The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1881-01-14
GENERAL.


LETTER postage in Italy has been re-
duced from four to two cents.
A PETITION for the appointment Of .
woman on the police force Is circulated
in Milwaukee.
THE keeping of New York City's pau
pers, lunatics and criminals cost 81 ,348,-
1888 the past year.
mira, N. Y, has recovered SOC from q
liquor firm, the complaint being an in
jury to means of support in consequence
of liquor sold her husband.
MRS. HAYES will present to the Presi-
dent-elect and Mrs. Garfield an elegant
sidebOard and extension table for the
family dining-room. They are of solid
mahogany, carved by an artist in Gin
cinnati. There are eagles, flowers,
ferns, and leaves of exquisite workman
ship.
If BENJAMIN Franklin could look on
for five minutes at the New York Post
Office, says the Commercial of that city,
and see the wagons that go and come
with the mails, be would probably recall
the time when, in 1854, he took the en-
tire mail for New York and Boston from
the royal Post-ofice in Philadelphia in
the top of his broad brimmed hat, and
carried it to the ferry at the Delaware,
because the carrier couldn't come
around on account of the deep snow.
THE English guinea was so called be-
cause the gold Of which it was first made
was brought from Guinea by an African
trading company. Originally it was in
tended that the guinea should be worth
2Os., but owing to number of errors in
calculating the proportion of the value
of gold and silver, it never circulated at
that value. Sir Isaac Newton fixed the
true value of the guinea, in relation to
silver, at Cos. 3d., and by his advice the
Crown proclaimed that in future it should
be current a: 21s.
A ROUGH estimate of the extent of the
trade in wild game of St. Louis for the
past year places the total amount of
transactions at 100000. A single
firm have exported for the holiday sea-
son to the London markets 1,400 dozen
quail, 1,4OO dozen prairie chickens, and
500 dozen wild turkeys; and to the Liv-
erpool merchants, 1000 wild turkeys.
There is more Missouri venison this
year in market than was ever before
known. Bear-meat comes chiefly
from Arkansas, antelopes from the far
West, the borders of Kansas and Colo
RADIO. and deer is quite plenty through
out Missouri.
Mr.. SILVER, q well-known inventor
of Lewiston, Maine, for several months
has eaten but one meal a day, and that
about 10 O'Clock in the evening, imme-
diately before retiring. He works ten
hours day, as machinist, without
eating or drinking anything. Instead
of pining away, Mr.. Silver has gained
thirty five pounds in flesh. He Is not
hungry until bedtime. All the fluids
his stomach receives are from the fruit
and vegetables which make up most of
his food. He eats no meat, as he be-
lieves that animal food is s'animaliz-
ing" living mainly on oatmeal and
Graham bread, without salt, but eating
apples, grapes, and other fruits iber-
ally.
SAMEsCHIMA, the Japanese Ambas-
sador to France, has just died in Paris
of pulmonary consumption. He looked
almost boyish although approaching
middle age. His manners we're amia-
BILE, and his and Madame Sameschima's
receptions were pleasant winter feat
ure of Partisan society. In his later re-
ceptiOns his own countrymen we're
numerous, but though Madame Sames-
china appeared, they did not bring
their wives. The body of the Ambas-
sadOr was shown to few friends in q
sitting position, and propped up with
pillows, as it was when, gasping for
breath, he died, and there was in the
mortuary chambers service according
to the Buddhist ritual, which Buddhists
only were invited to attend.