The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1881-10-14
MISCELLANEOUS.


Allowaystown, N. j., was found to con-
tain sixty-five young snakes averaging
ten inches in length.
"A mother sparrow tumbled little
one out of its nest in q tree in Hartford
and cat started for it Two birds at
tackled the cat with 30 much vigor that
she was compelled to retreat
Electrical lighting and heating arc
naturally in great demand in England.
where it is estimated that bituminous
smoke increases the laundry bills annu-
ally about $3.50, 900.
The owner was asleep under . seat
Of the wagon which. with the horses at
tached. was stolen near Columbus, o.
He remained quiet until the thieves
drove into village, when he made an
outcry, and shey were arrested.
Helen F. Argus. eight years of age,
attempted to rescue younger child
from the wheels of an ice-cart at Provi-
dence. r. !. She succeeded in doing
50, but lost her own life, falling under
the wheels, which crushed her head.
An Englishman arrived at q Swiss
inn and ordered an old bottle of wine
of better quality than the wine of the
country. The landlord produced bot
tie whose label certified to fourteen
years. When the bottle was uncorked
the first thing to appear was live fly.
Ex-senator Dorsey is mentioned by
the New Orleans Times as the owner Of
the disappointed cattle-ranch on the
continent. 1t occupies half million
acres of well-watered grazing ground
in New Mexico. Arailroad station near
the ranch is named Dorsey.
Peter Bogart and wife, of Downs
vile, Pa, have Just celebrated their
diamond wedding, or seventy-fifth an
niversary of marriage. Mr.. Bogart was
born May IA, 1856, and his wife is only
three months his junior. They were
married on September ID, 1906, and
both are in excellent health, bidding
fair to celebrate their one hundredth
birthday. Mr.. and Mrs. Bogart are
probably the Oldest married couple in
Pennsylvania, and have large family
living.
The two-years-old child of S. j.
Drinkwater, of White Plains, N. Y,
while playing in the streets was sup
posed by his dog to be in danger of be-
ing run over. He jumped INTO the
street and threw his front legs about
the child and endeavored to pull it to
the sidewalk. Finding that he was un-
able to accomplish this, he pushed the
child down and spread himself over it.
with his forelegs outside, in which po-
sition he remained until the horse and
carriage passed.
John Bunt and Annie Peters were
to have been married in Pulaski Coun-
ty, KY, recently, near the Lincoln
line. The preacher and invited guests
had arrived. There was storm COM
ing. During pause in the wind the
expectant bride wentto the door to wel-
come the groom. She gave q joyous
laugh of recognition and ran to meet
him at the gate; but at that moment q
bolt of thunder shook the hills, and An
ME Peters fell dead from q stroke of
Lightning.
Mr.. Rossom, following up the work
of Layard and Smith at Babylon. has
found an entire history of that empire
from the seventh year of Nabonitius to
the capture of the city by Cyrus; also
fragments of inscriptions of Nebuchad-
nezzar and a proclamation by Alexan-
der the Great. Parts of the hanging
gardens have been unearthed at the
Babel Mound. Various extremely
ancient cities around Babylon have also
been unearthed and traces of races and
nations that reach back nearly to Noah.
"A Chinese witness in Philadel-
.phia court, after taking an oath with a
particularly loud kiss Of the Bible, was
asked if he considered himself bound
thereby to tell the truth. He compla-
Gently answered that the Bible was no
more to him than the lawyers old white
hat. The only form of oath that he
would respect, he said, was to cut off q
chickens head while repeating certain
words in Chinese. A chicken and knife
were provided by the opposing counsel.
to permit the ceremony, he would ad-
journ the trial for q week to consider
the question.
Here is about the most strictly local
work of whirlwind on record. A ship
with 100000 of British goods is pass
ing Rio Janeiro on her way to China.
She is sailing nine knots, with no clouds
in sight. The Captain in his cabin
hears a crash. Goes up to find tho
mainmast lying over the starboard side
with mizzentopmast. fOretopsail yards
and foretopgallantmast-the mainmast
twisted of near the deck. The mate
said he had heard a rushing sound; the
whirlwind struck the sails on the MAIN
mast with thud-those on other masts
being untouched-and away went the
masts and spars mentioned. The ship
was otherwise all right, the wreck was
cut away and she sailed safely into Rio.
Cummings engaged himself to mar
ry Pennsylvania widow, Mrs. Ken
needy, but he was disturbed by the fact
that her first husband had been dead
only a year, and on the day set for the
wedding sent her q note saying that he
would 20 into the solitude of the woods
to pray for Divine guidance. The en-
ragged widow read the message to the
guests when they assembled, and de-
clared that she would not become Cum
mings' wife, no matter what light he