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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1882-01-20
A COnscience.Stricken Animal.

A few years ago DIR. Schomburg, the
Superintendent of the Botanic Garden of
Adelaide, Australia, took charge of select
corps of monkeys and kangaroos, a
''happy family" he might have called
them, if it had not been for the depravity
of an old babuina, or female Bhunder
baboon. If she had not been the only
representative of her species, he would
have tried to get rid of her, for her only
object in life seemed to be to make her
self as disagreeable as possible. Solitary
confinement made her wildly obstreper-
Gus, but in the family cage she kept the
marsupials in delirium of terror, and
in the evening when her younger rela-
tives ventured to enter the sleeping-box
she seemed to consider herself diVinely
ordained to remove them by force. But
one day she attacked her own keeper,
and without any provocation lacerated
his wrist in a shocking way. Schom-
burg at once ordered her to be shot. The
next morning the assistant keeper ap-
preached her cage with shotgun,
which had often been used to shoot rats
that infested the menagerie-building The
other monkeys seemed to expect another
razzia, but the Bhunder knew better.
The moment she saw the gun she made
dash into the sleeping-cage, and when
the keeper tried to open the door she
yelled as if she hoped to get off on plea
of insanity. Meaning to try her, the
keeper waited till breakfast time. but the
babuina did not show herself. She kept
out of sight full hour. till the mess-boy
brought an extra lunch of sliced pum-
kins, when she made rush for the
bucket in hopes of securing portable
piece. In that moment the keeper bolted
the door of her sleeping-cage, and went
back for his shotgun. As soon as the
babuina caught sight of him she flew to-
ward her place of refuge, and, finding
the door locked, made mad attempt to
squeeze herself through the interspaces
of the front railing. But the bars proved
infexible, and, after another desperate
pull at the sleeping-cage door, the
babuina flung herself into corner,
closed her eyes, and was apparently dead
with fear before the buckshot struck her.
-PODuLGr Science Monthly.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1882-01-20
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

"A half Loaf is better than a whole
loafer. Whitehall Times.
There are people who will buy any,
thing on sight if they can be allowed to
pay for it on time.-NeW Orleans Pca-
ysIne.
"A new law in Kansas fOrbids mar
rage within six months after divorce. 1t
is believed that this law was passed for
the benefit of insane people.-Chicago
Tribune.
-" Mamie" said he, and his voice
was singularly low, " will you be my
wife? Will you cling to me as the tender
vine clings to the "Yes, / catch
on" said she.-Puck.
"A New York tourist who ate an ALI
gator beefsteak in Florida didn't get the
taste out of his mouth until he had eaten
half peck of onions and four dozen her.
rings.-DetroI Free Press.
"A Chicago woman wrote to her
friends in Boston that ''she lived in
Hide Park" When they came out to
visit her they found the artless thing out
at the Stock Yards--Burlington Hawk-
Eye. =
1.-THE truth always pays in the end''
is an old saying, and that is the reason.
probably, why there is SO little of it told
at the beginning of any business traps-
action.-Someruill Journal.
Christmas poem by our picked
poet: Pated familias, daughter, Lamb
to the slaughter; a seal skin he bought
FER; He did what he ought er. Sing
N. Y. Commercial advertiser.
The continued mild weather, and no
water. pipes frozen, comes in rather
badly. The plumbers have started
newspaper, and have no revenue to sup
port it. Caught in their own 'strap.,'
Ha, ha.-NeU Haven Register.
"A lady demonstrated with green
girl who had washed a tabe-dish in a
wash-basin. She nearly convulsed the
whole family by replying: swell, mum,
but I clanes the basin agin afore anybody
washes in il. LIE Roy Times.
What DR.. Holland says about pow
erty being such good thing for young
man is well enough if not carried too far.
1t should always be remembered that
this is one of the glorious countries where
It is easy to get too much of a good
thing. Buffalo Express.
=" Which had you rather have SON.
ny," said fond father, coaching up his
oldest for Christmas, Z" Bunyan's Pr
grim's Progress or Baxter's Saints
Rest?' " Gimme sled an a pair O.
club skates and I'll knock the stuffin'
outen all the book-worms in the block"
-Neao Hauen Register.
Mabel is Sitting at the Piano, and
she is Singing Song. The Song Says
he is Waiting for Her in the Cleaning.
Mabel appears to be Giving herself Dead
Away. He is Not Waiting for her in the
Cleaning at all. He has just Drawn
bobtail Flush, and he is Wondering
whether he had Better Pull out or Stand
in ON a Bluff. Mabel would Touch
Responsive Chord in his Bosom if she
were to Sing take Back the Hand which
thou Gavest.-De,arer Tribune Primer.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1882-01-20
a TWILIGHT PASTORAL.


