The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1879-11-07

same time instructed 8, 1928, 600, and COS,
SIS, 1850, 900.
The General Agent of the Peabody
Educational Fund, DIR. Barnas Sears, il
his thirteenth annual report, recently
presented, says that of the two grand
objects which the Board has from the
beginning had in view-namely, the
promotion of commOn-schOol education
and the professional training of teach.
ers, the former has been so far attained
that it may. i'm great part, he safely left
in the hands of the people, and the
chief attention hencefOrth be given t0
the latter.
Foreign Notes.
Mime. Patti is engaged for the St
Petersburg Opera House for next sea-
son.
The Municipal Council of Berlin
recommends the universal adoption OF
the practice of cremation.
"A large number of French Mayors
are to be removed for assisting at Legit-
imist banquets.
Sarah Bernhard is to begin season
in London next May, according to adj
vertisement, supported by the company
of the Palais Royal.
France is getting tired of commun-
istic demonstrations, and the Minister
of Justice has instructed local officials
to prosecute persons whose acts re-
quire repression"
In the third week of September
1869 persons-mOre than the whole
population of the city of London proper
were in receipt of parochial relief in the
London Metropolitan District.
"A new theater, built at cost OF
5000, 900 francs, from the proceeds OF
the Brunswick legacy, had been opened
at Geneva. Its exterior resembles that
of the Grand Opera House in Paris.
Mrs. Tiburtius, wife of the Surgeon
General of Germany, is leading den
fist of Berlin, and attends the royal
family. Her sister-in-law, DR.. Fran
zaska Tiburtius, is an eminent physi-
clan.
The widow of Protestant clergy
man has made commotion in Hanover
by appearing in the pulpit and preach
ing for two successive Sundays. Her
congregation is vastly pleased with her
and wish her to continue. Such a thing
as a woman in the pulpit is almost UNI
known in Germany.
Odds and Ends.
Frequently above par-His hat.
Gaming peaches is put-up job.
Only question of time-Asking
the hour.
After all death is really the only
dealer who demands one price of all and
makes no deviation.
The Smith family recently held a
reunion in New Jersey. Their principal
sentiment was: POcahontas, the pre-
server of our race"
"A paper, in the neighborhood of
Rochester, N. Y, advertises a church
pew for sale, commanding a beauti-
full view of nearly the whole cOngrega-
tion."
Little Nellie, 4-year-old, was pun
ished by her mother the other evening
for some misdemeanor. The little one sat
quiet for few moments and then began
scolding, winding up with: "Wen, l
never could see the use of mothers! Al
ways spanking little girls, and it don't
do any good, anyhow"
THE NEW TENOR.
He drew in his breath with a gasping sob,
With quavering voice he sang;
But his voice leaked out, and could not drown
The accompanies clamOrOus bang;
He lost his pitch on the middle A;
He faltered on lower D.; .a-r
And he foundered, at length, like battered
wreck,
Adrift on the wild, highC. O.
- SBurlingtoa Harksye
The Sanitary Engineer offers re-
ward of $500 for the best plan of a mod
ell schOOl-house. Our small boy will
contest for that prize. His working
model is not yet ready, but we may state
that his idea of a model schoOl-hOuse is
one in which the teacher never ticks;
where recess comes five times in the
morning, vacation every other week,
and examination never; where all studies
are elective, and chewing gum is insist
ed upon; where there is cO-educatiOn of
the sexes, provided the girls are pretty,
and where there is no punishment for a
fellow save sending him to sit by the
girl to whom he was caught passing
notes.-Albany Journal.
"A lady who has been spending the
summer at Lake Chautauqua says that
on one of the steamers that passed Fair
Point at the time when the great Sab
bath-school Convention was in progress
were three women, rather gaudily
dressed and wearing diamonds enough
to indicate that they had plenty Of
money. Their conversation was carried
on in a loud voice and attracted consid-
cradle attention. In front of Fair Point
stands statue of Faith. "See that
piece of stationary" said number one.
al wonder who it is. 1t must be Jupi-
ter" "No," said number two, I" it
looks more like Venus.'' SWELL" said
number three, " anyway it's one of
those people in the Bibble. Troy Times.
-' A Thief's Device.
A few days ago an expressman living
on the West Side received a call from
seedy-looking chap late at night, during
which the stranger made arrangements
for the express driver to deliver at the
Atlantic and Great Western Railway
depot large box. which he would find