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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1880-03-12

O00, 900. The original estimates of 337,-
4OO, 900 proved under the mark, and it
was found that e57, sec, 900 would be re-
quired instead. Germany added ST.
0OO, 900 to her subsidy, Italy $4,000, 600
and Switzerland 81, 600, 900. The work
was begun in the autumn of 1872. The
tunnel begins at Goeschesen, in defle
where the River Reuss dashes beneath
the famous Devils Bridge, and ends at
Airolo, where it overlooks the pleasant
pastoral valley of the Ticino. Itslength
is nine and third miles-48, 936 feet, to
be exact; It's nineteen and halffeet high
and twenty -six feet in maximum width.
Twenty-six hundred men have been EN-
ployed-Italians with few exceptions.
The rock, which has varied from hard
granite gneiss on the Swiss side, to
gravel, sand, and pebbles on the Italian,
has been operated upon in similar
way to that followed in the Gems Tun-
mel, dynamite being used in blasting
operations. Owing to the greater
homogeneity and the absence of water,
more rapid progress has been made in
tunneling through the rocks than in
dealing with the soft material where the
excessive infiltration of water necessi-
tated special drainage arrangements
besides retarding more or less al,
branches of the work. Thus, in piercing
q bed of schist, water was discharged
in torrents, and often the work had to
be carried on under liquid jets descend
ing with the force of those from a fire.
engine pump.
The St. Gothard Tunnel is only one
section of a railroad running from Lake
Lucerne in Switzerland to Lake Mag
giore in Italy. Besides the big tunnel
there are twelve others, the shortest of
which, Warren, is LOG yards long,
while the longest, the Olberg, reaches
1927 yards. The total length of these
twelve tunnels is very nearly ten miles
-15,578 meters. Then there are five
tunnels between 224 and $50, and
twenty-five between 10 and 22O yards,
making in all fifty-two subsidiary tun-
nels of an aggregate length of sixteen
miles. Between Immense and Goes
chenen there will be thirty-three tunnels,
between Airolo and Giubiasco seven
teen. The line will be carried over
sixty-four bridges and viaducts, the
longest of which, that of Cadenazzo, in
Tessin, will consist of five arches, each
having span of fifty-five yards. The
total length of the Gothard line will be
Isl miles, II per cent. of it being tun-
nels and 1 per cent. bridges and via
duets.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1880-03-12
A Perilous Voyage.

Included in the "free list" of pas
sengers on the steamship City of Para,
which arrived at New York, Feb. 81,
from Rio Janeiro, were Herbert Burrill
and Andrew B. Coombes. These two
men, at Sp. m. on July 9 last, in a boat
nineteen feet long, six feet beam
and two feet six inches depth of hold,
hull built of cypress wood and decked
over with white pine, and schooner
rugged, sailed from Boston to Melbourne,
Australia, where they hoped to obtain a
fortune by exhibiting their boat and
themselves at the Worlds Exhibition.
Their boat was named The Golden
Gate, and with a supply of provisions,
mostly canned meats, and three tanks
of fresh water, they hoped to reach
Melbourne without making any stops,
excepting in the Straits of Magellan.
Each of the men stood six hour watch
es, and they succeeded very well on
their voyage, having moderate weather,
until they reached the Cape de We're ISL
ands, ffty-eight days from Boston,
when, feeling tired and partially ex-
hausted, they put intQnst. Jago, where
they remained two days to recruit their
health and replenish their supply of
provisions. They sailed from St.
Jago September II, and soon after
ward encountered stormy weather,
which continually increased in violence.
Floods of water which came into their
boat damaged large portion of the
provisions, which they were compelled
to throw overheard. They worked for
several days without relief, and then, as
their provisions were fast becoming
short, they eagerly scanned the horizon
for some friendly craft. With disap-
pointed hopes they continued on until
they had gone nearly as far south as
Cape Colony and close to the west coast
of Africa, when, their canned provi-
sions being entirely gone, they deter
mined to make for the island of St.
Helena. For twenty-five days they sub
sisted on cocoa, and then, finding
that the adverse weather would prevent
them from reaching st. Helena, they
concluded to make for the coast of
Brazil. The two adventures by this
time were disheartened and nearly
Frustrated with exhaustion. As they
were about to give up all hope they
sighted land January Is, and their boat
was run ashore in q few hours afterward
at Terre, about eighty miles north of
Bahia, Brazil. They then secured pas
sage for themselves and their boat to
Bahia on q schooner, and left that port
on the City Of Para on February 8.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1880-03-12
WIT AND WISDOM.

