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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1877-05-12
Story of q Circus Horse.

Without depreciating modern estab-
lishments of this kind our recollections
go back to Astley's Amphitheater, near
Westminster Bridge, as it used to be 80
or 40 years ago, under the management
of the late Mr.. Ducrow. The feats
there performed by some of the horses
were exceedingly wonderful. The ami
mails seemed to possess degree of hui
man intelligence. They were accom-
plished actors. Their powers of simu-
1ation, with view to entertain specta-
tors, went far beyond what any. one
could expect whose knowledge is con-
fined to the ordinary class of horses.
We will mention few particulars re-
garding the horses at Astley's as they
occur to our memory: One evening the
performance represented house on
fire. All the Inhabitants of the dwell
ing had managed to escape, except a
lady in an upper story. You saw her
at a window throwing about her arms
wildly, and screaming for help. Her
appeals to the assembled crowd beneath
were heartrending. The firemen could
not reach her, for the stair was SEEM
ingly in blaze, and there was no fire.
escape. The spectators in the theater
were wrought up to an agony, it being
but too evident that the poor lady was
doomed to perish by a painful and vio-
lent death. In the midst of the commo-
ton horse which belonged to the lady
rushed upon the stage. In its stable it
heard the screams of its mistress, and
fastened to do its best to save her.
Without saddle Or bride it was seen to
rush into the house, and climb the stair
amid flames and volumes of smoke. 1t
reached the apartment where the lady
was. She mounted on its back, holding
by the name, and the horse, descending
the stair, brought her safely to the
ground. Prolonged shouts of applause
rewarded the hazardous exploit. The
whole thing was a beautiful piece of act
ing, eyoking throughout sentiments Of
pleasure and admiration. Nothing but
kindness and long-training could have
made the horse so clever in knowing
what to do, and to do it so well. The
feat was the more surprising as horses
usually have dread Of fire which is not
easily conquered. 1t will be understood
that the fire had been so adroitly man.
aged as to effect no injury in the thea
ter, and that there never had been any
danger.-Cham6ers' Journal
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1877-05-12

man, who belonged to the other boats,
chung for several hours to q snag in the
middle of the river, upon which his boat
had been wrecked. The roots of the
snag were but . few feet above the wa
ter's edge, and were gradually sinking
into the mud below. While clinging to
this forlorn hope, in the anguish Of de
spair, he cried aloud for assistance from
the otherbOats. It was difficult to res
cue him, but finally a skiff was well
manned, rowed above him, and as it was
turned loose and hOated. swiftly by him
he jumped In and was saved. The nox-
iOus efiIuvium that was discharged from
the earth during the shocks tainted the
air, and impregnated the water, render
ing it unfit for use $50. miles along the
river for several days. va ~
The celebrated bottom cOrn-fields that
exist at the present day in that section of
the country were elevated and became
dry land after this eruption. The town
of New Madrid, Mo-, which contained
some 500 Inhabitants before this catas-
trophe was for a time depopulated, the
people fleeing wildly from the scene. The
reason that .,.-.
so FEW LIVES WERE LOST
was owing to the fact that houses were
built Of wood instead of brick or stone.
The bluff bank, upon which the town
then stood fifteen or twenty feet above
high water mark, was sunk SO low that
the next rise submergedit it. Even in St.
Louis the shock was distinctly felt, and
it is related that chickens fell dead from
the trees, and that crockery and china
fell from the shelves and was broken.
At Cape Girardeau several stone. build
ings were crooked from bottom to top.
In Fulton County, Kentucky, the cele-
DRAFTED Reel. Foot Lake was entirely
formed by the earthquake. 1t is about
IL miles, long, and from one to two
miles wide. It is understood by some
to be 50 miles long, but they confound
it with Albion Lake which connects with
it. 1t is not over 20 feet deep in places.
1t was formed by sand blown out OF. a
chasm created by the earthquake and
deposited near the Mouth of Reel Foot
Creek, causing the .damming of the
waters which spfesd out over the low
land. 1t is noted for its fish, and as the
resort of all kinds of water fowl, lizards,
snakes and mosquitoes. Cracks in the
earth, or earth cracks" as they are
Familiarity called, can be seen ut the
present time on the Kentucky side of
the Mississippi. They are from 25 to
80 feet wide, and are founded on either
side by parallel banks one to five feet
above the sunken soil. There are other
"earth cracks on the Missouri side,
and in Obion County, Tennessee. In
the latter there are still depressions one
hundred feet deep and from few feet
to hundred feet in width. REX.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1877-05-12

