The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1878-05-11
GENERAL BREvITKS.

TOMATOES sell in Key West at 6 cents
box, and are SO abundant that many
growers are feeding them to their swine.
WHERE the division between the toes
is net complete, and they are partially
joined, they are called twin toes. They
are reputed to be very lucky.
In the year 1877 marriages in England
fell, for the first time in six years, below
100000. In Scotland the number was
the lowest registered since 1872. A sig
nificant sign Of the times.
THE st. Petersburg Exchange Gazette
estimates the cost of the war at $780,
100000, which will, it is estimated, de-
mand an expenditure of about $50, $780,
600 annually to cover interest and sink
ing fund.
THE Mayor of Boston is of the opin-
ion that concert of exclusively opera
bouffe music is not I" sacred /" in the eye
of the law, and therefore not to be per-
mitted on Sunday evening in that city.
A GENERAL municipal law in English
cities imposes a fine or imprisonment
upon all persons throwing the skins of
fruits on sidewalks. Policemen arrest
such offenders whenever they can be de-
tected.
In Allegheny, Pa, list of all people
in the city who have claimed the bene-
fit of the law exempting $500 worth of
property from levy and sale, is being
prepared by the ward Constables for the
benefit of the business men generally.
An eccentric old maid named Miss
Maxwell Graham, of Williamswood,
England, has left $10O, 900 to four char
liable societies, wherewith to relieve
poor Professionals who are named Hutch
inson or Maxwell, and to educate their
children.
TRIcHINE are sometime found in
beef, when the cattle have been fed up
on grass that was MANFRED with matter
from slaughter houses where pigs had
been killed. Rats are almost sure to
get trichine from the flesh they eat, con-
sequently cats become largely infected.
AMONG the curiosities of the Paris Ex-
hibition will be the treasures of the Pre-
lecture of Police, which include por-
traits of Ministers, ieutenants, and pre-
fects; also, of eminent criminals and re-
productions of burglary tools. Burg
larry having now become a science, del
egations of the trade will doubtless be
seEt from other countries to see if
France supplies wrinkle or two.
IT is common occurrence for chill
dren to get beans, grains of corn, or
other foreign substances up their noses.
The following is a simple remedy, and
is well worth remembering: Have your
child open its mouth; apply your mouth
to it and blow rather hard. The offend
ing substance will be expelled from the
nostril.
JOHN ROBINsON's show-elephants
seem to have particular spite against
the colored race. The other day one of
them crushed little darby to death in
North Carolina, and now an old colored
man at Liberty Mills, Va, has fallen a
victim to elephantine cupidity. 1t is
supposed that the elephant shifted the
lunch in the old mans pocket and at
tackled and killed him to get it, as no
provocation was offered.
GEN. IGNATIEFF is blessed with wife
as remarkable for her talents as for her
beauty. During all the years that he
served at Constantinople as Secretary
OF Legation and subsequently, as
Minister, Madame Ignatieff was the
cynosure of the court circles, where her
address and destinations contributed in
no small degree to the diplomatic tri-
jumps of her husband. You have but
one rival. General" once remarked M.
Legremond, the French Ambassador,
sand that is Madame"
THE Western Union Telegraph Com
pany now owns over 2OO,0OO miles of
wire, whereas, when the late William
Orton became President it owned but
50, 291 miles. They had then $3.50 Of
fees, now over 5000. This year the
number of messages forwarded will ex-
coed 10000, 900, while then they were
but 5,879,282. The profits have in
creased over half million dollars per an.
mum. The average cost of transmission
per message was 63 cents, whereas it
is now but 20 cents.
The Hat Trade Reriew tells us that
Cardinals hat is of red cloth, with q
very small crown and broad brim. Two
ties, each ending in five rows of red
silk tassels, three in row, are fastened
to the crown, and fall on either side,
being long enough to meet under the
wearer,s chin. The hat is made of felt.
Ordinarily Cardinals wear a black hat,
with gold-embroidered red ribbon.
In times past the receipt of a Cardinals
hat was attended with very heavy fees,
Just as the Garter is in England now.
The islands of Jersey, Guernsey, Au-
rigny, and Sark, in the British Channel,
which have belonged to England since
the time of William the Conqueror, still
preserve the old French of that period
as the language Of the peasantry. The
modern French is the language of the
educated classes, though English is
spoken, and the official language of the
courts and governing bodies is French.
An attempt was lately made to substi-
tute English, but it was strongly resist
ed, and finally relinquished.
GEORGE Tvs wardrobe was sniff
GENTLY varied and splendid for the ward
robe of Drury Lane Theatre. He hardly
ever gave away any thing except his
linen, which was distributed every year.
There were all the coats he had ever
had for 80 years, 800 whips, canes with
out number, every sort of uniform, the
costumes of all the orders in Europe,
splendid furs, pelisses, hunting-coats
and breeches, and, among other things.
4 dozen pair of corduroy breaches he
had made to hunt in when Don Miguel
visited England.
PEOPLE who travel mnch on RAILWAYS
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