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The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1877-06-27
HORTICULTURAL CoLLEGE,

which is some five miles out from the city,
in a beautiful prairie not far from the rail
road. Here DR.. Loftin and myself, with
Captain Fsulks. stopped and went through
the buildings, ana were introduced 70 the
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1877-09-01
Stage Secrets.

1t may not be generally known that
the real name of John T. Raymond
Colonel Sellers) is John O'Brien; Law
renee Barrett was originally Larry Bran
nigan; Barney Williams was Barney
Flaherty; George Clark is Peter O'Neil; ;
Harry Montague is Henry j. Mann;
and w. j. Florence originally possessed
an Enthusiastically Hibernian though
hardly musical name. Among actresses
this change of names is yet common.
Having selected one that suits, it is gen.
orally retained by the bearer until the
close of her stage career, even though
marriage may give her the right to use
another and better one.
Most of the prominent ladies upon the
stage are married. Charlotte Thomp-
son is Mrs. Lorraine Rogers; Adelaide
Nelson is Mrs. Leigh; Marie Gordon is
Mrs. John T. Raymond; Maria Bra
brook is Mrs. George Rignold; Clara
Morris is Mrs. Harriott; Kate Claxton
is Mrs. Dore Lyon; Rose Eytinge is
Mrs. George II. Butler, and Efie Ger
mon is Mrs. Nelse Seymour. The list
might be indefinitely prolonged.
There is certain policy in thus pre-
serving the name under which success
was first achieved. Every business man
understands the worth of an old firm
name, and, besides, an actress would
lose something of the romance which
hangs about her if it were generally
known that she was the mother of q
family, for whose support she was work
ing. Actors and managers both under
stand this, and the latter are as averse
to any change of names as the former
can be.-Boston Commercial Bulletin.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1877-09-01
The Ravages Of Insects.

While the phylloxera is ravaging the
vineyards and the Colorado beetle
threatening the potato-fields of France,
yet another plague is reported to have
appeared in the Pyrenean districts. This
time it is the groves and woods of chest
nut trees which are menaced. Accord
ing to the Courier de Bayonne, large
number of these trees in the canton of
Espelette and elsewhere have been at
tackled by small black insects, having
shining bodies, with six legs and small
wings, but apparently incapable of fly
ing. These insects, it seems, eat their
way in beneath the bark of the tree at
the level of the ground, and then work
round the tree between the bark and the
hard wood, up to height of some ten
feet. The conducting vessels of the sap
being thus destroyed, the trees soon dry
up and wither. The insects are gener-
ally followed by species of worm,
which ascends even higher than the
former, eating channels, not only be-
meath the bark, but into the hard wood
of the tree. The losses already occasion
ed by these two scourges are stated by
the Courier to be very great. Entire
plantations have been destroyed, the
Oldest and strongest trees being attack
ed as well as the young and tender
Pail Mall Gazette.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1877-09-01
The Improbable In War.

Every man who has ever, been in the
thick of fight knows that, to all ap-
pearances, the escape of any man so
placed is utterly improbable, if not well
nigh impossible also. Bullets fly around
him thick as hail shells burst and solid
shot scream around his head for hours.
That some one of the thousand missiles
shall hit him seems to be almost newt
able; and yet in very few battles does
one man in ten sustain any sort of harm.
The writer of this article has seen thir-
teen-inch mortar-shell fall and explode
in mortar-pit fifteen feet square, in
which eight men were standing, with
out doing any harm to any one Of them.
Ninety-nine times in q hundred such an
occurrence would kill every man so ex-
posed, Int in this case the utterly inn
probable thing happened. In another
case within the writer's knowledge, q
caisson chest, with seventy-five pounds
of powder IN it, exploded without injur-
ing . man who was sitting on it at the
time. improbable things Of q contrary
sort occur not less frequently. To draw
still from this writer's observation,
man lying in q mortar-pit fourteen feet
deep, lying close to the revetement, too,
was killed by musket-ball which came
from distance of not less than . thous-
and yards, and passed through the
mans lungs. It had probably struck
pebble or some other object in front,
which caused it to fly upward, and af-
terward to fall behind the high parapet.
At any rate, it killed the man.-Nesc
York Evesing Post. - s.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1877-09-01

L
ng his PAGES at Berlin. The rider is
mounted on . hobby between two hgh
wheels and moves his legs in rising and
falling in the saddle, and the machine
goes along as fast as q fast-trotting
horse. Il Is all the same whether the
machine goes gently over the stones or
moves swiftly on the hard hgh-road, and
the facility with which the strange
steed turns round corners excites the
admiration of all beholders. The in
ventor believes that his horse will be of
great use to porters for carrying light
loads, and he has confident hopes that
it will be highly appreciated by the nu-
merous classes who are fond of saddle
exercise, but are too poor to buy and
maintain horses of flesh and blood. It
is even suggested that the mechanical
horse will make an excellent charger on
the battlefield, as it is an animal that
can neither eat nor die.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1877-09-01
STANDING ALONE.

