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The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1883-02-28

Heavy Damage Done to Property Mt Shaw
neetown, uI--rhe People Suffering for
Food and Shelter.
SHAwNExrowN, Ill, Feb. 26.-The river Is
slowly falling. The water is five feet higher
than ever before. The high wind moved
many houses from their foundations. Sew
eral were swept away. Many are homeless
The people have lost all and are suffering
for shelter and food The railroad depot
has been swept away. 1t is estimated that
the loss in this vicinity will be 5000, coo.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1883-02-28
Along the Mississippi.

MEMPHIS, Feb. 26.-The Appeals Skipwith,
Mississippi, specials says that for several days
past the levees now in course OF construc-
ZION here assumed a dangerous, threat
ing outlook, so much so that the surround
ing country and planting interest felt much
alarm. CAPITAL Marshall aided by
Major Holmes procured the entire force
from Homo Chitto Levee works and have
now the levees under control, thereby
checking the impending danger. Three
DAYS ego ii was feared the leyee works at
Colonel Clay's place, above Bolivar landing,
where the terrible break occurred
last February, could not hold the oven
flow, but late reports from the Leyee
Board indicate no danger above Greenville.
The protection OF the levee at Longwood is
also in good condition. The river here is
expected to come to a stand within twenty
four hours and with no additional rise from
above. The levees on the Mississippi side
of the river will protect the country feom
overflow.
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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-10-05
YOUTH AND AGE.

/ sang a song. when life was young,
A song of glory, strength and fame:
dreamed dream, spring leaves among,
That in worth's roll I'd carve name.
The spring leaves darkened; life grew strong:
The roses bloom said-Summers here;
And clustering duties grew along
MY path, and began to fear
That fame was i'll to find.
% sweet sweet were the summer hours,
And blue the sky which with them came.
met my dear wife 'mOng the flowers
OF leafy June-nor cared that fame
Should pass me by. and onward press
Her glittering way-the loving light
In Lizzie eyes, the golden tress
Of LizZes hair. were far more bright
Than aught on earth beside.
Then little children reverence gave
A something grander far than fame;
And when we laid one in the grave,
We whispered low the Fathers name,
Small was the hand which reckoning led
Our hearts far from earth's glittering wilea
Pure was the soul which from US fled,
To find home where Jesus smiles,
And summer never ends.
Now winter comes with falling snow;
We gather round the bright home fire;
We feel no lack of flames gay show,
For rest is all our hearts desire.
i clasp dear, dear hand in mine;
Ny Lizzie's hair is silvered now;
Her eyes with love still constant shine;
Her children's blessings crown her brow;
And sweet content is ours.
Chambers Journal
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-10-05
A Natural Mistake.

Mrs. Jameson is a Brooklyn lady,
and she had very sore finger, caused
by striking the wSong nail while laying
carpets. She had procured the finger
of an old kid glove and used it for a
fnger-stall. Thereby hangs tale.
While cleaning house the. other day
she disturbed q mouse and it ran into
one of the bureau drawers, which was
lying on the floor. Mrs. Jameson is
not timid woman by spy means, but
womar-like, she called for her husband
He was shaving himself and he came in
with his facs covered with lather.
"'Smattar?" he asked, with his
mouth full Of soap.
There's mouse in that drawer and
want yen to help me kill it. she an
swered.
Mr.. Lanieson isn't st all fond Of
mice. and he'd rather 60 without them
than nay an exoebitant rate for them,
but he didn't want to. appear afraid, so
he went out into the kitchen and pro-
cured little Tommy's baseball bat. He
climbed up On top Of the bureau, and
teli Mrs. j. to, "fetch ON her MICE"
"I'll lift the clothes ont, she said,
land when the mouse jumps you
squash hia."
She grabbed the clothes out one by
one, aAd finally Jameson saw the
mouse jump. Then he struck at it, up
set tho bureau and went through the
looking glass, while Mrs. j. went into
the kitchen to howl.
They don't commune st the same Ia
BILE now, for what Jameson mistook
for the mouse was the finger-stali on
Mrs. Us finger.-N Y. World.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-10-05
A Lesson In Geography.

