The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1880-03-12
HERE AND THERE.

THERE is, according to the Gaulois,
only one doctor to every 10000 inhabit-
ants in Paris, and then lots of them have
to 60 out and do carpenter work to help
make aliving.
IHE trotter, Rolla Golddust, valued
In his prime at $4,000, was sold re-
Gently at auction for $3.50. He is old
and crippled, and is valued chiefly for
what he has done.
PROF. PROCTOR says that he finds the
interests in scientific matters much more
widely spread in America than in Eng
land, more people attending lectures
here and reading and thinking intelli-
gently upon these subjects.
The baggage-master of the Central
Pacific Railroad states that he recently
saw Chinese cigar manufacturer past
ing labels on his boxes on which was
printed: "The Chinese Must Co."
Asking the Chinaman what he did that
for, the reply was: "Sand-lot man he
read that. buy the box, smoke my CT
gar"
AN attempt to rob the Sub-Treasury
at Philadelphia, though made nearly
year ago, has recently been divulged by
the officials, who mistakenly supposed
that silence would lead to the detection
of the thieves. A wall more than two
feet thick was dug through, but the
vault containing $4,000, 900 in gold re-
sisted the attack, and the burglars Sc
cured.only few dollars worth of pen
MES. Five watchmen in the building
declared that they heard nothing.
THE Emperor of Austria has lately
been the recipient of unique present.
1t consists of a suit of clothes made
from the wool of an alpaca sheep that
eleven hours previous to their delivery
was still alive. The animal, superb
specimen of its kind, was slain at GIL
a. m. Four hours and thirty-three
minutes were employed in reducing the
ty-five minutes the latter was ready for
the tailor, who employed the remaining
four hours in making the suit.
A NEW development has been i'm
parted to the advertising art by an
astute Berlin tradesman named Niche,
who has hit upon the happy expedient
of combining announcements of family
events, fraught with thrilling domestic
interest, with ardent and tempting rec
concentrations of salable wares. His
latest appeal to the public of the Ger
man capital runs as follows: "Twins
are come to me for the third time. This
time boy and girl. I entreat my
friends and patrons to support me
stoutly. Excellent butter, well worth
its price. Similarly, sausage and cheese.
Berlin, Feb. !; Miche.''
ADELINA PATTI is the most favored
of operate singers. She basks in royal
favor, and her earnings are almost fab
ulous in their amount; but her promi-
nence and her wealth bring their disad-
vantages, among which is the daily re-
ceipt of countless begging letters wher-
ever she appears. At Berlin one night
recently, the aged Emperor actually
went on the stage of the Royal Opera to
congratulate the diva; but the papers
which chronicle this publish also some
letters, one of which reads: MADAME,
you are rich and you know what love is.
Give us few hundred marks, so that
we may marry, and we will bless you
.everlastingly."
THE trouble and annoyance caused
by the circulation of clipped, mutilated,
and defaced coin is likely to be soon re-
medied by such deteriorated pieces find
ing their way to the melting-pot,a as they |
are now refused at all the Government |
Offices, either in the way of payment for
articles required, as dues to the United
States, or for redemption as supera-
bundance of a circulating medium. For
a while it was supposed that coins with |
holes in them had been merely worn as
charms during the war, when metallic |
currency was very scarce, and when
again put in circulation were taken by |
.storekeepers, but the fact that many
of the mutilated currency bear dates
subsequent to the reissue of coin as a
medium of exchange, gives evidence
that pieces have been cut out in fraud
,ulent manner to depreciate the intrinsic |
value.
The st. Gothard Tunnel Finally Cut
Through.