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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1879-09-19
A Mosquito Invasion.

The other day group of 'longshOre-
men stood on the pier in Lewes, Del,
waving their hats and handkerchiefs
around their heads as though filed with
enthusiasm awakened by some cause
that was not then apparent. But when
the passengers in the Old Dominion
steamer landed they began waving hats
and handkerchiefs vigorously. The
cause of these demonstrations was
cloud of mosquitoes. At the railway
station in Lewes there were fires of PEN
nyrOyal and other weeds burning in front
of the windows to drive out the insects,
and the passengers were glad to get into
the smoke and enjoy a moments inn
munity from the annoyance.
At RheObOth Station, on the Junction
and Breakwater Railway, the mosquitoes
were more numerous than i'm Lewes.
The negroes in the peach orchards had
their heads covered with old sheets, with
holes cut through for their eyes. The
men around the depot and the passen-
gers in waiting had their heads covered
with mosquito nets like wells. 1t was
impossible to purchase a piece of mo-
squitO netting in the neighbOrhOOd.
While the stages were waiting, man
was stationed at the head of each
horse to hold the nearly frantic
animals. At RheObOth Beach the
mosquitoes were thicker than at the sta
ton. There were ut the beginning of
the week over 400 guests at the Bright
House, and on Friday not % remained.
They had been driven away by the mos
quitOes. Persons walking in the streets
were nearly Obscured by the clouds of
mosquitoes around them. BY bringing
the hands together handful of mosque
toes could be caught at a single sweep.
The ladies' light dresses were almost
black, so thickly were they covered. The
hotel proprietOrs were so pestered by the
insects that they seemed not to care
whether their guests remained or not.
Double nets on the windows and dark
ened rooms gave partial relief, but the
mosquitoes made their way everywhere.
1t was only by having negro over each
person ut the table that the guests could
partake of their meals.
1t is said that the winds and muSgy
weather brought them from the South
Jersey and Delaware swamps, and that
the pest would probably be ended with
a strong wind from the ocean. Sailors
say that they met the mosquitoes many
miles out at sea-something they never
before experienced. Nearly all the
places along the coast were similarly in
tested, but none of them to the same eX-
tent as the northern part of Delaware
N. y. Telegram.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1879-09-19
AJapanese Bill Of Fare.

It seemed good to the citizens of
Nagasaki to give Gen. Grant dinner
that was to be in itself a romance and a
play. Instead of doing what is done ev-
cry day and rivaling the taste of Paris,
it was resolved to entertain him in the
style of the daimiOs, the feudal lords of
Japan. The place selected for the fete
was an old temple i'm the heart of the
city, from whose doors you could look
over the bay. Moreover, it was to be
the work Of the citizens of Nagasaki.
The merchants would do it, and this in
itself was 4 delicate thought; for i'm the
East it is not often that we have any
recognition of men rs men and citizens.
The party was not more than twenty,
including Gen. Grant and party, our
Japanese hosts, Consul Mangum and
family, and Consul Denny and family.
The dinner was served on small tables,
each guest having table to himself.
The merchants themselves waited on us,
and with the merchants a swarm of at
tendants wearing the costumes of old
Japan.
The bill of fare was almost volume,
and embraced over so courses. The
wine was served in unglazed porcelain
wine-cups, on white wooden stands. The
appetite was pampered in the beginning
with dried fish, edible seaweeds, and
isinglass, in something of the Scandi-
navian style, except that the attempt
did not take the form of brandy
and raw fish. The first serious
dish was composed of crane, seaweed,
moss. rice, bread, and potatoes, which
we picked over in a curious way as
though we were at an auction sale of
remnants, anxious to rummage out
bargain. The soup when it came-fOr
it came many times-was an honest
soup of fish, like a delicate fish chow
der. Then came strange dishes, as
ragOut, and as soup in bewildering con-
fusion. The first was called namasu, and
embodied fish, clans, chestnuts, rock
mushrooms, and ginger. Then, in va
riOus combinations, the following:
Duck, truffles, turnips, dried bOnitO,
melons, pressed salt, aromatic shrubs,
snipe, eggplant, jelly, boiled rice, snap
per, shrimp, potatoes, mushroom, cab
bage, lass-fish, orange flowers, powder
ed fish, favored with plum-juice and
walnuts, raw carp sliced, mashed fish,
baked fish isinglass, fish boiled with
picked. beans, wine and rice again.
This all came in the first course, and, as
a finale to the course, there was sweet
meat composed of white and red bean
jelly cake and boiled black mushroom
With this came powdered tea, which
had green, mOnitOry look, and sug-
gested your earliest experience in medi-
cine.-John Russell Young's Letter to N.
Y, Herald,
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1879-09-19

