The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1879-08-15
GENERAL BREvITIEs.

GENERAL BREVITIES.
SURGEONS say that the tongue and
jaws can never become weary from the
action of talking.
A SPRINGFIELD (Mass.) man has
named his four boys Ara, Era, Ira, and
Ora, and they are Z" all alive and as mis-
chievous as if nothing had happened"
GEN. MCLEOD, who recently died at
Cleveland, was q personal friend of Lord
Byron and mourner at the famous
burial of Sir John Moore. He fought at
Lundy's Lane in 1918 and afterwards at
Waterloo.
JOHN NICHOLAS took the two Misses
Blumenear out riding, at Ellenville, N.
Y, and they requited him with GOODNESS.
By way of retaliation, he sued their
father for "a, which was his valuation Of
the ride, but the magistrate decided
against him.
A ZULU assegai is between five and
seven feet in length. The pole is made
of wood, and the spear head barbed
shape, of metal or stone. The wound il
leaves is of the most frightful character,
and can be better understood by COM
parison with fish hook torn out OF
flesh. magnified one hundred times.
THE purchase of the famous Castle Of
Johannisberg, on the Rhine, has been
effected by Baron Rothschild, the Wen
nese banker. The celebrated estate,
presented to Prince Metternich by his
generous sovereign, during the Con-
gress of 1915, has not remained long in
the hands of his son. 1t was sold for
1000, 900 marks.
THERE is a newsboy in San Francis.
co, James Handley by name, who is
rapidly acquiring fortune by the sale
of papers. He is but fourteen years old,
yet owns two houses and several build
ing lots on Telegraph Hill. He recent
~ built third house there for 800
and sold it to his brother for $4,000.
The brother, also q newsboy, sold i.
again for $500. Jimmy aspires to q
profession, and attends the Lincoln
school, where he stands high in his
class.
THE night express from Nordhausen
to Berlin passes, about II p. m, through
the Grunewald, and has been several
times in danger of being thrown off the
rails by the deer which wander on to the
line from the forest. 1t is supposed
that the lights excite their curiosity, and
they frequently remain immovable,
watching the approaching train with
heads tossed up, as if in hostile defiance.
The engine drivers pass the dangerous
place with whistles screaming, but they
do not always succeed in frightening
the animals off the line.
A MERCHANT sitting in his Office in
South Street, New York, recently re-
ceived an answer to his dispatch sent
to Shanghai only six hours previously.
Shanghai is sc, 900 miles distant from
New York, and the message (not max
ing any allowance for delivery at the
two cities) must have travelled at the
rate of 100 miles q minute, or q mile
and two-thirds per second. The charge
to Shanghai is 81 80 per word; to Yo-
kohama, $3.O5; but the cipher is so well
systematized by mercantile houses that
q single word serves for q dozen when
transcribed.
In the principal Continental countries
it is not the corn crops alone that are
damaged. In Italy, France, and Spain
the silk crop is an utter failure. In
Italy, France, and Germany there are
likewise fears entertained for the vint-
age. The vines are seriously behind.
hand, but the damage done differs &C.
cording to localities. In France gener.
ally there are still hopes that the wine
harvest will be simply late. In Rhenish
Germany, however, it is said that un.
less August and September are more ia.
vorable than they have ever been known
to be, irreparable damage has been done
A FARMER found q board placed so a
to cover an opening in hillside al
Raynham, Mass. Removing the board
and crawling through the aperture, he
entered an underground room, which
was neatly boarded on all sides, and
contained all the apparatus necessary
for making counterfeit coin. The spot
was a secluded one in the woods, remote
from roads and pathways, and the Sc.
cret would not have been discovered Il
the wind had not blown q covering OF
leaves from the board. The room
proved to be the workshop of several
young men of good reputation, who had
never been suspected of counterfeiting,
yet they had used it for years.
THE recent exodus of the Khedive and
his family from Egypt has directed at
tention to the domestic arrangements OF
this most prodigal of Oriental princes.
By the Koran all true believers are per-
mitted to have four wives, and Ismail
Pasha has awaited himself of this priv
lege to its full extent. Although only
three of the ladies whom he has sue.
cessively taken to wife, and who are
known as "the first" "the second, -
and " the third !" Princess, enjoy local
rank, the fourth, the mother of Prince
Tewfk. the present Viceroy, by virtue
of that circumstance alone is entitled to
consider herself as equal to the rest Of
1smail's wives.
An extraordinary change in public
sentiment has taken place of late years
in England, and still more in this coun-
try, in the matter of suicide. Formerly
it was viewed as q crime of deep dye. A
man against whom jury found telo de
Sc was inferred in q dishonored grave,
as point, if such spot offered, where
four roads met, and his property es-
cheated in England to the Crown. It
is thought that this latter circumstance
had its influence in causing juries to
shrink from finding q man . sef-mur-
derer, and gradually the verdict of felo
de &c has gone entirely out of fashion, in
favor Of temporary insanity. But among
the less unsophisticated people of Ire
land the old suicide sentiment continues
very strong.