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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-12-19
SHORT SHRIFT.
Charles +. Stevens, Better Known -
"Omaha Charley" Lynched at MaryvilIe,
Mo-, for Shooting Hubert kremer.
MApXtyIIIE

Charles +. Stevens, Better Known ~
"Omaha Charley" Lynched at MaryvilIe,
Mo-, for Shooting Hubert kremer.
MAIYvILLE, Mo-, December9.
Chas. f. Stevens, alias Omaha Charley,
who shot Hubert Kremer in saloon in
this city on Wednesday of last week, was
taken out of the county Jail last night
little after midnight, by thirty or forty
maskers and hanged till dead on
bridge 100 yards distant. Sheriff An
derson and Deputy Sheriff Jack Ander-
son refused to surrender Omaha Charley
to the mob, when number of shots were
fired by the maskers, and some of them
came near hitting Sheriff Anderson, graz
ing Just past his neck. The Sheriff and
Deputy
EMITTED THEIR REyOLyERS
and were forced upstairs, where the mob
overpowered them and took
the key to the cell from the Sheriff.
They then got light and went into tina
cell where Omaha Charley was. Ha
offered what resistance he could, and
chung on to the railing with fearful tenac-
ity. 1t is reported that he bit one Of
the maskers' thumbs nearly of, and
that another masker was wounded in the
arm during the shooting. When they
took Charley to the bridge he wanted to
be heard. They told him to 90 ahead,
when he said: "Gentlemen, what does
this mean?" Some voices said: sis this
all you have to say?" He said nothing
more, except when they pulled him up,
he exclaimed:
"MY GOD!'
The Sheriff and deputy made gallant de-
tense. The shooting of Kremer was very
He is yet living, with
chance to get well. Omaha Charley was
q desperate man and while many feel thai
he fully merited such treatment, yet the
citizens of the community
deeply regret that the law was not pen
mitted TO take its due course.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-12-19
The Neteors of 1893.

"Whilc engaged AS composition on
4 leading New York paper on the night
of November 1913, 1888, it was my
good fortune" says James S. Drake,
an employc of the Sun,ay Leader, 10
be detained at the Office in Wall Street
until very late hour. 1t was night
memorable in history for the most bril-
liant display of meteors ever witnessed.
While busy at our allotted tasks, with
,hC aid of sperm oil lamps, suddenly the
whole heavens shone as if in flames. and
or several hours countless balls of fire
dashed along the sky. The marvellous
display of the Creators glory was gem
orally sroken of as "A rain of fire.
When my duties were completed pro-
ceeded up Broadway, which was as
light as at MONDAY. and throngS of
citizens were still abroad at three
0 clock in the morning of the 18th. The
splendors of that light will fade from
my mind only when my faculties fail to
distinguish the brilliant noon from a
night which envelopea The landscape in
gloom" In all sections of the country,
from Maine to Georgia, came tidings
that the people were awakened and
watched with wonder the falling stars.
Many fancied the earth was burning. and
that they themselves would soon perish
in the fiery furnace. The colored peO-
pie in the Southern States, who were
very ignorant, came out from their cab
ms. and often fell into wild commissions
of terror. They prayed. they shouted;
they cried out. The day of judgment
has GOMEZ The beautiful sight con-
tinued until morning. -Eiza6eM IN.
J. Transcript.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-12-19
VACCINATION.
What Has Happened in Land Where
This Preventive Of SMALLPOX Il
Mot Used.

