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The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-06-17

tobacco tax, and Mr.. Knott has not been
among the active workers for it. It there
fore seemed very hard that he should have
thrown such an impeachment in the way OF
passing the bill at so critical stage OF its
consideration. 1t seemed strange. too,
that Mr.. Willis, Of the Louisville district,
and other Kentucky members, voted to
postpone the tobacco bin for report that
pleased only the Montgomery Blairs Of the
gallery. Mr.. Knott represents tobacco
constituency, and his. conduct, therefore,
was without excuse. Mr.. Tucker objected
to Mr.. Knott proceeding, but Mr.. Randall
submitted the question to the House, and
with the aid OF united Republican vote
there were enough Democrats to vote for his
proceeding to give him the floer:: The Rich
mond tobacco delegation were not the only
people who felt like cursing, and who
wished Proctor Knott in Duluth. The
Lorillard lobby now began to hope,
and their faces frightened up pro-
vokingly. Mr.. Knott finally got through
with his paper, and the House ordered it to
be printed. The reductionists have gotten
some terrible hard blows from representa-
tives from tobacco districts, and the severest
came from Kentucky. A Republican who
was for the bill said to me, as the House
took recess this evening, that many on his
side were disguised because friends OF the
bill persisted 10 Offering amendments to it.
There was no one more anxious on the floor
of the House to- day than Mr.. Robbins, OF
North Carolina.
THE TOBACCO BILL RESIGNED.
The House resumed the consideration OF
the revenue bill tonight, and agreed, on
motion of Mr.. Hewitt, of New York, to add
the bonded warehouse systenrto the bill.
Carter Harrison moved to add The income
tax bill, and this caused an excited discus
sion, tobacco-men claiming it was intended
to kill the bill. Finally Mr.. Tucker said:
81 desire the House to hear me-" and they
listened. "The programme OF this bill
is the reduction OF taxation, and the propo-
siton OF the gentleman from Illinois is to
impose an additional tax on the country. l
call on the friends OF the bill not to allow
the introduction of this Trojan horse,
whatever may he their views in regard to
IN income tax as an independent question"
MI. Harrison's amendment was lost.
ayes, Oh; noes, 100.
There was
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1878-04-13
Singular Friendship of q Horse and
Pig.

DR.. Fletcher's pet pig, Simon, es-
capped about 10 days ago, and neither
hide nor hair of him could be found for
three days. The children were incon-
solable, and Pompey, the Doctors faith
full man of all work, went up and down
the earth in search of the missing pig.
Suspicious of foul play were entertain
ed. Finally the pig was found in COM
pany with q vagabond horse in the
neighborhood of Fall Creek. Pompey
undertook to arrest the pig, whereupon
the horse laid back his ears and made a
vicious charge on him, which he only
escaped by scaling neighboring fence.
For three hours he vain1y tried to ex-
tradite the pig. Whenever he made a
demonstration the old horse was up and
a-coming. The two animals seemed to
be on the most affectionate terms. Fl
nally assistance was obtained, and the
pig captured. Once from under the
horses influence Simon became quite
docile, and went peaceably home, where
there was great rejoicing among the
children, and the fatted slop-pail was
killed to celebrate the prodigal'sreturn.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1878-04-13
Capt. Boyton's Longest Voyage.

A letter from Lisbon announces the
arrival of Capt. Boyton at that place ,on
the 18th of February, thus terminating
his voyage down the Tagus from Toledo,
the longest and most dangerous of all
excursions he has yet made. His trip
has been throughout complete success.
He was for Is days in the water, having
left Toledo on the 31st of January.
Throughout the whole distance he was
received in the most sympathetic man.
ner by the people living along the river,
who universally came to the banks and
applauded him On his passage down.
Every facility wa: afforded him by the
Spanish and the Portuguese Govern
menth. On his arrival in Lisbon the
Captain seems to have been completely
exhausted, owing in some degree to the
fact that part of the country through
which the Tagus runs is scarcely more
than desert, and he was obliged in
consequence to suffer all sorts of priva-
tons, as he found it impracticable at
the outset to tow his provision-sack.
The entire population of Lisbon came
out to meet him on his arrival, the
crowd lining the river bank being esti-
mated at from $50, 900 to 100000 souls.
On passing the arsenal the Captain re-
ceived the compliments of the Minister
of Marine through an officer of the ord
nance. The enthusiasm displayed on
his landing amounted to veritable ova-
ton, and he was conducted in triumph
to his hotel, where he has since received
the fluctuations of all the authorities
and notabilities of the city. Among
other obstacles, Capt. Boyton encoun-
tered and passed over 102 cascades, the
largest of which had a fall of about 80
foot
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1878-04-13

