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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1879-09-26
THE CROOK LADDER.
A Fairy Story From Donegal

Several old crOnes were assembled in
Grace McDOnagh's kitchen, drinking
her health and that of her newborn
daughter, who had just been dressed,
and was laid down to sleep at the foot
of the bed. A tribe of brothers and
sisters were packed into the large bed in
the inner room; but poor Grace was as
well pleased with the ugly, red-faced
newcomer as if she had been her only
child.
A kind mother, excellent wife, and
obliging neighbor, Grace was very pop
ular; so the good women in the wide
chimney-cOrner drank her health very
heartily, and wished Joseph McDonagh
at the same time Joy of the child and of
his new situation, that of bailiff to Mr..
Todd, of Buncrana Castle.
H The house was built in an exposed
spot, on the side of a hill that COM
manded view of a large portion of the
property to which McDonagh had just
been made bailiff. Down below was
the castle, nesting in gardens and plan
tations, and beyond it lay the old town
of Buncrana, and the Tough, bold noun
tains pale i'm the distance bounding the
horizon. 1t was an extensive and beau
tiful landscape, but the McDOnaghs had
no idea that the situation was pictur-
esque they knew that it was cold and
bleak, and exposed to every wintry
storm that swept across Tough Swiftly.
AS Grace slept, and her attendants
carOused by the fireside, feeble little
wall was heard. Mrs. Rooney got up
and went over to the foot of the bed
where she had laid the infant. What
was her amazement to see two babies
where she had placed but one! Two lit
tie puckered faces; two lilac pink frocks !;
two white pinafores! There did not ap-
pear to be the slightest difference be-
tween them.
Mrs. RoOney's cry of terror and as
constituent brought all the women round
the bed, and awakened the poor weary
mother. Explanations of Save u.s."
"Dear, but that beats ALL" mingled
with the feeble wailings of the two
babes.
"What IL we do, anyway? There's
something bad an uncanny here!" cried
Mrs. Rooney. (which o. these weans
is the RIGHT ane?''
"Gie them to me, an hand me thOn
big knife off the dresser" said the
mother. I'm kiss them bath, and the
one my heart warns to will be my ain
child; as for the other one, I'll just set
tie it VII the knife.''
"Stand back, you women, there"
commanded Mrs. Rooney, speaking au-
thoritatively in her character of nurse.
They obeyed, sitting down again beside
the fire.
Snow gle them to me-" said Grace,
holding out her hands.
Mrs. Rooney handed her one of the
infants. She kissed it, and laid it be-
side her on the pillow.
"My heart warmed to it, Molly
Rooney dear; that's my ain child. Now
gle me the wee rascal that's come to this
house for no good end"
She took the second babe and stretched
out her shaking hand for the knife, pre-
pared to cut its throat; but at that very
instant there was a noise heard over
head, and small, beautifully dressed,
and very pretty lady came down the
wide chimney, using the chain of the
crook as ladder. She bounded over
the fire, across the room, and stood be-
side the bed.
In one second she had snatched the
child out of Grace's hands, and ran back
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1879-09-26

The cable reports the marriage in
Paris of Carlotta Patti, the well known
concert-singer, to Ernest de Munck,
equally well known as a viOlincellO-
player; and that the Marquis de Caux,
the divorced husband of Adelina Patti,
was one of the witnesses to the cere-
mOny.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1879-09-26

To Remove Rust from Steel: The
steel to be cleaned should be washed
with a solution composed of one-half
ounce cyanide of potassium in two
ounces of water; then brush with the
following recipe: Cyanide of potassium,
one-half ounce; CASTLE soap, one ounce !;
whiting and water sufficient to form a
paste. Cyanide of potassium is most
violent poison, and persons using it
should be particularly careful.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1879-09-26
AN EPISODE OF WAR.