"Dear teacher, will you tell me what
the inhabitants of America are called?'
They are called Americans, my
boy"
"And are the people of Mexico called
Mexicones?"
"No. my boy, they are called Mexi.
cans"
"Ah! and the people of Greece, TO,
instance, are called Greecycans?"
mo. my boy, they are called
Greeks?"
"Then, teacher, are the people Of
Spain called Speaks?"
mo, dear boy, they are called Span
iards.'
Indeed; and the people of Portugal,
are they called Portugards?"
mo. my boy, they are called Portu-
guese."
"Ah! then the people of Germany are
Germangeese?"
"No, my boy, they are Germans.
"Oh! and the people of Norway, are
they Normans?"
"No, my boy. they are Norwegians. +"
And the people of Sweden, are they
Skowhegans?"
"No, dear boy, they are Swedes."
"And are the people of Sardinia Sar-
dines?''
"No, my boy, they are Sardinians.' -
"And in Japan, are they Japanions?
"NO, my boy, they are Japanese.
"And in Morocco, are they Moroc-
coese?"
"No, my boy, they are Moors."
land are the people of Patagonia
PatsP''
mo, my boy, they are Patagonians.' u
"And in Hindoostan are they called
Hindoostanians?"
..No, my boy, they are Hindoos."
"And in Holland are they Holloos?''
'No, my boy, they are Dutch"
"And in Belgium, they are Belch?"
mo, dear boy, they are Belgians."
'.And in Poland, are they Polians?"
"No, dear boy, they are Poles"
ooh. yes! and in Russia they are
Rushes."
':No, no; they are Russians
"And in Wales, they are Wallians?''
s.No, indeed; they are Welsh"
"And in Scotland, they are Sculch?''
'.Not at all, they are Scotch"
"And in Ireland, they are Itch?"
'.No, they are Irish"
"And in France, they are-Eish?"
'.No, French"
"Oh! and in England, are they Inch?"
''No; they ere English"
"And are the people of Switzerland
called Switch?''
No, they are Swiss"
"Oh, yes, and the people of Sicily are
Siss-or are they Sissys?''
.'They are Sicilians."
"And in Turkey, are they Turkeyans
or Turkeys"
"Neither; they are Turks"
"Oh! and Italy, they are Its?"
"No, they are Italians"
"And the people of Denmark. dear
teacher-?"
my boy. the people of Denmark may
60 to Copenhagen. Think we have had
all the geography we need for one day."
-Eieuated RailDay journal.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-10-05
An Intelligent Servant.

A gentleman in Austin has a new
servant, and the other day he undertook
to coach him in regard to certain cred
itOrs, who invariably bounded him the
first of each month with aegrayating
Hills. -....-
"Now." said he to his servant. :" if
man calls for me to-day, you tell him ]
am not at home"
"Yis, sor," replied the man.
Fearing misunderstanding in some
way, he again said:
"Now, Pat, what will yoa tell the
man when he calls?'
"Till him 1 am not at home, sor."
"No, no, blockhead, tell him that /,
myself, am not at home.'
"All roight, sor."
SHOW, what will you say to him~'
"I, mysilf, am not at home"
"Pshaw! Tell him your boss is not in.
Understand that, donkey? Now, what
will you say?"
"Your boss is not in. Understand
that, donkey?"
"Fool! That's not right. Say to him,
Il am out Can you do that?"
"Yis, sor."
swell, let's hear YOU"
81 am out"
"Thunderation! Can't you under.
stand? Tell him your master is out.
Now. what will you say?"
Your master is out"
"No, you don't say anything of the
kind, you ignoramus. Tell the man
that I have left the house."
Certainly, I'll tell him that / have
left the house, but he won't believe me
when he sees me in the house"
Pshaw! Can't you simply say j
have gone out for walk?'
"Thin he'll think 1 am lying, sor.''
GLOW SOP"
"Why, whin 1 tell him I have gone
out for a walk"
"Great Potiphur! You are the
stupidest fool ever knew. See here,
1 don't want to see any of the people
that will call to-day, and I want them
to understand that there's no use Of
them calling, as they won't find me at
home. Can you give them an am
biguous answer in your own words?"
as it an ambiguous answer?
should say 1 could, if you jist lave it to
me.'
Well, what will you say?"
"rll say, when they ak me if you are
in: 'Yis, the boss is in, but he has
committed bigamy, an gone off on q
weddin' tour wild WILDLY woman, an
If they don't arrest him for the am
biggity, gez I'll niver see the color av
his hair again. That'l fetch EN-
Teras Siftings.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-10-05
A Dissipated Parrot.

