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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-10-03
FOREIGN GOSSIP.

In China Foo Chow is known as
the Happy City,
AT Garves Rub, in Silesia. there is
an echo which answers an exclamation
seventeen times before it dies away.
An Engli shman lately died in Lon
don leaving an estate valued at 81, 00O,
900. He left no will. and his nearest
heir was farmer seventy-six years
old.
According to a recent authority a
Japanese fish known as the fuku is so
poisonous that death follows most in
simultaneously after eating only.a small
piece of it.
In France the owners of turkeys
hire their Hocks to pick bugs and worms
in the vineyards. A flock of seventy
five birds returns handsome income to
the owner.
Tie reason that China with its sew
er-lad1l rivers and its river population
is neScr afflicted with cholera is the
tea-d-inking habits of the people. They
boil 81 their water, and take it hot be-
fore II has time to cool and receive any
fresh supplies of disease germs.
In one of the state apartments of
Windsor Palace are two small silken
flags. These are renewed every year
by the Duke of Marlborough and the
Duke of Wellington, and this curious
annual tribute is the sole condition on
which these noblemen hold their titles
and estates. n failure to pay it would
work a forfeiture.
I'm the great English campaign of
the 'fifties" a Chinese dignitary was
captured and brought before the Eng
fish commander after the assault on Ha
hoo. With great dignity the Celestial
remarked (referring to the supposed
35o,OO0,000 inhabitants of the Chinese
Emp;re): "should the Chinese rise and
spit they would drown the English"
The trouble is Cinnamon do not spit
By the Koran every Musselman is
entitled to four hanOunis or wives
proper. and no more. Why this par
ticular number was fixed on bv Moham-
med is not directly in evidence, but
tradition has it that the prophet $ fourth
wife had mind of her own. and gave
him to understand that she would
make him a very lively vision if he
Nentured to dream of fifth. The old
gentleman dscreetlv announced a
revelation in accordance with these
views. and no Mussulman has ever had
more than four wives to this day.
AT the annual cattle fair held IN the
Croatian village Of Pokuko terrible
disaster took place under very extra
ordinary circumstances. A pig which
is described as having gone mad sud-
denly commenced, in a savage fashion,
biting al the persons and cattle it APP
preached. Some of the oxen broke
loose from their fastenings and began
rushing through the crowd. A panic
ensued, in the course of which many
persons were trodden under foot, and
no fewer than six men and one woman
trampled to death, while numerous
other persons had broken limbs, or
more or less severe in uries. In the
rush cS the ANIMALS twenty-nine oxen
were crushed to death. The pig which
was the cause OF the disaster was at
last caught and killed.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-10-03
produce five hundred pounds Of this

produce i've hundred pounds OF this
spic,.
The tree has greenish sort Of flower
which gives forth an unpleasant odor.
The fruit of the cinnamon looks like an
acorn. 1t is of q brown color and from
it the people of Ceylon formerly made
candles for the exclusive use OF their
king. The fruit Yields a kind Of oil
that is used in the making of incense.
and gives out very pleasant odor
when burning The inner bark of the
cinnamon-tree, however, is the most
valuable portion, and this Is prepared
by the "peelers," as they are called. q
class of men VINO, through long prac-
tice, have become very skillful in their
,rade.
Twice a year, after the rains are over.
in May and November, these ..peelers"
gather the cinnamon harvest. They
cut down those branches that have had
growth of from three to five years
and that are about three feet long, and
scrape away the white outer bark which
is almost tasteless. The inner bark is
then split longiludinaily, and taken
Cd. The pieces are then dried in the
GUN Suii ihto IuiAS.
The smaller OF these are then put in
side the larger until bundles are formed
three or four feet in length.
Cinnamon is sorted by persons who
taste it for that purpose. These peo-
pie, however, are apt to suffer bad eff
1ects from this practice. the cinnamon
soon making their mouths very pain
ful. The best cinnamon is very thin,
almost like paper, and of a light yellow
color. The leaves OF the cinnamon
tree taste like cloves and yield n kiGd of
oil that is prepared in Ieylon. 1t is
afterward sold under the name of
"clove OIL" Two k nds of oil are also
made on the same island by grinding
coarse pieces OF bark and soaking them
in sea water. Upon distilIation two
oils pass over. one heavier and one
lighter than wafer. Almost the entire
product of the cinnamon harvest OF
Ceylon is sent from that island to Great
Britain, there to be used by cooks and
coLfectIoners.- y. Observer.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-10-03
A Tragedy.