A POOR relation-The crude effort of
story-writer.
WHAT is better than promising
young man? A paying one.
THE mustache is a great epicure. It
is bound to get the first taste of any
thing.
The rooster knows all about early
times, and may justly lay claim to be
the original crow-knowledge-ist.
The weight of ton of ice depends
upon how long it has been standing in
the sun; the weight of a ton'of coal is
governed somewhat by the price.-N.
o. Picayuae.
IT is barely possible that Edison is
holding his electric light back until he
can achieve the greater invention of q
meter for it that will equal the gas me-
ter.-Boston Post.
WHEN some of the elderly ladies in
Massachusetts, choir sang, 1--WE are
going home to die no more!" cynical
deacon remarked: "Then you'll be
gray in q week. '-Bostcss advertiser.
A NORWICH man calls himself on his
card a Temperance Bootmaker." The
need of temperance boots is apparent,
for though they're not generally drunk,
it is notorious that they're often tight
Bulletin.
A BLIND man was begging for aims
at the Church of St. Roch, whining pit
eously: Shave pity upon a pore blind
man with two small children dependent
upon hint" A week later gentleman
who had given him something happened
to disembark from train at q suburban
station, and there the first person that
he met was the same beggar, whining
piteously: "Have pity upon a pore
blind man with five small children de-
pendentupon hint" "Ha, my friend"
he says, "your wife has presented You
with triplets, has shei" "No, sir, no;
but, you see, whereas in Paris, where
every thing is so expensive, two children
are amply sufficient to move peoples
hearts; out in the country it takes at
least five to knock the grangers. That's
why. Have pity upon . pore blind
man."-Peris Paper.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1880-03-12
The st. Gothard Tunnel Finally Cut
Through.

A dispatch from Berne, Switzerland,
Feb. 90, says: The work of piercing
Mount St. Gothard was satisfactorily
completed at 9 o'clock this morning
amid great rejoicing.
In 1870 Italy, Germany, and Switzer-
land signed Convention guaranteeing
81, OOO, 900 to the company that would
construct the St. Gothard Railroad and
Tunnel. Italy giving s9,OOo.O 600, Ger
man. s4,O1O.o0O, and Switzerland g.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1880-03-12

tnero Is nro the ashes should be taken
up as quietly Is may be when the sick
person is awake. The Jumps of coal
must be wrapped in newspaper before
they are brought in and laid in the
CRATE one by one. A small stick an.
swers equally as well As poker to stir
the FIRE, and is much less noisy.
None but calm, composed, cheerful
faces should be seen around sick bed.
1t is difficult to look bright and have q
pleasant smile and CHEEKY word always
ready when ones heart is filed with
torturing anxiety, and one feels that the
only way to bear the fearful suspense is
in agonizing silence, yet for the suffer-
er's sake it must be done. No depress-
ing influence must come near him. He
needs all his strength for the battle with
disease, and his mind must be kept
calm and hopeful.
OF course when q person is delirious
or unconscious the case is altered, but
in many illnesses he is neither. Even
when any one is apparently insensible
the utmost care should be taken not to
express an unfavorable opinion of the
symptoms or to say any thing it is unde-
sirable he should hear. Persons are
often fully alive to all that is going on
around them when they are totally
unable to move or make their wants
known.
Whispering should never be permitted
in sick room under any circumstances.
Speak in q low, clear tone, and the
sufferer, feeling that there is no attempt
at concealment, often will not take the
trouble to listen. There should be as
little conversation as possible and very
few people admitted into the room,
never on any account more than two at
one time.
When the doctor makes his visit, tell
him in as few words as possible all that
is necessary for him to know. Answer
Lis questions briefly and be prepared to
give eract information about the patient.
It is useless to say, for instance, "He
took little milk, )" or He drank some
beef tea" There is great deal of diff
ference between half teaspoonful
and half cupful, and some or little
might mean either. Vomiting should
be mentioned, and whether it occurred
Immediately after eating. Some correct
idea of the amount of sleep obtained.by
day and night must be given, and
it was restless and broken or
quiet and refreshing. Bleeding at the
nose should always be spoken of, and of
course hemorrhage of any kind and
splitting of blood.
1t is always best to see the doctor in
separate room before he leaves and tell
him any thing that it is not wise to men,
ton before the sufferer. Get explicit
directions from him as to medicines and
the time to give them, the kind and
quantity of food to be given, and any
other points on which guidance may be
required. A little forethought often
saves one from puzzling uncertainty
Christian Union.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1880-03-12

