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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-04-06
Old Ag@

The whole of life may be divided into
three periods-that of growth, maturity
and decay.
The first is characterized by changes
in substance, size, form, powers and sus-
capabilities.
The second is characterized by fixed
ness. Food no longer grows to growth,
but simply makes good what the system
wastes in its working. 1t is the period
of labor. enterprise and intellectual
mastership over nature.
The third-say from sixty onward-is
the opposite of the first, and would be of
the second, were we not able to carry
along our accumulated treasures of ex-
perience, knowledge. habits and much
of the momentum gained in our best
years. At the best, however, it IS one
Of increasing decay.
Two facts, misunderstanding from
lack of nourishment-and ''degenera-
tion-change of muscular fibre into fat
or lime-explain. this decay in the main.
The food may be enough, but the power
to get rid of the waste of the system. and
to replace it with good nerve, muscle,
membranes, heat and strength is less
ened. Hence there is universal shrink
age, which is not confined to thsmuseles.
but extends to the brain, spinal cord,
nerve trunks, lungs. liver, and in a still
greater degree, to the spleen and lynn
phatic glands.
The heart and kidneys-by wise pro-
vision of nature-retain their normal
size, the first even generally becoming
larger The vacuum around the shriveled
brain and lungs is filled with watsry
fluid from the blood. The lungs are
drawn toward the back bone, and the
chest proportionately falls in. Their
surface is quite uneven. Their power
to throw off carbonic acid yearly
decreases, becoming from one-fourth to
one-half less. This is largely due to the
weaker and shallower breathing.
The veins lose much of their elasticity,
and their walls-especially in the lower
half of the body-increase in size and
thickness. The blood is less in quantity,
more fluid and coagulates more readily.
The pulse is slow, hard and wiry. The
heartbeat is more irregular. The above
are some Of the characteristics of normal
old age.-Youth's Companion.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-04-06
Millionaire Widows.

Philadelphia has good list of lady
millionaires. Mrs. Thomas A. Scott
leads off with at least $40 900, 900. Mrs.
Bloomfield Ii. Moore is near the top of
the ladder. Her husbands personal
estate was valued at S5,5O0,00 and
this, besides his other investments,
leaves the lady in possession of an i'm
mense income. Mrs. Anna W. Baird
and Mrs. Matthew Baldwin, both of
whose husbands were in the celebrated
Baldwin Locomotive Works, are worth
S2,0OO.000 each. Mrs. Adolph E. Borie
is millionaire in her own right. When
the late George Fales died, his personal
estate was worth over S2,O0o,00O, and
- wife and daughter divided this, as
well as his other possessions. Two
daughters of Henry Rawee were left
81 ZOO, 900 each by their mother. One
of the lady attendants at the Church of
the Epiphany drives to the house of
worship in modest carriage. Her in
come is s260,OO0 a year.-Philadelphia
Press.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-04-06
A Heartless Desertion.

The doors of th6 bate Lunatic Asylum
have Just been opened to admit young
lady. whose intellect has been dethroned
by the perfidy Of q recreant bridegroom.
The name of the demented girl is Anna
Peterson. q member of one Of the most
prominent families of Harbor Creek,
near Erie. Pa. Miss Peterson is nineteen
years old, and has been literally en-
dowed by nature with handsome form
and sweet disposition. About year
ago q young man named P. Dullea paid
her marked attention, and in due time
she promised to wed him. Dullea is
possessed of considerable property, and
the match was generally considered q
most happy one. The 7th Of March was
set for the wedding day, and many rela-
ent at the ceremony. The bridegroom
was very Jealous in making the prepara-
tons, and left nothing undone which
would add eclat to the affair. The event.
full day arrived and Anna Peterson ar
rayed herself in her bridal robes. The
morning trains brought many friends
who assembled in the handsomely deco
rated parlors as the hour drew nigh. The
marriage was to be solemnized at noon.
At IL 80 the bridegroom had not arrived.
The minister was in waiting to perform
the ceremony and in an upper room the
bride sat among her elegantly attired
bridemaids. Just before noon a stranger
rang the bell, and, handing the servant
letter addressed to Miss Peterson, hur-
ried away. This excited considerable
suspicion and not without forebodings of
evil did Mr.. Peterson deliver the misSive
to his daughter. She tore it open hur-
riedly glanced over its contents and with
an agOnized shrek fell in a swoon. The
fatal letter was picked up and read to
the guests. 1t was q curt heartlesS epistle
and read as follows:
"MY DEAR Miss ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
over which have no control compel me to
forego the honor of wedding you to-day. This
morning WAS informed of great necessity for
If all goes well, may see you, and then, IL our
feelings for each other are unaltered, our rela-
tons can be considered the same as though this
little hitch in our arrangements had never hap
pened. Yours truly,
'P. DULLEA.
up. Sam going to travel"
Restoratives were applied and the de-
serted bride regained consciousness.
When she came out of the faint, she as
tonished her friends by quietly readjust-
ing her wreath of orange blossoms and
taking the hands of an aged neighbor,
addressed him by her false lovers name
and announced herself ready to repeat
the words that should make her his wife.
Then it flashed on the minds of all those
present that the shock had deprived her
of her reason. They led her away like
poor Ophelia. smiling and chatting in an
artless way that was heartrending to see
and heE. The house of rejoicing was
changed to one of sorrow. During the
night Miss Peterson was attacked with
violent paroxysms, succeeded by periods
of insensibility. Her parents are pros
trated by the weight of sorrow. Nothing
further has been heard from Dullea, and
the community is wild with excitement
over his perfdious action.-Erie (Pa.)
Cor. Chicago Herald.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-04-06
SCHOOL AND CHURCH,

