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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1882-09-29
How to Save Water.

Few towns in European Tursey-or,
for that matter, we should Imagine,
elsewhere-are as fortunate as Salonica
in the possession of Mayor a: once
enlightened and thrifty, an earnest vo-
tary of science and shining example
of economy. A short time ago, while
presiding over meeting of the Salonica
Town Council, he astonished that as
sembly by soliciting its authorization to
purchase a barometer for his private
room at the municipal offices, having
previously explained the nature and
uses of that instrument to the cons.ript
fathers at great length and in language
the eruditiOn and eloquence of which
all but took away their breath. After
an animated debate, in which the
"party of progress gave utterancc to
several stirring oratiOns, a majority of
the Council voted in favor of grant
ing his Worship's request, and he was
accordingly empowered to lay out mon
eys belonging to the town, amounting
to the equivalent of seven shillings in
Turkish currency. upon the purchase of
barometer. This he promptly did;
but his first care, after hanging up the
instrument in conspicuous position
upon the wall of his bureau, was to
modify its internal arrangements in
such sort that the indicators should be
exclusively limited to pointing out the
words "Much rain" on the dial. Now.
when the citizens of Salonica beseech
their Mayor. upon exceptionally hot
and dusty days. to give orders that the
ctr TO ax hn oh
barometer, softly murmurs: 1T must.
rain heavily in few minutes" and
sends them about their business. Thus
is the water rate of Salonica kept down
to an abnormaliy low figure by the in
genuity of its astute chief magistrate
London Telegram.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1882-09-29
Mrs. Melville's Insanity.
PHILADELPHIA, September

PHILADELPHIA, September lS.
Mrs. Henrietta b. Melville, wife of Engineer
George w. Melville, was taken from her home
at Sharon Hill to the State Asylum for the In.
sane at Norristown, to-day. The certificate
upon which she was deprived of her liberty
was signed Sunday by DIR. NJ. Fisher Long
streth, of Sharon Hill, and DIR. Samuel p.
Barthson, of Clifton. The former has long
been her medical attendant The certificate
sets forth that the examiners are convinced
from examination that Mrs. Melville is not of
sound mind; that she was brought to that con-
dition through alcoholism, and that she was
the proper person to receive treatment at an
asylum for the insane. The parting between
mother and children was most affecting.
After making all necessary provisions for
the comfort of his wife Mr.. Melville returned
to this city, whence he sent the children home
early this evening under the escort of two of
his friends. He took the u:3O p. IN. train for
home. Prior to his departure reporter called
upon him to obtain his story of the facts con-
nected with this distressing affair. He said:
I" My wife's insanity has manifested itself oc-
casionally ever since our marriage, but has
become more violent of late. have heard of
her drawing toy wagon along the street and
asking passers-by to look at the new baby that
was to be surprise to George that's y upon
his return, when there was not even a rag
baby in the wagon; still, as her hallucina
tons were generally harmless, 1 felt no
fear of her doing anything violent. l would
rather have had nothing said publicly of this
sad affair, but since it has got into the news
papers want the true facts to be set forth
One Of the members of her family died in an
asylum for the insane. Another is simple
and third passed several years in confine-
ment because OF insanity. Her story, which
read this morning, was the raving of a de.
mented mind, but, like many insane persons,
she possessed the faculty of speaking very
sensibly and cOherently, even with her mind
unbalanced, so that l cannot say that the
writer of the article had any intention of do
ing me harm. His mistake was one of judg.
ment, and not of intention. He did not know
that he was talking to crazy woman. Many
of my friends know of the troubles 1 have
experienced in my domestic life, bnt none
know them all"
With regard to the story as to the troubles
about money, Chief Engineer Able, an init
mate friend, said: According to the regula-
tons of the navy, an officer at sea can only
allow his wife One-half of his salary. This Mr..
Melville did, giving her $50 a month. Besides
this, he owned the house, which was well fur.
nished, laid in a stock of coal sufficient for
three years, paid the taxes and the school ex-
pense5 of the children for the same term, and
paid Off the debts that she had contracted
while he was with the Asiatic squadron. To do
Rotary of the Treasury. allowing him to allOt
his whole salary, except $l0 month, to his
wife. On this pitiful sum he had to live for q
long time"
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1882-09-29
The New Gold Certificates.
WASHINGTON, Septer

