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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-04-06
Nervous Worry.

People now understand pretty
thoroughly that it is worry rather thar
OverwOrk which hurts men and women
at the present day. Eminent physi.
clans, indeed, have expressed doubt as
to whether simple overwork ever killed
any considerable number of persons.
The injurious effect of worry, however,
is universally recognized. 1t extends
even to athletes. DR.. Sargent, of Har-
ward College, in a recent address on
training, said the difficulty between
Harvard and Yale in regard to the
university boat-race had remained SO
long unsettled on account of fear OF
nervous exhaustion on the part of the
men who were to row. If all prelim-
inaries of the race were not settled be-
fore the day Of rowing, it would tend to
nervousness which would probably
affect the result
Now, to say to man, "Don't
worry is like telling him not to take
cold. Of course he wants to follow
your advice if he can, but it is worth
very little in either case, unless You
show him how he can bring about the
desired result-what particular means
to adopt for the purpose. And here il
seems as though the medical profession
might do much more than it has vet
accomplished. If nervous worry tends
to shorten life, let the doctors learn how
to deal with nervous worry more eff
GENTLY. Could they not so strengthen
the system as to enable it to resist
those influences which are most produc-
tive of that very undesirable conditionf
N. y Ledqer.
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be seriously ILL., That VII do. Harris.
thank you
MIR. Calthorpe was quite content to
await the turn of events. This sudden
indisposition of Miss Cuthbert was most
significant Since she Is well as Maur-
ice was so much affected by the parting
scene of the previous night, it needed
little conjuring to bring them together
again-unless some very occult ele-
ment turned the currents Of their lives
in the wrong direction.
There was an element at work for the
influence of which he did not make suf-
ficient allowance in his calculations.
That was-the shock to which their
faith in each other had been sub ected,
and the stubborn fidelity of both to any
course to which they had committed
themselves. This element in their
characters which, under ordinary cir
cumstances. would have made their
union as perfect as that OF any man and
woman can be, was now most likely to
keep them apart. Mr.. Calthorpe would
have called this pig headed obstinacy,
and if he had thought of it seriously
would have been unable to comprehend
the possibility of its withstanding for
any length of time even such reason
as they possessed in their calmer mo-
ments.
He was curious. but not impatient, as
the wet and dismal day dragged its slow
length along without bringing any mes
sage from Hollylord. 1t was not the
weather alone which kept him indoors.
He was confident that there would be a
message, and one of some Importance.
He was, therefore, not surprised when,
in the dingy afternoon. Colonel Cuth-
bert himself appeared.
TO DE CONTINUED.
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The Good Observer OF Nature.

The good observer of nature exists in
fragments, trait here and trait there.
Each person sees what it concerns him
to see. The fox-hunter knows pretty
well the ways and habits of the fox, but
on any other subject he is apt to mislead
you. He comes to see only iOx-traits in
whatever he looks upon. The bee
hunter will follow the bee, but lose the
bird. The farmer notes what affects his
crops and his earning, and little else.
Common people, st, Pierre says, OBJ
serve without reasoning. and the learned
reason without observing. If one could
apply to the observation of nature the
sense and skill OF the South American
raStreador, or trailer, how much he
would track home. This mans eye
is keener than a hounds scent. A
fugitive can no more elude him than he
can elude fate. His perceptions are
said to be so keen that the displacement
of leaf or pebble. or the bending down
of a spire OF grass, or the removal of a
little dust from the fence, are enough tc
give him the clew. He sees the half
obliterated footprints OF thief in the
sand. and carries the impression in his
eye till year afterward, when he again
detects it in the suburbs of city, and
the culprit is tracked home and caught.
l knew a man blind from his youth
who not only went about his own
neighborhood without guide,
turning up to his neighbor' s
gate or door as unerringly as
if he had the best of eyes, but who
would go many miles on an errand to a
new part of the country. He seemed tc
carry map of the township in the bot
tom of his feet, most minute and ac-
curate survey. He never took the
wrong road, and he knew the right
house when he had rea he'd it. He was
n miller and fuller, and ran his mill at
night while his sons ran it by day. He
never made q mistake with his custom
ers' bags or wool, knowing each man s
by the sense of touch. He frightened a
colored man whom he detected stealing.
as if he had seen out of the back of
his head. Such facts show one how
delicate and sensitive n mans relation
to outward nature through his bodily
senses may become. Heighten it lit
tie more, and he could forecast the
weather and the seasons. and detect
hidden springs and minerals. A good
observer has something of this delicacy
and quickness of perception. All the
great poets and natmalists have it.
Agassiz traces the glaciers Ike rastre-
ddor. and Darwin misses no step that
the slow but tireless gods of physical
change have taken. no matter how they
cross or retrace their course. in the
obscure fish-worm he sees an agent
that has kneaded and leavened the soil
like giant hands.-JOLn Burroughs, in
the Gpninru
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Farm Help.

