The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-02-06
FOREIGN GOSSIP.

FOREIGN GOSSIP.
The penalty for stealing dog In
China is death by decapitation.
There are 400 newspapers pub
lished in London. OF these 16 are
morning, 8 are evening, and S75 are
weekly.
Over twenty thousand Germans are
employed in London, monopolizing al-
most entirely the barber, tailor and
waiter trades.
The tree in Japan from which the
varnish for the famous lacquerwork is
made is disappearing, and the country
is threatened with the loss of one of its
greatest industries.
1T is proposed to supply London
with milk from Holland. Four steam
ers will carry the milk from Amster-
dam to Harwich, and from the latter
point refrigerator cars will convey it to
the city.
do nothing; say nothing; time
will put everything to rights" is En-
peror Williams invariable answer
when one member of his family comes
to complain of another.
One of the principal graces of
Sarah. Duchess of Marlborough, was a
prodigious abundance of fine hair. One
day at her toilet, to anger her heroic
lord, she cut off her commanding tress-
es and flung them in his face.
1t is a good plan for a farmer to
grow two or three short rows of apple
trees. planting the seeds, grating at
the root, the winter they are year
old, with varieties desired. Some of
these trees he will probably wish to
plant himself, and what he has left can
readily be sold to neighbors when the
trees are old enough to plant.-M. E.
Farmer.
-Pototo Dumping: One dozen large
potatoes, six tablespoonful of flour,
two tablespoonfuls of baking powder,
one tablespoonful of butter, three eggs,
salt and nutmeg. Crate potatoes
which have been boiled and skinned
the day before; mix with the -four
previously sifted together with baking
powder. add the melted butter and
eggs one by one, and salt and nutmeg
to taste; form into balls about the size
of small apple; put into boiling water,
which has been well sailed, boil fifteen
minutes.-Th Household.
The room in the Tower of London
in which Sir Walter Raleigh was so
long imprisoned is Sx14 feet in size,
and so low that it was impossible for
Raleigh to stand erect in it. The walls
pf 20 aip rtt hf4lr
ness. and there is only one window-an
opening 10x20 inches-from which the
only thing that can be seen is the blank
wall of an adjoining building. Here
Raleigh lived for fourteen years, never
being once out of the room until the
day on which he was taken to Great
Tower Hill to be beheaded.
The majority of houses in Abys-
sinia have second story, or at least
an attic, terminating in matched
roof. The walls are invariably of mud.
Within live the occupants, with their
cattle, fowls, dogs, cats and Noah's
ark of insects, which the natives foster
with the greatest care by not touching
soap and by using very little water.
There is plenty of water, however. and
the soap grows on trees, but an Eth
opian will tell you without blush that
he is necessarily washed at birth,
washes himself on his marriage morn,
and hopes to be washed after death.
When he feels hard and uncomfortable |
he will anoint himself with mutton fat |
ill his head and body glisten in the |
sun.
If cranberries are to be served with |
turkey or game, cook them in this way:
To one pound of cranberries, after they
are picked over and washed, allow one
pound of granulated sugar and half a
! pint of water. Put the sugar and
water into a porcelain kettle, and let it |
come to boil; then put the berries in.
After they begin to boil allow full ten
minutes for boiling. Then pour all
nto mould which you have dipped
INTO cold water; this will prevent the
ely from sticking to the mould. Let
t stand all night or longer; it will then
urn out like jelly, and it will be found
o be sweet and yet tart. A large
quantity may be prepared, as it will
ieep as well as any jelly.-M. Y. Post.