WASHINGTON, September Is.
The gold certificates which have been for
some time in preparation at the Bureau Of
Engraving and Printing are now far on the
road tn completion, and by next Wednesday
all the denominations will be at press. The
denominations are $40, $50, 800, $500, $1,000
$500 and $4,000 The SO certificate has q
head of Garfield on the right, and on the left
is q lathe-work counter, in the center of which
is the figure 20. The story is as follows:
"This certifies that twenty dollars of gold
coin has been deposited in the Treasury of the
United States; that sum is repayable in gold
coin on demand on the presentation hereof at
the Office of the United States Assistant
Treasurer at New York" Over the portrait
is the act under which these certificates are
issued, as follows: Under chapter 2OO, sec.
ton IL, of the act Of July IL, 1882" The $50
certificate has the head of Silas Wright on
the left and 81 denomination lathe
work counter on the left The 800 has the
head of Benton at the left and a 100 counter at
the right The $500 has the head of Lincoln on
the left and the proper denomination
mas the head of Hamilton on the right and on
the left an oval counter with the letter NJ and
the figures LOCO across it The 5000 has the
head of Madison, and the $4,000 has the head
Of Jackson, both on the left of the certificate,
with the respective denomination counters on
the right The story is the same for all, vary
ing only as to the amounts, but the lettering
is different in each. The backs are printed in
orange, and they all have a denomination
lathe-work counter, and an eagle with the
words: UNITED Gold States" The eagles are
all different, and on some of them the orna-
mentatiOn of scrollwork, fruit and flowers is
decidedly beautiful The tint is printed in
yellow or gold color, and has the word gold
ut the upper center, with the number tablets
I'm the upper right-hand and the lower left
hand corners. In the lower center is the de-
partment seal in red. The present orders for
printing embrace III. 600 sheets of the various
denominations. which will aggregate value
Of about $l50, 10000
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1882-09-29
Fascinated by an Alligator.

Twas at the Zoo yesterday and saw
something which is worthy OF being
mentioned. One of the gulls entered
the pond where the alligator was lazily
propelling himself about and proceeded
to enjoy itself in its native elements.
But the eye of the scaly monster was.
upon it and the mesmeric influence of
its glance was soon felt. 1t was i'm
possible for the gull to resist the baleful
glare of the saurian; inch by inch it.
was attracted to the alligator, powerless
to resist the fascination. until it came
close enough for the reptile to open its
mammoth jaws and gulp down the
luckless bird. After having devoured
its prey the alligator sank to the bottom
to digest its meal.-Toronto Mail.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1882-09-29
ADDITIONAL DISPATCHES.

At Sedalia, Mo-, on the night of the 23d,
Porter White, ateamster, shot and killed his
wife and then committed suicide by putting
bullet through his own brain. The couple
had recently removed from Clay County, and
Mrs. White was temporarily living with her
aunt, Mrs. DR.. Watson, having left her husband
on account of his i'll treatment. White had
been drinking hard for several days. and on
the night of the tragedy followed his wife to
her aunt's house and begged her to come
back and live with him again, which she re-
fused to do. He at once pulled out revolver
and enacted the bloody scene heretofore
described. He was about IS; she %.
Reports from the chief corn growing States
of the West and South show the condition of
the crop to be generally good and the average
Tennessee, Texas, Missouri, Kansas and Ne
braska more land was put into corn
than ever before. The prospects in those
States are in the main very good. In
Texas the crop is made, and were it not that
most planters were engaged in picking cotton,
the corn would now be harvested and moving
to market. In Kentucky and Tennessee the
crop is all out of danger. Early frosts in the
more Northern States may have the effect of
shortening the yield. Illinois makes the
poorest report OF all, both as regards acreage
and condition, but the State will probably
have fair crop.
Frank Fl. Fall, the lawyer whose name
has been mentioned in connection with
fixing the Star Route jury" denies
that he ever attempted to influence any
jurors to vote for the Government, or that he
was authorized to do so by the Government.
Mr.. Fall states he has no fears of full and
complete judicial investigation, and is willing
to respond whenever called upon.
General Schofeld has been assigned to the
division of the Pacific.
For about three days continuously, with
more or less violence, rain fell throughout
Eastern New York, Connecticut, New Jersey,
and further south along the Atlantic coast,
doing immense damage to railways and high
ways. Hundreds of dams and bridges were
swept away. At Paterson, N. j., the gauge
showed rainfall of fourteen inches; the
Passaic River rose eight feet and many Dor
lions OF the city were submerged.
The Coroner's jury held that Rawson, the
telegraph operator, and the conductor and
brakeman on the train were to blame for the
recent fatal tunnel accident on the Hudson
River Railroad, near New York City, and each
was held to bail.
Fort Smith, Ark, was badly damaged by fire
on the 2Sd, over twenty buildings, principally
mercantile houses, being destroyed.
A reception was rendered Engineer Mel
vile, Lieut.. Berry, Ninderman and Noros at
Washington on the 23d. Assistant Secretary
of State Davis presided and Hon. r. W.
Thompson, ex-Secretary of the Navy, made
the welcoming address.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1882-09-29

