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Middletown transcript., 1881-03-18
THE MARKEs.
ArIDDLEToWN GRAIN MARKE,

AIDDLETOWN GRAIN MARKET.
CORRECTED WEEKLY BY ISAAC JONES' JR
WHEAT CORN
Amber, 000G1 16l Old, 006O0c
Timothy Seed 3 IS New. 0O95Oc
Glover Seed, p n @IOc Oats, . OOgSsc
MIDDLETOWN PRODUCE MARKET.
CORRECTED WEEKLY BY s. N. REYNOLDS & CO.
Eggs n dOz. 6I4c IChickens, p b 94l0c
B9fter. AZ b 3S630c Turkeys, a b IIII2c
Lard, new, y ID J5agIUc Ducks, y b ga 9c
PHILADELPHIA MARKETS
WHEAT CORN
Prime red, 1921 20 Yellow, 5s05sc
Timothy Seed. $50 White, 58T55c
Clover Seed, q b s@9c Oats (Delawarel4 l42944c
BALTIMORE MARKETS.
WHEAT CORN
Good toamb. 226I 25 White 55657c
OATS Yellow, 5595Sc
Southern, 45G46 Rye, 0O06l o.
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FOP RENT.
For Rent,

mHE Elegant Store Room in the Town Hall
/ now occupied by J. W. Makens. Inquire
next door. at the Post Office. jan2l-t1
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THE TEN ROOM BRICK DWELLING on
L Main street, Middletown, now occupied by
Mrs. Sarah +. Lockwood. Possession given
March 18th. Apply to
WILLIAM r. COCHRAN.
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Carpets, Mattings and Oil
Cloths.

White and Checked China Mating, from p
TO 3715 cents per yard. Hemp Carpets, % cents
upwards. Cotton Ingram Carpets, p, 35 and
As cts. HnlfWool Ingram Carpets, 6s 72 and
50 cts. All-Wool Ingram Carpets, 80 cts. Extra
Super Ingram Carpets, 81. 90. $l.l7.
Beautiful Pattern Stair Carpets, ., 50 and 40c
Four-quarter Floor Oil Cloths, from 80 cts up.
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Floor Oil Cloth Patterns, from 60 cts. up.
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The Iola register., 1881-02-11
Good Resolutions Always in Order.

IT being near the hour of adjourn
ment, the President of the Limekiln
Club stepped forward and asked:
81 would like to ask if any member
of dis club made any resolves on New
Y'ar's Day?"
Not hand was lifted.
81 am more dan pleased to fin dat
none of you did," continued the Presi-
dent. ''De man who knows dat he am
mean, tricky, dishonest or degraded, an
vet who sots down to wait fur any tick
Ter day on which to VOW dat he will do
better, won't be apt to make any change
in his system dat his nayburs will no
tice. Ebery day should be day fur
SWARM off from whateber am mean or
offensive. Ebery day should be day
fur resolvin' on doin' leetle better dan
de day befo' If you do wrong doan'
wait fur de speshul day, but right it at
once. If you feel dat you am mean an
low-ived, doan' lib day waitin' fur de
new var, but AK some one to kick you
right off. We will now shet up de
stove, turn out de lamps and respond to
our homes. .''-Detroit Free Press.
The Iola register., 1881-02-11
A Friendly Horse.

SOME boys had placed in field a
snare by which they hoped to catch
rabbit. It was sort of moose made of
coarse, twisted grass. Fido, the dog,
put one of his fore-feet in the moose,
and in trying to get away his leg was
doubled up by it. He limped off howl
ing to his friend Hero, an old horse
that was grazing near by. Fido lifted
up his leg, and Hero at once saw what
was the matter. But Hero had no knife
with which to cut the moose. What
could he do? He did not stay long in
doubt. He put down his head, and be-
gan to gnaw at the moose. Taking
good care not to bite Fido, he nibbled
at the wisp of twisted grass till it
dropped off. and the good dog was free.
You should have seen Fido as he
scampered round, jumped up and
barked at his old friend. "Barked at
him?' Yes; but it was all in play, as
much as to say, "You dear old Hero!
How thank you! 1 will do as much
for you, should you ever get into trouble.
Bow, WOW. wOwr'
And Hero galloped round. and threw
up his heels, but took good care not to
hit his friend FidO. Each seemed to be
glad in the feeling that kind act had
been done.
This is true story.-Nursery.
The Iola register., 1881-02-11
Curious Fact in Natural History.