thought they Gained their greatest sue
cesses Immediately after they met .
funeral; Bellini would not permit new
work to be brouehs outEn on the day
announced he was first greeted by q
man, and g La Sonnambula" was sew
eral times thus postponed Meyerbeer
regularly washed his hands before be-
ginning an overture, and . living noted
tFagedienne Of Vienna never plays uIi-
less she has white mouse in her bosom.
ERzERoUM, in the recent war, seems
to have been a vast charnel house. Dur
ing the past three months $500 Turkish
soldiers have died in the various hos
pitfalls there. and probably at least as
many civilians, making total mortal
ity Of nearly 10000 in Erzeroum alone
in about twelve weeks. In January, the
weather being then very severe, de-
tachment of 800 troops was sent over
the mountains to Birmingham. Only 800
reached their destination. They were
overtaken by fearful snow-storm. The
Colonel had his wife and three children
with him in q covered ARABIA; he and
they all persisted. The hospitals at Err
zeroum are full of cases of frostbite,
some of them as severe as any cases on
record. Twenty-seven soldiers without
feet are under the charge of one surgeon
alone; they had been all frostbitten, and
their feet had to be amputated.
THE LITTLE DREAMER.
A little boy was dreaming, .r
Upon his nurses lap,
That the pins fell out of all the stars,
And the stars fell into his cap.
So, when his dream was over,
What should the little boy do? $780,
Why, he went and looked inside his cap,
And found It wasn't true.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1878-04-13

Sea bean jewelry is becoming popula,
in the North. These beans are found
in quantities at Key West, and on this
island also. They are of beautiful
cherry. red color, with deep black di.
viding line, and are susceptible of q
very high polish. They are no doubt
misnamed sea beans, and are probably
foated to the Gulf shores from more
tropical chimes, where they have floated
down streams into the salt water, which
hardens them. A representative of q
large jewelry firm in Baltimore is in the
city with an order to purchase q couple
OF bushels of Galveston sea beams
Galveston (7sx.) Nesos.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1878-04-13
A Campaign SANDER.

State Senator, his political opponents pub
lished pretended analysis Of his popula,
medicines, hoping thereby to prejudice the
people against him. His election BY an over
whelming majority severely rebuked his ira
ducers, who sought to impeach his business
integrity. No notice would have been taken
of these campaign lies were 1t not that some
of his enemies land every successful business
man has his full quota Of envious rivals) are
republishing these bogus analyses. Numerous
and most absurd formulas have been publish
ed, purporting to come from high authority;
and it is significant fact that no two have
been at all alike-conclusively proving the dis
honesty of their authors.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1878-04-13

examination Of the safe they escorted
Mr.. Banks back to his bed and proceed
ed to tie him hand and foot. They
crossed his hands behind his back and
securely bound them with q leather strap
half an inch wide, and then tied his feet
together and to the bedstead with stout
cord. The tying was done by the small
er man, who seemed an expert at the
business. When the tying was COM
plete the larger man said, when he was
about to leave: "Don't utter loud
noise. If you do I'll come back and
kill you" As soon as the scoundrels
had departed Mr.. Banks made strong
effort to loosen his hands in order to free
himself from the gag, which almost
strangled him. About 4 o'clock he
succeeded in getting his hands out
of the strap, and clearing himself Of
the gag and the ropes by which his feet
were bound to the bedstead. He
Immediately went to his fathers
house, gave the alarm and aroused Off
Ger Desmond. The back door of the
bank shows marks of having been brok-
en- open by means of a chisel, and at
tached to the door knob is a strong rope,
recently cut, which had been attached
to stake outside in such position as
to hold the door shut. The opinion Of
those best acquainted with such matters
is that the robbers had become acquaint-
ed with Mr.. Banks's habits, and early
in the evening, during his absence from
the building, had broken open the door
and secured it with a rope from the out
side, SO that when they came at later
hour they could cut the rope and enter
noiselessly. The robbery will, it is said,
in no manner affect the solvency of the
bank, the funds of the institution being
amply sufficient to cover the loss by the
robbery. Footprints of two men, one
large and one small, were found in the
mud in the neighborhood of the build.
ing, but no horse tracks, showing that
the saddle-bags talk was for the purpose
of deceiving Mr.. Banks. Several sus.
picious parties were arrested, but no ev.
idence found to hold them.-Paebld
(Col.) ChiettGin. .-l
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1878-04-13
A Rather Large Worm.

