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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-10-12
Bound to Take 1t in Cheaply.

A stranger who was hanging around
the State Fair grounds yesterday morn
ing acted in manner to attract the
attention of policeman, who proceeded
to make some inquiries touching his
business.
Its all right, officer-all right" re-
piled the man, as he rested his back
against the fence. "My names White
Jim White, of Isabella County"
That's satisfactory"
"And / reached here only two hours
ago, after walking most of the way. I'm
here to take this thing all in"
Yes
Last time was here to the Fair l
only had twelve dollars, but pick
pocket got seven dollars of that. This
time I've got twenty-five dollars, and
nobody gets cent. There's four dol
lars in each boot, SIX dollars in my uu-
dershirt pocket. and the rest is sort O
scattered around promiScuously in my
various pockets.
II guess you are safe"
"You bet! Last time / was here it
cost all my cash to buy fodder. See
that bag? Well, I've got four loaves of
bread, ten pounds of meat, and thirty
two boiled eggs in there for fodder, say
ing nothing OF pickles and crackers. 1
don't reckon any restaurant will get
ahead of me-"
"You are we'll fixed, indeed"
There's man from our county got
a big calf here. The three of us are
going to sleep together in the stall, and
that will save lodgings. I've got my
watch tied to my pocket, neither dust
nor wet can hurt my clothes, and if any
one goes for me I've got lot of pepper
to throw in his eyes"
"Well, well.
g am going to beat my way in as
preacher" continued the man, "and
I'm going to get seat on the grand
stand, by claiming that I'm a member
of the Legislature. Once in don't come
out till the last hog is shipped for home.
I'm going to begin with the Jersey
calf and take in everything clear back
to the wind-mills, and if you hear Gov
ernor Begole inquiring if Jim White, of
old Isabella, has shown up you can
assure him that I'm on deck and chuck
full of billing hot enthusiasm. "-Dstrei'
Free Press.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-10-12
THE YELLED PROPHETS.

The Sixth Annual Visit of the Yelled
Prophets to st. Louis-Brilliant Prepa.
rations for the Reception, An Immense
and Enthusiastic Crowd and n Gorgeous,
Pageant Representing the Wonders Of
Fairyland-The Grand Ball in Honor Of
Tho Occasion.
ST. LOUIS, Oct 8.
The sixth annual visit of the Yelled
Prophet and his retinue to this city was
made in due form last night according to
that worthy's published intention. The
preparations for his reception were upon q
scale of magniicence not heretofore at
tempted, and must certainly have served
to deepen the good impression which has
led to these periodical visits. The princi.
pal streets through which the august party
were expected to pass were ablaze with
illumination, the thousands of variegated
colored gas lights in pyramidal clusters
and arches, with an occasional electric
light, making grand and beauti.
full spectacle and bringing out in
strong relief the lavish quantities of
bunting everywhere displayed, among
which the banner of the Prophet held a
conspicuous place. Beneath the lights and
occupying every available inch of standing
room, and in the windows, on housetops
and occupying temporary seats erected for
the occasion, was one of the largest throngs
that ever gathered within the limits of st,
Louis. 1t seemed as if the entire country
had sent tribute in the form of its sons and
daughters to bear away testimony to the
splendors OF the occasion; and to the credit
of all it may be said that more orderly
crowd never appeared upon our streets,
Every one appeared good-na.
tured and submitted to the push
ing and squeezing and the occasional
treading upon a favorite corn with stoical
nonchalance intent for the time-being to
wait for and watch the wonders of the hour
The day had been lowry and apparently
unpropitious, and as evening approached
there was much speculation as to whether
the Prophet would venture forth; but when
five o'clock arrived and no sign of warning
OF his non-appearance was given,
people began to prepare to well
come him, and when the hour of
word was PASSED along that the Prophet
had left his cave, an involuntary murmur
of satisfaction ran through the crowd.
BY and by in the distance appeared flood
OF crimson light Illuminating the heavens,
from out of which emerged the brilliant
calvalcade, squadron OF mounted NUM-
cipal guardians with flashing sabres acting
as advance guard and escort. Then came
the heralds and members of the household
of the Prophet mounted upon gorgeously
caparisoned steeds, followed by
cavalcade of twenty-five floats rep
resenting FARMLAND scenes, the Prophet
la "Ride Cock-horse to Banbury Cross"
supported by his prime ministers. This
was succeeded by the others in the follow
ing order:
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-10-12
Plenty Of Wild Land In the East.