. Katie takes the milking pail,
AND to the meadow trips along;
Inc sunbeams slant along the vale,
'.Heigho! heighO!
A milking go.
Come, Spot. and cohie. Bonnie,
Come. Brindle, come, Brownie:
The sun fast is sinking,
The bright stars are blinking:
Come to me, my darlings,
It's Katie who calls"
The meadows in the gold rain glieten.
The cricket stops his chirp to listen;
As Ger the grass the sweet voice rings,
Lo! high upon the topmost spray,
A robin gayly sings.
Colin hears the sweet voice call,
And sees the kline go lowing to her;
No call for him, and yet he goes
All! twilight is the time to WOO her;
'.Heigho! heigho!
A milking go.
Come, Spot. and come, Bonnie
Come, Brindfe, come Brownie,
The sun fast is sinking,
The bright stars are blinking;
Come to me, my darlings,
It's Katie who calls"
So Colin leans upon the bars,
And wOoeth Katie. till the stars
Shine through the haze the twilight brings,
And still, upon the topmpst spray,
The robin gaily sings.
The years they roll, the summers go,
The grass springs green, the waters flow,
And Katie gray, with Colin sitting,
He with his pipe, she with her knitting,
As twilight shadows, troOping throng,
Hears another Katie's song:
'Heigho! heigho!
A milking go.
Come, Spot and come, Bonnie,
Come, Brindle, come, Brownie;
The sun fast is sinking.
The bright stars are blinking;
Come to me, my darlings,
'TiS Katie who CALLS"
And sees within the meadow fair,
Another Colin wooing there;
While from the vale the sweet voice rings,
LO! high upon the topmost spray,
A robin gayly sings.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1882-01-20
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

Rhode Island has . larger school
income taan any other State exceps Mas.
sachusett&
-Three.C Congressional churches have
been dedicted in Denver, Col, within
six months; all free from debt.
The corner stone of the new State
and Normal School at Los Angeles,
CAL, was recently laid with impressive
ceremonies.
Senator Sherman offers to- donate
ten acres of Land in Mansfield, O., or
forty acres in the suburbs, to Witten-
berg College, provided it will settle
thereon.
Pittsburgh has increased the sasEies,
of those teachers receiving under $50
month Is per cent. Those who have
been receiving $50 and over are to have
an increase of 10 per cent.
The pastorate 6 Calvary Church,
New York, with its income of $4,000
a year, has been declined by Rev. Canon
Carmichael, of Hamilton, Canada, to
whom it was offered recently.
The Gustav Adolf Verein, society
in Germany which assists in the building
of Protestant churches in Catholic coun-
tries, last year received $4,000 and
built twenty-five churches and six par
sonages.
The Indian Presbytery, at its recent
meeting in Lennox. in the Choctaw Nation
licensed one of the elders in the church
at that place to preach. He is said to
have studied two years, and to be man
of promise.
From March 1 to December l
missionaries of the American Sunday
school Union in the North Western De-
partment established 492 new Sunday
schools, having a membership of 2,O76
teachers and II 1868 scholars.
Professor Phelps thus raps the cry
ing clergyman: :. Tears are sometimes
nothing but nervous luxury. In pub
lie speaker tears are an infirmity to be
got rid of, never gift to be vain of
His advice to weeping clergymen is ex-
cellent: Use tOnics; study mathemat-
les; take the fresh air; take the saddle"
Great interest is felt in Chicago in
the establishment of free Kindergartens
for the children of the poorer classes. Five
or six of these are already in operation in
quarters where there is most need of
them. Mrs. E. w. Blatchford is the
leader in this work. She has sustained
one of these schools at her own expense
for several years past.
The members of the Protestant
Episcopal Church in the United States
during the past year gave 1871. 784
for its support, an increase of $298,O32
over their gifts of last year. Ithas sixty
five Bishops, 3,4O1 clergymen, and
3,O35 parishes, and 344,5SO communi-
cants, an average of one clergyman to
each 1O2 COMMITMENTS. The baptisms
during the year have shown a decrease
of 5000.
President Porter, of Yale, takes oc-
casion to declare that in the instruction
department of the college no religious
tests are applied. 1t is not even de-
manded that instructors shall formally
express faith in God or shall use any
religious influences. ''But we do re-
quire," he says, ''that no influences or
instructions in any unchristian direction
shall be allowed, whether directly or in
directly, and we expect that the public
will hold US severely to this as our
dutv''
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1882-01-20

