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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1882-11-17
ParaSOl Ants.

Of the parasol ants at Trinidad, a
writer in the London Field SAYS: In the
afternoon, after arriving at the island
in search of the cashew nuts and fruit,
l found the path leading through the
thick forest in many places actually
covered with the cashews which had
fallen from the trees on either side. 1t
is delicious fruit, sometimes of a red
and sometimes of yellow color, with
the kidney-shaped seed on the outside
instead of inside, like other fruits. This
latter is roasted, and is esteemed a deli
cacy by many people, but if not care
fully prepared is apt to cause blisters
on the lips. We had no difficulty in
filing our baskets with as many ca
shews as we required, and were aboutre-
turning to the boat when one of Mr.. BIS
sons, who had been some little distance
from us sauntering about in the brush,
called to me to come back, and, on go
ing to where he was, he pointed to
what seemed to be a broad band of
moving leaves right across the path,
and. on looking more c(csely, saw we
had met with one of thoss enormous
swarms of the "parasoP' ants which
are so destructive to plantations in the
tropics. They were crossing from one
side of the wood to the other, and were
travelling in column of more than
foot and a half in width, and, as each
insect carried in his mouth piece Of
leaf, which entirely covered the body,
they presented singular appearance.
like Lilliputian grove in motion. and,
although we watched them for some
time, still they came, their numbers
seeming inexhaustible. Nothing can
turn them from their course. and, al
though they may be destroyed by the
thousands, enough will swarm upon the
intruder to make him repent interfering
with them. On the mainland of South
America 1 have known fruit tree
stripped in a single night by a swarm OF
these ants.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1882-11-17
AlfOnso's Halter Duke.

The Duke of Santona, a grandee OF
the first class, and pillar of the Alfonist
monarchy, died last week. This noble
man was a remarkable specimen of the
modern aristocracy of Spain. Accord
ing to the information which an ex-
Consul of Havana gives me, he was,
three-and-twenty years ago, a halter
there, and worked at his trade in a lit
tie stand. His master was freed ne
gro, who used often to say that hats
were so heavy he wondered that any
one wore them. An idea flashed across
Santona's brain. Why not make hats OF
cork? A laundress who had saved a
little money, and who fell in love with
him, enabled him to realize his notion.
She eventually became his wife and q
Duchess. Santona took out his patents
in Europe and America. and established
hat manufactures in Spain aud North
Africa. His central house was at
Madrid. Before many years had ex-
pired he was an millionaire. The
revolution of 1868 afforded him an OPP
portunity to take to politics. His mill
ions enabled him, when Don Amadeo
abdicated, to give stimulus to the Al
fonsist m ovement But, ere he bribed
Marshals and Generals and furnished
committees with the sinews of war. he
made his conditions. If the King came
back, the halter was to be raised to the
highest grade of nobility. He was to be
made Duke and a Grande Cubierto.
Alfonso kept his promise. The Madre-
line aristocracy laughed good deal
about the new Duke and grandee, who
flung away money wholesale on balls.
He was able to secure the presence of
the King, the Infantas, and Nine. Rs
taxi, but it was some time before the
fashionable world could be brought to
accept his hospitality. The suppers
which he provided were cooked in Paris,
and conveyed by special train to Madrid.
As it would be impolite to avow to what
extent Santona's money had facilitated
the Kings restoration, bad reasons
were given for the favor which he had
enjoyed at Court. Alfonso was so NOR
titled that he resolved to be chary in
future of patents of nobility-a decision
which set against him all the political
intriguers who had bestirred themselves
in his behalf when he was at Sandhurst
The Duke of Santona has left four sons
TO enjoy his wealth and to scatter it, foi
they are pleasure-loying and profuss.--
London Truth.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1882-11-17
The Way Wife Unexpectedly Turned
the Tables on Her Husband.