A Biddle street man is the possessOr
of parrot endowed with wonderful
powers of locution. 1t seems to enjoy
its gift, and is constantly chatting with
members of the household and passing
strangers. Green-grocers, butchers and
itinerant merchants seem to be special
objects of interest to the feathered lin
guist, who interrogates them with
laughable persistence, and badgers
them, with seeming glee at their dis
cOmfiture. Its talk is ceaseless, and,
as consequence, its vocabulary has
grown wonderfully large. AS Mil
waukee bird, it had added to its lingual
accomplishments remarkable capacity
for the absorption of lager beer. Given
tin cup full of the foaming beverage,
it will carry it to its beak without delay
and swallow the malt moisture with
satisfaction. One drink is always in.
sufficient, and the cup is returned to the
donor with an impatient request for
"More beer! more beer!' Sometimes its
appetite in this regard is humored until
the copiOus libations begin to tell on
Polly's brain. The cage is opened and
the maudlin bird stalks across the room
with stiff dignity. Finding locomotion
impeded for reasons known to the
laughing spectators, it lays its head
backward and, giving a sidelong leer,
cries out: whats the matter with my
leg? What's the matter with my lego"
On being told that it is drunkenness,
the staggering bird, with evident exas.
peratiOn, cries out: you're liarl
You're liar!" The actions of the par
rot while "under the influence" are so
amusing that it is often INDUCED to the
point of inebriety for the purpose of ex-
hibition, and Polly evidently likes both.
The bird need have little fear of the
usual results of dissipation, as it has no
hair to pull after debauch and no
boots to hold the phantom snakes
MilUdukee Sentinel.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-10-05

him back said: +" Your bird only knows
one word" lin point Of fact he knows
nearly as many as the boy does). and
that is 'KehOe.'" Now "Kehoe, !"
which is almost bird note, and would
be easily uttered by less accomplished
parrot, is the name of the cook who fed
the bird, and to whom the bird is much
attached. And during the three days
of his exile among the strangers who
caught him, he called constantly for
"Kehoe." He wanted his friend; he
"wanted to go home he knew what he
was talking about.
Since his return he has been removed
TO higher sphere than the kitchen
from which he escaped, and he has q
larger field in which to display his &C
complishments. And without special
instruction he daily adds to his vocabu-
larry. He says: "Good morning." and
SAYS it in the morning, not afternoon;
"How do you do?" "How's your
wife?' "How's your folks?'' II see
you there" "What are you doing
there" Peek-a-boo," in various tones
OF voice; and he whistles and
laughs inimitably, after fashion Of
his own. This very brief catalogue
covers but q few of his accomplish
ments. And he has quality rare with
good talkers-he is an equally good
listener, and a most attentive and ap-
preciative one. If you talk to him for
an hour at once, he will not. open his
mouth, but will keep his eyes on you,
bend his head to listen, apparently
anxious not to lose word, and an hour
after, or the next day, he will have
something to say on the same subject.
He is remarkable among very remark
able birds.-Troy. IN ~ Times.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-10-05
RELIGIOUS AND EDUCATIONAL.