And now Fritz Muller comes along,
and, with a letter to the Zoologische
Garten, frightens us almost to death
with description of the Minhocao, a
gigantic earth-worm, that infests the
highlands of the southern provinces of
Brazil. 1t is said to reach a length of
$50 feet and breadth of about 5, and
it is reported to be covered with bones
as with coat of armor. 1t can uproot
pine-trees as if they were blades of
grass, and diverts the courses of streams
into fresh channels az easily as it can
roll off log. About eight years ago
one appeared in the neighborhood of
Lagos; the man who saw it ran imme-
diately for assistance, but before he and
his allies cauld return the monster had
departed. Not far from the Rio dos
Papagaios, in the province of Parana,
it is said that a Minhocao has been seen
several times. A woman, one morning,
according to her usual custom, went to
draw water from the pool near her
house. She was surprised to find the
whole pool destroyed, and somewhat
Mortified to see something Gas big as
a house" moving off along the ground.
In the same district young man saw a
huge pine suddenly overturned when
there was no wind to disturb and no
man to cut it. On fastening up to dis
cover the cause he found the surround
ing earth in movement and just got a
glimpse of a terrible looking thing with
horns on its head. From these and
many similar stories it would appear
that there really is some such thing as
the Minhocao. Generally, if not al
ways, it appears after continued rainy
weather, and seems to start from marsh
es or river-beds and to enter them again.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1878-04-13

Joy to tho AMicted.-One Of our most
eminent American Chemists has discovered
q process whereby he obtains, in . palatable
form, all the active medicinal properties OF
the East India Cinchona bark, without dis
tubing the irritant and inert matter. In this
preparation the alkaloids are in their native
combinations, and the same proportional OF
the Ingredients are maintained as exist in the
celebrated bark from the Neilgherry hills.
This preparation is called CLIFFORD's FEB
RFUGE, and is fast taking the place Of Qui.
nine and the so-callcd Ague Cures, ETC., In
the market. &c. RICHARDSON, Prop'r,
For sale by all Druggists. st. Louis.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1878-04-13
The Pueblo Bank RObbery-A Cashier
Roughly Handled.

The bank building is a one-suory brick
structure, located on Fifth Street, South
Pueblo, and owned and occupied by the
Messrs. Banks. 1t contains two rooms
one used for carrying on the business
and the other as sleeping-room. Mr.
II. N. Banks and his brother usually
sleep in the building, but short time
since Mr.. S. w. Banks, the father, was
seriously injured, requiring one of the
brothers to remain at home, and Mr.. II.
N. Banks slept alone in the building
Mr.. Banks states that he retired to bed
at his usual hour, about paf past 1C
O'Clock, leaving every thing apparently
safe in and around the building. He
was awakened between l and 2 O'Clock,
and, on opening his eyes, saw by the
men on either side of his bed. One of
the men was about six feet in height,
and the other about five feet eight.
Both had white cloth over their faces
One held cooked six-shooter to Mr..
Banks's head, while the other pointed a
formidable looking bowie-knife at his
heart. The large man said, "Make no
noise," and then the two proceeded
to gag Mr.. Banks. They jammed
knotted handkerchief saturated
with chloroform or ether into his mouth,
nearly strangling him, and bound it in
place with another handkerchief. The
small man then went into the front
room and pulled down the window-cur-
tains. On the return of the small man
from the front room he remarked, look
ing at Mr.. Banks, "He's asleep" This
the other denied, and, shaking the pris-
oner roughly by the right shoulder,
said, "Be quiet. Don't speak word.
If you do I'll kill you" The two then
took Mr.. Banks between them and
marched him to the safe, ordering him
to open it. The safe is locked with
three combination locks, all locked on
different combinations. He opened two
of them, and when he ame to the CASH
chest hesitated whether to open it or
take the chances of being shot. The
big man said, "open that money-chest."
Mr.. Banks took another look at the
cooked revolver held in close proximity
to his head and concluded to obey. The
robbers helped themselves to all the
in the cash-box and then ex-
smined the large pocket-books contain
ing valuable papers. One of them re-
marked two or three times, I" These we
IAN put in our saddle-bags. In |
, small box in the safe they |
found gold watch and chain. They
whether to take it or not, one |
If them saying that it must belong to
Mr.: Banks's wife. They put the watch
u L. n i
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1878-04-13
Giving Genius q Chance.


