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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-11-02
Quaint Auction Scenes in Bremen.

Although the free Hanseatic City OF
! Bremen has gradually done away with
many of her traditional pre-: ogatives,
vet does she cling to some of them to
this day. The Senators no longer wear
| Spanish cloaks or wigs, but the so.
called Council messengers still appear
on solemn occasions in flaming red
coats, knee-breeches, white stockings,
and side-swords. The gates are no
longer closed at night, nor are the bells
rung on the outbreak of a fire; but the
s'Rathskeller" is punctually closed at
1920 p. M, and nobody is allowed to
enter the sacred precincts after that
hour. With remarkable tenacity, how
ever. the good Bremeners adhere to the
ancient custom of the so-called "burn-
ing CANDLE" by the light of which all
peremptory sales of real estate take
place to this day, as may be seen every
Friday in hall over the old Exchange.
At one end of long table is seated a
Judge and scribe, at the other stands the
City Crier, and by his side Council
messenger in flaming red dress, holding
a stable lantern. In his hand he has a
box filled with ends of small candles
that can burn but few minutes, and of
which he has to light one after the other
until no other bid is made before the
candle goes out, in which case the last
and of course highest bidder becomes
the owner of the estate. As late as the
beginning of this century every person
who overbid another while the candle
was still burning, thereby putting up
the price, received qualification of a
so-called ..fine third" equal to about
two marks. Frequently some porters
or errand men would come in and bid
in order to turn an honeStpenny by go
ing for the '.fine third" although they
ran the risk of some weeks imprison-
ment. if by chance the candle went out
and they thus remained the last bidders
without being able to pay for the prop
erty knocked down to them on account.
1t is a comical sight to enter the hall
Just at the moment when one bidder
has silenced a competitor. All eyes
turn to the bit of candle in the lantern,
which grows smaller and smaller;
hardly a breath is drawn; the company
looks as if they were petrified. Sud-
denly there comes another bid, another
candle is lighted, and the comedy is re-
peated until finally the extinction of a
candle has fastened the sale upon the
last bidder. This custom of the "burn-
ing candle" may be Justly termed one
of the traditional peculiarities of Bre-
men. there being but few, if any, other
German cities or towns in which this
ancient custom still obtains.-Pdris
american Register.
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The Deaf and Dumb.

To be deaf is not necessarily and al
ways to be dumb, and to make the
dumb speak is no longer work which
only miracle could accomplish. Il see
voice." says Bottom in the character
of Pyramus; '.now will to the chink to
spy and l can hear my Thisbe's face"
know, a mode of perception yet realized,
though the quick apprehensions of the
blind through other senses seem to sug-
gest something like tactual and audible
vision. But seeing a voice is what al
most any deaf person., trained suf-
fciently soon and sufficiently well. can
be taught to do. He may to all intents
and purposes hear by the eye. He can
read words by observing the motions of
the lips, as he can read written or print
ed signs; and as he can initiate the lat
ter by the hand, so he can reproduce
the former by the tongue. Generations
before the instruction of the deaf and
dumb in oral speech was systematized.
there had been remarkable instances of
it, which were treated as miracles-as
sports and marvels of ingenuity to be
wondered at, rather than as examples
to be initiated.
The case of the younger brother of the
constable of CASTLE, where Sir KeneIm
Digby saw when he accompanied
Charles l. (then Prince of Wales) to
Spain is well known, He was and had
been from birth so deaf that he could
not hear if gun were shot off close by
his ear, and that he had been dumb I'M
til he was taken in hand by an intelli-
gent and hospitable priest. HE would
repeat after anybodie any hard word
whatsoever, which the Prince tried Of
ten, not only in English but bv making
some Welchman that served his high
ness speak words of their language,
when it was so perfectly echoed that L
confesse that / wondered more at that
than at all the rest. and the master HIM
self would acknowledge that the rules
of his art reached not to produce that
effect with any certainty Why it
should be harder for Spaniard to read
Welsh words than English on the lips
of foreigner may seem question of
some difficulty. Sir Kenelm Digby had
probably tae feeling that English, after
all, is tie natural language of human
beings. though he does say something
about the cultural sounds of the Welsh
tongue not being obvious in the motions
of lips. He goes on to note that this
young Spanish noble ''could converse
currently in the light, though they
talked with whispers never so softly,
and have seen him at the distance of
o large chambers breadth say words
after one that I, standing close by the
speaker, could not hear syllable Of
But if be were in the dark, or if csc
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styles In nsa's Apparel.

