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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1881-07-08
Joseph Sabine, the Noted Bibliopolist.

Joseph Sabine, who has just died at
New York, aged GO, was placed by the
trade as the first book expert in the
country, and as perhaps the best book
auctioneer in the world, and to all IL
brarians he is known as great cata-
loguer. Born in Northamptonshire,
England, his intimate acquaintance
with the rank and file of the vast army
of books with which the world is over
run was due in some measure to the
thorough training given by long ap-
premiership to an Oxford stationer; but
the love of books for their own sake
seemed born in him and gave his knowl-
edge fullness and accuracy which no
amount of mere persistence could have
conferred. He married at twenty-three
the daughter of an Oxford architect, but
soon after came to this country, intend
ing to farm it in Texas. Finding his
farm not next door to New York, as he
had thought it, he entered the service
of w. H. Appleton, the bookseller, then
of Philadelphia. In time he established
himself there as book importer, but at
the beginning of the war he opened q
store in New York and began the great
est work he undertook, a dictionary of
the titles of all books relating to Ameri-
ca. Thirteen volumes of this dictionary
have appeared, the last covering the
letter o, and more than lou, 900 books
are named. Many stories are told of his
wonderful memory for books, which
might be called Photographic, so exact
was his recollection of the size and ap-
pearance of thousands of volumes. He
astonished the New York book connois-
seurs at an auction once by bidding SO
for copy of "Smith's History of New
York." printed in London in 1853,
more than they could think it worth.
But when it was knocked down to him
he explained that it was printed on pa
per little wider than the ordinary edi-
ton, and he sold it for 5000. He could
recognize books even when wrapped up.
"Where are you going with that Ho-
garth?" he once cried to passing
friend with parcel under his arm,
though not of unusual size or shape. It
is said that he could walk by the shelves
of any large library and tell something
interesting about $4,000 out of 100000
books. He bought for many libraries
and collectors and had the reputation
of compiling more catalogues than any
man in the country. At this, as well as
at great book sales, he made great deal
of money, netting, it is thought, $4,000
out of the three Brinley sales; but of
late years the impracticability which
seems characteristic of bibliophiles has
lessened his prosperity. Though his
vitality has been recently impaired by
Bright's disease, of which he died, he
persisted in going to his store up to the
last for the companionship he found in
his rare volumes.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1881-07-08

to do the fighting. It would have bee0
much better to have had . small fire in
the rear, and let the men 60 there by
detachments and get warm, and not try
to warm up the whole army at once.
All the cadets said that an assault along
the whole line was the one thing which
could have restored Napoleon's adj
vantage at this juncture, and he was ac-
tually rising in his stirrups to order it,
when q sutler burst at his side and COW
cred him with dirt and debris, and be-
fore he could recover Wellington opened
tremendous and devastating fire upon
him from q monstrous battery of vi
wanderers, and the star of the great
Captains glory set to rise no more. The
cadet wept while he told me these
mournful particulars.
When you leave the battlefield, al
ways leave it in good order. Remove
the wreck and rubbish, and tidy up the
place. However, in case of a drawn
battle it is neither party's place to tidy
up anything. You can leave the field
looking as if the City Government of
New York had bossed the fight. When
you are traversing the enemy's country,
in order to destroy his supplies and Grip
pie his resources, you want to take
along plenty of camp followers. The
more the better. They are tremend-
ously effective arm of the service, and
they inspire in the foe the iveliest dread.
A West Point professor told me that
the wisdom of this was recognized as
far back as Scripture times. He quoted
the verse. He said it was from the new
revision, and was little different from
the way it reads in the old one. do not
recollect the exact wording of it now,
but I remember that it wound up with
something about such and such devas-
tating agent being as "terrible as an
army with bummers." l believe have
nothing further to add but this: The
West Pointers said a private should pre-
serve respectful attitude toward his
superiors, and should seldom, or never,
proceed so far as to offer suggestions to
mis- General in the field. 1.-THE battle isnot
being conducted to suit him, it is better
for him to resign. By the etiquette of
war it is permitted to none below the
rank of newspaper correspondent to die
tate to the general in the field.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1881-07-08
Our Young Folks.
I WISH I WIS a GROWNuf

