The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1882-01-20
MISCELLANEOUS.

MISCELLANEOUS.
Colonel Mosby writes from Hong
Kong that American dentists are badly
needed in China
| The Chief Justice Of Alabama Is .
printer by trade, and formerly worked
at the case in Athens.
| -Arkwright's original spinning jen-
ny, about foot long, with four spindles,
rude. and so worn as to be ready to fall
apart, is in South Kensington London)
Museum of Patents.
On house in Ansonia, Conn, two
men, strangers to each other, were at
work, one from New York and the other
from New Haven. They discovered tha5
they were brothers who had been separ-
ated for sixteen years.
The town of Groningen, Holland.
has an official Dancing Master, who re-
Gently celebrated his fortieth jubilee in
Office. He is seventy yearssof age, and
presiding officer of the Netherlandish
Dancing Master Association.
For the first time in their history all
seven sons of Abial L. Jones, of Lewis:
ton, Me-, were recently together. Their
ages range from forty-seven to seventy
two; the oldest brother had left home be-
fore the youngest was born.
"A fisherman in Upper White River,
Arkansas, broke open smuscle to use il
for fish bait, and found pearl inside
perfectly round in form, and weighing
twenty -four grains. He forwarded it to
New York, and got 800 for it.
Col. Riley, of Virginia, has been left
a legacy of 1925, 900 by Col. Preston, Of
England, whose little son had, fallen
overheard and was rescued by Col. Riley,
who was at the time crossing the Attain
tic to his post of United States Consul at
Zanzibar. 49,
AT the recent annual hunt on the
vast domains of Prince Schwartzenberg.
in Bohemia, four hares were bagged.
The expenditure for maintenance, ETC.,
amounting to 8,417 forms per annum,l
each hare cost the owner 2, 1O4 forms
fifteen kreuzers.
"A bog near Garry Castle, County
Westmeath, in Ireland, has, in cOnse-
quence of recent floods, been moved .
considerable distance seward, and q
railway gatekeeper's house standing
upon it, which formerly fronted the line,
has been turned half round.
Francis Blaw, of Manchester, Conn.,.
has been granted divorce from hia
wife on the ground of intolerable cruel
ty. 1t appeared in evidence that his
wife, who is a stalwart woman, had for
years ill-treated and abused her husband,
who, physically at least, is much her in.
ferior.
(. "A Boston lady at one of the swell
hotels, being too sick. to go down to
dinner, ordered this light lunch sent to
her room, just to stay her appetite:
''Mock turtle soup, roast chicken. beef,
chicken, partridge, oyster patties, chick
en- pie, boiled sweet potatoes, squash,
mince pie, Charlotte Russo, fruit, sher-
bet, currant jelly, pickles and tea.''
"A New York miser who kept himself
so starved and badly nourished that he
lost his mind, left by will several thou
sand dollars to various public charities.
On examining his estate it proved to con-
sist largely of worthless bonds, his sole
test of bond during the latter part of
his life being the prettiness of the de-
sign and excellence of the engraving.
The saying las rich as jew is
complained of by the Jeuish Messenger
as misleading at present, even if it ever
had any justification. The wealth of the
Jews of New York is greatly overesti-
mated, according to this authority, for
" the vast majority are in moderate cir
cumstances, a few only are millionaires,
and many thousand are actually depend
ent on the charity of their more FORUM
ate brethren. Af.st
Two young ladies have brought ac-
ton for damages against the Upper
Italian Railway Company. One claims
e., OO0-she had two teeth knocked out;
the other e., 8OO-she was wounded in
the cheek, she will be dis6gured for life
by the scar. They both declare that, now
their beauty has been spoiled, they will
never find husbands, and that substan-
tial damages alone will indemnify them
for the loss of matrimonial happiness.
"A recent visitor to Natal describes
the life there as exceedingly rough and
full of Inconvenience. The houses
built by the Dutch settlers are destitute
alike of comfort or beauty. The roads
ore execrable, and the ant-bear holes,
by the long grass, make cross
country riding peril0us. Fleas and
white ants abound, and near water
too. Snakes are apt to in
troduce themselves into the house, and
a sharp glance around the bedroom Is
"A farmer living near Schooley's
kos NJ II hoe 10 To-
years carefully watched remarkable
maple tree in the woods that is entirely
unlike the others surrounding it. The
leaves never fall of, continuing green all
winter, and in April were just as fresh
as in December. The tree was tapped
every week, and furnished q plentiful