NJ doubt many of our readers resid-
ing in the Western States think that all
the arabic land in the East, and especial
" near our larger cities, was long since
cleared of its forests and broken up
with the plow But the truth is there
are hundreds and thousands OF acres
all along our seaboard awaiting the az
man and plowman. There is nearly
half million of acres on Long Island
alone in the primitive state, except
perhaps that portion of the best trees
have been cut and put to practical use.
but the land itself has never been dis
turbed by agricultural implements.
What is true Of Long Island is also true
of New Jersey, and while both are so
near the greatest city ON this continent
that the sound of its church bells may
almost be heard in the depths of theiE
great forests, young and old men go
West in search of new lands that they
might find near home, at price not
much if any above what is asked fol
wild prairie within railroad limits.-N
y. San.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-10-12

Elmer was killed and Hinsley wounded.
The latter escaped into the mountains, but
was pursued and killed.
A FIRE the other night in the lower hoor
of Hahneman Hospital, in Chicago, did
damage to the amount of $1,000. The in
mates of the hospital were badly scared
and panic prevailed for the time.
THE residence of William Button,
capitalist of Adrian, Mich, was entered
the other night and $4,000 worth of bonds
and mortgages, besides small sum OF
money and articles of family jewelry,
stolen from the safe, which was in his bed
room unlocked.
A QUAIL hunter the other morning dis
covered in the woods Of San Rafael, an
aristocratic suburb Of San Francisco, the
skeleton of well-dressed young man. 1t
was in sitting position, with one end of a
piece of hay rope around his neck, with the
other end attached to the limb of tree.
The popularity of the position and the rope
remaining unbroken precluded either the
theory of suicide or murder. The skeleton
apparently had been there six or eight
months, as the flesh was entirely gone from
the bones.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-10-12
RELIGIOUS AND EDUCATIONAL.

The Car1stian World In London and
.he Christian Onion in New York pro-
nounce the prayer-meeting in its de-
cadence in England and America.
Judge Bancroft Davis and his wife
have lately returned from Europe, where
they spent the summer. While there
he ordered many Of the stained-glass
windows for st. Johns Church, which
is now being enlarged and Fedecorated.
Most of the windows will be memorial
windows. President Arthur will have
one, as memorial to his wife, who at
tended that church as q child-M Y
Express.
Conductor Harris, of Boston, is
trying to raise fund of $4,000, to be
placed in the hands of trustees for the
construction and equipment of mission
car, to be used in evangelistic work
among railroad men. The car is TO be
constructed erplars and models sug-
gested by practical railroad men, and
be so arranged as to furnish a room for
meetings and be supplied with cooking
and sleeping apartments for those en-
gagged in the work.-Boston transcript.
I'm an editorial on the superiority OF
city schools over country schools in the
State of New York, the Albany On. W
ECening Journal says: The true ped
agogue does not teach in the country
schools now so often as he did fifty
years ago. Academic scholars and nor
NAL graduates are not found there
either. Country school-teaching is a
poorly paid make-shift at the best now
adays, and the country boy and girl are
cheated the worst on account of it.
Besides, city schools cover period of
nearly forty weeks, and rural. schools
only twenty-eight.
Ten Indian girls from Dakota have
arrived in Philadelphia to be educated.
They are in charge of two lady mission
aries, who had great difficulty in per-
suading the Indian parents to allow
their children to go. Five years seemed
long time. and the East was mysteri-
Gus region to them. One mother, after
long Withholding her consent, allowed
her daughter to depart, but after the
party had travelled in wagons over one
hundred miles in wild country the
ladies in charge were surprised to hear
voice behind them calling frantically
for them to stop. 1t was the mother Of
the girl. She had overtaken the party
in order to reclaim her daughter. The
girl went home with Observation-Disclosures
Record.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-10-12
THE SOUTH.

