The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1891-09-25
PERSONAL AND lMpeRsoNAL

"A postal card bearing the following
superscription was received in Auburn,
N. Y, few days ago: Postmaster
Auburn, Please Del yer to Some Aufser
or Cheefee of Police, N. Y" 1t con-
tanned the startling announcement that
a reward of fifteen dollars would be
paid for the conviction of q man and
the return of horse and buggy stolen
from person in Cortland county.
One of the landmarks of St Louis
is the fine stone mansion on Chouteau
avenue that was once the home of
Thomas Halt Benton. A fact of singu-
lar interest in connection with the old
house, is that it became in war times
the headquarters of Gen. Fremont, the
unwelcome sutton who against Senator
Benton's wishes, courted and won his
daughter, now Jessie Benton Fremont
Probably the most modest and un-
assuming of all the employees of the
Pennsylvania railroad is Mr.. George B.
Roberts, the president of that great
corporation. He has climbed up the
ladder of promotion from the humble
position of rodman in the engineering
corps, and Is a plain, quiet and conserva-
tive man of business. Mr.. Roberts is
a tall and slender man of 81 years,
with few streaks of gray in his hair.
Prince Bismarck, who in younger
days was accustomed to write auto
graph letters, has now given up doing
so altogether. When he does CORE
spond with persons who have paid him
some attention, either in the form of a
letter or of a present, which he is con-
stantly receiving from some admirer,
he now only signs his epistle himself,
but in order to make up for it not being
geographically written he incloses his
photograph.
81 don't mind so much growing
bald" said the submissive man, "as
mind having every friend and acquaint-
ance giving me carloads of advice free
of charge. Who was it that said that
what one could get for nothing wasn't
worth very much? Every man know
has remedy for my badness, different
from every one. else's remedy. Every
while, am calmly sitting down and
growing balder. It's pity that man
can't even grow bald in peace. IN. Y.
Tribune.
"A curiosity was discovered at Sew
iclSley Station, on the Baltimore & Ohio
railroad, in the shape of an iron chain
imbedded in the body of big sycamore
tree. The chain had been originally
used for tying up slziff. 1t was evil
IDENTIFY placed there a number of years
ago, and the bark on the opposite side
from the river cut to hold it in position.
Both the bark and wood have long since
grown over it, and the chain now
passes completely through the trunk,
nine inches from the surface. 1t is held
as firmly as rock.
Hubert Herkomer, the English art
list, is building house at Bushey, on
the Thames, aud not far from London,
which will bear in every part the i'm
press of his many-sided genius. He
drew the plans himself, and designed
the decorations. Some of the carvings
will be from his own hands, while his
brush will give to the walls and ceilings
their most delicate touches. In the
house he will have rooms set apart for
the qualification of his different artistic
tastes. These are numerous, including
painting in oil and water, carving, play |
writing, and the composition of music. |