That there are still intelligent people
who oppose vaccination, and strive to
nasei appear that it is not only use.
less but il. furious, need surprise no one
acquainted with the vagaries of the
human mind. For such persons, testi.
mony is of no avafi. They are no. capa-
bic of seeing the conclusions of logical
train of reasoning. Fact. to them are
inferior il: power to prejudices.
fet there are facts which now and
then are brought to ones notice, 50
startling in their native hideousness that
it seems wrong to pass them over in
silence. If it is only as matter of
medical statistics, we must print a
reference to letter from Dr. Neve. of
the Mission Hospital in Cashmere.
which has appeared in the Ciuh and
Military Gazette, of Lahore: thanks
to the exertions of the English authori-
ties. vaccination has been carried to
some extent in that portion of India
ruled by us; but in Cashmere the state of
things in an entirely unprotected coun-
try was 10 be seem" DR.. Neve says it
would be nearer the truth to say that the
population is annihilated, than to say that
il is decimated by the scourge of small
pox. Smallpox is endemic in every
village and town of Cashmere. 81 re-
Gently obtained from all my hospital
staff statement of the mortality of
smallpox among their immediate rala-
tives. They represent twenty-five fam
lilies, and in these 100 members were
born, of whom exactly 100 died of small
poX. Two or three children have not
yet been attacked; all others have had
the disease" Thus, of these 100 per-
sons. ut least ninety-five per cent. had
been attacked by smallpox. and of those
sixty-five per cent. succumbcd. There
is not much room for hoping" DIR. Neve
says, ''that these figures indicate any
yetr unusual rate of mortality, and, of
coarse, the evils inflicted by the disease
are lifelong in many who survive the
attack"
Such is the condition of things in a
country where vaccination is not prac-
ticed. and such it was here before the
discovery of Jenner. So it would be
again We're the crazy notions of the anti
vaccinationists to prevail-which, how
ever, we do not greatly fear. The world
mas be old. but it is not senile.-lHedic
al and Surgical Reporter.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-12-19
WATER.
One of the Laws Upon Which Agricultural
Practice Is Founded.

One of the Laws Upon Which Agriculture,
Practice Is Founded.
Water is the universal solvent. Moth,
ing in existence can resist its soluble ac-
ton. And oxygen is the great reducing
agent by which matter may be rem
dered easily soluble in water. Water
and oxygen are everywhere; the atmos-
phere is never so dry but it contains
watery vapor or water in solution, and
in every 100 part, Of it there are nearly
81 parts of oxygen. The effect of
water and oxygen may Be Familiarity IL
Illustrated by the example of piece of
iron that is exposed to the air under or
binary circumstances. As the air is
moist. the water and oxygen together
cause the iron to rust. the rust being
an oxide or a combination of the oxy-
gen with the iron. In time the iron
will have been completely rusted away
or changed into oxide of iron, which
NAV be dissolved in water and carried
away; so that the whole substance of
the iron may be removed. Had the
air been perfectly dry the iron would
have been unaffected, for nearly all
chemical action, and especially that of
oxidation, takes place only in the pres
ence of moisture. 1t is therefore neces-
sary. before any change or improve
ment can take place in the soil that it
should be opened by culture to the in
fiuences of the atmosphere and of
moisture; for it is one ct the laws upon
which agricultural practice is founded
that the mechanical condition of the
soil is an important element of its fer
ility.-N Y. Times.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-12-19
A GIRL ACCOMPLISHMENT.
Every Young Lady should Se Instructed In
the Science of Carving Meats.

Every Young Lady should Se Instructed In
the Science of Carving Meats.
One of the minor accomplishments to
be acquired by every girl is the science
or art of carving. Let her learn how
to cook by all means, if she has any
gift for that divine art, but to under
stand the graceful dissection of joint
or fowl is still more important if she
ever intends being at the head of an
establishment. Generally this duty
falls to the man of the house, who,
though he may not be skillful, is yet
strong of wrist, and whose right it is to
hack and slash without reproof from
the other end of the board. But when
lady can easily and dexterously per-
form this share of mans prerOgative, it
has a very pretty appearance. There
must be many persons in Boston who
can recall the dignity and the elegance
with which Mrs. Harrison Gray Otis al
ways presided at her little dinners in
Mount Vernon street, for whoever saw
her at such times would not be likely to
forget the hostess or the quaint charm
of the surroundings of that hospitable
and now memorable abode. Mrs. Otis
was the only woman in Boston who had
sufficient tact and intellectual power
to hold q salon where all cligues
and classes of society were welcome,
and she was also one OF the few,
if not the only woman, who under
stood the art of giving a comfortable,
choice dinner, without any of the dis
play that detracts so much nowadays
from true hospitality. Shewould sit at
her table and carve the roast, cooked
in her kitchen before an open wood
fire with as much ease as though she
sat on throne, waving a sceptre that
acted like a magician wand. The
guests who never numbered more than
three or five, watched the proceeding
with delight or they were unconscious
of any effort being made to supply their
wants, for Mrs. Otis was most bril-
liant onversationalist, and this matter
in hand of cutting up the piece de re-
sistence of a dinner never for one in
slant disturbed the mental flow or re-
duce the table to silence. 1t was an
education to see Mrs. Otis at those
and not all the ponderous
buffers that have come since those days
into fashion can serve a dinner half so
well or SO noiselessly as the MARY
who stood beside her chair. Had Mrs.
Otis been richer perhaps this famous
phase of her famous hospitality would
not have had reason for being, and she
would only be remembered as a public
spirited woman who did more to en-
large Boston thought and improve its
social culture than has been done before
or since her day.-The Beacon.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-12-19
CHAPTER V.
BY LAW, NOT LOVE.

