The Iola register., 1889-06-07
OF GENERAL INTEREST.

1t is a customary remark that
wrinkles come from worrying, but q
physician says most Of them come
from laughing.
Any one who has ever seen Q
Southern steamboat load with cotton
and then observed the carelessness
which prevails among the deck hands
with their pipes can only wonder that
more calamities do not occur.
An old oak, in Woodbridge, Conn,
said to be the largest tree in New En-
gland, was hewn down the other day,
after five hours chopping by four men.
The trunk was twenty-seven feet six
inches in diameter, and contained over
1,100 layers or rings.
"A diamond owned in Buffalo and
known as the 'Buffalo gem" weighs
sixty carats, and is supposed to be the
largest in the United States. 1t is
about the size Of an almond, and before
cutting weighed ninety-five carats. It
was bought in Amsterdam for $50, 600.
THAT dreams do occasionally come
too true is now believed by the Port
land man who dreamed the other night
that robbers were removing property
of his, and who on awakening went to
investigate, found the robber, and got
knocked on the head with piece Of
lead pipe as a reward for his curiosity.
-Barnum's elephant Juno" caught
cold at the winter quarters in Bridge
port and was given two gallons Of
whisky and wrapped in blankets soaked
in brandy in the hope Of curing her.
The dose made the animal "jolly" and
she tore away her blankets, staggered
about among the herd Of animals and
conducted herself generally in an un-
dignified manner.
The only blacksmith of Mohawk,
Arizona, had a son born to him recent
ly. Although work was rushing he
refused to fill orders, and put in the
whole time making a baby carriage
Meanwhile the town was filled with
teamsters anxious to have their wagons
put in order, but the happy father was
master of the situation and no induce
ments could prevent his labor for tho
baby. The baby is the boss Of all
creation.
AT a citrus fair in Oroville, Cal. +,
there were several mammoth exhibits
of oranges. They included an i'm
mense golden heart, covered with
thousands of oranges, a grand monu-
ment on which were displayed 10000
samples of the fruit, and a huge
basket in which were piled up IL, $50
oranges. Another splendid exhibit
was q Japanese pagoda, in which
nearly 5000 oranges and lemons were
displayed.
"A new and beneficial use to which
the ordinary toy torpedo can be put is
told of by the Boston Post. A lady in
that city has Skye terrier who has a
trick of wandering away from her
when out on O walk and swapping
good-naturedly at the heels Of other
people. She brings the dog to her side
by throwing a torpedo near him. The
terrier is frightened at the explosion,
and. not knowing whence 1t originates,
runs back to its mistress for protec-
tion, and is awed into submission for
the rest of the walk.
There is an old man in Chicester-
vile, in the Catskills, who always
speaks out in meeting. Recently a
city divine preached in the little
Methodist church Of the village, and
the old man became so excited at one
or two home thrusts In the sermon
which seemed to apply to a certain
neighbor that he got up and shouted:
That's right, youngster, hit i'm
again" And later on, when the SER
mon appeared to come home to him,
he cried out in stentorian tones:
That's so, b'gosh. We're all sinners,
ev'ry burned one OF us.
This story from the Macon (Ga.
Telegraph reflects great credit on the
shrewdness and Judgment Of the mule:
Zone day recently two brothers bought
a mule at sale in Sumter County and
turned him in the lot at night. In the
morning the mule had disappeared.
They mounted their ponies and secured
the country for day or two. but
could hear nothing of their lost AMI
NAL. One Of them happened to 60 to
the corn crib for some purpose and
found the mule had opened the door
and gone into winter quarters. He
was feasting high and enjoying the
place to its fullest extent"
"A New London, Conn, citizen sus.
pected that mice were visiting his
canary bird cage, which dangled at the
end of a chain six feet from the floor,
above a stand Of tall. slender plants,
and he set six-holed trap on the bot
tom of the cage. Something had eaten
the seeds in the birds tiny vessels
each night for a week, and though j,
was.hard to believe that vermin could
scale the lofty perch, 1t was still more
unreasonable to suspect any other pll.
ferer. The trap was q feint in the
dark. On the morning following the
setting Of the trap the gentlenan's
cleverness was rewarded with four
dead mice in It. The thieves had
reached the cage by climbing the
swaying plants, leaping from the pen
dant tips to its bottom, and then
squeezing their bodies between the
wires. The stand of plants was re'
moved, and thereafter the canary
Rrsnaries were safe.