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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1879-10-10
Alfonso's Summer Palace.

La Granja is a royal summer resi-
dence of the Spanish family up in the
Guadarama Mountains, $500 feet above
the level of the sea, lao feet above the
altitude of Madrid, and higher by thirty
feet than the top of Vesuvius. 1t was
bought from the monks of Ell Parral of
Segovia, who owned the lands for scores
of miles around, and had here their
Grange, by Philip w., the Bourbon
Prince, who undertook to perpetuate the
Hapsburg dynasty in Spain as heir of
his grandmother, Maria Theresa, wife of
the " Grand Monarque, and by the will
and testament of Charles H., the last
male of the Austrian line. Philip V.
built here a palace and laid out gardens
in imitation of Versailles, employing his
time from 1719 to 1746 with such disre-
gard of the cost that the gardens alone
caused an outlay of forty-miilions of
piastres GAS, 900, OOO.) In return for
this enormous expense the King had, as
he was heard to say, his quarter of an
hours amusement and the satisfaction
of Boosting royal habitation higher up
in the air and nearer heaven than any
other sovereign in Europe. The attrac-
ton for those who are not of royal blood
and who own neither house nor land in
this place lies in the fact that while in
Madrid the heat is at eighty-three
degrees in the shade, it attains only GO
degrees at La Granja.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1879-10-10
THE THREE DEATHS.

Law the dead Hope amid the flowers to rest,
Smooth tenderfy the daisied turf above 1t;
Watch by the grave by memory's rays Ca
resSed,
Recalling how we used to guard and love 1t |;
From its sweet dust fresh fancies may awake,
TIL a new dream its gentle semblance take.
Though passionate tears fall fast as summer
rain,
Where the dead Love lies in eternal sleep;
Though life and Joy may never wear again
The glory buried with 1t, dark and deep;
just for that dead things unforgotten bliss,
A chastened charm may sOOthe watch like
this.
But when the shrine where we have gar
nered up
Trust, pride, devotion-shivers at ourfeet;
When poison, lurking in the loving cup,
Turns into singing gall what was so sweet
What sOlace brOOds above such bitter death?
What future comforts us for murdered Faith?
All the Year R0und
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1879-10-10

for the exclusive behoof and enjoyment
of the editor, and who thoughtfully sug-
gested that, in case mention was made
of IL in the paper, it might be added that
he had plenty of the article on sale.
A man who supposed the editor was
glad to get any thing to fill up the paper
with, and SO notified him that he had a
few choice cabbage-plants to sell-af fact
many of the readers would be glad to
know.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1879-10-10

What is called " Farmers rice" is
made as follows: Put about three pints
of milk on the stove in pan. While it
is coming to q boil mix two eggs with
-four until it is dry enough to roll
through your fingers in grains. Then
stir it into the milk quickly, SO as to
keep it cooking all the time. Five min
utes is long enough to finish it. Turn
into dish and eat while warm with
plenty of cream and sugar.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1879-10-10

The following makes an excellent
and cheap liquid glue: Melt half a pound
of the best Flanders glue in a pint of
vinegar, and add four ounces of brandy.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1879-10-10

JELLY CAKE.-One cup butter, two
cups sugar, one cup milk, three cups
flour, four eggs, salt, three teaspoonfuls
baking-pOwder, q little lemon.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1879-10-10

The dullest times are between sea-
sons, when the girls have nothing to
wear. When it is too cool for asllmmer
rig and too warm for fall suit.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1879-10-10

