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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1879-10-17

As rule, every letter, unless insult
ing in its character, requires an answer.
To neglect to answer letter, when
written to, is as uncivil as to neglect to
reply when spoken to.
In the reply acknowledge first the
receipt of the letter, mentioning its date,
and afterwards consider all the points
requiring attention.
If the letter is to be brief, commence
sufficiently far from the top of the page
to give nearly equal amount of blank
paper at the bottom of the sheet when
the letter is ended.
Should the matter in the letter cOntin-
ue beyond the first page, it is well to
commence a little above the middle of
the sheet, extending as far as necessary
on the other pages.
1t is thought impOlite to use halt
sheet of paper in formal letters. As q
matter of economy and convenience for
business purposes, however, it is custom
airy to have the card of the business man
printed at the top of the sheet, and a
single leaf is used.
In writing q letter, the answer to
which is of more benefit to yourself than
the person to whom you write, inclose
a postage stamp for the reply.
Letters should be as free from era
sures, interlineatinns, blots and post
scripts as possible. 1t is decidedly bet
ter to copy the letter than to have these
appear.
A letter of introduction or recon-
mendatiOn, should never be sealed, As
the bearer to whom it is given ought to
know the cOntents.-HilTs Manual OF
Social and business Forms.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1879-10-17

A singular case of arsenical poisoning
is reported in Brooklyn. N. Y. George
Arthur Gardiner, aged - years, died
Sept. %, in great agony, after two
weeks of intense suffering. 1t is alleged
by DIR. S. s. Guy, his physician, that
death was caused by arsenical poison
placed by dentist in one of Mr.. Gar
diners teeth to kill an aching nerve.
The certificate of death gave the disease
as gangrene of the mouth and face, aris-
ing from the treatment of q tooth, but
the Health Superintendent thought
nothing unusual Of It, and the certificate
was quietly filed. The case, however,
If DIR. Guy be correct in his diagnosis, is
the only clear one of the kind ever es-
tablished, and of great importance as a
precedent, since arsenic is generally
used BY dentists to deaden nerves before
filling. DIR. Guy says there is no doubt
about the cause of Mr.. Gardeners death;
it was a clear case. He did not see the
patient until four days after he was at
tackled, and absorption of the poison had
then actually taken place. His cOndi-
ton was such that no positive reaction
could take place. He was 3 man of
clean system and great strength, and
rallied several times, but sank down
lower each time. The right cheek and
side of the head and neck were already
very black. As time passed the symp-
toms grew more marked, the
muscles of the mouth, face,
and throat grew so rigid that
his teeth became set about quarter Of
an inch apart, and in that condition the
patient suffered nearly ten days before
death relieved him. The tissues swelled
until the cheeks were two inches thick;
then the muscles and tissues began to
decay and slough off. 1t was evident
there was no hope of recovery. MIR.
Gardiner said he had the first mOlar in
the right lower jaw treated by dentist
in Boston. The tooth was decayed and
ached, and the dentist filed it with
something. Next morning, having come
to Brooklyn on the night boat, Gard
ner's head troubled him so he had the
tooth again treated. The day after me
was in bed, and summoned DIR. Guy,
whose reputation is high. The latter is
positive the arsenic was carried from
the teeth, by the saliva, and distributed
through the system. An attendant says
no man ever died more terrible death.
When death occurred, every connection
between the head and the body, except,
the spine, had been eaten through and
severed by the action of the poison.
The sloughing of the decayed parts was
so great that four missions had to be
made into the neck to draw out the pus
and keep the throat clear. The end
was relief to all concerned. Mr.. Wat
ers, the Boston dentist who treated the
tooth, says he did not use arsenic, but
preparation of his own. Prominent
physicians say dentists should be pro-
hibited altogether from using arsenic to
kill nerves. The case will be investi-
gated. -Chicdgo Tribune Cor.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1879-10-17
Necessity Of Sunlight.