In his wind shaken tent the soldier sits,
Beside him flares an oil lamp smokily,
Whose dim light glooms and fickers on the
OF rustiing paper that with eager eyes
And heart, intent he reads. Now with smile
The fiaxen bearded sunburnt face lights up
Within his yearning heart: the gentle hand
That those sweet, loving words hath traced,
Ever again in his protecting clasp
Enfold it? Who can tell! He can but kiss
With wild intensity the page that hand
Hath touched. Each line, each word read and
At last there is no more With swimming eyes
He looks and drinks her name into his soul.
Yet see those lines with pencil widely ruled.
What do they say. those baby characters.
"when viii you come home again?
"My own dear papa!'
As he reads this the tent to him grows darker,
His stronger hand trembles, and the hot tears
In his blue eyes, and blur the struggling
What need to sees The words are stamped
Hi. heart. and his whole soul doth feel them
The wind on gusty wings sweeps by. and 10!
With its wild voice, his child's sweet treble
In accents family clear:
"LOved Papa.
"My own dear papa"
And now his head is bowed into his hands.
His brave heart for a moment seems 70 CLIMB
Into his throat and choke him. Hark! what
sound 2s22e2*SSs 232
Thus sharply leaps among, and Stays the sad
Wind voices of the autumn night, with shr1ll
And sudden blast? The bugle- call a. To arms! %
And startled sleepers, at its fierce appeal,
Half dreaming clutch their swords and gasp
How many sN1n to sleep again in death!
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1879-09-26

The Church of st. Pcter-upOn-C Corn
hill, London, has recently celebrated its
traditiOnary seventeenth centennial. It
is said to have been founded by the first
missionaries to Britain, A. D. l79.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1879-09-26

The London Sunday-schoOl Union
has appointed October 10Th and Goth as
days OF universal prayer for the Sunday
schools of the world.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1879-09-26

Fruit to the value of 81, 937 ,O25 was
exported from the United States last
year.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1879-09-26

"Oh, YES, WIFI hearty ulillccI
drawl. "One of our company has been
there and knows the country well enough.
When we were convinced that it was
useless to continue our unequal fight with
landlords and poor lands at home, we
bought plots of Col. Kingsbury, an
American in England, and the owner of
Texas lands. Some of us bought so
acres, others 100, and some have taken
a quarter section, paying from ESQ to
ESQ for the plots. In some instances
these plots have four-rOOm cabins On
them, in which families will be able to
live for while at the beginning. While
we were coming away, another party
was preparing to come, a sort of union
having been formed, in which the sub
scribers of half crown 4 month be-
come entitled, in a sort of lottery, to the
choice of a purchase. know of eight
men who will come out from Middle
borough and ExtOn in week or two,
and if we find Texas the place we take
it to be, England will soon increase the
population of the State. OF the party
now on board this vessel, about 20 men,
women, and children are bound for New
Philadelphia, about As miles from San
Antonio. I am going to Dallas, having
preferred the northern part Of the State
for my purposes. Most of us have made
ourselves tolerably familiar with the
country to which we are going. Twelve
of the company go to Luling. OF the 20
who 90 to New Philadelphia, about half
a dozen come from the neighborhOod of
London. We are not colony, have no
organization as a body, but go together
as a matter of convenience"
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1879-09-26


crathur these five year? Sure enough
it's an elf, Grace McDOnagh, an if
you hurt it, your ain child will
be hurried just as much; an il
it's kilt in this house, your ain child
III come to its end where it is, and that S
wi the gentry in their grand parlors
underground, as sure as I'm a living
sinner this day." concluded she, drop
ping her voice to q mysterious whisper.
Poor Grace was deeply impressed.
She called her healthy children around
her, and threatened them with all man.
ner of penalties if they ventnred again
to ill-treat Eliza, promising to complain
to their father, of whose more energetic
correction they all stood i'm much terror.
But she had tenderness for the wailing
child, so hated by the rest of its little
world; and although she believed Mrs.
Rooney, she believed her most unwill-
ingly. Maybe the poor crathur IL no
be very long troublesome. She looks
but sickly; she'll die quietly, an you'll
get rid o. the trouble that way" said the
wise Mrs. Rooney, in comforting ac-
cents, as she got up to take leave.
Grace sighed. She took Eliza out of
the cradle, and pressed her to her
bosom. Even though she were a change
ling, she was dearer to the wom-
ans heart than her own child,
growing up somewhere or other
in fairy-land, and she did not wish to
see her die. For the true Eliza, stolen
at q few weeks old, was almost forgot
ten; while this unfortunate elm Eliza
was daily trial of love and patience,
and had been so for five years.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-09-02
TENNESSEE
STATE BOARD OF HEALTH
Nashville, Tenn, August l8, 1879.
RULES
For the Government Of Memphis
and Other Infected Districts.