SLICED CUCUMBER PICKLEs.-TwO
dozen cucumbers, sliced and boiled in
vinegar enough to cover them, one
hour; set aside in the hot vinegar; to
one gallon cold vinegar allow one pound
brown sugar, one tablespoonful each OF
cinnamon, ginger, black pepper and
celery seed, one teaspoonful sliced gar
lie, half teaspoonful Cayenne pepper;
put in the cucumbers and stew two
hours; it will be ready for use as soon
as cold; if it is liked thicker, put in
double the quantity of cucumbers.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1879-09-19

Among the many interesting accounts
of smart, educated parrots, allow me to
tell you of bird that is an honor and
an ornament to the State of Vermont.
She is the most prominent member in
the household of. Oscar Dix of Dunn
merston. AS far as beauty is concern
ed, neither she nor have any thing to
say. A strange, unfortunate habit
which she has Of pulling out her own
feathers gives her the appearance of
having come off defeated from some
hen fight. Her remaining plumage is
of the usual parrot green, but in this
case it is not emblematic of the intelli-
gent pOssessOr. The charm of her
talking lies in her clear, distinct enun-
citation; and the veriest stranger could
understand what she says. She sings
several songs: "ShoO Fly" Little
Brown Jug" both sings and whistles
the tune of Yankee DOODLE and
executes, with great spirit, that Old-time
"rOund:"
Scotland's burning!
ScOtland's BURNING!
Look out! Look ont!
Fire! Fire! Fire. Fire!
Cast on water.
She is a great imitatOr, cackles like a
a first-class hen, and news as well as
the kittens themselves. She greets Wis
itOrs with "HullO! how do you dO?''
and says GOOd-by" when they leave.
Her funniest exclamation is 'There!
I've just found OUT" and she usually
ends the expression with a burst of
laughter. A rap on the cage will bring
out the welcome "COme in!'' She asks
the question: els it cold out, tO-day?''
and then remarks: "POlly's cold out
here!" Shy will sob and cry in the
most heart-brOken way, and calls the
following names: "Uncle Oscar, Aunt
Marcia, Bert, Nellie, Lou, George, Lena,
Charlie" She can sing up the /" scale, -
with the words, "Pol-l y-is-a-pret-ty-
bird!" "a syllable for each note). She
counts, occasionally missing number,
and says, ''POlly wants her dinner,
now"' "POlly wants her breakfast -
f" Polly wants toast" "cake' or sap
ple," as she happens to think. When
she is very DESTROYS of obtaining any
thing, she praises herself by saying,
" Sweet, pretty Polly" in a teasing, af-
fectionate way. She calls the cows,
Z" Boss! Boss! BOss!' as distinctly and
loudly as any New England farmer.
When she climbs up on her perch in the
evening she calls out, "GO0d-night!" a
number of times. She never says this
in the daytime. In my own home, in
we have three parrots, all
"talkers'' in their way; but
they certainly have to step into the back
ground, for this "prima-dOnna' takes
all the bouquets and encOres. can
vOuchsafe the truth of the above asser-
tons; and to dubious friends, all l would
say is, "Come and see for yourselves"
Cor. Springfield Republican.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1879-09-19
The British Museum has lately nc.

The British Museum has lately ac-
quired two celebrated papyri. One, a
roll seven feet eight inches long, con-
tains the manuscript text of the last book
of the Iliad, and has been assigned to
the time of the later Ptolemies, though
some critics think it can not be so old.
The other roll, which is even longer,
contains the OratiOns of Hyperides, and
belongs undeniably to the second or first
century, b. C. 1t is wonderfully well
preserved.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1879-09-19