The great mass of mankind have
neither the liking nor the aptitude for
either literary or scientific, or artistic
pursuits: nor, indeed, for excellence of
any sort. Their ambition is to go
through life with moderate exertion and
fair share of ease, doing common
things in a common way. And a great
blessing and comfort it is that the ma
jority Of men are of this mind; for the
majority of things to be done are
common things, and are quite well
enough done when commonly done. The
great end of life is not knowledge, but
action. What men need is as much
knowledge as they can assimilate and
organize into basis for action; give
them more and it may become injuri-
Gus. One knows people who are as
heavy and stupid from undigested learn-
ing as Others are from over-fullness of
meat and drink. But small percent
age of the population is born with that
most excellent quality, desire for ex-
cellence, or with special aptitudes of
some sort or another; Mr.. Gallon tells
us that not more than one in four thou
sand may be expected to attain distinc-
ton, and not more than one in million
some share of that intensity of instinct
i've aptitude, that burning thirst for ex-
cellence, which is called genius.
Now, the most important object of all
educational schemes is to catch these
exceptional people and turn them to ac-
count for the good of society. No man
can tell where they will crop out; like
their opposites, the fools and knaves,
they appear sometimes in the palace
and sometimes in the howell; but the
great thing to be aimed at, 1 was almost
going to say the most important end of
all social arrangements, is to keep these
glorious sports of Nature from being
either corrupted by luxury or starved by
poverty, and to put them into the posi-
ton in which they can do the work for
which they are specially fitted.
Thus, if a lad in an elementary school
showed signs of special capacity, I
would try to provide him with the means
of continuing his education after his
daily working-l life had begun; if, in the
evening classes, he developed special
capabilities in the direction of science
or of drawing, l would try to secure
him an apprenticeship to some trade in
which those powers would have appli-
cability. Or, if he chose to become a
teacher, he should have the chance of so
doing. Finally, to the lad of genius
the one in a million-I would make
accessible the highest and most COM
plete training the country could afford.
Whatever that might cost, depend upon
it the investment would be good one.
I weigh my words when l say that, if
the nation could purchase a potential
Watt, or Davy, or Faraday, at the cost
of q hundred thousand pounds down, he
would be dirt-cheap at the money. 1t
is mere commonplace and everyday
piece of knowledge, that what these
three men did has produced untold mil
lions of wealth, in the narrowest
economical sense of the word.
Therefore, as the sum and crown of
what is to be done for technical educa-
ton, look to the provision of a ma
chinery for winnowing out the capaci-
ties and giving them scope.-Prof. Hu1-
leu.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1878-04-13
CoNsuMpr1ox-No melicine xet disconered

CoNsUMPnoN.-No medicine yet discovered
can show more evidence of real merit than
ALIENS LUNG BALsAM. This unequalled ex-
pectorant for curing Consumption, and all dis
eases leading to 1t, such as affections of the
Throat, Lungs, and all diseases of the Pull
monary Organs, is introduced to the suffering
public after its merits for the positive cure Of
such diseases have been tested BY the medical
faculty: The Balsam is, consequently, recon-
mended by physicians who have become &C
quainted with its great success. All druggists
sell it,
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1878-04-13

THE Emperor of Japan has estab-
lished an Order of Merit, and is sending
around decorations of the second and
third class with lavish hand. The
first class is reserved for very eminent
merit, and has just been bestowed on
the Emperor of Russia.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1878-04-13