~.old in lola and everywhere all by
druggists.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1880-03-12
sA0icAi cnREs isacassafl WHITES

Prof Harris aher many years Of study aided By chem
lee: research and apartment togthe! with experience
gained In the treatment Of large number Of under
his has at last succeeded in compromising INFAI
LI6I.E REMEDY for the seoufRe 70 Common au,one
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-11-03

good show of results or they will naturally
conclude that the machinery is defective and
needs overhauling. We believe il is time
to call halt in this matter Of a reform
school extension till il can be fully and de-
liberately ascertained whether the state is
spending its money on either fatally de-
fective" or an exploded system of reform,
and till the future policy of the state toward
this institution can be definitely settled. Ex-
Governor Proctor and the officers of the
school differ widely on this point. The peo-
pie are inclined to believe that the former is
more than half right in his views and approve
his action in Withholding his consent to the
expenditure of the $4,000 condtionally
appropriated two years ago for additional
buildings. That act had better be repealed
for the present A commission has been
productive of so much good in the matter of
Analysing and sitting the origin of the in
crease in court expenses, that we suggest that
one be constructed to look up this matter of
reformation of young criminals during the
next two years, and report to the next legis-
lature that meantime conservative policy
in the entire conduct of the school be pur-
sued. Having arrived as near the bottom
facts about the system and its results as it
is possible to get, our representatives will
act wisely and humanely in the premises.
Our legislators are not disposed to treat any
measure unfairly when all the facts are be-
fore them. "More light on this subject
seems to be needed and our lawmakers will
be fully justified in holding on" till this
light is forthcoming.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-11-03
Riot at Denver, Colorado.

One OF the out-growths Of the forged Garfield
Morey letter was an outbreak against the Chinese
and riot at Denver, Colorado, last Saturday
night, October Goth. The city was for eight
hours in the hands Of n mob Of not less than A.
teen hundred persons. The trouble had been
growing for days. It was discovered week ago
that there were fully eight Thousand illegal names
registered and Immediately afterwards the streets
were filed with strangers OF the worst character
Ever since the publication Of the forged Garfield
letter the Democratic press has been filled with
articles asserting that as soon ~ Garfield was
elected the state would be flooded with Chinese
and all white labor driven out. Saturday night
the Democrats had a procession, carrying trans
parencies tending to excite animosity against the
Chinese. considerable portion became intoxi-
Gated and made an assault on the Chinese houses,
tearing down the houses nd beating and driving
out the Chinese. One was dragged with a rope
about his neck, and had his skull crushed in with
boots and bricks The police were unable TO con-
troll the mob. The fire department was ordered
to throw water on the rioters, but the mob at
tackled them and badly wounded two firemen.
Many Cinnamon were fearfuly beaten One was
rescued by the police and taken to jail, which was
Immediately surrounded by mob Of about one
thousand, who hurrahed for Hancock and yelled
Lynch the leper." About dark the mob we're
entirely beyond control and marched from street
to street. quitting China houses and assaultng cit
liens. From an Isolated tenement Chinaman
was dragged, his ears cut off and otherwise ter
ribly mutiated. He was finally rescued ia dy-
ing condition. Several are reported killed Many
colored men were knocked down and beaten. The
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-11-03
The Bennington Monument Fund.