clothing spattered with mud and covered with
dust.
Late in the afternoon she heard her moth
er's quick, energetic step cross the floor and
pause in the open doorway. For some mo-
ments she stood there quietly. The crickets
were singing dismally under the rude plank
floor. A pale amethystine mist had settled
round the distant hills. The sun, which was
near its setting, looked like great crimson
wheel through the thin floating haze. Pres
emily another step came clipping the tall weeds
outside, and the Elders voice, thin, high
"Air yaou alone, Mis- Longl Ell yaou air
I'd like to speak with you. Sense to-day was
fixed fur weddin' day, m hez sot all the folks
a-talkin', don't you think we'd better hev q
weddin' tewnight after all, m give 'em some
thin more to talk abouts Elder knight is
here already to perform the ceremony, m ez
there anything to bender yeou m me bein'
jined in the holy bond of matrimony-thSt is,
in case you air within! l should ha' preferred
her to yaou fur my wife in the first place, of
course. but SEEM ez you'd he'd husbands al
ready, m wuz so well able fur tew stand alone
in womunly dignity, l thought I'd give Del
phiny a chance she-'
80 mercy" interrupted the widow, do you
think I'd hev the heart tew git merried whilst
Pm In the dark abaout nv Delphinys Wait
tell knaow what hez become ov her, whuther
she's dead or alive, happy or sorrowful. I
respec' yaour offer, but a mother ez a mother
alwiz, Elder Taylor.'
81 make no DOUBT but tibet yaour daughter
hez run away to jine with tibet profigate young
man tibet stole like q serpint inter the bosom
of this happy famsrly last year. She chose
her own path, n she must walk in ct. Why
should you, the innocent, suffer fur the
guiltyl The unregenerate alwiz prefer the
serciety of the unregenerate, you see she -"
Delphine heard no more of their edifying
conversation, but Involuntary uttered little
exclamation of delight, which, however, es-
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1882-02-25

same through town are required
to procure an pay a retail license
for the said business.
On motion resolved, that the Ii.
cense for variety shows and the
atrical performances be based
upon the number of actors and
employees.
When the tanbcr Of actors and
employers is five or less, for each
performances 5 $50.
When thu uunher is more than
FIVE and les than ten, for each
performance 5 500.
When the number il over ten.
for each performance 4 1000.
Provided that his shall only in
clude shows Of lees grade than a
circus or menagcrie.
The reports Of the officers were
not acted on, but were laid over
until the officers make q final re.
port for tlieir present term OF OF
fee.
On motion Of Mr.. Wise,
Resolved. that q proposition to
levy a special tax Of two mills on
the dollar On al! the taxable pro
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1882-02-25
NATURE TO THE REsCUE.-A your

NATURE TO II REsCUE.-A young
man visits his sweetheart. He soon per-
ceives,that she is becoming pale, feeble,
l~ifeless, cross, fretful and unit for any
thing. She can't eat a hearty meal, she
cant sleep soundly, she can't laugh
heartily, she has become rather melan
choly and dull, she has lost her bril-
liant wit and sparkling eye, che COM
plains of headache, futtering Of the
heart, etc. His visi 8 oon become few
aud far between. Poor girl. A mar
1ied gentlenan's wife is nearly always
down with some complaint she growls
and scolds and frets /; she can't walk
Up 4 hill, nor ascend a fright of steps ;
she is suffering every day !; she is thin,
weak and feeble, and half Of the time
unable to attend to her household du-
ties. The husband fails in his duty.
Poor M There is a remedy for
all cases similar to the above, which
assists nature in toning and building
up the feeble and tagging energies, 1t
imparts vitality, adds metre to the eye,
hrilliancy to the intellect, gladdens the
beart and restores women to streng b,
health and happiness. The remedy is
known as ENGLISH FEMALE B1TTERs,
which is making wonderful cures.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1882-02-25
Town Council.