Oh, wish EwaSa grown.up,
And nobody could say:
"No. no. you can't do so-and-so,"
- Or, :" II you're rood, you may gsssssss
If grown-ups waited to be good
Before they had their fun.
A great deal that Is going on,
IRuess, would not be done.
Oh. wish was Rrown-up,
Then I'd play with bigger boys,
And spend 4 hundred dollars @
For nothing else but toys.
I'd give the follows all q boat,
A knife aud kite aud ball;
I'd sit up late. and sometimes
Wouldn't go to bed ut all.
Oh. I wish was q grown-up,
: I'D wear my very best. fsS
With long gold chain a-danglin4
Across my still white vest;
With big tOp-boOts SO heavy
could vale out anywhere:
With q gold watch in my pocket
And close shave on my hair.
Oh. 1 wish was a 9rown-up,
As tall as my papa, 49,. "a,
I'd have pisrOl and a cane. ~
And marry Maggie Carr.
I'd have party every night
How jolly it would seem!
I'd have q house OF citrOn cake,
And lawn of lemon cream.
Oh. wish was grown-up,
I'd have q stunning yacht;
And eat at the first table
While the beefSteak was hot;
I'd go right in the parlOr,
No matter who was there;
I d nave a span OF horses,
And keep dancing bearl
But, then, I amt a grown-up,
I'm boy that has to mind,
With little blue-checked apron,
That buttons up behind;
And the women come and kiss me,
And call me little dear:''
And shan't be a grOwn-up
In many a long year.
Hrs. NJ. /. Butts. in Youths Companion.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1881-07-08
The old Childs house at Norw

The old Childs house at Norwich
Town, Conn }, has not been tenanted
for many years. It was decided the
other day to smoke out the myriads of
swallows that year after year had found
lodging in the wide-mouthed chimney.
Straw was procured, placed in the fire.
place and lighted. As the smoke went
billowing up. the swallows came down
by the dozens and hundreds Not less
than four or i've hundred were killed.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1881-07-08

AT this season of the wear most ev-
cry man on his way to the BARRIERS shop
is looking for . short cut.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1881-07-08

Judge Wilson, of Polk County, Fla,
has an orange tree that bears annually
seven thousand oranges.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1881-07-08

1t was about this time that the Emperor
had two horses shot under him. How
often you see the remark that General
So-and-So at such battle had two or
three horses shot under him. General
Burnside and many great European
military men, as l was informed BY q
high artillery officer at West Point, have
justly characterized this as wanton
waste of projectiles, and he impressed
upon me conversation in the tent of
the Prussian Chiefs at Gravelotte, in the
course of which our honored guest just
referred to-General Burnside-ob-
served that if 6 you can't aim at horse
SO as to hit the General with it, shoot it
over him, and you may bag something
on the other side, whereas horse shot
under General does no sort of dam
age" I agree cordially with General
Burnside, and Heaven knows shall re-
joice to see the artillerists of this land,
and of all lands, cease from this wicked
and idiotic custom. At West Point they
told me of another mistake at Waterloo
namely, that the French were under
fire from the beginning of the fight till
the end of (which was plainly q most
effeminate and ill-timed attention to
comfort, and a foolish division of mill
tary strength; for it probably took as
many men to keep up the fires as it did
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1881-07-08