AN illustration in the Scientific Aneri-
can represents the American iguana
crossing river, the Chagres, upon the
surface of the water, without sinking
below it. This wonderful performance
was witnessed by Mr.. John G. Bell, the
well-known naturalist and former COM
panion of Audubon. Mr.. Bell states
that as he was approaching the river he
came suddenly upon the reptile, and
alarmed it so that it sprang into the
river, but instead of sinking, to his
surprise, it rushed along over the water,
making its claws 60 like lightning, so
that he could not see them, and thus
keeping the whole body above the
water. 1t made quite a foam behind,
and in about two minutes was over the
river, up the bank and out of sight.
When it is remembered that this animal
weighs from five to ten pounds, and has
slender claws fitted for tree climbing,
the wonderful character of the perform
ance will be appreciated. 1t is from
four to five feet long, and its general
color is green shaded with brown. 1t
has q strong and distinct crest running
along the whole length of the back and
tail, and large dewlap or pouch under
the throat, the edge of which, is attached
to cartilaginous appendage of the bone
of the throat. The tail is long, slender,
compressed and covered with small,
imbricated keeled scales. 1t has very
formidable look at first sight, and when
irritated puts on very menacing ap-
pearance, swelling out its throat pouch,
erecting the crest on its back, and
lashing about with great violence. 1t is,
nevertheless, a harmless creature, unless
laid hold of, when it bites with consid-
cradle force. Altogether the occurrence
is q most remarkable one and entirely
antagonistic to the supposed habits Of
the animal.
The Iola register., 1881-02-11
Our Young Folks.
BABYS VALENTINE.


"wHAr shall send to the baby?"
st. Valentine ponders to-day.
al know she'd feel hurt II neglected,
For girls always do. 50 they say.
"She is almost too little for bOnbOns.
And pictures. though well in their way
Are not good enough for my lady,
So what shall do; who can say?
"If twas summer. I'd send her some roses,
To match checks as blooming and fair;
Or stars-cOuld 1 get them-Or sunbeamS
As bright as her own silken hair.
"There's naught that's too good for the
darling,
So Innocent gladsOme and free.
Who brightens our lives with her laughter,
And drives away care with her glee.
"Then what shall send to the baby?
l wish l could find something new,
As fresh and as pure as my lady;
All, now know what will do.
~ will just send her plenty of kisses,
Too many there never can be,
And surely the shyest of Misses
Will take them from an old chap like me. y
ST. VALENTINE.
- indianapolis Journal.
The Iola register., 1881-02-11

down her side, and, looking down,
she saw an arrow which had pierced
her flesh and protruded its flinty head
from the wound. 'sMother," she ex-
claimed, 81 am shot," and tainted.
My mother, the woman whose spirit
never failed her in this or the dread
full trials which succeeded this
disastrous fight, put forth her hand and
drew the arrow backward through the
wound. 1t was while thus supporting
the head of the girl she supposed dying
it somehow became known to her that
her husband was lying quite dead and
filed with arrows under the great cotton
wood tree round which the camp was
made. 1t was but few moments more
till one of the men spoke from the front
of the wagon. Said he: Sour
ammunition is giving out and we do
not know but it may come to a hand-to-
hand fight. Get out the knives you
have in the bed the wagon" Through
the backward march which followed it
was ever the women who rose superior
to suffering and to danger. The men
lost courage, hope and spirit, but the
women never. A few moments after
the demand for the knives, Methodist
preacher, who had seized my fathers
rifle, aimed at the chief, with the dinner
bell depending from his belt, and 1 saw
him fall. In five minutes not an Indian
was to be seen, the living dragging with
them the dead as they went. In the
meantime, under cover of the fight, our
great herd of cattle had been made to
swim the river, and were safely corraled
in the Mojave villages.-Kate Heath, ."
7Ho noI:for.,suno
The Iola register., 1881-02-11

The Unter den Linden and other
streets of Berlin were on New Years
morning made the scenes of most un-
seemly violence in connection with the
anti-Jewish agitation. Large crowds
of riotous merrymakers, mainly stu
dents, gathered before the chief cafe of
the town, much frequented by the He
brews, and made a regular demonstra-
ton. They smashed the windows and
mobbed all the Jews whom they met.
The police were comparatively helpless:
Another cafe was invaded and emptied
of its Jewish customers. Large and
stormy public meetings continue to be
held. and the anti-Semitic crusade
seems to be gaining in force, that OF the
fist, however. being now substituted for
that of the tongue.
The Iola register., 1881-02-11

careful chemical analysis. This was oc-
casioned by the imperfection of the ma
chinery and processes. But the grand
fact is established that cane sirup can be
proftably made at the North; and it will
not be long ere the Yankee inventive
genius will succeed in extracting sugar
from the sirup in such quantity as to
make it remuneratiye business.-Ulic0
IN. Y. } Herald.
The Iola register., 1881-02-11
Two Girls and q Revolver.

