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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-02-02
Statistics Of Suicide.

The statistics just made public of sui.
cides in the United States during the
autumn months of 1882 present some
curious and interesting facts. During
the three months, September, October
cides in the country was 424. Contrary
to the general opinion-based on English
experience and the .gloominess of that
month in England-that November is
the favorite month of suicides. the facts
show the largest number in September
and the smallest in November. The age
at which suicide was committed in the
greatest number was thirty-five, the
number being seventeen. The next
highest number was eleven at an age of
fifty. Nine individuals found out at the
age of sixty-five that they could endure no
longer the ills that flesh is heir to, while
one kept up the struggle until ninety,
and then abandoned It. The youngest
suicide was at the age of ten, and there
were twelve under the age of twenty.
Among the caSlses Family trouble"
stood pre-eminept, being credited with
fifty-seven deaths. Sickness came next
with forty-eight. Then followed ''dissi-
patton with thirty-nine, 'business
trouble with thirty-seven, '.insanity"
with twenty-nine, .'love trouble with
twenty-one and "destitution'' with
eleven. Grief was responsible for five
cases, "chagrin at parental discipline"
for four, religious delusion'' two:
while jealousy" inconsistencies" and
disappointment at election were re-
sponsible for one each.
Considered with reference in their
condition in life the greatest number Of
suicides was from the ranks of husbands,
of whom there are LA. Bachelors came
next, sixty-eight in number, followed by
fifty-three wives, thirty-one maids, thir-
teen widowers and eight widows. OF
divorced persons there was but one-a
husband.
Singularly enough, the agricultural
profession furnished the greatest num-
Der, the table showing fifty -four farmers.
Of merchants there were twenty-eight:
clerks, twelve; printers, five; painters,
four; lawyers, four; blacksmiths, three,
and BARRIERS, two.
Nationally considered the Americans
were in the front rank with l55 suicides.
The Germans came next with 11S, then
the English with fifty-nine, the Irish
with forty-one, the Scotch with thirty,
the French. with FIVE, the Africans with
four, the Norwegians with three, and
the Chinese with one. Fifty-fve of the
number came from Ohio. fifty-one from
New York, forty-six from Illinois, thirty
three from Pennsylvania, twenty-six
from Missouri, twenty-five from Indiana,
fifteen from Kentucky and fourteen each
from Iowa and Mirhigan.
Daylight was selected for the commits
sion of the act in pa of the cases, the rest
were under the cover of night. The ia
vorite days of the month were the 3d.;
18th and 18th, on each of which there
were nineteen suicides. On the 9Th, 9th,
14th, 22d ahd 3lst there were but eight
each.-DetroH Free Press.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-02-02
A Physicians Conclusion.

Among the papers left behind him by
a German physician, who died few
weeks ago, is one containing notes Of
certain conclusions he had arrived al
during professional experience of more
than forty years. In one of these notes
he expresses an opinion that at least g
third of the illness of the patients who
sought his advice were purely imaginary.
He found it not only against his own
interest, but also against that of the
self-supposed sufferers, to destroy the
illusion by informing them that there
was really no cause for anxiety. Ill
health was to them a matter of almost
vital importance. To destroy the pleas.
ing belief that they possessed this bles.
sing was an absolute cruelty. In the
few instances in which he broke to them
the terrible truth that they were quite
well, he found that the result was gem
uine illness. For the patients, all interest
in life departed with their favorite occu.
patton of nursing themselves, and their
health became seriously affected by
nervous depression. He also found that,
as a rule, weakly persons live longer
than strong ones. Without going so far
IS to say that the best lives are those
rejected by the insurance Offices, he
thought, nevertheless. that persons with
screw loose more often attain longev-
ity than those in whom no trace of dis
ease can be detected.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-02-02
Singular Recovery Of a Lost Ring.

