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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1880-10-29
CHAPTER III.

81 want dog can trust-that has
been trained to watch q thing, and not
let any one but its owner touch it."
'.Ere's your hanimal! A better crit
ter never was found. Watch that,
Dashr' said the dog fancier. throwing a
glove on the ground. Snow, sir, you
try to pick that up.'
Mr.. Hall stopped, but a fierce, low
growl, evidently with plenty of bite be-
hind it, warned him off.
''Take care of that till I come back.
DASH" and the two left the dog alone.
After q saunter through the building they
came back to find Dash sitting motion
less beside the glove.
els he fond of children.
eyes, sir but most of all baby. You
see, he was brought up with o baby,
sir. They were poor folks, but it most
killed 'em to sell Dash, only I paid a
good price for him, and they needed
money badly"
'What do you ask?'
s'Seventy-6ve dollars"
After little bargaining Mr.. Hall
walked off, and that evening baby was
shown her new nurse. Mamma and
the boys were delighted, while poor
Dash seemed to think his first baby had
come back. and barked and whined
for joy.
All through the hot summer baby
took her maps on the shady piazza, but
close by her carriage lay her big black
dog, and no stranger dare step near
the sleeping infant. Two little girls,
though, often came and played with the
dog and baby, and Anna and Ella had
many happy afternoon with ''Anna's
Fondlin'," as Mr.. Hall called baby
Belle.-Hope Ledyard, in Examiner and
Chronicle.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1880-10-29
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The growing popularity and usefalness -
CABINET Or PARLORO ORGANS II shown
by the EAct that SEVENTY THOU0ANDa are
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MASON & HAMLIN
ORGANS

Wnlc0 nave been oWofoe0 HIGHT 0I8TIGOTIOG1 1O8
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These organs ere certainly xnriy0Led IN excelencA
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seTy Inferior tnssrxnseRts.
Before purchasing any organ send for latest ILLUS.
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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1880-10-29

girls, with her baby in her arms. Ne.
Hall and Mrs. Reed would have pun
ished Anna. but Mrs. HALL insisted that
she was as much to blame for. leaving
her baby on the front stoop, and that it
was punishment enough for the poor
little girls to have their "fondlin'
taken from them.
The happy father and mother lay
awake almost all night, too excited to
sleep, and there in the darkness MIR.
Hall told his wife that he was going to
bring home a nurse for baby.
'Oh, John, if you'll only trust me
again! I'm nurse enough. i don't like
great Irish girl-you can't trust
them"
''Oh, I don't mean an Irish girl, my
DEAR" said John, with queer smile
which in the darkness his wife could
not see.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1880-10-29
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The ILLUSTRATED GOLDEN PRIZEn
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ed States on receipt Of a three-cent stamp to
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"A Selling Pictorial Books and Bibles Prices REDUCE
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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1880-10-29
CHAPTER II.

eff only we had a baby-dolls amt
any good. they're such make-believesr'
and Ella dragged her beloved Susy Ann
by one arm through the dust as if she
despised her.
..And we could wheel baby in a
carriage Pshaw! there's plenty of ba-
bies that haven't any mothers. Ma
might get one of EN-"
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-08-12
How "Lady- Killer" was Served.

On one of the excursion steamers run
ming from Boston young man made
himself ohjec:ionably familiar to lady
whom he supposed to be alone. For a
little while the lady tolerated his atten-
tions and he was deluded into the idea
that he had made conquest. But his
inward sense of victory was of short
duration. She was only waiting for her
husband to come. On his arrival she
signaled to him to inform him of what
was going on. He calmly surveyed the
situation for few moments, then made
up his mind what to do. Being some
what muscular shoe-dealer, wearing a
No. ii boot, he quietly slipped in behind
the ursuspecting youth and admins
tered to him a powerful kick. This sent
the youth bodily upward to the roof of
the cabin in which the ceremony took
place, and brought his forehead in con-
tact with piece of timber. The young
man had never before dreamed of hay-
ing such a high forehead. When he
descended it was amid the mirth of Lis
fellow excursioni5ts and with conspic-
uous wound which he will probably
wear for life. This fellow has no re-
course against the large footed man
who had damaged him. He was play
ing the fool and deserved the punish
ment he got. Kicking is not exactly
sanctioned by law, but under the cir
cumstances in which the Bos'onia
husband found himself nobody would
say that it was illegal. The mark on
the young gallant's brow will be a jagged,
irregular, hieroglyphical looking ort OF
a thirg, which, being interpreted, will
read: Served this fellow right"
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-08-12
A Terrific Volcanic Eruption.

