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The true northerner., 1884-05-01

CURRENT item refers, OF course, 10 the
hole In the boys pants made by the house
dog
The true northerner., 1884-05-01

BUCKING horse is froquenUiy rne power
behind the thrown.
The true northerner., 1884-05-01

If afflicted with Sore Eyes, use DIR. Isaao
Thompson's Eye Water. Druggists sell 1t. 25c.
The true northerner., 1884-05-01

PURE Cod-Liver Oil, made from selected
livers on the sea shore, by CAswELL- HAZARD
Il Co., New York. IL is absolutely pure and
sweet. Patients who have once taken it
prefer it to all others. Physicians have de-
cided IL superior TO any of the other oils in
murket
The true northerner., 1884-05-01
Mother Swans Worm Syrup, tasteless. 25c.

Trough on Isats" clears out Rats, Nice. l5e.
The true northerner., 1884-05-01
WELLS Nav. Apple uaver) Pills, loc.

"Rough on Coughs" Troches, l5c; Liquid SOC.
The true northerner., 1884-05-01

A CLOTH saturated in cold water and
laid before the bed at night is suggested
as sure cure for a somnambulist.
The true northerner., 1884-05-01

Trough on Toothachc," instant relief. l5o.
The true northerner., 1884-05-01

"Roueh on Dentist |" Tooth Powder. l5c.
The true northerner., 1884-05-01

WELLS Health Renewer cures Dyspepsia. Impotence.
The true northerner., 1884-05-01

''BuChu-paiba.r Great Kidney and Urinary Cure 81.
The true northerner., 1884-05-01

-tough on Corns," for Corns, Warts. Bunions. 16o.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-05-06
In His Lair.

l sit down in my pleasant den this
morning in cheerful frame of mind,
with heart as light as cork. 1t is q
pleasant den, this lonely lair of mine.
1t makes q visitor think of a night
mare. 1t is decorated after my own
designs. Whenever | found anything
too big to crowd into a drawer or
pigeon hole | nailed it on the wall.
The door is my photograph album,
whereon are tackled the counterfeit
presentments of all my friends who
have sent in their miniatures. What
ever the other members of the family
absolutely refused to allow in any
other room | have nailed up on the
walls of my lair. am no niggard
with nails. When nail small steel
engraving, unframed. to the wall, the
easiest way to get that picture down is
to pull the wall away from it. The
lair looks like household scrap book.
And think that is why like it.-Bob
BWdete.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-05-06
STAGES OF THE RIVER.

The river marked by the gauge at this
port at p. III. 80 feet . inches and fall
ing.
Chattanooga May 5.-River s feet II
inches and falling.
Cincinnati, May 5.-River 10 feet
inches and rising.
Louisville, May Driver s feet q
inches and rising.
Nashville, May 5.-River II fl inch
es and falling.
Pittsburg, May 5.-River feet 10 in.
ches and falling.
St Louis, May 5.-River 90 # finch
es and rising
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-05-06
Burmese Tobacco.

A vigorous effort is being made, I'M
der auspices of the British government,
to develop the Burmese tobacco indus
try. AT one time it was prosperous,
and Burmese cheroots found ready
sale all over India. But the natives
grew careless, and the quality fell off
SO greatly that nearly all the tobacco
now used in the manufacture of Bur-
mese cheroots is imported from Mad
ras and b ,ngal. The Calcutta Eng
lishman shows that the keen trad
ing instinct of the Burmese is sensible
OF the loss consequent upon this state
OF things. A short time ago an expert
mental tobacco farm was established
as school where the natives might
learn how to produce the best quail
ties, and so readily did they turn the
opportunity to account that some 600
landholders have already embarked in
the business. They were greatly en-
Outraged to do so by making the dis
covery that land which gives only very
poor crops of rice is the very best for
tobacco. Another experimental farm
is now established on Maubin Island,
and there, too, the native farmers are
proving themselves apt students, while
at Paletwa, in Arakan, an Englishman
from Coconada has established n most
promising plantation. Samples of the
produce of the various localities have
been forwarded to both London and
Paris. for the judgments of experts,
and, should the opinion be favorable,
tobacco cultivation will probably again
become II leading Burmese industry
The people themselves consume an
immense quantity, being inveterate
smokers, and thus demand and supply
would be on the spot together.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-05-06
The Evils Of Railway Pools.

