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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-02-01
Concerning Almanacs.

Reader, how manv almanacs have
been proffered you by the advertising
community? If you have escaped With
a dozen, you may certainly congratulate
yourself. Add to these the calendars
got up by the insurance companies, and
how well we are prepared to observe
the footsteps of time. Speaking Of
almanacs, it is said that four millions
have been issued for 1884. Almanac is
an Arabic word, meaning diary. The
fact suggests the origin Of such produc-
tons. There are a number of MSS.
almanacs extant, dated as early as the
fourteenth century, and among the ear
lest fruits of the art of printing was
Purback's almanac. In 1474 Regio-
began series of almanacs
which was continued for third of CEN
fury, the price being ten crowns of gold.
What a contrast with the present, when
every druggist is glad to give them
away to his customers. Nostradamus,
who died in 1866, is said to have been
the first to enrich the almanac with pre-
dictions concerning the weather, and
this custom had obtained in England in
the days of Shakespeare, who died forty
five years afterward. Enobarbus In
C"Antony and Cleopatra when de-
scribing the Egyptian queen, says:
Her passions are made of the finest
parts of pure love. We can not call
her winds and waters orsighs and tears:
they are greater storms than almanacs
can report" The same idea is thus re-
peated in '.Midsummer's Nights
Dream?"
Snu0-Doth the moon shine the night we
play?
Bottom-Look in the almanac, find out moor.
shine.
Qsancc-Yes, it does shine that night.
N Y Cor. Utica Herald.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-02-01
A Marblehead Romance.

In January, 1888, Howard Blackmore
and Thomas WEIGH, of the Gloucester
schooner Grace l.. Fears, went adrift in
their dory off the Burgeo bank, and
WEIGH soon succumbed to the intense
cold, leaving his companion, barely
alive, to drift about in the frail boat.
By carefully outstanding his little re-
manning strength the poor fellow man
aged, after several days of almost in
credible hardship, to gain the shore Of
Newfoundland, where he was kindly
cared for by one Frank Lishman and his
family. Blackmore, restored to health,
reached his home in Gloucester in May,
and, very naturally, made no secret Of
the trials through which he had passed.
Mr. William Litchman, of Marblehead,
was one of those who heard the tale,
and it occurred to him that the hospita-
BILE Newfoundlander might be ,rela-
tive. 1t appears that Mr.. Litchman,
who is a native of Little River, n. F.,
left that place in 1888 with his father,
and came to Massachusetts,. The father,
who was a fisherman, disappeared in
1858, leaving the boy to believe him
dead. William grew to manhood in ig-
norance of his family connections,
changed his name to conform to its
usual pronunciation. and became a use
full member of society. Until he heard
this recital of Blackmore he supposed
that his wife and children were his only
near relatives; but now he wrote to Lit
tie River to gain. if possible. informa-
ton on this point The result has been
an Identification of Mr.. Frank Lishman
as brother.-Boston Journal.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-02-01
Railroad Ties.

