The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1879-09-19

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is maintained throughout the coun-
try there are both local and periodical
variations.
Madame Grevy and her daughter
have been visiting Eaux-BOnnes.
" Nothing could be simpler or more
modest" says correspondent, ethan
the equipage and bearing of the wife Of
the President of the Republic. She does
her utmost to pass unperceived, not
withstanding the trouble taken to do
her homage. To hotel keeper who
gave her a bottle of his choicest wine on
her arrival, she said she was accustOm-
ed to frugal life, and did not require
at Eaux-BOnnes richer wines than in
Paris"
"A bookseller on the Quai Voltaire,
Paris, has As manuscript volumes in his
shop written in entirely unknown char
acters. Critical examination of these
characters by experts only revealed the
fact that they bear close resemblance to
Oriental caligraphy. Some of the pages
are adorned with exquisite Examinations
flowers, shields, birds, angels and the
like. These volumes are the work of
Mr.. II. Legrand, deceased architect of
standing, and an author of several inn
pOrtant works. 1t is supposed that they
contain memoirs which the author wrote
for his own pleasure and jealousy
guarded from publicity in this extraor-
binary way. The volumes represent at
least two years labor.
Odds and Ends.
We know of but one thing that ever
reached the age of Methuselah, and that
is n circus joke.
The New Orleans Picayune has con-
cluded that "the chrome that comes
with a package of tea is less a work of
art than is the stuff called tea"
This is the way the Chinese sing it ::
Mi call lille Buttlecup, dee lille Buttlecup,
Alice same mi no newell tell why;
But still mi call Buttlecup. poo lille Buttlecup,
Sweet lille Buttlecup mi.
The boy who substituted a living for
dead hornet in the collection of a near
sighted entOmOlOgist and then asked the
man of science to show him where the
Insects sting is located, should be held
responsible for any irreligiOus sentiments
the victim may ADMINISTRATION Post.
1t was at Lexington, the dedicatory
battle of the Revolution, where the emf
battled farmer stood and IS fired the shot
heard round the world An humble
man in Rhode Island has made nearly
as much noise by simply waving shot
gun which he didn't fire and which, for
all we know, was not even lOaded.-N.
Y. Com. advertiser.
Said old Mr.. WiseOwl: "Therc is
a passage of scriptur', brutherin, thet's
impressed me much, very much; I've
ont and thought ont, and I'm
alluz thinkin' ont. l disremember jest
whar it is, and ez fur tibet matter, Jest
what it is, but you carn't tell how much
NV soils it is to me on my journey
this vale o. tears" -Bosto,
Transcript.
-'DO you know D-?' inquired a
perspiring leading citizen of another on
c Street this morning. Sam D-?"
" Yes. Friend o. yours, amt he?"
/" Well, not very particular-good bar
room friend, you understand "Would
you indOrse a note for him?'' For re-
ply the leading citizen drew out police
whistle and blew it-Nryinia Enter
prise.
An exchange says Pennsylvania
Dutch girls make good preserves, but it
doesn't say how much sugar You take to
pound of Dutch girl, nor how long you
let 'em boil. We have seen Dutch girls so
well preserved that they were not COM
PEELED to resort to the counterfeit con-
trivances and articles of the mOdiste,
dentist, ct. al. The recipe for preserv-
ing Dutch girls should be published
NOrTistoWn Herald.
Timber is so scarce in some parts
Of Nebraska, that an ingenious farmer
grated all the telegraph poles along his
quarter section, and such is the fertility
Of the soil and the vitaliZing power of
the atmosphere in that country, that in
two years he had full bearing orchard.
But it didn't do him much good, for
every night the telegraph operators at
Omaha and Lincoln stole his apples by
telegraph, and had the collie just as nat
nrally as any boy that ever climbed 4
lCiSC' DU'tSNyeot HtWN.yo.
Two solemn men-they strangers were
Had sat i'm silence till
One said I" had a grandsire, sir,
That fell at Bunker HILL"
The other said, al want to know
How did the martyr fall?
Did British saber lay him low,
Or was he struck by ball:''
The answer came" It was last May
He went to Boston town:
While on the hill his crltch gave way
That let the old man down."
Then said the other, Uncle Bill
Is thought a man of mark;
He didn't fall mt Bunker Hill,
But he was in the Ark"
ooh pshawv' the listener broke i'm,
"That beats all things I'm nature!''
But his only answer was grin
And" Ansas Legislature"
Detroit Free Press.
His Wish.
He stepped into green grOcer's yes
erday morning with vacant, weary,
,arewOrn look on his face.
DO you want some pOtatOes?''