Leading railway men are beginning
to discuss whether the present system
OF pooling earnings is either polite or
profitable. Indications are cropping
out IN many quarters that the men who
control the great trunk lines are grow
ing more and more FESTIVE under the
restraints of the system, and to doubt
seriously whether it pays in the long
run to enter into pool arrangements
The pool is a costly method Of adjust
ing traffic differences and maintaining
traffic equilibrium, and its burdens
fall more heavily on the great lines
than any good it results in can COM
pensate. 1t is, moreover, a veXatious
system, complex in its details, expen-
sive in execution, and to all but the
weakest of the lines sharing its sup
posed benefits, unsatisfactory in its re-
suits.
The Pennsylvania Company is be-
lieved to be at the bottom of reported
scheme to break up the system, so far
as the Eastern lines are concerned.
President Roberts, of that company, is
open in his hostility to the system, and
not averse to any measures that will
wipe it out Of existence. He believes
it is expensive, unsatisfactory, and its
only good is to bolster up weak COM
peting lines at the expense of the older
companies, and also of the public. He
sees no reason why the great trunk
lines should devote a portion of their
receipts TO exc out the incomes of the
weaker ones, or why the public should
be taxed to maintain rates high enough
to accomplish it. TO the end that the
main lines may bring rates low enough
within the pool to discourage further
cut outside of it, once the pool is broken
the Pennsylvania people have, it is be-
lleved, brought about the recent re-
duction in east boand freights. Once
the pool accepts the rate, the next step
may be to withdraw the Pennsylvania
from the pool, and then let the 'survi-
val Of the littest" doctrine be applied
with all its force. That the leading
companies are tired of the veXatious
system there can be no doubt, and
now that the time has come when so
many of the weak sisters of the pool
are tottering on the verge of bank
ruptcy, and incapable of maintaining
war of rates, it is regarded as fitting
season to rid the trunk lines of the pool
abomination. To the public the aboli-
tion of the system would be boon, if
for no other reason than that it would
relieve the newspaper reading public
of its daily dose of pool squabblings,
rate cuttings, and general railway de-
moralization that now fills the press.
The pool system is not, and never can
be for the benefit of the public. As
soon as the Western pool was broken,
and single road left free to conduct
its business in its own way, the west
ern people got fast mail. Under
similar conditions other sections would
get it. Pools result in high rates, in
the giving of unearned money to rival
roads which comes out of the public,
and, viewed from every standpoint, the
system is against public policy, and
detrimental to good. The sooner the
great lines break it up the BETTER
| CHICAGO Herald
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-05-06
POISON

In the blood Is apt to show itself in the Spring,
and nature should by sll means be sssls ed in
throwinglt off Swift's Specific does this effective
ly. 1t ls purely vegetable, nOn-pOi. onous rem
edy, which helps nature to force all the poison or
faint out through the pores of the skin.
Mr. Robert A. Easley, of Dickson, Tenn. writes
under date of March 10, 1881: II had chlls and
fever, followed bv rheumatism, for three years so
that was not able to attend to my business; had
tr ed almost every kind of medicine, and fund
no relief A friend recommended Swift's Specific.
tried one bottle and my health began to improve.
| continued Until had taken six bottles and 1t
has set me on my feet, Va sound and as well as
ever. l recommend II 10 all similarly afflicted"
Letters from twenty-threc (23) OF the leading re
tail druggists of Atlanta say un er date March 24
1884: I'VE sell more of Swifts Specific than any
other one remedy, and three to ten times as much
as any other blood medicine. We sell 1t to all
elias es, and many of the best families use 1t as
general health tonic"
/ am cure that Swift's Specific saved my life.
was terribly poisoned with malaria. and was given
up to die. Swifts Specific relieved me promptly
the age.
Sup't Gas Works, Rome, Ga.
have known and used Swift's Specific for moro
than twenty years, and have seen more wonderful
results from lts use than from any rem DIV in or
out of the Pharmacoppia. 1t is certain and sure
antdote to all sorts of Blood Poison.
j, DICKSON SMITH, NJ d.
Atlanta, Ga.
Our Treatise on Blood and Skin Diseases mailed
free to applicants.
THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO.,
Drawer 3, Atlanta, Ga.
N. Y. Office 1859 W. asd St, bet 9TH X 9TH Avs.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-05-06
Nothing Like It,

Mr.. ]. B. Flynn, S76 Sixth Avenue, New
York, was cured, he says, of rheumatism of
long standing by the use of st. Jacobs Oil,
the great pain cure. For scalds, bruises,
cuts ETC., he thinks it has no equal.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-02-15
Waxing Hardwood Floors.

