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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-06-13
SPECIAL NOTICE.
To those who are not subscribers Of the
Register.

Register.
We send out large number Of sam.
pie copies this week to friends who
are not now subscribers to the REGIS
TER, and this notice is intended as &
special and personal invitation to ev'
cry one receiving copy to examine
it carefully and decide whether it may
not be to his advantage to become q
subscriber. We have not taken spec.
ial pains with this edition. 1t is sim.
ply a fair, average specimen of what
the REGISTER is every week in the
year. The REGISTER Is 20 columns
larger than any other paper published
at the county seat, and is sent to any
address 50 weeks for Sl.5O.
The campaign which was inaugural.
ed by the nomination of Blaine and
Logan at Chicago last Friday promises
to be the liveliest and most absorbing
that has been fought for years. In
addition to voting for President and
Vice-President, Allen county will have
to elect county officers including a
representative, and help elect the
state ticket including a governor, sew
en- congressman, and state senator
from each district. In view of the
Importance of these elections, it rs the
duty ofof every citizen to keep well
posted on the questions at issue. 1t
shall be the endeavor of the REGIS
TER to supply every need in this di-
rection. While giving all parties a
fair hearing, it shall continue as here
tofore to give its earnest support to
the Republican party, believing that
it represents the best policy and sem
timent of the country. Regarding
the temperance issue i'm this state; the
REGISTER shall demand rigid en-
forcment OF the law and thinks that
inasmuch as the Democratic party
persists in making it a party issue the
Republicans of the State should en-
dorse the principle of prohibition and
declare against result mission of the
Prohibitory amendment.
AS to the value of the REGISTER as
neWs paper, we leave it to speak for
itself, only calling attention to the
full county correspondence and to the
we'll filled local columns.
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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-06-13

A fewweeks ego we spoke sbout Mr.. sh,p.
ley losins some al his sweet potato pl.nts.
We have ioaDd oot since that he lost sixty
Thousand fnstead ofslx thousand.
The Leasuers that were ON section II, town
.. ranss 10, have moved OF. There Il a
Leaguer's shanty jnst mile east Of salem
school house.
Hurrah for Blaine and Logan! Although not
our choice the ticket 10 = good one, and stands
good chance Of being elected next fall, no
matter who the Democrats put mp.
Phil rARLEY.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-06-13
A SPEEDY AND PERMANENT CJTRE

In all this class of diseases Whatever NAV attend
treatment above
opportunities In chronic
and children, Unite '7o v" "oieu
All important surgical operations
science Judgment
ensve practical experience. Being supplied with 49,
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-06-13

| A niece Of Mrs. Charlie Ohlrest, a popular
dressmaker, Of Denver, Colorado, 10 here Wis.
iting her.
Mr.. Price breaches at Elm Dale next Sunday
| at 3 pm.
Mr.. Mulford IL again amOag us.
|. Mr.. John Ohlfest goes to Chicago, Illinois,
| this week to consult an oculist concerning his
eye that he had injured by plaster paris falling
into 1t. His wife accompanies him, and goes
on to Valparaiso, Indiana. their former home,
20 visit relatives aud friends.
Miss Crook OF Piqua IL ct Schmidt's.
We see Mr. aud Mrs. Pickle over from Bron.
son often.
Sheep shearing seems to Ike the general work
Of the sheep men now.
Well, who has revived but j. HAwKER.
Neosho Valley Notes.
J. W. Cleaver returned last week to his seld
OF labor after short stay with his parents.
VIM. Hankins and wife returned on Friday
from Harvey county, where they have been re-
posing In the coil OF kindred FRIENDSHIP
B.F. Clark Is fencing the 10 acres Of land
that recently come into his possession.
Geo Thornton now living near CARLYLE enjoy.
ed a short season among former associates here
recently.
One Of Nate Hcath's children is reported
quite sick.
A number of horses around here have been
badly cut on wire fences Of late, but the only
one that was rendered entirely unit for use is
one belonging to David Beahm.
On saturday, as Mrs. Jno Arnold was en-.
gagged In sporting rOmp with neighbor girls,
she colliied with the ground, thus receiving q
Inf, tus,, I'M .,e y>u~ ~,
On Tuesday, while Mr.. and Mrs. n. Hankins
were enroute for lola, their team OF young
horses became frightened without any visible |
cause and In less time than It takes to relate II
the buggy was overturned, the tongue If the |
buggy AMI one line was broken, and Mr.. and |
Mrs. IIankins were compelled to occupy pre- |
carious position under the distorted vehicle. |
The fact that they sustained no serious injury |
cannot I've reasonably accounted for.
As we write, the frame work OF Mr.. A. J. |
Servey's barn on the hill arises to view
Mrs. Jno. Davis, OF Williams county, Ohio,
arrived here on last Tuesday, and will make |
this her summer resort.
Rev. Thes. Bartlett will prcaoh ut the Union
Creek school house ON next Sunday at II o'clock.
A change Is readily observed on the exterior
of Mrs. L. Bales dwelling which IL the result |
OF coat of pa int.
Several of n. lIankins' family are down with |
the measles.
VIM. Valentine will strike the harvest sea-
son with bran new self binder.
u. NJ. Purdom has taken advantage OF the cut
rates on lumber IN purchased material for a
large barn. vALLEYITE
Humboldt Happenings.
Geo. Z. Parker is or to Illinois for q short
business and pleasure trip.
Miss +. Wilcox Is visiting friends in ST.
Louis, and Miss NJ. T.. Chamberlain is visiting
at Winfield.
4. q. Stewart. agent of Wells, Fargo 4 Co.,
furnished cigars Tuesday last; by way of en-
PLANTATION saying, ITS girl.
number of the X. Of p. boys visited lola
odge Wednesday evening to witness the con-
Ierring Of ranks on several candidates.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-06-13
AUNTIE.
Usage Notes.
Usage weather very warm.