Rowell made % minute in his walk,
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1879-10-10

pner1cal lnnuenceS on the Arizona cac-
tus. He pronounced it the clearest and
most logical exposition of this subject he
had seen, and was very anxious to have
it appear next day. Almost bereft of
breath by this suggestion, Tom told him
that the paper was already nearly full.
The man said he was confident there
wasn't any thing in it one-haf as impor-
tant as this, and room ought to be made
for it.
A man with written account of q
visit he had made to Boston, being
mostly complimentary description of
the hotel at which he had stopped, with
the proprietOr's name, and the hotels
terms, which the article spoke of as ex-
ceedingly reasonable. When published,
he wanted copy sent to the landlord,
who would probably subscribe.
A man with sixty dollars worth of adj
vertising of patent medicine, to be in
serted for eight dollars; also q five-dol-
lar editorial, to be published in consid-
Grafton of getting the contract.
A man who had taken the right of the
town to sell a patent window-fixture,
and came in to tell it, as he knew items
of local nature were always accepta-
BILE. Having a fixture with him, he
kindly gave 10 minutes of his time to ex-
plain its workings, and was particular to
see that the half-numbed editor got his
name spelled right.
A man who was an extensive grower
of strawberries for the market, and who
brought in ten cents worth of the fruit
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1879-05-03
A Proclamation by the President.

WHEREAS, 1t has become known to me that
the territory and jurisdiction of the United
states, begun and set on foot preparations
for organized and forcible possession of and
settlement upon lands of what Is Known rs
the Indian Territory, west of the State OF Ar
kansas, which Territory is designated, recog-
nized and described by treaties and laws OF
the United States and by executive authori
ties as the Indians country, and as such is
only subject to occupation by Indian tribes,
officers of the Indian Department., military
to reside and trade therein under the inter-
course laws of the United States; and
WHEREAS, These laws provide for the re-
moval of all persons residing and trading
therein without express permission of the
Indian Department and agents, and also OF
all persons whom such agents may deem i'm
proper persons to reside fn the Indian coun-
try Now, therefore, for the purpose of prop
erly protecting the interests of Indian ma
tions and tribes as well as the United states
In said Indian Territory, and of the duty OF
enforcing the laws governing the same, l.
Rutherford B. Hayes, President of the United
States, do admonish and warn all such
ing to remove upon said lands
or into said Territory, without permission of
against any attempt to so remove or settle
upon any of the lands of said Territory. do
further warn and notify any and all such
speedily and imme ediately removed therefrom
by the agent according to laws made and
provided, and If necessary the aid and as.
sistance of the military forces of the United
States will be invoked to carry into proper
execution the laws of the United States here
I'm referred to.
my hand and caused the seal of the United
States to be affixed. Done ut the City of
Washington on this, the e5th day OF April.
hundred and seventy nine, and of the inde-
pendence of the United States the one hun
dred and third: X Is. HAYES.
VIM r. EvARrs, Secretary of State.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1879-05-03
Attempted Assassination Of Edwin
Booth.

CHICAGO, April 23.-A desperate at
tempt was made to assassinate Edwin Booth
while playing Richard II. at McVicker's
Theater, tonight. The play had advanced
to the second scene of the fifth act, known as
"the prison scene." The lights were turn
ed down and the theater was almost dark as
night, when suddenly the flash Of pistol
was seen In the second balcony, quickly fol-
lowed by another. The shots were fired at
be assassin made an attempt to fire
third time, but was prevented Dy
some one sitting near. The greatest excite.
fnent prevailed, both in the audience and
on the stage, women screaming and men
yelling to catch the assassin. The lights
were turned on as quickly as possible, ana
the man taken into custody. His name is
Mark Grey, age about %, unmarried, and
resident Of Keokuk, Iowa, although for
some time previous dry-goods clerk In st.
Louis. No cause can be conjectured for the
attempted assassination except insanity,
which seems to be proven by the following
letter which was found upon the prisoner:
CHICAGO, April q, ls79.-DEAR KATIE: For
give these brief but horrible lines. 1 left st.
Louis Monday evening"; the firm was with
would not increase my salary, so MADE up
my mind to return to Keokuk, but being a
lover of fine acting, came to Chicago to see
Booth. But was sadly mistaken. It would
take Booth one year of constant acting to
To-night he plays Richard III. Katie. II
go tonight he will kill me, or l him.
In all Snakspeares works l md but one
Judgment ought to foretell that, since call
Booth Idgo. he could no more play Richeiteu
than the devil could be an angel. don'tknow
floor as though was playing Hamlet. am
sorry came here for 1 think the hangman
has a rope for me. Remember me to your
mother and sister. Yours truly;
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1879-05-03
School and Church.