"Yes. deal in antique furniture. and
get up new furniture on antique models.
and repair things, and so on, but my
principal business is in waxing floors
hardwood floors. of course That is in
creasing all the time. l don't have
much to do with the floors of dancing
halls, because the men having charge oil
them get into the way of waxing the
floors themselves. 1t is in private
houses that my services are in demand.
Three years ago there were very few
waved floors in New York residences,
but they are all the rage now among
New Workers who live in good style.
Some have them because they are nice
but they are also popular among those
who do not dan e. for they give an air
of richness. OF well keeping. and are sc
much cleaner than carpets ever car be.
When you sweep carpet YOU send ur
a cloud of dust and fibers from it, but
that can not be the case with q waxed
floor, which gathers no dust, and the
more it is swept and brushed and pol
ished the smoother and brighter it be-
comes. A hard wood floor should be
waved thoroughly three or four times 0
year. besides rubbed occasionally by
the servants of the house.
TO wax floor properly we first
clean it with turpentine. so that not 3
speck of dirt is left either on the sur
face or embedded in the exposed pores
of the wood. If the wood is rough we
sometimes scrape it and give it cont
o. shellac. to fill the pores. When it Is
perfectly hard, dry and smoothed. we
apply the wax in one or two ways,
either hard or melted. with turpentine.
If the latter. it is laid on with brush,
left to dry two or three hours, and is
then polished with brushes. The wsy
used is common beeswax. Here is one
of the brushes. very large. fat, and
made with very stitf bristles. They
cost four dollars pair. and are made
large, so that if desired one of them can
be fixed under the foot by means of .
strap, and the polishing done by wag-
ging the leg to and fro. That way OF
brushing is employed in dry waxing.
which is much the hardest, and requires
most vigorous polishing.
NV COstS AOui
as much as the other, and will last two
or three times as long. In either case
the wax has to be polished right into
the grain of the wood. 1t will not dc
to put oil on a waxed floor, as it will
render the surface gummy and sticky
and nasty. Ii properly done, oiling
makes i floor nice. but is never so good
as waxing, and costs nearly as much.
Raw linseed oil, mixed with turpentins
for 4 dr.er. is used. Price, Well, thai
depends on the size of a floor and tc
some extent on its condition. One, say.
fourteen by sixteen feet. will ordinarily
cost five dollars for oiling. seven dollars
to ten dollars for waxing, and thirty
dollars for dry waxing. There are some
floors here that 1 have waxed regularly
for eight years past. IN I. San.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-02-15
The Romance Of Practical Young Man.

A rich man has plain and unattract-
i've daughter, to whom no eligible young
fellow paws much attention. At last one
beau is noticed to be rather ''gone:'
and the love affair develops for couple
of weeks Then to him the father:
Young man. notice you are paving
very marked attention to nv daughter.
The young man stammers and slut
tiers, taken aback.
do not be alarmed. / am willing
you should. Indeed. 1 NAV tell you that
the day give you my daughter 1 will
place 800, 100 in the bank to your &C
count"
..You are very kind, I'm sure. But,
If it's all the same TO you. supposing
you put your daughter IN the bank to
my account and give me the 100000. y
San Franciseo CaronIcle.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-02-15

ceited people. They know how to imi-
tate what is good. You land some lug
gage. They come up to you in the
guise of Custom-house officers. You
:sk which package they would like
opened. They say ..All." and they
laugh like so many monkeys. They
have heard that this is the proper way
to do it. But when you have opened
the bags at infinite trouble they do not
properly search them. 1t would be
rude in their opinion to haul your things
over, and so they calculate, "a right. "
and chalk or stamp the sides of the
bags. You ask them why they had
opened them at all, and they grin again
They do not know. 1t il useless to
question them; they would be unable to
give An answer. And so it is with all
their imitation. They wear. as I have
said. many of our clothes. yet would be
infinitely more comfortable if they wore
their old costumes. But they have
been told that the pot-hat and the tailed
coat and the tight sleeve are the right
things 20 wear, and so they put them
on. The reason is always manifest: it
is curious readiness to initiate. In
one particular they initiate Robinson
Crusoe. When they have nothing else
to put on they clothe themselves in
straw, which gives them the absurd ap-
pearance of walking wheat-stack.
The straw is threaded and hung round
their necks. 1t is useful. in so far that
it throws off the rain and sno-s just like
the thatch on an English farfe-laborer' $
cottage, but it car scarcely be said to
be ornamental in our sense Of the word.
Yet the Japanese think it all right, and
it doubtless accords with their ideas of
beauty. Surrounding this shoulder
thatch of staw is usually 3 straw hat
made in the form of an inverted saucer
This. at any rate. is the most sensible
head dress for the country ever invent
ed. 1t keeps of sun and rain alike; is
light and not altogether unpicturesque.
The more civilized Japanese - those
who would despise n straw shoulder
thatch-have discarded it in favor OF
the European pot-hat. But here is
simply the result of the initiative ma
MIA which affiicts them. They will
probably return to the saucer-shaped
hat some day, when they have learned
that neither the stove pipe head-gear
nor the deer-stalker forms the chief en-
bodiment of human happiness. Already
even they are finding out that the good
old Japanese flowing robes are more
comfortable for home wear. at any
rate, than the straight unyielding garb
of western civilization. MY American
friend burst in upon Japanese of rank
ut Nagasaki. one morning. and
WAS surprised to find him in
the original clothing Of the land
of the kissing Sun. '.Hallor said he,
you've taken too much old rye last
night, and got into the wrong toys,
eh?" No" was the reply. Now.
1 have found out that in my house my
old clothes are more better than Europe
fashion. When ooIt wear Europe
coat. but not in house." q remark that
showed the worthy Japanese to be an
intelligent person and frank one.
There was at any rate no attempt TO
disguise the fact that he only wore
clothes in Europe fashion because he
wished to appear civilized to the out
side world.-COr. London Telegraph.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-02-15
IN oLDTYME VALENTINE.

