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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-11-07

dashing in fury On the broken shore.
send drops Of spray to greet her.
Now the open sea rises and falls De-
meath her. There lies safety for her
little one; but between here and there
turks the danger already threatening
the babe. Even now the gull. with
greedy eye and swapping beak. is vault
ing about her, ready almost 10 snatch
the little one from its mother back.
TO late to return, the quick resolve
is taken. A sudden fling of the moth
er's body. and the startled baby, shak-
en- from its seat, is thrown into the air,
where with useless wings it falls like q
stone toward the water. Now the gull
with fierce Joy swoops upon it, but al
ready the loving mother has folded her
wings, and is dropping by her baby's
side, interposing her body between Il
and the gull, until the water is reached,
when the baffied robber dashes into the
waves only to see the rescued babe dart
down with its happy parent into old
oceans bosom. For, strangely enough,
the little bird that can not fly can dive
like a frog, float like duck, and swim
like a fish in the water it has nevsf
never before seen.
And now the worst of Baby GULL.
mots troubles are over. and surely they
ought to be, for it has had more than
its share. The other troubles it has are
no more than any other bird might
have, and therefore need not be told
abOut.-Harper's Young People.
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HUMOROUS.

Several young girls have been ap
pointed station agents in Minnesota,
and engineers are keeping a sharp
lookout for misplaced switches.
-George-''Yes; take up my violin
for my own amusement occasionally.
but L never play before company"
Tom-"Thank you, my dear fellow,
thank you, thank you"'
Very big boy-"Please, Miss Blank.
l don't think father would like to have
me 'kept in after school," ''Why not,
if he knows it is for breaking the
rules?" Big boy-.This is leap year
you know" She let him otf.-Pattadek-
pfil Call.
between the labial appendages attached
to the superior and inferior mayiilarics
respectively of man and woman or
two women" says an exchange. Sho!
We always supposed it was just right
smart smack. Boston Star.
"A very small boy was driving COW
along country road. Shrinking into
a corner of the fence. timid city lady
called out: boy, does that COW ever
hurt people?" Swelling with import
ance, the little boy answered, consoling-
". sometimes she don't. "-Goiden
Days.
1T is not every one who can
dawnce. 1t wequires bwains, assure
YOU" Il don't aorre with you, Mr..
De Silva" repli d Miss Badger. II
saw dog lead the German the other
day." THAT was vewy strange. Where
was it?' "On Fourteenth sire t. The
German was blind. ~. T. Times.
Why he ilew.-
| will STAY" he sang. IAN! sing my lay,
While slumber seals your eyes:
And the deep. stl night will chase the day
Away from the star-lIt skies.
az viii wake an sing till the morning star
shall glow in the Eastern shy
But he didn't; the dog woke up just then
And smOte blm nip and thigh.
-"Coa hman. we ave not at our
'ouse Mrs. Brown. and is an English
woman born myself, I'm sure l ave
proper notions about the soshle ale;
but Lord a mercy upon me. Mrs.
Brown, can't no more 'elp it than l
can 'elp br athin' hair. wen a tam
way guard-'orse-car conductor, !
should say-looks at me nowadays-do
you know, ma am, Pm that tustered l
don't know w ether I'm on my ed or
my 'eels!'-Ptlck.
81 have come, sir, to ask. you for
your daughters hand" IL beg your
pardon! What name did you say?" Il
have not had the pleasure OF meeting
you except casually. My name is
Smith," Have you any references?"
Certainly; your daughter. 80.
thank you; it is SO good of you to ask
me. 1t is enough that you don't elope
with her. Take her. l don't know
you. but suppose you'll-live in the
house. and We'll have an opportunity
to become better acquainted. Good
morning "-Chicdgo Tri6atnc.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-11-07
Bird ,e Over the Straits or McSSin,.