Hon. w. G. DE PAW, of New Albany,
Ind, has surprised every one by his mu.
nifcent gifts to institutions of learning
connected with the Methodist Episcopal
Church. He is a prominent politician
and manages large business interest.
He has just returned from a thirteen
months absence in Europe and Palestine,
and makes the proposition to Ashbury
University, at Greencastle, Indiana, that
he will give it 100000 upon certain
conditions mentioned, which it is thought
can be easily complied with, and some
have already been met. One of the con-
ditions is that the Colleges of the State,
Asbury, Moore's Hill and Fort Wayne
become parts of the University. Mr.. De
Paw has heretofore given 5000 to As
bury University, besides founding Col
lege at New Albany that bears his name.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1882-09-29

THE last census shows total popula-
ton in the United States of so, 155, 7S3, of
which number Sc, S49, 291 are white and
$685., $40 colored native born. The total
foreign born population is 6, T9,943.
The leading countries represented by
these numbers are Germany, 1896, 742;
Ireland. 1854, 571; British America, H.
0S4; England, 662, 676; Sweden, 194,937 ;
Norway, 1S1,729; Scotland, 17O,1S6;
France, 106,971; China, 104, 541; Switzer-
land, 1851. The remainder come from
various parts of the world and range in
number from 167 from Gibraltar, to S5,-
361 from Bohemia. Alaska shows up
with population of '1ol, one being
colored,
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1882-09-29
Secretary Folger, who has just received

Secretary Folger, who has just received
the Republican nomination for Gov
ernor of New York, is reported as saying
that he did not really know when he
would resign his Office of Secretary of
the Treasury, but it is generally believed
he will tender his resignation to take
effect after the New York elections. In
innate friends of Assistant Secretary
John c. New state that he will succeed to
the Treasury portfolio. They claim that
when New accepted the position of As
sistant Secretary he was informed there
was every probability that Folger would
be the next Governor of New York, and
in that event New should succeed him as
Secretary of the Treasury Department.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1882-09-29
FACTS AND FIGURES.