A man whose wife had just been de.
clared insane went with her yesterday
morning, in company with court at
tendant, to the office of the Brooklyn
Charity Commissioners to have her COM
mitted to the lunatic asylum. While
they were waiting for Commitment
Clerk Short to get through with other
business, the court attendant stepped
out, promising to return soon. The hus-
band, weighed down by the melancholy
nature of his business, sat brooding over
the matter beside his wife, who, on the
other hand, happened to be in an especi-
ally cheerful mood. She talked to him
in q lively way, and appeared to be doing
all she could to lift up his spirits. When
Mr.. Short found leisure to attend to the
case he fancied that he took in the situa-
ton at a glance.
s.What appears to be his hallucina-
tion?'' he asked, drawing the lady q
little one side.
'Or' said she. divining the clerks
error with lunatic's quickness of per-
ception. sits the old story. He thinks
Pm insane, and endeavors to control
me. He is not often violent, but feel
it is necessary to put him under re-
straint."
YES said Mr.. Short with the in
stinctive sympathy that clings to him.
notwithstanding his occupation, lit is .
sad thing, but you must make the best
of it." ~
Mr.. Short noticed the husband gestic-
ulating wildly behind his wife's back.
touching his own head and then point
inc to his wife's, all the time, however,
carefully avoiding her observation. but
he saw no evidence of any immediate
violent outbreak.
"Sit down, my good man. sit down.
Everything is all right. understand
how it is"
Yes. my dear, the gentleman under
stands all about it" chimed in the wife,
in kindly tone.
Then the husband tried to pull the
clerk aside, and whisper in his ear.
Yes. yes" said the latter, " know
all about it. Nobody is going to hurt
you. You are just as safe here as if you
were at home. and so is She"
But Pm not going to stand this any
longer" broke out the husband, at last
losing his patience.
Don't mind him; he'll quiet down in
a moment" said the lady, reassuringly
to the clerk.
81 am not crazy" shouted the troubled
man. breaking away from all self-control-
in his vexatiOn. ats she that is crazy"
Il told you how it would be-" said
the wife. The next thing, perhaps,
he will try to make you out crazy"
By this time there had appeared that
amount of color in the husband face.
that Mr.. Short began to look about for
assistance. While he was in this anxious
state of mind the court attendant reap
peared in the doorway. His explanation
soon put matters on right footing.
much to the discontinue of the clerk
". Y. Sun.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1882-11-17

"A waiter in Paris. in attempting to
initiate the feat of some conjurer, acci-
dentally swallowed spoon nine or ten
inches in length. He was removed to
a hospital, where his sufferings were
intense, and an operation was decided
upon. His stomach was cut open and
the spoon, which was found to be
black and oxydized, was successfully
extracted. The wound was sewed up
with wire and the patient was able to
return to his business in Fortnight.
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Offensive Breath.

This is generally an annoyance to the
person who has it, and is especially an
noying and disgusting to his friends.
Sometimes it is caused by decaying
teeth. If so, it is unwhoiesome, for the
person who has it inhales with every
breath putrid particles that are absorbed
into his blood. A good dentist should
be seen, and if the offensive odor is
caused by decaying teeth he can soon
"abate the nuisance.
But quite often bad breath is caused
by the floods being loaded with waste
matter, which ought to have been sep
administration it by the
liver and other glands. Waste in the
body must be gotten rid of somehow as
certainly as the waste of our dwellings
must be taken away, if we would have
them healthy.
Nature has provided glands whose
office is just this, and whose powers, in
health, are fully equal to it. In case
these fail somewhat of their wOrk-if
they failed in full, speedy death would
RESULT is done in part by other
glands, which are then said to act vicari-
ously.
Thus the skin can come to the rellef
of sluggish kidneys. The kidneys. in
turn, can aid the skin when its pores
are closed by cold or fever. So.
also, matter which should be separated
from the blood by that great gland, the
liver. and by other intestinal glands, is
taken from it by the mucous glands Of
the mouth and air-passages. In the
process, however, it is more or less
changed chemically, and gives the
breath its disagreeable odor.
To correct this disorder it is necessary
to arouse the proper glands to a higher
activity. The stimulus should be slight
and continued for some time. As all
the excretory organs aid each other it
is well to stimulate the skin and kidneys
also, for a short time at least. AS the
trouble in the first place often begins
with over-eating, the diet should be
diminished and regulated. - Youth's
Companion.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1882-11-17