A few of the holder manufacturers
have endeavored to foist certain rich,
dark colors upon the market, with a
view to having them adopted for dress
suits, displacing thereby the somber,
orthodox black; but it is believed that
the good taste of the class who are accus-
toned to wear full evening dress will
nip this attempt in the bud, prompted
as it is by the fact that there is less
money in the black than in the deep
wine colors. The lapels of the dress
coat are to be made smaller this year
than last, and will be fashioned to roll
somewhat higher than heretofore, the
curve or scoop commencing at the third
button. The sleeves will fit a trifle more
closely to the arm, and the skirt, if
changed at all, will be slightly length
ened, Silk facings, either in full or ex-
tending only to the button-holes, are
still fashionable, the material used be-
ing fine rep corded silk. Black satin
is in bad taste. The dress vest is cut
with three buttons, and ''scooped" SO
deity as to make wide shirt bosom q
necessity. 1t is finished round the edge
with double row of gimp. The trou-
sers are cut straight, made to fit the leg
snugly, and are finished with silk braid
on the outer seams.
The Prince Albert coat, for fall and
winter use, will, of course. be still of
dark material, blue and black being the
favorite colors. The coat is made to fit
the figure more closely. The vest is of
the same material, and buttons to point
just under the top button of the coat.
Great latitude is allowed in the selection
of materials for the trousers, though a
dark or light gray mixture and very
fine black-and-white check are in the
greatest demand. Striped goods will be
worn, though not as much as formerly.
The cut-away coat is made almost pre-
cisely the same as last season.
There is a very handsome frock-coat,
entirely new this season, that will look
well with almost any style of trouser
pattern. 1t is made double-breasted,
with either three or four basket buttons,
and Is bound with sewing-silk army
braid, laid on fiat. This garment is
very appropriate for walking, and is
said to be well adapted for elderly gen.
tlemen. 1t is made of an Oxford mixed
diagonal cloth.
Overcoats will this season be worn
double-breasted. There is but slight
difference in the length, the change, if
any, being one of increase. The ten
dency toward tightness in wearing ap-
parel is as apparent in the overcoat as
in other garments. They are made to
fit snugly and to follow the shape of the
figure down to the upper limit of the
skirt. The collar of the fall overcoat
must be of the same material as the body
of the garment, while on the winter coat
velvet collar may be worn.-Boston
Herald.
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Irving to Say Coekroach.

1t is said TO be difficult to teach 9
Spaniard to say cockroaeh. A tutor
saws that it is one of the hardest word;
the Spaniards have to learn. To illus
trate. be called upon q young Spaniard
who is struggling with, the mysteries Of
the language, TO pronounce the word.
An expression of sadness passed oyel
fhe olive-tinged countenance of the
Spaniard as he thought moment. and
then hesitatingly said, 'tCockarocha- "
sNo; cock-roach,' said the tutor.
"Cokarocha, said the Spaniard.
TRY now: C-o-c-k-r-o-a-c-h, cock.
roach.p9 90 F-rF AS. - sl-
"kokrocha,' said the Spaniard.
Say cock,
"Croka." 49,
Now roach
7" Rocha -
"Now cockIoach." AaYff 3
"Crockarocha' .s,.. z
NOV ellwhat it is.n
Smailabugga."s1N T. Sum {
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The Elephant Seal.