The baby is standing all loneyw
The children shout in their glee-
And father and mother and auntie
Must hurry and come to see.
So baby-the cute little darling
Is put through the wonderful feat,
And fOndled and kissed and commended
For being so smart and SO sweet.
With the cunningist air of triumph
She stands in the midst of MS all
While the outstFetched arm of her mother
IL ready to save fall,
And whenever the little one t0tters
Around her is hastily thrown.
IT'S very fine fnn-thinks the baby
This frolic of Standing Alone!
All, many time In the future
She'll dong for the aid of that arm,
When the love and the care of q mother
No longer can shield her from harm!
For oft when our need is the sorest
There's NO one to whom We can turn
And Standing Alone IL lesson
IT'S hard for a woman to learn.
And often and over, my baby,
Before lfe's long journey is done,
You will yearn in y0ux hours of weakness
For something to lean upon.
When the props upon which you depended
Are taken array or o'erthrown,
Youwil find 1t wearisome, baby.
So wearisome! Standing Alone. -
~ NJ. N. =. A0wuy.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1877-09-01
Particular About Hsr Associates.

The following may sound like bur-
lesque, but it is an actual occurrence
that took place in this city yesterday.
A young lady, who claimed to be in
want of . place, was told that Mrs. S.,
the landlady of clearinghouse, was
in need of girl, and if she could find q
good one, who would give satisfaction,
would keep her. Over to Mrs. s. goes
the seeker of situation. In the course
of the conversation that ensued Mrs. S.
casually mentioned that she kept few
boarders. The girl inquired: "Win I
be expected to associate with the board
ers7" Mrs. S., with some emphasis,
explained that she would be employed
for the purpose of waiting upon the
boarders, at meal-times at least. The
girl pondered, and finally said if it was
expected that she must associate with
the. boarleEs she guessed she wouldn't
come. And she did NOT. As the very
elite Of Dubuque society board at the
place referred to, the girls repugnaace
shows her to possess q rarely exalted
taste and tone. Dubuque (losoa) Times.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1877-09-01

One of the prettiest vintage sights IL
the feast of st. Roch, held yearly near
Bingen on the Rhinegau, on the ground
of the Villa Landy, now belonging to
Herr Braun. St. Koch il here considered
the patron of the wine industry, and the
festival is held on Sunday following the
10Th of August, the day Of the rcstora-
ton of the old chapel. Against the ex-
terror eastern wall is put up q tempo
rary pulpit; the hill is clothed with
white tents gaily decked with leaves,
grapes, flowers and ribbons; refresh
ments are sold; all the bells of the neigh
borhood peal and jingle; the country
folk in costume come up in merry
groups, or in devout procession with
their parish clergy, school-banners and
crosses, singing hymns or reciting the
rosary, and after the sermon and pray
ers scattering through the vineyards and
spending the day in what we will hope
no worse manner than appears to the
artists eye. There is one popularity
about the Rudesheim vintage-its late
ness. 1t begins about the Sd of No
vember, sometimes little earlier, but
still later than most others. Two years
ago it took place in this way, after q
fortnight's steady fog and weather, more
like that of a wild northern seacoast
than of the "sunny," Rhine. But this
gray, damp air was the very thing want
ed, for it slowly rots the grapes and pro-
ducing this corruption the most DELI
cious wine. 1t is said that this Rude
sheim custom of late vintage is due to a
fortunate fit of forgetfulness of the Alb
bot of Fulda, who once neglected to give
the necessary permission to open the
JOhannisberg vineyards, and did not
remedy his mistake till early in Novem-
Der, when the .iespairing vinedressers
fancied the crop wholly 'spoilt; but
another version tells us that itonce hap
pened that the vintage was delayed
through the circumstances of q war that
laid waste most of the neighborhood and
claimed the services of every able-bodied
man, SO that the vine growers sold the
crop for mere nothing, and found out
afterward what prize they had let slip
through their fingers.-Lady Murphy's
Travels.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1877-09-01