One of the greatest hindrances to
profitable farming find to be the diff
Guilty of procuring reliable farm help
during the season of pressing work.
For two years, farm labor has been
scarce in this valley, and oftentimes
farmers have been taxed to their utmost
to get work done well and in season.
The coming summer offers no improve
ment: there are indications that good
help will be more difficult to find than
last year. 1t is common mistake to
endeavor to economic by hiring cheap
labor in preference to good but high
priced hands. The high-priced man is
not always the best laborer; yet low
priced hand is rarely a cheap one. /
would much rather pay a man twenty
dollars per month than fifteen dollars,
if knew that the amount and quality
of the labor performed would CORE
spond with the wages paid. Usually at
this season of the year there is oppor-
tunity to engage men who are known
to be reliable, and where a good hand
is needed and can be- found, tits advis-
able to hire now for the busy months.
I find the best hands, who make BUSH
ness of working out by the day or
month, usually make engagements
early for the summer season, and usual
ly the best farmers hire them.
The hiring of entire strangers brings
risk in many ways, and while it can not
be avoided at all times, it is wise to make
careful selection when possible. A few
dollars ON wages per month should not
prove barrier when the man is known
to be faithful and good worker. 1t is
usually poor policy to "beat hand
down. on his wages; for when man
hires for lower wages than he thinks he
should have, there is constant dissat-
isfied feeling entertained by him which
has effects detrimental to the interests
of the employer. In hiring strangers,
or men of questionable honesty, it is
well to make an engagement with the
wages corresponding to the season.
Thus, in hiring for the season, let the
wages paid be much higher during hay
ing and harvest than at other times,
which will often prevent the disappoint-
ment and provocation, resulting from
the man breaking his engagement at
time when most needed.-Ihe Cult
aQtOr
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Marine Monsters.

Ships are o'ten imperiled by striking
water-logged wrecks, and they also en-
counter dangers from floating obs acles
of an animate nature. In regard to the
latter an old sea-Captain recently said
Whales and other sea monsters have
sunk or disabled vessels in number of
instances, and Captains OF steamers
have reported losing blades of the pro-
pellers by coming in contact with them.
One of the Havana steamships was
caught in a school of whales about a
year ago, when thirty-six hours out from
New York. Several OF the plates in
her bow were driven in, and in order to
save the propeller she was forced tc
lay to until the school had passed.
There was q time when mariners
stood in great fear of the cut-throat
ord-fish, which used to 60 about
"knifing'' inOilensive merchantmen
without the slightest provocation. But
the iron ships of the present cay are
quite secure from such attacks, and the
sword-fish is forced to realize its own
littleness and devote itself to the de
struction OF whales. Other sea mon
sters have been known to assault yes
sells. 1t is said that devil-hsh have
seized the cables of small craft and
dragged them out tosea.. EE tE
Some wears ago, q vessel bound for
the East Indies put into St. Helena in
dis ress, and reported having been run
into by a huge, sea-monster. After
ward, when she was placed in a dry
dock, an immense horn was found i'm
bedded among her timbers. g.
There is a peculiar breed of whales
which, instead OF using its tail as .
weapon of offense or defense, plunges
headiong at whatever approaches it. 1t
was probably full grown specimen of
this kind that sank the Norwegian bark
Columbia in the iall of 1879 The bark
was somewhere near the banks of New
foundland, and was sailing due west
under full spread of canvas. 1t was a
fine. bracing morning. and the whale
was getting its blood in circulation by a
little run of few hundred miles toward
the eastward. The result was violent
conclusion. The whales blood dyed
the water deep red, while large hole
was knocked in the Columbia's bow
beneath the water-mark. After the
whale had splashed about for a mo-
ment he disappeared. and soon after
ward the crew were obliged TO take to
their boats. They had barely done this
when the bark sank. They were picked
up the same afternoon by a Rotterdam
steamship Youths Companion.
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The Weight Of Drafs.Hsrses.