Several months ago lady residing or
Beacon Street took off number of rings
from her fingers and laid them upon the
dressing table. After washing her hand:
she returned to the room to replace hel
rings, when to her astonishment one OF
them, a diamond ring, was missing.
She vas certain that she took the ring
from her finger, and equally certain thai
no one could have entered the room
without her knowledge during the five
minutes she had been in the bathroom
A most rigid search was instituted, but
the missing ring, valued at 5000, was
not found. A few weeks since the lady
was much annoyed by mice. Almost
nightly they held their revels. They
not only destroyed her sleep, but choice
laces were mutilated. The lady procured
a trap, one of the old-fashioned kind,
and having baited it with tempting bit
of cheese, placed it near the scene of
depredations. On the following morn
ing she had three fine silky mice of vari-
Gus sizes. One of them was so peculiar
ly constructed that it attracted her at
tention, as it appeared to have a string
tied around its body. The servant girl
was instructed to drown the captives and
reset the trap, and she was about throw
ing the dead mice into the dirt barrel
when her eye was attracted by sparkle
from what proved to be the lost diamond
ring, which was not perceptible when
the mouse was alive, but which came to
light after the severe soaking which the
mouse received. 1t is supposed in his
haste to get away that he ran his head
through the ring, and subsequent strug-
giles only forced it over his forelegs,
where it remained. This is a tough
story, but we give it as it was told
Boston Journal.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-02-02
A Plea for the Pig.

The result of judicious breeding and
good care is product of wholesome
pork, fit for the most fastidious taste
1t has been the rule to ignore the right
full position of the humble pig, and to
generally relegate him to a condition
where he becomes simply the farm
scavenger. When other stock has been
allowed to all that is nutritious in a
field or has exhausted the best contents
of corn crib, the swine are turned in
to eat up the remains, and to mingle
with this refuse, the dirt, and in many
cases germs of desease, left it by its
more fortunate fellow candidates for the
market. If the farmer has anything
about his premises, which no other
class of stock will touch, because of its
repulsive character, the swine are call
ed upon and expected to regale them
selves with the unsavory mess. Whole
droves ofswine are fed in this way for
two-thirds of every year, and just be-
fore killing time in order to present
good round bodies, and to get all the
lard possible, they are stuffed with de-
cent feed and called corn-fed hogs. The
germs of disease, however, have been
planted previous to this time, and the
unfortunate s:scavenger" goes to the
block or packing houses in some in
stances, in diseased condition caused
by unwholesome feed, nasty pens and
other Objectionable features which are
the result of system of almost Grim
inal neglect.
To insure wholesome pork, cleanliness
and good wholesome food are necessary,
and the apparent carelessness on the
part of some men in preparing swine
for the MARKETS to say the least, highly
censurable. Pigs, from the time they
are weaned, should be afforded clean
quarters, sueculent green food as well as
something more substantial, and that is
better than the refuse of an obnoxious
swill pail. The breeder and feeder who
conducts his business upon this princi-
pie is the man who secures the best
prices, and make for himself deserved
reputation as a sensible and skillful
swine-raiser.-Prdirie Farmer.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-02-02
Oscars Welcome Home.

