The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-01-05
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MISCELLANEOUS.

1T takes bat thirteen minutes 50
lead an elept1nt on, q train, while il
takes twenty Tor any sort OF woman to
kiss her frishds good-by and loso the
check for hEzrunkrsss, Isz7 .
"A girl at Richnibnd Hill e. L was
struck bytan enginerand thrown sixty
two feet 4spgh the air. Her body
struck the SIDE of tho station building
with such forpeas to hreak the boards.
THAT is half-granted which Is de-
MED graeiously," ssysa a Philosopher.
That maybe 10; but denials. however
sweetly madesEdo not fill the contribu-
don boxes. -yxa r-F-s,
The editor Of the Troy Press, who
was recently horsewhiPpsd, Is said to
have purchased sixteen-dollar revolver.
and is now employed in shooting apples
off the heads Of his reporters. )
The rate Of vibtAtien Of the rattle
snakes tail has been determined by DIR.
OFT to be sixty per second. The method
of experimenEwas to attach pen to the
snakes rattle, Che record being received
on a revolving drum-S~-.rurz,s
The success of . Roman Catholic
colony. including several County Cork
Qreland) farmers, in Greeley County,
Neb., has encouraged Mr. Lane to form
a syndicate of capitaGsts, with the view
of establishing SINH EIrish colony in
The strongest man in the ,country
lives in Georgia. His name is William
Mills, and he is reported to carry 1000
pounds on his shoulders. This Is nearly
as much as the late Dr.. Winship, the
champion strong man could iiftin har-
ness. kt5 EE
"A new book. is called Chow, to Keep
a Store" Otis q work OF several hun
dred pages. and;life is too short to read
it. The best way to keep store is to
advertise judicionsly. and thus prevent it
falling into the hands of the Sheriff
Norristo,on Herald.
They tell of a young and foolish
school girl who used red ink to color her
lips the other evening when she went to
her first party; and they also tell how
she suffered ia consequence. She is evil
IDENTIFY school girl who has been under
baneful influence. /.
s "A Boston man has made, in the pub
lie prints of that city, a very sensible
suggestion to-the effect that the fire de-
partment should be supplied with large
nets into which. when supported by
poles, persons in danger of incineration
could jump from any height.
There are quite as great objections
to living in the northern districts OF
China as in some of the western States.
The harricshes. foods and other ca
lamities that afiict the Celestial empire
are as fearful as any in this country. -
The system Of cooperation in France
is rapidly extending among farmers for
the purchsc of seeds, manures and i'm
plements of the first quality. THE mem
bers of Che society bind themselves indi-
vidually to guarantee the payment of all
orders given VI
Bicycling is rapidly becoming uni
versally popular. and scarcely any sec
ton of the civilized world is now with
out q bicycle club. There is fiourishing
organization in Port Elizabeth, Cape OF
Good Hope, and a club in Cape Town
has about seventy members.
The new ship canal which is to con-
meet the Baltic and the North Seas will
save nearly 600 miles of the water
journey now made around the Danish
peninsula. The. cut, as proposed, will
be from Gluckstadt to kiel, and the
length will be about half that of the
Seuz Canal, or,seme fifty miles. As in
the Seuz Canal, there are several small
lakes living in the way, which will be
utilized by theengineers.