The subject of establishing Chris
tian schools in Utah as q means of over
throwing Mormonism and regenerating
that Territory, thus preparing it for ad.
mission as State, is justly attracting
the attention of the Christian public.
Some talk has been excited in Hart
ford, Conn, by the recent action of the
Trinity Church Parish meeting in pass
ing resolution that hereafter no un-
baptized person, and no one not attach
ed to the doctrines of the Episcopal
Church shall be employed as member
of the choir" Subsequently an amend
ment was adopted excepting the organ
list.
-Petermann's Mittheiltsngen esti-
mates the population of the world, ac-
cording to religion, thus: Christians,
400, ,S7S, 900; Jews, 1881 900; Moham-
medans, l03, ,45S,0 900; Buddhists, 49,
O65, 900; Brahmins, 139, 800, 900 ;
Fetch worshipers, 1S9, 100000. OF the
Christian population the divisions are
estimated to be: Roman Catholics,
186, 800, 900; Greek Church, 80, 1926, 900 !;
Protestants, 131, ,O94, 900. The Protest.
ant population of the world is usually
reckoned at 100, 100000.
"A Vermont minister, beside his two
sermons every Sunday, and lecture and
prayer-meeting and pastoral calls, raised
last year on two-thirds of an acre Of
land 100 bushels of roots, IL tons of fod
der corn, 80 bushels of ears of corn, 2O(
squashes, 78 watermelons, 80 musk
melons, 8 bushels of peas, 8 bushels o.
beans, bushels of potatoes, 10 bushels
of tomatoes, 5 bushels of cucumbers
beside flowers; fatted one hog weigh
ing 400 pounds, kept one cow from
which butter was made, and kept hem
which supplied many dozens of eggs.
The President of the Chicago Boart
of Education very wisely suggests tha
something may be done to counterac
the effect of sensational story papers b,
calling the attention of parents to sucl
books as would be beneficial to children
and through the schools melting chill
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1879-05-03
Mesmerism i'm China.

To the priests of Tao, the religion of
pure reason who dabbled under bygone
dynasties in alchemy and in the science
of attaining Immortality, is due the dis
covery of kang fu and its application as
a means of healing the sick. All COM
plants are held to be equally amenable
to its power, though not all persons;
professors of the art stating plainly that
kanq-fx can exercise no influence what
ever over others than those who have
faith. The nlodus operandi is as fol-
lows: A Taoist priest, known for his
skill in the art, is requested to attend at
the house of sick person for the pur-
pose of administering kang fu; and, &C.
cordingly, after arranging what is to be
paid for his services and securing part
of the sum in advance, he proceeds to
fit up within the patients room an altar
for the burning incense and joss paper
and for worship generally. Muttered
incantatious follow as the priest walks
slowly and with prescribed steps round
and round the room. By and by he ap-
proaches the sick man and partly raises
him, or turns him on his back or side, or
lifts up leg or arm, or gently sham
poos him, the object being all the time
W buO olCh Liaih . haiho AhoO up
port with his own. When the priest
thinks he has accomplished this, he COM
mands the patient to perspire, or to be-
come cool, or gives instructions for
the regulation of pulse and heart, in
each case according to what he con-
ceives to be the exigencies of the diseaseI
The whole scene is rendered impressive
as possible by silence, and by darkening
the room, with the exception of one oil
lamp, by the light of which is dimlJ
visible the silhouette of the robed priesI
waving his long sleeves in the air. Thd
imaginative faculty of the sick man il
thus excited; and hence, perhaps, thu
reason why even in these days Of proh7
bition Cinnamon may still be found
ready to declare that they Generally
however, their friends or relatives) hav
derived undoubted benefits from wei
timed administration of kdng-Jis. A
my own attemps to be present at such
scene have hitherto proved unsucce:
full; and the above account is gathere
chiefly from conversation, aided by
few stray hints CLEANED from Taoi
pamphlets which contained illusions
the subject. That something akin
mesmerism is even now practiced
China appears to be beyond all dout
-Fraser'S MagaSine.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1879-05-03
Odds and Ends.