Usage weather very warm.
Corn Is growing nicely.
Farmers are all busy blowing corn.
Flax and oats are looking fine, aud every
thing thst was planted this spring looks fine
at the present time.
! have no news of any note to write sIout this
week. have been very busy for several days
getting things In ship shape around the widow
ranch.
was mp to Garnett Decoration Day and was
very mnch surprised to see so many people In
town. Where do they all come from There
were only four or i've Osagers up there. I
have heard from Blue Mound, Mound CITY,
Pleasantou, Fort Scott, Bronson, Moran, lola
and Humboldt, and 1t is the same story from
all those places, the towns literally over run
with people.
Esq. Cole has got big Graz, on the people of
Osage in the way Of top buggies and carriages.
Everybody wants to ride In the shade now ,iays.
I think our township should have Its name
changed to Buggy, or Carriage, or Phaeton
township.
One OF our old wealthy farmers over In Bour.
bon county, very noted. good old man, has
got to dissipating awfully most every day. Yes,
he takes about twelve to fifteen horns three
times day, and sometimes ofteuer He saws
his greatest joy now Is taking horns. am
afraid the old man will get horny IL he isn'ta
little careful Yes. the whole horn arrange
nent was expressed TO him from st. Louis and
{ cost about SO. 1t Is the fnest upholstered
hair that ever saw. 1t beats the one that
vas presented to President Hays at the fair at
ieosho Falls few years ago.
Boys, Its tho 'ot. rs the Engiishmsn says, to
write any more to-day. I have jumped cog |
m you for one week. Don't get cross, that's |
H. SE, ro.x
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-06-13
Salem Sentences

Salem school closed last Friday. Jctl.lo
school was over. In the forenoon the highest
classes were reviewed. At noon there was
good dinner, which every one did justice to.
The afternoon was occupied with declamations
and dialogues by the pupils OF both schools.
AFTER which the patrons Of the school made
speeches. Mr.. Flynn has given general satis-
faction. Mr.. l.. d. Pearson offered the follow.
ing resolution which was passed unanimou sly:
Reseired, by the patrons Of school district
No. y, Allen county, kansas, that We com.
mehd James r.. Flynn, for the manner In
which he has conducted our school while he
has taught here, the one just closed being his
second term.
The daughters Of Mrs. o. j. johnson are
visiting in Coney county.
There Was croquet party at Mr.. MYERS
Friday night.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-06-13
DEVOTED TO THE TREA rMEyr or
CHRONIC DISEASES, SURGERY I ALL
DISEASES OF THE EYE AND EAR

ICONS the Post Office Block nnaay
years. ploi 9 MOS C ~. ID MEDICAL SURGICAL RIM
10 practice with
ChRuC AND SURGICAL DISEASES has enabled
pioy the best % ehec
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1884-03-27
Ohio FlOOdS.--The Drain Tile
Theory.