"The railroads of this country" said
an official of one of the trunk lines run
ming out of New York, s.pay nearly
SO, 100000 year for cross-ties. The
timber used is oak and chestnut in the
East. and oak, cherry, locust, maple
and ash in the West and South. The
best ties are made of white oak. More
than 225, 200 acres of forest are needed
to supply these ties every year. and con-
sequently the necessities Of railroads in
this one item alone form considerable
item in the destruction of our forests
The country along the line of our road
alone annually supplies us with hun
dreds of thousands of oak and chestnut
ties, and thus far we have not been COM
PEELED to 60 out of our own di trict fol-
our supply, One county in Pennsyl-
vania Pike furnishes a large proper
ton of our ties, and has for many years.
There is not a station in that county
that is not supplying depot for ties.
have often wondered where they all
come from, for the contractors who
operate in that county, after more than
twenty-five years chopping and hew-
ing in her forests, never hesitate to con-
tract for the delivery of as many ties as
are called for. They are brought in as
far as twelve miles from the railroad.
Besides the large number that we an
nually receive, there is a railroad on
the other side of the county which also
depends on Pike County for large
share of its ties. For more than twenty
years also, up to the time that we
adopted coal instead of wood as fuel,
Pike County furnished the road with
many thousands of cords of wood every
year-oak, chestnut, pine, beach, ma
pie and hickory. Besides these drafts
on her woods, the county's best young
chestnut trees have been cut for more
than thirty years to help us in renewing
cur telegraph poles.
RAILROAD ties need renewing every
three years. In building new road
the estimate is 200 ties for the mile. 1t
is safe to say that it will require 800 ties
a year to.keep a mile of road in repair
From 1000, 900 to 100000 new ties
are required by the railroads every
year. In building the great Western
railroads the contractors, in many cases,
purchase outright the timber along the
route, or as near to it as possible. In
that case they pay twenty to twenty-five
dollars an acre. Otherwise they paw
from ten cents to twelve cents apiece to
the owner of the land for the ties taken
out The average price paid to the tie
contractor is thirty-five cents apiece, al
though we have paid forty-five cents
and even fifty cents for the best oak
ties. We prefer heWn ties to sawed
ones, and use no others, but many rail-
road men do not believe in the theory
that they are any better. 1t may be
only superstition that the former last
longer than the latter. but, if it is, it is
so strong with us that we insist on hav-
ing hewn ties. OF late years we have
taken a great many hemlock ties, ex-
periments proving that they can be
used to advantage in many instances,
on sidings and on tracks where the
traffic does not require constant re-
pairs. IN Y. Sun.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-02-01
THE SNoW-sToRM.

The old Earth lying bare and cold,
Beneath the winter sky,
Beheld the storm king marshal forth,
His battle force on high.
All! soon" she said, beneath the snow
Full warmly ] shall lie.''
The wind unfurled his banners
And rushed into the fray,
The round moon hid her jolly face
Within cloud of gray,
And not one single star peeped out
To drive the gloom away.
Tie snow, encamped behind a cloud,
Sent flying, here and there,
Its white-winged heralds to proclaim
Its presence in the air;
Until, at last, the fairy host
Burst from its cloudy lair.
The snow-fiakes rushing downward,
Each in whirling dance,
Before the winds are dii zen
Like armies by the lance;
But still upon tie waiting Earth
The shining hosts advance.
The wild wind, shrieking as he goes,
Flies fiercely to and fro,
And strives, with all his N yhty force,
To sweep away snow;
But bravely still tn. soft flakes fall
Upon tne EarJn DelOW.
All white and swift it 9 titles down,
Though Boreas howl and storm,
Till soft as Summers or cen the robe
1t folds about her fo.m:
No drapery of leaf and flower
Could make the Earth so warm.
1t charges with no battle-cry;
But pure, and soft, and still,
It falls upon the waiting Earth,
Its promise TO fulfil;
And fOils b . angry, shrieking wind
By force of gentle WI.
The foe has furled his banners,
And has. e led from the fray:
Tie round moon peeps with Jolly face
From out the cloud of gray;
And all the stars come twinkling out
To see who gained the day.
There all the ear tn lay shining,
In garments pure and white;
Tie snow fulfilled its mission,
And, )nqI ing in the fight.
Had warmed e old Earth 10 the re irt
Beneath its m tntle white.
-R0bdl aud Burr Hill, in St Nicholas
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-02-01

-"You appear to be gay and happy
said Gilhooly to Kosciusko Murphy,
whom he met at a ball at the residence
of Colonel Yerger, on Austin avenue.
sYou look well fed, are well dressed,
and all that Must have goodincome,
l presume"
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-02-01

=" Providential DEATH was the yer.
dict returned by a Brownsville Tex
jury in the case of a person VINO re.
Gently fell over dead in saloon of thai
city.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1884-08-01
perSOnnt.