..Tom, I wish you sooald marry some
good. nice woman, Mrs. Anderson said.
earnestly.
You don't mean q pious woman,
Myrap" he asked, in tone of conster-
nation. with a sly glance at the face of
his brothcr-in-law. Why Iswear some
times, when I'm surprised or mad: just
think how it would shock her. Besides,
she would be sending all my clothes to
the heather, as Jim Burridge's wife
does. Poor Jim! Why, the poor fellow
hasn't got but one pair of trousers to
swear by. But that is not the worst of
it. His little girl-his dead wife's child
is kept on Oatmeal Cruel, and bits of
mouldy bread, and beaten half to death
if she tells of it, in order to send the
money her board would cost to the
poor little New Zealanders, who are
heathens, and don't know anything
about the blessings of the Gospeln'
"But Mrs. Burridge is an extreme
case, Tom, you know as well as /.
There Lucia Comfort"
"My dear Myra," he interrupted,
laughing, ..Miss Lucia is not the sort of
comfort 1 want! There's only one
woman that know that l think would
quite suit me-and I'm not sure that she
would"
.Whois it. Tomp' she asked, eagerly.
"Why you, you goosey!" he said.
pinching her cheek, but a sudden I'M
accountable color surged up over his
face, and it suddenly occurred to him
that he was in a hurry. "If you would
like to go down after Blanche this
evening"" he said, looking back to
Ralph, as he stood in the door, why, /
will not go down. She is expecting me
tonight"
"I'll go down them" Ralph said quiz
city.
Albright, then; good morning." and
he shut the door, and moment after
rode away.
To BE CONTINUED.
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A half-hour's ride through Bavs

A half-hour's ride through Bava-
RAN valleys and we whiz past pretty
lane in which see Bavarian peasant
driving a two-wheeled cart to which are
yoked little heifer and a coarse wo-
man. As they stop near the train l
notice that the heifer is the only one
apparently discontinued, as the woman
looks up and smiles and the man moves
his pipe for a good, square laugh.
Cor. Louisville Journal.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1882-11-17

Barbecue is from the French words
barbe ct queue, i. e., equivalent to from
''head to tall" as in the formation of the
word ''oriflamme," from or ct famine.
The word barbecue was first used in
this country in the Presidential cam
paign of 1910. when at large political
gatherings in the open air animals were
roasted whole. - hicago Tribune,
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1882-11-17
CHAPTER NJ.

The sun rose maleShcally out OF his
crimson draperied couch, and looked on
as fair realm as the most faStidious
monarch could wish to reign over. Pure,
glittering, spotless snow drifted seas of
lilies breaking against skies of dusky
sapphire and amber; beautiful shroud
covering the face of Nature tenderly
from sight. How hushed and still it
was. How, like pillar of illuminated
mist the smoke rose straight to the sky
from scores OF cottage roofs-the fire.
gods incense to the newborn Day.
But bark! A fierce, sharp -clang of
bells breaks through the silence. Near
er-pausing-nearer again, and sudden
ly up the unbroken prairie road a mag
nificent pair of jet black horses, the
foam falling from the bits, and little
drifts of steam issuing from their nostrils,
come dashing on, with tossing names
on and on, and suddenly pause, restless
ly champing their bits and sending little
clouds of light snow back from their
impatient feet.
"Hilloa! Hilloar' rang out in sharp.
excited voice.
"It's Mr.. Moptford," Ben Anderson
SAID, glancIng out at the sleigh, and then
Involuntary back into the face of Stella
Blake.
A fiery crimson flashed up in the
girls face. and she turned hastily to-
ward the door.
"Stopr' Ralph commanded, rather
peremptorily. You need not be so de-
lighted to leave us as to run out through
this deepsnow. Mr.. Montford must curb
his impotence, faint sarcasm in his
voice, land SO must YOU"
He put her back almost roughly,
strobe to the door and threw it open.
"Haye you seen or heard of Young
girl lost or bewildered in the storm last
night?" Mr.. Moutford asked, rising in
the sleigh and leaning eagerly forward.
eff you mean Miss Stella Blake, the
lady is here Ralphreplied, with charm
ing sang-froid.
Thank Heayenn' he cried, with a
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1882-11-17

"A writer in the North american Re-
vie,C repudiates the current belief that
plentiful rains are in consequence of
the presence of forests. He holds that
the reverse is the truth.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1882-11-17