Ne observe . very timely discussion
going on in some of our exchanges in
regard to the weight and strength Of
draft-horses. There are many people
who think that as long as there 10
weight there must be strength. II it is
comprised in large. strong frame,
there is of course strength If the horse
is in healthy condition. But fat does
not give strength. Many pounds Of
weight can be added by adding fat, but
no strength is added. We have ffe-
quently said that fat does not belong to
the horse. Yet some men feed to fat
ten horse almost as they would to fat
ten hog. While horse should be in
"good condition." he should not be
weighted down with a great load, Of
fatty matter. Excessive fat, it should
be remembered, is really a disease,
whether in hog, horse or q human
being; and feeding a horse to keep up
excessive fat, is simply feeding him to
perpetuate a disease, and one, too, that
Is weakening to the constitution and an
impairment Of vitality. Let this go on
long enough and the animal will be
permanently injured, and if q mare
used for breeding purposes, will pro-
duce offspring that will make the old
proverb that every generation grows
weaker and wiser, true in regard to the
weakness al least. .,,i..
This idea of making mountains Of
flesh out of our animals, horses as well
as hogs and cattle, has been productive
of a vast deal of injury. We have no
doubt at all that much of the disease
of breeding from show animals, that
are always so fat that they can scarcely
wallow. They please the1eyewhich too
often demands qualification at the ex-
pense of the Judgment. When we get
ready to fatten an animal for the mar
ket. that is the time to lay on fat, and
until that time the object of judieious
breeding is to keep the animals frame
growing. But as we do not fatten our
horses for market, there is no time in
their lives when they should be allowed
to get wallowing fat. ~
In feeding horses the object should be
to feed such food rs willfurnish nourish-
ment to the bone and muscle. When
an athlete is in training for difficult
feats of strength he aims at the develop
ment of muscle. He does not eat the
fat-making foods, but those that will
give strength to his limbs. The horse
needs Just such treatment, and unless
this is given, the horse may be as fat as
a hog, and still be starved.-Western
RuraL.
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Here il the Inconsistency again; At the
moments when this appeared / felt In.
dignant with him that he could profess
such feelings for her and yet be my
sutton. Was this jealousy of MYSELF
That must be it, and perhaps it had
more to do with my treatment of him
than I myself understood or under
stand. At any rate. felt satisfied of
his cruel heartlessness, whether he
knew me or not. NV whole nature
seemed to change, and found vicious
delight in watching his advances TO me;
in measuring every step; in tempting
him farther and farther, until he should
give me the final proof of his faithless-
ness, and say that he loved me-Mabel
Cuthbert.
but oh the shame of the treacher-
Gus part l was playing! Sometimes L
was on the point of telling you how
wickedly your child was acting, and
imploring YOU to take me away. Some
times was inclined to make confession
to him. Then came the remembrance
of that time after he left Camberwell,
when waited for the least token from
him that he was still thinking of me-
that he was coming back as he prom
ised-the sick longing for the post-the
excitement when he knocked, the
heart-sinking when he passed and there
was nothing. Then l crept away to
hide myself from the pity ng eyes of my
friends, who had given up trying to
persuade me that it was useless to ex-
pect anything from him. A messenger
was sent for his luggage, and when it
went away there was no possibility OF
cheating myself any longer with the
idea that he would return. He could
think of his luggage; then he could not
have forgotten me unless he wished to
forget.
"You came. and my misery was over
come by the bewilderment, The joy, the
pain, and the new duties of my new pc
sition. might have learned 10 think
of that past experience as only sad
memory; but the letters from Calthorpe
revived all my thoughts of him. You
did not know how greedily l listened
to every word about him. and now /
know that 1t was onlya part of the cum
ming device by which he hoped to make
me forget his treachery and win the
heiress. although he had forsaken the
poor sempstress.
81 thought that Iha'ed him.
"At last came the hour which l had
looked forward to as one of triumph
and revenge. He spoke: spurned him
with such words OF contempt He would
not speak. | left him standing there
crushed to the earth under my scorn.
He would not say he was sorry. He
would not even give me one parting
look of regret. My revenge was COM
plete, and
"How may act now can not tell.
Twish could do something to make
him feel that hate him.
81 think that | am dying. l love
him with nv whole heart. l do
not believe that he was ia.se to Lucy or
to me-"
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THE BROKEN TOT.