"A spoony time-the ice-cream sea-
son.
The apple boy now turns the worm
hole to the basket and looks sadly in
nocent.
Somebody once called disap-
pointment "medicine for the soul. !"
It's good deal like caster oil-it may
be wholesome; it certainly is disagree
able.
The New York Commercial Adrer-
tiser has heard from the war. 1t says
GA terrific engagement took place on
the 5th ult. between the Chilians and
Bolivians. One Brigadier-General lost
his hat"
AT New Bedford church, while
the clergyman was waxing eloquent in
his Easter address, minute youngster,
to whom the exercises had become rath-
er wearisomo, startled the persons in the
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1879-05-03
A Governor Arrested as Horse-Thief.

It is related that while Thomas Mann
Randolph was Governor of Virginia he
was once arrested within few hundred
yards of his home in this county and
carried a prisoner to his own house.
The story is to the following effect:
The Governor was on a visit to his
home, and finding that the fencing on
his plantstion was pulled down and
burned by wagoners passing along from
the valley to Richmond, he determined
to detect and punish them. One even
ing he observed party go into camp
on the roadside, and after dark he
strolled down to point where he could
conveniently watch them. He staid out
all night, but the wagoners made no
depredations on his fences. In the
early morning, however, when they
were about to kindle fires to prepare
breakfast, they started out to gather up
what fuel they might find for that pur-
pose, when they spied man sitting on
the fence a short distance ahead.
Now, it appears that short time be-
fore Governor Randolph b had issued his
proclamation, offering reward for the
capture of an escaped horse-thief, and
the wagoners, who had seen the descrip-
ton of the convict, thought they dis
covered q close resemblance between
the man on the fence and the escaped
felon. So thoroughly satisfied were
they that they would receive the re-
ward for his arrest that they
approached and announced that he
was their prisoner. One of them
proposed, as he cracked his wagon
whip, to give him thrashing and then
let him go, but his companion protest.
| ed that it was proper to ascertain GER
tainly whether he was the guilty party
before inficting the punishment. and
proposed to take him to the residence
of Governor Randolph, which was near
by, and get his advice. Accordingly,
they marched their prisoner up to the
house, and, knocking at the front door,
servant made his appearance, of whom
they inquired
is your master at homer"
The negro opened his eyes in aston
ishment at the inquiry and replied,
pointing to the Governor, "That's
| master!''
1t is said that the Governor then
promptly confirmed the statement OF
the servant, and joined heartily in the
laugh that followed. He then told the
man who had proposed to whip him
without the opportunity of defense to
remain outside and he would send him
a morning dram, at the same time un-
buttoning his coat exposing pair of
horse pistols, and remarking that he
should certainly have used them had an
attempt been made to carry the threat
of castigation into execution. The other
WAGNER he invited in to join him in a
hot breakfast. : Charlottesville (Va.)
| GbYonicLe
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1879-05-03
GENERAL.

April returns to the Board of Agriculture,
at Washington, show that the acreage Of
winter wheat is about one and one half per
cent. greater than last year.
The New York Herald of the 25th pub
lished q detailed description of Edison's
electric light, illustrated by diagrams. Mr..
Edison, it is claimed, has perfected his in
ventions, and the result is light of un
equaled clearness and brilliancy, complete
ly under control, and capable of being pro-
duced at q cost much below that of ordinary
gas. The Herald thinks that the days of
gas-light are numbered.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1879-05-03
city and suburban. handicap race at EPSON