-Blotting paper was in use, by that
name. so far back as 1465. The use OF
sand lasted up to the end of the last
century in England, and still obtains in
Italy.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1882-11-17

sweet Old her, l understand
30 yes heightened sweetness, long
drawn OUT laughed Arnold. 1.-The
fact is, DeVries has taken Miss Althea
by the Job, and it's for his interest to
make it hold out as long as possible;
shrewd fellow that DeNries. | can't
quite make. him ont, he's too deep for
me, but then I've the least penetration,
l do believe, of any fellow in the State.
/ am fair and square myself, and what
there is of me, good or bad, is on the
surface, so naturally don't look much
below that in others There's Mrs.
Bugbee-why, that woman is an inscru-
tible problem to me; and Blanche, l
believe hardly understand her, if she
is my own girl
81 don't believe you do" thought
Ralph; "nor any body else, for that
matter; l am sure 1 DON'T" but he
said, aloud:
How comes on our friend Bradlee's
wooing? Probobly he understands ev-
cry rope in that craft.
80 no he don't! / tell You, it's rare
sport to see how nice she plays her line.
Ouls shuu thOh
in as scientifically as l used to fish for
trout in that little brook down in old
Plymouth. But there's this difference
her bait takes better than mine didr
and Tom Arnold laughed gaily and
heartily.
"What will you do for housekeeper,
Tom, if you lose Mrs. Bugbee?" his sis
ter asked.
81 don't know, I am sure. Some
times l have half mind to marry Bug
bee myself, on the spot. l don't know
but / would if it wasn't for Ned; think
so much of Ned that / believe l would
actually rather he would have her than
have her myself. What is mans lay
ing down his life for his friend COM
pared to that. should like to know?"
he asked. with ridiculous solemnity.
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The Dog kissing Girl.

The custom some young women have OF
kissing poodle dogs is the means Of driving
many young men TO dissipation. On
Thursday evening last young Chicago
man came into the Palmer House bar-room,
at Chicago, and asked for drink OF raw
whisky with periumery in it, He had a
wild look in his eye, and the bartender set
out the whisky and asked what kind OF
perfumery he wanted in il. He sale, I,
.--eis pnt snnin liitters, a little ker.
osene, squeeze an onion over IL, and rub
the edge OF it with assafGdita. BAIL" and
he he spit out some imaginary bad tasting
stuff: The bar tender put in several bad
tasting things, and gave the glass to the
poor young matt, and he swallowed it, and
asked for limburser cheese. The bar-ten-
der gave him piece OF an old overshoe to
chew, and he seemed relieved, and after
he had become calm he told the bar.te,l-
er what wis the trouble. He had been
calling on his girl and she owned a poodle.
All the evening she would kiss that dog on
the nose every few minutes, and when he
got ready to come away she threw her
arms around his neck and INDUCED in a
kiss that under ordinary circumstances
would have pulled the filling out Of his
teeth, but he said II tasted doggy, and al
most tnade MIN sick. He tried to get
away, but she clung to him, and again put
her lips to his, and he said he got away af-
ter while and rushed for the nearest sa-
loon, where he drowned hissorrow and dog
hair in the flowing bowl. lie said that ev-
cry time she kissed the dog he felt like the
girl that eat tomatoes for the first time
The thoughts OF her kissing that dog nose,
that had been in so many places OF disre-
pute, smelling OF old bones in alleys, and
hunting dirty things in out OF the way
places, was too much, and he wept and
asked for another drink. The bar tender
tried to brace him up by telling him he
would feel better in the morning, and that
he should not let Ia small dog come between
him and bliss. He said he didn't want
any more bliss, and lie started for home
with his hand on his stomach. swearing
eternal vengeante OH all dogs.-MlWaukec
| Sun.
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Transient Troubles.

Most OF lis have had troubles all our
lives, and each day has Brought all the
evil that we wished to endure. But if we
were asked to recount the sorrows of our
lives, how many could we remember2
How many that are six months old should
we think worthy TO be remembered or
mentioned? To-day's troubles look large,
buta week hence they will bc forgotten
and buried out OF sight.
iii you would keep book, and every
day put down the things that worry you,
and see what becomes Of them, it would be
a benefit to you. You allow thing to an
noy you, just as yof allow 0y to settle
on you and plague you; and you lose your
ttrtipbr Tor rather get it, for when men arc
surchatged with temper they are said to
haye lost it;) and yot justify yourselves
for being thrown Off your balance by
causes which you do not trace out. But
il you would see what it was that threw
you off your balance before breakfast, and
put it down in a little book, and follow it
out, and ascertain what becomes Of it, you
would see what fool you were in the
matter"
The art Of forgetting is blessed art, but
the art OF overlooking is quite as import
ant. And if we should take time to write
down the origin, progress, and outcome Of
a few of our troubles, it would make us so
ashamed OF the fuss we make over them,
that we should be glad to drop such
things and bury them at once in eternal
forgetfnlress.
Life is too short to be worn cut in petty
worries, frcttings, hatreds, and vexations.
Let US bsnish all these, and think onwhat-
sOever things are phre and lovely and gen.
tie, and OF good report. :;
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Precept and Practice.

