The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1877-06-09
GENERAL BREy1rHs.

GENERAL BREVITIES.
THE old-fashioned silver comb is com
ing in vogue again.
In Sing-Sing prison so sewing ma
chimes, run by steam, keep the female
convicts busy.
Mr.. ALEXANDER CORRECT, of Yer.
mont, who is 80 years old, claims to
have read the Bible through 80 times.
AN innocent-looking girl, 16 years
old, is under arrest in Lewiston, Maine,
for stealing horse and carriage.
SOMEBODY has taken the trouble to
keep record of the number of kittens
born to New England cat. The mum.
Der has reached 100, and the prospects
continue appalling.
MRS. JAMES LORIMER GRAHAM, JR.,
wealthy young New York widow, has
erected in Florence, Italy, beautiful
tomb to the memory of her husband
Mr.. Launt Thompson was the artist and
the cost was 100000.
IT happened in Oregon. A Yamhill
School Director discharged the lady
teacher and took charge of the school
himself. The first day he had n vouno
lady STANDING ont on the f,oor Int the
next the Girls banded togetber hound
the old man hand and foot. and gave
him thrashing.
= A FRENCH writer criticises women
as beings who delight in discomfort.
They have invented, he says, dresses too
stenneS nnog oaI1ars Tho. 40 nnt .dm;.
the bead r. he trrna5 n"o,,ats 100 LOW,
to be reached by tne hand. hiph heels
that cause them to trip. and BIG knots
in their dresses that prevent them from
sitting.
DEEP SpR,Nc v.,,pvI.xr;n Cali
FORMS l. q shoe, % ,-atar IT. w;id Cow,
would do well To avoid The dncks
which visit the Lakes in gre.t numbers
become 90 loadoJ Jo,,n Eth orystaIl;za
tion of borar sal, or some similar snh.
stance that thew arc utterly unable IN
f1v- and while n th;, cond;t;on becone
an easy prey to the Indians, who wade
into the water and pick them up with
their hands.
The official measurement of the boat
in which Thomas Crapo and his wife.
of New Bedford. Mass. nroposes to
cross the Atlantic makes the lenotb
1855 feet: breadth. 6 a feet. deptb. s 16
feet: TONNAGE. 80 Her dranoht of
water is ONLY I3 inches. Herowner has
great confidence in her sea-going abili-
ty. The adyenturers sailed On the 2sth
of MAY, and expect to arrive in ENGLAND
about the 9Th of ,Iulv. taking the track
of the ocean steamships.
ONE of the inmates of the Nashville
CTenn. insane ASYLUM is a black wom-
an, who has never been known to look
up since she first became an inmate of
the institution. and never speaks or takes
notice of events about her. She is
prompt at her meals. though a LIGHT
eater. living almost entirely unon GRASS.
which she obtains from the lawn in
front of the ASYLUM. She has such an
aversion to weeds that she suffers none
to grow in the Enclosure.
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II ",o no' ai'o"ou " AeeP 'nen oiu
oiJ tatt,r mIen u. .nG are Morn s oM' ca
yer volatilizes when heated intensely. and
much passes offin vapor and condenses
again in a pure state. In Government
ASSAY offices the smelling of the crude
metal throws off silver yapors. which
rise and solidify in the SCOT In the Chin
new. A silyer.nlatinp concern in New
Haven, Conn. in removing tn Meriden.
took up the floor of the plating room.
burned it. and analyzed the ashes. oh.
tanning 1881 in pure silver.
IN uua'eIiiaia, SCUM america, tne
hesIo =. .ne forests IN tne 9elsn-
noou Va S.'loo 10 u ,,,I "'oonueu WIN
in quantity and less to be relied mon.
new forms of sickness have sprung nm.
the weather is more capricious. The
want of wood for fuel and other pur-
poses is already most seriously felt.
Near Sensutepec. in San Salvador. a
large extent of forest oround has been
DESTROYED to plant sort of indigo. and
since then storms. which before were
very moderate, have assumed a most
violent character. The Eucalyptus
globulus is now being planted.
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Baccaret glass are placed. and the throne
is a huge seat covered with red velvet.
and with arms and back of pure gold.
In the daytime floods of brilliant light
pour into this room from three great
windows looking out on the Bosphorus.