A broken toyl what memories cling
Around this half forgotten thing;
What bsby-aughter seems to rise,
Like old, delightful melodies:
What shouts of wordless, tuneful Joy,
At sight OF this poor broken toy!
oh, tiny feet that would not resti
Oh. dear head pillowed on our breast,
What would we give to hold again
The form we lost mid tears and paint
All. child! the empty cot is ours,
But thine the sunshine and the dowersl
What could we give thee, shouldst thou come
To smile again upon thy homer
Such little pleasures as we know
In this, our twilight life below;
Some fragments of earths paltry Joys,
"A handful of its broken toys!
How calm thy lot forever blest;
How exquisite thy happy restl
How changeless, joyous and serene.
Compared with what thy lot had been
With us-whose fieeting, clouded joys
Are at their best but broken toys.
-Chdmbers' Journal.
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CHAPTER XIV.
SWEET REVENGE


al believe that man has driven me
mad Is there no escape from this
torture?
Il have insulted him. l have spoken
such words to him as no man could en-
dure, even from a woman. Is he man
or a demon? He stood there so still all
the time without one word, without
even q movement TO show he wished to
explain, that in my frenzy l said such
things as | sicken TO think of. They
would have killed a man of any feeling:
they made nomore impression upon him
than they would have done upon stone.
1 have Killed myself, | have not hurt
him: he is ipsensible alike to pain and
shame. Every word that have spoken
will echo throughout nv lie until the
te rible repetition drives ne quite mad,
or death gives me rest.
but / can not die now; l must live,
father, for you. / must try to live and
to be silent about what has happened;
try to h de from you still the secret of
all my strange ways and. to you. unac-
>countable fits of gloom and weakness.
Il shall try, shall try very hard to
do it. for i know that my mother would
have wished me to bring You consola-
ton for the past, not new distress in
the future. But / must speak somehow.
and this is the only way. lean speak
10 you. tell you everything, and yet
spare YOU the pan of knowing how
miserable your child is until these leaves
may be burned, or until it becomes
necessary to show them to you.
THAT dumb white face with the sad
eyes-cold and shameless 1 thought
them. and yet they made me tremble,
and make me tremble now-that face
viii not 60 away. Whether my eyes
are opened or closed if is still there-he
is still there, and all the darkness be-
hind and about him. l know that l
have committed murder. Which of US
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A commercial traveller representa-,

"A commercial traveller representing
a silk house, showed a customer 81. p
silk which, knowing his man, he quoted
at ninety-seven cents. ''You don't can
that cheap?" said the customer. I've
got some which beats that, which L sell
for eighty cents" The commercial
traveller asked to look at it, and proved
to be $1.4O silk. We'll" said the
silk drummer, .'that is cheap. Fntake
twer.ty yards for my wife" The mer-
chant wanted to get out of it on the plea
OF Joke, but the other laid down the
money and took the silk. His attempt
TO beat down prices cost the merchant
twelve dollars. Post.
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Milk is declared by practical nbv,