The Central American volcano Fuego,
near the city OF Antigua, Guatemala, has
after many years of silence and apparent
rest, in which there was little to deter.
mine it's character as volcano except
occasional emissions of smoke and odd
rumbling noises from within, burst out
in an angry and terrific eruption. AS
seen from the deck of the Pacific Mail
steamer Wilmington by the officer on
watch, at a distar ce, as the crow flies,
of nearly fifty miles, the spectacle was
magnificent. From the highest peak of
the Fuego great columns OF flame darted
up into the air to height, as nearly as
could be determined. of from 400 TO 500
feet. The surrounding country to the
east and south was illuminated by the
tremendous glare of the flames, while to
the north ward and westward the clouds
of dust and smoke which accompanied
the conf igration obscured the whole
country.
An eyewitness says: "The first grand
column of fire rose at least 50I feet in
height. solid and smooth, and then the
top, expanding, opened out like an UNI
brella, the sparks coruscating like those
from Il brilliant rocket. The pulsations
of flame during the first o hours OF
the eruption were about fifty seconds
apart, strong and regular"
Less than half an hour after the erup-
ton began, two strong streams OF lava
were seen making their way slowly down
the mountain, one southwark, toward the
city of Antigua, and the other westward,
toward the sea. AS the molten masses
moved along, consuming everything
combustible in their track, destroying
the forests and licking up the small
streams which they encountered, great
volumes of smoke and steam rose from
their desolating track. Until the morn
ing dawned fully, the lava streams
could be seen m wing toward the valleys
below. while above, the red flames and
their attendant smoke ana dust shot up
ward into the air A river, the Guacu-
late, which has its origin on the west
err slope of the mountain, had sudden
and remarkable accession of water of
considerably increased temperature,
probably from the breaking out of hot
springs from the mountain side, or pos
sible flow of water from some of the
openings in the crateritself.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-08-12
Bits of Information.

The phrase ITO row up Salt river"
has its origin in the fact that there is a
small stream of that name In Kentucky,
the passage of which is made difficult
and laborious by the ubundan 90 Of
shadows and bars, The real appl;cn.
tion of the phase is to the person who
has the task of propellihg the boat up
the stream, but in political usage it is to
those who are rowed up.
.Artemesia married her own brother
Mausolus, King of Caria, 377 B. G. At
nis oeath she drank, in liquor, his ashes,
aiter his body had been burned, and
erecteo TO MS memory a monument, one
oI Ine wonders of the world, termed
Mausoleum: She invited all the liter
airy men of her age, and offered re.
ward to him who composed tie best
verses upon her husband. The prize
was adjudged TO Theopompus. The
STATUE OF Mausolus is among the an
t,aulties brought from Halicarnassus in
1921, end placed in the British museum.
;ne custom of crowning the poets
originated among the Greeks and was
adopted by the Romans during the en-
plre. 1t was revived in the twelfth
century by the Emperor of Germany,
who invented the title of poet laureate.
The French had royal poets but no lau.
reates. The title existed in Spain, but
little is known of those who bore it.
The tradition concerning the laureate in
England is that Edward I'LL, in 1907,
emulating the crowning of Petrarch at
Rome, in 13il, granted the office to
Chaucer, with yearly pension. In 1880
tne laureate was made 'patent" office.
From that time there has been regular
succession of laureates.
Nominating conventions date back to
1881. In September of that year the
Anti Masons nominated at Baltimore
Writ and Ellmaker. In December, also
at Baltimore, the National Republicans
nominated Clay and Sergeant. and in
March, 1882, the Democratic National
convention, which also met at Balti-
more, confirmed the denomination of
jackson already made by his friends in
the New York legislature, and placed
Van Buren on the ticket as Vice.Presi-
dent. Jackson, therefore, was the first
President nominated by such a conven-
tion. In 1928 the candidates on both
sides were nominated by common con-
sent or by State legislatures, the system
OF congressional caucuses having been
abandoned and the national conventions
not yet introduced. In 1924 Crawford's
friends had tried to revive the con-
gresslonal caucus system. but the caucus
was thinly attended, and the result was
the scrub race" There was no oppo-
sltion to Monroe in 1890. Before that
time the nominations were made by
congressional caucus.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-08-12
The Harvest Month.