There are one hundred and thirty
German Baptist churches in the United
States.
Rev. DR.. Mackey, laboring in For
mosa on behalf of the Presbyterian
Church of Canada, reports in q recent
communication that one thousand alb
origines have thrown away their idols.
The widow of Senator Zach Chan
der has given $1,000 to establish q
scholarship in the Chicago Woman's
Medical College for the benefit of wom-
en- who intend to become missionaries.
Rev. w. r. Cowl, who left
Methodist pulpit near Pittsburgh to ac-
cept call to the Second Unitarian
Church of Chicago, has been received
again into the Pittsburgh Conference
Chicago Times.
The Harvard "annex" for women
is eminently successful. Two ladies out
of class of five have become engaged
to their teachers, and another is permit
ting one of the young professors to
swing on her fathers gate.-Hartford
Post.
DIR. Newman Hall urges against the
pew-renting system, upon gospel and
upon economic grounds, and comes to
the conclusion that it is not reasonable,
not equitable, not expedient, and be-
yond all question unscriptural. II for
no other reason than thatit makes i'm
proper distinctions in the house of God,
he argues that it ought to be aban-
doned.-M Y Post.
The American Bible Society, in
order to keep up with the demand
caused by its general canvass Of the
country, is turning out more books than
ever before, the number not being less
than 1000 day. 1t has printed $780,
900 of its popular twenty-five cent Bible,
and $50, 600 Of its five-cent Testament
The society has now 348 colporteurs in
thirty-four States and Territories en-
gagged in this resupply of the country.
About one family in six, on the average,
is found destitute of the Scriptures, the
largest restitution being found in the
Southern States.-N Y. Examiner.
President Robinson, of Brown Uni
versity, writes in his report to the cor
poration: Years and years Of closest
study are given to other tongues. both
ancient and modern, tongues which
only fraction of educated men are ex-
pected to use in after life, while only
incidental and comparatively super
fetal attention is given to that mother
tongue which all are compelled to use
in speech or in writing every day Of
their lives, and on a skiilful use Of
which with many depend to no small
degree their success or failure in life.
The fact can not be disguised that many
an excellent Latin and Greek scholar
writes wretched English, while admira-
BILE English is written by many who know
neither Latin nor Greek"
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-10-05
A Troy Parrot.

Four years ago a bird was brought
from the coast of Africa by sea Capt
ain, who gave him to his sister in this
city. He need not be definitely located,
but we can put our finger on him any
day, only it isn't safe thing to do, I'M
less the careful approach of the finger
is accompanied by the warning: Don't
you bite" which the parrot will repeat
as distinctly as you say it, and will re-
frain from biting-if he knows you. 1t
is not known whether he is five or fifty
years old. That is one of the very few
things he keeps to himself. On all
other subjects he is wonderfully COM
municative, and his information, like his
vocabulary, is vast and various. He is
not a green parrot-no, indeed, not
much-but gray parrot, described in
the american Cyclopadia" as, of all
parrots, ''the most remarkable for its
docility and power of articulation. If
the book means our bird, he is, indeed,
most remarkable for these very quail
tiles. Since his arrival in this city
Linnaus, by the by, classes the gray
parrot as PSsttdcus erpthacus, and how
ever it may be with our bird about the
erythdcus, there is no doubt whatever
that he has become quite a pSittacus-
he has depended for his education
almost wholly upon his own efforts.
Till quite lately he has lived almost
entirely in the kitchen of restaurant,
where, with a colored cook who loves
him and colored walters who adore him,
he has picked up more food than ac-
complishments. But with good ear,
q retentive memory, fairly good reason
ing power, and, certainly, the power of
an apt association of words with things,
with Evolutionary gifts that are really
remarkable, he has acquired quite adj
vanced education, that makes his friends
wonder what year or two in the Hart
ford High School might not do for him.
With no teaching he can, and does, dis
tinctly repeat every one of the orders
called down to the kitchen-such as
"coffee breakfast for one" Tor two,
three, or four, as the case and call may
beg; beefsteak rare" Tor well dOne)
"for one," and so on, through the entire
list of usual calls. 1t is fact, dulpat-
tested by credible witnesses, that, the
other evening, when the order was "tea
supper for One," the parrot instantly
said: SNAKE it ham and eggs with a
cup of coffeer' We shall not soon for
get the large-eyed look of utter incre-
dulity with which young lady received
this story from the Times reporter.
With heretofore implicit confidence in
everything he said, she never will be-
lieve a word he says again. But the
story is true nevertheless
Within year past we have consid-
srably changed our ideas about the
actual powers of parrots. What they re-
peat is not altogether mechanical and
merely by rote. 1t is not pretended
that they know the meaning of all the
words they say. But they associate Ger
tain words with certain things. No one
disputes that they have memory, and if
they have that they think, and, to some
degree, they reason. Thus this bird, a
few days ago, as was duly chr onicled in
the Times, flew away from home An ad-
vertisement in the Times restored him
10 his owner. The boy who brought
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-10-05
Want Of Memory.