A short time since there lived in the
sinful city of Cincinnati young and
beautiful drummer, beneath whose
steam laundried shirt there repSsed a
reservoir of pride, ambition, hope and
energy. He was one of the loveliest of
his sex, and the fragments of female
hearts broken by him during his brief
but eventfui career would macadamize
the highway from st. Paul to Mime
apolis. His route was down the Ohio
through the land of the HooSiers, where
the graceful hoop pole bends and sways
in each passing breeze, and where GIN
gerbrcad sells below par.
On recent trip he acquired new
soft. dreamy beauty almost ripped the
stitching of his throbbing neart. Wien
the gray haze of evening began to soft
ly wrap the earth in its soothing folds
he asked the young lady to take astroll
with him, and, hastily donning light
wrap, she took his arm and they went
forth from her parental home. How
fondly he walked by her side, and
what fiasning chances OF triumph he
cast at the enviOus young men whom
they encountered in the street! All!
little did he dream that ere the end Of
the next block was reached he would
be lying upon tie hard, unfeeling pave
f1ent corpse! Little did he dream
that the somber angel of death was
even then lowering over him. and that
its black pinions were almost sweeping
his flushed and joyous cheek!
A tragic fate awaited him. and it
soon came. 1t is unnecessary to go
into details. A local paper tells the
whole story in four lines-four thrilling
lines of soul-worrying poetry. We give
them entire:
He asked her If she'd have ice-cresm-
= l do not eat IL. Thanks, she said,
"Wha-what.' he stammered IN surprise
And then he tumbled right down-dead.
Later advices tell us that the girl
also slipped.her grip on life moment
later. and to complete the sad story we
append the fol lowing:
Tnea Uttered she a piercing cry,
That shook her frame from deck 10 mizfens
And tumbling down with deafh-giazed aye,
Her soul lit out in chase of his n.
st. Paul Herald
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-10-03
TIE GOOD OLD FARM.

There's got to be revival
OF good sound sense among men,
Before the days OF prosperity
Will dawn upon us again.
The boys must learn that learnin'
Means more than the essence Ct boohe.
And the girls must learn that beauty
Consists in more than looks.
Before we can steer clear of failures
And big financial alarms.
The boys have got to quit erkin'
And get back onto the farms.
/ know IL amt quite SO nobby.
1t amt quite so easy. know.
As partin your hair in the middle,
An sitiin' up for show.
But there's more hard dollars In ii,
An more independence. too,
An more real peace and contentment
And health that is rudy an true.
know that il takes hard labor.
But you We got to hang on" in store
Before you can earn a good livin'
And clothes, with but little more.
What hosts OF 'em go back broken
In health, in mind and purse,
To die in sight of the clover,
Or linper along. which is worse.
An how many mourn. when useless,
That they didn't see the charm,
The safety and independence
o. u lie on the good old farm.
Ind dHdpolis Journal.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-10-03
The Machinery Of the Alps.