9th. Charmingly-arranged layator1es arc
partiti0ned Oh, and arranged In two distinct
Compartments for the separate use Of ladies.
snd gentlemen. These lavatories are sup
piled with pure water, clean towels. combs,
brushes, and, In fact, everything the most
dainty may desire for the perfect performance
of an elaborate toilet.
It'll. Then fol ow conductor and porterS'
rooms, linen closets, etc., etc.
10 will thus be seen that this car Il, 40 fts
name implies, perfect modern hotel, with
all Of its appliances and comforts complete.
This car Is taken on at the commencement Of
the journey, and Is part Of the train to it,
destination. In 1t you get your sleepisg
compartments and your meal accommoda-
tons, while neither encroach upon the other.
Enyious dioing-car employees, who arc paid
to dccry this form Of Hotel car, cannot, with
ANYTHING like truth on their side, give any
valid or conclusive reason for prrferring the
dining to the Hotel car, and they only chat
ter In favor of their dining car because they
are paid to do so. These hotel cars have run
from New York to San Francisco and back
with the Emperor Dom Pedro-with jarrett
lightning speed-with many party Of Cali
fornia bonanza kings; and all join in plcdg-
ing their honor that the cars are incompara-
BILE. f...e... q.
Two lines Of these celebrated cars run be-
tween New York and Chicago, and one line
OhAy uCtWCCu SuSuSO oiO WHALE AZ NAY
be needless to say that this last-named line
runs over the steel track Of the CHICAGO &
NORTHWESTERN RAILWAY. That these cars
are attracting large share Of the California
travel, both ways. might easily be cOnjec-
tufed. Any road deserves to be patronized
that is enterprisilg enough to give the trav-
cling public such facilities as are freely ten
dcred by the CHICAGO q NORTH WESTERN
RAILWAY, on its California line.
We have neglected to say that, in these
Hotel cars, the meals are a Ia carfe-you pay
for what you get, and nothing more; and
this at very reasonable rates.-The Tribune,
April tn, VI.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1877-05-12
Not an Abduction, But . Case of True
Love.

The Baltimore american of yesterday
contained the narrowing details of the
alleged kidnapping of a small boy at
Odenton, Maryland, by four stalwart
negroes. One of our reporters has as
certained the bottom facts, and it is not
Charley Ross case at all, but rO-
nance of true love. On the Baltimore
and Potomac Railroad there is a station
known as Bowie, IL miles from this
city. Nearly miles beyond that there
is another station, known as Odenton.
At the latter station a handsome young
lady is visiting her relatives, and she has
not only turned the heads of number of
susceptible young men of that neighbor-
hood, but her influence has extended as
far as Bowie. Ayoung man living there
became so smitten that he could not
keep away from OdentOn. The attract
i've young ladies about Bowie of course
did not like this Indifference to their
charms. On Sunday last a young
couple were being united in marriage at
Bowie by Parson Stitt, who rode all the
way from Severn Crossroads for the
purpose. Quite party was assembled,
but the infatuated young man was not
there, but off with his charmer. The
subject was talked over among the
girls and boys, and the result was that
four stalwart colored men were en-
ployed to abduct the spoony young man.
Accordingly, at an interesting part of
the love seance at Odenton, the young
man was called out and seized, and
forcibly conveyed to Bowie, and de-
tanned as prisoner until all the trains
northward had passed. The affair
seems to have been intended as practi-
cal joke, but it is questionable if the
victim sees it in that Washington
I'D. c. Star.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1877-05-12

THE governess of the children at the
White House is Miss Virginia Peyton, a
young granddaughter of the late Bish-
op Johns of Virginia. She applied to
Mrs. Hayes for the position in person,
even without letter of introduction,
and so pleased that lady that after due
inquiry she engaged her.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1877-05-12
Rheumatism Quickly Cured.