One of the chief causes that unGerlies
great many of the ills and misfortunes
of life is the want of memory. Even in
childhood this defect is often manifest,
and causes much of the troublesome
conduct complained Of by parents and
teachers. Rewards and punishments
excite in them respective emotions Of
gladness or suffering; but, though
strong at the time, these impressions
appear to fade quickly away; and inn
pulse soon leads them into the same
fault, to undergo the same experience.
The same SHINING and repenting charac-
ter is seen in mature Life, and is. the
germ of many Of its failures. A young
man has the habit of unpunctuality.
He suffers from its effects in various
ways. He is unhappy for the time be-
ing, when he is reproved 10y his en-
ployer, or losses some fine opportunity,
or offends valued friend, or misses his
train, or finds a cold and spoiled dinner.
Yet the next day the recollection of this
misery is too feeble to supply a motive
sufficient to prevent the same thing, and
again he goes the round of delaying,
suffering and forgetting. Another per-
son thus offending and reaping the PEN
atty has such a vivid remembrance of
the shame, or loss, that he takes good
care to prevent its repetition. A bust
ness man makes false step which costs
him dear, but, though ne smarts under
the necessary effect. he does not on a
future occasion recall the emotion with
sufficient vividness to deter him from a
similar blunder. Another remembers
so keenly the pain that no tempta-
ton will be strong enough to induce
him again TO incur the risk. A me-
chanic, through carelessness or unskill-
fulness, performs bungling, imperfect
piece of work. He may in consequence
lose his situation or a good customer, or
suffer from his own self-reproach but
whether he steadfastly directs his ener-
gias to avoid the recurrence and to
perform better work, or not, will Do
pend greatly upon whether he remesa-
bers wildly his former uncomfortable
feelings. As success in any undertake
ing demands q constant correction Of
mistakes, and avoidance of past faults,
it must largely hinge upon a retentiye
memory of pains and pleasures.-CO-
lisnabus (Ga.) Sum-.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-10-05

cit is America, its spick-and-span
new institutions, its leviathan hotels, its
enormous railroads and its bigness gen.
orally, which suit the taste of this prac-
teal age. America is the quarter Of
the globe after which the Tancred of to-
day instinctively yearns; his Mecca is
Chicago or Frisco" and the eyes
which would see in Gethsemane merely
a group of uncomely olives would be
transported with delight by the forests
of California or the bacon-curing facto-
ries which are the pride of the impro-
vised capitals of the West. "-SaS Fran.
cisco Chronicle.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-10-05

The Mississippi River has 1851
miles nSvigable to steamboats, and Co.
221 miles navigable to barges.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-10-05

There are 60. OOO, 900 acres Of graz
ing land in Arizona.