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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1879-09-12
Two Men Stay a Bear with Clubs.

Hon. ID. b. Matteson and family, with
Il party from Utica, are at Wilmurt
Lake, in Hamilton County. On Tues
German, in Mr.. MattesOn's employ, and
Joe Lane, Il Hamilton County guide,
native and to the manner born, were go
ing up the mountain, near the lake,
with a team of horses, when the rafting
of chain attracted their attention.
Dem is OXen,' said Mr.. Rain. But
presently the horses reared and pricked
up their ears and showed signs of fright.
Their quick nostrils had caught the
smell of a bear, and Joe Lane under
stood the meaning of their movements
The horses were fastened to tree, and
MIR. Rain and Mr.. Lane continued their
search till they found huge bear
caught by one foot in a bear-trap, and
rafting furiOusly the chain which held
her. The men proceeded to arm them
selves with stout white-ash clubs, and,
approaching Bruin. they prepared for Il
hand-tO-hand encounter. Joe Lane dealt
the first blow, which angered the bear.
who turned furiously on John Rain. If
she could have extricated the foot from
the trap, he would have been left i'm
poor condition to tell the story of his
exploits to-day. But as it was the un-
terrified Rain dealt hera sharp blow ON
the nose, which drew first blood for the
men. The bear showed her teeth and
defied her assailants to approach her
They came on, and by continued blows
laid her low. She fell with loud grOan
and gave no sign of life. But when they
approached to claim their prize she sud-
denly hurled herself back on her launches
and made a desperate effort to renew
the fight. A few more blows finished
her, however. ''He was she bear,''
said MIR. Rain, land he weighed 200
pounds. and was thin" Mr.. MattesOn's
party dined on bear steak yesterday,
and the arrival of some of the choice
cuts in Utica to-day fully verifes John
RAINS bear stOry.-Jtica (N. ~ Ob
sercer.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1879-09-12
A TwO.Headed Snake.

NJ. Senior gives, i'm Die Nat,r, an ac-
count of Il living two-headed snake,
found on the line of railroad from San
Jose to Vera Cruz, and now on exhibit
ton in the museum of the Woodward
Garden in San Francisco. Is is Il
gOpher-snake (PelicOphis Hilksei), a spe-
cies which lives on gOphers, rats, mice,
and small birds. The gopher-snake is Il
perfectly harmless reptile, like all the
other snakes of California except the
rattlesnake. The twO-headed snake is
% inches in length; its age can not be
determined, but is not over two or three
months; the full-grown snake is seven to
eight feet in length. Its color is dirty
yellOwish white, with Il double row of
chestnut-brOwn spots along the back;
these spots are nearly square and IS i'm
number. On each side is row of small
er spots of the same color and shape.
On both of the necks up to the heads
are also several small spots. From the
point where the nccks fork to the eX-
tremities of the jaws is one inch and a
half. The heads and necks are perfect
ly separate and about one inch apart:
each head and neck is fully formed and
in every respect symmetrical. Each of
the heads has two large eyes. The ami
nal can put out each of the two forked
tongues separately or together. The
two jaws open into one throat. As each
neck is perfectly flexible, the snake can
turn each of its heads in any direction at
pleasure. 1t Oftentimes lays its two
heads close together; often it spreads
them as far apart as possible, or rests
one upon the other. 1t takes its food
through either mouth indifferently, and
both jaws seem to possess the same pow
er. Some years ago Missouri farmer,
in blowing, found Il rattlesnake which
in like manner had two fully formed
heads, and a merchant of San Francisco
AYERS that he observed a similar lusus
nature in Java snake.-Popular Sci
ence MOnthlU.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1879-09-12
The Dumb Speak.

The most wonderful event for many
months occurred ut Fl. Sanders on
Saturday, or at least first came to the
knowledge of Laramie. The daughter
of Gen. Flint, commanding at Fl. Sand
ers, has for nearly six years been entire
ly speechless, her voice having deserted
her in moment and without apparent
cause. A short time since the young
lady with a number of post people start
ed out on camping tour through Colo
RADIO, and while at Denver the miracu-
lOus part of the whole matter occurred,
the power to articulate returning to
Miss Flint as suddenly as it went away.
None but those who have experienced a
similar misfortune for so long time,
can ever know what wonderful sensa-
ton it must have created in the Generals
family when on Saturday the daughter
returned to her home, and for the first
time in six years spoke the name of those
who had almost lost all hope that they
would ever hear her voice again. The
many friends of the family will unite
with them in rejoicing over the happy
occurrence. Times.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1879-09-12
Electricity in Morning GlOries.

