The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1877-11-03
GENERAL BREYITEs.

GENERAL BREYITIESs
WE drink our tea and coffee generally
at q temperature of 10 degrees. ,se
The Westnsinster. RerieO says that
drunkenness is the curse of England
q curse so great that It eclipses all Others
in that country. aaiaI2G o:a se4
PUBIC executions have been abolish
ed in Sweden. They are to take place in
! prison interiors in the presence only of .
few functionaries and Of dozen citizens
chosen BY the people Of the district whore
the execution may take place. - Il
An Alepp0 girl, who has more than
one lover, subjects her suitOrs to trying
ordeal for her. hand. Taking three bits
of live coal from the fire, she lays one in
each of her lovers hands. The one who
holds out the longest wins the girl for
his bride. 2 7 sy.o 4iFa99
A MANS best possessions are good
wife and good children. To have them
requires constant attention and care,
but it repays q hundred fold, for it
makes Of home q heaven and Of earth .
paradise. tciJ.3s. siH .vsEatIr lsa9
By French law, architects and con-
Etractors are held responsible for a period
of ten years after the completion of
structures for the total or partial loss of
buildings constructed by them, if such
loss is caused by fault either in the
building or foundations.
In some of the established churches in
England there has been a falling off in
the attendance of ladies at communion
services, and investigation shows that
the present style of dress makes it SO
difficult for the ladies to kneel and rise
that they prefer to abandon the service
rather than the dress. :.-f
WHILE it has been generally claimed
that Manitoba has an unusually mild
climate, the published statistics of the
Canadian Government show that it is
one of tho coolest inhabited sections OF
British North America in winter, and
that the summer, although short, is
very warm.
| AFTER 800 years of absence, shoals Of
herring appeared this year on the coast
of Denmark. The fish was for many
centuries the chief source of revenue of
the country, and the Danes naturally
hope that it may not soon again disap-
pear, as it did suddenly one autumn
over 800 years ago.
In Germany corn is grown as an or
namental garden plant; in Switzerland
it is started in beds, and afterwards
transplanted to the field with three
plants in hill, the latter three feet
apart each way; in France it is sown in
drills with the plants two feet apart.
England's climate is too cold and wet
for its successful culture.
WHILE a bridal party were walking
in the Bots de Boulogne, Paris, a guest,
after lighting a cigar, threw away the
match so awkwardly that it set fire to
the brides dress. She was badly burn
ed, and so was the bridegroom in at
tempting to put out the fire. A ply.
sician was sent for and the wedding
feast left untouched. 2a a
| IT is observed that Europeans, while
ordinarily possessing far more courage
and nerve than Asiatics, do not face
death on the scaffold with such cool in
difference. A civil officer at Lucknow
was experimenting hanging. The
rope broke, and the man to be hung
calmly observed as he rose, Sahib, the
ropes broke" as though wishing to re-
lieve the distress of the officer, who was
a man of sensibility and refinement.
SOME months ago DR.. Upham, of Sa-
lem, Mass, in order to explain to his
audience the variations of the pulse in
certain diseases, caused the lecture-room
to be placed in telegraphic communities
ton with the City Hospital of Boston,
distant Is miles, and by means of special
apparatus the various pulse-beats were
exhibited by vibrating ray of magne-
SUM light upon the wall. These ex-
periments have lately been repeated at
Paris.
A PARROT which had been in family
at Clinton, Mass, for 80 years died re-
Gently. 1t was believed to be 80 years
old, its former owners having been
traced back for so years. 1t could talk
until within 20 years, but in that time
has said only one word distinctly, that
being the name of a former owner,
Harriet" 1t apparently died of old
age, showing all the symptoms of very
aged person. IN aI- r...- u.
AN old document read by Prof. Will
liam Everett in Cambridge, Mass, last
week, and written by one of the famous
Boston Harbor tea party, spoils another
cherished tradition The writer SAYS
that at first the boxes of tea were brOk-
en- with axes, though this vas very diff
ficult, owing to their being covered with
canvass. Afterward the others were
tossed overheard in their original pack
ages. The paper also declares that
there was no white citizen disguised as
an Indian on that occasion.
PROSPEROUS merchant says you can
not prevent people from buying if you
have got what they want and give them
the worth of their money. He says
the only difficulty he had ever had was
with his clerks. They usually came to
him with the idea that trade was full of
lying and tricks, and quite willing TO
adopt these methods as part of the bust
ness until after period of training. He
said twas almost impossible toget them
to speak the truth and make representa-
tons of things exactly as they were.
A NOVEL operstion for consumption
was lately performed upon Archibald
Chatterton at Completion, New Bruns-
wick. His right lung was softened and
broken down, with the exception of a
small portion at the top. DIR. Balloon,
of that town, thinking that he probably
could not recover, made deep incision
in the young mans chest at the lower
end of the shoulder blade, and inserted
a silver tube, through which he drew
out large amount of matter. He at
terward washed out the cavity with dis