Instead of excluding the sunlight from
our houses, lest it fade carpets, draw
flies, and bring freckles, we should open
every door and window and bid it enter.
1t brings life and health and joy; there
is the balm of health in its beams, it
drives away disease and dampness,
mold, megrims. Instead of doing this,
however, many careful housewives close
the blinds, draw down the shades, lock
the door, shut out the clarifying rays
and rejoice in dim and musty GOODNESS
and twilight of the unhealthy apart
ments. 1t is pleasant and not unwhOlc-
some, during the glare of the nOOntide,
to suDdue the light and exclude the air
quivering with heat, but in the morning
and in the evening we may freely in
dulge in the sun bath, and let it flood all
our rooms, and if at its very fiercest and
brightest it has full entrance to our
sleeping-roOms SO much the better for
us. Wire netting in doors and windows
excludes not flies and mosquitoes only,
but all other insects. and those who have
once used 1t continue to do so. With
this wire as protection from intrusive
winged creatures, one may almost dis
pense with shades and shutters, and
enjoy all the benefits Of an open house
without any annOyances so frequent in
warm weather. But better the annoy
ances with sunshine than freedom from
them without it. Statistics of epidem-
les have shown that if they rage in any
part of city they will prevail in houses
which are exposed to the least sunshine,
while those most exposed to it will not
be at all or but slightly affected. Even
in the same house persons occupying
rooms exposed to sunlight will be
healthier and repulse epidemical infiu-
ences better than those occupying rooms
where no sunlight enters.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1879-10-17
The Boy.

In some families where the daughter
is attended with every care and solicit
tude, the boy is often turned off to seek
his own companions and his own amuse-
ments, to run all manner of hair breadth
escapes, moral no less than physical; to
ride on wild engines, to Chamber among
the shipping at the wharves, to dodge
loose horses and mad dogs. To be sure,
he learns reliance upon himself and his
resources by this means, while his sister
sits tamely and securely at home, afraid
of her own shadow. While he is div
ing off the end of the wharf, struggling
with cramp in the surf, padding his
own canoe amidst rocks or rapids,
breaking through air-holes in the skating
pond, running with the fire-engines, ac-
cumulating strength and knowledge of
the worlds ways, she, perhaps, is learn
ing crochet or lace stitch, or to daub with
water-cOlOrs. Left to his own devices
thus, his judgment is cultivated daily in
his game of stick-knife, in his trade of
old nails for new coppers with the junk
man, in his wrestling match with unex-
pected dangers, and his intercourse with
the bully of his neighborhood. In short,
the boy is only half appreciated, not
outstanding the lack of masculine ele-
ment in the community. A hungry boy
does not awaken the sympathies as
readily as hungry girl. One
feels that an orphan boy can
shift for himself, but a girl must be pro-
vided with proper guidance. We have
small concern for the blisters on his
hands, for his bare bruised feet, the
shabbiness of his clothes. 1t is matter
of course that he should rough it; it is
the process that fits him for the rub and
tumble in the great world, and no one
wastes sigh over the affair. But if
there is an errand to run, kitten to dis
pose of, caterpillar's nest in the fruit
tree to destroy, q horse to catch, or any
disagreeable thing to do, the boy is
called into requisition. In the mean
time, while his discomfOrts are cOnsid-
cred of no consequence, or at least such
as every boy must expect to go through
on the way to becoming man, as pass
port to that dignity, he grows to disre-
gard them himself, and to reckon it of
little account whether his clothes are
wet or his ears Jingle with frost, as that
rude specimen of his kind bore witness
who, being asked if his feet were cold,
answered: 81 dunno; feel of EN-" No
doubt this lack of cosseting and cOnsid-
Grafton hardens him, SO that he may
endure the shocks of misfortune with
greater equanimity on reaching man.
hood, and think of other things than his
own sensations. Hdrper's BGsGr.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1879-10-17
Glove Laughs ut Locksmiths."