An Illinois correspondent of the New
York Evening Post lays special stress
upon the agency of drain-tile in pro-
ducing the Ohio floods. He says that
''more than $4,000 miles of drain-tiles
had been laid in the state since 1876
The fever has ragged throughout In
diana and Ohio with equal violence.
and though | have no official report of
the work done there, | feel confident
am safe in stating that in the three
states more than 100000 miles of tile
have been laid. Now let us consider
the fleets. The general surface OF
this whole region is so level that it
abOunds in swamps, slOughs, and areas
of low, wet land, of greater or less eX-
tent. There is hardly farm which
has not more or less of such land,
which heretofore has been useless, but
which when drained, has proved to
he the most productive land on the
farm. These areas, consequently, have
been everywhere the first to be drained.
to the immediate and manifest i'm
provement of the productiveness of the
farm, and equally of the health of its
occupants. But on the other hand.
lntSt tltiS nave IltItbbltlC bCCu
reservoirs into which the rains and
melting SHOWS of all the tributary sur
face have slowly found their way by
infiltration and after days and weeks,
during which evaporation was con-
stantly in progress, the surplus or over
flow has reached the river. Now they
have been provided with artificial sub
stitutes for natures slow methods, and
the immediate discharge is secured OF
all these natural reservoirs through the
drains, which carry off in few hour'
an accession of waters that would
| otherwise have reached the river only
by omparatively small instruments
after percolating for weeks, or months
through sloughs and swamps, and los
ing large portion by evaporation
This effect is perfectly obvious anC
undcniable and, taking into accOun
the almost incredible extent to whicl
this work of drainage has been carried
is the result disprOpOrtiOnate to th'
cause
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1884-03-27
st. Johnsbury Church Directory.

4dvcat Paddock Village Sabba. h Services at
1880 a. M. Las aud $50 y. n. sabbath School
IL m Prayer Meetings at 1880 p. III. Sunday, Tues
day and Friday evenings.
Bdptist-Kailroad Street Corner Map.e Rev
L. I sandiord, Pastor. Preaching 1890 =. NJ 5
school II 81. Prayer meeting 80. Prayer meet
ing Wednesday evening at 7;.i0.
Free Baptist-Main Street. Corner Prospect
sabbath services, 1880 An. and $50 p. sabbath
school At II NJ. Prayer meeting Wednesday even
in at 30 Rev. u. ii. Adams pastor.
Church Cf the Messidh--l UniversastJ Eastern
avenue corner Cherry street. Sabbath services
At l:iJ. $50 p. NJ Sabbath School at 1890 p 81
wednesday evening meeting at 7:3O. Rev. g. W.
jenkins pastor.
Mebodst-Central street. Rev Z. W Culver.
Pastor Residence next TO the Church. Sab
bath services at 1890 A. NJ, and $50 NJ. Sabbath
school at IL Wednesday evening meeting al
North Conqrsg1hOnal-Main street. corner OF
Church. Rev Henry W. Jones Pastor. sabbath
services at 1880 A. NJ. and $40 p. NJ. Sabbath
school at l:i5 P. N. Wednesday evening meeting
at 7:JO.
south CongregatiOHai-Main street. Rev. Ed
ward 1. Fairbanks. Pastor. Sabbath services al
1880 4 NJ. and $50 Z. NJ. Sabbath School at l. NJ
Wednesday evening meeting at $50.
Presbyterian Chisrch-Eastern venue. Rev. W
K. Laird, pastor. sabbath services at 1880 a m.
and $50 p sabbath school at IL III. Prayer
meeting Wednesday evening 7.3O.
81 Andre,0'S- Episcopal Main street, Rev
+. :. Fisher, Rector. Services sundays al
1880 4. m, and p. IN. Wednesdays at 730 p. III.
sunday School, at L. III.
Roman Cduote-Cherry Street. Rev j. A,
B"issOnnault Parish Priest Mass and 10 a. NJ ;
NrSpers and Benedictiun at p. III. On the
second Sunday OF the month, service at $50 a. IN.
and y. IN. At Lyndonvile same day at 1890 q. III.
J. II. e. A.-Meetings at the hall of the Y. NJ. c.
\, Main street, Sunday mornings at $50, Satur
day evenings at 73O. Young Mems meeting Sun
day at 80 p. III. Noon meeting every day at
rooms on Main street.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1884-03-27
BarnIIm'S Latest.