GENERAL GEORGE W. GETTY, in command
of the military school at Fortress Monroe,
has been placed on the retired list.
The National Cotton Planters Associa-
ton of America will hold its annual Con-
vention in Vicksburg, Miss, on the 21st of
November, instead of the 18th.
The Executive Committee of the State
Central Republican Committee, of Mary
land, nominated w. H. Stockett Attorney
General in place of r. Stockett Matthews,
declined. DIR. Washington Smith declined
the Republican nomination for State Comp
troller, and Colonel James Merle, of Talbot
County, was nominated in his place.
REPORTS from eleven counties in Eastern
Arkansas and Western Mississippi, en-
bracing territory that usually produces
annually 10000 bales of cotton, were that
the crop was fully fifty per cent. short,
owing to drouth, and three-fourths of the
crop at the mercy of the frosts. The re-
ports, however, showed that the condition
of the planter and tenant farmer is better
than last year, and in many cases excep-
tionally good.
AT Memphis, Tenn, W. NJ. Albritton was
sentenced to one years Imprisonment and
a fine of five hundred dollars for torturing
his step-son-the highest penalty that could
reach his offense.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-10-12
THE LATEST.

THE LATEST.
WITH a view to facilitating and hasten
| ing the delivery of mail matter in large
cities the Postoffice Department is gradu-
ally extending a system of sorting the
city mails in postal cars, which was tried
on small scale with very satisfactory
results some time since.
The Commissioner of Internal Revenue
has decided not to remove the office of Col
lector of Customs from Santa Fe to Albu-
querque, N. NJ. He does not think the in
terest of the service calls for the change.
An order has been issued establishing a
daily exchange through registered pouches
between postmasters of Helena, NJ. T., and
st. Paul, Mimi, to go into effect Immediate
ly.
The abiding place of the notorious Major
Nickerson has been discovered. He is re-
siding in Thorold, Canada. The Secretary
of War, upon learning his whereabouts, or
dered him to proceed at once to Washing
ton and report in person. An answer was
received from him in which he declined to
obey the order. He defies the authorities,
feeling sure that he cannot be extradited.
AT Allegheny City, Pa, recently,
street car became unmanageable on a steep
grade, and ran through the safety gates at
the Fort Wayne Railroad crossing and
into passing freight train. The car was
wrecked, and all the passengers, twenty
five in number, more or less injured, four,
it was thought, fatally.
AT Kansas City, the other day, a horse
driven by Mr.. Reyburn, prominent citi-
zen, became frightened at band wagon,
ran away, throwing Mr.. Reyburn out of
the buggy and inflictinginjuriesf from which
he soon died.
THE Germans throughout the United
States, on the 9Th, celebrated the two hun
dredth anniversary of the landing of the
first German colony in this country.
In late accident on the Delaware &
Lackawanna Railroad, near Scranton, Pa,
John Dunn, the engineer, was scalded to
death, and Archibald Lord, fireman, fatally
injured.
On the morning of the 9th, fire broke
out in the engine room of W. C. Howard &
Co.'S elevator, at Dallas, Tex, and soon
after the flames were issuing forth in all
directions. The flames spread rapidly and
soon the cotton yard of the city compress,
occupying block of ground Immediately
adjoining the elevator, caught fire and was
rapidly consumed. A large amount of cot
ton was burned, also about $1,000 bushels
of wheat. The total loss was about $780,
600.
On a ranch near Lampasses, Tex, resided
a well-to-do Mexican, named Anthony
Vandalez and his wife and five children,
the latter aged from two to ten years.
Recently the wife in a fit of insanity,
murdered all her children with butcher
knife and then killed herself.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-10-12
THE EAST.

BY recent railroad collision near Utica,
n. Y, six men were killed and number
wounded.
Up to the close of business hours, in New
York City, on the LIST, there were sold at
the postoffice 1,2JO,OOO two-cent stamps,
5000 four-cent stamps and 100000 two
cent envelopes.
ALBERT TAFT, leading manufacturer and
a prominent citizen of Burlington, Vt,
was recently suffocated in bed by gas.
In New York, the other night, Christie
pher Farley and his wife quarreled in their
apartments. As a result the man was
taken to the hospital and the woman to
jail.
AT three O'Clock on the morning of the
3D., the Exposition building at Pittsburgh,
Pa, caught fire, and in twenty minutes the
entire buildings, with the machinery and
floral halls, were in ashes. The reflection
from the fire Lit up the country for miles
around, and in the furthest end of the city
paper could be read as easily as in day
light. The loss was estimated at g SOC, 900.
BURGLARS recently entered the postofice
at Gloucester, Mass, broke open the safe
and stole the entire contents. The property
stolen consisted of 81 $50 in money, 1892 in
postage stamps, book of postal notes, and
other notes and securities, aggregating in
value about $4,000.
RECENTLY in a school-boy quarrel at
Dorchester, N. H., Eugene Cieburn fatally
shot John W. Brooks.
The original Abolitionists celebrated the
hftieth anniversary of the organization of
their society, in New York recently. Let
tiers were read from 7. Walls, author of
American Slavery as 1t Is" printed in
1889, John Jay, George W. Clark, Charles
B. Ray, DIR. Whitney, c. N. Bryan and
MIR. Tanner, of Buffalo, who was at the
warehouse in Alton when Lovejoy was
killed in 1887.
a PUPIL in the Grammar School on Chris
tie street, New York, was recently taken
with shrieking fit. Her screams alarmed
thexchildren, and some one shouted fire.
The children became panic-stricken and a
calamity was only prevented by the many
exits which enabled the children to gain
the street.
L. B. HITCHCOCK, formerly of Hitchcock,
McCreery & Co., grain merchants, and one
of the most prominent and wealthy citizens
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-10-12