RULE l. No person shall be permitted to
enter a town or place which is dangerously
infected with yellow fever, unless such per-
son has already had the yellow fever, and
then only after obtaining permission of the
Superintendent of Quarantine.
RULE 2. The Superintendent Of Quaran-
tine at each place dangerously infected"
shall have charge and control, with the coun-
sci and advise ofthis Board, of the disinfec-
tion of houses, priyies, cellars, clothing, bed
ding, and all other textile fabrics, baggage,
mails, cars, depots, sewers, drains, public
and private yards, and such other places and
things as it may be at any time considered
necessary TO disinfect.
RULE 3. Local Boards Of Health are ex-
peeted to have charge Of, and to enforce gen.
eral sanitation within the limits of their re-
spectiye jurisdictions, and to give aid aud
support to superintendents Of Quarantine
during the epidemics in the carrying out Of
such rules and regulations as the State Board
have adopted, and may from time to time
adopt.
RULE 4. A house infected with yellow fe-
yer shall be designated by Yellow Flag.
Rule 5. No person shall be permitted to
enter a house infected with yellow fever ex-
cept physicians, clergymen, and such nurses
and attendants as are necessary to the care
Of the sick.
RULE 8. No persons, except physicians
and clergymen, shall be permitted to leave
an infected house without the permission, in
writing, Of the Superintendent of Quarantine.
they having first complied with such methods
Of disinfection as may be prescribed by him.
RULE7- Physicians and clergymen NAV
come and retire from the apartments of the
sick Of yellow fever at all hours provided,
however, that they shall not enter a nom
infected house, carriage, car or other public
place Of resort until their persons and ap-
palel have been thoroughly disinfeeted.
RULES s. Public assemblies of all kinds arc
prohibited in any place dangerously IN,
feeted with yellow fevor; and the superin-
tendent Of Quarantine is charged with the
rigid enforcement Of this rule.
RULES. From the hours of sp.m. 10 .ba
hour of 4 am. each day, al persons moi
engaged i'm the care OF the sick, or I'm
the execution Of their duties ms 0C.
heers Of the law, shall remain nj their
homes or on their respective premises. unIoss
they be granted permission to leave them bv
the Superintendent of Quarantine,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-09-02
FALSE WEALTH
The Humbug of Thousands of American
establishments.

Jennie June in Baltimore American.l
The revelation made in the affairs
of Mr.. Harry Palmer, the colleague
Of Mr.. jarrett in the management of
Booths theater, and the enterprising
and successful manipulation Of so many
great dramatic and musical enter
prises, has been a great surprise to
that portion of the public which imag-
inc because man has to do with bus
mess in which a great deal Of money
passes through his hands, therefore he
must be rich. Probably there never
was time when so many people who
have the appearance of wealth were. in
reality, poor as now. 1t is not only
the misfortune. it is the ruinous fault
of this country, that every one tries to
manufacture an appearance of being
much better off than he really is.
Ex-Surrogate Robert B. Hutchings
remarked that nothing had surprised
him more in the course of his official
duties than the disclosures which
death made of the baseless founda-
tions upon which regulations for
wealth were built up. Thousands Of
men who live on Fifth and Madison
avenues, while they are here, whose
daughters are sent to expensive
schools, whose sons drive T-carts, and
whose wives figure as patronesses of
charities, are found to be worse than
poor, for they have no honest and re-
spectacle foundation upon which their
children can buid even a livelihood.
They have thrown themselves away
upon "cats and dogs" their resources
are represented by worthless securi-
ties, and their great expectations are
mere air-bubbles. Such men have
the greatest confidence in themselves
and their wisdom. They resent any
Iintimation that they can not control
future events, and never dream of the
necessity for warding off calamity by
reserving provision from the overflow
of the present. The speculative hab-
it and tendency is so strong upon them
that all other considerations are sac
rihced to it; in fact they refuse to
entertain them as possibilities.
Nor can women be charged with
blame in the matter The most pros
porous of to-day, almost the only ones
that are built on solid foundation
are those in which the wife assumes
the interior management. The inter
ests are identical aud the confidence
complete. 1t is not natural for womer
to live on uncertainties they are usu
ally too timid. The majority would
E far rather depend with safety on an in
come ever so small than take the
chances of a great deal or nothing
Few wives of speculative men have
, however, any control over the fnan
cial affairs of the family. The house
hold is run on bills Their maui
ries and expressed wishes for NOR,
! fixed methods are met with rebuffs
they hear a great deal of inflated tall
, about the money made in this, that o,
the other, and as they find it easier tC
make "bill' of Sl00 than to get pos
session of s. in cash, and are compelled
by force of circumstances to preserv,
the same appearance as the people
among whom they live, why, they do it
and they could not do otherwise
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-09-02
STRICT QUARANTINE.
The Way IT Is Done in Arkansas.