everywhere. Travelling in America is
yet rather a severe trial to those who
have cultivated the gustatory powers,
and the cook is not abroad. There are
often reasons for complaining. But the
person who spends the dinner hour in
complaining of the food makes one more
dish at a bad dinner; ten to one he has
not been accustomed to better meals at
home. Every one can appreciate the
mutual misfortune of q bad dinner;
therefore let each one bear his burden
smilingly and well.
There are a thousand little laws which
our forerathers regarded as important
which we have forgotten. One was that
an egg should be eaten out of the shell
instead of out of the glass; that pepper
and salt should be handed from left to
right; that no one should help another
to salt, for fear of quarreling; that there
should be toasts drank at dinner (now
fortunately gone o1t of fashion,; that
the host or hostess, or, worse still, that
some guest, should carve-all of which
brought about an awkwardness.
Table manners include that beautiful
custom that the men should rise when
ladies leave the table. If it is only the
mother or the sister who leaves, or who
arrives after the gentlemen are seated at
the domestic breakfast or dinner, every
man should rise until the ladies have
either seated themselves or have left the
room.
A part of table manners should be the
conversation. By mutual consent every
one should bring only the best that is in
him to the table. There should be the
, 1881-12-15
NEW YORK.
Thirty.ave Ocean Steamships
from Europe Now
Overdue.
Grnvc rcars that Ono Of. Them,
tho City of Dntli, Has
Fonntlered.
No Prospect Of an End to
the Trunk Line Rail-
road War.
Meeting Of the Protestant Episcopal
Domestic, and Foreign Mis-.
aionary Society.
.Peclnlary Aid for the Sufferers from
tie Vienna Theatre Fire Com
Ing Very Slowly.
.---
Rumor that William H. Wander
bilt Is to Retire from Active
Business.
A Nevada Lady just Returned
from Europe Robbed OIL q
FcrryDoat.
The Mining Exchange Presents Mrs.
Garfield Magnificent Piece Of
8ilgerware.
Rumor that William H. Wander
bilt Is to Retire from Active
Business.
A Nevada Lndy Just Returned
from Europe Robbed Oh q
FcrryUoat,
The Mining Exchange Presents Mrs,
Garfield a Magnificent Piece Of
Bilverware.


~ Y r. &kO - El . IfA1fk sJkhSs
THtRTY-FtvE OCEAN arEAMsitIrs ovEnpuE.
sp<et It Dispoteh to The cnIeaoo Tribune.
New fuMK, Dec. 14l-Thcro arc now ovordue
Ar this port th!rty.f1se ocean steamers. james
Arkpt. OF tho firm Of Arkeil 4 TO-, M. lt8 Pearl
street, ngents for tho stosIncr City OF Hath, said
toiMy tlat no news has been received Of thu
vessel since tho :Uth OF Novomber, when she
was spuKen By tim steamer Marathon AGont :rD
miles southeast o1 Ut. f0hns. Shp wns then SUI
fcrinx from u leak cnusci BY an Incident to tho
thd3er, Rn0 her foromast was Eone. Mr. Arkcl
ears that tho
VESSEL. FnESDERF.n ~ TIE NrHnICASE
which passed over 1T. Johns OIL the "a Inst It
wis used only for carrying freight, al,1 was
commanded By Capt. ivey. William II. Thomp-
son, tho owner Of tho nverlue City Of London,
saia todny that tho vessel IL about R1xteon lnys
overdue. but TINT ho had 10 fears whntcvcr
abl,rtt her hnfety.' She WIS the strongest vessel
hnilt for tho lnfuan Line, md iintcss she mot
with fllsln ste d!d not .n down. Mr.. Thoiup-
ent said tnat, probnt,y m AccI,tcnt OCCURRED to
@ either FayaI. Ii mo Western, islands. or 10
4:np'nut. Tho City of. 1.nnt:nn CARRIED only
freight, and was manned by forty"two hands.
AKt.[vA1. or FIVE OVERDUE sTEAslERs.
10 tbs Itttt'n 1ttaeatfd rrtts.
NEW fonK. dee. l4.-F!ve ovnrdue steamships
Rrrived to-day. one. tho somcract. oelnx twenty.
Third y.icer and eight searnen wore disabiot.
THO third n1llcor ouiy returned to duty tho dny
before entering port. willis the ilrst ntcer Is
ely condned to h!s osd: The swtzertand, : M from
werIs-killeu. Tho CA,nlA. from LonLnn.
l,roh0ht to port'shc Captain aud crew Ut tha
German bark AnnR. rescued with dangerous
ounces, torrents uf ruin. rr!uhtfntiy henvy sens,
ent,w and rain ktorIls. tnoat vivid flashes Ut
hxntnIrg, and dcatonnG peals Of thualor.
, 1881-12-15
Ths iist ct toasss md respondents WAS as fol-
DIED on THE STREET.

