The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-06-08
OF GENERAL INTEREST.

"A section of a sequoia gigantic sent
from California to the British museum
has had its annual rings counted and it
turns out that the tree was 1880 years
old. Yet the diameter of the tree was
only fifteen feet.
The Grace were demons of fear.
They were greatly reverenced by Greek
women, for it was generally believed
that they did not like to see a woman
too beautiful and sometimes changed
beauty into fright.
Among those who telegraphed con-
gratulations to Mr.. Walsh on his APP
pointment as senator from Georgia
was New York man who CHANGED to
share Mr.. Walsh's umbrella for few
minutes some two years ago.
The Greeks believed that Jupiter
made woman in order to punish Pro-
metheus and his brother for presump-
ton. They besought Jupiter that they
might die when they found what was
in store for them, but the Ruler of
Heaven would not let them off so
easily, and compelled them to get mar
ried.
"A dingy shop in New York street
/ displays in its dingy show window a
dingy terrestrial globe that turns on
1 its axis and so indicates the time of day
the world over. Within the dingy shop
sits the inventor of this particular form
of globe clock, repairing other peoples
/ clocks and watches. The invention
/ has been patented now nearly twenty
years. but there is nothing to indicate
! that the inventor has found it profita-
BILE.
Sturgeon fishing in Delaware bay
promises to make up in some measure
this year for a dull shad season. One
sturgeon boat sometimes earns from fif-
teen to twenty dollars per night. a
sturgeon fisherman recently caught in
one night two roe sturgeon worth ten
dollars each. A day laborer in that
region would be several weeks in earn
ing so much. Many colored men have
been attracted to the trade of fisher
men because of these occasional prizes.
One of the curious trades that -four
ish in the region bordering the French
quarter of New York is that of the lace
designer. Originality in such designs,
as in most other things, is rare, and
while there are lace makers of every
degree of skill, there are few really eX-
cellent designers. OF course the artist
artisan of this class is free to aid his
imagination by all that illustration
furnishes from the past. The laces at
the Metropolitan Museum of Art are
also Of r,Sa RI Sr1ah workers.
\ Vulcan. the god of ancient black
smiths and metal workers. was lame in
consequence of a pretty hard fall he
had in his early days. Jupiter and
Juno had a row. and Vulcan sided with
his mother against the old gentleman.
who promptly kicked him out of
Heaven. He fell for a whole day and
lighted on the island of Lemnos. broke
his leg and received as severe shak-
ing up as though he had tumbled down
an elevator shaft. Esculapius set his
leg. but having only just received a
diploma. did poor job. and for long
time Vulcan went on crutch.
The longevity statistics of govern
ment employees, gathered by the Dock
cry commission, are interesting. 1t
seems that there are LAG clerks &C
years old and over: al between 60 and
65 years of age; $50 between 65 and 20:
Isl between 30 and 75: 81 between IS
and so: 80 between so and s.; 6 between
S. and 90, and who is past 90. There
are 2.57S clerks between - and 80, the
numerous age class: 2,34S between so
and IS: 2.O3S between 81 and 40. OF
the 1906 clerks in the departmental
service. s,761 are under 40 years of age.
Some of the older people have been
many years in the government service;
$685. clerks have served for 10 years;
1850 from % to 40 years and 80 for &C
years or more, while l has worked at
his desk GO years.