Count Carl Lewenhaupt, the Swedish
Minister to America, will replace Baron
ZIbbCr as Minister at Paris.
The remains Of the late Prince OF Orange
were inferred At Delft, famous for its blue
carthen-warc and Of being the scene Of the
murder e William the Silent. The church.
beneath which is the royal vault containing
the dust Of thirty-thrcc members Of the
House OF Orange, is noted for lis fine bells.
Professor NordenSkjold has completed a
map Of that part Of the east coast OF Green
land hich he visited last summer. situated
beyond Cape Dan, known from Lieutenant
Graah's journey. The peninsula on which
the cape is situated he has named King
Cristians Island. and the harbOr in which
he landed King Oscars IIarbOr. Several
other points have been named after cele.
brated Swedes and Danes.
Mrs. Anandibar Jo.hee, \ Brahmin wo-
man, who left India TO study medicine in
this country in order that she might return
and teach others OF her sex, 80 that omen
might have the benefit Of medical advice,
Of which they are now deprived, has w
iracied considerable attention at Sarat )ga
She is womanof low stature with pleasing
features, and dresses richly in her native
costume. She speaks seven languages
fluently.
NJ. j. Bryant. formerly Of Barre. Mass.
who came within one vote OF receiving ehe
Republican nomination for Governor OF
Massachusetts, at the time Gardner was
elected, was recently thrown between the
wheels OF his wagon in his bayfield,, near
Vernon, y. H., and, being unable to extri-
cate himself, lsy in q perilous situation for
three hours. His injuries caused total
paralysis Of his whole body below the
neck, though his mental faculties are unim-
pared.
Professor Chandler, Of the Harvard Col
lcge Observatory, has calculated the orbit
OF the new comet discovered by Professor
Barnard. II will pass its perhellon on
August Eth, about 1870, 900, 900 miles from
the sun. It's distance from the earth is
57,COO.OC0 miles. II is not perecptibly
varying. It's inclination is very small, and
its motion Undergraduates which sug-
grst periodical comet. lis brightness in
crcases slightly. but it will not become
visible 20 the naked eye.
Going down the Chesapeake bay on an
excursion when the wind was fresh ans
the white caps were tumutuous. Judge
Hall. OF North Carolina. became terribly
seasick. and spent most OF the time leaning
over the bulwarkS. BY dear Hail." said
Chiei-Jusiicc Waite, who was Of the party.
and was IS comfortable as an old sea.dOg,
"can DO anything for your just suggest
what you wish" - WISH groaned the
sessick iurist. "that your honor would
oYerfulc this notion"
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1884-08-01

paid out Of the public treasury; hnt no act
increaslng such sala shall take effect TN.
Oil sfter The end Of the term for which The
members Of tho Hou.e Of Delegates voting
thereon were elected"
The pay Of members, therefore, cannot
he increased at this session. Il must stand
as fixed by law. What Is iti One hun.
dred and eighty dollars for every extra ses.
sion. And as the approaching one viii be
an extra session, one hundred and eighty
dollars Is I'll the pay the members can
draw, whether they stay here three days or
three months.
Can the two houses take recess during
the extra session. There Is no doubt OF
their power 10 do so, we suppose, so the
recess shall not extend beyond the ninety
or the one hundred and twenty days during
which the Constitution allows them TO re-
main in session. The General Assembly
NAV, II II chooses, take a recess 10 end
al any time before the 10th OF November
next, or II three fiths Of the members
agree before the recess 10 extend the SEES
sion TO one hundred and twenty days, the
Legislature may take n recess ending at
any time before the 10th OF December.
II, however, the members of the General
Assembly intend 10 take recess, not one
Of them has opened bis lips to us on the
subject. There may be reasons unknown
10 us for taking such recess, but all that
we have heard on the subject has come
from the Mahoneites.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1884-08-01
Greenbackism Revived.

The Republicans Of West Virginia have
formed coalition with the Grcebackers.
They have actually nominated for Cover
nor the candidate who had been previously
nominated by the GreenbackerS for the
same Office. In other words, the Republic
cans are playing second fiddle 20 the Green
hackers. Now read what the platform OF
the recent Republican National Convention
says on this subject:
1--WE have always recommended the best
money known TO the civilized world, and
we urge that IN effort be made to unite all
commercial nations in the establishment OF
an international standard, which shall fix for
all the relative status OF gold and silver
coinage"
That Is an ambiguous sentence, but II it
il has any meaning, it means that the Re-
publican party, not in any one State, nor in
all except one, but in every State in the
Union, recommends the best money" 10
the PEOPLE, and believes in specie cur
rency. To contrast such professions with
such performances will be fun for the
Democratic speakers OF the whole country.
maxwell, fiat-mOney lunatic, is the head
and front OF the BLAINE ticket in West
Virginia! maxwell is running for Gov
ernor-much the most important Office
within the gift of The people OF West Vir-
ginia, and one which the BLAINE Republic
cans are asking the voters of that state to
confer upon Greenbacker pure and sim
pie. In Virginia the Greenbackers haze
disappeared. In West Virginia the Re
publican party has given them new lease
Of life.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1884-08-01
Gofd.Iadeu Cliffs.
iGothic Cola Record.l