A party of Sacramentans returned
home last evening from trip to the
mountains, bringing with them two deer
skins, one wildcat skin, and few other
trophies, including two tarantulas-
dead ones. They had little incident
attending the transportation of these
specimens which occasioned considers
bic alarm. It occurred in Cache Greek
Canyon, on Wednesday, as they were
returning home. The tarantulas, for
lack of a better receptacle, were in
closed in cigar-box when caught, about
10 days ago, and this box, carefully tied
up, was deposited beneath the seat of
the vehicle. While they were jolting
through the canyon the seat slipped,
and the two men occupying it found
themselves dropped suddenly into the
bottom of the wagon. One of them
struck the cigar-box, crushed it, and i'm
mediately felt that something had hurt
him. A glance showed him that he
was resting on the tarantulas, and with
a yell of "I'm stung! I'm stung!" he
jumped from the wagon, and, dashing
his hands behind him, as though desir-
GUS of lifting himself out of
his boots, he bounced wildly along the
road, then turned and made for
the WAC on, shouting to his amazed and
greatly alarmed companions. "Whis-
Ky? Quick! I'm dying! Why cont
you hurry!" The other three mem
there were four in the party-reached
simultaneously for the demijohn, broke
off the cork in their haste to pull it out,
ard in an effort to knock off the neck of
the demijohn, to save time, broke the
entire concern and nearly all the con-
tents were lost. About pint Of the
liquid was saved, however, and without
saying as much as " Here's luck" the
party that was bitten swallowed it. Soon
he began to feel better, and eventually
felt SO remarkably well that it was evil
dent. the poison had been forced to sue
cumb. Then the work of Strengthening
up the contents of the wagon was COM
and the tarantula box was
lifted out and examined, when
behold! the "bugs" were found per-
fectly lifeless, and so dry and stiff that it
was evident that they had been dead
more than "a hours, while a couple of
tacks in the broken cover of the box
a very good hint as to the ma
ture of the injury which the bold hunter
had declared to be tarantula bites
Sacramento (Cal.) Record Union.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1877-09-01

A vsll.knova youn& LADY q this city
reeently mAde he6ssl1 u v5ela0 q n
diculous mistake. A handsome md
wealthy gentleman, whose acquaintance
che had Just formed, invited hef b at$and
. dress party In his COMPANY. 6he &C.
copied, and asSayed herself for he event
With unusual care. To her surprise and
moFtiAcatioa be appeared, 70 escort hef
70 the panty, sttired In . white linen coat.
She invited him to be seated end then
begged to b excused for . few moments.
To her mother she stated the fact that abe
would be ashamed 70 90 with him II he
wore "tha4 coat" Jt We finally decided
that she should ask The gentleman 10 pass
tho evening at the house. Ashamed, but
determined, she told him that She did not
believe that any Of the gentlemen would
wear linen coats ct The party; thae hey
had better not 90; ., delightful evsning
could be passed at home, etc. The gen
tleman took the matter good.naturedly
and remarked, "Why. this b only my
duster." He revealed beneath It g1f-
ment Of shining broadcloth. The lady
recovered from her modification sum-
GENTLY to attend the party, bat she feels
ashamed Of her stupidity TO this day.
Her companion was the best dressed man
there.-XilacoUkss W3sconsin.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1877-09-01

Mr.. Gardner has devised means of
transportation for every contingency of
land service, both for the gun and the
necessary ammunition; also suitable
mountings for every form Of land and
sea service. He has also given tactics
for its use, which were explained BY
him, but no opportunity was offered to
illustrate them. The gun, weighing but
about forty pounds, and having fewer
pieces than Remington rife, and be-
ing about the size Of an ordinary mus
ket, its performances strike the observer
with amazement and justify one in the
belief that it will work revolution in
modern warfare.-NeUpors (R. ~
NescS. f ~ ~ ran
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1877-09-01
Growth Of Human Hair After Death.