The Alps constitute great machine,
which manufactures water out of snow
and supplies it to all Europe. Every
year there falls on the Alps thirty
three feet OF snow, most of it falling
between the attitudes 1900 and 5000.
This snow, light, opaque and enough,
if piled on top Of the Alps, to bury
them three-ffths of mile deep in the
course of q century, is continually
pressed down, formed iEto glacial ice,
showed through the valleys, melted into
rivers and distributed to the four quar-
tiers of Europe by the machinery of the
Alps. A cubic yard of snow weighs
lS7 pounds; when show is thawed and
sinks into the glacial form, a cubic yard
weighs nearly half a ton. When it be-
comes solid ice cubic yard weighs
nearly ton. From the surface to
the bottom of g glacier are to be OBJ
served all these gradations of snow, the
light and Opaque ut top, the solid at
bottom. Some of these glaciers are
over 1000 feet deep. The water which
melts from them is estimated IS equal
to height of ten feet year. Their
movement is generally downward. but
occasionally they appear to shrink back
and upward, only to renew their down
ward course at a subsequent period. In
this way they advance slowly from the
heights to the outlets of the valleys,
sometimes as low down as 5000 feet of
altitude: this snail-like journey often
requiring more than a century. A lad
der which Saussure left in 1888 at the
foot of the Aquille Noir, when he de-
scended Mount Blanc, was found in
1882 at distance of 4, 1851 yards below,
a descent of eleven inches day. A
knapsack which fell into creyasse OF
the glacier Talefre and was afterwards
found below, travelled at the rate OF
fourteen inches day. In 1870 guide
fell into the first crevasse that opened
ut the foot of Mount Blanc; in 1865 his
body, recovered below, was found to
have travelled at the rate of eighteen
inches day. In 1860 the body of 8
mountaineer, clad III the fashion OF
some former age, was delivered up al
the foot of the Ahrenthal glacier liz
Austria. Tyndall found that the Mel
dc Giace travelled ut the rate of thir-
leen inches day in winter, and TWEEN
,y-four inches in summer; Agassiz dis
covered that the center of the glacial
stream moved faster than the sides;
Charpentier aScertained that the stream
had its eddies and whirlpools; Render
asserted that it is impossible to point
ont any phenomenon of rivers which
was not to be observed in glaciers.
Hence their Importance to man. They
are plastic streams, to be studied at
leisure and with the view of applying
their lessons to running streams. The
glacial fields OF the Alps cover no less
Than LIT square miles. The glaciers
Of Mount Blanc alone cover 10J square
miles, and their mass is equal to l.S5I.-
300. 900 cubic yards, which represents
body Of water equal to the whole dis
charge of the river Seine during nine
years. There is machinery for your
Cor. San francisco CbroHicle.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-10-03

"A lady who had returned from Eu-
rope said TO friend: "iou ought to
hear them lawif and chawff at our
American way of talking over there,
YOU know ''Oh. well, we can stand
it," said her friend; I'VE larff and
charff at them when they come ovel
herr" ->-N. Y NSH.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-10-03

He that rightly understands the
reasouableness and excellence of char
ity, will know that it can never be cx-
cusable to waste any of our money in
pride and folly W. LaW.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-10-03
The ship comes IN.

For years we have waited.
In hope and in glee,
atching the bi;lows,
Scanning the sea,
For our ship on toe ocean.
La,ien with god:
To come and enrich us:
The tale is soon told:
No longer We re waiting,
For sorrOw's our cup:
The ship has come in,
But it's bottom side Mp
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-10-03

any person who takes the paper regu-
larry from the post-ofice. whether directed to
his name or whether he is subscriber or not,
Is responsible for the pay.
The courts have decided that refusing &c
take newspapers from the post-offce, or re-
moving and leaving them uncalled for, ID
arima facie evidence of INTENTIONAL FRAUD
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-10-03

''Oh! Is he? Oh! hope he ain'tn'
"Can you find your way?''
Eyes. Trust me for that"
Polly Baxter trudged away at once
to George street, and to No. 20, where
on the top floor she found poor Jacob
Cattley, very much down in the world,
and with very little life left in him.
The rheumatics had got an iron grip of
him at last and fever had followed, and
this was very nearly the last of him, as
the red faced woman had prophesied.
As Polly entered the room he quite
smiled at her, as at an old friend.
polly" he said, speaking with great
difficulty. Il wish to put you in mind
of IN old offer to me-.
whats that, sir?''
81 want you to open credit account
with me-"
"A what?' cried Polly.
Its a term we have in Lombard
street." he explained. "To trust me, l
mean, for little while for few tiow-
ers."
ITO be sure"' cried Polly.
'.i'll pay you soon; and [ want you
to do more than that-much more"
Polly waited and wondered till he
took time to recover his breath; then
he added:
Il want you on Sunday afternoon to
take them to her and lay them on her
grave. Do you mind very much?'
mot at ALL" said Polly. .I'l go
every Sunday directly after chapel, if
you'll tell me how to find it,
''Oh! you go to chapel. then?"
Eyes, sir; reg'la
''Good girl! Keep that up"
"No fear, SIR"
..And come and tell me regularly
what they tell uou there; will you,
child? ! should Ike to know"
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-08-03

