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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-06-01

ritory and their influence, and when
the French can feel that they have per-
formed that feat, they are not too curl
GUS in examining into the value Of what
they have obtained. In the present
case, too, they feel that there is some
thing behind the valueless coast which
well worth having. There is all the
center of Africa to be opened up to trade
and made into colony. The Congo
has been shown by Mr.. Stanley to be
navigable above the Livingstone Falls,
and to flow through rich countries in
which there are great things to be done.
Having been shut out from almost ev-
erywhere else, the French are eager to
profit by their last chance. The only
serious obstacle to their enterprises is
the trading post on the Upper Congo
established by the Belgian Company.
They do not of course openly propose
to expel the independent traders, but it
is obvious that, if once they obtain pos
session of the mouth of the river, they
can regulate the trade at their pleasure.
And it is the certainty that they will do
so which is causing so much uneasi-
ness to be felt about their schemes
among other nations interested in the
actual or possible commerce of Central
Africa. RerieaC.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-06-01
The French on the Congo.

There can be no doubt that the French
Government have seriously undertaken
to make their protectOrate effectual.
They have not only supplied M. de
Brazza with arms and goods. but have
given him a commission and the sup
port of troops. The powers said to
have been conferred on him are nearly
as wide as any given to the navigators
of the sixteenth century. If he was
going to an UNEMPLOYED continent he
could scarcely have wider commission.
The only limit placed on him is very
vaguely worded. He is to extend the
French protectorate as far as possible.
There is obviously very little knowledge
in Paris as to how far that may be.
Familiarity with geography has never
been the strong point of the French, and
they have very loose ideas both as to
what there is to take and as to its value.
But if their knowledge is little their
hopes are great. The ambition to pos
sess great colonial empire has always
been strong among them and has re-
vived of late, for sufficiently obvious
reasons. They find the road blocked
everywhere except in Africa, and that
makes them all the more determined to
avail themselves of such opening as they
can get. The fact that the west coast
of Africa has been occupied at different
points by England, Holland. Portugal,
and even by themselves, and found to
be scarcely worth the trouble of keep
ing, is not likely to stop their present
enthusiasm to get better footing there.
They thoroughly understand that when
they can not get what they would like
they must like what they can get. Whist
is to be obtained on the equatorial COST
of West Africa, is nothing very consid-
cradle. There is already a French set
clement on the river Ogowai, soma five
degrees to the north of the Congo. 1t
is said to consist, like most of their col
onies, chiefly of Government officials.
To extend this valuable possession
along some three hundred and twenty
miles of pestiferous coast does not seem
to be very magnificen1 colonial ambi-
ton. But they would extend their ter.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-06-01
Hawaiian Volcanoes.

One remarkable feature of Kilauea is
that it manages to be self-contained.
The liquid waves surge up to the edges
of the inner crater, and sometimes they
drop several feet in few minutes. But
there is always "ample room and verge
enough for the ebb and flow of the in
candescent mass. The real danger to
Hilo and its residents comes from the
cone or dome of Mauna Loa. All the
same, Kilauea has its dangers. Sulphur
Gus gases may rise at any moment from
the assures. 1t is dangerous to look
down blow-hOle on vein of flowing
lava, as white flames may suddenly be
shot through the aperture from some
sharp cOnvulsion or inward throe. A
thin crust of lava, over which advent.
urous travellers and guides pass rapidly
to gain some coign of vantage of obser-
walton, might give way like ice beneath
the tread of the skater; and altogether,
what with cracks and Jets of flame.
mephitic civilizations, and explosions in
unexpected spots, it is wonderful that
comparatively few accidents have been
recorded. The varieties of the lava
when cooled almost equal those of the
fiery sea. As the mass settles down it
splits into huge crevices like those
of glacier, were it not for their
enormous length. These cracks are
rapidly covered with ferns and
underwood, and horses and
cattle may be engulfed and lost in
them. These gaps and clefts are of all
sizes, from small pits, one hundred feet
in depth, to lone vast assure thirteen
miles in LENGTH" which suddenly
opened in 1868. Between these riffs
the lava assumes the form of black
hard hummocks, or of long stretches of
creamy rock smooth as satin. or of
angular masses of basalt Here it
seems as if the countless dimpling
of the red river had been suddenly
checked and turned to stone. There
the edges of p stream are yellow or
rOse-cOlored with sulphur crystals like
frostwork in winter. A real lava cas-
cade was, or seemed to be, still in the
act of falling, and there is no end to the
diversity of specimens of compact gray
lava, of loose scoria, of cellular, shin
ing. and brittle lava, and of rugged
ridges and coarse-grained dark basalt.
The natives divide these streams into
two main kinds. The Al is horrid
confusion of broken masses rolling over
with a grinding noise. The pae-hOe-hoe
WAC half-cooled, and glided smoothly
on with wrinkles like rich cream"
AT place called the sulphur banks, tie
wearied sightseer can enjoy the luxury
of steam bath, shut up in wooden
box built over a crack through which
the natural steam issues and is easily
Saturday Recieao.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-06-01