Officer Jamcs COnk, Of tho 1sAst Chicago Ave
nlo Station. tounl II man lying Upon tho stlt-
walk in fruit No. II East KInzio street yeater.lay
afternoon, aud IA hp appeared tu DO drunk tho
policeman callel MI express wagon, pIaced the
,nscns|b'o man In 1t, nnJ austed for tic station.
lsetore they had gono very far tho supposed
drunken man Easpua onco Or twice and *.
plred. The wauon was turned 9b0ut und the
bnty deposited 1T tho MurHue. From
PAPERS IN hta possession the btnly was
idsnttte'l as that Ut Jonathan Seymour,
nIxtt NJ the 4tl' intt. Ecyu,ns@e wna locked t
the Elat EhluaEn hvenuo Htnuun ohHsxed With
drunkenness. Wien hb tlld anberou up in tho
tnort,nK tlo WIS rcluasstl. On lilo following
!veninE tlu was rearrrsted III bcMstly state vi
!htnxoat!1n. Justtee Kaufman tlnul him $iA
1ut etaIa the execution upon rccelyIltF 4 proIl-
iko fr0l1s tto ptiauller ttlt h0 wuui lenvo town.
No1htnY .'2I;, 1't wns heArd of hin until he waa
4rnklnga II happnsod 70 have oausad hJs sudden
, 1881-12-15
but as he wIts riowhnre. pear there nronnnn
concluded that he WAS thief. 3Io IL held Rt the
| Central pp9tco Station,


&1Etlnl SERVICE
OFFICE or THE CntET StnNAk OFFICER, WASH.
1aHroN, D. e., Dec. 1h-1 n. n,.--The Chief Sig
mi 0ntcor furnishes tho following special btii.
lctn:
General rains have fatch In all DISTRICTS cx-
ccpt tho Northwest md tho Upper Lnku region.
1rnn tho fowor Lake region 10 tho Gulf at
Mrxtco tho rnlnfals hive bran specially hcavy.
Nutth to west winds arc Ronernlty reported TX.
copt In tho Missouri Valley. wl.ero they aro
southesly. Tho temperature Inns risen slightly
In the South Atlantic 4tatos, md decidedly III
Minnesota md Dakotn. 1t has fallen about IL
degrees IN New England md tho Middle ATLANTIC
etHtcs, over RI III tho Lower Lake reE[nn, Ten
nesaec, md tho Ohio Valley, a,ld fron Ii 10 70
degrees In tho Gulf Htascs. tho temperature In
tctow tho lncnn for the month un!y IN tho West
lHlf Htnte6. Fnir wuasilor IL 1ndlGnt cd fur Fri.
t1ay III New England, thu Middle and South At.
lAMtIc, And the tiult Etnsrs.
forTclness:r Nt,sl the uhin Valley. warmer III If
weather. northwest hacking to southwest Winds,
and statlnnnry or higher barometer.
FOR tho Lower lIaku re1IHsi. fntr weather,
northwest h,stktnG tn southwest Winds. statio,,-
For tho Upper lhtke rcxf9n anil Upper Mless.
tacknE to sauthcrly winds. falling preceded ll
Fur tho f.t,tscr Missouri Valley, wart,er fnir
weather. southcrIy Winds. Lnt, lower pressure.
ClttCAnts. Dec. fl-1u:l3 p. m.-'Thu following
observations ura tnketl ut The stlne nloliIpIlt Ut
time Ut nll the stations naHictl:
, 1881-12-15
VANDERBILT TO RETIRE.

