The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1878-10-12

Published Every Saturday.
lola. KANSAS.
GENERAL BREVTTIES.
THE locust makes noise by fiddlinR
on its wing with its leg.
PRoTEsrANTIsM made thousand and
four converts in japan last year.
NEARLY all the prominent naturalists
give the bobolink different names.
The gorgeous color of the autumn
leaf is due to the regular process OF
ripening.
A MILLER in England beat his wife
whereupon forty women formed vigil
lance committee and severely chastised
him.
ORCHARD ROBERTS, the inventor OF
the self-acting mule, was . remarkable
man." So says an English biograph-
ical dictionary.
In Europe there are only 40 trees that
attain q height of 50 feet. North Ameri-
c. has over 140 trees that grow over 80
feet high.
A MANCHESTER Conn. mill is using
superior paper-making machine, in
vented by Jonathan Hatch, of South
Windham, who says that he was direct
ed by the audible voice of his departed
son in its construction.
THE Bank of England does very
comfortable little business. Its report
for the half year just closed shows its
not profits during that time to have
been SS,447,974. This makes the
amount of the surplus $17,47O,425,
which, taking the times into considera-
ton, is not not an uncomfortable little
sum to have on the correct side of the
ledger.
A DISPATCH from Calcutta quotes the
passionate words of the Ameer of AZ
ghanistan, uttered some time ago before
bis Court, as proof of the hostility to the
British which exists in Cabul: IS 1 have
seven crores of rupees by me-" said the
Amer, "every rupee of which 1 will
hurl at the British Government, and
will roll the border tribes against them
like blasts of fire."
THE regal splendor in which Queen
Victoria travels is evidenced by the rich
ness of her railway carriage. Its win
dows are shaded with green silk cur
tains, trimmed with costly white lace;
its ottomans are covered with cream
colored silk, embroidered with the royal
arms and monogram in purple and gold,
and carpet costing over $500 covers
the floor. The entire worth of the We
hicle is $4,000.
MERCHANTS In Amboy, China, say
that they have discovered that the last
harvest's tea has been adulterated be-
yond all precedent. Leaves of the will
low are prepared for the purpose, and
mixed with true tea. The consular body
has laid the matter before the Chinese
authorities, and the Governor of the
province has published a proclamation
offering reward for information lead
ing to the conviction of the offenders.
THE Rev. DR.. Bartol, who was well
nigh killed by a thunderbolt, thinks that
if the stroke proves fatal it must pro-
duce one of the most agreeable of
deaths. To be stunned, however, as he
was, is very unpleasant. His recovery
OF consciousness was instantaneous.
He was for an instant terribly oppressed;
an irresistible weight seemed passing
through him, and he felt as though he
was in wonderland. His recovery was
attended BY q nervous shock and q head
ache for week.
In a flood in Austin, Texas, a man
found himself left on swiftly dissolv-
ing bank. He called to his son, who
was on high ground above, to throw a
rope. The boy did so, and the old man,
as he took one end of the line in his
hand, said: SHOW listen to me, and
do as l tell you. If you find you can't
hold on when commence to climb, let
60. It's no use for both to drown, so
don't let me pull you down. If you
find you can't hold the rope, drop it,
run down in the fiat, and grab for me as
!! float BY" The boy braced, and the
father was saved.
A TRIAL Just ended in Portland, Me-,
revealed that Joseph L. Clement, who
had his life insured for $15, 900, started
with friend in separate vehicles for his
home. Near the river his friend heard
q splash and saw Clements team strug-
Cling in the water. Clement was miss
Ing from that time. His wife applied
for the insurance money, which was not
paid, the ayerment being that Clement
was not dead. The insurance men OBJ
tanned Clements mothers affidavit that
he pretended to be drowned, and fled to
the West, whittier his wife was to follow
with the $4,000.
The romance of Judge Orson
Brooks's marriage in Denver is of no
ordinary sort. Forty-five years ago a
Massachusetts maiden promised to
marry him. They had childish quar-
rel, and separated, he to 60 west, and
ultimately to marry there; she to re-
main and be led to the altar in her ma
tive village. In few years she had lost
her husband and he had buried his wife.
Both were then married second time,
and after lapse of years again laid
husband and wife in the grave. Chance
then threw the Judge and his first love
together and they married. He is 20
and she s..
On the 18th of August three travellers
undertook to climb Monte Cevedale
with only two guides. All were roped
together. An awkward step threw
down one of the climbers, he dragged
the rest, and they all slid 2 900 feet along
the ice till one caught crevasse. The
rope broke and left him, but the other
three we're killed. DR.. Sachs, natu-
ralist, who lately returned from Vene-
zuela where he had been sent BY q
scientific society to study the electric
eel, was one of the killed.
ABNER CUP was at the bottom of q
well in Rocktown, Pa. Before he start