time Mr.. Tredegar Almont made his ap.
pearance upon the scene. and was ad-
mitted to an interview with his son-iD-
law the day AFTER mis- arrival.
"You made mistake in not putting
in your defense at the hearing" he said,
as soon as the first greeting was over.
"It's bad job-a deucedly bad job
at the best: but now that l am here, we
will be able to put a better face to it
than it wears at present"
"Why do you say that? What do
YOU know about it?" asked Rodney, al
most fiercely.
BE tranquil. my friend, and I will
tell you,' responded Almont, as uncon-
cerned as if the life of the man before
him were not the issue at stake. Il
know what it appears you have not
chosen to divulge-that your partner,
Tendyke, and my late partner, Varick,
were one and the same man. 1 can
reasonably suppose that the cause as
signed for this tragedy was not the true
cause; when that is made known there
will be, inevitably. some revulsion of
popular feeling in your favor. A letter
which / received from my daughter
some two weeks ago can be introduced
as effective evidence"
"A letter.
"She wrote. believe, without your
cognizance. She knew that Varick was
bent upon mischief She had hopes of
checkmating him by bringing the law to
bear upon some of his past acts, but
Varick was always too slippery to give
the law any strong hold on him. l
didn't see that could do her any good.
and so didn't charge myself with any
trouble in the affair"
'.Let me see the letter"
Mr.. Almont was not wholly satisfied
with his son-in-law's aspect, calm
though it was.
TO BE CONTINUED.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-06-01
CompaniOnable People.

In every society we find that the peo-
pie who are called companionable are
those who have knack of making light
Of their tribulations and vexations, and
habit of putting them out of sight;
who do not entertain their acquaintance
with the recital of bad baking. leaky
pipe. the children's measles, the short
comings of the servants; who know how
to keep their melancholy, if they have
any, out of the conversation; whose
nerves do not furnish them with mate
rial for a morning call; who are not al
ways on the lookout for draught, or
3 change of weather, or slight; who
do not lament their poverty aloud, and
make us feel responsible for it, and un-
comfortable amidst our plenty. The
companionable people never seek to
make us dissatisfied with ourselves OF
our belongings; they talk about the
things we like to hear, and are silent
upon the subjects on which we disagree;
they do not differ from us for the sake
Of differing, and do not announce their
opinions as if there were no appeal
therefrom. They do not talk you
blind, as the saying is, neither do
they offend by their taciturnity; they
do not have to be drawn out, like
defective teeth, but develop their talent
as generously and charmingly as the
plant develops its blossoms; neither do
they pump or catechise us about our
affairs, but show q genuine interest in
whatever we may choose to impart of a
personal nature; and although they
never force their confidence upon us,
they have none of that frosty reserve
which never allows us q glimpse of
their hearts. There are some people
who are out of sorts at every hands
turn for no legitimate reason-because
the sun has gone under cloud, because
they slept badly or ate too heartily; but
the companionable person makes the
best of every situation. She is not
idgety or fussy, and her prejudices are
not, as with some, her chief character
istics. When she arrives she brings an
other atmosphere with her, and COM
mon things, seen with her eyes, become
wonderful. She is person OF ideas.
and bestows them with prodigality; she
is not SO Often a wit as the occasion OF
wit in others, which is a far more
popular being than the mere wit can
hope to be; and although she may only
have Travelled ga good deal on Cape
Cod" yet she has seen and understood
more than May who have ransaeked
Christendom.-Harper's Bazar.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-06-01
CHAPTER VI.