ABBEvILLE, February 9th 1882.
The Council met this day at a
called meeting, there we're pres.
ent :-Leonce Perret. Mayor. and
Messrs. Jos, J. Abadie, Solomon
Wise and Ophilias Boulque, alder
Ien.
Absent u. O.. Leg6.
The minutes of the previous
meeting were read and adopted.
On motion<of JOS. J. Absdie.
Resolved. that the licenses for
the Town OF Abheville, La, for
the year 1882, be aud the same
are fixed at the same rate for the
last year /; further. that the Ordin-
ance Of the Town Council adopted
June I'd 1880 assessing and levy
ing a license tax upon trades, &C,
equations professions, &C., for the
Town of Abbevil'e, La be and
the same is hereby re-enacted and
adopted as the License Law for
tle year 1882.
On motion of same member, re
solved, that each and every per-
son or company of persons carry.
ing on any trade, occupation or
profession Or calling subject TO a
license shall on or before the lst
day of April A. D., 1882, make APP
pllcation for aud procure their
said license. and in default there.
of, such person or persons so fail.
ing, shall be sued in accordance
with Article 10 of the Ordinance
le'y'ng licenses.
% motion resolved, that all
parties selling freshly butchered
beef, mutton or hog, either, at q
regular stand or hy peddling tht
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1882-02-25
AGENTS FOR
Forest and Stream
AND
Rod and Gun.

The recognized medium Of enter
tainment, obstruction and informa-
ton between American spoFtsmen.
Communications upon the subjects
to which it's pages are devoted are
respectfully invited.
Subscriptions
may begin at any time, subscrip.
ton price 81 per year ; 81 for six
months. TO club of 3 annual
subscribers, 3 copies for $40.
Remit by registered letter mon
ey order or draft PAYABLE to
Forest ard Stream Publishing Co.,
80 aud 40 Park Row. New York
City, n. Y.
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perty of the corporation ssa : q. ]
purpose of raising q lo r;,.sr
and assist in equippins = j. l, =
pany to be duly orsan y lii,
town and chartered tnu0 - ausf
laws laws be submitted to ,ae !. h
fed voters of said town y i
o opA the FIRST first + Monday q A !ssa,ss,
Resolved further, that a. .', III
nr d for tss tax OK s1 their Ial' : 4
" words "for levyins 'hs ,as s,..
voting against: the v0'''
'eying the tax. that
Mayor in his proclan''e1 ~ ijjse
'"s 'n Aldermen de = for said y. ~ !
also also give due notice q ,ss d prsts
nit to the said vo1ffs, tal abd''
| ton to levy the spes'a'
| mentioned. n..r;j sdpsr,
ed o to '' Monday IL n
| March 1882. ...rr Nafol.
Iv. 3. Wnlrr, secrs''f'
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Judge Taylor Beattie.

This distinguished gentleman
from Lafourche, than whom a
more upright, honest, oHt-poken
politician does not exist, has last
returned from q pilgrimage to
Washington, with very satisfac-
tory results, in a political point OF
view, in regard to the appoint
ment of Federal officials in Lou.
isiana.
Judge Beattie, who fought no
bly, for the Lost Cause" is now u
conscientious advocate Of the prin-
ciples contended for by the epub'
lican Party. He was but lately
interviewed by one Of the repor-
torial staff Of the TIMES Democrat,
and answered all heterogeneous
without eouiyocation, as all honest
politicians should.
Judge Beattie, whom we have
known from his youth, is not one
Of those Janus-faced men who Jar
ries water on both shoulders. and
trims his sails to catch the popular
breeze no matter from which point
of the compass it may come and
for this he is respected not only
by The dominant party, but by his
neutrality-suspicious.. The Judge
we note, however, is not greatly
admired by the new Republican
paper-,he successor of the Oh
server-which deals him a left
handed compliment in one of its
issues.
The above article which we
clip from the columns of the Gret'
ma Courier deserves special consid'
Grafton and we are happy to note
that influential journal. the Con
rier. in the ranks with the other
papers of the State who are recog
nizing and encouraging the men
who are so heartily advocating
the publication of the politics o.
the ~State.-Morgan City FREE
Press.
If there be any honesty in th'
Republican party ii is found among
the members of the Beattie Faction
Whether they, could DO am gooc
for the State, if in Office, is ques
tionable.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1882-02-25

E11 Dr.. T. J. Eaton, an Ocu.
list and Surgeon Of indianapolis:
will visit Vermillonville, profe5.
sionably Monday February 9th
and will remain until March ID.
Any one with inaamed or sore
Eyes, Catarrhs, or any defects o.
Eyes, deafuess, discharges from
Ears, &C., should call and see
him. Cross Eyes Strengthened in
one minute with but little pain and
Artificial Eyes inserted. The
most efficient and approved sue
cess furnished for the treatment
o: Club Feet, Spinal diseases, and
all other physical deformities.
Room at Hotel.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1882-02-25
Pretty as a Pink !