The Bennington Battle Monument Asso
citation propose to keep their funds where
they will not readily DO squaudered or even
hastily or inconsiderately expended. By
bill introduced by one of its members, Gov.
Page, October Goth, 1t will be seen that the
state is to be made the custodian of part
of their money. This bill, IL It becomes
law, allows the association to pay into the
state treasury the $4,000 which, by the act
OF 1875, incorporating the body, it must raise
in order to draw the $4,000 then appropri.
ated. This sum paid in, the whole $4,000
is then set apart as a fund, the income of
which is to be paid to the association as 1t
accrues, but the principal remains In pos
session of the state until the association shall
need 1t for the purpose of erecting a monu-
ment, and then 1t can only be drawn when
the governor shall have approved the design
of the monument and certified to the audi.
tor that in his judgment funds are provided
elsewhere in addition sufficient to complete
the monument in accordance with the de-
sign approved by him. The New Hamp-
shire and Massachusetts, appropriations, we
understand, contain, each, similar provi-
sion, and the bill appropriating $4,000,
which passed the senate at the last session
OF congress, is likewise guarded This is all
judicious legislation, for it tends TO protect
the moneys Of the association and also to Sc
cure an outlay Of them in the end which
shall result in monument that shall not,
like too many public monuments, be dis
grace to art and to those who shall have
erected it. If the Bennington Association
shall well take cake care of their funds while
in process of collection, as they seem desir-
GUS of doing, and shall expend them econom-
ically in a monument which an Art Com
mission like that which the government has
recently named for the Yorktown monument,
shall have recommended to them, the state
will have reason to rejoice and will forgive
them their share in the blunders of the State
Centennial History; but such ~ aesthetic
sin as that is literary one will not be for
given them in this generation.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-11-03

CABor Our citizens were surprised on read
Ing the legislative proceedings OF last Thursday
to see that bill was introduced into the senate
by Senator Gleed OF Lamollle county, to repeal
our village charter. Our people here knew moth
ing about any such step being taken. The char
ter was granted by the legislature of 1866, and
since then the village has been acting under it
We have a good fire department and apparatus
for the same, aud the corporation Is out OF debt,
and we can see no good reason for throwing
up the charter We presume the citizens will
have something to say before the committee be-
fore the thing is done Amasa Woodcock has
opened a grocery in ]. A. Farrngton's block.
The epIootic has struck the horses in this town
In earnest. Several quite valuable horses have
been very sick, but thus far none have died.
The dwelling-house Of Alden Hopkins was
destroyed by fire on the night OF October 80. A
part OF the contents was saved. Loss, $500; in.
sured for $500 cause Of fire, defective chimney.
....Dr John Lance Is TO move TO Plymouth, N.
H., November 10, to practice medicine in that
place.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-11-03
A Misrepresentation Corrected.

Mr.. Editor II notice In the last weeks issue Of
the Vermont Farmer an editorial item relating TO
Judge Barrett think the editor mistakes when
he charges that "there is considerable log-rolilng
being done to secure the reelection Of Judge Bar
rett" The log-rolling is evidently on the other
side, as members Of the Legislature have an oppor-
tunity TO know. ! am aware that some COM
plant Is made by lawyers as to Judge Barretts
irritability. The same fault was found with Judge
Peck; and notably, many years ago. with Judge
Collamer. The retirement Of Judge Barrett from
the bench at this time, whether voluntary or
forced, would be most unwise; would be public
misfortune The people have confidence In him.
They deem him able and incompatible, and one
whose legal lore, as well as general culture is not
surpassed by any Of his associates on the bench
Do the people Of the state desire to lose the ser
vices Of 80 able and honest public servant for
reasons touching solely to matter OF manners
MEMBER
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-11-03
The End.