All Riverton was convulSed BY the
news of I lat dark deed The wild con-
lectures afloat scarcely touched upon
the truth as to what had led up TO this
tragedy. Rodney had been perverting
the funds of the bank from their legiti-
mate use; he had defied the wise cOun-
sells of the elder partner, and they had
quarreled, with this awful result Such
was the theory which gained readiest
acceptance, and there was no contradic-
ton made.
He appeared before Magistrate at
an early hour of the morning and gave
himself up as the slayer of John Ten
dyke.
No one except himself knew of
Mignon's presence upon the scene of
the tragedy, and he had taken care
that no shadow of blame could attach
to her. No one but himself knew all
the occurrences of that dark night.
People said that he had gone. red-hand-
ed, from that deed of guilt to his wife's
chamber. and all but murdered her BY
avowing it. At any rate, when his own
household was aroused and a physician
sent for, Mignon was found in her own
bed in an unconscious state, from which
all efforts failed to arouse her. When
that deep stupOr gave way at last, it
was to the mutterings of delirium, and
the doctor himself carried the news to
Rodney France in his cell at the county
jail. that his wife was laboring under a
violent attack of fever.
Il have taken it upon myself to in
stall nurse, and give orders for time,''
he said. "but if may suggest. would it
not be well to send for her friends?
She needs some one to stand by her at
this very trying season.
..You are right" Rodney answered,
after q moments thought. 81 will
write a telegram to her father and in
trust it to your kindness to send. Poor
he sighed, to himself. "He
is not the protector I.would choose for
her if there was any one else"
The message was sent and in due
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-06-01
THE Georgia pold mining belt

The Georgia gold mining belt ex-
tends from Virgins to Alabama and
Florids, with an average width of one
hundred and thirty miles. Thousands
of men are engaged in working the
mines. In one place in Lumpkin Coun-
ty there are twenty-six stamp mills,
each employing from ten to fifty men.
This statement of the extent and value
of the gold mines of Georgia will prob
ably surprise most of the Northern peo-
ple.-N. o. Rcdy,tpe.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-06-01

About 45 per cent. of the land OF
the United States, nearly 1,0O0, 900, 00G
acres in all, remains unsurveyed. OF
this amount there are 369, zoo, 900 acres
in the Indian Territory, SO.0OO.OOO in
Montana, 66,OO0,O 600 in Dakota, and
100000 in Minneseta.-N Y Her.
aid.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-06-01
CHAPTER V.
THE TRAGEDY.


Two weeks went by. .-
Ii was wet winter night, quite, dark
at five O'Clock. with the sleety rain
freezing as it fell until the cobble-stone
pavementS of the little town held YER
liable man-trap in every round and hol-
low; but John Tendyke. returning to his
room after his six o'clock dinner, trod
the slippery way in safety, and looked
about him as he shut out the dark and
cold and damp, with well-satisfied eyes.
His room in the bank building was
large, and lighted only by the soft coal
fire burning in the open CRATE. which
sent Pickering shadows into the far cor
nerS. about the tall bookcases and the
screened alcove where his bed stood.
But it was not the comfort of his sur
roundings which was putting Mr. Ten
dyke in a good humor with himself.
There's hardly doubt but she'll
give in" he was thinking. as he walked
softly back and forth IN the red CLEANS
of the fire, on the alert for some expect
ed sound. IF she don't, I'll make
enough to console me for her loss. |
don't think have left loophole open
TO betray me if l am driven to that
course" and his mind was cast forward
over his projected plans. until the slight
click for which he had watched appraised
him that some one had entered the outer
room of the bank.
''Lock the door, Mignon, and bring
the key" he said, throwing open his
own door to let bar of light fall into
the darkness.
Il thought You could be persuaded to
come if | sent for you, Mrs. France. If
domestic felicity wore on every one as it
wears on you, / ought to think twice be-
fore counting that state
She made little motion with her
hands, of impatient pain.
''Dont mock me. You know what is
telling on me. What is the doom you
have TO threaten me within
She stood beside the hearth, disdain-
ing the seat he offered her, the hood of
her gossamer cloak fallen back from
her face, and the Pickering light plainly
showing the ravages which the last few
weeks had made there. Varick's hard
heart hardened yet more as he real
lied that he could never get more than
the faded remnants of the beauty and
affection which she had given to France.
You viii have it at once he NUT
tered. Like taking a bitter dose at
one gulp and making faces afterward.
Well. Mignon, Eve got everything in
such shape that l want you to leave |
with me tonight for New Orleans,
where L will restore you to your fathers |
care until you can get legal separation
from the fellow who robbed me of my |
promised bride. He will sue for d. |
vorce fast enough when you are gone
You can marry again as soon as it is |
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-06-01

Quite novel spectacle was wit
messed at Pensacola, Fla, one day re-
Gently, in the way of funerals. A
drayman died and his brother draymer
attended his funeral on draya
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-06-01
HER LIES SECRET,

BY JENNIE DAVIS BURTON,
Author Of " Strangely We'd" The Thornhnrst
4ystery,' The Nadicst Marriage Err
WGs," a. ecirs Secret,'' A Scr
cileSs Foe" etc. etc.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1883-06-02
BovvdOin College.