Of Pittsburgh, Pa, disappeared mysterious
ly from his home, recently. His health had
not been good Of late, and it was feared
that, while laboring under alteration of
the mind he had committed suicide, or else
had met with foul play.
WILLIAM B. BRONSON, aged seventy,
Eliza, his wife, aged sixty-six, and Amos
e. Bronson, their son, have been found
guilty of manslaughter at New Haven,
Conn.,, in causing the death of Carrie E.
Gordon, married daughter. Deceased
was abandoned by her husband and went
to her fathers house, being sick, and asked
for physician. Her parents refused, and
kept her in room where she died. Her
and prescribed for the woman, who refused
to submit to his treatment.
JOHN A. DEcKER's paper mill at Lee,
Mass, burned the other night. Loss, S25,-
600; insurance, Sd, 900.
DR.. FRANCIS c. HERR and his brother
Homer were recently arrested at Philadel-
phia, Pa, on the charge of having commit
ted extensive frauds in Harrisburg by the
sale of worthless mining stocks. DIR. Herr,
it is said, induced patients and friends to
take an interest in several mining COM
panies with which he and his brother were
connected, and which were bogus concerns.
JAMES MCSTEEN was hanged at Pitts
burgh, Pa, for the murder of his wife.
A LATE fire at Sandy Lake, Pa, de.
stroyed nearly two business blocks. Loss,
$4,000.
A TRAIN on the Philadelphia & Reading
Railroad recently ran into a street car at
Philadelphia, entirely demolishing it.
James Hammil and James Devere were
killed, Mary Sellers fatally wounded and
fully one dozen others, all street car pas
sengers, injured.
A PORT JERvIsi(N. Y..) dispatch the 9Th,
said: "The thermometer was 26 degrees
this morning. Awhile frost covered every
thing. Ice formed half an inch thick, and
all crops not killed by the September frosts
are now destroyed. Many grapes in the
Delaware Valley were frosted Buckwheat
and corn are total failures. The drought
made them late and the first frost has de-
stroyed them"
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-10-12
GENE RAJ.

THE Berlin newspapers regard the in.
suits recently heaped upon Alfonso in
Paris as the moral defeat of France. No
power, they say, would now wish for al
lance with her.
THE value of imports of merchandise for
the twelve months ended August 81, was
S706, S04 ,564, and for the previous twelve
months S742, 00S, 913, decrease this year of
1924 ,S49. The value of exports of mer-
chandise for the same period was $3.50, no.
919, and for the previous twelve months,
$737, 326, 75S, an increase for this year of
$50, 3S5, 101.
THERE were three hundred and eighty
deaths from yellow fever at Mazatlan,
Mexico, from August 10 to September Is.
AFTER being Kissed in Paris, King Al
fonso returned to Madrid, where his loyal
subjects gave him an ovation.
AT meeting in Longhrea, County of
Galway, Ireland, recently, Bishop Clonfert
delivered speech in which he dwelt at
great length upon the fact that millions of
Catholics have been lost to the Catholic
faith in America, and denounced in severe
terms the system of State aided emigration.
1T was rumored that the German Govern
ment had addressed an energetic note to
France concerning the treatment, in Paris,
of Alfonso.
REAR ADMIRAL PIERCE CROSBY, COM
manding naval forces on the Asiatic Sta
ton, has telegraphed the Secretary of the
Navy, asking to be relieved of duty and
placed upon the retired list.
MICHAEL DAvIrT president at late meet
ing in Dublin, held for the purpose of rails
ing funds to erect monument to the men
sent to penal servitude for their connection
with the Fenian movement in 1867. A con-
siderable sum was subscribed.
BUSINESS failures for the week, ended
October 3, 1SS, against $50 the previous
week.
THE Spanish Ambassador has sent to the
Minister of Foreign Affairs of France, a
note setting forth the grievances of Spain
in connection with the arrival of King
Alfonso in Paris, and demanding the pun
ishment of the authors of the manifestation
against his majesty, and satisfaction for
Spain in proportion to its gravity.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-10-12