The aggregate value of the school
houses and sites OF New York State ID
$50, 332, POI. -
The Wesleyan Female College, of
Macon, is said to be the Oldest female
college in the world.
Father Bjerring. lately pastor of the
Russian Greek Church in New York, has
entered the Presbyterian communion and
abeen licensed to preach. ..ss-sse .z..ss,-
"A school teacher asserts that schol.
.ars who have access to newspapers at
home outstrip those in their studies who
do not see the papers, becoming better
readers and spoilers, better grammarians
and write the best compositions, besides
learning geography and history quicker.
Chicago Journal.
How many scholars who have passed
through our public schools can write an
ordinary business letter, well phrased,
correctly spelled and punctuated? That
is question New York business men
often find themselves asking when they
examine applicants for clerkships. -
~. Y. Examiner.
The Trustees of Cornell University
have made an appropriation of $1,000
for the purchase of books in the depart
ment of American history. Professor
Tyler looked over the library and made
a list of the works needed to furnish q
good working library in American his.
tory. Many of the books have already
been ordered.-N Y. Post. .. :
Berlin. with its 1, 100, 900 population
is said to have only forty-five places OF
worthip and scarcely 100 ministers of the
gospel. An evangelical mission and
coffee-room has been opened in its north.
west suburb, that has a. population OF
over $4,000, mostly working people, and
only one church, accommodating 500,
Chicago Standard.
in recent lecture before the stu.
dents of John Hopkins University, Pro-
feSsor Stanley Hall said that the funda.
mental idea of modern education must
be that the peculiar traits of each indi.
Tidual must be sought out and his natural
spheres of thought, that is, the class of
ideas on which it is easiest for him to
think, be developed by the teacher, who
is not the master, but rather the minister
TO the one taught. The special plea OF
the lecture was the importance of more
consistent and systematic study of edu.
cational history in all centers of higher
education.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-04-06
"A German with two GIRLS went i

"A German with two girls went into
a Chicago Justice-shop and wanted to be
married in the fatherland fashion. The
Justice told them that the American
style was better, and they consented to
try it. The court placed the mans hand
in that of one of the girls and began the
service" The other girl rushed up
and said, ''Nein, mein herr, er list mein
MANN" She was the woman who was
to be the bride. Fritz grinned and said:
"Yaw, dot is So" and the couple
changed hands, but they began to have
doubts about the system of jurisprudence
that would commit such blunder as
that.-Chiedgo Herald.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-04-06

Silver Spring, in Georgia, is said to
be the largest spring in the world Ii IS
the source of the Oklawaha River. which
is sixty feet wide at the start, ten feet
deep, and with a current flowing two
miles an hour. All this vast quantity OF
water comes from the spring, whose only
inlets are at the bottom. Its about two
acres in size, and its mysterious depths
have never been explored. There is an
Indian legend about Silver Spring, OF
course. Wenonah, the beauty OF tho
tribe that inhabited the neighborhood,
won the love of Chullootah, hostile
chief. Her wrathful father slew the
lover, and then Wenonah drowned her.
self in the spring, which was then small.
but was instantly enlarged to its present
proportions by the Great Spirits abund>
ant tears of sympathy.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-04-06

"A New York doctor says the best
cure he knows of for cold is the old
fashioned sweat. Take ten grains of
quinine, hot mustard foot-batn and q
hot lemonade.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-04-06

Centuries ago the City of Rome was
saved by the cackling of geese, and now
q Baltimore rooster has emulated their
example. Two men entered cellar in
that city with the object of stealing
pigeons, when a rooster, seeing what
they were after, crowed so Justify that
the owner came to the rescue and had
the men arrested on the charge of lar
eeny,
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-04-06

The diamonds worn by New York
bartenders are said to be worth $3.50, 900.
The Philadelphia Ne,os remarks that the
carbuncles worn on the noses of New
York bar patrons probably cost about
$5,000,0 600
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-04-06

The people of Glasgow, the great
manufacturing metropolis of Scotland,
have been going into ecstacies over two
new Pullman palace cars, called respect
lively the st. Mungo and the st. Andrew.
American enterprise is making itself Tell
among the canny north Britons.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-04-06

The London Court Journal speaks
OF "the late William b. King. of Ala
bama, who was elected President of the
United States in 1852"
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-04-06

The law school of Boston University
is the largest in New England, having
l94 students.
St. Landry democrat., 1883-05-12
~ Office.