Almost the first vOyagers who sailed
into the then unknown seas surround
ing the south pole took back to Europe
stories about a gigantic seal much
larger than the elephant, and, like that
animal. furnished with trunk. But
the people had begun to doubt the sto
ries of travellers, and consequently not
much reliance was placed on these va
rious accounts.
When the real Robinson Crusoe, whose
name was Alexander Selkirk, was found
on his island of Juan Fernandez and
taken home to England, he also told
about the giant seal, and gave such mi
mute particulars concerning it that it:
existence was no longer doubted. Still
it was not until century later, wher
the report of Captain Cooks voyages
was published, that any real interest
was manifested in the ea-elephant, Oh
elephant seal. This report said that the
oil and skin furnished by the animal
were valuable, and that statement was
hint enough for one or two enterprising
merchants. Without more ado they
fitted out few whaling ships, and sent
them to the southern seas to procure the
oil and skins of the hapless creatures.
Among these ships the trimmest and
swiftest was the MARY Ann"
How many elephant-seals were slaugh'
tered by the crew of the "Mary Ann" is
not known: but it is recorded that,
within twenty-five years of her visit to
Georgia Island, there were killed on
that island alone over one million two
hundred thousand animals, or about one
thousand every day during the season.
How many millions were killed alto.
gether can never be known, but it is
certain that the killing did not cease
until the elephant-seal was almost ex-
terminated. 1t will interest you to
know that two young elephant-seals are
now to be seen in the Geological Gar
dens at Philadelphia.
The Young sea-elephant is as big as a
small man when it is born. and in eight
days it will grow four feet longer and
one hundred pounds heavier. That is
pretty quick growth; but to reach a cir
conference of eighteen feet and a length
of thirty feet in three years, it has need
to grow quickly.
Penrose, in his account of the ele-
phant-seal, says that his sailors used to
mount upon the backs of the animals
as they were in Ile water, and race
with each other, making the animals
swim by squirting them with their knives.
This story is not precisely doubted, but
it is not believed, either. The elephant.
seal always comes ashore, if possible,
when about to die, which seems some
what odd. when the water is the ele-
ment in which it is most at home. There
it is surprisingly swift and agile, and,
indeed, it is so comfortable there that it
sleeps on the rocking waves as quietly
as on shore.--John Il. CoryeU, IN st.
Nic6oIUe
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SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

"A Roanoke IN. CO. inventor has
concocted machine that will make $50
cigarettes a minute.
Philadelphia is to have a street car
with a patent spring motor The in
ventor says that after the spring is
wound up 1t will propel the car eight
miles. - Philadelphia Press.
Experiments have recently been
made on the Thames with a new kind
of side-wheel steamer which has but two
blades in each wheel. 1t is the inven-
ton of an English engineer.
Recent experiments show that the
lungs are not air tight. Under GER
tain amount of air pressure air escapes
into the pleural cavity or the blood
vessels in the pulmonary circulation.
If you have great talents. industry
will improve them; if moderate abili-
ties, industry will supply the deticien-
cies. Nothing is denied to well-direct-
ed labor; nothing is ever to be attained
without it.-N T. Herald.
"A concentrated solution of bichro-
mate of potash and glue makes, it is
said, cement for repairing articles OF
broken glass which will resist boiling
water. The cement is first carefully
applied to the surface, and after the
fractured parts are brought together the
whole is exposed to the action of the
sun.-Cncinndti Times.
The Journal of Science puts these
very pertinent questions regarding the
poisoning cases of the last half century:
Have we at command means for the de.
lection of all known poisons under al
circumstances? Have our leading toxi-
cologists and physicians shown sufficient
skill in the application of such meansf
Is our manner of conducting trials and
of obtaining and dealing with the evi.
dence of experts well adapted for the
discovery of truth and for the elucida-
ton of error, or could it admit of useful
notification
Regarding the sorghum sugar in.
dustry in Kansas, M. Day, Jr., writes
to the Buffalo cypress that two of the
retneries have reported unqualified sue.
cess this season. One is managed by
Prof. NJ. Z. Scoville and the other by
Prof. Swenson, late agricultural chem
ist in the State University in Madison,
Wis. This latter refinery is owned in
New York, and cost 100000. The
two companies cultivated 5000 acres Of
cane, and the yield will be from 700 to
800 pounds of sugar per acre and from
sixty to seventy-five gallons of strip.
Both sugar and sirup are entirely free
from the sorghum flavor.
They are taking down the front
wall of five-story brick building at
South and Essex streets, Boston. Mr.
Bradlee, the architect, attributes the
bullying of the wall to the use of Port
land cement. He says: "This cement
has been used mostly in constructing
water-works and other like structures,
and has not been used much where it
has been exposed to the air. 1t was
only about year ago discovered that
this cement would expand under these
conditions" Some interesting expert.
ments have been made in Mr.. Bradlee's
office. Three glass bottles were filled
with Portland cement and sealed tight.
One burst in two days, one in eight
days and the third in ten days proving
that the cement does expand.-Boston
7rdnScrf1,t
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PITH AND POINT.