DURANG's RHEUMATIC REMEDY, the
great Internal Medicine, will positively cure
any case of rheumatism on the face of the
earth, no matter Of how long standing. Price
81 bottle; six bottles, s.. Sold by all drug
gists. Send for circular to HELPHENSTINE
4 BENTLEY, Druggists, Washington, d. c..
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1877-05-12

WE are satisfied that Hatch's Universal
Cough Syrup is one of the most valuable
cough remedies that we sell. II any one in
need Of such remedy will call on us, we
will refer them to those who have used and
will fully corrObOrate all we can say about it.
We have sold it some four years, and it has
become the leading medicine of its kind.
j. T. & II. F. WOOD, Dexter, JEFF. Co., N. Y.
For sale BY Richardson & Co., st. Louis, Mo.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1877-05-12

WILHoFr's ToNIc!-A SAFE, SURE AND
SCIENTIFIC CURB-The unprecedented sale
of this wOrld-renOwned medicine proves, in
contestibly, that no remedy has superseded
the use Of this reliable Tonic. No spleen
has been found SO hard as not to yield to its
softening influence. and no liver so hypcrtro-
phied as not to give up its long retained bill
fous secretions, and no Chill or Fever has yet
refused to fall into line. G. r. FINLAY d
Co., Proprietors, New Orleans.
E0R SALE RY ALL. URuGGISTS.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1877-05-12

CAMERON's '.Across Africa" says that
on the death of Urua chief it is the
custom to divert the course of stream,
and in its bed to dig an enormous pit,
the bottom of which is then covered with
living women. At one end woman is
placed on her hands and knees, and
upon her back the dead chief, covered
with his beads and treasures, is seated,
being supported on either side by one of
his wives, while his second wife sits at
his feet. The earth is then shoveled in
on them, and all the women are buried
alive, with the exception of the second
wife. To her custom is more merciful
than to her companions, and grants her
the privilege of being killed before the
huge grave is filled in. This being COM
pleted, number of male slaves-sOme-
times 40 or, 50-are slaughtered and
their blood poured over the grave; after
which the river is allowed to resume its
course
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1877-05-12
HONE INTERESTS.

To REMOVE MILDEw.-Take equal
parts of lemon-juice, salt, starch, and
soft soap; rub on thickly, lay on the
grass in the hot sun. Renew the appli-
cation two or three times day.
SOFT CUsrARD.-To a quart of milk
add or eggs, 2 large spOonfuls Of SUI
gar, a little salt; beat the eggs and SUI
gar together; when the milk boils pour
in the eggs and sugar, stirring all the
time; flavor with grated lemon or va
nilla.
TAPIOCA CREAM.-Soak 2 table
spoonfuls of tapiOca for hour; boil a
quart of milk and pour it over the tapiO-
ca, add the yelks of three eggs well
beaten and a cup of fine white sugar;
let this mixture boil up once, flavor with
vanilla, and when perfectly cold beat the
whites of the eggs to stiff froth and
stir them in. essslaut l=l--
CORN 1BREAD.-Take of sifted corn
meal pints and of sifted wheat -four
pint add 2 tablespoonful Of salt and 2
of any good baking powder, 1 table
spoonful of lard or good beef-dripping,
l -teacupful of mOlasses, and 2 eggs
beaten very light; put some milk into
the eggs before adding them to the
flour; mix about rs stiff as mOlasses
cake.
LEMON PUDDING.-Pare lemons
and take out the pips; put them
in basin with 1-2 pound of sugar, and
mix well; roll long strip Of paste; lay
the mixture on with spoon; roll and
boil the same as rOlly-pOlly pudding.
Oranges may be used with the addition
of half a lemon. Cranberries or stewed
fruits of any kind, either fresh or dried,
may be used the same way.
To DESTROY MOTHs.-Get 2 or 8
pounds of powdered bOrax; if necessary
untack the carpets around the edges;
sprinkle plenty or borax all around the
outer edges Of the carpet, and with a
feather or brush try to shove as much as
possible under the surbase {; let the bOrax
remain there, it will not injure the car
pet Also make a line Of bOrax all
around the surbase and on the carpet.
CHICKEN SALAD.-Thec chicken should
be boiled. To one pair of chickens put
2 large heads of celery. 1t is best to
prepare the dressing just before the
salad is to be eaten. Take the yelks of
8 hard-boiled eggs and mash them to a
paste; add small teaspoOnful of salt,
the same of cayenne pepper, IL gill of
made mustard, small wine-glass and a
half of vinegar, and rather more than 2
wine-glasses of sweet oil. Mix all these
ingredients until they are quite smooth,
then pour it over the chicken.
CARE OF PLANTs.-The best way to
apply ammonia to plants is to take a
teaspoOnful of Peruvian guanO and put
in gallon of water. Water the plants
with this once a day. When you have
used the guano and water, give the plant
a rest fer month, and if by that time
they have not improved in growth and
given to the plants deep green color,
give them a second gallon. Generally
amateurs are too apt to overdo the mat
ter in applying concentrated fertilizers.
Plants, like people, are better when fed
moderately; over-feeding will make
both sick and weak. 1t will greatly inn
prove your earth to mingle some muck
with it. A better way would be to get
some we'll rotted soil, old horse-manure
and builders sand, mix well, and with
this mixture all soft-wooded plants will
thrive well.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1877-05-12

