The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1877-12-01
GENERAL BRRvITHs.

The spat of q single oyster is sufi-
Gent to populate an acre.
ELEPHANTS live to the age of 100
years and upwards as . general rule.
TRYON B. JOLLY d the rather cheer
| ful cognomen of . Canadian drover.
PHYSICIANS say that promiscuous kiss
ing among ladies spreads disease.
A NEW YORK man refuses to live with
his wife, because, as he says, she prays
too much.
COUNTING out the number lost in the
present war, Russia has still some TO-
000, 900 men left.
THERE are now 1895 letter-carriers
employed in the free-delivery service of
the United States.
WOMEN are coming to the front as
pedestrians. Miss LIE Franc has just
walked so miles in II hours, in North
Adams, Mass.
TwENTY-NINE women were advertised
in q recent issue of Chicago paper as
about to preach and conduct religious
services on the following Sunday.
In q wedding in Athol, Mass, the
gsoom was 78 years old, and had been
previously married four times. The
bride was Il.
An elegant casket has been sent from
India to England, containing the address
drawn up by the Parsees congratulating
Queen Victoria on becoming Empress Of
India.
A GERMAN paper remarks that it is
probably not generally known that
Plevna has long borne, both among the
Turks and the Bulgarians, the epithet of
''the impregnable."
AMAN near Winstead, Conn.,, while
hunting recently, saw gray squirrel
high on the limb of tree. As he was
about to fire hawk bounced upon the
squirrel and was bearing it away, when
the man brought them both down.
WILLIAM L. VAUGHN, Principal of a
public school in Covington, KY, lee
tured on /" The Duty of Good Example. ="
On the following day he was arrested
for bigamy, deserted wife having ar
rived from Canada.
A NEW YORK fruit-store displays
Bartlett pears made of india-rubber,
properly colored and filled with air.
These serve admirably for samples, as
they are always found soft by custom
ers, and bear a vast amount of pinch
ing.
ONE Indian chased another through
street after street in Umatilla, Oregon,
for over two hours. The residents look
ed on in amazement, and at last saw the
fleeing savage overtaken and soundly
beaten. This was revenge for the loss
of squaw.
A FRENCH convict ship, the NaUdrino,
recently sailed for New Caledonia with
400 convicts on board. But
the conditions of the voyage are so fatal
that the number will doubtless be much
diminished before the vessel reaches her
destination.
LIZZIE DIETRICH went with her lover
to clergyman's house in Hagerstown,
Md, to be married. On stand
ing up for the ceremony she
began to weep and tear her cloth
ing. She had suddenly become insane,
but from what cause is not known, as
the contemplated marriage was propos-
ed by her. She died on the following
day.
The paper manufacturers of Holyoke,
Mass, except the firm that has the post
al card contract, are unanimously of
the opinion that the extensive use of the
cards by the public is an exhibition of
niggardliness. They believe, too, that
the Government ought to let any body
make the cards, and then require the
afixing of ordinary one-cent stamps.
In San Francisco a paper was found
posted on house intimating that those
employing Chinese would be shot down
without further warning. The author
said he was a good shot, and meant
business, and concluded the note as fol-
lows: "Ihave had no food for two DAYS,
nor my family. This is the last notice
look sharp"
The wonder is not that protracted
and contagious diseases invade the
homes of the poor in the large cities,
but rather that death does not sweep
them down by thousands where it does
now only by hundreds. The recent
death of child in a tenement in Mott
Street, New York, caused an investiga-
ton which revealed the fact that the
building contained SO families, number
ing in all nearly 500 persons.
SENTIMENTAL tea-sets are in fashion.
A lady publishes her intention of get
ting up one, and forthwith her friends
particularly her male friends-consid-
er themselves laid under contribution
for cup and saucer apiece, of such
size, shape and costliness as each ones
purse and taste may dictate. When the
sentimental set" is full, the lady gives
the donors tea-party.
WHEREVER q misfortune or accident
of any kind happens to Maori, his rel
atives, neighbors, friends and remote
acquaintance assemble and punish him
as if the i'll luck was caused by his own
imprudence. They pillage his house,
devour his stores of food, and beat him
almost into insensibility. If a mans
wife runs away from him; if his child
falls into the fire and gets burnt; If his
boat capsizes and those in it are drown
ed-these and similar events are the
proper occasion for applying the custom
of the muru.
THERE is an expression in the face of
good married man, who has a good
wife, that bachelors can not have. It
is indescribable. He is a little nearer
the angels than the prettiest young fell |
low living. You can see that his broad |
breast is pillow for somebody's head,
and little fingers pull his whiskers. No
one ever mistakes the good married |
man. He can protect all the unpro-
tected females, make himself agreeable
to the ladies, and yet think all the world |
of his wife.
A PANEL painting by Fortuny, "The |
Council House in Granada valued at |
&15 600 Was nlaced in the axhib;f;on Of