city and suburban handicap race at EPSON
on the 22d.
Russia is apparently on the brink of rev.
olution. A serious outbreak has occurred
at Rosloff, on the Don, caused by an attempt
on the part of the police to arrest certain
students who were suspected of having
knowledge Of the recent affair at st. Pc
tersburg. The whole populace arose and
desperate affray ensued, in which
two of the police were killed and
many persons wounded. Finally a
squadron of Cossacks arrived and
succeeded, at the cost of no little
bloodshed, in dispensing the people. The
st. Petersburg Official Gazette publishes
regulations, according to which civilians
may be handed over to Courts Martial for
trial without preliminary investigation.
Appeals against judgments must be lodged
within "a hours after the latter are rendered.
The Governor Generals discretion in re-
gard to the acceptance Of appeals is abso-
lutte. simultaneously with Solovieff's at
rempt on the Cars life, three police
men were shot in Kazan. Among the as
sassins were an educated girl, aged IL years,
and nobleman. The assassination of an
other spy who betrayed the whereabouts of
secret printing-o Office at Toprovo, is re-
ported. A Lieutenant Dubrovin is under
arrest, suspected with belonging to the Rev.
olutionary Committee. The Gear, who until
lately drove out unattended, now has the
carriage surrounded by Cossacks.
The Shakespeare Memorial Theater, at
Stratford-on- Avon, was formally opened on
April %, the 315th anniversary of the birth
of the poet, with the performance of "Much
Al. l.,,,f L,-.rl
was present and the town was gaily deco
rated with flags and crowded with visitors
from nearly all quarters of the globe.
Paroles third victory over the English
thoroughbreds was won on the 23d, he TAX
ing off the Great Metropolitan stakes at Ep-
som. Two and quarter miles, time 4:43.
The great six-days' pedestrian contest for
the English championship at Agricultural
Hall, Islington, London, terminated on the
26th with the following result: Brown, 542
miles; Hazael, 493; Corkey, 472; Weston,
40. Brown, the champion, came out fresh
and in good condition, while his unsuccess-
ful compe titors were more or less used up.
DIR. Wiede of Zurich, Switzerland, editor
Of Neue Geseltchdft, has been arrested in
Milan on an accusation of engaging in plot
to assassinate the Queen of England and the
King and Queen of Italy. His friends de-
clare he is incapable Of such a design.
1t is stated the Pope will shortly publish 3
document inviting all European Govern
ments to unite in purging society of the
evils which at present beset it, and join in
an endeayor to stamp out Socialism.
A grand procession in honor of the En-
peror's silver wedding took place at Vienna
on the 9th. The Emperor and Empress re-
viewed the procession, which was witnessed
by 10000 spectators.
The English House of Commons, by avote
Of 203 to 230, rejected resolution censuring
the Government for the increase of Nation
al expenditures. A number of Liberals
and Home Rulers voted to sustain the Gov
-ernment.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1879-05-03

Several young women, members of
the Fulton Street Methodist Church of
Elizabethport, n. j., have been sum-
moned before the investigating commit
tee of the church on an accusation OF
having attended theaters and danced.
They are to be expelled if they do not
obey the church rule which forbids
dancing.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1879-05-03

An observer of the beet-root culti-
vation has announced that the produc-
ton of beet-root sugar can be greatly
increased by the careful artificial selec-
ton of the beet. The saccharine pro-
duce of the sugar-cane, on the contrary,
remains stationary, if it does not retro
grade, and some think that the continu-
al multiplication from stolons gives rise
to diseases of various kinds.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1879-05-03
.Tbe 8. ANGEL Guardians " is a cha

The " Angel Guardians " is char
tered society of Paris. Ius object is to
aid and protect drunken people, and
take them home. Only men of ap-
proved temperance habits are admitted
to membership. On holidays and Sun
days these guardian angels may be seen
around the drinking places and else
where. They carefully guide any
drunkards they may encounter, take
care of his money, if he has any, and
turn it over to his family. Not one of
these angels has ever been accused of
taking even centime found upon any
slave of Bacchus.