In the exhibition now open ut Turin,
says foreign exchange, the Directors
of the Novara and fino Railway show
the drawings and plans for the pro. ected
bridge over the Straits OF Messina. The
narrowest portion of the straits is two
miles across. but the depth there is l59
m. (52l4 feet), while the shallowest
part, which is 10 m. 1851 feet deep,
runs between Cap del Pezzo and Gran
Zir:i. Although the distance across a
the latter point is halt mile greater
than at the narrowest portion of the
straits, its greater sballGwDess has
caused it to be selected rs the spot for
the bridge. In addition to a double line
of rails, it is intended to make the
bridge wide enough to include road
for ordinary carriage traffic. The via
duct will be supported by two land
towers and three piers. each LOCO m.
$3.50 feet apart. The foundation Of
the three piers will be constructed of
granite ballast UP to within 30 m. (754
feet) of the surface of the water, and of
granite masonry, the latter being
carried to 10 m. (33 feet) above the
water. The bridge will terminate on
either shore in tower shaped piers, con-
structed also OF granite, with the Ordi-
nary dry foundations. The height of
the bridge above the water will be 100
m. (3SS ieet). The entire upper por-
ton of the bridge is to be built of steel.
and the construction is to be carried out
in the same way as the bridge over the
Mississippi at st. Louis.-Ir0n Age.
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Earning q Dollar.

"Your tongues will all wear out
some day." said Uncle Dick.
The children laughed uneasily.
Teeny felt the tip of his to see if il
was still in running order.
81 don't believe that any more than
anything, do you, Molly?" he whis-
pered.
'.It's only Just some of Uncle Dicks
nonsense, guess" said Molly, look
ing at hers in the glass. 'Any way,
get false ones. They have 'em nova
days; there's false teeth and false hair
and false noses and false everything"
'Oh, well. pooh, them" said Teeny.
I'm not going to try and save 'em
any!"
So they began talking again.
Teeny had spool. 1t was Clipped
on one end. He called it an engine.
"See this engine?" he said. "It's
winding up engine. It'll go frs rate.
Pop-bang. Away it goes! Don'tyou
wish you had winding-up engine?"
Uncle Dick couldn't bear the talking
so well as mamma.
"Wha: was the minister's text yes
terdav, Mollie?" he asked.
81 don't fink said Molly. cit isn't
any matter. / didn't see any diffunce
to it,
..Lamartine!'' said Uncle Dick,
sternly. (Teeny's name was Lamar
tine.)
"Wha., ma amp" said Teeny, meek
ly.
"Can you tell me anything whatever
about the Sunday-school lesson, yester-
day."
Teeny felt badly, but he couldn't tell
lie.
mot last Sundays" he said, hon.
estly. "But can tell you all about
winding up engines!" he added. joy
fully.
mo. thank you,' said Uncle Dick.
I'm make bargain with YOU. If you
won't speak word for an hour, will
give you dollar apiece.
"Oh, we will!'' cried the children.
"You spokel" said Uncle Dick.
"Oh. we won't'' cried the children.
:'Oh. you did'' said Uncle Dick.
Now you can begin again.
1--WE won't speak word. Oh dear.
there we spoke again! Try us this
once.
Very well," said Uncle Dick.
So they went and got their states.
Lets when we want to say any
thing Just write it down." scrubbed
Molly. "They say we talk so awful
much! don't believe it will make n
siateful"
They kept still and held their dear
little babbl.ng tongues for Jtty-fce min
ates.
Then Teeny's pencil dropped.
'.lt's broken into three haives" cried
Teeny.
mo matter" said Molly, kindly.
at will last all the longer"
SWELL done" laughed Uncle Dick.
"You shall have the dollar, if you did
speak. 1t was a pretty hard way to
earn a do,lar. LIQUIDS Companion.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-11-07
A Bad Business.