The health officials of Arkansas,
both at Forest City and Little Rock,
are in state Of ferment over an ex-
pose of their loose quarantine. A
writer from Forest City says:
Messrs. Apperson and Rollins left
this county with two horses and bug
gies on August 21, 1879; went directly
through by land to your city; crossed
the bridge, and into your corporation
without being halted a single time
came over to Argenta boarded the
train to Forest City without being
questioned once by a quarantine Off
cial DR.. Meek, when nearly to For
est City, was given the health certif-
Gates of this board. Now, if you cal
this strict quarantine, save us, q
Lord, from a loose one | am
further informed that five machinists
left the railroad shops Of Memphis
and in three days were at work in the
Fort Smith and Iron Mountain shops
of your city. These men came by way
of st. Louis. | think it would be vel
to give a history of the horses anC
buggies. On August ID, 1879, the dal
before the quarantine was established
at Hopefeld by the State board o
health, two negroes, with the horse
and buggies mentioned, landed a
Hopefeld and at once started for For
est City. Fortunately, the health au
thorities Of this place were informe,
by telegram, and thus stopped then
from coming into town. The negroe
were stopped at our picket line, an,
were hurriedly started for Memphis
the horses and buggies being KEEP
outside quarantine limits. Now her
is an instance Of two persons comm
from Memphis to the Forest City quar-
antine without having been stopped
and the horses and buggies having bee
taken to Little Rock, by residents c
Forest City, without a single chalIeng
on the entire route. Now, | ask th
question: What would have prevente
the negroes from having gone directl
to Little Rock? The citizens of Fol
est City favor strict quarantine, bu
would rather have none than such
quarantine as this. For it appear
that Forest City is the only place bC
tween Memphis and God knows wher
that is strictly quarantined.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-09-02

snobbish regard for the social position
of the parties concerned that the
cornerstone of the Herald is laid
in the sewers Of New York, and that
the Tribune is a conduit Of one Of
the most notorious defamers in the
financial world" 1t should be men
toned also that the Tribune printed
supplements in order not to miss a
syllable Of the Beecher scandal. and
that it was the first newspaper in the
United States to give the scandal
concerning Senator Carpenter to the
world.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-09-02
Alabama RnnmInn.


New York Herald Interview with Editor
Screwsl
The people are building up solid
prosperity Take Alabama, for in
stance. We do not owe cent of in
terest on our indebtedness. Since we
have had a Democratic State govern
ment all State officials are paid
promptly, and so is every creditor.
We have not scaled cent. We have
only lowered our interest. Our rail-
rd DIS instead Of carrying full freight
ca into the State and carrying moth
ing out of it, now have an equal
amount of return freight. Our prin-
cipal products after cotton, are lum-
ber, coal and iron. In these we are
doing a very large export business
and are shipping great quantities. We
have six iron rolling mills in the
State, and they are working day and
night. Their present orders will keep
them so employed until March. There
are ten cotton mills in the State, all
fully employed. We shall build more
factories and it may be regarded as
certain, not only of Alabama, but Of
the South generally, that in the near
future nearly all the manufactures
that we now buy of the North We
shall make for ourselves. Every day
is bringing us nearer to this. We
need these factories for the employ
ment of those Of our people who arc
physically unfit for field labor. There
is no reason whatever for our no
sending our cotton in the form o
| thread
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-09-02
Kate Chase's Diamonds.

