The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1877-10-20
GENERAL BREvITIES.

JAMES B. HAsMER, the Oldest resident
of Hartford, Ct, has lived in his present
home "a years.
THOMAS JEFFERSON imported "love-
apples" (now called tomatoes) from
Frapce as food for his pigs.
EXCAVATIONS for the tunnel under
the channel between France and Eng
land have already been begun on the
French side.
A NORTH CAROLINA girl pierced her
ears in order to get pair of earrings,
and got instead Observation-Disclosures
tumOr, which surgeon has removed.
THE Austrian soldier is about the only
one in Europe who receives only one
meal day in time of peace. That is,
indeed, a very fair one; still, for young
soldiers hard at work nearly all day, it
is scarcely enough.
PRESTON S. HAMPTON, alias Emmer-
son, now in the Kentucky Penitentiary,
says he came to grief by spending all
his money trying to get q clerkship in
Washington, and then resorting to con-
fdence games for livelihood.
A SOCIETY has been formed in In
dianapolis, with subordinate organiza-
tons in all the leading cities and towns
of the State, to relieve the people of the
surplus laborers by obtaining homes for
them where land is cheaper, and labor
in greater demand.
M. FAUTRAT asserts that wooded land
receives more rain than bare land in its
immediate neighborhood. Pine forests
attract more moisture than other for
ests. Pine trees also retain in their
branches more than half the rain which
falls on them, while leafy trees permit
more than half of the rainfall to reach
the earth Immediately.
A POLICEMAN was trying to arrest a
man at Hanley, England, who had been
charged with felony. The man darted
into the old church, which was open for
service, and made his way up to the top
of the tower, with the policeman at his
heels. He jumped over the parapet,
and, sliding down the lightning con-
ductor at the risk of his life, escaped.
KING KALAKAUA has been interview
ed by San Francisco reporter. His
Majesty plays with great skill upon an
exquisitely handsome guitar; is free
thinker; has large library, containing
all the poets, German metaphysicians
and modern philosophers is entirely
free from religious prejudices, and has
a strong sympathy for journalists.
THE fashion of carrying dress gath
cred up in ones hand is a nuisance,
says Wonaan's Kingdom. The lady
must have clean hose, clean shoes, and
not splay feet. Many a woman who
prides herself on pretty face may have
reason to be ashamed of her horrid feet.
Beauty in hand or foot is Just as SYM
metrical and to be admired as on the
length of ones nose.
A QUEER case of perjury will come
before the Grand Jury at La Fayette,
Ind, the present session. William
HOuck voluntarily made a sworn affida-
Wit before Mayor Kimmel never to touch
another drop of whisky. He was SOL
EMMY warned of the penalty if he vio-
lated his oath. Saturday he was arrest
ed for intoxication, and he is now in jail
awaiting the action of the Grand Jury
on the charge of perjury.
A WOMAN in male attire was admitted
to the male ward in a San Francisco
hospital to be treated for injuries caused
by fall, but on the discovery of her
sex the assistants hurried her into the
proper apartment. She registered as
Albert Sinclair of New Orleans, and
said that she had dressed as q man for
ten years, finding it more convenient
and advantageous than woman's dress
for making her living. She chewed to-
bacco.
A NOVEL method for the prevention
of sea-sickness was recently test
ed by an Englishman. His res
pirations exactly correspondent
with the rise and fall Of the
vessel. When she rose, he inspired;
when she fell, he expired. So success
full was the experiment that he fell
asleep, but was awakened when he
ceased to respire with the rise and fall
of the vessel, to sleep again when the
rule was again observed.
The Bedouins in Syria have entered
upon a life of brigandage. A recent
letter from Acre reports That months
ago they bounced down upon Tiberias
and got 81 500 from the people. The
Pasha of Acre went out with every man
he could muster, but was forced to re-
treat, the Bedouins numbering 1000
horsemen. The people of Nazareth are
in panic, as the Arabs are stealing
every thing in and about the city. Ow-
ing to the war there are scarcely any
Turkish troops in the country and the
marauders are masters of the place.
Mr.. HUGHES, residing in Oakland,
CAL, on Wednesday lost in his garden
gold quartz sleeve-button, weighing
nearly half an ounce. On Saturday his
wife killed chicken, and from its crop
was taken the missing sleeve button, and
also q brass half-inch screw and fiat
piece of brass half an inch long and
quarter of an inch wide. The singular
part of the affair is that the under part
of the sleeve-button, which when lost
was quite straight was very much bent
when taken from the chicken.
New YORK CRY contains to-day hard
on 100000 inhabitants. Brooklyn
contains a population of $50, 900; this,
added to 1900, 600, would give New
York $4,000 If, however, we take
in Jersey City and Staten Island, which
clearly belong to this agglomeration of
population, New York, viewed as a me-
tropolis, is the second largest city of the
civilized world, containing over 2,OOO,-
600 inhabitants. Thus: London, 8, 49,
42S; New York, over 2,0OO,O 900, and
then Paris with 1851, 1872.
The fishermen living on the lonely
island of Hitteren. off the coast of Nor