DR.. Caldwell, of Iowa, states that in
1862 he was present at the exhumation
of a body which had been buried two
years before. The coffin had sprung
open at the joints, and the hair pro-
truded through the openings. On open
ing the coffin the hair of the head was
found to measure eighteen inches, the
whiskers eight inches, and the hair on
the breast five or six inches. The man
had been shaved before being buried.
In 1915 similar circumstance occurred
in Mercer County, Pa. In digging a
grave, the workmen came upon the
skeleton of man that had heen buried
ten years. The hair was as firm as dur
ing life, and had grown to q length of
eleven or twelve inches.-AedicGI Rec
ord.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1877-09-01

To KEEP MILK SwEET.-A spoonful
Of horseradish in pan Of milk will
keep It sweet for several days, either in
the open air or in . cellar.
WASHINGTON CAKE.-1 cup of sugar,
4 cup Of butter, / cup Of sweet milk, 2
eggs, 2 cups Of -four, 2 teaspoons bak-
ing-powder. Bake in layers as jelly
cake. Jelly part: pint of grated APP
pies, I egg, 1 cup Of sugar, grated rind
and juice Of lemon; put in q vessel of
some kind and boil; put it ON the cakes
hot.
ENGLISH STEW OF Cold ROAST BEEF.
Cut the meat in small and rather thin
slices, season them highly with salt and
pepper, and dip each lightly in bread
crumbs moistened in gravy or melted
butter. Dress them neatly on dish,
and lay over them thin layer of cut
pickles. and moisten the whole with q
glassful of pickle-vinegar and the pre-
served gravy of the roast beef; heat in a
Dutch oven and garnish with fried sip
pets or potato-balls.
To REMOVE STAINs.-A dimes worth
of salts of lemon, dissolved in pint of
cold water, will remove all ordinary
stains from white clothing, also from
black or colOred. Care must be taken
to rinse thoroughly in several waters as
soon as the stain is removed. It may
require two or three applications to
complete the erasure. This is also q
very useful article for the toilet, to re-
move stains from the hands or from be-
meath the nails.
GINGER SNAPs.-Mix together in a
deep pan 1 pint West India molasses,
] pound butter or lard, / pound brown
sugar, large tablespoonfuls ginger,
l teaspOonful cinnamon, little cayenne
pepper, also little salt if lard is used,
1 teaspoonful soda dissolved in warm
water, sufficient -four to roll out conven-
iently; let the whole be well incorporat-
ed into large lump; knead it till. it
leaves the hands clean, then beat hard
with rolling-pin, which will make it
crisp when baked; roll out in thin
cakes.
FRICAssEE OR COLD BEEr.-Cut
away all skin, gristle, and fat. Cut the
sauce made of stock thickened with
butter rolled in -four, seasoned with
shred parsley and young onions, pepper
and salt. Strain the sauce when it is
well favored, and just heat the meat in
it, soaking by the side of the fire; add
a glass of red wine, the yelk of an egg
well beaten, and the juice of lemon.
Stir for a few moments, but do not let
it boil, or like all rewarmed things it
will harden.
LEMON CUsTARD PIE.-1 cup of sugar,
yelks of eggs well beaten, butter size
of hickory nut, heaping tablespoon
full of corn-starch; moisten with cold
water; add to this cup of boiling water,
and part of the grated rind of large,
perfect lemon-too much will make it
bitter; thicken this over a kettle of boil
ing water; when quite done add the
juice of the lemon. Meanwhile bake a
nice, rich crust in hot oven if it swells
prick with fork to make the surface
smooth; fill this in with the custard.
While the custard is thickening it will
be necessary to stir constantly; spread
over the top with the whites of the eggs
beaten light, with two spoonfuls of pow
dered sugar. Place in the oven till a
delicate brown.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1877-09-01

Mr.. Benjamin Losing, the historian,
has chosen for his residence . quiet and
retired spot in Dutchess County. n. T.,
sixteen miles east Of Fishkill and the
Hudson River. He was visited there, re-
Gently, by . reporter Of the New York
Eeening Poet, who has written IN inter.
esting story Of tae visit Mr.. L0ssing's
house was built In 1911, and has been ne
modelled TO suit his taste and convenience.
His library contains nearly Z, 900 volumes,
and is placed in . fire. proof building. II
is rich in historical matter, selected prin.
cipally with reference to use. LOSING
began life as journalist. i'ss
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1877-09-01
Trouble I'm the Heu.ehold.