Last evening gentleman of this city
accidentally made most singular dis
covery respecting the electrical influence
of the ordinary mOrning-glor vines.
Seated near the lattice work over which
the vine was trained, his attention was
attracted to single little branch tipped
with Il growing line extending straight
out from the rest, and specialized within
himself whether the tiny hairs with
which the stem was clothed were not
placed there for the purpose of conduct
ing the electric fluid of the atmosphere
to the plant. In order to continue his
investigation, he approached his finger
within Il half an inch of it, and was
amazed to observe slight-almost inn
perceptible, yet unmistakable-motiO
of the stem. As he pushed his finger a
little nearer, the stem trembled very visi-
bly,, and was seemingly attracted and
repealed from him. The hairs which he
noticed before did not move, but re-
manned erect There was no wind ut
the time, and the motion was purely an
induced one. After this interesting ex-
pertinent he placed the end of his finger
within short distance of the growing
bud, and slowly moved it in circular
direction. The stem followed the mo-
ton until it was bent in the shape of a
letter c, and, when the finger was with
drawn, instantly regained its former
straight position. This last experiment
was witnessed by several persons, all of
whom tried it, with varying Success
Lafayette (Ind.) Courier.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1879-09-12
AT SEA.

Worn vOyagerS, who watch for land
Across the endless wastes of sea,
Who gaze before and on each hand,
Why look We not to what We flee?
The stars, by which the sailors steer,
Not always rise before the PROV;
Though forward nOught but clouds appear
Behind they may be breaking now.
What though we may not turn again
To shores of childhood that we leave,
Are those old signs we followed vain?
Can guides SO oft found true deceive?
Oh, sail we to the South or North,
Oh, sail we to the East or West,
The port from which we first put forth
Is our hearts home, is our life's best!
q IT. BOurdillOn.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1879-09-12

seems he knew Charles quite well, and
came out here the evening of the day
you left, to call on me. He is full of
fun, and you will be sure to like him.
Kate did like him. He, too, was very
evidently pleased with Kate. He was
tall, handsome, and thorough gentle
man, and favOrite everywhere. He
came often to Bower Farm, and when
the fall was throwing her brown mantle
over the earth, he told Kate that he had
learned to love her, and asked her to be
his wife. She gave him a different an
swer from that she had given Squire
Day and Luke Hartwell.
Now, Julia, told you should mar
~ a lawyer" said Kate, when she an
nOunced her engagement to her elder
sister.
"Well, am very glad you have
found him. didn't believe you would,
but | wish you much joy and a speedy
wedding.''
He is to return to his law-oflice next
week. replied Kate. ''But in Deem
Der he is to come and take me away. l
shall believe more firmly than ever in
daisy fOrtune-telling after this, and shall
never forget to pick one every June"
In December Kate was married, and
her dress was trimmed with daisies
artificial, of cOurse-and bunch of the
pretty white and gold flowers was on
her throat. Mr.. Pendexter smiled as he
saw them, for of course Kate had told
him of how she had decided her fortune
They went at once to the pretty home
in the city which the young husband
had made ready for his bride, and over
the quiet elegance of which Kate went
into ecStacies.
One morning, when they were fairly
settled in their new home, Kate told AL
fred that she wanted to walk down town
with him to see his law-Office.
"YOu won't find many books there,
Kate. have ledgers by the dozen, but
nothing appertaining to the law. You
can see all the grain and hay you want,
thought
"Why, Alfred, what do you mean?"
asked Kate, pale with surprise.
"That am not a lawyer, my dear,
but a commission merchant. Let me
explain this mystery: l went to the
Farmers Rest to stay couple of
IhoiitLS, anu iIuuiSc lily SUI III hiHtiiiS
and fishing. l called on your sister, and
she told me all about you, and your
fancy concerning the lawyer. With no
thought of ever becoming more than a
friend to you, l proposed passing myself
off as a lawyer, wearied of the courts,
and in search of rest. After 1 learned
to love you l would have told You my
real occupation, but Julia begged me not
to do so, saying that you were too full of
notions for me to risk it. l did not be-
lieve that, dear; but since twas harm
less deception, consented to keep it up
until had married you. Perhaps had
faint idea of being a second Lord Bur-
leigh. Do you feel very sorry hoaxed
you, Kate?'
"NO; don't care at all. / love you
now, so it makes no difference to me
what your business isl
"But you will never again believe in
daisies?' he laughed.
"Indeed SHALL" she cried, with en-
ergy. "HOw could the poor little-laisy
tell if l was to have a bogus or Il genu-
inc lawyer?"-FlOrence II. Birney, in The
Domestic MOnthly
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1879-09-12
A NEW MEXICO TRAGEDY.
In Which a Woman Figures Who is Be-
lievetl to be the Original Kate Bender.
Especial to the Cincinnati EnQuirer.l


