The Iola register., 1881-05-20
GENERAL.

-Garfeld's boys are the liveliest boy
who ever had q home in the Whit
House. -
King Kalakaua has been received
with great respect by the Chinese ant
the foreigners in Shanghai.
"A milk-white, red d-breasted robin i
exciting considerable interest among citi
zens of Sewickley, Pa, where she ha.
been discovered building nest, assisted
by a male robin of normal color, save
that he has white head.
1t is 6 officially" reported that only
fourteen persons committed suicide al
Monaco last year "a the direct result oi
losses at the gaming tables; but Mr..
Poison, gentleman of high official posi-
ton of Nice, estimates the real number
of suicides at an average of about three
week. For obvious reasons, the local
journals suppress, as far as possible, the
to a careless use of firearms many delib-
crate takings-off.
"A novelty in shape of . snow castle
was erected by Thomas Butler, in his
field in Prince Edwards Island. Ittook
fifty men three days to build the struc-
ture, which was 40 feet long, 81 feet
wide, and capable of holding $50 per-
sons seated. An entrance hall II feet
long was also made. It was opened for
the sale of coffee and tea, at an admis-
sion fee of 4d., and proceeds were given
to the poor. For several evenings an
instrumental concert was given to full
houses, gas being introduced into the
snow building without difficulty.
Among the numerous appliances
added to the ship which goes in search
of the Jeanette is an observatory
balloon, from which it is expected view
of thirty miles can be had If it reaches
the altitude of balloons sent up in this
climate. Bombs will be used in the
progress of the search to give sign of
their presence in the Arctic. The ves-
sci is not to winter in the Arctic except
ITO promote the search for which she is
sent out, nor then except in secure
sharbor; nor is she to remain more than
one winter away from home.
The cold winds of the past winter
passed through the whole of Mexico, and
the effects of one of them were expert
'enced as far south as the Isthmus, an
event perhaps never recorded before.
In Northern Mexico all the cotton fields
and banana trees we're badly damaged,
and injury was sustained by the coffee
trees of the Isthmus. The personal suf-
fering endured by the population of
Mexico was not the least of the winters
evils. Mexican houses are made for
summer, not winter, weather. They
are open to the breeze on every side,
and have neither stoves nor chimneys,
all The cooking being done out of doors.
Through these habitations the freezing
northers blew with hardly an obstruc-
tion, and the scantily attired people suf-
fered intensely.
Some of the people of Burmah who
have not yet accepted Christianity are
finding their own religion so unsatisfac-
tory as to feel a desire for something
better. The idea is expressed among
them that possibly new Buddha may
come before long, to meet the demands
of the new state of things brought about
by steam and electricity. An intelligent
Burman in a railroad car being asked,
q" What signs of q Buddha do you see?"
replied: 81 see change in all things.
Five years ago we were all afraid when
we saw these iron wires on the tops of
the telegraph posts, but now we see
scores of birds sitting up there. Two
years ago | was afraid of this great fire
wagon, and walked half a day rather
than venture this ride of an hour. NowI
never think about fear, but sometimes
sleep all of the way. Everything is so
changed that think new Buddha will
come to u.s."