$50 YOU don't want to canvass any
more for the Life of Andrew Jack
SON. " said the proprietor of sub
scription agency to young man who
had Just returned from the country.
mo, / believe not. The work is ver.7
pleasant and all that. yet prefer to do
something else. Believe I'd rather dig
bitches or clean out wells"
"Was your trip to the country sue
cessful?''
.Well, no. l can't say that it was.
I'll give you a sample of my expert
eflce. One afternoon, while riding
along lonely road, | came upon O
field in which an old fellow was plow-
ing. waited until he got to the end
of a row and then, approaching him,
asked if he would not like to look at
the Life of Andrew Jackson
WY, l looked at one o. his lives
luther day. Must have had more lives
than cat. Stranger, I'd like pow
erful well to look at it, but the fact IS,
l amt got the time. This cotton is
nightly in the grass. Whoa, Bail,
come around
MY friend, said I, If you would
like to look ut the book, I'll pillow while
you sit down and examine it. This
pleased him very much, and taking
the book, he climbed the fence, went
into the woods. and sat down in the
shade. plowed for some time, until l
got tired, but thinking that the old fell
low would soon make his appearance.
continued to pillow on. At last | went
into the woods and found him deeply
interested in the book.
Its too late for you to 20 much
furder tonight said he, so you'd bet
ter stav all night at my house.
II agreed, for houses in that section
of country were far apart. Well, when
we went to the house the old fellow took
my book and devoted himself to it the
entire evening | knew that he would
buy it. for 1 could see that he was deep
" interested. The next morning just
before | got ready to start, turned to
my host and said:
Have you made up your mind to
buy that book9'
".No, but I did low to buy it but
thar amt no use'n buyin' it now
"Why?n
cease l sot up last night an read
her through
".That so? Well. in consideration Of
the fact that have staid all night with
you. L Ii make you a present of the book. ,
"'Much obliged to YOU
".Not at all Well. Unjust be going
"'Hold on. You hain't paid me yit.
I charge you dollar an half fur
your nights lodgin.
"Yes, sir, and he made me pay it, re-
gardless of the fact that l had presented
him with the book. No, don't care to
engage further in the book business. -
ArGansdW Traveller.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-11-07
JOHN DORN'S son.

The tide was out in Great South Bay,
Long island; east and west like wavy
fields of green and brown, the Bellmore
marshes stretched away in unbroken
loneliness to meet the dim beauty of
the horizon. The wind had gone down,
leaving the broad bosom of the water
as still as mirror upturned on the level
sands The sun, shining through count
less leagues of haze. cast tremulous
shadows toward the east. and, rising up
with shaded brows to meet its rays,
John Dorm, CHEEKY fisherman, stood
out in silhouette against the sky. Fast
mingling with the purple and gray of
the leeward rim of sea and sky, a lazy
schooner winged its southwark flight,
and when the dusky distance closed
upon it John Dorm and his weather
beaten old boat alone broke the change
less monotony of marsh and meadow.
Left high and dry by the receding tide,
the old boat lay bolt upright in the soft
mud, as taut and trim as though moored
more landing. Her sails hung limp
and motionless against her mast, and
about her shining deck a brown-haired
little girl romped and laughed in child
ish glee.
1t was unspeakably lonely out on the
wide-reaching marshes, but as honest
John Dorm shaded his eyes with his
rough, brown hand and gazed seward.
he gayly whistled a tune that he had
learned up in the little white-steepled
meeting house in Bellmore village. 1t
did not seem lonely or dreary out there,
for to him it was home The blue sky
above him and the dimpling shadows
before him spoke only of home: the
marshes had been his playground in
youth, and the meadows behind him
were as well known as the little garden
back of his own modest cottage among
q clump of distant trees. Even though
the marshes had not been as familiar
as the stubby fingers on his weather.
beaten hands, ana had the sky been
tlack with clouds and driving rain.
John Dorm would have been Just q,
happy and free from care, for up in the
little house among the trees son had
been born to bless mis- approaching old
age. A daughter lie had already, and
another slept beneath the sea grass in
his garden. but until this day son had
been denied him.
1t would not be fair 20 say that John
Dorm had grumbled at fate when grave
middle life came and saw no sons in his
family. but somewhere down in the
depths of his stout heart he argued that,
although girls were good enough in
their way, and perhaps were necessities
OF an all-wise scheme, yet only boy
could stand his trick q. the wheel or
reef the mainsail in a gale of wind.
John Dorm wanted some one to bear him
company in his silent pilgrimages to
the fishing grounds and the oyster beds,
and in turn to guide the old sloop out
TO sea when he himself should in the
course of time be kept ashore by the
accumulated rheumatism OF many wears
of active life. And so. on this soft
summer day. when little, mewling
red-headed SOC had taken possession of
the household, John Dorm lifted up his
honest soul in thanksgiving. and went
away to his work in the marshes as
blithely as though his wedding day was
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-11-07
The Fly Screen Agent.