= a
IT IS ltt:PoflrEp 1rE VIII. GO OFT OF ACT.
I'VE BUSINESS suOS-TItE ElttE AND PENN.
SyIrANtA ctMrAcr.
NEW Y0nK, Dec. HIT II stated In wol-ln-
formed circles TINT Vanderbilt il nbuut to rrtIre
from tho active management ut his properties,
leRvlnK tho practical administration III tho hands
Of ituttcr and Cnrnellus Vanderbilt, und cDsl-
ference was huld at the Windsor Hotel yostar-
day aftern0on between blanchard md .cwctt,
Of tho Erie; McCnl'onEh, nj the Pennsylvania
Company: Stewart, Of tho Fort Wayno ltontl,
mud 1tbcrs. at which a contract was tnR1o he-
tween tho Erie auu Pennsylvania Companies for
n diversion OF freight from tho 1.nkg Shore tn
the Pcnnsylyntin ltpa1. 1t Is generally thought
this tctlcu Indicated
A CLOSE ALLIANCE BETWEEN TIE EnlE
AND PENNSYLVANIA.
md would have depressing effect upon Lake
Shore IT Is rcported the contract gives ,tl,e
CITIES connected by tho Pennsylvania system.
1t ts Stated the st. Paul 1tohd will cnrn little
nser $ls,tWI,00o Qsuss this ychr. Bull u,uts nrG
forming to cotntncnc9 operations tnwarts ellH
end NJ tho year In Louisville T. NASHVILLE, Chesa-
penke s. Ohio. Nashville s. Chattanooga, Ohio i
Mississippi. ls1ld Mort rIhmesterlI. A Kuo,l h9Eno
do,Nnnu for 'rcaneasee bonds Is rcpUrtcll. 1'hore
Is un improved rurciKn demand for Central TA-
c!0c. Eric, ani Vt. Lnuls & Sun FrannIsco cntn-
trt! Income butit!hdi,scrs leDt MtndAr Il, chOoae
n Cun'nls:n,er to SEQ what terms cnn 10 mnda
with tue FennAslyanla Company for funding
tho t,rnnIpnl md interest 1T tito Income bOnds.
The nlfnrt TO htrlnOntxo tho trunk linIs In Hi
advance On vest bnutd freight hus faIlctt.
, 1881-12-15
THE DENTISTS,

second Annual Naslaitet OF tho Ubt-
n.n , sa%u @oesety'
oaas, ans soeonu "mn''a. uahaue. @ Q, tne cn'oaao
was s 9 hcn as tue rsr hGss
inr q for r,,o occoa,o,. tt,no ,uo'mncra M, IN.
v,,r, vncsta m od ,n ,or,v ~ ,a,, nt.. ~" a,,, .a
tic .!accs OF honor woro l''led ty tho President
ot tho sooioty, DR.. r. ". Trophy, Vico- presl.
t1cnts G. i. rr,ivno and A. ". nurln5,. Srcrotorv
II. r trnh,t tsnrr"snnnt.,;g @ sanr..,erS
i1rnM. Lihrarjnt, r. III. t1Mr.ifitr' H. " ~ hioS.
, 1881-12-15

Tho United States Court Mt Yankton,
~ T., tllc Scono of u Most Dlx%racetul
EpiAUde between Two Opposing Law
yera.
Special Dtpatth to 1as Cateaco Tribune.
YASKroS. D. T.. Dec. lin tho United 2tatos
District court, betarc which George W,Kuowl-
ton Is now on trlnl for nlurllcr, there occurred
tn'lay IL sccnu tho Hike OF which has novor be-
forc been known In Dakota, nor indeed his Its
equal often happened III my reputable court.
Tho prosecution bud closed, tnd tho IIon. Hart
lett Trip, counsel for tho defense, and one OF
tho nt"st lawyers in DakotH, hllh mnlo tlls
Opening remarks, whtn Unlsea Stntes Attorney
camphel moved that the witnesses fur tho e-
tonso Ut not allowatl In tne curt
ruona sayc whom thoy were tcst[fytu1, In
order tint any co!!us[on might 10 nvo!to,i.
Al this point the 1nry were sctlt out for breath
Ut frcsh mir, In opposing thIs motion bfr. rrlpp
aa'tl tue prosecution Ind been slnfnir all the
wny through thu trial. aud Ind takan esory
possible ,oppnrtlnlty to prejudice tho Jury
nxainst tho defendant; thAt tho witnesses for
tho defense aaa bcon arrested to dtscret!It their
testimony 1leloro the Jury: that yesterday In
particular tho prosec.tttnR atttrncy hall mixed
ans,xs ws;s s WIZ m nttrea a 9uHgHI %hH o knew tne
saso 4e S ows 10 'sss assasn Ct t"ss'i ThS
sta!cs Attorney Campbell undo q posttvu de-
.".nut you did," replied Trip.
=, "Y;'a ;',4 ,''S.:: nSt:"
"Yuu nre Il linr!' shouted Judge Campbell,
wnxlug Indignant with rllEs.
H., - III, ~ LAR put u Mr, rslpp. with booom-
~, "Y.!! are = l!ar," continued ]adzu Campbell,
STU! more is.dlXnlnt. -.
iln.tdst'snu fnco showing aIns TINT rpssoi. md
"und 4 you waut auy further satlSiaotion you
, 1881-12-15