The month, August, derived from the
Roman calendar, was originally cal ed
Sixtilis, or the sixth month o the year,
which with the Romans began in March
j Julius Cesar made it thirty days long,
and his nephew, Augustus, added
another day to it. AS 1t was the month
in which Augustus had entered upon his
first consulsh p; had celebrated three
triumphs in that city; had received the
allegiance of the soldiers who occupied
the Janiculum; had conquered Egypt,
and ended the civil war, the senate, de-
sirous to compliment him, changed the
name of the month to August, Just as
Quintilis had been changed to July out
OF honor to the great Julius, who had
been kind enough to be born ON the
twelfth of that month.
The Flemings and Germans have
adopted the word August as another
name for harvest. Thus "oogst
m@nd" is harvest month; the German
"Augst wagen" is harvest wagen, ana
the Dutch ''oogsten" means to gather
corn from the field. The Spaniards en-
ploy the verb "agostar" and "hacer su
augusta" to signify gathering harvest,
and the French have the phrase faire
PAout for the same thing. The Anglo
Saxons named August the weed month,
and the old Germans called it ''wein-
koch," the wine press month. August
is represented in myth by u naked man,
with disheveled, flying hair, holding to
his mouth with both hands drinking
horn, and at his side are bundle vi
peacock's feathers, some melons, and o
second drinking horn
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-08-12
Old and New Ways of Locking the Fed.
ernl Strong Boxes.

In the office of the treasurer of the
United States is glass case which con-
tains the keys which were used in the
the olden times to lock the treasury
vaults. Now that time-locks and COM
binat'ons have taken the places of these
keys, they are kept framed as relics of
the degenerate days. Mr.. Gillian
says that in the old times the treasurer,
when the aults were locked up, carried
the keys home with him. and Several
times the house of the treasurer, who
had the keys in custody, has been broken
into by thieves to get these open Sc
sames. Under the present system the
vaults are locked by time and combina.
tion-locks. There are inner and outer
doors to the vaults. The officer who
knows the combi alton to open the
outer door does not know the combina-
tion which opens the inner, and vice
versa: Hence no one person can get
into the vaults. When the com bination
is chang d the changes are noted by diff
ferent clerks and handed to Treasurer
Giltillan in a sealed envelope. - Washang,
ton Sdr.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-08-12
tn, did Rod Cant.

The old red cent is rapidly passing
way, out of the United STATES cur
rency, and it will not be long before it
will be known only in memory and in
numismatic collections. It's history is a
matter OF sufficient interest for preser-
walton.
The cent was first proposed by Robert
Morris, the great tinancier of the Revolu-
tion, and was named by Jefferson two
years after. 1t began to make its ap.
pearance from the mint in 1892. 1t bore
the head of Washington on one side and
thirteen links on the other.
The French revolution soon created a
rage for French ideas in America. which
put on the cent, instead of the head OF
Washington, the head of the goddess Of
liherty-a French liberty-with flowing
locks. The chain on the reverse was
replaced by the olive wreath of peace.
But the French liberty was short lived,
and so was her portrait on the cent.
The next 'ad or figure succeeding this
the staid, classic dame, with a fillet
around her hair-came into fashion
about thirty or forty years ago, and her
finely -chiseled, Grecian features have
been but slightly altered in The lapse ol
time,
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-08-12
A Tragic Buffalo Hunt.