The long agony is over. A gigantic po-
litical contest, hot with human passion, has
peacefully and gloriously ended. The GU
mulative triumph, in long series Of splen-
did victories, has been grandly achieved by
the Republican party. The destinies Of the
nation have once again been entrusted to
the patriotic hands of the great party that
upheld IL and saved it when armed rebellion
smote il with its mailed hand The people
Of united north have said in language
that will require no electoral commission to
interpret its Significance that James A. Gar
field of Ohio shall be president and Chester A.
Arthur of New York shall be vice-president of
these United States for four years from and
after the fourth day of March, 1881. They
have said to the Democratic party that its
career Of fraud and violence shall end, and
that civilization demands its life. They
have said to their erring southern sisters
that they shall not only abide in this union
in peace but that they shall forever cease to
menace or disturb, or trample upon the
rights of single citizen of this union,
however humble he may be. They have
said that liberty of opinion, free speech,
a free ballot, and an honest count, shall
prevail all over this land. They have
said all this, and much more, in language
so emphatic that the boldest and most
inscriptions of their opponents will not
dare raise his hand to undo the work of
the people, Never did political party re-
ceive a more grateful endorsement of its
long tenure of power than is contained in
this sixth successive election to the control
of the best government on earth, and never
political party had stronger claims on the
continued confidence and suffrage of the
people than the Republican. Never, too, did
political party meet with more whitening
rebuke or more significant and crushing
and merited condemnation than that which
Tuesday, for the sixth time, went down be-
fore the voice of the indignant and out
ragged freemen of America, under the weight |
of verdict so overwhelming that it will
never again raise its head to menace the
existence of peace and law and order in
this nation. Amen and amen
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-11-03

The FoRGER-A dispatch from New
York says; 1t is not believed that Philip
had any accomplish. He is secretive man,
and generally perpetrates his jokes for his
own amusement. He is an Englshman, and
not bad-hearted man where his friend
ships are affected, but he has the ingenuity
of Satan, backed by considerable force OF
character, and is thoroughly independent.
He is known as perfect master of the pen.
His limitations of handwriting are marvel
Gus, and less than a week ago he produced
from memory fac simiie of the signatures
of the signers OF the Declaration of indie
pendence 30 cleverly done that they might
have been a photograph. He has mania
for initiating the manuscript of others, and
so proficient has he become that any sigma
ture is easy to his facie pen, and he can
even write page of foolscap in close imi-
tation Of any copy shown him. Apart from
this, he is politician of no little ability, and
he went into this campaign with the inten'
ton Of playing prominent part.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-11-03

The New RUGBY."- Thomas Hughes,
in speaking of the pretty hotel at his Eng
fish colony OF Rugby, in Tennessee, says
that Dr. Agnew Of New York city has
named it the "Tabard," in memory of
Chaucer's Tabard Inn, which was pulled
down six years ago. DIR. Agnew happened
to be in London at the time, and bought
some Of the banisters of the old inn. These
he has presented to Rugby's Tabard, and
they are to be put up there, with inscription
upon brass telling their story, Mr.. Hughes
has been delighted, since his arrival in
Boston, with the news that the publishers
of that city have consulted with those of
New York and Philadelphia, with the re-
suit Of a gift of more than twelve hundred
volumes for the library at Rugby,
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-11-03

CHELsEA.-The Congregational parsonage is be-
ing painted. That strip of sidewalk above the
Buck bridge is an improvement. Let us have
some more. Rev William II. Davis OF Beverly,
Massachusetts, is In town for a brief vacation.
Ben T. Hyde gave an election ball ON Tuesday
evening Miss Effie NJ. Coburn, who has been
stopping at her parents home for some time, has
returned to Lowell, Massachusetts,. Il. II. Pit
kin OF Quechee is to have singing school at the
Congregational vestry. He is to give twelve les
sons, beginning November 10TH. The ladies of
the Congregational society gave their annual fair
at the church parlors on Wednesday evening. 49,.
The Pardo company held forth at Ben f. Hyde's
hall five evenings last week. Report says that
their audiences were small Miss Jennie Ami
don, who has sojourned with us since last winter,
has returned to her home in East Burke. Her
sister, Mrs. Dr. Smith, went with her for a short
stay. Work has at last begun on the memorial
hall, and the authorities Of the Grand Army OF
the Republic say that 1t is to be rapidly pushed
forward "A half-breed Indian OF the Caughna-
waga tribe has been in town selling bead work
I'VE were glad TO read the sentiments OF the
wAroHMAs on the grand list bill OF Mr. Harvey
OF Topsham. The bill surely ought to pass We
hope to find our representative It's firm supporter