The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1878-07-27
GENERAL BREvITIEs.

LOLA. KANSAS
GENERAL BREVITIES.
BURMESE boys are taught to smoke
when mere babies.
PETROLEUM was first sold as q lini-
nent called Seneca oil.
The pen of a rapid writer travels 16s
feet per minute.
BuDDHIsA is the most widely extend
ed religion on the earth. 80 4
THE nose viii recognize the 1,S0O,-
O00th part of grain Of otto Of roses.
In Central Africa if baby cuts an
upper front tooth before q lower it is
killed.
MIGRATING birds go in direct line
from north to south, and never take
their course from east to west or west
to east.
Or every thousand men, twenty die
annually. The population OF city or
country is renewed once in thirty years.
The number of old men who die in
cold weather is to those who die in
warm weather as seven to four.
LORD BEAcoxsFIELD and his great
opponent have fallen q prey TO the
makers of anagrams, who have discov-
cred that ssDisraeli'' makes 81 lead,
SIR" and ssGladstone, !" sc leads not. y
ssDisraeli'' and 0Beacons6eld" are all
the rage for tavern signs in London,
and the. big alexandra" Music Hall
has been reehristened "The BeacOns-
field" ER
THE late Isaac Friedlander, the grain
king of California, was giant physic-
ally, being nearly seven feet in height,
and with body large in proportion.
He was a German by birth and came to
this country when a boy. He controlled
ths -four market on the Pacific coast
for many years, and sent the pioneer
shipload of wheat from San Francisco
to Europe.
The power of reproduction in insects
is one of the most wonderful parts of
their economy. On beheading slug,
new head. with all its complex appur-
tenances, will grow again; SO will the
feet of Salamander and the claws of
Holsters. The end of worm split pro-
duces two perfect heads, and if cut into
three pieces the middle produces q per-
feet head and tail.
JOHN I. JAMES, an Auburn On. "
convict, feigned paralysis with such sue
cess that he escaped hard work during
his confinement of two years and hall,
was lifted about by attendants, and, on
being released, was carried in chair
to the depot and placed on the cars. A
few hours after the prison officials were
surprised by call from the fellow, now
as smart as any one, who told them of
his game and then left for home.
A NEW way of filing theater is re-
sorted to in Paris, where in summer the
theaters are empty in fine weather, and
ami only full when the rain drives folks
: in from the boulevards. There is kind
of chemical paper which changes color
with damp. When the atmosphere is
dry it is blue, when wet it turns to pink.
The manager prints free admission on
his chemical paper, and puts at the foot
a ,ndition: !" This ticket is only avail
able ii the ticket be blue. If it be pink
it will be refused"
If q person were suddenly asked what
Observation-Disclosures" spelled, the
chances are that in the furry of the mo-
mens he would say he didn't know; yet
Prof Knowlton of San Francisco, says it
spells s.potato' He spells the word
according to the following rule: s'Gh
stands for p, as you'll find from the last
letters in hiccough. Ough stands for O.,
as in dough. Phth stands for t, as in
phthisis. -Eieh stands for q, as in neigh
Dor. TIE stands fors, - h cozette, and
can stands for o, - II bean.''
A NEWLY MANFRED Cincinnati couple
were recently struck dumb in q strange
fashion, the wife waking up speeches.
one Saturday morning and the husband.
Peter Lavelle, being similarly affected
the following Monday afternoon. The
man has regained the use of his tongue,
but his wife is quite feeble and can only
swallow little milk with difficulty.
The doctors say the case is not an UNI
common one, but is an affection of the
brain which produces paralysis, involv-
ing the organs of speech, the husband
being Historically affected in sympathy
with his wife for the time being.
A SONG WITHOUT ANE.
TThe letter E is used more than any
other letter in the English alphabet.
Each of the following verses contains
every letter of the alphabet except E. ]
A jovial swain should not complain
Of any buxom fair
Who mocks his pain, and thinks It gain
To quiz his awkward air.
Quixatfc boys who look for joys
Quixotic hazards run;
A lass annoys with trivial toys,
Opposing man for fun.
jovial swain may rock his brain,
And tax his fancy's might;
To quiz Is vain, for It's most plain
That what say is right.
JOHN BROwNING writes to Nature |:
"Having seen a paragraph in Nature
communicated by Mr.. Severn, of New
castle, New South Wales, describing a
method of using telephone to enable
deaf persons to hear, have tried the
experiment. in the manner Mr.. Severn
describes-by fastening string to the
parchment diaphragm of q simple tele-
phone made of wood, and carrying this
string round the forehead of the deaf
person, who clasps the string with both
hands and presses them over his ears.
The experiment in this way was partial.
ly successful; the sound Of the voice.
was always heard, and some words
were distinguished. Afterwards fast
ened single string to the telephone
and got the deaf person to hold the
string between his teeth. He then
heard every word distinctly, even when
spoken in low tone of voice ct the