The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1879-01-17
GENERAL BREvITIES.

"A WOMAN IN OpI1nRu0lOs maSS. =,
might have been killed had the bulleI
not lodged in thick pad.
As his father, Louis Napoleon, did 81
years ago, the ex-Prince Imperial Of
France visits about at English country
houses.
Or the letters posted in Great Britain
last year, England sent Sc for every one
of her population, Scotland %, and Ire
land only IA.
OLD buttons are in demand in Paris a
articles of parlor ornament, and large
prices are paid for those in steel, jasper,
silver, pebbles, or Alencon diamonds.
THE Baroness Burdett- Coutts is
gathering clothing and money for the
relief of the one hundred thousand fu-
gitives who have been driven to Con.
Stantinople from the districts devastated
by the late war in Turkey.
RUSSIAN ladies are often inveterate
smokers of cigarettes, and, at railway
stations and other points Of transit,
scratch their matches on walls or posts,
like men. They frequently ask men
for q light from their cigars, and are
asked in return.
A LEADER of fashion in San Francisco
has had her chairs and sofas, and the
cushions of her carriages, stuffed with
aromatic herbs, in imitation of prac-
tice prevalent among Oriental nations.
She lives in an atmosphere of constant
perfume.
SAID Mrs. Spinglegood. 81 DO love
the country SO much; when we used to
preside on what Mr.. S. always called
the manurial acres, it was SO nice in the
summer time to sit under the ungra-
cious trees, surrounded by fragrant
flowers so different from the diluted al r
of the city,"
Miss CUNNINGHAM went to ball in
Bunker Hill, Ind, wearing dress of
many and particularly bright colors.
George Daniels made fun of the con-
spicuous garment. Miss Conningham's
brother, Dan, called George out of the
hall and began to whip him, but George
drew q revolver and killed Dan in
stantly.
Rosa BRONCO was lately arrested in
village near Salerno, Italy. For two
years past she has been taking infants,
for consideration of 80 francs each,
from their parents or guardians, offer
ing either to care for them for a certain
period, or to take them to the Children's
Hospital at Salerno. II was lately dis
covered that she poisoned the children
with laudanum. Several of their bodies
have been discovered.
Mr.. BRETON, bending over as he
sawed a log, in Hinckley, Wis.,, looked,
from distance, like a deer feeding.
Mr.. Mckenzie, deceived by the likeness,
took careful aim with rifle and fired.
The bullet hit Mr.. Breton in the leg,
and he wildly flung up his arms. That
seems to have made him look more like
deer than before, for Mr.. Mckenzie
hastily loaded and fired again. This
time Mr.. Breton fell, seriously wounded.
THE Oldest pensioner in the Hotel des
1nvalides in Paris has recently died. His
name was Darcy, and he was the SOL
der who stood as sentinel in the public
square at Cairo when Soleiman, the as
sassin of Kleber, was dying, impaled,
and with his right hand burned to the
bone. Darcy had pity on him, and
gave him a glass of water. Soleiman
drank it, and expired almost immedi-
ately.
BATTLEFoRD, where, during the re-
cent cold snap, the mercury indicated
60 degrees below zero, is the capital of
of the British northwest ter
ritory, and is located not far from the
confluence of the north and south
branches of the Saskatchewan River.
Many immigrants have been settling in
the region around Battleford, who may
possibly be somewhat discouraged by
the arctic weather.
A VIRGINIA newspaper prints para
graph which says: "a marriage took
place at Burkeville, on Saturday, the
groom being Colonel Foster, aged 70,
and the bride a Miss Cummings, but
three years his junior. They had been
affianced since youth, but as the lady in
sisted on gift of $50, 900 from the Col
onel on her wedding-day the event was
postponed until the lady compromis-
ed"
The Georgetown (Ky.) Times says:
Judge George E. Prewitt has horse,
"Bob Lee" which twice every day
drives his COW along Main Street to the
Big Spring branch to water, and returns
with her as promptly and carefully as
man or q boy could do the same service
All that is necessary is to put bride
on Bob Lee when he starts. If the COW
shows a disposition to turn from the
main route, he soon turns her back.
DARMsTADT, with its suburbs, has
population of nearly $4,000, and it is
estimated that one third of this number
cengregated in the vicinity of the Ducal
Palace during the funeral ceremonies of
the Princess Alice. The funeral took
place on December IS. The Prince of
Wales Prince Leopold, and Prince
Frederick Christian of Schleswig- Hol.
stein, husband of the Princess Helena,
were present as relatives of the de-
ceased, and as representatives of Queen
Victoria.
THE London Lancet says that ague is
now such q rare disease in England that
researches into its pathology and etiolo-
~ have been little prosecuted of late.
The majority of medical writers hold
that the sole cause of fever and ague is
the prevalence of marshes; but there is
strong evidence to prove that water has
much to do with it. The Lancet points
to the prevalence of the malady at Cy-
prus as offering an excellent opportuni-
ty for careful inquiry at the instance
of the Government. The sick list there
has not decreased.
THE Detroit Free Press, speaking of
the necessity of funeral reform in that
city. says: "At funeral at q private
residence in the northern part of the
city, the drivers of the dozen hacks en-
gagged ran up and down the walk, |
wrestled, boxed, pitched pennies, and |