Barnum's white elephant is denoun-
ced as a humbug by two correspOn-
dents of the Pail Mall Gazette Pro
fessor Ray Lancaster declares that the
alleged Burmese priests brought to
England to conduct a worship of the
beast are no priests that Barnum
paid less than $500 for the animal,
rather than the 100000 advertised as
its cost; and furthermore that white,
that is, flesh cOlored, elephants are
like white flesh colored) pigs, only a
chance variety of the black sort. He
distinctly denies that the white ele
phant is ever wOrshiped. Barnum's
new curiosity is pronounced by him "A
black elephant, with a few very
small patches of flesh color about its
head. common condition in the race,
and Disagreement, not beauty; 1t
is not even one of the chance variety
of flesh colOred elephants. And he
fires this shot: "The verdict, not only
of scientific men, but of all persons
who are not to be deluded by spiritual
lists, thought-readers, quack doctors,
electrical patents, queens of comedy
and other American 'inventions,' must
assuredly be that Barnum's elephant
and its attendant priests are an impu-
dent fraud" The other correspondent
is Mr.. Barton Grindrod, who also as
serts that the Burmese, being Bud
dhists, do not worship elephants, anG
only consider them sacred when at
tached to their temples neither wOult
Burmese priests go to England as per
| formers in a show.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1884-03-27
schools and Colleges.

DiscOursing Oh the relative value of
common schools and colleges, the Rut-
land Herald takes this illustration:
Let us take Il familiar illustrations
Judge POland's opinions III the Yer
mont Reports are models of clear and
precise language so for that matter
are those of Judge Adds, and yet PO-
land was graduate of common
school and Adds of a college. The ex-
planation is that both of these men
learned precision and clearness of style
out of the English law books. Judge
Adds was none the better for his
smattering of classics, aud Judge Po-
land was none the worse for his lack of
college culture, so far as the acquisi-
ton of the ability to express himself in
correct, clear and precise English was
concerned. Senators Edmunds and
Conkling were neither of them college
trained their English is the English of
law books, political speeches, and a
few standard English books of pure
ly literary character. They never fed
on classics and if they had they would
have been as poorly fed as if they had
been limited to husks the swine do eat.
Language is primarily a gift, and for
sound development it must feed ON
English books if the purpose is to talk
English in public and private with eff
fectiveness to people who speak Eng
hsf
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1884-03-27
A Heroine OF the War.
WHAT GEN. SHERIDAN SAYS OF HER
WORK.

| saw by the Philadelphia papers the
other day that the Grand Army posts
had given reception to Mrs. X. NJ.
Bonsal, and happening to walk down
street with Gen. Sheridan asked him
if he knew her. ''Do know her 2" he
replied, with surprised look on his
man was worth whole brigade of
soldiers and several batteries of artil-
lery down in the Winchester campaign,
and she was one of the genuine heroines
of the war"
"Tell me about her.
"Well, you see, l always believed in
| fighting on information. People said
| was reckless and daring, and all that,
and when happened to win fight
they said it was Sheridanis luck. But
| tell you there wasn't any luck about
it. | never went it blind. | always
knew what | was going to hit before |
made a strike, and generally tried to
strike at the right time.
"And down there in GA" continued
the general, "when lay before Win
chester, wanted information of what
was going on in the enemy's lines, and
| wanted it awful bad. | must have it,
don't you see but how | was going to
get it didn't know. Crook was pretty
well acquainted in all that country,
and one day asked him if he didn't
know some one in Winchester we could
depend on. He said there was little
Quaker girl in the town that he thought
was all right, and ! concluded to try
her.
GGrhara p1l 1atl-v- hA ha1 "a
garden patch about Is miles from my
headquarters, and he had a pass to
go into Winchester three or four times
Il week with vegetables for the confed-
crate officers and town people. | had
him brought into my headquarters
one night and asked him if he knew
the hool-ma'am. He said he did,
and then | asked him if he could get II
note to her without giving her away.
He said he could and then | wrote
her ii letter on tissue paper, appealing
to her loyalty and requesting her to
give some information of what was
going on in the rebel camp.
IL wrapped the note up in tin foil in
little wad, don't you know, and made
the old darky carry it in his mouth.
The next day he went into town with
Il load of vegetables and gave it to her"
"What was her name 2"
"Rebecca Wright was her name then,
but she is married now, and heI hus-
bands name is BOnsal.'
''Did yOu get an answer ?"
Eyes. the darky brought me back Il
reply in which she gave me some very
important information, and provided
to send me more from time to time.
We kept up a correspondence after that,
and knew everything old Early was
doing. After few weeks she sent me
word that Kershaw's division of 3 or
10 thousand men had been detached
and was going to join Lees army. As
soon as ! learned that he was gone,
and was far enough off to prevent his
getting back, made an attack and
captured Winchester"
"Did you find the girl when You got
into town p
''Indeed | did, and my report of that
battle was written in her school
room ~
"Was she ever rewarded ?"
'Well, | got her place in the treas
ury department.. and it was there she
got acquainted with her husband, hut,
it, | think she is entitled to a
pension " Washington Letter to
| Chicago lnter-Ocean.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1884-03-27