Hon. Chas +. Libby of Portland. deliver
ed the closing address of the medical depart
ment, Wednesday forenoon. in Memorial Hall.
Mr.. Libby's address was an able. and elo-
ouent appeal. urging upon the members of
the graduating class the necessity OF realiz-
ing the responsibilities and duties which they
as doctors have assumed. The graduating
exercises have heretofore been held in one of
the medical lecture rooms but now the medi-
cal AS we'll as the academical department. has
the advantages of Memorial Hall. The grad
uating class numbers -. One was rejected
Eight lawn tennis courts may be seen in diff
ferent parts of the campus. This sport has
received quite a boom Of late. and has at
once become very popular.-June 9Th
and sth will be entirely de' oted to
to the ivy exercises. regatta. etc. On June
7th. there will be game of base ball on
the delta. between the Bowdoins and Bates
in the forenoon; in the afternoon, the annual
spring regatta between the junior. sophomore
aud freshman crews. On Friday, June sth, in
the forenoon. there will be the athletic con-
tests on Topsham fair grounds; in the after
noon, the ivy exercises, which makes the day
one Of the plessantest of the year. The day
closes with the ivy hop. b
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1883-06-02

Tie most complete biography Of Henry
Wadsworth Lonsfellow yet published, 10 that
published BY Lee and Shepard, Of which DR..
Georse Lowell Austin is the author. This
volume leaves criticism of Longfellow's
writings to others and concerns itself with
the facts Of the poets life, his education and
the influences which shaped his career, his
hrst literary attempts and the circumstances
which led to their continuance. his habits of
me and work. and his friendships for man and
DOCKS. In this he has been helped BY his
personal recollections of an acquaintance with
the poet. in the course of which the latter,
with view to sometime publication Of
sketch OF his own life and labors, impaired
good deal Of information OH those points; and
also by the sympathy and cooperation of the
poets familiar friend, John Owen. What is
said concerning Longfell0w's earlier pro-
auctions, and of the circumstances under
which some of Longfellow's best-known poems
were written-the latter being the poets own
recollections-will be found especially inter-
esting. Pains have been taken in the illus
tration OF the work to procure such views as
would contribute to an idea of the poets life.
There are views. for example, of the old
LongfellOw homestead at Newbury, of the
"adsworth house at Portland, of the house
IN which Longfellow was born as it was then
and as it is now, of Bowdoin College in 1880
and of Longfellow at that time. of Harvard
College in 1886, Of the Craigie house, and of
Longfellows chamber, study and drawing
room. There are four portraits of Longfellow,
the latest, which forms the frontispiece, being
lithotype reproduction of one of the best
negatives taken by Warren. There are also
portraits of Hawthorne, Agassiz and other
OF the poets friends, and facsimile repro
auctions of the manuscript of several of his
poems. The volume is substantial ahd we'll
printed, with page resembling that adopted
for Summers work. 1t is sold only by sub
scription.
Mr.. j. q. Hayward has the general agency
in Maine, and his address is % Myrtle ST.,
Portland. Those wishsing to secure sub
agencies for any ditrict in the State can do
so by communicating with him.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1883-06-02