A recent letter from Geneva Lake,
Wis, to the Chicago Tribune, is as fol-
lows:
No small degree of excitement was
created here yesterday by the announce
ment that Mr.. Charles S. French, a well
known attorney, associated with the
Hon. j. A. Smith, and aged about %,
had been united in marriage to Miss Ida
Newberry, daughter of Capt. Oscar New
berry and granddaughter of Lucius New
berry, of the Newberry line of steamers,
scions of the well-known Newberry fam
lily of Chicago The marriage had oc-
Cured during the winter, and for the
past nine months the youthful husband
and wife were not living together, and
had not acknowledge their relation to
the world, nor to their family friends.
1t seems that the secret first leaked out
on Sunday through the medium of a fair
cousin, and when Miss Ida was ques-
toned she admitted the fact
of the wedding, and departed
from her home to live with her husband
at the residence of his mother, about
three miles from the village, where she
is now domiciled. All the parties to the
transaction are very reticent concerning
the details of the wedding, but frankly
acknowledge that the ceremony tool
place. It is learned that Mr.
French had been an accepted
sutton of the young lady for several
years, but during last fall ceased hi:
calls at her house, in Difference to the
feelings of her family, who opposed the
match. At that time it was supposed
that any matrimonial engagement which
may have been made had subsequently
been broken off, as the parties only me-
occasionally in society. The lovers
however, were fondly devoted to each
other, and the parental objections only
served to feed the flame of affection, ant
it was finally kindled to such degrees
that Mr.. French and Miss Newberry
quietly concluded arrangements, AND
were united in marriage on the 5th o.
January last by the Rev. ID. L. HOlbrOOk
of the Presbyterian Church, the only
witnesses being Mrs. HolbrOok and Mr.
Ed Baack. The contracting parties ther
separated, and have since lived apart
the secret being securely kept. TIL.
IdlT DTluc, uOWCNCts WOhuoh-nACs COuhN
not withstand the mental strain Of sucl
a weighty matter unaided, and q day o.
two since cOnfided the secret to her init
mate friend, Miss Rockwell. The Sc
auel is known. The family relatives o
the newly discovered bride Of min,
months are naturally startled at the sud
den disclosures, and the grandfather
who has been quite unwell for severa
days, is confined to his bed, and grieve'
considerably over the affair.
The bride is a petite blond, with ex
ceedingly sweet features and attractive
person, and is a member of the EpiscO
pal Church. The husband, who thu
! boldly has laughed at the lOcksnlitll. is 1
rising young attorney of general popu
larity at the Bar and in society.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1879-10-17
An Indian Girls Love.

The Rev. Alexander Wright, chap
lain of the United States Army, narrates
true but tristful romance of the late
Princess Monica, a daughter Of Spotted
Tail. This narrative is the most inter-
esting in that it explains the uniformly
peaceful attitude of the Chief toward
the whites. A short time ago Monica
visited Laramie to look upon the pale
faces and their manner of living. She
was shown around by handsome young
Lieutenant of cavalry regiment, and in
thanking him for his courtesy, she
acknowledged, with charming naiyete,
that she loved him. The surprised and
flattered officer told her that she must
not love him, as his heart was placed
among the pale-face girls in an Ohio
town. Monica visited the fort on the
day following that on which she lost her
freedom, and so on for many weeks, in
plain, neat attire the poor girl sat
throughout the afternoon OH the door
steps of the officers quarters. The
great Sioux Chief, whose warriors out
number those of Sitting Bull, was mOrti-
fled at the conduct of his best beloved
daughter, and sent her to little camp
in the Rocky Mountains. One day a
courier arrived at the Chiefs camp with
the tidings that Monica was dying.
Spotted Tail rode with all haste to her
side and heard her farewell Injunction:
"My Chief, live with the pale-faee in
peace, and bury Monica on the hill be-
fore the fort" Gen. Maynadier, COM
mander at the post, Col. Bullock, the
nOct trader and Chan1ain WriOht Gave
the body Christian burial. The grave
is now point of interest to travellers as
Fort Laramie is approached on the
Cheyenne road. Gen. Maynadier testi-
fies as to the truthfulness of the girls
death from a broken heart, and to the
effect it had upon the Sioux.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1879-10-17

There are various methods for re-
moving ink-stains from white fabrics,
but most of them attack the material
itself. With colored goods the difficulty
is increased, for that which viii remove
the ink will destroy the color. An
European paper now states that If the
stain is dipped into hot melted suet or
tallOw and washed when cold in hot
water it will remove the ink together
with the fat. -ff 8-
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1879-10-17

L. Z. SINsABAUGH of Syracuse, Ne
braska, in q late address before the
Nebraska farmers institute, laid great
stress upon the comfortable housing of
poultry as a prime element OF success:
Also, regards vermin as one source OF
cholera the condition so the
bird succumbs to the first adverse cir
cumstances.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1879-10-17

"A New Jersey farmer put . mop on
the end of q long pole, saturated it with
coal oil, set it ON fire, and then under
took to dislodge some aggressive hor-
nets that had erected . nest under the
caves of his barn. He dislodged them.
He also dislodged horse, two cows and
all his summer crop. No Insurance.
NOrTistOWn Herald
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1879-10-17