cCiChcc 0hu AhuuStEys
France sold England 2l,3SO tons of
potatoes last year.
More than half the extent of mile
age in the American railway system is
i'm the Western States and Territories,
but three-fourths of the ownership is i'm
the Middle and New England States.
Last year there were only 81 strikes
in all France. against 2T7 in Great
Britain. The connection is obvious be-
tween this fact and the difference be-
tween the present industrial condition of
the two countries.
The United States raises about $780,
OOO,0 900 bushels of grain more than the
entire products of France, Germany and
Austria, and if we could always be sure
of a profitable market for our grain we
could easily double the aggregate.
The importation of horses from
Canada to the United States has increas-
ed thirtyfold in the last four years, from
PA horses with value of S2S,955 i'm
1876 to 6,G32 in 1875, valued at S491 ,235.
The Toronto Mail claims that Cam
ada possesses mineral wealth equal to
any country i'm the world, and it rejoices
" SCI CNiuChSCS tfIstt lCssSSu stttChtiOI
is being given to mining operations, es-
pecially of gold and silver.
= The number of immigrants arriving
at New York i'm August was 12,13O, be-
ing about 5000 in excess of the num-
Der for the corresponding month year
ago, and being larger increase than in
any other month in 1879.
The cost of building in Chicago to-
day, says the Tribune, is 90 to 25 per
cent. higher than it was six months ago.
Bricks are worth nearly twice as much
now as they were then and wages have
advanced so cents day for bricklayers,
and 80 to IS for unskilled workers.
A Frenchman claims to have dis
covered in two natural substances, mex:
haustible in nature, the means of light
ing and maintaining fire without wood
or coal; fire instantaneously lighted
and extinguished, causing no dust,
smoke, or trouble, costing one-tenth of
ordinary fuel, and everlasting.
"A new thing in the hen line is a d
injecting artificial egg, the product =.
Yankee inventor. 1t is made of sulphyr,
carbollc acid and oil of cedar, com
pressed, the properties being brought
out by the heat from the hens body.
1t is death on hen-lice. The same mix
ture is made i'm sticks for swings i'm bird
cages, to keep them clear of insects.
The device is selling heavily in both
forms.
The principal industry of the town
of West Falmouth, Mass, is the tying of
business tags with bits of strings, by
which the tags may be attached to arti-
cles which require to be labeled. A
correspondent writing from that village
says: These strings are given out by the
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1879-09-19

EDWARD KING says he knew, in the
Russian army, a most amiable and ac-
complished gentleman who had been
three times reduced to the ranks for
dueling, and who, at the age of 40, was
only Lieutenant when he might have
been Division General.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1879-09-19

AT recent session of the AnthrOpc-
logical Society of Paris, debate took
place on the origin of the blonde race of
mankind. Some of the speakers con-
tended that the region of Turkestan was
their original seat, while Others-in par
ticular Madame c. maintained
that they had originated in Europe.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1879-09-19

THEY tell of a young man at Saratoga
who has suit of clothes for every three
hours in the day, exclusive Of his night
dress.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1879-09-19

1000, with corresponding number of
tags, and are paid for at the rate Of II
to IL cents thousand. Young children
tie with their mothers, and even old
men, and it is the great source for pin
money i'm the community.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1879-09-19

ONE tramp accidentally shot and
killed another in Ohio, and the jury
rendered verdict of justifiable carelesse
ness.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1879-09-19

Gum camphor is q speedy remedy
to clear the house of cOckrOaches.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1879-03-19
The Public Schools.

The subject Of education and the con-
duct of the public schools seem to be at
tracing the deserved attention Of oul
people ut present. In response to an ar.
ticlc from the Associate Reformed Pres
bute1iun which was endorsed by the
Press and Banner, ''Tcachcr' puts in al
appearance this week, and offers some
good suggestions. We are glad to SOC
this subject agitatcd and discussed in q
becoming manner. Only good can result
from it. 1t shows a healthy public senti-
mcnt when the citizens Of various parts
of q county take m interest i'll such mat
ters, and discuss them in a digniticd and
respectful manne rs becomes teachers
and educated gentlemen. We slall al
be glad to hear from our friends on
any subject, and particularly OH the sub
jcct of schools.
with reference to '"Tcachcr's" srggcs-
ton that Mr.. w. G. Bcnct should pro-
mote the cause advocated in the Press
and Banner, and should invite tho State
superintendent of education to deliver
an address at the organization Of the In
~stitutc, we can only say that We shall
earnestly cndcavor to do as desired in
urging the formation of Il Teachers In
~stitute, and that it will give us pleasure
to send an invitation at once to Colonel
Thompson. W. {. 81
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1879-03-19
The Mexican Half. Castles.