Every one says this, who has
seen the Forest and Stream and
Rcd and Gun ia its new dress.
II was FORUM tie in escaping des'
truction by the great FIRE Of last
month which burned such a mum
Der of newspaper establishments
Its advertisement appears else
where and we invite the eto th'
especial attention Of our reader
who are fond of the sports of The
flood and field.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1882-02-25

l have used T7'son's Tonic Bitters
with the most ia'taring + snl S.
Jos. 7. LABlT, Post Master,
Abbeville, La.
/ recommend all -nosa BnEering from
dyspepsia TO use To.sou's Tonic Bit ers,
they cured me.
JAMES HUFF,
Much pleasure 10 aifotds me tn recon-
mend F. r. TolsoA Tonic Bitters to
the public.
JEAN BRoUssARD,
Veruliiion Parish. La.
I have nsed Tllson's Tonic Bisters
for dyspepsia, thy entirely cured me,
/ fully recommend them.
VALENTINE RosT,
Nerailion Parish, La.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1882-02-25
The New Scientific Amer
lean Offices

We IRE glad to announce that
the Scientific Amerlccn came o"t Of
the late fire in New York, like
the tabled Phoenix, with renewed
life. The subscription lists ac-
uount bocFs patent records,
patent drawings, and correspon-
dence were preserved 10 massive
fire proof safes. The printing Of
the Scientific american and Supple
ment was done in another building;
consequently the types, plates,
presses, paper, ETC., were unframed
and no interruption Of business
was occasioned.
The new Scientific american Of
fees are located at 26l Broadway,
corner Of Warren Street, a very
central and excellent situation.
The new building fronts towards
the City Hall, the Court House,
and the New Post-ofice--a mag
nifcent structure which cost
eight millions to build. Nearly
opposite, and a few hundred feet
distant from the Scientific Ameri-
can Offices, is the entrance to the
great Suspension Bridge over the
East River, between New Yoik
and Brooklyn, which required ten
years to construct and twenty mil.
lions Of dollars to pay for. In
front, also, Of the Scientific Ameri
can is the City Hall Park and
Printing House Square, with it's
statue of Benjamin Franklin, and
the homes Of eminent editors and
newspapers, such as the New
York Tribune, New York Times
New York Sun, New York World
Now York Herald, Mal and Ez
press, Zeitu,g, aud others.
The new Scientific american of
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tive, business. Here, in addition
to the issuing Of their interesting
publications. Messrs Mum G. Co..
aided by trained examiners and
draughtmen, prepare specifica
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The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1882-02-25

ONLY Ten CENTs.-will pur-
chase a copy of the Western Farm.
ers Almanac, a valuable hand
book for the farmer, containing
much valuable information on
uKtioustural cosslcs, besides a sys.
TEN Of weather forecasts. with dis.
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are Will Carleton, spoopendyke,
and others. Address, J. P. Nor
ton and Co., Louisville, KY.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1882-02-25

at once, without charge, stating
whether The invention is probably
novel and patentahle. a hand
book Of Instructions. with full
particulars, will also be sent lee.
Me,s.s. Uonn & 90, have he'd
over thity-dee years esperienea
il the business.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1882-02-25

Purify the blood and regulate the
bowels, if you would have health.
There Is 30 remedy equal to the PRICK
LY ASH BITTERs for this purpa Sc. They
act directly on the organs concerned,
going to the eat Of disease and driving
it from the system. Nor do they stop
here, but strengthen the system, giving
1t tone and action, rendering it much
moro capable Of resisting all future
attacks.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1882-02-25

TT Can make mouey faster at work for
u us than at anything else. Capital
not required, se will start you. Twelve
dolsars per day o. home made by the iu-
dnstfious. Men, woman, boys and girls
wanted everywhere 10 work for u.s., Now
is the time. Costly outfit and terma Tree.
Address TsuE and Co. Augusta, Maiae.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1882-02-25

gxg~ District Court is now in
session in New Iberia ; the crimi-
nal docket is Of mammoth proper
tons, and some Of the cases includ-
ed of a most serious nature.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1882-02-25
IMPORTANT NOTICE.

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intended for the MERDIoNAL. must be
handed in by IL o'clock or Thursday
to ensure publication. This is an impor.
tant business rule. which should not be
overlooked or neglected.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1882-02-25

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Payment of all advertisement is con-
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publication.
Advertisements not marked with the
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Ten dollars in advance is required fol
announcing candidates for Office ano
election tickets or other job-work mus
be paid for on delivery.