81 Cases for Trial At the June
Terms 1858.

JURY CASES.
Tuesday, June I2fh.
4oe Berry W. Corthell. Spear; Carleton.
% spandins Vs. Winslow Brown c.; Baker
Wednesday. 18Th.
rs Shehan vs.. True. Potter Spear.
2is Curtis vs.. Cowee. Z. W. W; Heath.
ri Cannon vs. Roak. Southland; Potter & NJ.
3es Green VS.. Campbell Waidron; Chapman.
Thursday. I4th.
40 Pillsbury We. Norris Potter & NJ: Baker b. & C
lz9 Holt vs.. NJ C. K. X. Co. Same counsel.
2a6 Dyer We. Dyer. Clay c.; Pratt, spear.
2il Lewis vs. MeLaughlIn. whiimcre; Clay C.
2sl. Lancy vs. Cole. fitcombs; Potter n.
By Tfbbetts VS.. Grant. E. W. W.; Potter & NJ.
Friday, I5th.
s33 Preb'e vs. Rice. E.W. W.; Titcombs.
34 Coughiin vs.. McDayid- B-an B.; Andrews.
80 siinson W. Noyes. Potter NJ. Bean b.
372 Cir eley vs. Howe. Potter NJ; Wilson,
~ ai-deli vs.. James. haines: Stevens.
Saturday, 18th.
373 vii Jams vs. Jellison. Potter & NJ; z. W. W
BY 8orang vs. Chelsea Perry; CIason.
AZ Haines VS.. ". wa-erville. Haines, Stevens.
~ Leonard vs.. James. aines; stevens.
10 Harvey vs.. alton Potter & NJ; L. W. W.
iss Austin vs.. burlington. Potter NJ; Titcombs
Monday, Isth.
i54 Gary W.. Cary. Tiieombs; Donwortb, Choat..
$50 Cooarn vs.. sullivan Titcombs; Hea.h.
~ Hewins VS.. Haskell. Titcombs; FAR.
20 Hummer vs.. Morse L. ". W.; Choate-
~
4s1 Gray Vs. Ham. Harrington; whitmofe.
Tuesday, 18th
45s Harmon VS.. Rowe Titcombs; Potter N.
3ds Robinson VS.. Halde. aidron; Webb W.
~ -, :, i'll vs. Savage Iiioombs Heath.
4ti Furbush vs. same Same counsel.
~. savage We. COombs. Baker & b. 4 c.; yose.
ovf Benson Vs. Holmes. Stevens; waldron-
COURT CASES.
WedResday goth.
n
212 Ingles VS.. Fiiz gerald; Haine-; Webb.
2s3 Dana vs. D.tese. Webb L w.; Wsldron
Jos Reed VS.. 1obey. FAIR; 4. W. W.
3ts Crosby VS.. ABBOTT. Brown c.. Webb & W.
al Perry vs.. Perry. same counsel.
ISL kimbaI vs. Manson. Bean 4 Potter 4 NJ.
800 Dunton vs.. Darrah. Benjamin; Hall.
36i smith VS.. Goodwin. Spear; NJ ;. Spear
577 Potter We. Haskell. Potter NJ; TfieOmbs.
Thursday, 2lst.
3s7 Richardson VS.. Spaulding. Chapman Blanchard
3si Thorn We South Parish. Heath Iitcombs.
io9 Proctor vs.. Ersk1ne ii. S. spear; Baker, b. c.
so Springer We. Cram. Hanes, Black.
. Stevens vs.. Meady. Clason; Baker, b. &C.
4ll Wood VS.. Freeman. Carleton; Young.
4b Noble VS.. Milliken. TItcombs; Vose.
Se9 Bean We. Wright. Bean Poster l. NJ.
4ye Hatch vs. Knowles. Bean B.; Whtcomb.
~ Paul VS.. Reed. Webb W; Brown &C.
Friday, 22d.
499 Baker Va. James. Baker, b. 4 c.; Clason.
5V6 White vs. Larrabee. Clay c.; Benjamin.
sos Ward vs.. Laneey. Fogg; Lancey, pro 50.
500 Walker vs.. Gould. Heath; Fogg.
oh studley VS.. Adams. Andrews; Potter & NJ.
SIG Whrimore Jewett. Whitmore; Jewett pro Sc
$40 Washburn VS.. Allen. Heselton, Heath; Baker,
Il. c.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1883-06-02
Anniversary of First Baptist Sunday
school.


The Maine Veterans Association of Massa-
chusetts. associated with the association COM
posed of the I'd Maine Cavalry, and the l4th,
2ls,, 2ed. a3d, oath and 2sth Regiments In
fantry, Me. Vols, will hold its annual re-
union at Pennington. August 18th. 18th, and
18th, commencing Tuesday evening with a
camp fire.
The lst Maine Cavalry Association will
hold its reunion at Auburn, August 10th and
18th.
The Sd Maine Regiment will hold a re-
union at Maranocook at some future date.
not yet fixed.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1883-06-02
Circular No. 3.
Circular No. 3.
STATE OF MAINE.
OFFICE OF GENERAL INSPECTOR OF
RIFLE PRACTICE.


PORTLAND, May %, 1888.
In order to reorganize the State rifle team
you will select from the marksmen of your
company, not more than six men who will
practice as follows:
First. you will as soon as the selection is
made, appoint, two days, prior to the 10Th
day of June. at which time. (unless too rainy
for practice you will have each man fire, ac-
cordng to the rules of rifle practice, ten
rounds each day at both 200 and 500 yds. Re-
turns of the practice to be made at once, Civ
ing the result of each shot as made, the con-
diton of the weather, drection,-Right or
left-and force of the wind as allowed by
points on the wind gauge, and such other ex-
plantations as you deem proper. Two sight
ings shots only will be allowed each man at
each distance. In the selection of men you
will have regard to previous record. Do not
select anyone, who would not desire to go to
Creedmore, if selected.
From the list returned by the various com
mands, twenty men will be selected, who will
be brought together at some future date for a
final competition, at 200 500, and 900 yds. +,
the result of which will determine who are to
compose the State team.
4. &. HARRINGTON.
Col. and |. II. y.