Rather saws the cures effected by
LAYING on of hands is an old story with
him. His mother often INDUCED in the
past-time in times past.-BoSton Cou-
rier.
"a "A poet says: Yesterday comes
not" He should tell us something we
don't know. What we are looking for
is the return of week before last.-Nor-
ristoUn Herald.
There are two things in the world
which tramp will not sit down on.
One is barbed-wire fence and the other
is good healthy hornets nest.-Bur-
lington Free Press.
DIR. Willis announces the fact tina.
''mothers-in-law are not laughed at in
Persia" Same here. He must be a
bold, bad man, without any hair, who
would laugh at his mother-in. law.-7Re
Judge. "a
"A young man was congratulated on
reaching his twenty-first birthday.
swell, how do you feel over the mat
ter?" he was asked, and he replied
heartily, Il feel like a new man"
philadelphia Call.
do you ever gambler" she asked,
as they sat together, her hand held in
his. He replied, mo; but if l wanted
to now would be my time" ''How SOP
because hold beautiful hand" The
engagement is announced SomerUille
Journal. 'h-s 5000
A Pennsylvania lady ninety-three
years of age milks, washes and bakes
for a family of three persons. A great
deal can be gotten out of old people if
they are properly managed. Young
people do not get half enough rest
Louisville Courter-Jour'1dl.
Sweet little Meg came into her Sun.
day-school class one morning, her eyes
filled with tears, and looking up into
her teachers face. said: sour dog
dead, and / guess the angels were real
scared when they saw him coming up
the path, for he's awfully cross to stran-
gers. "-EgehGnge.
One ofthe Rev. Levi Philetus Dobbs'
weaknesses is metaphor. Here is his
last 1t is in reply to one who had
come TO him for information: '.You may
be ignorant; but your ignorance shall
De the hand that turns the faucet that
sets in motion the mind whose branches
shall send out rays which shall distl oil
upon, the. waves of the deadly upas
tree. The Independent.
The three brothers, Solomon, Jacob
and Joseph Benjamin, stood in their
shop discussing the DAYS earnings,
"Und dot military goat wild gold bud
dons, how much, eh?" said solomon,
the eldest brother, and head of the firm.
.'Six tollers und a hallef," said Joseph.
''Is dot all he ,gif your exclaimed Sol.
ONION ,mSan Lagonized tone. Il paid
sevents-fife cents for dot goat! We are
ruint completely" Chicago Journal.
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SCHOOL rrAcnrns.

Nh. h. L. sofHn, Principal Of the HigA eeAoea 9
Poduonock Conn, ssys IN relation 70 masteR vhioh
has given him much anxiety end palm: Nv VIE and
Ihave both used Hunts Remedy. and md Il really
superior article. rear % go my kidneys became
weak and suegish. owing to severe strain and md
ing relief IN Hunts Remedy continued IT. use until
had used four bottles. when became well Since my
cure have suggested ~ ue to great number Of PEG.
pie. who know have been benefited By using II. "
And 70 substantiate this statement Mr.. b 8. Clark
Assistant Superintendent Of the High School ssys:
can certify to the value Of Hunts Remedy, having re-
ceived great benefit from Its use Ny troubles COM
menced twelve years ago. when my kidneys became
anlicted with Inflammation of the passages but the
timely use of % valuable medicine arrested the die.
ease. can now cheerfully recommend It 70 all suffer
ing - was"
NAY 81. 1883.
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BEING entirely vegetable, no particular
care is required while using DR.. Pierce's
pheasant Purgative Pellets" They ope-
rate without disturbance to the constitu-
ton, diet, or occupation. For sick head
ache, constipation, impure blood, dizziness,
taste in mouth, bilious attacks, pain in
region Of kidney, internal fever, bloated
feeling about stomach, rush of blood to head !,
take DR.. Pierce's "pellets." BY druggists
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The story is told in the White
Mountains that Mr.. Vanderbilt went in
to one of the big hotels one day last
summer and, instead of being shown to
the elaborate table prepared for him,
was ushered to an obscure seat by the
head water, who didn't recognize him.
The guest quietly partook of a bowl Of
crackers and milk. gave the sub-waiter
a five-dollar tip, and went out. And
that head waiter has felt like kicking
himself ever sinee.-M Y. Times.
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This most remarkable statement was made By M.
Frank B. Lee. clerk in the ONCE Of N 7. c. b. 3.
r. r, Little Falls. N. T.. on the 9Th Of June. 1885,
Mr.. Lee says: my father has been troubled for
over twenty yes with kidney and bladder dis
ease suffering the most acute pain when urinatng. He
became so bad that he obliged to give up al bust.
ness. His condition was such that his urine would
drop constantly. and he was obliged 10 use rubber
bag, the weakness was great. He used many kinds
Of medicine without deriving any benefit until he was
urged by one of druggists In Little Falls Mr Skin
ner) to use Hunts Remedy, as he had known of its
being used In many cases with great success pur-
chased bottle. and he commenced using IT. and be
improved that he got along without the rubber
bag. He used in all twelve bottles and IL has entirely
cured him. Father is sixty two years old. and wecon-
slider II wonderful cure. and cheerfully recon-
mend Hunts Remedy to all sncted with kidney liver
urinary troubles"
Allthe evidence published in regard to Hunts Rene
dy be relied upon It IL true in every particular.
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A Fortune