LAND OFFICE, AT NEW ORLEANS, LA, I
April 18th, 1888. J
Notice is hereby gwen that the following
named settler has filed notice of his intention
to make final proof in support of his claim. and
that said proof will be made before the Judge
day of June. 1888, Viz: Uriah Taylor Of St.
Landry parish, La Homestead No 1894. for the
west half OF north west quarter of section ftf~
teen township nine south range one east Louis
lana meridian. He names the following wit
nesses to prove his continuous residence upon
and cultivation of said land, viz Tilford NC
Clelland, John Mitchell W. T. Stakes, ahd Ga
briel Hannah, all of ST. Landry Parish, La
G. b. DARRALL.
apl a1-5t REGISTER.
St. Landry democrat., 1883-05-12
WOOD .a.MD LUMBER r.

keep constantly on hand a large supply pn OF
frewoon for sale at reasonable figures, anu ea 81
FIJI ali orders on the shortest notice. Can hii
oluol' ~ j. E. HOUSTON.
St. Landry democrat., 1883-05-12
The Public school Funds.
Northumberland

In a report, Tuesday, our reporter
stated it was thought that, should the in
junction sued out by the city OF New
Orleans against the Superintendent be
sustained by the Supreme Court, coun-
try schools would suffer another short
cut in their pro rata allowance.
Many persons do not understand the
question as thus stated, therefore we
will relate, as concisely as possible, the
comprehend how the pro rata app0r-
tiOnment may be reduced. The facts
are these:
About year ago, the Supennten-
dent of Public Education received ON.
cial information that certain sum OF
money was in the State Treasury to the
credit of the State School fund OF 1881,
and ready for distribution.
After receiving this information the
superintendent, in due time, made out
IA pro rata apportionment due to each
parish and forwarded official notlfica-
lions to the school boards of the va
rious parishes
The country boards, it seems, made
haste slowly to draw their apportion-
ments, but the School Board OF New
Orleans did not procrastlnate IN the
performance of their duty, hence their
and applied to the payment OF the ex-
penses of the city schools.
In the meantime it was discovered
+ in an examination made in the State
Treasurer's office that an error had
been committed in calculating the sum
AT credit Of State School Fund and that
about $4,000 more had been turned
over for distribution than was on hand,
and Superintendent Fay was SO ln-
formed.
AS none of the parishes had drawn
their pro rata except New Orleans, the
documents containing the evidence of
apportionment were promptly called in
for correction, but the New Orleans
Board declined to comply !; and when
the apportionment for certain. quarters
an 1889 was made, the Superintendent
calculated the excess in the sum drawn
by tile New Orleans Board, SO as to
enable him to rectify the error pre-
vioudV made and equalize the pro rata
allowance between city and country
To thisplan of arrangement the New
Orleans School Board raised objection,
went into court to restrain him from
making the pro rata distribution on his
.apportionmentf for 1889 and demanded In
addition to what they drew in error,
their full pro rata of the 1882 distribu-
ton.
The District Court of this parish re-
fused to grant an injunction, when an
appeal was taken to the Supreme Court,
and there the question rests for the
present. The case is not likly to be
reached for sometime yet.
This is in substance the history of the
present trouble about the State school
funds for 1882.
St. Landry democrat., 1883-05-12

Marriage may be a risk, !" said the
young and giddy Mrs. Flyabout, but /
think its better to I've Miss taken than
to die an old maid -
St. Landry democrat., 1883-05-12

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Fon YOUNG LADIES.

NV school for the education of young ladies
ia now open in my dwelling at Opelousas. |
intend this Institution to be permanent a ana
mmnity. by affording facilities for thorough
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St. Landry democrat., 1883-05-12