The London press received the great
sun-flower Oscar Wilde on his return
from America with sneers and derision
They speak of him as . played-out hum
bug. The Pail Mall Gazette said that
although his mission is an admitted
failure he has been allowed to leave the
United States in peace" Then quoting
Mime. Missions remark that in England
Mr.. Wilde did not appear clad as he did
in America because ''that would not be
tolerated there" the Pail Mall added
with almost brutal directness: 90 In this
the songstress does wrong to the meas
ureless liberation of contempt which pre-
walls in this country. Except the little
street boys no one would take any notice
of the way in which Mr.. Wilde was clad,
SO long as he condescended to be clad at
ALL" From the st. James Gazette he
received even harsher treatment. The
editor hoped that Mr.. Wilde would profit
by the melancholy failure of his visit,
for, mot to put too fine point on it,
he has been laughed at all through the
States" and that on his return he would
/" fall into the hands of other ladies as
sensible and as Christening to his igno-
BILE spirit as Mime. Nilsson. For from
women alone is his hope of salvation.
Men, who are often rather brutality con-
temptuous of such creatures as Mr.. Wilde
will have nothing to do with him, even
in the way of remonstrance. But,
fortunately, it is not so with wom
en-. They are ever helpful to the
weak, and soft to the soft; and
besides, there is much in Mr.. Wilde's
demonstrations which leads to the infer.
ence that he himself is woman spoiled"
Worst of all were the comments in the
Daily Ne,os. They represented Mr..
Wilde as returning to England a ''sadder
if not a wiser man." leaving the "Ameri.
cans merrier but not less wise people,"
who .'laughed at him, and when they
were tired of laughing forgot him."
Perhaps" continued the commentator,
"Mr. Oscar Wilde may have more SYM
pathy with the Atlantic Ocean, as itself
a gigantic failure, now that he is return
ing home respondent, than he had when
he set out full of hope and confidence in
his mission. He may have certain in.
diligence for it as a melancholy and
monotonous impostor. The Atlantic
Ocean, Niagara Falls, the American
people-they are all vast delusions, each
as Indifferent as the others to the majestic
personality of Mr.. Oscar Wilde" These
are all painfully blunt observations. and
SAVIOR strongly of that dreadful per-
sonality" which so grieved Mr.. Wilde in
the American press. He will be dissatis-
fed with his home and will find exist
ence there as 'utterly dreary' as it was
here. A prophet and apostle cannot be
said to be greatly honored in his own
country when the news of his return
prompts the press of the land to call him
such unpleasant names as creature"
''weak and soft" ''woman spoiled"
and melancholy and monotonous i'm
postor." This is not exactly receiving
man with open arms. 1t comes nearer
to the ''fervid reception" with basin Of
hot water which Artemus Wards wife
once extended to him on his return from
a lecturing tour. Chicago Tribune.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-02-02
The Hunting Story Of the Season.

The deer season closed Saturday ac-
cording 10 law, and Mr.. X. d. Smith,
of this city, celebrated the event in a
way that he will not soon forget. He and
a party of four others were hunting on
YOungwoman's Creek. About six miles
above the mouth of the creek. and when
short distance from the members of
his party. Mr.. Smith spied three deer.
He leveled his Spencer rife and fired
away, killing the three deer, doe and
two fawns, at one shot. Mr.. Smith was
only about forty yards distant when he
fired the shot, the ball breaking the back
of the doe, which stood little ahead of
the fawns, and striking the second deer
back of the shoulder passed through and
lodged in the neck of the third deer.
Two of the deer were about the same
size, and weighed in the neighborhood
of one hundred pounds each.-Lock
HaUen Pa Republican.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-02-02

Thus, then, we can safely infer taat
the incompleteness Of the arc of light
around Venus on the 9th was DE to
clouds in the air of Venus. Spectre
scopic analysis indicated the presence Of
aqueous vapor in the atmosphere Of
Venus at that time. Hence, beyond all
doubt those clouds were, like ours,
clouds of water-drops, or cirrus clouds
of ice particles. 1t follows that Venus
must have seas like ours; that the same
kind of material vitality which is shown
on the earth in meteorological phen-
omena exists also on Venus, but whether
for the benefit of living creatures there
no man can safely say.-London Times.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-02-02
nc DOCTORS Endorssmene.

DR.. W. D. Wright. Cincinnati, O., sends the
subjoined professional endorsement: 81 have
prescribed DR. VIZ. Halls BALsAN FOR THE
LUNGS in great number Of cases and always
with success. One case in particular was Civ
called In for consultation with myself The
patient had all the symptoms Of confirmed
consumptien-cold night sweats, hectic fever,
haIassing cough, etc. He commenced imme-
diately to get better and was soon restored to
his usual health. I have also found DR. VIM.
HALLS BALsAN ron TH1 LUNGS the most val
cable expectorant for breaking up distressing
coughs and colds that have ever used"
YALE COLLEGE talks Of adopting . new
yell. Anybody knowing Of anything particu.
isrly horrible WIN please forward q diagram.
Huntington Harksye.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-02-02
Our Watchful Guardian and Faithful Pro.
tector Restored to Active Duty Again.