Do you ask, my friend? 1t is made from the
purest and strongest elements. Among them,
cream-tartar made from grape acid expressly
for these manufacturers. The result is that
the biscuit, rolls, waffies, cake, bread and
pastry produced, are beyond comparison.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1877-05-12

me e The choicest In the vorid-Importers'
lLACs prices-Largcst Company In America
staple srtce-peases everybody-Trade continually
Observation-Disclosures wanted everywhere-besf induce-
ROBT WELLS, ~ Yaa~ ST. n. Y. z. O. Box 1857.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1877-05-12

yoa fee3 Sun, droWsy. os6anfated. haye ireque14
headache. mouth tnstes eadly. poof apged&. -
sblousness" and nothing Will cure you % speedily
end permanently - to take sIxHoHs' LLsE1 k1eu'
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1877-05-12

-Maize Flour Toilet Soap!-
Maize Flour Toilet Soap!-
-Maize Flour Toilet Soap!-
Agrcaf dscovcry--a new soap pour,i Il soua bca
eofteBs. and whitens skiH has wonder fui m AM
end washing properties and equally suited
LOT the bath, nursery, and general toilet It eQht
price Registered in Patent Once 1876 BY the manu-
facturers, MckEoSE, VAN HAAGkx Z Co Phiiadelphia
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1877-05-12
PURELY

Ins C, Cnse,gesar f Sc:,t
cine In the World!
An EHYECruAL SPH.
cIHIc for all dtseaees Of
The Liver, Stomach and
Spleen.
Regulate the Liver anA
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1877-05-12

water was experienced. The waters OF
the Mississippi boiled and foamed, and
the current suddenly changed; the water
which had descended few moments
before was now rapidly flowing up
stream, tossing the boats about in such
a violent manner as to threaten Their
instant destruction. Sand-bars gave
away, and islands quietly sunk and the
void was filled by the waters of the
river. Magnificent great trees of the
forest wavercd unsteadily, were tossed
for a moment back and forth and then
noiselessly sinking they disappeared
from view like drowning man. The col
or of the water was changed immediate
ly to reddish hue, and was thick with
mud and sand. The surface of the wa
ter, being terribly dashed by the swaying
of the earth, was covered with thick
foam, which, gathering in quantities, re-
sembled small icebergs floating on. The
earth on the banks of the river opened
in wide gaping assures and Immediately
closing so that the mud, water and sand
were high up above the tree-tops. The
atmosphere was filed with a thick, pur-
pie vapor different from that of the au-
tumn haze or Indian summer. The tenn
porary check of the river was soon over
come as in the former case, and with re-
doubled impetuosity the incoming wa
ter swept away the barrier and pursued
uninterruptedly its onward course to the
ocean. The awe-str,lck boatmen had
loOsened their boots, thinking it safer on
the water, as large masses on the bank
were continually sinking and disappear
ing beneath the surface of the river.
Some of the boats were overwhelmed
and all on board persisted.
AT NEW MADRID,
several boats were carried by the re-
ilux of the current into small stream
that empties into the Mississippi just
above the town, and, when the water
receded, left them high on the sands. A
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1877-10-27
A Costly Case.