Nix. B. F. TAYLOR sketches a view
from car window, at 40 miles an hour,
with this quaint, imaginative touch !:
"There's dot on the track about the
size of Darwinian primal egg. 1t be-
gins to hatch! 1t develops legs and
arms and feet and head. 1t is as tall as
a pen-holder, a walking-stick, q man.
1t is a man, and the man stands not
upon the order of his going but goes
at once, bolts the track and makes for
the fence. We pass him, and behold !
he shuts up like telescope and d.
minishes by swift degrees, and rolls
back into an egg-a dot, q nothing. 1t
is as If he had never been Matched at
all >, E hEe .s
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1879-10-17

The lemon strip bought at stores
can be made at home much cheaper.
Take pound Of Havana sugar, boil it
in water down to . quart, drop in the
white of an egg 10 clarity it, strain it,
add one quarter of an ounce of tartaric
or citric acid. If you do not find it sour
enough after it has stood two or three
days, add more Of the acid. A few drops
of oil of lemon improves It.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1879-10-17

1t is claimed that there are s. Pre-.
ducing mines in Leadville.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1879-10-17
Odds and Ends.


Il never had q man cum to me for
advice, but before he got thru he had
more advice to offer than to ask for
josh Billings.
The Yonkers Gazette has long ar
ticle on " The Fuel of the Future" 1t
deals only with wood and coal, ignoring
birthstone entirely.
"A Detroit restaurant keeper hangs
out a sign Of free chops" and when
the tramps come around he shows them
an AK and wOod-pile.
Many q young mans fate has been
adversely settled by his persisting in
walking his sweetheart down shady
side streets when she expected to be
taken to an ice-cream saloon.
We are in receipt of some spirited
verses from an unknown poet in which
vOciferOus is made to rhyme with rhi-
nOcerOs. It's this sort of treatment that
makes the rhinocer0s stick to the circus
and resist all efforts looking to his ref
ormatiOn.-Albany Journal.
20 Is there an opening for an intel
lectual writer?'' asked o seedy, red
nosed individual of an editor. Yes,
my friend, replied the man of quilts,
so considerable carpenter, foreseeing
your visit, left an opening for you; turn
the knob to the right"
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1879-10-17

Mrs. Jessie Benton Fremont has
been giving {" History Talk :" to the larg-
er pupils Of the public schools of Pres
colt, Arizona. s
Ladies of Tennessee, Georgia, and
Louisiana have organized Il movement
for the endowment of the University ut
Sewanee, Tenn.
Miss Fannie Chester, daughter of
Rev. DR.. Chester, pastor of the Metro
politan Presbyterian Church, Washing
ton, has been elected to the chair of En-
glish Literature, in BinghamtOn IN. "
Ladies' College.
"A large ice-cream garden on Fulton
Street, Brooklyn, has been converted
into place for evangefistic services for
40 evenings. Every evening sermon is
preached, limited to 20 minutes.
The Lutherans estimate that they
win gain In Nebraska this year no less
than 1900 commandments by Scandina-
vian immigration into that State. The
immigration into Minnesota is also very
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1879-06-20
NJ ARRTED.

On the 10Th inst, at the residence Of
the brides parents, by Rev NJ. w.
Woodwork, FIR. GEORGE T.. HERsDoN.
% Page County, Va, to Miss MARY
AGNEs, daughter Of Reuben and Martha
Bonncy, Of this County.
At Galveston, Texas, on the 9Th inst
Mr.. G.. 8. CARNEs, Of Houston, Texas.
TO Miss LILA G. MASON, Of Galveston,
daughter Of Col George Mason, former
ly of Winchester, and granddaughter Of
the late Senator James NJ. Mason.
At the British Legation, Ycddo, ia.
pan, on May 18th, Mr.. JAMES ALFRED
EwINe to Miss ANNA MARIA WASHING.
TON, daughter Of the late Tbos. y. Wash.
ington Of Jefferson Co, W. Va.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1879-06-20
Homn