VIZ reprin. from the San francisco
Chronicle a most interesting article OH the
~Lalf-castes of Mexico. 1t is full of infor.
nation OH a subject which at no distant
day will be of the deepest interest to the
people of these United States ; for it is
foregone conclusion that Mexico: will
some day be numbered among the States
of this Union, and her people be fellow
citizens with ourselves. The article com.
nends itself to our attention for another
reason-it throws a side-light upon the
half-castes Of our own country, the mu-
lattos, octoroons, quadroons and all the
offspringo OF negro mothers by white IA
theirs. We find the same general truth
manifested in Mexico which is patent to
to our eyes here, that partus rentrem Sc
quitur, the offspring takes after the moth
er and joins the mothers race. The prin-
clple holds good in society and in NOR
ais as it did in law. The half-caste
MeSicans. moreover, like the mulattos,
are neither mentally the equals Of their
fathers nor physically the equals of their
mothers or of men of their mothers race.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1879-03-19
Court Reports.

We are glad TO note All Improvement in
the Court reports as made by many OF
our exchanges. OF late it seems that
many of the more widc-awake papers
have discovered that carefully prepared
reports Of the courts proceedings are
more interesting than anything else that
can he got to fill a %nswepapcr. Among
those who have published extensive re-
ports we would mention the Nem6crry
Neus and the Union Times. From the
evidence given in murder trials, as pub
lislled in the Times, We would suppose
that Union county is 4 most safe county
in which to take the life of a fellow-bc-
ing: 1t seems to us that under the laws
Of South Carolina, the killing of a man
is only a slight offence, which may be
readily excused, especially if the party
committing the homicide will only state
in court that he was scared and afraid
that the killed ran would kill him.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1879-03-19
Valley Railroad Mccti ng.

Pursuant to the call Of President L!timcr.a
meeting of the curporntnrs Of the savannah.
Valley Railroad convened In Masonic Hall
1T LowndcsvllIe ON The 9TH OF March. 1hc
President called the meeting to order. y call
of the roll showed the following cu-porators
present, to Wit: W. ". Humphreys, D: J..
Hall. VIM. O'Briant, J. VI. Iallinler, Sr..J i.
Barnes, j. Il. Mo>cly, J. y. Young. 7. Baker,
George :. Buriitt, j. Is. I.eItpy, $. =. baker,
Or. }. r. Ruskin, \. :. Clinkscalcs ana VIZ
Clinkscales.
The Secretary, Major j., H. Murray. being
absent, ". ~. Humphreys was elected See.
rotary pro tcm. The minute Of the last meet
sny ana the amended charter were read.
President Latinrrr, In stating the objects OIL
the meeting nIiudcd to the obstacles in the
original charter, " inch prevented progress To,
wards securing subscriptions TO the clpli;l
stock of the road, and Mhlch were happily r..
moved in the amended charter. lie stated
the object OF the meeting to be mainly FOR the
purpose OF conference aiIu consultation, loOli
10 tic adoption OF such mcii>uacS as would Sc
curc an carly commencement Of the great
work. ,
Capt J. T. Bnrnes made an earnest and
spirited address, and Was followed by W. ".
Humphreys, j. NJ. I.atiiner and others, All
the speeches breathing II rcSolutc determine
ton 10 build the road at all hazards.
+ The following resolutions were men ADOPT
cd unanimously and with cnthusiasm;
Rrsolcpd, That the construction of the Sa-
vanuuh Valley Railroad Is no: only p%ractcn.
bic. but Il necessity to the proper develop
lIlpnt Ot the ltrtllc country W ~ tlafciH'u ~
il, aflOrding as II will easy inRresS and cgresS,
and promising swift and cheap transit to the
valuable products OF II section now rGihU:c
! from all railroad facilities.
Resolved, Ti,nt the cost Of constructing this
roud, under the plan now adopted, involving
an increase OF taxation ior three years only
by the towns and townships immediately In.
tercstcd, will BE- insignificant compared with
the many advantages to flow from It's speedy
completion.
Rcsnirrd, That not until the last rail Is laid,
the last spike driven and the nrst Shrlll
whistle of tho engine Is heard proclnimiilg
the completion OF tlrls road, Will we abatc our
zeal or suffer our energies to relax In this
great enterprise.
Following the adoption Of the resolutions
was u free conference and interchange OF
opinions among the corporators and friends
OF the road present, developing n rcsolute dc.
termination to 90 forware with the enterprise
and press 1t to rs speedy II completion as pos
Sible.
The meeting thon adjourned to meet on the
first Wednesday IN May next, the 7th OF the
month, at Lowndcsvllle, Mt which time 1t Is
hoped every corpOratcr will be present: ~ INC
details of SubmitlIngthc question OF Sllbscrip-
lions to the towns and townships will be ar
ranged. J. NJ. LATIMER, SIR, President.
W. W. HUMPHREYS, Secretary.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1879-03-19
The Great Walking Match-Thc
HForclsner" Wins tho Belt.

