those suffering from habitual wakeful-
ness had better store their minds with
remedies, and try one after another,
until oounof h; pp ofYao<,o1 10 A;sno,~o~ol
For what will help one person may be
useless to another. One curious method
suggested for inducing sleep is for the
patient to close his eyes and try to
think he is attentively watching q stream
of air entering and leaving the nostrils.
When the stream seems to be visible,
sleep infallibly comes Another plan
proposed is simply to breathe slowly
and quietly for . few moments. It is
worth q trial. The sleepless person
should take deep, slow inspirations,
initiating the breathing of q quiet
sleeper.
AT Leu Saint Remy, in Belgium, an
appalling sensation has lately occurred.
A young man of 10 years, who was be-
lieved to be dead, was placed in q cof-
fin and buried. A great number Of
mourners accompanied the funeral.
One of them pronounced eulogium
upon the character of the deceased, the
usual prayers were recited, and the
coffin was lowered into the grave. The
grave-diggers had begun to fill it in
with clay when they heard several
knocks given from within the coffin.
Terrified, they ran to call the curate
and inform the Mayor, in the presence
of both of which personages the coffin
was opened. Horrible spectacle!"
says the paper from which this is trans
lated. "The unfortunate youth, who
had been buried alive while in state