In Which a Woman Figures Who is Be-
he eSa, to De the he Original Kate Bender.
ST. lois amonst S ;I,a White.
hill of Grant COUNTY. New Nexico. is in
ST Ion;s on ro,,te for Ind;ananol;S
wb;tber h.. Is TAXING a briobt q-vear-oIj
bov named JoSie Granger The lad is
tho nenbey of R;Sbon Crannerof Ind;,n-
anojis and the sheriff Is Confident that
the bov's father Who was the R;sbon,s
brother was murdered ,t the inst;g,.
tion of none other than Kate Render
who civ vears aoo was tho moSt oJ;ous
woman in the IFnitnJ States II will ra-
m,;re No effort on tbe mart of tho reader
70 call Tn mind tbe Render f,m;ly Who
for several Years lent y human :l,nrb.
tar-bouSa in the shane of :, little hostel
RE ON a lonely Kansas road about GO
miles from Fort Scott Tho tracing of
a nrom;nant c;t;zen named YORK to their
bduse and the discovery of his murder
ied to revelations of the most borr;fv;nr
character and the GRIZZLY old mnrierer
with his ;nbnman iom;jy fed in great
ba ste from the wrath which mnst follow
the discovery Of tbe Graveyard which
they had made all around their house
Whether they were overtaIen
and ali lvncbed ar whether they
re,llv eScanad and scattered has al.
wav: bean an onen Question The most
f;and;sb n,embar of The family waS Kate
then a stout voun~ woman whose thew,
had crown GREAT in WELDING the ham
mer that crushed travellers, slulls The
story which the sheriff of Grant Comfy
tolls has reference to Kate He s,vs
that William r GRANGER the father of
tho how now in his CHARGE married a
wife in California and whom Che died
moved with his son William a weak
minded crueI So,t of nov to Fort
Smith Ark second marriage took
nloce there. and Josie was the issue.
Jo tool into his f,m;,v az nurse and
servant a vonno woman who had been n
domestic in a hotel and who went Inv
tho nama of Dora UeSSer Tho f,m;ly
noved to Grant Conntv Now Ney;cc
and Dor. went a,on~ Tho SeconJ Wiz
died and ON tbe 15t6 Of last Sentembrr
Granger married Dora Inst three
weeIS ,ftar that ba was enticaJ into tho
mountains nv his own son. William and
, man named Parson Young and tba
how f;,ad INLET from /, neadje-oun
tbrouob the old mans brain They dino
a hole damned the bodv into a beaS
and tbrew If in then covered If mn and
Stamnod tho grnnnd level Go;nC bacI
home they divided the old mars nos
sessions amounting to abont 81 doc
Yonno takinr onc-tb;rd William one.
tb;rd and tho br;d. of tbrea
weeks one.tbird The authorities sus-
nactod Somntb;nr wrong and sheriff
Went 70 the GRANGER honse TO arrest the
trio He found them ali in he'd together.
and hidden under tbe he'd were the old
mans GRAY clothes which Dor, had
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1879-09-12
THE DAISY'S PROPHECY.