He had six fiy screens under his arm,
and was talking to man in front of a
house On Hastings street.
81 am offering these at fifty per cent.
below their cash values" he explained,
because want to get out Of town"
..Vhell, it vhas soon coming winter,
und like to know how some flies come
aroundt DEM" the man answered.
That's true enough, my friend, but
the fly question is not the only thing.
These screens save twenty five per cent.
in fuel"
'.Vhell?''
They give an air of refinement to a
house"
..Vhell?''
II don't say that they keep out chol-
era altogether. but you can't point to
house in Detroit provided with them
which has had a case of cholera."
"Vhell, dot vhas So"
..In buying them you help a poor
man to reach the bedside of his dying
wife in Buffalo"
Yes
"You add at least two hundred dol
lars to the value of your place -"
~ eS.
They are not burglar alarm. but
when burglar finds them in the win
dows he turns away discouraged"
..Dot vhas good
1.-The air which enters your house is
strained. as it were, and must therefore
be free of chips, gravel. sand. dust snd
other substances deleterious to health"
II see."
..And you will take emp
"My frendt, vhas dose fly screens like
4 watch doe2 If some poys come in
der alley dose dey raise big row und
let me know?'
s.Of course not.'
IF | come home in der night und der
front door vhas locked und I can't get
in, does dose fly screens make it all
right?'
..No. sir-no, sir. How can you ex-
pect any such things from fly screens?"
..Vhell, / doan't know. 1 guess You
peter moot along to der next corner
Eaferypody says / vhas sweet-tempered
und kind, but Il man come along und
impose on me und take me for some
greenhorns, 1 let myself oudt und
knock him so far into next Shanuary
dot fly screens doan' keep him warm"
Detroit Free Press.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-11-07
Personal AND LITERARY.

Miss Cliffany. of Melrose, Scotland.
Mr.. Sankey says, is the author of his
favorite hymn. Ninety and Nine.'
wv. w. Corcoran, of Washington,
has survived three OF the physicians
who pronounced his case hopeless in
ISL Washington Star.
Over seven hundred different works
have thus far been published in Ger
many on vegetarianism, in addition to
a monthly magazine on the subject
There has not been a marriage OF o
President during his term of Office
since John Tyler married Miss Gardi-
ner and took her to the White House
in 1872.
Over one hundred thousand copies
of q cheap edition of Mr.. Thayer's life
of Garfield, entitled "From the Log
Cabin to the White House," have been
sold in England Chicago journal.
1t is said that for every novel print
ed and published in England ten are
written and rejected. This makes an
average of three thousand novels
which are written in that country every
year.
Next to Mrs. Southworth, Mrs.
Clemmer-H Hudson probably earned more
money by her pen than any other WON
an in Washington. Her income for sew.
eral years ranged as high as six thou
sand dollars year.
Justice Miller is said to be distin.
guished from his brethren of the Su
preme Court OF the United States by be
ing the only member who habitually
wears a ''swallow-tailed' coat and
good-natured smile.
John Mccullough was not ashamed
of having begun life as chair-maker.
Concerning this period of his life he
was neither snob nor a Bounderby of.
Coketown. At one of his rehearsals
recently q Philadelphia stage manager
produced an antique chair for one of the
scenes of "Virginius. 1T is too
MODERN" said the actor. az shouldn't
wonder. by its looks. if it was made a
thousand years ago." retorted the man.
ager. 81 know it wasn't" said the
Roman father, "for 1 inside IL myself. !"
-PaiidieLphiG Press.
Ella Wheeler. the poetess, says
that when she began to write she didn't
know . soul connected with the press,
not even a country editor. She did not
even know where but two or three we'll
known literary papers and magazines
were published. A little girl of her
own age went to a book store and
copied off the addresses of several of
them, and she sent out poems to most
of them, coolly requesting the editors
to send their papers as pay for the
poems if they were accepted. The
very first one sent to responded favor
ably Chicago Herald.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-11-07
Our Young Readers.
Fly LITTLE HERO.