ny LAW NUT LOVE
Proud and happy as felt when seat
ed side by side with Pauline in the rail-
way carriage which was taking us to
the north, fortunate as l told myself l
was 10 have won such fair bride:
great as my love was for the sweet girl
who mad just vowed herself mine for
ever, Cener's extraordinary stipulation
kept recurring 20 my mind-the man
who marries Pauline March must be
content to take her as she is; to wish to
know nothing of her past.
Not foI one minute did think such
contract could be enforced. As soon as
had succeeded in making Pauline love
me she would surely wish to tell me all
her history-there would be no need TO
ask for 1.-THE confidence would then
be given as a matter of course. When
she learned the secret Of love all other
secrets would cease between us.
NY wife looked very beaut ful as she
sat with her head leaning az inst the
dark clota of the carriage. hrr clear
cut, refined features showed in that po-
-sition advantageously- Fer face, as
usual. was pale and calm; her ewes were
cast down. A woman to be indeed proud
of; to worship. to cherish. and how
sweet it seemed to whisper the word to
myself-my wife!
Yet l suspect more would have taken
us for a newly married couple. At any
rate there were no nudgings and sly
glances among our fellow passengers.
The ceremony had been so hurried on
that no attempt had been made to in
vest Pauline with the usual bridal ac-
cessories- Her dress, although becom-
ing and fashionable, was one in which
/ had seen her several times. Neither
of us had any brand new belongings to
stamp US rs being bound for a honey
moon; SO the only notice we attracted
was tine notice which was due to nv
wife great and uncommon beauty.
The carriage was nearly full when we
started from London. and as the
strangeness of our new relations pre-
vented our conversing in an ordinary
way, by mutual consent we were all but
silent; a few soft words in italian were
all II could trust myself to speak until
erelwere alone.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-12-19
HOME AND FARM,

An agricultural jC urnal advises the
planting of plum trees IL the hen yard.
Eggs packed in well-G-ied ashes,
and so as not touch each other, have
been kept perfectly sweet for twelve
months.
Supply your barns and stables
with brushes and wire curry-combs
that will not scratch the tender skin
of animals, and see that they are used.
The stem of the pumpkin, when
grated fine and stepped, strained, and
the decOctiOn well sweetened, is very
valuable remedy for fatulent or eramp
colie.-Troy Times. y
-Puffs: Sift one quart of -four with
one teaspoonful of soda and two tea
spoonfuls of cream tartar. add one tea
full of salt and one pint of water. Shape
into small cakes and bake in a creased
pan.-Ine Household.
"A writer in the Prairie Farmer
proposes to have bed of clean, sharp
sand, twelve to twenty feet square. in
closed and rooted over, for his horses
to roll in. The bed should be raised to
prevent water from running into the
inclosure.
An experienced apiarist says: If
honey is kept where it freezes during
winter. the Gaping in the spring will
be found full of minute cracks, and as
soon as the weather is warm honey
will ooze from the cells. Some recon-
mend keeping it in dry, cool place.
DO not buy opiates for sleepless-
ness. Be out in the sun as much as
possible without a sunshade. and we
venture to say that you will slumber
soundly at night. Sunlight is very in
vigOrating, and those who are healthy
never complain of loss of sleep. If
you want to be like plant grown in
the shade remain in doors.-N y
Herald.
"A recent cough will almost always
yield to the following treatment within
two or three days: Mix in bottle four
ounces of glycerine, two ounces of al
cohol, two ounces of water, two grains
of morphine. Shake well. Dose for
an adult, one or two teaspoonfuls
every two or three hours. Half this
quantity to children from ten to tif-
teen yearS.-lt Is not safe TO give IL 10
infants or children under ten years of
Chicago Journal.
"A writer in the Tribune and Farmer
states that he has cured several cases
of founder with alum. He put one
tablespoonful, finely pulverized, as far
back in the animals mouth as possible,
As soon as making the discovery that
hn
does he claim that he has cured several
eases, but strongly affirms that he
has never known the remedy to fail, if
given Immediately after the trouble has
developed itself.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-12-19
After Her Heart.

