The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-06-27
FOREIGN GOSSIP.

The most rancorous bitterness pre-
va'ls in Belgium now in regard to re-
ligion. Il finds reAection in every
paper. - -
"A memorial window has been
placed in the Haworth Church, Eng
land inscribed with these words: ITO
the Glory of God. In memory of Char
lotte Bronte. By an American citizen"
The other dav a petition was pre-
sented by certain distressed weavers of
Madras, India, to the Governor of that
province addressed Ito Almighty God,
care of his Exceilency the Governor of
Madras
When Archer, the first Jockey of
England,s recently went to Thrisk, in
YORKSHIRE, to . ride, ! the town crier.
marched through the streets announc-
ing that Fred Archer, the wonder of
the world. would certainly ride at the
races"
Just before Hindoo woman dies q
COW is BROUGHT in, so that she may hold
its tai as her soul leaves the body.
They believe in the transmigration of
souls, and those women prefer to dwell
in tue bodies of COWS to any other ami
:, mails. r.s,s r-,e .r.>ers ~ ..-..r.. d y,
~ 1.-The ability of ants to tunnel under
a river is almost incredible, but Brazil
Ian naturalist once found colony
which had effected the feat Smoke
was forced from one end of the tunnel
TO the other, and marked ants were
seeh TO 90 in on one side and come out
q on thesother.i f.-EE ! Il f.5 /
! At Monte Carlo it is the custom to
fill the pockets of suicides with bank
notes SO that it may be seen that they
o., did not xiii themselves on account of
losses. They tried this trick on pre-
sumably dead 1rishman short time
> ago, but he was not dead at all, and
skipped of with the money in the most
lively style.
The body of the late Empress is the
1llth laid in the imperial crypt at Vi
! emma. The first was that of Empress
! Anna. the wife of the Emperor Matthias,
who died in 1888. Eleven Emperors
and fifteen Expresses already repose in
this venerable spot, together with nu-
merous members of the imperial family
and other princely personages. ".l
eli "A new outdoor game for ladies and
4 gentlemen called enchantment is be-
coming fashionable in England. 1t is
PLAYED W. tn small, light hoops. thrown
with wands, something after the man
ner of grace hoops, though the wand is
of a novel construction, involving pc
cuhar method of casting the hoop. A
moderately large piece of ground is
suitable.
1t is a curious statistical fact that
r.17S marriages were advertised in the
Times in seven days, and out of this
number eighty brides were fatherless.
This, L presume, means that BRIDE
grooms are looking more and more to
4 The main chance, and only marry girls
who have cash in hand. Prospects,
now adays, are not considered enough.
Mothers-in-law have long been at dis
count, but it would seem that young
men have now come to the conclusion
that ready cash is a better asset than q
father in-law.-Lo,ldon Truth.
The Czarowitz, who has reached
his majority amid great rejoicing and
state ceremony at st. Petersburg, is
twenty-six years old-the time of the
iegaleeming of age in Russia. His
mothers betrothsl was somewhat pc
ctIliar. Dagmar, the Sc ond daughter
Of the King of Denmark. was engaged
10 the brother of the present Car. Be-
fore his death he expressed wish that
his younger brother, who would inherit
the crown, should also accept Dagmar
as his prospective Queen. After a
proper season of mourning she agreed
to the arrangement, and in due time
became the Empress mother of the flu
Skure Nicholas III. of Russia.