Milk is declared by practical physi-
clans who have tried it thoroughly to
be an almost certain cure for typhoid
fever. An old Virginia doctor, who, it
is alleged, never Loses patient Of
typhoid. SAYS his treatment is the SIM
plest thing in the world. IAN you
have to do is to Get the patients stom-
achs N good order and then diet them
ON buttermilk." If it is good as cure
it should be excellent as a preventive.
-Cl1cago Tribune
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-04-06

"A New York man was so enrapt-
ured with lady at a fancy ball that he
offered her one hundred dollars to I'M
mask. She accepted the money saying:
"Now your wife can pay the servant
girls back wages" 1t was his mother
in-law.-M \. Journal.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-04-06
AHEARTS PROBLEM,
BY CHARLES GIBBoN.

Author of Robin Gray /" For Lack Of Gold
I'm Honor Bound" "F6r the King"
Queen Of the Meddotc." Etc.
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One Acre More Of Corn.

During the war, when labor was
scarce and the consumption large by
reason of the immense army in the field,
Horace Greeley appealed to farmers to
plant zone more acre of corn" That
may seem small, and to each farmer it
is so, but what would it be in the ag-
gregate? There were in the United
States in 1880, 4,003, 907 farms, embrace
ing 2S4, IN, O42 acres of improved land.
Suppose there should be equal to lone
acre more planted in corn to each
farm, the result would be, at forty BUSH
els to the acre, 160,00O,0O0 bushels!
These figures serve to show what farm
ers are. by little extra effort, capable
of accomplishing.
This country is great in resources and
varied in climate, and few facts from
the census show that we have not over
rated the agricultural interests in. their
relations to the wealth and industry of
the nation. Here are the figures:
su OF farms 4gs s.s
Value of farms SIC, l9G 9e6,Il5
Value of implements. 406,a0,055
value OF i've STOCK. I-5b,f
Value of farm products. ...... Ella, &c, 564
There are millionaires in cities and
rich merchants and manufacturers, but
the great wealth, and that which does
not shift much and is reliable, lies in
our farms, and these, as We have al
ready said, are the basis of all our in
dustries. 1t is a business, too, that is
not likely to be Overdone, and never
had farmers better prospect ahead or
greater inducements to plant one acre
more, than this year. 1SS3.-CinciRndti
Commercial Gazette.
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mean as his? Should not at once have
explained to him the real position when
he spoke of my resemblance to a form
er friend9 You remember that he spoke
of it as so remarkable, that if she had
appeared in the same dress before me.
I would have thought that l was look
ing in a mirror. = = All the mad rest
lessness of mind and body is coming
upon me again as think that one word
spoken then might have made every
thing so different.
WAS wrong? No, Unjust not even
think myself wrong, and vet the fear of
it haunts me-tortures me. That would
lie teri. BILE revenge, indeed, fer any
thing l may have made him suffer.
But it is impossible: can not be wrong;
what happened afterward proves it.
but do not wish you to think too
harshly of him. Very likely if could
repeat TO you exactly all that passed 6e-
tween us formerly you would tell me
that had deceived myself in exagger-
ating the meaning OF his words and
looks. and had not been deceived at all
by him. i would like to think that it
was so. You will be impatient with me
when you read thIS-lt Is SO lncoDSlSt-
ent. i know that it is Inconsistent l
can not help myself. If you could only
understand the agony these doubts have
made me suffer, you would say that I
have been well punished for whatever
wrong l have done. You know some
thing of it when you come to read the
pages l have written to Lucy; for /
found fantastic delight in thinking of
her as a friend whose cause / was es-
pousing, and to whom / might tell my
innermost thought / could not-I can
not-speak to you, and SO / found relief
in the sorest moments of passion and
grief in telling her all.
Il was constantly perplexed by his
manner; at times he seemed to be SO
perfectly honest in his belief that there
was no further association between Luz
cy and myself than the resemblance.