The following is said to he true A
preacher ont west, Mr.. II, was a
good man, bat very rough III his ways,
and very much given to chewing to-
bacco. One time he WAS riding on
horseback through the country, when
there came up ii shower. Riding up to
a cabin, he hastily hitched his horse
and knocked at the door. A sharp
looking old lady answered the sum
mons. The preacher asked for shelter.
81 don't take in strangers ! don't
know YOU" replied the old lady, sus-
piciOusly.
"But you know what the Bible says"
said the preacher: ''Be not forgetful
to entertain strangers, for thereby some
have entertained angels unawares.'
"YOu needn't quote Bible,n said the
old lady, quickly mo angel would
come down from heaven with Il quid
of tobacco in his mouth as you have !"
The door was shut, and the preacher
unhitched his horse and rode away in
the rain.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1884-03-27
"John, You are Jus, spIendid.''

A Dakota girl who went out to the
gate after dark. to meet her beau, met
IA bear by mistake and the bear, after
the manner of bears in assailing human
beings, proceeded to hug her And
she murmured: "Oh, John; you're
just splendid !" and gave the bear
hug in return that nearly broke his
back, and the mistake so embarrassed
the bear that he was ali broken up and
got away from the girl and made for
the woods, blushing like schoolboy,
while she was mad at being left and
yelled at him to know why he was
crawling off on all fours. And when
the real lover showed up there was war
till an explanation was made, and then
the girl blushed to think she had given
herself away to some other fellow, and
the lover swore he'd kill the other
fellow, and got il lantern to look at his
tracks and found a bear had been mis-
taken for him, and then he blushed,
and it was blush all round.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1884-03-27
The TaIIest Tree in the World

1t seems that America, after all, is
unable to make good her claim to the
possession of the tallest and largest
trees i'll the world. Every one has
read of the marvels of the Yosemite
valley and of Yellowstone park, the
huge national sporting ground of the
United States. But what are the giants
of California in comparison with tree
which has lately been discovered in
Australasia 1t has long been known
that in Tasmania there are eucalypti
measuring 200 feet from the ground to
the first branch, and more than $50
feet in total height and there Is, or
lately was. on Mount Wellington, near
Hobart Town, a. tree of this species,
the trunk of which was S6 feet III cir
conference. But "A still more gigantic
monster of the woods has been recent
ly discovered in Victoria. 1t is d we'll
proportioned specimen of the eucalyp
tus amygdalina. and its top Is nearer
10 the sky than the cross of st. Paul's
cathedral, for it is no less than 43O feet
above the ground.-[St. James Gazette
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1884-03-27
Sunshine and sleep.

Sleepless peOple-and they are many
in America court the sun. The
very worst soporitic is laudanum, and
the very best, sunshine. Therefore it
is very plain that poor sleepers should
pass as many hours as possible in the
sunshine, and as few as possible in the
shade. Many women are martyrs, and
yet they do not know it. They shut
the sunshine ont of their houses and
their hearts, they wear wells, they car
ry parasols, they do all possible to
keep off the subtlest and yet most pO-
tent influence which is intended TO
give them strength and beauty and
cheerfulness. Is it not time to change
this, aud SO get color and roses in THEN
pale cheeks, strength in their weak
backs, and courage in their timid souls
1 The women of America are pale and
/ delicate they may be blooming and
strong and the sunlight will be Il pO-
tent influence in this transformation.