The value of the increased yield
over last year in South Carolina OF
wheat, oats and corn is estimated at
$40. 100000.
There are "a, 1874 pensioners in Mas.
sachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire and
Vermont, and the aggregate of their
pensions is %, S11, 500 year.
Chicago has now a population OF
about SIC, 900. an increase of about TO-
600 since the national census was taken.
Chicago is one of the few large cities in
the country where there are more males
than females, the excess being by this
last census 14,928.-Erchange.
There are thirteen Bostons, four
New Yorks. five Chicagos. seven Phil
adelphias in the country. Of the 1896
imperfectly addressed letters received
one morning in New York, not more
than half dozen were sent to the Dead
Letter office as hopeless. Golden Rule.
-Ninety-nine locomotives and II, 697
car-wheels were exported from the
United States last year. During the
same period there were exported 2, 1884,
648 pounds of iron rails and LAG, 16S
pounds of steel rails. The greater part
of this material went to South Ameri-
can ports.
According to statement of the
largest sugar refiner in the country be-
fore the Tariff Commission, i'm the
year 1881 sugar paid S4S,OOO,OOO of
the $194, 100000 of the total revenue
from duties, and the sugar refiners to-
gether represent an invested capital of
S35, 900, O0O.-M Y. Herald.
Mr.. Porter, of the Census Bureau,
says the census report will cost S5,000,-
600. The work was begun in 1879 and
will be unfinished in 1883, after five
years of solid work. 1t will be the
completest work of the kind ever done.
The English census cost only 100000,
but it was completed in one night
Chicago Times.
The great cattle range of Wyoming,
under the military protection of Fort
Mckinney, is about three hundred miles
square. In this area there are now
grazing 100000 head of cattle, worth
S27 head, amounting to $13, 5OCyO00,
to which can be added the value of the
horses and ranches of the cattle men
and the farmers, and the stock of the
grangers, making at least SIS, 100000
worth of property under the protection of
Fort McKinney.-Chicago Times.
"A mortgage for s16O,OOO,OOO was
recorded in the office of the Recorder
of Deeds in Philadelphia recently. 1t
was executed by the Philadelphia &
Reading Railway Company and Phila-
delphia & Reading Coal & Iron Com
panies, jointly, and covers all the prop
erty, rights and franchises of those
companies. The total value of the
property is estimated at S161, 25S, 070-
80. This is the largest mortgage ever
executed in Observation-Disclosures
phia Press.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1882-09-29

AT late meeting of the "Woman's
National Labor League" in Washing
ton, resolution was passed in which
Secretaries Teller and Lincoln and At
torney General Brewster were alluded to
as "three bejeweled aristocratsand frilled
funkies." The immediate cause of this
fearful volley of alliterative epithets was
the refusal to appoint women to some of
the new clerkships in the Pension Office,
authorized by recent act of Congress.
Secretary Teller, one of the "bejeweled
aristocrats," says the object of Congress
was to facilitate the settlement of
pension claims, and the work to be per-
formed by the new clerks was of such a
character that women could not perform
the duties; hence their applications were
refused.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1882-09-29
LOSS OF THE STEAMER ASIA.
OF One Hundred People ON Board Only
Two Known to Have Escaped.

OF One Hundred People ON Board Only
Two Known to Have Escaped.
CoLLINGwooD, Can, September II.
ID. A. Thinks and Christie Ann Morrison,
supposed to be the only survivors of the
wreck Of the steamer Asia, arrived here.
Thinks reports that he boarded the Asia near
Owen Sound, in company with j. H. Thinks
and H. B. Gallagher, Of Man. tou. The steam
er was crowded. All the state-rooms were
full, and many passengers were lying on sofas
and on the cabin floor. About eleven o'clock
Thursday morning storm struck the vessel
j. II. Thinks jumped up, and said the boat was
doomed. Dishes and chairs were flying in ev-
cry direction. They left the cabin, and found
difficulty in staying on deck because The boat
was rolling so heavily. Thinks got Hfe-pre-
server, and put it on. The boat fell into the
trough of the sea, and would not obey the
helm. She rolled heavily for about twenty
minutes, when she was struck by a heavy sea,
and foundered, and went down with the en-
gines working, about IL 80 o'clock. The Asia
was making for French River and had men,
horses, and lumbermen's supplies for the
shanties. Thinks saw three boats Loaded and
was in the first boat. About eight men were
with him. At first, more got in until the boat
was overloaded and turned over twice. People
chung to his life preserver which was displaced
and he threw it of. He then left the boat and
swan to the Captains boat, which was near,
and asked John McDougall, purser, to help
him In He said it was but little Use, but
gave him his hand. When he got In there
were eighteen in the boat. By that time there
was large number clinging to the boat
he had left He knows nothing Of the third
boat. The boat he was in rolled over and ne
missed McDougall. People were hanging on
to spars and other pieces Of the wreck. The
Captains boat was full Of water, and sea
constantly breaking over it. One of the first
to die on the boat was the cabin boy. He was
dying, and being supported by one of the men,
when wave washed him overheard. The
next to go was boat hand who jumped out.
He could be seen padding around in the water
form early one hundred yards. The number
was reduced to seven five of whom died be-
fore reaching the beach. Captain Savage, who
was the last, died in Thinks arms about mid
night, Thursday. John Little, OF Sault Ste.
Marie, Mate Mcdonald and two others, whose
names are unknown, also died.
The boat finally stranded near Point au Bar.
RE about daylight Friday, with Miss Morrison
and Mr.. Thinks the only ones surviving. Thinks
put the bodies out on the beach and pried the
Miss Morrison went down the beach in the boat
the derrick, about two miles distant and
laid on the beach all night. About eight o'clock
Saturday morning an Indian came along and
was engaged to bring the two to Parry Sound.
He would not bring the bodies. The steamer
reached here this morning, has been furnished
with ice and collins and has gone for the bodies.
There were probably about one hundred per-
sons ON board the Asia.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1882-09-29
A Partisan Artists Revenge.