Couriers lately arrived at Fort Keogh,
Montana. bringing the iatest intelli
gence from the Grow Indians, who were
then absent from the camp or agency
upon grand buffalo hunt. The news
brought in by the couriers was very ex-
citing They related that after riding
over the mountains for two days the
Crows came upon fine herd of buffa-
loes in narrow valley near by the Vel
lowstone. There were 400 Indians and
400 buflaloes. The Crows had been
forced by fear of starvation to take to
the chase, and the keen hunger they
were suffering only sharpened their
eagerness for tilt with their old fellow
stampeded down the valley in the di-
rection of the Yellowstone. The chase
was hotly followed, half a hundred buff
faloes biting the dust before the river
was reached. One of the most We
hement of the pursuers, who had dis
tineuished himself for bravery in two or
three fights with the Sioux, fell from his
pony in the midst of the flying herd,
and was trampled to death by the
frantic beasts. The Yellowstone aroar-
ing, rushing river even at the lowest tide,
was booming with the regular summer
freshet, the outpour of tie melting
SHOWS in the high mountains. When
the river was reached the game made q
bold stand, and for time it seemed
| doubtful which held the mastery; but
the incessant fusillade from 400 rifles,
together with the desperate proximity
OF the formidable battalion, drove the
herd in dismay into the roaring torrent.
| Beside themselves with the excitement
of the moment the Indians urged their
ponies into the stream, unwilling that
even flood should spoil their frenzied
sport or cut them off from their game.
The terrific current. made tumultuous
from the huge piles of rocks here and
there in the channel, whirled buffaloes,
ponies and Indians along at a bewilder-
ing velocity, until the thousands of
beasts were rolling and writhing in in
extricable confusion. In the dizzy evo-
lutions of horses and riders the latt +
were left to struggle by themselves in
the water, and to be jammed to death
between the surging masses of drown
ing beasts. Some who foresaw the
danger in time and turned shoreward,
found safety on terra firma, but those
who ventured far enough to be en-
braced by the sweeping, resistless tide
and to become involved in tangle OF
struggling animals, were all drowned
The story brought to the post was that
thirty Indians and fifty ponies were
drowned, besides 500 or 900 buffaloes
|
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-08-12
What the Navies of The World Cost.

The naval expenditure of the chief
maritime States is as follows: Eng
land, El0,596, ,9O3; France, E7 1852, ,839;
United States, f4,700,000; Russia.
f3,559, 1858; Germany, 92 .2s6 ,639; Italy,
ELITE, ,O75; Austria, f545,2 ,264. The
English expenditure is about one-third
higher than that of France, and more
than double that of any other power.
But the object supposed to be insured
by it differs considerably in the several
countries. If chief object OF keeping
up naval force be the protection OF
maritime commerce we SHOULD find that
to protect every 100 tons Cf merchani
shipping sailing under the national flag
costs annually: In France, f778; Russia,
f69i; Austria, f256; Germany, 92l4;
Italy, fl97; United States, fl75; Eng
land, Els. To protect every FL 900
worth of sea-borne imports and exports
takes: In Russia. about f35 l8s.; Aus
tria, 928 lOs, France, f26 los Italy,
f25 8s.; Germany, f29 l6s.; United
States, f2l 6s.; England, Ell IS. In
none of the above cases has the trade of
colonial dependencies other than with
the mother country been taken into ac-
count, or the figures for England would
fall relatively lower.-PaH Mall Gazette.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-08-12
How Long a Baseball Pitcher Lasts.

Successful pitchers have very short
lives in their positions, the most diff
cult at first to hit becoming easy game
to the heavy hitters in about four years.
Especially is this the case when he is
put in to pitch every game for few sea-
sons. Batters become familiar to his
balls aud his different motions in deliv-
ering them. Spalding retired in his
glory after short period of six years.
Matthews lasted seven years, but faced
no heavy hitters lately tor any length of
time. Bond is now in his fifth success
full season, but gets it hard occasionally
this year, as does White, only in his
third year. Nichols went out very sud-
denly, but did fine work for few sea-
sons after 1875. Cummings was great
in the days of the lively ball. This
chapter in pitchers history teaches that
the best pitcher will fail in about three
years if played without relief. Two
good pitchers will last long time if
changed every me.-Ctacinnati En-.
quirer.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-08-12

