The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1877-10-27
GENERAL BREVITIES.

lola, /: (: KANSAS.
GENERAL BREVITIRS.
THE Boston Councilmen have voted
not to pay for alcoholic beverages in
any municipal entertainment.
IT is reported that every Norwegian
girl must n, able to bake bread and to
knit Qskings before marrying. L
STONEwALL JACKSON held that three
kinds of courage prevail among soldiers
in battle, based respectively on insensi-
bility, pride, duty.
THE Chinese language is spoken by
about $50, 00O, 600 people. The English
language is spoken by from eighty to
eighty-five millions.
FoRfr years ago . missionsry was
NOT allowed upon tie Fiji Islands; now
10000 young Njisns attehd Sunday
school.
AS result of the new game law of
Florida, deer, wild turkeys, cartridges,
etc., are,more numerous this fall than
during the years that Northern sports
men have hunted there.
A KENTUCKY woman obtained d.
vorce on the ground that her husband
was q habitual. drunkard. The man
went to Texas, reiortned, returned and
remarked her.
SANTA BARBARA, California, is the
proud ,possessor Of a. little, bunch FOf
grapes weighing 1875 pounds. 1t is
three feet long and six in circumference.
These grapes are most likely sour,
IKE country will breathe easierwhen
it learns that the $1,000 greenback of
1853 II allfight. There are no counter
feits as, reported, and there should be no
hesitation about taking. them in change.
The members Of Christ Church, Bos-
ton, the oldest church -bdildip9 IN the
city, still use the Bible, prayer4bO0k,
and silverware which we're presented
by King George III. in 1888.
MAYENCE, on the Rhine, now so FAM
GUS as a German stronghold and for its
Notifications, was the locality. of q Ro-
man fort before Christ came upon the
globe, say 1900 years ago. Il has .
population of about &C, 600 at the pre-
sent time. - +" rt't''
The restored column of vendome,
lately surmounted by the statue of the
first Napoleon, was first erected in 1908
to commemorate the famous French
campaign of 1905, the bronze bass-re-
liefs being composed of captured Aus
trian cannOns. s-l trt
THE electrical illumination of the rail-
waE station At .yons, France, is COM
pleted, and the experiment is pro-
nounced a success. Twelve electric
lamps are now in use, and twelve more
are being prepared. All will be fed
with one light-producing and one light
distributing machine.
THE first telegraph line in China is
at work, and, most wonderful of all, has
been erected by a Chinaman. 1t is six
miles long, and connects the official
residence of the Viceroy of Pechili with
the Tfentsin arsenal. As it was pro-
jected by native, no attempts at inter-
ference were made by the people.
THE colonial possessions of France
are dispersed over Asia, Africa, Ameri-
ca and PolyResia, and embrace, includ-
ing the countries under protection, a
total area of 463, 1927 square miles. OF
these three are in Asia, five in Africa,
four in America, and three in Polynesia.
The protected countries number one in
Asia and four in Polynesia.
PHoF. GoRINI, of Milan, has just in
vented . new and very cheap apparatus
fe cremating, which was recently tried
onm old man of 63 years, and worked
admirabtya IN less than two hours
there was nothing left Of him, not even
the Slightest odor. Tho Professor has
received many urgent requests for his
services. The fuel used costs only 60
cents.sl.s .Ifss-r.- -, ~ lNs
i5AMosa the expenses of royalty are
the following annuities paid - Queen
VictOria's children: The Princess Roy
al, 90, 900; Prince of Wales, 100000;
the Princess of Wales, $4,000; Prince
Alfred, 1925, 600; Prince Arthur and
Prince Leopold, go, 600 Princess Alice,
Ffmcess Helena and Princess Louise,
$50, 900 each.
AUGUSTUS G. BARTLETT, who is
white, brought suit in Chicago for
divorce from his wife, who is black.
They had been married two years, and
had lived together peaceally; but he had
gradually grown tired of the notoriety
that the contrast in color gave them.
His accusations against her, however,
were found toSbe grpund1ess, and the
case was decided against him.
ANUnBER oftramps were ordered out
of a Chestnut tree by Louis SchaJer,
farmer of Salisbury, Pa. They drove
him to his beuse with a pistol. /" You've
gotso de-" they shouted, and began
firing. Schaler fired out of a window
and killed the ringlesder of the gang.
They picked up their failed comrade and
retreated to the woods. Nothing has
been seen or heard of them since. - I"
They have struck some wonderfully
rich gold diggings on mountain in the
southeast corner of Arizona. A man
writing from the new diggings says:
Z" There is no water here to mine with.
You just charge your Babcock fre-ex-
strap it on your back, 60 up
on the side of the mountain and turn her
loose on every promising spot you see.
It's no trouble at all to hydraulic out
your ounce or ounce and hall a day."
IT is odd to note how the great ma
tional fair now open in Toxic, copies in
not few details tie 'Philadelphia show
Of last year, Hwss dedicated by the
Dkkal1o, as President Grant dedicsted
ours, and the speechmaking by day was
followed by fireworks at night; It en-
braces an agricultural hall, machinery
hall, q horticultural hall, a fine arts hall,
and so on. But the profusion Of charm
ing tea-houses on the Japanese grounds
forms a vast contrast TO the crammed
diaries and, reeking restaurants of the