OlSlphSA INV DSAS
The most remarkable pedestrian contest
on record took place in Gilmorc's Gar
dens, New York, last week. The prize
was the championship of the world, the
Ashley Belt and $780, 900. Four famous
walkers entered the ring, three Ameri-
cans, O'Lcary, Ennis, Hartman, and
one Englishman, Rowell. From Mon
day morning until Saturday. night the
match continued day and night, the men
resting when they pleased. The public
interest in the match was unprecedented.
All New York was fcverish with excite
mcnt. Crowds of eight to fifteen thou
sand people throngcd the spacious en-
closure day after day and night after
night, paying their dollar admission
money checrrully. And the pedestrians
ploddcd on, walking, trotting, "loping,'
getting over as much ground as they
could during the six days and nights.
O'Leary broke down at m%id-wcck, the
other three continued, and on Saturday
NlSut aI 9.fo SloIh, A''iiS quill Oh|
hour and twenty minutes OF the allotted
time to spare, the plucky little English
man, Rowell, left the track victorious,
having walked 500 miles.
This Ashley championship belt thus
goes back to England rs Il trophy fairly
won by Charles Rowell, who, indomita-
bic little man of pluck and muscle as he
is, was not well treated by the American
public, He was derided by the press,
Missed and hooted by the people, accused
of unfair dealing by the friends of the
American competitors. All of which
means that he was guilty of the sin
which cannot be forgiven by Americans
the sin Of being u successful "iorcign'
orD
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1879-03-19

instincts and passion, Given that q halfcaste
lady born in the ncighborlng. republic had
her choice TO associate With u cultured and
refined circle OF ladies or foreign blood, or u
cultured and refined circle OF Mexican ladies,
she would instinctivcly court the society of
the latter. The hulEcaSte ludies Of Mexico OF
tine higher Glasses have all the refinement Of
MANNERS, d~cliclcy and gracefulncss OF action
SO characteristic Of Women born undo Spain
Influences. The poetry Of motion Is In every
uct. They are modest, reserved and refined:
Many Of them arc ladies OF high culture, and
accomplished | II oil the arts that givo the par
Tor an air Of fascination and encliuntnient
Speaking In u marital way, the nuif caste Ia-
dy OF Mexico. all things being equally agree
able, cast l;rr fortunes with Il native Mexican
rather than with Il foreigner. On the other
hand, Mexican ladies of pure blood will glad
~ ulIy thcniSclvc with foreigners Of social
Standing tnd good reputation. The Frcncs
philosophers say there is no accounting fol
the difference Of taste of French wOncn
and no doubt the philosophers OF Mexico cal
say the same thing with regard To their beau
tiful country women.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1879-03-19
The Atlanta Murder.

I: is murder, and nothing less-this
hunting down 4 man, for the express
purpose of provoking him into a fight,
and Of killing him. The chance of tho
p]urSuer'S being killed himself is neither
mitigation nor Justification of his crime.
Nor is it any proof of manly courage,
according to the civilized mans ideal of
bravery. When Ed. Cox bought q load
ed pistol and searched for Colonel Aston
throughout Atlanta An;il he found him in
;hc Stale house and there slew him, he
was n human tiger, thirsting for blood,
and 90 such he should have been c%;ll,tur-
ed before he slew his victim. Now that
Aston lies in his grave, the voice of his
blood cries from the ground against the
man that nccdlcssly shed it.
We canNot discuss the narrowing sub
jcct. The hand that writes these words
felt the gsaSp of poor Alston's haud not
long ago. We only ask some questions:
Why did not Governor C"lquitt order
the arrest of Cox? Why did he simply
try ''to calm him ?"
Why did all those friends of both men,
who were aware of the circumstances.
stand idly by AID let a bloody butchery
take place before their eyes?
Is it right to sell Il pistol, and to load it
too, to q MAJ who m into 4 store an
cry, Infatuated and cursing2
When is this wholesale killing 10 cease?
Four weeks ago only, Atlanta witnessed
the simmons tragedy. Then Richmond
secs a young man shot for no appreciable
: reason. Then New Orleans has her act
in the bloody drama; and now again
comes the murder of Aston. Not OF
these four homicidcs was Unsuitable. All
four form a dark blot upon the civilian
| ton Of the South; for be it remembered
the slavcrs and tie slain in the cases
cited were not of the " GRIM
inal'' class but were "gcntlcmcn." Is
Wendell Phillips altogether blameworthy
for speaking of us of tho South as "lar-
bIriauS -