Narrow Escape orn Young Girl from tho
Clutch uf n Vrncnrrssi
Carrie Greenwood. A rrcposAcasInE Rtrl not
quite 10 years MD, chllctl ak tho Madison Street
Station Inst night and told Capt. lonno'd story
of her oxrorennn With notorious pr0ol1rcss.
Miss Greenwood IA n native of Cbnslottetowu.
Prince Edwards Island, whore hnr fnihor
&So 1Sr p postS Ts4 10 m Sa ne 9s ySso esr Gss
Sslico u sirs. Htevenbrs. At M, u iiseSer
street. u!tancd j postloi' % cook i, = respect
too youn9 an, incxporlcnco'i 10 10 iha work RI.
p'od ID strs: steSene',re. Whe iatroiacH'i th,.er
girls to til hotel work. Tho Inducements hnll
nut To- her wore very ent!c!t,g, It being repre-
ssnted sn lint she, wonni n9t omly receive
rooms Fhc took care of would t,nko her lots nt
pressnts; s1 Arranseents m mhayins nesn % son, @
tho yolinR won,ai, packed ip hcr wearing
apparel, aMt On Saturday last. II, cotnpanr With
!lo big wMe'nan. M tto bK yotna,''s !t1,!her, am,
en- rOuto TOR San FrancIsco with hur mind t!le.i
with cbn1cotures M to whit tho now place
would 30 like. AL wont snl0othiy, uHa her
stsr1C1oNs wEtsE NOT AROUSED
until their nrrival At Kansas City. Thore they
wore obliged to remain over night, md during
taikinx oyer tho proJntliit!es ef dc future. il
hal charge Of them. atlss uraBnwooi's com.
panfona, who wcro apparently vol posted I'll
such matters, told her TINT they W1uiA hNy0 Ray
Iitncs ahti when 8hc auf1 thnt shg hald M desire
to entgr upon Nny such a i1fo as they Intended
70 follow they lurlled her mud tried to inlucg
her to change her tnfnd. Bho WIS determined,
hnTver, that she wUufd not 20 on wIeh thom,
ana I,ade conl'dant q NJ. Charles obsrE. no
.ts chicago = k Alton ~ ticket agent 1t No; 6sl Maln
mnattou 10 lenvo tho woman Who would seil
her. body md soul. to sotne Western bAuno
prnpretresa, Anj, through his influence, she WIS
enabled tn get to this city for q comparatively
aH,Alf auM uf nouOy. ShU reached hero Inst
evening With 60 conts IN her pocket and without
n frtGnd upon whom shD could Gil Tor nil. The
woman who would huvo ruInctt hcr hud hur
trunk cnntalnir0 what little ctothtng ahc pos
aessed. aud she Ind. therefore, only tho clothes
shr woro Her sturr wAs told fit ii modest way
and 10 mnnHer that cnrricd With ltn
CONVICTION OF TRUTH,
aud at It's conclusion she nskol tho Captnln II
elo might remu!n ut tho atatIon nil night. She
alsU sHl1 sha hoped 8hD would 10 nbtu to ret
back TO Nov York, where, once more in tho
hands Of her frteH1s. she tvuid h0 all right.
with bis usual generosity, tnpt. ltonled tonk
tho unfortunate E!rl out to u notalbortng llnte,
where ho secured her 4 rosIln for tho night
mad paid for her supper Al,t breakfast. lie
manitcsH desire to- get her hotne. aud thinks
that there ara 4 tsond tnnnr people .ho Will bc
ticket. lilo Will Rlyo Il pnrt himself, and will bo
Klad to receive any snill amounts today 90 that
he may stnrt her o[f MS soon as pnssfble This
caso bears every evidence Of Eenulneness, and
will give charIt1btY- Y-luollncd pc0pie chance to
perform good nct.