The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-08-31
OF GENERAL INTEREST.


from tip to tip was lately shot near
Julien. San Diego County, Cal. as it
was sailing away with a full-grown
sheep in its claws.
Collars and cuffs for women are
now made of steel lace, as fine as cob
web, and in any color. They with
stand the warmest weather and are
winning favor rapidly.
"A pipe smoked by General jackson
while he was President, was recently
presented to the New England His
torical Society. 1t is still strong. Vir-
ginia plug was Old Hickory's favorite
brand.
"A citizen of Burlington, N. j., was
bitten on the leg by dog eight years
ago, and every year since, on the an
niversary of the bite, it is said, the in
jured member has swelled to twice its
natural size.
There is a catawba tree in the
front yard of house in Camilla, Ga,
which bears three crops of leaves
every year, and, strange to say, each
crop is destroyed by what is called the
catawba worm.
Soft shell crabs are always cheaper
after day or two of thunder showers.
They can not be kept alive in such
weather. Electricity in the air is
fatal to them. Dealers can not explain
it, they only know it is so.
i'm Webster County, Ga, recently,
twenty hogs belonging to a farmer
took refuge from storm under a clump
of bushes that grew near tall pine
tree. The tree was struck by light
ming and every hog instantly killed.
An Oregon City, Ore. clergyman
got lost in the woods while en- route to
Arthur's Prairie, ten miles distant, to
marry q couple, and not until after the
lapse of forty-eight hours did he reach
his destination. The bride and groom,
together with the invited guests,
waited all the while.
The defense scare in England has
brought out the facts that the nation
has 294 admirals and only fifty armored
sea-going ships. Only thirteen ad-
mirals are employed, drawing f37, 900.
while 2S1 unemployed receive f16l 900,
At the same time there are 40 Gener-
ais, of whom 100 are employed.
"A New York man missed $45, in
GLIDING his luck-penny, and told his
roommate, who offered to take care of
him while he had a cent left. The room
mate in the generosity of his heart,
bought the drinks, and, when he pulled
out handful Of change, 10, the luck
penny! The good Samaritan went to
Jail.
Farmers at work in the fields near
Long Fork, five miles from Mount
Pulaski, Logan County, ILL.,, had their
attention attracted by the tinkling of
a bell attached to the neck of an
American eagle flying overhead. By
means of a glass the bell could be seen.
No attempt was made to kill the bird,
which disappeared to the nOrthward.
An Iowa editor wrote to Dakota
postmaster inquiring about a de-
linquent subscriber. The letter came
back Endorsed, 1.-THE man is dead"
Some time afterward, in overhauling a
list of delinquents, an inquiry was in
adverdently sent to the same post
master about the same man. The
reply came back: "Still dead. "-EJ-
change.
An English physician, who has in
vestigated the characteristics and sur
roundings of centenarians, says he
finds that the average qualities were a
good family history, well-made
frame, of Average stature. spare rather
than stout, robust With good health,
appetite and digestion, capable of ex-
ertion, good sleepers, of placid tenn
permanent and good intelligence, with
little need for and little consumption
of alcohol and animal food.
The following are said to be the
sixteen American inventions of world
wide adoption: The cotton gin, plan
ing machine, grass mower and reaper,
rotary printing press, steam naviga-
ton, hot-air machine, sewing machine,
the India-rubber industry, machine
manufacture of horseshoes, the sand
blast for craving, gauge lathe, grain
elevator, artificial ice-making on a
large scale, the electro magnet in its
practical application, and the tele-
phone.
At q railroad station, a benevolent
man found a school-boy crying because
he had not quite enough to pay his
fare, and he remembered suddenly
bow, years before, he had been in the
same plight, but had been helped by an
unknown friend, and had been enjoined
that same day he should pass that
kindness on. Now he saw that the
long-expected moment had come. He
took the weeping boy aside, told him
his story, paid his fare, and asked him
in his turn to pass the kindness on.
And as the train moved from the sta
ton the lad cried cheerily: II will pass
1t on, SIR" So that act of thoughtful
love is being passed on through our
world, nor will it stay till its ripples
have belted the globe and met again
| Christian Standard.
From early ages till now the race
classification of mankind has been a
subject of interest. For long time
only three types, comprising the white
European, the brown Asiatic, and the