"Would you mind standing here till
go in and get cigarP" he asked. "Of
course not" she replied; "but don't
you think, Henry, that smoking is of
fensive, and that it will be easier prac-
ticing economy after marriage if it is
practiced during courtshipp" You're
right" he said; 81 shan't smoke any
more, sweet" and she looked unutter-
able love at him as they resumed their
stroll. just then they came to an ice
cream saloon, and he said: "There,
now, | meant to treat you TO ice cream,
but, as you say, it is best to practice
tor cigar, thirty cents for two creams
forty cents saved in q single night.
Let's go over to the fountain and take q
drink OF water" They went; but she
was mad enough to bite her own head
off
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-08-12

Da MAKCHlSIS UTERINE UATHOLICUN VIII pom
lively cure Female Weakness, such Falling of .6t
Womb, Whites Chronic Inflammation liberation Of
the Womb Incidental Hemorrhage or Flooding, Painful
Suppressed and Irregular Aenshunton kc All old and
reliable remedy Send postal card for pamphlet vtA
treatment, and certificates from physc!ant ana
patients 10 HOWARTH 1 BALLARD Ur1ck, n, Y
gold by all Dugghts--Sl 50 per bottle.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-08-12
Vegetine
Purifies the Blood, Renovates ard
Invigorates the Whole System.
ITS MEDICINAL PROPERTIES ARR
Alternative, Tonic, Solvent
and Dluretics

vEerrSE is made exclusively from the juices OF care
fully selected bas roots and herbs and so strongly con-
centraed that 1t will eecsly eradicate from the system
every talnt Of Scrofuia, Scrofulous uumor,
Tumors, Cancer, Ccncerous HumOf, Ery-
sipeIss, Salt Ithcum, syphilitio Diseases,
Cnnker, Eaintness at the Stomach. and all
diseases that arise from impure blood. Sctntice,
Iuflummatory and Chronic Rheumatism,
Neuralgia, Gout and Spinal Complaints. can
only be eftectuay cured through the blood.
For Ulcers and Eruptivo Diseases Of the
Skin, Pustulcs, Plmples, BlOtches, Boiis,
letter. Scaldhead and Ringworm, vrehrINE
has never failed 10 effect permanent cure.
For Pains in tho Back, Kidney Conn
plants, Dropsy, Female Weakness, Leu
corrhaa, arising from internal liberation, and
uterine disease and General Debility, vEeETEh
acts directly upon the Of these complaints 1t in
vgoraes and strengthens the whole SYSTEM acts upon the
secretve organs aays Inflammation liberation and
regulates the bowels
For Catarrh. Dyspepsia, IIabituel Cos
tiveness, Palpitation of the Heart, Head
ache, Piles, Nervousness, and General
Prostration of the Nervous System, no
medicine has given such perfect satisfaction as the
vEGETIsE 1t puraes the blood, ceanses all OF the
organs and possesses controlling power the nervous
system.
The remarkable cures effected by vEcErisE have
induced many physicians and apothecarles whom we
know TO prescribe and use 1t in their own families
In fact vEGESE is the best remedy yet discovered fol
the above diseases and is the only reliable BLOOD
PURIFIER yet placed before the public.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-08-12

DR. c. f. Shoemaker, the wei-known sural
surgeon of Reading, Pa, offers 10 send by mail,
lice of charge,a a valuable little hook on dcalncss
and Diseases of the ear-spccially on running
ear and catarrh, and their proper tieatmen,
giving references and Testimonials mt will
satisiv the most skeptical. Address rs above.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-08-12

There are persons who speak mo-
ment before they have thought; there
are Others with whom you have to un-
dergo in conversation all the labor of
their minds-they talk correctly and
YearlsOmely.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-08-12

A large beaver dam las formed a
lake on Stubble creek, Cassie county.
Idaho, and it is literally full of speckled
trout,
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-08-12

VEGETINE is not stimulating bitters which
cl Gates fictitious appetite, but gentle tonic
which assists nature to restore the stomach to
a healthy action.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-08-12
Arc You n OF I'm GOOD IIeaIth.

IT tho Liver is the source OF Your lroubIe,
,ou can find an absolute remedy in DIR. SAN
FoRp's LIVER INvlGoRAroR, the only vcgcts.
lie cathartc which acts directly on the Liver
Cures all Bilious diseases For Book address
Or. SANFORD. l62 Broadway, New York.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-08-12

The water in Philadelphia is so bad
that the Times, of that city, says
=" Every person who takes a bath is
obliged to take another to wash the mud
off," We u"