IT Is pleasing to note the indignation
with which the American people frowi
lown the Efforts TO undermine the pri-
vate character Of Grover Cleveland
Even tho moro respectable Republican
newspapers aud stump speakers fight
shy Of this disgusting business. Tn.
parties foremost In the dirty work ar,
said to be certain clergymon Of Buffalo
Ninety mine men out Of hundred viii
accept Grover Clevcland's standing
amongst his neighbors as conclusive NJ
10 all points respecting tho respectable
ty Of his | rivate life. Whited sepulchers
Unfortunately exist In this work a da,
world. but they rarely crop up amongst
politicians. As to these gentlemen. on,
looks neither for saints nor devih
amongst them, and Is contented with III.
verdict Of their constituents as 10 theil
personal worth. Thomas Jefferson wal
neld up In the Federal newspapers as .
iibertino of the deepest dye. and he wa
accused by them Of living In concubinag'
with his own slaves. Such kind o
campaign literature never hurts n candi
date, and such men as jackson, Cla,
and Webster had to undergo precisel,
the same experience as Grover Clevc
land Is being treated 10 to-day. sucl
weapons are boomsrangs which hurt thu
throwers much more griovously thai
the object at which they are aimed.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-08-03
Raisins.

We understand there is not in iirs
hands in this city, box Of first quality
well packed California raisins, and tn,
trade is entirely dependent on the i'm
ported article. If there were, they woult
readily be bought by our jobbers q
s.. 90, and il very fine, such as some W,
have seen. at even a higher price. Tn,
fruit of our Meseatel and Gordo Blanct
vines is equal to that known as LondoI
Layers and closely approaches the fa
nous Dehasa. The general fault o
California rsisins is eareessness h curin,
and in grading and packing. Rsisin
that if carefully assorted for size anC
color, with all imperfect berries rep owed
packed with all stems concealed ant
with handsome paper finishing, woult
bring 50 90 to $3.50 or more box, sci
slowly at 100 to Sl.5 aud the market
soon becomes giutted, while there is al
actual scarcity of more saleable goods
Between the hest and most careles,
packing. the difference in cost is less
lnan u ccut u pounu VI ~ CENTS n oOA
add to this ten cents additional fol
fancy papers, and we have thirty cents
additional cost, while the difference in tn,
: Eprice realized is from so cents to 81. so ,
box. 0f course ton Of raisins, as they
ecome off from the drying trays, will moi
smake 100 boxes Tone toni Of fruit. but il
win make half ton or more, and sec
onds and thirds will fetch nearly a,
good price when packed separately a
Ewhen mixed up with the choicest fruit
The packing Of raisins is as much al
art as the packing of cigars, and some O.
our raisin-makers might learn something
! by inspecting a first-class cigar factory
md watching cigar packer sorting fol
size, shape and shade, the product o
even the same maker, before he put
them in the box. Now is the time fol
our California raisin.makers to study
this matter of packing if they expect tc
turn the losses of 1883 into profits il
8lSS4.-San Francisco Herald Of Trade
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-08-03

BY FORMAL proclamation Governor
stoneman has proposed to the people Of
California three amendments TO tile
Constitution OF this State. The first
facilitates the lighting and watering oi
|citios, the second provides for tho print
ing Of school books by the Stato Printer
and their sale at cost price, and til,
Third makes some notifications In tn,
present laws regulating the equalization
If property by state and County Boardi
|of Equalization. Every good either
ought to carefully study out the purpor
|of these amendments and VOC accord
|ngly. The topic which will attrac
most attention from the average vote
will DO the printing Of text books com
|piled by the State Board of Education
That the cspricious adoption, and ire
1uent rejection after short trials, of tex
books by the several local boards of cdu
cation has been great inconvenience
aud even hardship to our people, canno
be denied, though whether it is wi.
upon the part of the State to meddle i
such matters may also admit of goo
ieal of question. There is ample tim
between now and the 4ih of November
however, to discuss this subject fully
The other amendments seem to menac
40 right of the people, and II is quit
probable that all may be adopted,
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-08-03
Adulteration.

