The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1879-10-24
GENERAL BREyITIES.

Poland with greater virulence than ever.
IT is asserted that Queen Victoria
never takes cold, so closely is her health
looked after.
EIGHT coach-horses, costing $500
each, were recently sent from Lexington.
KY, to Alfred Withers in London.
THE sporting reporters in San Fran
cisco note that Grant shook ,O43 hands
in one hour and eight minutes.
In the small village of Gerijesk,
Southern Russia, so persons died from
accidentally eating poisonous fish.
A HINDoo baker in Calcutta, proud
of the English he has acquired, displays
the sign european Loafer' over his
door.
WHILE looking at the big trees in the
Yosemite Valley, few days ago, Sena-
tor Morgan, of Alabama, fell from a
bowlder and broke his collar-bone.
A GERMAN chemist has discovered n
method of dyeing the eyes any color to
suit, and he warrants his work to hold
fast through any ordinary fit of weeping.
ONE of the greatest orators in China
is now addressing the people and taking
up contributions for the purpose of sup
plying America and especially California
with Chinese Bibles.
Miss JENNIE COLLINS of Boston is
celebrated as being the founder and
maintainer of I" Boffin's Bower" in that
city. She has Just made her ninth an
nnal report of that institution. "Bof-
fms Bower - is intended to provide girls
with places. During the year just closed
the Slower found situations for l 1924
girls.
PROF Swine of Chicago remarks
that it will be great mistake and 4
great misfortune if the return of good
times shall bring back the old fervor for
property and adventures which made
mortgages among the most popular
things of the day. Mortgages" he
adds, " are pestilence, and debts are I,
regular cholera
. A YOUNG man named Clark, ut New
Rochelle, N. Y, was aroused the other
night by a noise at the piazza door.
Taking his pistol, he gave the intruder
warning twice to "speak or he would
fire." Getting no response, he fired,
opened the door, and a man tumbled
into his arms. 1t proved to be his un-
Gle, 20 years of age, who died immcdi-
ately.
A JUDGE in California, finding it i'm
possible to get Chinese witness to COM
prehend the nature of Christian oath,
has consented to administer The heather
ceremony of the Celestials, a live rooster
being beheaded in the presence of the
Court. 1t was all about whether Mr..
All PAX should be permitted to marry
Miss Sic Que-and All PAX furnished
thc.poultry.
LOUIS KossUTH, now az years old, is
living in voluntary exile near Turin,
Italy, where he has mainly occupied
himself with scientific studies since 1862,
and still comforts himself with his flow
ers, his pet dogs and his books He
never expects to see Hungary again,
fearing his return would cause demon
STATIONS injurious to his friends, many
of whom hold Government offices.
CHEN SHU TANG, the Chinese Con-
sul-General in California, gave himself
birthday entertainment the other day
which cost $4,000. A theatrical per-
Torrance was kept up all day, all the
dresses and decorations being inn
ported from China. Luncheon was
offered all day long by a host of attend
ants, and Il dinner of forty courses was
served in the evening. Many American
ladies and gentlemen were invited to the
festival
BoTH in Norway and Sweden the
women preponderate in number over the
men. At the last census of Norway, in
1875, the total population was 1877 200,
of which $50, 600 were males and 931 900
females, being at the rate of 4SS males
and 512 females, to every LOCO of the
population. In Sweden the proportion
of births is Mt the rate of 511 boys to
4S9 girls out of the 1000; but the NOR
tality is in favor of the females, for the
census returns showed 1856 men to 514
women out of every 1000 of the popu-
lation.
THE Mexican volcano Orizaba, 1890
feet above sea level, has been assembled
by M. Athaiza, a resident in Pueblo.
Thirteen persons accompanied him, one
of whom died at the top from rarefac-
ton of the air, and another few days
afterward from erysipelas caused by the
reflection of the sun on the snow. Seyen
thousand steps had TO be cut in the snow
to gain the summit and the expedition
occupied four days, one of which was 4
blank owing to rain and snow. Baron
Muller, in 1859, first made the ascent,
and he has had very few successors.
BRISTOL, England, has adopted a
method of lighting the streets by gas
that, while consuming no more gas than
before, gives about double the efficiency
of the present system. Formerly the
street lamps of Bristol used one jet each,
which burned five cubic feet of gas per
hour. Now two Jets are used, each con-
Stunning two and half feet of gas every
hour. Between these two jets is placed
a double reflector, which increases the
light 80 per cent. Thus the footpath be-
tween the lamps is made much lighter
without an increase of gas, while the
lamps at a distance look like globes of
light.
ONE day last spring, writes CORE
spondent at 4 Virginia watering-place,
General Toombs and several other
Georgians dined with Alexander IL.
Stephens at his bachelors hall near Au-
glsta. The table was set on the veran-
da, and, after it was cleared away, his
head servant John, a colorcd man, APP
peared bearing a cradle containing q
small black baby, Johns offspring. De-
posting his burden beside Mr.. Stephens
in very nonchalant manner, John ex-
planned that his wife was very busy, and
he was obliged to go away to attend to
some affairs of Importance. and he
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