IN an avenue TcSlucuCc Ou tuO NoOuoA
Side two young ladies happened to be
left alone with only the female help.
Brother George had been away for some
time, but was expected back daily, when
pa was called suddenly to New York on
business, so the toney mansion was left
without guardians save the two young
ladies aforesaid, two female helps, and
the nondescript pet canine. Everything
was lovely; their little reception had
passed off in the pleasantest manner
possible; and the pretty way in which
the Young hostess had played her part
had considerably thawed out her rather
dilatory lover, Notwithstanding the zero
weather abroad. The plate was all care
fully put away in pas dressing-room,
in the strong box, and the fair ones
were about retiring to their own snug
nests when the visitor espied revolver
on the dressing-table.
clap she cried, " "suppose burglars
come tonight and find that pistol!
they'll kill US with it,"
"Oh my, yes!"
"What shall we do?''
They excitedly consulted; at last it
was determined that they should both
sleep together for mutual defense and
put the pistol under the bed. This was
done. They disrobed and retired; quiet
crept over the mansion, where all
seemed asleep. Suddenly white-robed
figure arose out of bed, looked at her
sleeping companion, reached under the
bed, and, carrying the pistol in one hand
and the lamp in the other, descended to
the parlor, and, placing the pistol care.
fully down in front of the stove, returned
to bed with a sigh of relief.
Along among the wee small hours
George, who had returned from New
York, and had been around town with
the boys, came home. He went into
the dining-room, lit the gas, helped
himself to glass of whisky from the
sideboard, and stepped into the parlor
to warm himself by the stove. His foot
touched something, which, with an
imprecation, he vigorously kicked.
Bang!
He sprang ten feet away.
A succession of wild shrieks pealed
from the floor above.
George rushed upstairs, three steps
at time, and on the landing ran
against something human, which he
clutched, causing fresh shrieks.
Hulloa! What's up! Who are
you?"
"Oh, George!''
"The deuce! but who fired the
shot?"
"The burglars"
Where?''
SHOWN stairs.'
"Nonsense; there's no one down
there. But 60 to bed and Ill see what's
up"
He returned down stairs, lit the gas
in the parlor, and looked about. He
soon noticed the revolver lying on the
floor, picked it up, found one chamber
empty and still smoking. However
dull he might have been on coming in
he was now fully bright, and quickly
concluded the burglar, the explosion
and the object kicked were all one.
But why was the revolver there?
He went upstairs, knocked at his
sisters door, and was received by botf
girls in elegant wrappers.
"Here's the burglar; but how did hi
get from pas dressing-room to the
parlor stove?"
"Oh, George! Iput it there to keel
it from freezing!"-Chicago Tribune.
The Iola register., 1881-02-11

The spoken language of China so
differs in every separate province that
people living a hundred miles apart can
no more understand each other than a
Norwegian can understand Hotten-
tot. The mandarin or court language
is more common than any other dia-
lect, and is the official tongue of the
Empire.
The Iola register., 1881-02-11
N 1870. when Prov;dence RI

In 1879, when Providence, R. l., es-
tablished its now famous woodward for
tramps, the outdoor relief amounted to
1888, and 1, 14S tramps were forced to
work in the yard. During the whole of
last year only 634 tramps ventured near
the place, while the amount of relief de-
creased to 1856. This woodward has
proved the best investment the city ever
made.
The Iola register., 1881-02-11
A Lady's Account Of an Indian Attack.

One warm day in August, upon the
bank of the muddy Colorado, we chill
dren were lazily sitting about on the
ground. One sister was stringing beads
taken from an old moccasin, and most
of the men were sleeping under the
wagons through the heat of the after
noon. There was great stiffness upon
everything, save for the children's chat
ter, and heat rose from the ground that
smote the eyes. Suddenly there was a
dreadful scream, echoed, re-echoed,
multiplied; then another, and another,
as when one strikes the hand upon the
mouth, till in one second of the time the
air seemed rent and torn with yells. In
just that second the close chapperal had
become black with Indians, who had
crawled, serpent like, on hands and
knees, till, right upon US, in concert
they could leap into sight. They wore
cloths upon their loins, and had some
feathers wound in the hair, with hide
Gus paint glowing on face and breast. l
gazed in dumb amazement, benumbed
with surprise, and then I think I awOke
to the excitement of the occasion. The
women and children, through an air
thick with flying arrows, were mar
shaled into one covered wagon, and
there my mother wrapped US all round
with feather beds, blankets and comfort
ers. do not think 1 was frightened !;
not because of any precocity of courage,
but because of wild excitement that
filled me. l half leaned upon the knee
of my sister. She said she was con-
scious of no pain, she felt no sudden pang,
but something warm seemed running
The Iola register., 1881-02-11

in a Washington family of six per-
sons five hold Offices under the Govern
ment.
The Iola register., 1881-02-11