Between the north and south branches OF
Rocky creek there is situated promontOry-
like mountain, rising from the creek at
Crystal City TO a perpendicular height OF
nearly 5000 feet. The side facing South
Rock creek consists OF succession OF
terraces or benches. On the benches the
slide and earth have accumulated, on which
there il small growth Of spruce and aspen.
The cliffs vsry from tilty TO several hundred
feet in height, and prominently show the
country rock, which consists Of alternate
strata OF quartzte and porphyry, TO be
Scared and assured with mineral seams
veins. The real assure veins, so far
as prospected, have proven unexception-
ably rich. The first vein encOun-
tered, after leaving the WhOpper
cabin, is the Pride OF the West. IL is a
true assure and shows nearly two feet OF
splendid-looking galena ore in a small shaft
only fifteen or twenty feet deep. The pile
OF ore on the dump warrants us In saying
that the ore-yein Is solid and continuous;
but the owners, instead OF thoroughly test
ing their vein by sinking, concluded to 60
down 10 the next bench below and run
crosscut tunnel. This they have pushed
through ha-d rock for seventy-fye or eighty
feet, and aS vet have not cut the vein, nor
are they likely to for some time. The ex-
pense the owners have been TO in running
The crosscut would have sunk the shaft
over one hundred feet, and they would
have had several hundred tons OF ore to
show for their work. Crosscut tunnels
have been nearly ~ bad bane 10 Colo
RADIO mines as the paper-collsr superintend-
ents.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1884-08-01

to be commended for not allowing the tur.
bulent element OF bis party assocIsics TO
deter him from performing so pliin a
duty.
Iypcbburg be,cs: II seem, tb,t Ban.
Uooper has worked his courage up 10 the
point Of making fight against both Malone
and nj, man Brady. II is an evidence OF
the waning influence Of the Boss that one
OF his submissive followers has raised the
standard OF revolt, ana that many are flock.
ing TO him.
Norfolk Landmarks; Mr.. Cleveland's re-
ply 10 the committee which informed him
OF his nomination Is a model Of good taste.
good sense, good sentiment, and last. moi
least. OF sententious vigor. He has not tried
to bewIlder the people by adroit misstate-
ment Of current history. nor mas he In.
dulg-d in platitudes; but he has gone ia
g very root Of the whole matter in his
declaration In favor Of releasing the repub.
lie from "petty tyranny" and party cor.
rIIptiOn,'
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1884-08-01
NJ JUST WHAT YOU WANT:


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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1884-08-01
The General Assembly.

Several interesting questions have been
raised In connection with the session Of the
General Assembly which Is 70 begin in this
city on the 18th instant.
How long can the session last, The Con.
stitution settles that. 1t says:
"Ho session OF the General Assembly
after the first under this amendment shall
continue longer than ninety days without
the concurrence OF three nfths OF the MEM
bers elected TO each house; in which case
the session may be extended for a further
period not exceeding thirty days"
Therefore, the possible length Of tho
next session. a. Of every session, Is one
hundred and twenty days.
But what ss 10 compensation The Con-
s.itution settles that too. tssys:
"Bection 3. The members Of the Gen.
eraI Assembly shall receive for their SER
viees salary to be sscertsiped by kw and
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1884-08-01

We are opposed to all propositions which,
upon any prctcXtS, would convert the q en-
cral Government into a machine for col
Letting taxes TO be distributed among the
States or citizens thcreOf.-UemOCrGtic
platform.
This is intended as 4 denunciatiOr OF the
Republican Senate for passing the Blair
educational bill, by which some fifty-Gvc
millions Of dollars would have been dis
tributed through the South for the educl.
ton OF poor Children Valley Viginian.
1t was intended for no such purpose.
We showed the other day that MALONE did
not vote for the BLAIR bill when it was put
upon its passage, but that BROWN. CALL,
JONES JONAS, LAMAR, GARLAND, VANCE,
RANSOM, JACKSON, GEORGE, and other DEM
Ocratic United States senators did vote for
it.
The lines quoted from the Democratic
platform have reference, OF course, to Nr.
BLAINE's scheme for converting the Gen.
ersl Government into ga machine for col
Letting taxes to be distributed among the
States -
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1884-08-01
Can Itbc True?