Ne HIsHY A. WATERMAN. Of the city Of Provf.
dence R. l., for many years the faithful and ygilant
night Waterman OF the Barstow Stove Companys very
extensive Establishment, having been confined to his
home several weeks BY very distressing illness on re-
Stunning his duties again svas himself Of this early op
portunity for stating briefly . few plain fscts.
Me. WATERMAN, says:
Afew months ago was taken down with severe
sickness which confined me to the house quite long
time and much of the time was very lame as to be
unable to walk and my left leg from the hip to the
toes became monstrously swollen, and suffered ex-
tremey from the constant intense pains produced BY
90 great Inflammation; was trying the vicious %.
called cures all the time and was under the treatment
of physician weeks but getting no substantial
relief Atths time old time friend police ofcer.
called upon me- and during conversation Informed
me of the great benefit which he had obtained BY the
use of Hunts Remedy, and urged me to try It. a. he
considered IL o wonderful medicine. commenced
taking Hunts Remedy, having very little faith that IL
would do much in such stubborn case a. mine, but
INV doubt was soon dispeled. for before had taken
one bottle began to get better the pains dsap
peared the swollen leg gradually decreased in size and
/ was encouraged to continue the use the Remedy;
and the Improvement to my health continues. my
appetiteis good have regained my strength, and
am now performing again my duties as watchmm ct
the foundry. Every night 60 up and down Stairs
more than one hundred times and am IN good condi-
ton and feethat my recovery Is due to Hunts Remedy
Alone Ny sickness and terribly swollen leg
caused by the diseased of my kdneys and think
that most valuable medicine that will 30 speedily
relieve and cure such case as mine there
fore most cheerfully recommend Hunts Remedy to all
afcted with kidney diseases know 1t TO be safe
and reliable remedy.
fEovIDKNox. Dec S 1850"
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-02-02
Smoke. n. IJfa De.trovera.

The loss of life in India due to the ravages
of venomous snakes Is almost incredible. Yet
Consumption, which Is as willy and fatal as the
deaulie.t Indian reptile, Is winding its CO 10
around Thousands Of people while the victims
are unconscious Of its presence. DR.. r v.
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery" must
be used to cleanse the blood of the scrofulous
impurities, for tubercular consumption IL only
q form Of scrofulous disease. Golden Medi-
cal Discovery IL a sovereign remedy for all
forms OF scrofulous disease, or king's-evil,
such as tumors, white swellings, fever sores.
scrofulous sore-eyes, as well as for other blood
and skin diseases. By druggists.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-02-02
PerSouQlI

TIE voLrAIc BELT Co., Marshall, Mich,
will send DIR. Dyes Celebrated Electro-Voltaic
Belts and Electric Appliances on trial for thir-
ty days to men young or old) who are afflicted
with nervous debility, lost vitality and kindred
troubles, guaranteeing speedy and complete
restoration Of health and manly vigor. Ad-
dress as above. N B.-No risk y incurred,
q thirty DAYS trial is allowed.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-02-02

"A Georgia man and his wife fell out
about different religious creeds, and
ended their quarrel by agreeing to get
divorce. They went to Atlanta, con-
suited lawyer, were there laughed out
OF their purpose, shook hands, kissed,
paid the lawyer, bought heaps of candy
for the children and returned home
happier than before.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-02-02
A Positive Guarantee.

We sell Haswell's Cure for the Lungs on .
positive guarantee that It win cure coughs,
hoarseness, pains in the side or cheat. severe
colds settled on the lungs. cough attending
old age, incipient consumption and al throat
and lung troubles. Use two-thirds Of large
bottle, then II you are not perfectly satisfied,
return to your druggist and he will refund
the price paid. For Sale BY al Druggists.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-02-02
Taken Out of Bed.

DIR. r. V. PIERCE, Buffalo, N. Y: Dear Sir
Il have to thank you for the great relief re-
ceived from your "Favorite Prescription"
My sickness had lasted seven years, one Of
which was in bed. After taking one bottle
was able to be about the house. Respect
fully, AMANDA X. ENNIS, Fulton, Mich.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-02-02

An ostrich at Cape Town has
broken three ribs for one man and two
legs for others by kicks delivered
straight behind. He'd make capital
army mule if he had bray,-Dstr0ii
Free Press.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-02-02
Convalescens Persons.