A music dealer tells an Albany re-
porter that "Wait Till the Clouds Roll by,
Jennie is one of the popular songs just
now. They nearly tear the house down
when girl sings ''Save the Sweetest
Kiss for Mother The stouteSt, health
lest looking girls generally want the
Quilted love and blighted hearts and all
that sort of thing. A girl who weighs
more than do was in here the other
day and wanted song about My
cheek has lost its bloom and my eyes
are Swallowed DER with gloom" Girls
who work in shops want more sorrow
full songs than those that are in stores.
I've got theory about it, but haven't
time to explain it this morning.-Atba-
ny IN. r. Journal.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-10-12

Heavy tragedian at railroad hotel
-"Prithee, landlord, dwells there
within the precincts OF this hamlet a
machinist? Landlord-"A machin-
list? Yes, sir.'' Tragedian-" Then
take to him this bird of many springs.
Bid him wrench asunder these iron
limbs, and then, for our regalement, to
chisel slices from its ueyielding bosom,
for we would dine anon. And, pray
you, do it quickly. Yon peas you need
not carry, for those, with dext'rOus man.
agement, we can swallow whole.
Away!"-Lje.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1883-03-21
THOSE WOMEN FOLK.
HOW HARD-HEADED MEN ESTIMATE SOME
THINGS WHICH THEY DON'T
UNDERSTAND

Anybody who has led domestic life knows
how common such things as the lackachc, md
pains in the chest are among the women who do
the work. Often-and perhaps generally-the
distrcsses arc borne without much complaiut.
The women get about and the machinery of the
house goes on. Beyond this, those coarsc-grained
animals whom New England women call the
men folks seldom look. So long AS their wives
or daughters arc not actually in bed, under the
doctors care the average thick skinned husband
and father gives the subject no attention At the
same time the poor household drudgcs-who de-
serve better tatc-crecp around. broom or utcn-
sils i'll hand, up stairs, down stairs and out-of-
doors. doing that woman's work, which ''is never
done" Losses Of loved wives and fair girls
losses whose suddcnncss and unexpcctcdness as
tonish those wooden-patcd husbands aud fathers
fall, seemingly out of 4 clear sky, and form the
lbgical sequel to the story of neglect.
Now, yOu men who stand at the heads of ten
thousand such homes, allow us to drop !. word in
your receptive ears. If these women Of yours are
worth having, they arc worth saving Thatba
achc-that pain in the chest. What are they but
indications Of some organic trouble of the kid
ncys the heart or the lungs: End it nj once by
the application of BENSON'S CAPCINE POROUS
PLASTER. 1t will soothc that nervous distress
drive away that pain, Danish that dull weary
backachc give ncw strength to the body and fresh
hope to the heart. No other plasters will do this
The Benson Plaster, however, is not made to sell,
but to heal. II is remedy which never yet broke
its pronlisc-:nd never will.
Your druggist has il. But before, payin" your
% cents and putting the plaster in your pocket.
look for the word CAPCISE cut in the middle
Scabury & Johnston, Pharmaceutical Chemists,
New York mh1l-WSS
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1883-03-21

COOKS, STATIONERY, PAPER. De-
STATIONERY & PRINTING
FRENCH:S, rs & 95 KING STREET

/: fhENCH'S, % & 95 KING STREET.
Just received 100000 ENVELOPES. all sizes
ana qualities. We are printing these Envclopes
at lower rates than ever before
\ full stock of NOTE and LETTER HEADS
which we arc printing at tho very lowest rates
The cheapest in the market
Bill. HEADS and STATEMENTS, all sizes,
absolutely the cheapest goods ever offered Mt thc
price We are printing them.
, 4 large assortment of Ledgers, Journals, Day
Books and Records, Medium. DENY, Crown and
Gap sizes, from to II quires each full and half
pound Time Books Memorandums and Pass
Books of every description.
o'tr EASTER CARDS and NOVELTIES are the
handsomest ever shown in this city
Something new every day.
NM G. L. FRENCH