The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-12-28
OF GENERAL INTEREST.


English people it is said are just
beginning TO know the delights OF
sweet corn for table use.
An Indiana woman who had a
beautiful head of hair sold it and with
the proceeds at once invested in a
complete set of switches" and ''front
pieces
Smoking undoubtedly causes bald
ness, says a medical authority, by sat
urating the tissues of the body with
nicotine, which disturbs the healthful
function of the body and tissues and
affects the nutrition Of the hair bulbs.
There are 1913 mountain peaks in
the United States more than 10000
feet in height. The highest mountain
east of the Mississippi is Mount Bal
sam Cone, in the Black Mountains of
North Carolina, which is 6,671 feet
high.
If the ordinance is strictly en-
forced. dogs life must be particular
ly hard in Waterville, Me. 1t provides
that mo dog shall bark, bite, howl,
or in any other manner disturb the
quiet of any person." on pain of death
or punishment.
"A cobbler at Petersburg, Va, whit
ties out his own shoe-pegs, make his
own last, melts his own wax, pulls his
bristles out of his own hogs. and
makes a uniform charge of twenty
five cents for job, no matter whether
it is a new sole or only a patch.
An Athens ga farmer, who had
been troubled by the loss of eatables
from. his dining-table, discovered the
thief the other day in the shape of an
opossum, which sat contentedly
munching piece of meat when he en-
tered the kitchen TO make fire.
MIR. j. M. Leary, late of the Lon
don Telegraph, was great stickler
for order. When taken ill he refused
to 60 to bed, saying his rule was to re-
tire at a certain hour, and he did not
intend to deviate from the custom. So
he died decently and in order in his
chair.
"A resident of Sioux City, Ia, who
for thirty years or more grudgingly
paid taxes on twenty very poor Jersey
acres, sold them recently for above
thirty-seven thousand dollars, in con-
sequence of the discovery thereon of a
bed of fine clay for tile, brick and pot
terry making.
Baseball players get far better
salaries than school officials. A good
baseball player gets $500 for half a
year. The average school teacher or
official is lucky to get half ofthat. But
it must be remembered that the people
of this country take more interest in
baseball than they do in educational
matters.
Washington has remarkably fine
street pavements, but the sidewalks
are in a wretched condition-brick
here and stone tagging there, with an
occasional wood tagging. Indeed,
they are so bad that many pedes-
trians take the middle of the streets.
On Sundays the sidewalks are almost
deserted and the church-goers in their
most fashionable attire take to the mid
die of the street.
"A pugilistic ruffian, with the APP
propriate name of Sullivan, attended a
meeting of the Salvation Army at
Helena, NJ. I. Vigorous prayers were
offered for him, to which he objected.
The sanity soldiers surrounded him,
to offer consolation and advice, and
the Philistine commenced to strike
out. The soldiers of the Lord engaged
him in battle, and the pugilist whipped
the whole army and put it to flight.
The editor of the Bristol, Tenn,
Courier lately received the following
unique note, postmarked Fance's Tank,
Tenn: Dear Sir: In Pereusan your
daily Courier | find proposition from
some Bachelor in Lynchburg offering
A Diamond Ring as A present for any
Lady that was fifteen years that has
never wore Bustle or Bangs l am in
my eighteenth year and haven't wore
either l claim the ring Please inform
the Enquirer as to my whereabout.
"A newspaper recently announced
the death of two Incn-neighbors and
friends-at Windham Centre, Mass.
whose homes were on the same street,
opposite each other. Without previous
illness both died suddenly on the same
day. A physician, while attending one
was summoned to the other Post
norton examination revealed the fact
that one died of rupture of the right
auricle of the heart and the other of
rupture of the left ventricle of the
heart.
Peculiar Dutch Customs.
Many peculiar customs still prevail