lou don't want to marry that fell
ow," said cautious mamma to her
laughter.
"Yes, do"
No, you don't. You don't really
owe him, my DEAR
"Well, perhaps not; but it's my first
:hance, and l may never get another. :"
'.Never mind if you don't. Wait
Until you find man after your own
leart."
That's just what's the matter.
mamma; Charlie has been after my
leart for eighteen months, and / guess
I'd better let him have ii. "-Boston
Times.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-12-19
A Female Incendiary.
sPARrESBURG, s, C., December u

sPARTESBURG, 8, C., DecemberS
The arrest of Mrs. Alice Vance, the VIE
of a respectable miller in this county
charged with incendiarism, has created .
sensation here. Several mysterious nres
have taken place within the last few
weeks, the most notable being the burn
ing of the gin house OF Colonei
Hammett on the Paedet River in OCTOBER
last. 1t is claimed the evidence Is clear
and convicting. Mrs. Vance is woman
of violent temper. Th$ neighbors now
allege that she was i. party III other fres.
II is a capital offense in South Carolina
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-12-19
A senationali.t.s story.

MILWAChEE, W Is, DcSciuo0S ".
The report telegrsphed from Whrtewa-
ter Sunday that Miss Nettie Koran, the
fifth victim of the alleged wholesale
poisoning, had made confession that
she poisoned her father, mother, and
two sisters, proves to be groundless-
Miss Nettie died from dementla,
brought on by excessive grief. She
made no confession. The general BELIEF
in Whitewater is that every member OF
the Koran family died from natural
causes-at least so affirm all the leading
physicians. Sensationalists started the
poison story, which has no foundation u
TACT.
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ITO BE CONTINUED. |
Partisan hor;e cars are allowcs t:

Partisan Eor,e ears are allowca to
carry only certain number OF passen-
gers-teu standing on the front plat
form. ten on the rear platform and as
many in the car as are allowed to have
seats. Those inside pay so confines
40 cents) and those outside 25 GEN.
times. When car has its complement
the gates are shut, sign Is hung out
reading 'complit" and no one can enter.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-12-19
The time-honored custom of Sc,

The time-honored custom of sent:-
ing the editor slight token of the we'd
ling feast is about to be revived. OF
this we are truly glad. Bless you, it
gives inspiration to our pencil to write
from behind basketful of the frag-
ments of wedding feast drtersriile
(GG.J american.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-12-19

"JoHN, I am very respondent. I don't
| seem to get on in the world. / believe I'll
blow out my brains" GOOD scheme,
my boy. l believe if YOU do you will
strike blow at the real cause of your
trouble n-CLic01o Ne,rs.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-12-19

"ILIKE good, solid, substantial food"
remarked Mrs. Jarphly at the breakfast
table. =. Is that why you bake such solid
bread, mar" inquired Johnnie, and he
held close communion with his mothers
slipper.-PittSJurgh Chronicle.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-12-19

"RosE of the roses" gushes Alfred.
"What a buttonhole bouquet we'd make"
she answered. "What do you mean"
"A rose with sprig of evergreen."--lSdn
Francisco ChrORicie
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-12-19

Two MoTHERs-IN-LAw in Austin day
or two since had hair-pulling match.
The son-in-law took refuge Lehiad lum-
Der pile till the ''clouds rolled by."-Ierri-
tcrid! ENTERPRISE.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-12-19

FOUNDER says his wife is the lght-wsA
champion. She always stays up till h
comes home.-G City Der7Uk.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-12-19

WE suppose the gaze of cross-eyed girl
might be technically spoken of as " ind
ing stare.-ROckldnd Courier.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-12-19

STATIsTICIANs say that black eyes are
increasing in Europe. This seems strange
in view of the fact that reports of sparring
matches over there have failed to reach us.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-12-19