1t has been said that home. mother
and heaven, are the sweetest words NOR
tails have ever known. Language duin-
dies into insignincanos wher, l attic mpt
TO define those three words.
1 cannot tell which of the three con.
tains the deepest neaning each OF them
should be very dear to rs all. 1t is too
often the case that We do no, appr eciate
home & home things. What we love ne 8,
We are sure to try to make most pleasas, ;
SO 1t is very important that We love
home much. Ii VIC fail to appre cia,c
home. and it possesses no attractions
for u', who will it attract? Who should
not feel home the dearest spot OH earth
be IT ever so humble?
oh, there's a power to make each
h7ur as sweet rs heaven designed it:
nor need we roam TO bring il homo
though fow there be that and it! We
seek too high for things close by, and
loose what nature found us for life hath
here no charms so dear. as home and
friends around u.s.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1879-06-20

LIE NATIONAL CoMrLAISr.-Dys.
pepsia is the national compliant. Al
most every other man or woman YOU
meet has it. and tho result is that the
number OF pseudo-remedies for il is rs
numerous ~ Pharoah's host. They are
for the most part worthless. There is
however, searching eradicant OF this
distressing AMI obdura.e malaay. one
whose genuine merits long since RAISED
1t to foremost place among the staple
medicines of America. IIostet,et's ). O.
mach Bitters extirpate dyspepsia with
greater certainty and prompti:ude than
any known remedy, and is most genial
invigoTant, appetizer and aid to scores
tion. These are not empty assertions.
as thousands Of our countrymen and
woman who have experienced its effects
arc aware. but are backed mp by irrefra-
gable proofs repeatedly laid before the
public. The Btters al.o promote re.
gular habit Of body and give health
ful stimulus to the urinary organs.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1879-06-20
BALTIMORE CATTLE MARKET.
MONDAY. Juno l6, 1879.
tCnt,le are sold at these figures live weight,
Hogs are sold 81 net weight, that is 20 per
cent generally OF from live weight. Sbe-p
are sold gross. that lie live weight, or moth.

BEEF CATTLE.-The market this week was
fairly active, from the beginning ill very near
the end OF operations. Prices were considp red
by some dealers AS shade higher on account
Of tie scarcity OF tops Nhe offerings consisting
very largely Of the middle grades white other
dealers thought there was but little, II any
change All the offerings were disposed Of pri-
oes ranging from to IS az per 100 lbs, few
selling AT the former price, while a considerable
number brought s. and apwArds
MILcR Cows.-The trade is very slow and the
supply full, We quote n, 2oC9S4O per head
Prices this week for Beef Cattle ranged az
follows Beet Beeves al 5 OOCls5 81; that gene
ally rated as fret quality oO@s5 90 medium OF
good fair quality 37@s4 0o-ordinnry thin
Steers, Oxen and Cows 3 OOCDs3 Is extreme
range Of prices 3@S5 81 Most Of the sales were
from 81 10 s. 25 PER 100 lbs. or the.receipts
lII head came from Ohio. all from Virginia
6l from West Va, 40 from Maryland, lo5 from
Missouri, 600 from Illinois. % from North
Carolina, 90 head from Ky, and 6s head from
Pa--toiai receipts for the week 1893 head, o.
gainst 1914 last week. and 1870 head same time
last year. OF the offerings 7os head were tax en-
by raliimcre butchers. 90 sold to Washington
city butchers, So to country dealers and SIS head
to Eastern SPECTATORS total sales Cor the week
l0l5 head. against COS last week. and 400 head
same lime last year.
SWINE The quality Of the offerings contiuu,s
to be of good order, comparing fsvorably
with tie receipts last week. The run is lighter
and the demand better, with an Improvement
Of C9sc over last week We quote rough Sows
and Stays AT 4lG95 cents, few selling n, the for
mer price, while other grades sell at 5lGG53 cts
per 10. net, with n few extra Hogs n shade high
er. The receipts to Saturday were 1920, AID
since then 1913 head. Arrivals this week 5l42
head against 6i6i last week, and 1853 head same
time last year.
SHEsP AND LASRs This receipts are lar gely
in excess OF last week, aud in larger numbers
than are NEEDED particularly Lambs. Or the
latter some 1000 have been reshpped East prn-
ciPaly TO Sew York, soma rs first hands and
d smaller number on speculation, tho demand
being inadequate TO the offerings Of Lambs
while Sheep more setive. We quote Sheep
81 34(D|R cents, aud Lambs st 4GG6 cents per
10. gross. Stock Sheep 2@S2 so per head -
Arrivals this week 10 $50 head agains, 81 SO last
week, and 1888 head same time las, ye4r.-Sun
RoMNEY MARKET. June 20.
Reported weekly by J. II. G. Pancake,
subject to Market fluctuations.