We would advise every one interested not
10 buy Yeast or Baking Powders, loose or
in bulk. They are usually made by unskill-
full pcrso, 8, and have frequently proven to-
tally unfit for use. There Is no guarantee or
responsibility attached to loose powder.
DoOLEY's YEAST POWDER is always put up
in cans, warranted full weight and absolute
~ pure.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1877-09-01

STRIPED stockings are going out of
style and the Sunday-schoOl picnic will
no more be electrified by brilliant dis
play of the northern lights every time q
girl falls out of the swing.-Hd,oEeye
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1877-09-01

Mr.. Smalley says that General and
Mrs. Grant were treated with every courte.
sy at Windsor Castle by Queen Victoria.
The Queen personally received them, and
highly enjoyed their visit. O.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1877-09-01

KINGsFoRD's OswEGo Corn STARCH Is q
most delicate and healthful Summcr-food for
invalids and children. Many eminent physi-
clans say it is equal to arrow.roo..
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1877-09-01
NATURES REME6Y>
|YEGETfNE
lac caEAI Blnop PuMneR

II you feel dull. dfowsy debilifafed have frequent
headache, mouth tastes badly, poor appetite, and
tongue coated you are suffering fran torpid liver or
"otlou1noss and nothing will cure you % speedily
and permanently as to take SIMMONS LIVE R1eU.
TOR or MEDICINE
PURELY VEGETABLE,
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1877-09-01


when he died, several weeks ago, all his
policies were worthless. His wife and
children are penniless.
DURING a debate which took place
some time ago in q Scottish town coun-
Gil, ON question where much diversity
of opinion prevailed, q bailie, among
other reasons in support of the measure,
stated that it would be of immense ben
GIFT to posterity. On hearing this the
Provost, who headed the opposition, got
up and said, I'm really surprised to
hear ony man bring forward sic an ar
gument. What reason hae we to sacri-
ice oursels for the guide o. p0sterity?
Point DOT, he continued, striking the
table, and looking triumphantly at his
opponent" point DOT az single instance
whaur posterity has ever been o. the
least benefit TO us.
THE extraordinary intelligence has
been received in England of the disap-
pearAnce of two islands the Barker
Islands-and their inhabitants. Can't.
Fisher, Tasmanian capitalist, pur-
chased from the West Australian Gov
eminent the right to remove guano from
two islands on the coast, described ON
the chart and known as the Barker
Islands, and situated in lat. IA deg. s.,
long. 125 deg. e. Capt. Fisher dispatch
ed three vessels in April with laborers
and appliances for shipping the guano,
but when the vessels arrived at the place
where the Islands were known to be,
there was nothing to be seen but water.
The 1slands had disappeared entirely,
a. - Ia
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1877-09-01

A MEcHANIcAI horse has been show
The New York herald., 1877-03-02
SPOKEN.

shig Hocgy Frost from Hong Kong for New York. Jan
49, lat SO 4 ). Ion II 30 E. :.
Ship Importer (Br. Sutherland from Liverpool for Mo-
bile Feb l. lat ~ 4. lon 3 Al
Ship Pride OF the Port sawyer Calcutta for Boston,
j an 5, lat 50 =. Ion 10 30 K. .
Ship Alex Duthe t3r,. from Calcutta for New York C)
Jan =, iat "a 10 \, Ion 26 z. . -
Ship Jean Ingelow Tanton, from Manila for New foik,
Dec 20, lat "a 20 =, Ion 23 2S j..
Ship Fannie Tucker, Roberts, from Calcutta via Port
Elizabeth New York. Dec 30, lat 35 8, Ion - 80 E.
Ship Great Western, simmons, from London for New
York. Feb Z, lat 45 ~. Ion 30 q.
Ship Ferguson" tAmsrcan) from Java for the United
Kingdom. Dec 81. lat 35 10 ), lon 23 l4 Il.
Ship st John Smith. York. from Liverpool for San Fran
Cisco Feb 2. lat ~ n. Ion I3 r..
Bark Edward Barrow of Iaax) y days from Lobos tor
Falmouth. Il. Dec III, Iat So ~ s. Ion Il 4oW =
Bark Divco Nor. Jorgcnsen. from Hamburg Tor New
York. no date. lat 10. Ion H.
Bark Impero lBr Fulton. from London for New York,
Feb II. 30 miles n + Of the Lizard
BARK Goode Crockett, from Manila for New York. Jan
l. OF Cape l. Agulhas.
Bark IS b Stratton' tAmencan). from sorrabaya for
Boston. Dec -, lat 80 :. Ion 30 f.
Bark Nebo Nor Horn, from Leith for New Orleans Feb
L., or Falmouth +.
Schr Geo Jordan Duncan, from Samarang for Holland
date, lat 80 20 :. Ion 6l 81 L.
Schr Mmrgie. McPadden from Philadelphia for Havana,
Feb Is. lat 81 33, Ion "a 10,