One of the most eminent painters Of
Paris was lately commissioned to paint
the portrait of a lady who was some,
years ago a famous beauty, but who is.
now nearer her fiftieth than her fortieth
year. She wished the portrait to be ex-
hibited in this years Salon. and gave
the artist dless trouble over its de-
tails. When it was finished, however,
she was far from contented, and de-
clared that she could not recognize her
own likeness in his conscientious piece
of work. The painter said that she
need not have the picture if she did not
think it to be a faithful one, and it re-
NAMED in his atelier as his own unsold
property. Meanwhile he was deter
mined to have his revenge for the insult
done to his pride as an artist and the
loss to his pocket as one who lived by
his art. In order that the picture should
not remain piece of dead capital. he.
resolved to transform it from portrait
into subject. A few days before the
private exhibition the lady in question
was informed by well-instructed friend
that the artist had introduced a number
of accessories into her portrait which
were likely to compromise her reputa-
ton. She drove off in great haste to
the painters studio and asked to see the
picture. The wish was promptly graft
fed. There she stood upon the canvas,
life-like and life-siZe; but the cruel artist,
had thinned her hair to semi badness.
and in one of her hands she held two
long tresses Of false hair. Upon the
table at her side, which he had changed
into toilet-table, were ranged num-
Der of bottles, labeled respectively with
the words: milk of Lilies, - " Beauty
Water" elixir against Wrinkles"
"Golden-hair Dye" The lady cried
out that such treatment was infamous.
"You have really no complaint,
madame" said the artist. "You have
already declared that the picture is in
no sense a portrait of yourself. accept
your opinion. and, as l cannot afford to
lose so much hard work, have treated
it as fantasia piece, and as such l shall
introduce it to the public. l mean to
call it 'The Coquette of Fifty Years."
"What" exclaimed she. 'You mean
to exhibit it?'' The lady Immediately
begged him to accept the stipulated
sum for the portrait and, after she had b
seen the compromising accessories OBJ
liberated in her presence, took out her
check-book and bought the picture on
the spot.-London Echo.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1882-09-29

1T is reported that Secretary Teller
makes no secret of the fact that he does
not like the duties pertaining to the In
terror Department. There is less person
al glory than he had expected, and he
would prefer to again enter the Senate.
1t is said that he regards the Secretary's
Office as a mere clerkship to the Presi-
dent, in which none of the independence
of Senator is enjoyed.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1882-09-29

IT seems, after all, that Gen. Grant is
going to Mexico along with Mr.. Prescott,
to negotiate a commercial treaty. An
Eastern paper says the two men will set
out about November LIST, after danger
from yellow fever is over, and it is'be-
ieved in speculative circles that they
will obtain "such concessions from the
Government of Mexico as will open the
mining sections of that country to Ameri-
can capital"
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1882-09-29

i'm Mr.. Surgeons inexhaustibles
fund of illustrative stories is one of a.
man who used to say to his wife:
''Mary, 90 to church and pray for us
both" But the man dreamed one
night when he and his wife got to the
gate of Heaven Peter said: "Mary, go
in for both" He awoke and made up
his mind that it was time for him to be-
come Christian on his own account
Chicago Herald.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1882-09-29

THE new Southern Telegraph Com
pany, q part of the Baltimore and Ohio
system, has completed its wires to Rich
mond, and opened regularly for business.
As rapidly as possible the Company will
extend its lines to Norfolk, Charleston,
Savannah, Augusta, Atlanta, Montgom-
cry, Mobile, New Orleans and all the
principal cities of the Southern system,
via Nashville and Chattanooga.