A good story is told of an excellent
American minister, who, happening one
day to pass by the open door Of room
where his daughters and some young
friends were assembled, thought, from
what he overheard, that they were max
ing too free with the character OF their
neighbors; and after their visitors had de-
parted, he gave his children lecture on
the sinfulness ofscandal. They answered:
"But father, what shall we talk about?"
"If yoh can't do anything else, replied he,
get pumpkin and roll it about; that will
at least be innocent diversion" A short
time after, an association OF ministers met
at his house, and during the evening some
discussions on points OF doctrine we're
earnest, and their voices were so loud as
to indicate the danger of losing their
Christian temper; when his eldest daugh.
ter, overhearing them, procured a pump
kin, and, entering the room, gave it to her
father and said "There, father, roll it
about" The minister was obidged to ex.
plain to his brethren, and good humor
was instantly restored. Methodist.
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Secrets Of Newspaper Men.

There is probably no newspaper man of
experience in the country who does not
hold secrets of importance in his mind,
which, ii made public, would create a
sensation, but would stamp him ms being
unreliable, and consequently unfit for his
profession. The great race for precedence
in the publication OF news impels him to
do his utmost to outstrip his contemrora.
ries, but higher feeling, a dictate Of honor,
keeps secret the trust reposed Frequent-
ly person would like to know the anther.
ship of certain matters published, and
whether his efforts were directedt to pump
ing" the managing editor or the galley.
boy, they are alike fruitless. Every COM
positor on n paper, as rule, knows the
handwriting he sets up, but if any other
persona think they can learn it from him
well, let them try it.
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OF that task we're enamored my fingers,
] ween,
For they fingered full long Ger those ielters
OF sheen"
"she smiled me her thanks, and turned
from the spot
With look in her eyes l never forgot,
For it seemed to say, in language too true,
"Thoust fettered thy heart in the string oil
my Slioe!" '.t
Good for something at lastlp said Kath-
leen, softly, as she told her tale to her aunt
and cousins; and in the great light that
beamed from the gray, earnest eyes, they
felt their selfish natures shrink and grow
pitifully snail.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1882-06-14

A ttorney Mt Law, Poin. Pleasant, West Virginia
a Practices in the Courts OF Mason county. thc
Court Of Appeals of West Virginia and the United
States District Court for this State Prompt attention
given to the collection Of claims Office aear the Cour;
House. jan. 2s, IsSo-Iy.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1882-06-14

He who betrays another's secret be.
cause he has quarrelled with him, was
never worthy of the name OF friend;
breach of kindness will not Justify breach
OF trust.
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JAS, u. coiiCu. sp..

A ttornef IT Last hhd Notary Pathit, poin,
a Pleasant, Wes, Virginia, will practice Ia the coun.
ties oiAlason and Putnam All business will receive
prompt attention. Guy a4-ry.
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A ttorney at Law did Notary rubils, Poin,
a Pleasant, West Virginia. Viii practice in the
Courts Of Mason and Putnam counties, and attend
promptly to all business entrusted to him.
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Advertising Rates.
ATTORNEYS.
JAMES w. uoGE.

A ttorney at Law, Winfield, Yves, virginia: will
a practice regularly in the Circuit and County Courts
of Patnam and Mason couuties. Business entrusted
to him will receive his personal attention pt5Ad:
dress, Winfield, Putnam County, W.Va.
[nov.e-'SI-Iy".
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A TrORNEY AT LAW, Point Pleasant, Yves, vir
"a ginia, will practice in the u S. District Court, IN
the State Supreme Court and the Circuit Courts Of III,
9TH Judicial District. Uticr In the Court House.
mch s5-Iy;