There is every reason 10 believe thai
there is more adulteration now than
there ever has been before, aud chem.
cal analysis. together with the micro
scope and many scientific instruments,
may be relied upon TO detect what h
spurious and noxious, and distinguish IL
from pure and harmless. This Is beint
lone every day, and reports of tests ar,
quickly Published and eagerly read b,
millions. Thus, while tho. disease grow,
more difiusc. the remedy develops apace,
Proportionally there was M much adul
Ieration fifty yenrs ago as now. Their,
we're fewer edible preparations, the sci
enlist was not so well equipped and th.
facilities for spreading news were not :.
.reat. There have been rascals In trad'
from all time, and always will be. As ,
learned bishop once said: "As mortar
,ticketh between biicks, 80 siicketi
fraud between buying aud selling.
Those who laud the past and decry TN
present are mostly moved by ignoianct
of the good side of the present and III,
bad side Of the past.
There are two kinds Of ndulteration
The first Is sham or hurtful fraud
which pretends to be what IL is not, ant
che second is n preparation which sail
under It's own colors and Processes to b
d substitute for reality which II imi
bates. Health and food inspectors ar
employed to examine and condemn al
ieleterious goods II they do their dut,
the public runs little risk Of being poison
sd. If substitute, like butterine o
glucose. is injurious to health It Is sooi
I.ado known. These who adulterat'
z6ods and manufacture limitations wonl'
never do so unless they were encourages
|by customers. The majority Of mel
are gullble and eager to bu.
below the market. Every on
knows that good food Is worth a goo'
price, and 1t is easy to learn the staudar'
price Of pure goods. 1t would not pa,
to doctor goods II they could not be sol
At price enough lower than that Of til
anadulierated 10 attract buyers. Tn
very fact that staple goods are bolo,
price is enough to excite suspicion. N
man who really wants pure goods, an
Is willing to pay fair price for Their
ever has any reason to COMP lain. Hor
esty Is the best policy. both for IL
lealer and consumer; and just as 500
as the buyers insist ON pure goods an
,ffer reasonable profit. producers wi
supply tht competent demand. .-E'
chauue
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-08-03
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The Santa Ana Water War.

That Anaheim and Gospel Swamp
kshould come into collision on the SUBJ
|iect OF water seems kind Of ridiculous.
but 1t is fact. nevertheless. One does
not have to tax his memory very severe.
|Iy 10 call to mind the time when large
body of water flowed in the wash north
Of town, making communication be-
tween the two sections impossible foi
lays. That water came from the Santa
Ana river. 1t overHowed its banks and
cut o channel into which IL will continue
to discharge a surplusage Of water dur
ling the rainy months unless the gap il
closed. But If this is done it will send
more water down into the country
south of Santa Ana, TO the destruction
of more valuable property. Even witt
the relief afforded by the break in tn.
river, that country was very badly
damaged during the Winter. tits known
to most of our readers that the river
again divided at the Swamp; that when
those whose property vas endangered
by the waters flowing in the new chan
nel sought TO turn the river back to it.
natural bed, they were opposed by thos,
whose proserty was threatened by the riv
er il it was confined to its original bed
that litigation followed; that Judg,
Howard decided that the water oughl
to be confined to the old bed; that in
pursuance of this decision dam was
built to carry out the decision; that tn,
lam was cut in the night time on severn
occasions, and that deputy sheriff ant
posse had to be detailed to guard it
rhis decision of Judge Howard makes |
lawful to construct an embankment OF
the river northest of town, where thu
break occurred last winter, to coniin,
the water to its natural course; but thu
question arises, "who's to pay" L
would seem as II the work came With,
the scope Of the Supervisors, but Mr.
Moesser will oppose it on the groun'
that they have already more water il
tho swamp than they know what to d.
with. However, as the law is clearl.
with us. and as it is out of the question
for our people to stand quietly and Sc
their properties destroyed, when tn
remedy is so easy, it is probable tha
the embankment will be built befor
next winter. Mr.. Moesser can scarcel
be blamed for his opposition. 1t hit
him where he lives, aud sclp-preserva
ton, we have read somewhere, il til
first law of nature. Gazette.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-08-03

The Los Angeles and San Gabriel Val
Hey Railway is showing great signs o
vitality, and there are not wanting som
If the knowing ones who see the han,
| If the Atlantic and Pacific Railway pco
,le in this newly born energy. From
whatever cause it proceeds 1t will b
hailed with great pleasure by the peopl
who reside iu the beauty spot of Lo
Angeles county, as we'll as by those VIII
le.ire to visit it often, and take at lenst
transitory delight in its porfections, with
out being obliged to hand over smal
fortune to the livery stable keepers 70
,njoying the precious privilege.