The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1878-06-29
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THE lola REGISTER.
Published Every Saturday.
OLA. KANSAS.
GENERAL BREVITHS.

OLA. KANSAS.
GENERAL BREVITIES.
The Pensacola Advance says the
orange-planting mania is increasing in
Florida,
THE total number of Slavs is co..
492, 100, chiefly inhabiting the Empire
Of Russia.
FARMERS in England sowing arseni.
Gated wheat are by recent act of Par.
lament made subject to heavy penal.
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ACCORDING to the Pekin CARTE, the
telephone was invented by Kung F.
Wiling, who fourished in the tenth cen.
fury.
FROM Oct. 26, 1867, to Dec. 81, 1877,
the sales of church property at auction
in Italy yielded the National Treasury
Sl06, 100000.
An attempt is to be made to grow the
sugar cane in Switzerland, and grains
have been forwarded to be distributed
among farmers.
The average reign of the seven Prus-
sian) Kings of the house of Hohenzol.
lern, including the present monarch,
has amounted to 20 years.
THE people of Columbia County, Ga,
suffered so from the recent cyclone in
that section that they are in urgent
want of provisions and money.
IT is recorded that woman was once
burnt alive in France for numbering
some babies. As refinement of cru.
city she was put in cage with IA cats
over a fire, so that the animals in their
agony should tear her while burning
Our of the 4.422 rooms in the Watt.
can palace, the Pope has allotted a small
one to the famous Padre Curci, who was
cnrtly refused hospitality by the monks
of GrOttOferrata, near Frascati, on &C.
count of his recent book on the policy
of the Church.
A BELLE of Gold Hill, Nevada, plays
the piano with her toes and fingers
simultaneously A witness of her per.
Torrance describes the music produced
rs excellent, but says nothing about the
queer contortions that the player neces
sarily puts herself through.
THE following advertisement is taken
word for word, from the North British
5drer'iser: Wanted, a place of soil
tary retirement by a person 80 years o.
age, who wishes to exclude himself from
all society and live as hermit, for any
period not exceeding seven years, OF
suitable terms"
A RECENT calculation says that the
demand for lumber increases in the Uni
ted States at the rate of Is per cent. PEI
annum. The forests decrease at tn,
rate of 100000 acres year. Tn,
fences alone are valued at S1,8OO,O 600,
400. and they cost each year 1913. 900,
600.
THE estate of Mark Hopkins of San
Francisco is worth $4,000, 900, ant
men able to qualify as bondsmen il
twice that amount could not be fount
in the county. To get around the diff
ficulty about S5.00O,OOO in railroa,
bonds were withdrawn from the prop
erty and deposited in a bank. Ther
Charles Croker and Leland Stanfort
qualified in $40, 900, 900 each.
The Whitehead torpedo is propelled b,
two screws operated by an engine work
ed by air compressed to from 800 t.
1000 poun6s to the square inch. TIT
explosive it gun-cotton. A speed is at
tanned for the very limited distance a
which this submarine weapon of nava
warfare is effective of about 80 miles 81
hour.
A POWERFUL bar magnet, in connec
ton with Grove battery, has been sue
cessfully used in London, England, il
extracting chip of steel from the ey'
of a mechanic. When the magnet wa
four inches from the eve, the chip o
steel sprang from the lens where it hat
lodged to the inner surface of the cor
nea, whence it was removed withou
much difficulty.
A GOOD command of language is
fine thing, especially if it be the French
language, just now, at least. 1t is esti
mated, by one who knows, that q per
son can get along nicely for 50 day il
Paris if he understands French, Will,
if he pins his faith to English SlOa day
will scarce suffice. Not many Ian
guages these times are worth 81 a day
TO person.
LORD CARNARvoN delivered speech
at Kings College Hospital, in London
the other day, in which he spoke of the
chances of success awaiting the medi
cal student. He said that Sir Jane.
Page had caused the careers of 1,OO(
students in one great hospital to be fol
lowed. Out of them all, % had
achieved great success, 10 considers
BILE success, 60 success, and S07 fail
success. The remainder chad passed
into terrible limbo of death, failure
and leaving the profession"
The driver of an omnibus in Paris,
while guiding his horses one morning
recently, noticed q small parcel wrap
ped in q newspaper lying on the pave.
ment of the boulevard. He stopped his
horses and pointed out the packet to the
conductor. On examination it was
found to contain 500 notes of 1000 francs
each on the Bank of France. The money
was deposited by the driver in the hands
of the authorities, and it was afterward
claimed by an American gentleman,
who had carelessly placed it between the
two coats which he was wearing at the
time when he drew the money at his
bankers.
An association, known as "The Home
Hospital Association" has been formed
IN London for the purpose of opening
several small hospitals and convalescent
homes for the upper and middle classes,
where any one can obtain, on payment,
all the advantages of hospital treatment,
in addition to many of the comforts OF
home, not the least of which will be the