When one has been sick for q long time with
some low fever, such typhoid or malarial, II
is with a gladstone feeling he leaves his bed
and finds himself growing better. But oh,
how very weak he feels In such cases good
strengthening tonic like DR.. Guyeott's Yellow
Dock and Sarsaparilla will help matters greatly.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-02-02

1t was lately shown in suit in Paris
that married man had paid over S2O,-
900 blackmail rather than have his wife
know that he had written an actress two
love letters.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-02-02

ToM.THUMB tried to knock down q Chicago
hackman, and was mad because the mar
didn't know il.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-02-02

WHEN a convict's watch runs down 1t does
not necessarily follow that his time has ex-
pired.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-02-02

A LITTLE New Hartford three-year-old n
admiring her baby brother, exclaimed: He's
rot boiled head like papa"
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-02-02

For COLDS AND SORE THROAT. no more use
full article can be found than Broun's Bro,s.
clsidl T'rocles" Sold only In boxes. 25 cts.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-02-02

CHINA and Japan buy our dried apples free
iy. Thus does American industry help to
swell the population OF the DECENTRALIZATION
Trdascript.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-02-02


WE are often asked, by anxious pupils Of
inqufring minds, questions relative to the
value Of composers: WAS Handel a. crest
as Beethoven "Was Chopin superior to
Schumannp etc. In order that We may be
tormented nomore, and that all doubts may be
solved forever. we have compiled the follow
ing tables OF musical values: Six Millards
make one Abt; ten Abts make one Schubert;
two Schuberts make one Chopin; two Che
pins make one schumann; four Schumanns
make one Handel; two Handels make one
Bach; three Bachs make one Beethoven. 1t
will be natural, therefore, that In future ex-
aminatlons in music schools the pupils will
be expected to reduce q symphony to noe
turnes, or 20 answer questions like the fol-
lowing: "A man went to concert to hear a
symphony. Owing to the illness Of the sec
ond bass-drum player asuite was substituted.
just how much did the auditor lose; and
yhat could he say at the box Office about fit
Give the answer In fractions Of 0 sonats.'-
Musical Herald
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-02-02

THE question which excites the drivers Of
public carriages Is: docs hack or a coupe
bcstp
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-02-02

The poorest excuse boy can give for not
wanting to saw wood is: ''Ihe saws got the
4. othache. "-Bdltimore Ners.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-02-02

RUSSIA Salve Is unrivaled for its speedy heal
ing qualities. Ask your druggist for it. % cts.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-02-02

WHAT'S the use Of getting up loan eHhibi
tions when the windows OF pawn-shops arr
open to all glzersa-Detroit Free Press.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-02-02

II you kant trust a man for the full
amount, let him skip. This trying to git an
average on honesty has always been failure.
Josh Billings.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-02-02
Fits, Fits, Fits.

Successfully treated by Worlds Dispensary
Medical Association. Address, with stamp
for pamphlet, Buffalo, N. Y.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-02-02

II afflicted with Sore Eyes, use DR.. Isaac
Thompson's Eye Water. Druggists sell it 25c.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-02-02

A TIE VOTE: When two people agree to Gel
Star
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-02-02

Hale's Honey of Horehound and Tar
VIII rescue the baby from Group. Pixies
toothache drops cure In one minute.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-02-02

JoNEs-'Can you give me change for q dol
larp' Henderson (the simpleton)-''Yes;h how
much do you t!"-Boston Post.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-02-02

WIsE's Axle Grease is cheapest to wear out
because 1t outwears all others and keeps oily.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-02-02
THE GENERAL MARKETS.

WIsE's Axle Grease prevents all friction al
makes the axles wear longer
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-02-02

THE proper way to warm the house IL to
keep the cellar coaled
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-02-02
Ruth and Roaz.

A new Sacred Cantata of charming character fair.
ly easy and Just the thing give In vesry by such
chorus As can he easily formed. Scenery and cos
tunes simple and not expensive. By E. A ANDREwa
Price, 06 cents, or 90 per dozen.
The CHORAL CHOIR 6l.oT. for Choira and
the PEERLESS (.5 cts. }, both by DR.. W. o. PER
xns for Singing Classes the newest and best boo
of the kind
LYON q HEALY, Chicago, HI.
OLIVER DITsON d CO., Boston.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-02-02

Do YOU want to save money and tImei Use
Wise's Axle Grease.