In 1871, carpenter out Of work showed .
copy Of the AMERICAN BUILDER to friend
who wanted to build house. The result was
such job Of work as he had never had before;
and then, another and another. Our friend,
the carpenter, 10 to-day we'll on and has TWEEN
ty men in his employ. Moral: Never get dis
couraged and don't neglect to buy books and
papers. sa.s.s-.-
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1878-04-13

A BOsTONIAN named Peter B. Bing-
ham, having bequeathed $50, 900 to his
native Town of Bakersfield, Vermont,
for the purpose of founding a high
school, his surviving relatives, instead of
attacking the will, as is now customary,
have added $4,000 for the building.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1878-04-13

sroDDARD's 'sPoULTRY WORLD" Hartford.
Conn, should be had BY all fowl-breeders. Costs
but lbs yearly, or only s20 90, INCLUDING II su-
per;or CHRoMos to subscribers It Is practical,
original, and always fresh. 1Oc. single number.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1878-04-13
Nutritious CookerI.

Nothing Is so well calculated to promote
good health and good humor, as light, easily
digested, nutritious cookery. With that unri-
vailed article, DooLEY's YEAST POWDER, in the
kitchen. elegant, white, light and wholesome
bread, rolls, biscuits, cake Of every kind, and
corn-bread, wafiies, mullins, buckwheat cakes,
etc, are always possible in every household.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1878-04-13
motbers, rIo,ber.. Mo,I,er..

Don't fail to procure Mrs. WINsIow's SooTH-
ING SYRUP for all diseases of tecthing in chill
dren. 1t relieves the child from pain, cures wind
collie, regulates the bowels, and, by giving relief
and health to the child gives rest to the nothR.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1878-04-13

TWILL send free, to all afflicted with Catarrh,
prescription for infalible cure. Address, with
stamp, Rev. T.. j. MEAD, Syracuse, N. Y.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1878-04-13

PARTICULARS regarding Electric Belts free.
Address Pulvermacher Galvanic Co., Cincin., o.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1878-04-13
NATURES REMEDY\
WEGEHINEe1
Ihe Oscar Bloop PURIFIER. r.

FOR DYSPEPSIA.
ASHLEY, Ill, Jan. IL, 1873.
H r STHvBNs:
Dear Str-I have been using vegetine for Dyspepsia
and nd relief from it than all the other medicines
lever used. There Is nothing like It for Dyspepsia
MRS. NJ Z fOWLKa
lam personally acquainted with Mrs Fowlks and can
certify that the above statement Is true.
VIC PACE, M D., Druggist, Ashley III.
VegetiMe Is Sold by All DruSEists.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1878-04-13

Shoutu INV uC oCy lCu LOU ALI luStC1u VI
Leo XIII. There have, it is true, been
twelve Leos elected as Popes before him,
but one of these, Leo VIII, held his po-
sition by very questionable tenure,
and is not generally admitted by good
Catholics to have been q genuine Pope.
He was elected by the authority of the
Emperor Ohio, an opposition Pope,
Benedict v. being elected by the Coun-
Gil. He is held BY some Catholics to
have been legitimate Pontiff; but Bar
onius treats him as an intruder, and the
point has never yet been satisfactorily
decided. His career was altogether q
melancholy one, as was also that of his
rival, Benedict ", who died in exile in
July, 965, having been deposed by the
Emperor Ohio.
THE following story is told to show
the ingenuity of Edison, the electrician.
The telegraph Office in Boston was
greatly infested with cockroaches. Mr..
Edison tackled several zinc strips to the
wall at intervals of an eighth of an inch,
and applied the positive and negative
poles of q battery alternatively to the
strips. He next smeared the walls above
the strips with molasses. The vermin
came up, and as they stepped from strip
to strip they "closed the circuit" ne
ceived the electric shock, and dropped
dead by scores. Water pals put at the
proper places received their dead bodies
as they fell. We distinctly credit this
story to Boston.
A LEIPsIc paper records number of
superstitions of artists, some of which
are very curious. Tietjens, for instance,
believed that the person would speedily
die who shook hands with her over the |
threshold at parting; Rachel and Mars ]
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1878-04-13

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