erich man, poor man, beggar-man,
thief, doctor, lawyer-there Julia, my
fate is at last decided. Three times the
daisy has said am to marry lawyer
so let me hear no more about Luke
Hartwell's well stocked farm; or the
significance of Squire Days glances in
to our pew at church, and Kate Nor
rison looked up into her elder sister,
face and laughed merrily. Julia's an
noyed expression was very amusing to
her.
"You are so foolish, Kate" said Mrs.
Bertram in tone of vexatiOn. "NOt a
day passes that you do not get some new
freak into your head; and you are as
persistent and stubborn in clinging to it
aS-aS-"
GA mule" said Kate, as her sister
hesitated for comparison. "Don't be
afraid of hurting my feelings, Julia; you
know am hardened to seedlings, and
willing to confess that l do cling to an
idea with tOlerable firmness. But l al
ways did believe in telling fortunes by
the June daisies, and am morally GER
tain that shall marry lawyer. shall
wait for him if l am as gray as bad
ger when he comes along" and again
Kate laughed, tossing her long curls with
a determined motion of her small head.
81 don't know where you ever obtain
ed such notions, Kate" said Julia,
whose fair brow was still drawn with its
vexed expression. "I am sure mother
has taken the same pains in your, kfinl
ing up as she did in mine, and fried Isl
instill into your mind correct ideasofl
woman's duty. And yet, hero you are
at % unmarried and unsettled. Why,f
was engaged to Charles when was only
10, and married at 20.''
But then Won had such good offer,
Julia. There are, not many men like
Charles"
The wife's face wore a serene ex-
preston again as her sister paid this
tribute to the manly excellence of the
absent husband.
"But you seem SO hard to suit, Kate"
she argued, 81 am sure Luke Hartwell
is very fine young man; do be little
civil to him; and there's Squire Day,
who is as rich as prince and owns the
finest span of horses in the county,"
81 wouldn't marry a man for the sake
of his horses" said Kate, setting her
lips firmly together.
1" But you would learn to love him for
after time, Kate
81 am afraid it would be very long
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1879-09-12

The Truckee Republican, a paper pub
lished away out in California, says
"Jennie Graham has discovered a novel
and interesting plaything. 1t consists
of a team of four grasshOppers, har-
nassed by means of threads passed
around their bodies, under their wings
Their drawing power is considerable,
and they work with as little kicking as
the average mule. At last accounts sew
eral of these grasshOpper teams were
being caught and harnessed up by the
little folks of Truckee.''~
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1879-09-12

MIR. Julian HawthOrne's new story
of |" Archibald MalmaisOn'' is stated to
be true one, the events taking place in
the present century, and within hun
dred miles of London. Even the names
are true ones. The curious psychology
zeal study presented in the character of
Archibald Malmaison deeply Interested
DIR. Robinson, for many years friend
of the Malmaison family; and from his
son, the late DIR. Forbes Robinson, Mr..
Hawthorne obtained the strange facts of
his story.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1879-09-12

Mrs. Ada p. BOwles of San Fran
cisco occupies her husbands pulpit ev-
cry Sunday evening. She has lectured
acceptably on '.The Model Wife,
"WOmen and the Ballot 'WOman as
God Made Her," and other topics.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1879-09-12

Mark Twain's new book will deal
mainly with an Americans travels
through Germany, Switzerland and TIA
ly, and will be illustrated by foreign tai
ent.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1879-09-12

RUSSIA has cast cannon 16 inches i'm
diameter, So feet long, $4,000 pounds
in weight, and which throws ball five
miles.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1879-09-12

Mortified, Mass, is to receive a
present of school-building from Mr..
Moody.
The daily gazette., 1879-12-09

1t Is true that We did state that the
collectors Of Wilmington advertised
where they could he found by all who
wished TO pay their STATE and county
taxes, and we stated further that there
was really no good reason why any man
should be disfranchised, II they would
only go and pay their taxes, but when
people do not See proper 70 do this there
Is no reason why they should be left
alone and the country cheated out Of its
taxes, simply because they do not come
forward voluntarily and pay them.-Detd-
,odre Republican.
Not 20 fast There is good reason why
the tax collectors should not be required
to run after the negroes and arrest them
and carry them TO jail and keep them
there at the county's expense TO collect
the taxes, which only average about 81
cents for each negro voter. If the negro
will not 60 and pay his tax TO secure his
vote, as white men do, the collectors arr
not to blame. The law makes no ex
ceptions as TO race or color. And Il
arrest all the negroes that will not pay
their taxes Is to fill all our jails- will
lazy negroes.
The daily gazette., 1879-12-09
nearly 5000, GOO. NOW Il !. u Fight

nearly $1,000, 1000. Now II II u right
and proper 70 buy silver bullion and coin
IL. And We defy the advocates Of sim
gle gold standard 70 test the question.
Let them put gold coinage on the same
basis that silver Is now and gold bullion
will sink TO the same level In price.
And the government will be enabled TO
buy gold and make six or eight millions
year by coinage more easily than 1t
now makes three BY the purchase Of
silver bullion and coining It. Because
It can coin $40 Of gold a. quick and as
easily as 1t can coin 81 Of silver; and BE-
cause the gold miner will find It cheaper
to have II coined In mints at home Into
money that he can use than TO pay for
freight and insurance and cost Of trans
portation to Europe TO have It coined
there; when in fact il has TO be shaved
afterward before 1t can be put into
United States coin. Lot Congress order
the Secretary Of the Treasury to cease
coming gold free and buy $1,000, 600 to
$4,000, 900 month Of gold bullion and
coin it Is he now does silver, and we
will soon have this question Of metal
currency settled. In fact - the govern
ment has assumed TO give the people
coined money and deprived all others do
ing so, it Is bound not to limi. the supply
and formerly it did not.
The daily gazette., 1879-12-09
Bayard and the Finances.