may be made by hard work, but can neither
be made nor enjoyed without health. To
those leading sedentary lives DR.. r. v.
Piorce's " Golden Medical Discovery" is a
real friend. 1t stimulates the liver, purifies
the blood, and is the best remedy for con-
sumption, which is scrofulous disease of
the lungs. By all druggists.
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FROM Col. c. n. Mackey, 32nd Iowa In
fantry: have derived more benefit from
Ely's Cream Balm than anything else I
have ever tried. have now been using it
for three months and am experiencing no
trouble from Catarrh whatever. / have
been a sufferer for twenty years. C. II.
MAcKEY, Sigourney, Iowa, Feb. %, 1882.
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One Of the Elect.

CLEVELAND, O.-The Plain Dealer re-
ports that Hon. Martin A. Foran, Congress
man-elect from the Cleveland, O., district,
has used st. Jacobs OH in his family and
has always found it safe and reliable, and
it afforded him great relief to lame knee.
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IN REGARD TO Ely's Cream Balm for Ca.
tarrh, my answer is, can recommend it as
the best remedy l ever used. DR.. j. s.
VAUGHAN, Dentist, Muskegon, Mich.
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case of Blood Poisoning by the use of
Swift's Specific Is. s. ST. after trying ev-
erything known to the medical people
without relief. JNo. s. TAGeART,
Salamanca. N, Y.
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THE difference between q besotted man
and a pig is slight one at best. Ones q
hunting grog and the others grunting
hog.-Pittsburgh TELEGRAPH.
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DIR. Pierce's "Favorite Prescription"
always becomes the favorite remedy Of
those who try it. 1t is specific for all fe-
male weaknesses" and arrangements,
bringing strength to the limbs and back,
and color to the face. OF all druggists.
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For aged men, women, weak and sickly
children, without a rival. Will not cause
headache. Browns Iron Bitters.
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ONE HUNDRED per cent. is profit that
always predicts q fortune.-N y Jour-
nal
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ACCORDING to an unascertained entomoIo-
gist, a mosquito resembles charity when
It begins to hum.-RocheSter Post Express.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-11-02

A DENTISTS appearance is apt to deceive
one. The more he looks down in the mouth
the better he feels.-Butdlo Express.
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SUFFERERS FROM COUGHS, SORE THROAT
.tc., should try "Brolcn's Bronchial
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WHEN Ismail Pasha looks at his bills for
fall bonrets, that's the time, of course, he
finds his harem scare 'im.-N. T. Graphic.
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A STITCH in Time must make the old
chap feel sew-sew.-Burlington Hd,okeye.
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An apple tree was perfectly por-
trayed recently on window pane of a
house near Atlanta, Ga, before which
it stood when lightning struck it.-M
Y. San.
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COLD weather affects your wrap it tight
Narration Independent.
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The man who made "a virtue" of "neces-
sity" IL believed to have been q particular
ly Intelligent compassionate y Post.