The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1879-09-12

taking part in the ceremonies. The
University will probably be filled by the
great number of students recently ex.
lied.
Simpson College, at IndianOla,
Iowa, is about to close, and probably
one or more of the other colleges under
the patronage of the MethOdists in that
State will do the same to insure the es-
tablishment of first-class institution at
Des MOines, as is proposed and in pro-
cess of accomplishment.
Capt. Pratt, who placed the Indian
pupils at the Hampton CVa.) school, is
making preparations, by Secretary
Schurz's authority, for another expert
ment of the same kind in the old caval-
" barracks at Carlisle, Pa. The In
dams to be educated are to be select
ed from tribes ut the different agen-
cies.
A Christian church has lately been
built on hill near Jabra, India, by ma
tive Christian masOns. carpenters and
other artisans, and these workmen were
originally thieves by profession. In con-
selucHCt VI HdN IHS pcSohiC ShiiStiauSs
they have not only fOrsaken their evil
ways, but learned their various trades.
This good work is mainly the fruit Of
Mr.. Narayan Sheshadri's labOrs.
"A Wesleyan chapel with ritualistic
services is among the recent religious
novelties of England. The edifice has
transept and chancel. The pulpit and
font are of Caen stone, beautifully cut,
with shafts of Mexican onyx. The rere-
dos is i'm seven panels, with canOpied
heads. In the chancel are stalls for 36
chOrlsters, who are attired in black cas-
socks. 1t is known as the Chapel of st.
Jhon, Manningham, Bradford.
Foreign Notes.
The English Society for Promoting
the Employment of Women has an in
come of f320 year, and finds employ
ment for 235 women annually.
Two houses were recently pulled
down i'm Aldersgate Street, London,
which We're the residences Of John Mil
ton and of the famous Countess of Penn
broke.
Paris is to have new POst-office.
The building now used is old, dilapi-
dated, and too small for the purpose,
and is situated on narrow, obscure
street.
Sir VIM. Jenner, the distinguished
English physician, has the whOoping-
cough. He is Ga years old. The Lon
don Lancet says that he has left that city
sin order that he may not spread the
disease
King AlfOnso's next wife, the Arch
duchess Marie Christine of Austria,
second cousin of the Emperor of Austria
and Hungary, is q years old, but can
however, is full of charm, and her tenn
permanent vivacious. She is passionate
ly fond of dancing.
A pamphlet has been published in
Amsterdam pointing out that Holland
really has no claim TO continue to exist
as IN Independent State. 1t urges that
the manifest destiny" of the nation is
To be annexed by Germany, and that the
time is favorable for considering that
arrangement.
The Emperor of Germany has en-
nObled the only son OF DIR. Falk, late
Minister of Public Worship, who is
Second Lieutenant in the Fusiliers of
the Guard. DIR. Falk, on his retirement
recently, was offered this distinction in
consideration of his exceptionally great
services to the Prussian State, but de-
clined it in favor of his son.
1T is now rumored that marriage
has been arranged between the heir-ap-
parent TO the grand duchy of Baden
and the Princess Beatrice of England.
The Prince, who is just %, is a grand
son of the Emperor William and a kins-
man of the late Prince Imperial, whose
grand-aunt Stephanie married the Grand
Duke Charles Louis of Baden i'm 1906.
The scale on which expenditure is
pitched in England is fairly illustrated
by the fact that the late Countess of
Waldegrave is spoken of as having had
small income, Lord Lytton as too poor
to become an earl, and Lord Chelms-
ford as the poorest peer of the realm.
The first had an annual income of $780,
600, the next has one of $50, and the
last of $4,000.
Odds and Ends.
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