They have ritualistic disturbances Of
more or less excited character some-
where in England nearly every. Sunday.
Not even he effort of a learned church.
man to lid the trouble with immortal
humOr, by his characterization of the
adherents of the High Church, the
Broad Church, and the Low Church,
as the "Attitudinarians, the Latitude
narians, and the Platitudinarians,n
has been effectivein smoothing the as
perities of their intercourse. On re-
cent Monday a rather unusually lively
scene occurred at St. Matthew's Church,
Sheffield, OF which the Rev. G.. G..
Ommaney, a High Church clergyman, is
vicar. 1t has been the practice since Mr..
Ommaney went to Sheffield to have an
acolyte within the communion ratings
during the celebration OF the commu
nion. On Sunday Mr. Wynn, the par
isll warden, gave him notice that he
should take steps to prevent an acolyte
entering within the ratings and for
that purpose he attended the church at
half past III on Monday morning,
the time announced for early. cOmmu-
Mon. The service was, however, begun
five minutes earlier, and when Mr..
WYNN arrived he found an ac0lyte with
in the rails and the service proceeding.
AT it's close the vicar was about to hand
the cup to the acolyte to wash it out,
when Mr.. Wynn interposed between
them, seized the acolyte by the wrist,
and prevented his taking the cup. The
vicar then beckoned to two members of
the congregation for the purpose of
ejecting Mr.. Wynn, and they rushed to-
ward the communion table, but he dared
them to touch him, observing that he
was a church warden and that he was
there in the discharge of his duty;
While this was going on the vicar;
passed the cup to tile acolyte, and the
other vessels were carried by him into
the vestry. The vicar and Mr.. Wynn
followed. There. an alteration took
place between them, in. the course Of
which the vicar told Mr.. Wynn that he
had no right in the vestry, and ordered
him to leave. He refused, and the vicar
then attempted to push him out. In
the struggle the vicar was sent with
considerable force againsta door, the
crash of which could be heard all over
the church, and Mr.. Wynn's hand was
cut with decanter which contained
communion wine.--N. Y. Sun.
St. Landry democrat., 1883-05-12
FOR SALE |:
FOR SALE.

ON Prairie Monmouth 8 miles from sMermen-
- tau, and good locality for stock OF any
200 peach trees bearing, 1000 panels cypress
fence on the place. small stock of gentle cattle,
good farm cart, etc. For particulars, apply to
JOHN JOHNSON, ~
mch 10. 1883. Mermentau, st. Landry Par. La
St. Landry democrat., 1883-05-12

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Of Megican. Central and South american 1eaos.
and editions printed in both the Spantsh and
Englis1l languages.
St. Landry democrat., 1883-05-12
FOR SALE.

a LOT situated on the railroad in the town
a of Opelousas. For particulars apply at this
office, April TT
St. Landry democrat., 1883-05-12

The Lake Charles Echo has for a
long time been drumming, or trying. to
drum up sbal1k H Now, we do not
know II it is because the Echo has 20
much money that its man does not
know what to do with 1t, and wants to
try and lose it-in bank, or whether
it is tile people of that town that are
over run with this troublesome" CONF
modify, but if either is the case and
they want TO getrid Of it We VII say to
up this way. We can find plenty 4of
banks about here that are empty, and
spelling to he filed. Here, though, is
what est. Landry Democrat says on
the subject Of the Echo's bank boom,
which contains more truth than poetry.
[Natchitoches indicator
St. Landry democrat., 1883-05-12
/. Barber Shop.

e. Re M u L L E Rs
Re1levue street, bet. Court and Main,
OPELoUsAs, LA.
* FIRST CLASS Barber Shop with az hme
A im n appurtenances toilet aI T1cas
etc, viii be kept open and in operation
the usual business hours. MI. b. Is
not to be excelled, guaranteeing
Good work or mo- Money.
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The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1883-05-12
Im lNemOriaRH.

DIED-At the residence of G. NJ. Gossett,
at Hardy POstofiice, Calcasieu parish, La,
Saturday morning, April %, 1883 NATHAN
PERKINS SMART, aged IS years, month and
p days.
Full of years and full of honors,
this noble gentleman has passed away,
and has left few-very few-better
men behind him. He was native of
the State of Georgia, and emigrated to
the State of Mississippi with his pa
rents when young. He married his
amiable cOnsort, who preceded him to
the grave about year since. in 1926,
and by whom he had sixteen children.
the maj Ority of whom are living, and
constitute part of our most respect
able people. He became citizen of
this parish, then St. Landry, in 1880
After the divisions and subdivisions of
the parish, he became a resident of
Sabine parish, and since the war re-
moved to Lake Charles. He became a
member of the Baptist church in 1898,
and was consistent and exemplary
member. He was at one time a mem.
Der of the legislature of Louisiana, and
filed other positions with fidelity and
honor. Peace to his ashes. ~
Nathan P. Smart was truly one of
natures noblemen. We had known
him by reputation over a quarter of a
century, and intimately for the past
fifteen years. He died as he had lived
peacefully, t1ncompIainiugly and alb
solutely without fear. He has left
record bright, unsuIlied, aud eminently
worthy of emulation. May his child
ren, and his ebildren's children, live as
lie lived. and die as lie died, bonored
and esteemed by all who knew him
cheered and made happy by the blessed
hope Of peaceful immortality.