The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1879-10-10
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
Personal and Literary.

Professor Clifford was one of the frs
five or six original thinkers in Europe
As an expounder to unscientiic people
Of the foundations of science and phil
OsOphy he was almost without rival. >
MIR. Matthew Arnold, when elected
10 the chair of poetry in Oxford Univer.
sity, remarked, with characteristic
irony, how pleased he was to be pro.
fessor, and to enjoy the same title borne
by those distinguished men, Professor
Pepper, Professor Beckwith, the swim
ner, and Professor Anderson, the Wizard
of the North.
"A Philadelphia lady is the owner OF
n valuable relic in the shape of a manu-
script copy of Wesley's Hymns in the
handwriting of their author. The book
descended to this lady from her grand
father, to whom it was given in partial
payment of debt by the son of the man
who printed the first edition of the
hymns.
Judge Hilton of New York has pur-
chased for $4,000 ga Visit to the
Baby" by Munkacsy, painter of the pic
ture known as "Milton Debating Para
disc Lost to his Daughters and con-
SIuClCu uN tllC uuCSU WoIh CAIllu-
tied in the Champ de Mars last year.
Both works will soon be in New York,
the latter having been purchased for the
Lenox Museum.
Charles Dickens the second prom
ises to do honor to the family name. He
manages one of the largest printing
offices in London or in Europe. He has
very successfully published the London
Dictionary, and the Guide to London,
and is now preparing a Dictionary OF
the Thames. He inherits his fathers
love for printing-offices and newspa-
pers.
"A notable performance of GAS You
Like 1t" will be given at Manchester,
England, soon, for the benefit of the
widow and children of Charles Calvert.
Helen Fawcit, who was celebrated ac-
tress over a generation ago, appears as
Rosali'ad, Tom Taylor as Adam, Alma
Tadema, lie Beau, Linsley Lambourne
us Charles the Wrestler, and Lewis Wing
field as Orlando.
Mr. George w. Cable, the writer of
"CreOle StOries,r is a native of New
Orleans, and is now 35. His first con-
nectiOn with print was in 4 reportorial
capacity with the New Orleans Picdyune.
Sc7ibncr's Monthly announces his new
novel, ''The Grandissimes," for serial
publication during the year beginning
with the November number. The scene
of this story is laid in New Orleans about
the time of the Cession of 1903, and the
themes cluster around an hereditary feud
between two old Creole families.
"A fresh description of Charles Reade
says that he is big and manly looking,
not fat, but large-framed and muscular.
He is very fond of physical exercise,
such rs rowing, riding, cricket, swim
ming, and, Notwithstanding his hair is
grizzled, his stalwart body shows no
signs of decay. He is neat, though care
less in dress, and resembles, with his
ruddy face, easy gait, and unconven-
tiOnal manner, a prosperous farmer. He
likes congenial company, but not formal
society, which, as rule, he takes pains
to avoid. He enjoys himself with a lot
of good fellows and lively actresses over
pipes and bowl of punch, but is not
dissipated nor sensual. He has whole
some degree of animalism, rs most of
his cOuntrymen have, but he takes all
his pleasures in moderation. He is n
bachelor, bat has a spacious, pleasant
house in the suburbs of London.
Science and Industry.
During the past three years 1872
American railroads, covering nearly
1900 miles, and representing an in
vested capital of S72S, 463, 200, have
been sold under foreclosure.
The counties of Rock, Dane and
Jefferson, Wisconsin, are the principal
areas for the raising of tobacco in that
State, and the little village Of EdgertOn
has become an important market for
the produce.
In Baltimore there are 40 peach
packing establishments. Few, if any,
of these houses employ a less number of
hands than 200, while several of them
reach 800 or 1000, and these are eX-
elusive of those engaged in the manu-
facture of tin. cans and the packing
cases.
In order to keep their butter over
the period of low prices and the hot
weather, California dairymen seal up
their product in tin cans, and sink them
in the bottoms of cold streams. Butter
made in April comes out in October In
good order, and continues to keep fresh
in the cool weather of winter. Forty
four-pOund cans are commonly used.
The percentage of merchandise
shipped from New York to the various
Western cities for the last two years has
been carefully ascertained by Commits
sioner Fink The figures show the rela
tive standing of the cities named As dis
tributing points, the order being as fol-
lows: /, Chicago; 2, Cincinnati; 5,
Pittsburg; 4, st. Louis; 8, Cleveland;
6, Detroit; z, Buffalo.
According to German paper, a
discovery has just been made at Lyons,
whereby a silken appearance may be
given to flax fibers. After chemical
treatment of flax yarn, it is dipped into
a liquid preparation from silk waste,
which leaves silken coating upon it,
and in regard to fneness, elasticity and