The New York Graphic has sounded an
alarm. u heIalds terrible menace in the
near future. Can ii be true that a deljbcr-
ate purpose has been formed by leaders OF
the Republican party 10 seize the United
states Government by force II the Demo-
cratic candidate should beclcctcd President
OF the United States Years ago gentle
man, who afterwards became a prominent
leader in The Republican party. told Us that
there were leading men IN that party who
were prepared 10 resist even 10 the she'd
ding Of blood, if necessary, the iniugura-
lion OF 4 Democratic President. Years
rolled on, and Samuel j. Tilden, Demo-
crat. was elected President OF the United
States. but was not allowed 10 be inaugu
rated. Corrupt men. sent from Washing
ton, tampercd with the election returns OF
LOUISIANA and Florida, and United States
troOrs were masscd around Washington
city TO uphold she'll wicked work; and
lcadip. Democratic patriots submitted to
the eight 10 seven swindle rather than
plunge the country into another evil war.
And now, when il seems almost certain
that the Democrats are about to elect an
other President, ne are told that unless the
votes 81 the negroes in the southern States
ale counted In favor OF the Republican
psrty-m numbers corresponding with the
census Of colored people-it will be proof
positive OF fraud and intimidation on the
part Of the Democrats, AID thc election Of
a Democratic President will not be tole-
rated. General Logau's letter Of accept.
ance plainly looks in this direction. IL thus
appears That the bad. bold men are pre-
pared TO overthrow our republican insiitu-
ton. TO crafty their lust for power and
plumber
Does it not behoOvc every patriot 10 use
every means in his power to oyervhelm
such men BY such maiorities that they will
not dare 10 attempt the execution OF their
hcllish purposes p Charlottesville Jefer-
SCnidn.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1884-08-01
Hero and There.

An cnteTprising man in NallegO, Cal,
has been detected smuggling TASKS OF whis-
KEY on board the United States steamer
Hartford by sewing them up in salmon.
TaitvIlle, Conn.,. has new kind OF
drunkard. Alcohol. it seems, is used in
some parts OF the mills there to wipe of the
machinery. and once In while an employee
gets stupidity drunk by sucking the sponge.
In Russia the sphere OF usefulness open
TO women physicians scarcely exceeds that
OF skilled nurses. They are permitted only
TO treat the diseases OF women and children.
AIothecarics, moreover, are forbidden to
put up prescriptions coming from woman.
The mortality OF the globe. as given by
Continental journal which has made the
computation, us as follows: Per minute.
81; per diem, 07,700; and per annum, 3D.
G39, s35; whereas the births are 3G,792,000
per annum, 100000 per diem, and 20 per
minute.
stephen Whitlock, OF Lyons, y. Y. :
promising yOHth OF eighteen, is no more.
lie fooled around last week with a quart
Of peanuts, two quarts OF cherries. asd
pint or two OF ice-uater. His funeral took
place on Monday. The local papers, with
commendable charity, call it q ease OF
heart-di;ease."
A daring landlord in Berlin has intro
duccd paper plates. Bread and butter.
cakes. and similar articles are served on
these pOpier.mache plates, which have a
border in relief and closely resemble porce.
lain. The landlord likes them because they
are so cheap they can be thrown away after
once using, walters like them for their
lshtncss and because they are neither to be
washed OF broken, sHd guests are delighted
10 take them away as souvenirs.
Journalists have been excused from
serving on iures IN India, the Judge, in
SO deciding, following the precedent laid
down by another Judge in Natal. lie went
70 far as to say that all reporters should be
excused from serving on Jury. because
through their presence at preliminary ex-
examinations and inquiries for the purpose
OF publishing the same rs news they might
be in possession Of facts which might come
out in evidence, and probably they would
have preiudged the case.