The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-08-31
MISCELLANEOUS.

"A handsome comforter o. shoulder
guilt is improved by tufting both sides
Then there is no appearance of right
or wrong side, but both sides areequally
well finished.-Erchange..
&C. G. Reynolds, of Marietta, Ca,
had scythe thrown. over his shoulder
and was riding a mule The animal,
frightened at a passing train, threw
Reynolds to the ground and the scythe
took his head off.-N. o. Picayune.
When a Chicago girl reaches the
summit of Mount Washington, and
miles of some of the grandest scenery
in the world are unfolded to her view.
she just gives little gasp and exclaims:
at takes the caker'-Erchange
1t has taken nearly four thousand
years to advance from the wheelbarrow
and the cattle-drawn or steam-drawn
cart to the bicycle, propelled by man
alone at equine yelocity.-Springfe
Mass Republicans.
MIR. Edison has had all he wants OF
monographs. 1.-THE more l think Of
that phonOgraph," he says, ..the more
l am convinced that it would have been
terrible thing to set machine to.
work recording all that person said"
What are known as bead dresses
appear to be in high favor at Long
Branch. They are worn over light
colored silks and are nothing if not
striking and effective. 1t is very evil
dent that the ladies have found this out
~ Y Post.
"A swapping turtle crawled out of @.
pond at Rockville Centre, N. Y, the
other day and made for a grazing cow.
The turtle, with vice-like grip, fast
encd upon the cows fore leg, making
her frantic with pain. Three men
worked an hour to pull away the turtle,
which weighed two hundred and ten
pounds.
Thousands of dime novels were de-
stroyed in the burning of the Munro,
publishing house in New York. This is
not the first time fire has proved to be
great purifier; but this s.holacust' OF
sensational literature may cause a num-
Der OF boys to defer for few weeks
their trips west to exterminate the In
dians.-N0rristoW Herald.
Nevada, State that manages to
spring more natural curiOsities to the
regular month than most others develop
in year, has in her waters whistling
fish. 1t is a sucker. and the whistling
is done with pursed mouth. after the
human fashion. Averacious newspaper
goes as far as to say that the fish can be
taught to whistle simple tune.-Chi-
cdg0 Inter- Ocean.
The mania for competition so char
acteristic of Americans has got into the
clam-Opening business. Two men in
New York laid wager of 1925 as to
which could open an equal number of
CLANS quickest. The winner got away
with 504 to the 397 of his opponent.
The contest was said to be very exciting
We should think so-fOr the clams.-
". Y. Graphic.
The new house to be built by J. c.
Flood, one of the bonanza four, on
California Street, San Francisco, will
be the finest private residence in this
coutry. 1t is to cost about S5,000.0O0
without the furniture, which will cost
perhaps S2,0O0,O00 more. Every room
is to be freseoed by artists brought from
Italy for that purpose.-!SaD francisco
Call.
"A lady in Saratoga, blazing with
diamonds, sent the following order to,
her milliner: ..Deer Miss Y: Please
get me tow yards Irish point lace. and
Alison get me six pares of CLUBS sevens-
and quarters, crushed-rose- berries
color. p. S.-Don send the Bill for /
don't want - to see it, he only alouse-
me certain sHmm and l will pay it
myself. IN Y. Times.
An old operator tells the Nashville
(Tenn.) Banner how cable messages
are received. He says: Il don't sup
pose you know how the messages are
received over the cable? No. Well, it
it is altogether different from this tick.
tick, tick. The operators there sit in dark
rooms. The messages come as little
electric sparks; the letters are known by
the length of the flash. These men gor
blind at the end of fifteen years and are
pensioned in England, but nothing is
done for them here. They are not even
paid any better than we are.n