Honduras sorghum. .6Sl5l S,62
Field corn sorghum. ,Ae l,l66
IT. is claimed, however, that ''the
jaice obtained from the stalks by the
imperfect means at command of the
department was little more than half
the amount present in the stalks" Nor
were the stalks cut at time when they
Contained the most sugar. The yield OF
sugar was as follows: From the sifup
,ot the Chinese cane, SAT- per cent. Of its
weight in sugar; early amber, 4z.5 per
-oent. field-corn, 1913 per cent. These
ar, the only ones that were cryssallized.
The experiment with corn is particularly
interesting. The varieties used were
Lndsay's Horse Tooth, Improved Pro-
hlic. and White Dent. The stalks grew
81 drills three feet apart. and about
enine or ten inches apart in the drill.
The ears were plucked after they had
been thoroughly ripened and the h,sks
were dead and dry. The corn was
plump and sound, and yielded at the
rate of 69.1 bushels of shelled corn
(fifty-six pounds to the busheD to the
acre. The stalks we're then topped,
stripped and crushed. and the juice
proved to be the best juice yet obtained
from cornstalks, at any period of growth
~or of any variety.
The experiments made to test the rel
ative advantage of stripping or not strip
ping the leaves from the stalk show that
it is better to leave them on the stalk.
In two experiments with stripped sor-
ghum the average per cent. of juice to
the raw stalks was 55.O2, and the aver
age per cent. of sirup to juice was Is.
In five experiments with unstripped s0r-
.ghum the average per cent of juice to
raw stalks was 40.6, and the per cent. Of
sirup in juice was 15.47. Not only was
- greater percentage of juice obtained,
out the per cent. Of sirup from the juice
WAS also greater. In fact, these exper-
iments would indicate a difference of 20
,er cent. increase in product in favor
OF the unstripped cane. SIT is not i'm.
probable that the above result is due to
/ ne fact that the leaves, in passing
through the mill. tended to m up the
sintcrstices between the compressed cane,
and thus prevented the expressed juice
from flowing through between the rolls
with the bagasse" Ii. e., the stalks after
sbeing pressed). The bagasse itself i
,nearly as valuable for feeding purposes
As the Impressed stalks, as theEe still
remains large amount of sugar in it
while the percentage of starch Is ever
greater and the nitrogenous matter No
mains essentially the same. The stalkl
can therefore be used for ensilage aates
s.pressuIe as prottably as before.
The general results of the various ex.
periments made demonstrate that there
exists lii,le difference between tAe dif-
ferent kinds of sorghum a. sagar-pro.
ducing plants; and, what Is quite q
surprising result, that g each of them IS,
at a certain period of its development,
nearly if not quite as rich in sugar as the
very best of sugar-cane." At present.
however, the mills are very imperfect,
aad = large amount of sugar is wasted
or Inverted In the experiments made
there was loss of from 28.9 per cent. to
aga per cent. of the SUGAR actually ex-
zisring in the canes as determined BY
The Iola register., 1881-02-11

"A jury is body organized for the
purpose Of deciding which side in law
suit has the smartest lawyer.
The Iola register., 1881-02-11

Blaine will build $5O,OOO resi-
dence in Washington.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-12-15

length Of stopping the paper" We
and our tribe have had all these ex-
periences for some weeks past There
have been dire threats of vengeance
of every description from all sorts OF
sources. Friends Of long standing
whom We had supposed we were de-
Tending have cut our acquaintance
and Illuminated wrath sufficient to
destroy all opes of future existence.
Enemies whom we wished to insult
have cordially shaken us by the hand
and inflicted their nauseous praise
upon us. The inveterate editorial
adviser has been with us night
and day, advising on all points Of
journalistic routine, from the stature
of the devil" to the grammatical
construction of our scnolarly sen.
teuces, and thence up to the policy
Of the paper" ALI these Affections
have We had. Meme of the plaques
have been omitted. We have failed
to please everybody; that is, every.
body who is in the habit of giving
advice. That we have pleased most Of
the people is proved by the fact that
our circulation, since the establish.
ment of the Daily News, has grown at
the rate Of nearly thousand a week
and it is still growing and likely to
grow. In the meantime, we don't
think our advisers" can do much
toward stopping the paper"