know little hero. whose face is brown with
tan,
But through it shines the spirit that makes
the boy q man:
A spirit strong and sturdy. will to win its
It does me good to look at him and watch him
day by day.
He tells me that his mother is poor, and sews
for bread.
She's such dear. good motherl'' the little
fellow said;
And then his eyes shone brighter-God bless
the little mani
And he added: "'Cause love her 1 help her
all can"
All! that's the thing to do. boys. to prove the
love you bear
To the mother who has kept you in long and
loving care.
Make all her burdens lighter; help every way
you can
To pay the debt you owe her. as does my lit
tie man.
-Eben T.. Rcrford, in N. 7. Independent.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-11-07
Working with a Plan.

1t is almost painful to think how
much valuable time and labor are
wasted in this world every day by
well-meaning, really Industrious people
who never work according TO any plan.
Some people have most lauda5le de-
sircs to accomplish many things and
make themselves very useful in the
world, but they are continually meeting
with Notifying failures simply because
they go about their work without any
definite or distinct aims in view. They
are generally undecided and irresclute
in action, and waste great amount of
time in debating what they should do
next. In consequence, their work, OF
whatever nature, is generally as con-
fused as their own minds, and seldom
finished as it should be, if finished at
all Such men, while often laboring
under a consciousness OF their defects,
are in addition constantly harassed by
their work and seldom successful in
their efforts.
1t is the much better and wiser way
to have plans as far as possible. for
every kind of Labor. No one realizes
the value of this more than the farmer
the right time, depends to large de-
gree his success in the business. He
begins the year with a plan for each
week. or month of each season, with
reasonable allowance for such things
as may occur to interrupt. and for which
no provision can be made. He is able
then to proceed intelligently and con-
fidently with each appointed task. He
does not feel obliged to slight and hurry
through his work to catch up with
something that should have been done
a week or 4 month ago. Neither is he
troubled with the things of tomorrow,
for he knows with some degree of GER
tainity what the day will bring forth.
He does not walk as one who knows
not where his journey may lead, but
as one whose route is mapped out be-
fore him as clearly and distinctly as
anything in the future may be. He
shapes each days or weeks work in
such n manner that it shall not interfere
with his preconcerted arrangements
and SO throw the whole into confusion.
This field to-day and that tomorrow.
this harvest for next week and
that for the week thereafter. Happy
and successful is the farmer who works
after wise and prudent plan.-M y
Observer.
Charles Oakley, the Oldest native
born resident of New York City, died
recently of old age, in Norwood. n.
j. Mr.. Oakley was born in 1855, in
what was then the country, on the
boulevard near Central Park, and
lived there al. his life until year ago.
He kept his health and his memory up
to the day of his death Beside his
nine sons and daughters. Mr.. Oakley
leaves a number of grandchildren.
great-grandehildren. great-great-grand-
children and even a great-great-great-
grandchild. Y. Sun.
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The half-baked aristocrats of the
metropolis need give themselves no un.
easiness over this Morosini match.
When the coachman comes in for hia
share of the estate they will not be ahls
to tell him from one of Themselves
CHICAGO Herald
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