ONE swallow does not made a summer,
but one swallow does make some-err.-BOs.
ton Star.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-12-19

The richest man in the world lives in
China. A sort of China Astor, as it were.
Boston Star.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-12-19

A YOUNG man may be good on loaf, but
yet make bad ead-winner.-Judge.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-12-19

LAYIHG aside for a rainy day-putting
the umbrella on the top shesf of the closet.
Boston Times.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-12-19

A FOOL man always looks out for number
won.-L0uisuilie journal.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-12-19

Cushions are prohibited in the New
York horse cars by the Board of Health
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-12-19

lau always Deen the same II there
was any hope that time and patient
treatment would work an Improvement
would learn, moreover, the OBJ ect of
his concealmcnt. | would, l swore,
drag the Truth from him, or it should
cost him dear. Until I stood ace to
face with Cencri should find no peace.
told Pauline it was necessary we
should return to London in mediately.
She betrayed no surprise; raised no OBJ
lection. She made her preparations at
once, and was ready to accompany me
when l willed it. This was another
thing about her which pu; z,el me. So
far as things mecha nical went, she was
as other people. In Ler toilet, even in
her preparations for Quincy, she
needed no assistance. All Ter actions
were those of Il perfectly sane person.;
it was only when the mind was called
upon TO show itself that the deficiency
became at ell apparent.
II was gray morning when we reached
Easton Station. We had travelled all
night. smiled bitterly as l stepped
on to the platform: smiled Of the con-
trast between my thoughts # 10 day
and those of lew mornings ago wren
l handed the wife | had so strangely
won into the train, and told myself, as
1 followed her. that life of perfect
happiness was now about to begin.
And yet how fair the Girl looked as
she stood by my side on that wide plat
form. How strangely that air of re-
pose, that sweet, refined, calm face,
that general appearance OF ind ference,
contrasted with the busy scene around
us, as the train disgorged its contents
Oh. that could sweep the clouds from
her mind and make her what | wished,
ITO BE CONTINUED
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we drove to .he hotel and Supped to-
gether. From our manner we might,
at the most, have been friends. Our
intercourse, for the time, being confined
10 the usual civilities shown by a gen.
t!eman toward lady in whose society
he is thrown. Pauline thanked me for
any lit lie attention TO her comfort, and
that was all. The journey had been a
long and trying one-she booked wear
led out.
"You are tired. Pauline" 1 said;
''would you like to GO 10 your room?"
Il am very tired" She spoke al
most plaintively.
Goodnight, then" / said; "to-
morrow you will I, ell better. and we
will look at the lions Of the place -
She rose; we shook hands, and said
good night. Pauline retired to her
aparIment, whilst ! went out for a
ramble through the gas-lighted streets,
and with a sad heat reca led the
events of the day.
Husband and wife! The bitter
mockery of the words. For in every
thing except the legal bond Pauline
aud were as far apart rs we were on
that day when L first saw her at Turin.
Yet this morning we had vowed to love
and cherish each other until death did
US part. Why had been rash enough
to take Ceneri at his word? Why not
have waited until / had ascertained
that the girl could love Inc, or at least
ascertaired that she had the power of
loving at all? The apathy and utter
Indifference she displayed fell like a
chill upon my heart l had done a
foolish thing-a thing that could never
be undone. / must bear the conse-
quences. Still l would hope.-hope.
particularly, for what to morrow might
bring forth.
I walked about for . long time.
The Russellville Democrat., 1884-05-22

has been under tho weather for sew eral days with heart disease? Yes! We'll he has taken the Drs. advice of last week and bought bottle of Wizard Oil. "Allit costs is dollar a bottle" you know.
 Hello Henry, what's the newsf Oh, nothing except- I say, were you at the party Thursday nightf Yes. We'll want you to give me some advice on little private busi' ness, if you have time. Why ccr- tainly, Hen.y. You understand this lis to oe kept scool." Yes. While
 at the party Thursday night one of the SWEETEST young ladies in town 1proposed'' and did not give her any answer. She promised to wait until could consider the matter 2 little. Now what would you give | for an answer? Why I'd say yes, ol
 course; 1 was proposed to six times and l said yes to every one. Slns go for leap year, this.