New YORK, December SIN connec
tion with q memorial of business men OF
New York in favor of the bill for with
drawing the legal tender quality from
greenbacks the World publishes the fol
lowing extract from letter recently re-
ceived by Mr.. j. S. Moore, from Senator
Bayard: at is not hostility to the South
that makes the North solid" II is ap-
prehens,on lest unwise and ridiculous
administration OF the finances should in.
jure Northern property and investments
No instrument is so dangerous as l-ga
tender paper currency, the redeemabili-
ty of which may be endangered. dc
not care so much for party success il
this connection (altbougb value it mos
hignly) as do for tue great service j
would be to our whole country and th'
generations that snccred u.s."
The daily gazette., 1879-12-09
The Decca mrs,ins of India are anon,

The Decca mrslins of India are among
the most wonderful evidences of the
hand skill of the strange people of the
mysterious East. These fabrics, which
are spun and woven entirely by hand,
and are the product Of obscure and curl
Gus processes, unknown to and unattain-
able by the Western nations, like the
fabrication of Damascus steel, and the
making of camels' hair shawls, are mar
vels of ingenuity and skill, and they
illustrate the poetry OF cotton. The
most delicate of these fabrics Is known
by the name of"woven air. 1t can only
be made in the early morning and in the
evening, when the air is full Of moisture
aud the dew is on the grass. The pro-
cesses by which it is woven are kept &C.
cret, and the people who do the work
are compelled first to pass through lonl
course of training and imitation. Their
delicate wares are Of such ethereal text
ure as to be almost invisible, and yet Sc
enduring that they will bear washing ant
wear in wonderful manner. This pre-
cious stuff is monopolized for the use Of
the ladies in the oriental harems, and il
said to be worth hundreds OF dollars
| yard.
The daily gazette., 1879-12-09
Wiu They Buy up the Negroes
TOtes?
From the Republican.

From the Republican.
A piece of nonsense is now going the
rounds Of the State papers. 1t ST ates that
the Republican leaders iu Wilmington
met last week and agreed to commence
the reorganization of the party for 1880.
They propose to have U. 5. supervisors
appointed TO superintend the election, to
prevent using repeaters and committing
other frauds and also to have every Re-
publican voter in the county assessed
and his taxes paid for him. 1t also states
that for this purpose q good deal OF
money will be needed and two Thousand
dollars were pledged upon the spot. Il
| is said that We have to go from home tt
| get the news, anu that is emph ,ticall!
true in this case, but while there is
semblance of Truth in some of its state
II eats, we regret very much that the
are not all true.
The daily gazette., 1879-12-09
TUESDAY. D ECEMsER ., ls7s.
ENTERED AT WILMINGTON POST
OFFICE
A. SECOND CLASS NATTER

WE DON'T Know A CAsE.-We say
to the Republican that we do not know
q case OF malfeAsance in Office by Della
ware Democratic State official. We have
heretofore quoted what was uttered by q
Republican in an oration as to our State,
and here repeat it. The Republican has
tried in vain to deny IL. Here is what
that orator said:
"In these days Of peculation (alluding
to the Republican officials, because there
were no Democrats in Office in the
national government and no Republicans
in the State offices in Delaware,) Deld-
,care stands first among cipilized com
munities for the rigid honesty Of its
government. am conscious that not O
dime Of the public money has erer been
dish0nestly used"
In referring to the Republican gentle
man whose honesty led him to use the
above language, our neighbor of th'
Republican says:
"The young Republican orator alluded
to as having said that for the rigid hon
esty Of the State government, he wa
conscious that not dime Of the publ
money had ever been dishonesty used
1t il evident was too young and unso
phisticated to know much about Stat
affairs or he would never have made sue
an assertion"
Well, he was old enough to have file
very important Office with much credl
to himself, and no discredit to his State
and to have looked with hopeful eye
upon the U. S. Senatorship. We are 8
well satisfied that what he said is tru
that we publish it to prove how utter
disregardful of the truth the Republicd
can make itself.