The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1878-08-31

00CCu Ii Jugs.
PHILADELPHIA has onc-half more
houses than New York.
A NgrIoNAL debt q O, $50. OOO, OoC
throwstn shadow ovcr Spain.
QUEsae Ann and Japanese style q
furniture are running rival.
IT is said that in the original there is
no mention of blue in the Bible.
SEALS can be trained to be the same
to fishermen as dogs are to hunters.
The King of Burmah imprisoned ali
his Ministers several hours for being
late.
IT Is said the Sultan pledged his Jew
els for 10000 rifles ordered i'm this
country. - -. "a - .
EMINENT geologists have recently fig
ured up the age of the world 200, OOO,-
600.
ADoG eats like . glutton, gulping his
food and taking it al as q matter Of
course. A cat eats gracefully and purs
her thanks.
HE novel writer's have changed the
usual phrase of describing their heroes
to suit the times, and now they say "he
was born of rich but honest parents
JEFFERSON said: 81 would rather
live in country with newspapers and
without q government, than in q coun-
try with a government but without news
papers.
The Oberlin (O.) Marshal had to in.
terfere in a quarrel of colored Methodists
on Sunday to protect Superintendent
Lee from his pastor and four of his col.
ored brethren, who, armed with clubs,
rushed upon Lee as he was opening his
day-school. Lee is prominent man
in the church. and the pastor has been
unable to expel him because Of his
friends. 49,
A GANG of burglars composed of two
Americans and three Englishmen has
been captured in a hotel at Sorrento.
They recently effected an entrance into a
wealthy pawnbroker's Office in Naples
and escaped with a large booty. About
the same time valuable articles of gold
and silver were missing from several
churches. A merchants house was
also invaded by the same gang, it is sup
posed, and robbed of precious plate.
DIR. HENRY JEPHsoN, of bennington,
England, who died lately, had remark
ably successful career. One year his
receipts were as high as $4,000. All
bennington shared his prosperity, for
his fame brought to that place wealthy
invalids from all parts of Europe and
America, who came to consult him, and
at his bidding remained to drink the
health-giving waters.
IT is rarely that mortgage is 80 long
forgotten as to become ,outlawed, but
such a one has been unearthed on a
Ballston Center IN. Y. farm in seach-
ing the records TO perfect the title of H.
s. Morey's purchase. The mortgage
was given in 1928, but no interest has
been paid on it for 80 years, which out
laws it. 1t is supposed the mortgage
was paid but never Cancelled.
The last session of Congress failed to
make any appropriation to help the
Howgate, Expedition toward the North
Pole, which compels the return OF the
Florence, which Capt. Tyson took out
year ago. Capt. Howgate has heard
nothing from the Florence, but believes
she experienced a mild winter. He ex-
poets that Capt. Tyson will, according
10 instructions, leave his equipment at
Disco, Greenland, and catch whales on
the homeward trip to help defray ex-
penses.
AT the date of the latest dispatches
from South America war was brewing
between the Argentine Republic and
Chill, and it was evident that blows
would soon be struck. The quarrel ia
about few thousand square miles of
land, largely inhabited by warlike In
dams, who, thus far, have succeeded in
their Independence: so
that the Republic which comes ont win.
ner will still have before II the task of
the native owners of the dis
puted soil.
In one of the desperate cavalry en-.
of the Revolution. Col. Harris
Cruger had taken Col. William Wash
lngton prisoner, and when he advanced
to demand Washington's surrender, the |
latter apOlogized with tho customary
courtesy and chivalry of the officers of |
the day for not rising and presenting |
his sword in proper form, and saving:
&c If you will let some of your men lift |
this horse from my leg will then rise
and surrender my sword with all due
ceremony" which he accordingly did,
and these two brave men continued to
be respected and esteemed rivals to the
end of the war.
In confirmation of the theory that the
Minneapolis (Minn) four.mills were
destroyed by an explosion Of flour-dust
3 the experience of John B. Kehl, a
Chippewa Falls Owls. miller. While
examining a clogged spout on the grind
lag hoor with lantern, the flour sifted
down, igniting and exploding with a
force that threw Mr.. Kehl back and