Washington letter.
Washington was tull of gossip about
the untamed girl who refused to be
kept down by the conventionalities of
life. Then came the announcement
Of her engagement to the Rhode Island
millionaire. Her father had always
been and still was poor, and if Kate was
fond Of dress, she had not been able to
indulge in any extravaganza. She
now enjoyed making the costliest pre-
parations for her wedding. Senator
Sprague paid $4,000 for a tiara Of
diamonds, and it was on exhibition in
Tifany's window after it was pur-
chased This was the wedding pres
ent, and worn with the point lace veil
on the occasion of her marriage.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-09-02
The Cotton CroD.

New Orleans Democrat.
All accounts agree that the cotton
crops this year will correspond with
the enormous crop of wheat Just har.
vested in the Northern and Western
States. This will make business boom
all along the line, and the whole coun-
try will feel the impetus. The report
Of the executive committee of the
National cotton exchange, Just pub
lished, says that during the last FIVE
years the cotton culture Of the United
States has outstripped the most SAN
guine expectations; that the problem
of free labor has been virtually solved,
and that the South must be regarded
as the future reliance Of the cotton
manufacturers of beth America and
Europe"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-09-02
a Ceatipede's Deacly CIaws.

Canon County Yigilanta Several
Mexicans were in camp at the mouth
of Memphis creek, Utah Territory,
and we're lying about the fire, when
one of them, Telestoro Crucas, saw a
large centipedc, fully nine inches
long, travelling slowly over bis leg.
knowing that the least motion would
make il sink its deadly claws into his
skin, without moving his leg he got
out his revolver and waited gptil the
beast had almost reached his knee,
when, slowly putting the muzzle OF
the pistol to its head, he pulled and
the centipede was gone. But a cent?.
pede's claws are quicker than gun
powder, and Crucas began to cramp
in a few minutes, tho track Of the
reptile along his leg turned 0 brown
ISL yellow and the place where it was
killed sgelled up frightfully. Crucas
grew rapidly worse, and in a little over
four hours afteFwaFd Pc died in great
agony. But the most singular part OF
the story is that the bullet from Cru
cas- pistol cut a small nick in the fore
log Of mule that was tethered near
by, and at daylight next morning the
mule was also dead With its leg so
swollen that the skin had bQfst in
several places.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-09-02
In Fifty Years.
New York Tribune.l

NeW lOrk IrlDune.
At the recent meeting Of the Ken
lucky teachers, of them-Professor
Kirby-insisted that teachers should
give special attention to the elements
of morality the functions of gov
ernment, and the relation of govern
ment to the moral law; the constitu.
tions Of the State and of the United
States, with the capacity to interpret
in outline, at least, their various
Offices = executive, legislative and
judicial. He held that schools
should give the training that prepares
for citizenship, and that it was as
necessary for a boy to take the right
direction in social and political sub
jects as to learn reading and writing.
Professor Kirby has good sense aud
reason on his side, and perhaps in
fifty years the rest of the American
teachers will agree with him.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-09-02

Dr. Reid in a letter saws:
arrived in New Orleans a few
days since and find the temperatur,
here perfectly delightful, 81 degree,
the highest point in the shade. Mucf
has been said of the sanitary con,
dition of New Orleans. Since J3ly
q l have visited eighteen States an6
twenty cities, and I am convinced
from personal observation that New
Orleans presents to. day q more clean,
" appearance and cleaner bill oI
health than any city south, southwest
north or northwest. The alleys and
cutters are as free from offensive
odors as flower garden. The NOR.
tality is remarkably low, and only one
death from yellow fever has been re-
corded during the entire season. The
absurdity OF quarantine against New
Orleans is too palpable. New Orleans
should, in fact, close her gates against
the very towns enforcing such meas
ures against her, If every CITY on
the continent could boast of as good A
sanitary condition as New Orleans il
would be well for the whole country. u