The Martiusburg Salesman complains of
the imperfectous of the County Court system,
and gives the following statement Of case
recently before the County Court Of Berkeley !;
a citizen in the western part Of this coun-
Is sells four hogs at the price of $500 to two
other citizens Of our county. y farmer IN
Morgan county takes up the impression that
the articles thus sold are his property, and
therefore that they must have been stolen IRON
him. Upon this be sues the innocent purcha-
sers before Justice Of the peace for the value
Of the pork. After an obstinate controversy,
the Justice decides that the hogs were the pro-
perty Of the person who sold them, and dis
misses the suit. An appeal is taken to the
County Court. and for more than ten days this
p,ttv case occupied the attention Of a jury at
an expense to the county of upwards OF two
hundred dollars, aud at cost to the litgants
of five or six hundred dollars for it is said
there vas upwards Of sixty witnesses examined
in this case and most Of them from f teen TO
twenty miles distant from the Courthouse,
and entitled to mileage besides their per diem
compensation. Eight lawyers were engaged
in the case, and the jury having disagreed as
a. the verdict e. be rendered, the same scene of
obstinate and perverSe litigation Is to be re-
pealed at the next term Of the County Court.
Here then, Is from seven to eight hundred dol
lars expended in pursuit Of claim of twenty
five dollars, protractiug the session Of our
County Court to the unusual length OF two full
weeks, burdeniug the taxpayers with heavy
costs; disturbing aud interfering with the Ia
Dor Of twelve jurors and sixty witnesses.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1877-10-27
COMMUNICATED !

Mr.. EDITOR As friend of the Free School
System permit me to except to the manner in
which this pet of the State is carried on in
some of its particulars 1t is no wonder that
the system so bene6cent in its object and fos-
tered with so much care, should become by
word and fall into disrepute 1t behooves the
parties who are entrusted with its management
in its !oca! spheres, such as commissioners and
trustees, to see that every excrescence is lop-
ped off, aud to guard with the utmost jealousy
the good name aud character Of the institu-
tiou. except to a teacher naming or even
conniving at the appointment of certain trns-
tees, VINO in turn are to appoint the teacher,
thus forming a ring Of the most obnoxious kind.
except to a teacher, duly appointed to teach
and that his supreme business for the time
contracted for, the throwing up his school for
a week and serving other interests, though it
be 0ddfellowiSm. Masonry, etc. Nothing but
inexorable necessity, such asAickness, jus;ifes
such break in cOvenanted and faithful dis
charge of duty. | except to the trustees APP
pointing even an assistant teacher and that
in the colored school, one whose character is
not above suspicion 1t is said, Mr.. Editor,
to maintain the liberties of aState, the utmost
vigilance must be exercised, so to work sue
cessfully and trnmphautly this foster child
of the State. The same diligence and watch
fitness must be exercised by those to whom its
management is committed.
Pro Bono pUBLICo.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1877-10-27
Defeat of Ten Brock.

TIE Baltimore Sun says:
Wednesday was sigualiz,da at Pimlico Course,
Baltimore, as one of the red letter days in A.
merican turf history Ii was a day which all
will remember whJ were there, for it was the
dly on which Ten Broeck who had made the
fastest time on record, came to grief in two
and a-half mile contest, in which Parole was
the winner and Tom Ochiltree was the third
party Beautiful fair and mild October wealth
er attended the sport. Twenty thousand peO-
pie assembled TO witness the event The
grand stand and its steps and gallery were
packed with FIVE OF SIX thousand people. The
open stand held as many more, aud the course
was friugcd with men down below the lower
turn fully the fourth of a mile. No one con-
uected with the turf in Maryland remembers
ANYTHING like it at all before IN this State,
which has always been racing community.
Acres of carriages were parked IN the reSerya-
tons for vehicles The grand stand blo)med
with the beautyof the fair daughters Of Balti-
more. and the field 10 front was brilliant with
gay equipagcs and rich costumes and hand
some women. The attendance, too, was not
confined to the people Of this city aud State.
As the contest was between the West and the
East representative men gathered in great
numbers on this neutral ground Of Pimhco
from both sections aud from the South to test
the merits Of horses of which Ten Brock is a
magnificent type, against the blood represented
by the stables Of the McSsrs. Llrillard.
The great race was between Ten Brock,
Ochiltree and Parole The pools stood ! 200
on Ten Brock, 500 on Ochi!tree, and 1885
on Parole TIE hackers of the first-named,
the kentucky horse, were the Western men
and the public, and the consequence is the loss
Of a large amount Of money by them.
Business in both Houses Of Congress has been
almost suspended by the absence of Senators
aud Members eager TO witness one horse get in
a half head or neck before the other.