What fowre is like my Ladye7
Along the mesdove-banke I rove
And searche the nowres DER
As ne er | searched before.
There is noe iowre weene,
In ale the meadowes greene
Zoe faire and sweete
That il is meete
To serve as symbolic fore the one lsve.
What 1ovre is like my LadyeS
Not daisy: mid the grasses tale
lis but a countrie lass
Laughing wlthe ale whoe pass.
Nhoe seorne or pluck at willie;
Pure. innocente, but stille.
Nine Is well borne,
And hath thorHe,
Not rude. but showing shee il net fore ale.
What 1ovre Is ike my Ladye,
The violets have perfume sweete;
Modesto, and yet they locke
Dainty in shady nocke-
Children they are. att beste
Tnoughtiesse, tho fore tue reste
Their eyes of blue
Like hers are true:
But fore my love they are not symbolic meete.
What fowre Is like my Ladyes
The clematis is but q vine;
In nurpte rUbed a queeue,
Withe leaves Of shining greene,
Slee koldes high eourte above
TAe heades of men who love.
Sos does not mine:
She il noe vine,
To proudly stretch or rounde rude stickes en-
twine.
What fowre Is Ike my Lsdye7
1t ru'fSfe Re = roverete most rare,
Not founde by every lane,
hut only alter paine.
Noe lover music have knovne
This fiovre soc rarely growne.
All mel knowe
There does not blowe
A fovre like my Badye, halle soc faire'
-HGrlers bGzdr.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-02-15
The Lest COifsh.

The following story IS told of an
Eighth avenue grocer, celebrated for the
SIZE OF his hands and feet He was
waiting upon fat German woman the
other day, and among the purchases
made by the customer was dried cod
ish- After making numerous pur-
.hases. the woman prepared to leave
;he store. but got no further than the
door. when she found that her Goldfish
was missing. Search was made for il
everywhere. but without success The
tat and good-natured grocer was telling
MS anxious customer that possibly
some one had stolen her property, when
le lifted his hand from the counter:
The woman stepped forward and CRED
out: "Das ish meine fish," ut the same
lime pointing to the place On the coun-
Ter where the grocer's hand had reposed-
Sure enough. there lay her purchase
" Y. TYiSuRe.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-02-15
4 Shocking Scene.

The Transvaal 4drert,ser contains an
account of the execution of the kaftir
Chief Mampoer for murder and rebel
lion. The Executive Council decided
that sentence of death should be carried
out within the precincts of the Jail: but
for some reason or other it was resolved
to vary the practice in the case of Nam
poer, and the gallows were erected on
the western side of the Jail, within the
Enclosure.
Shortly after six o'clock in the morn
Ing Mampoer was marched from his
cell TO the inclosu-e. and, after some
delay consequent upon a defect in the
arrangements. he mounted the platform
with firm step and without any ont
ward sign of fear. He was then pin
toned and his legs bound. and the hal
ter adjusted about his neck, and then
only nervous twitching of the fingers
was visible. Shortly afterward bolt
was drawn and the drop fell. A horri-
rible scene ensued. The rope broke.
and the unfortunate wretch fell into the
pit which had been aug to give the
requisite fall The hangman. Booth.
was for short time unnerved by this
incident. and did not know what to DO;
but the ,ailer and another Official went
to his assistance, and the body vas
once more hoistt d on to the platform.
and the rope knotted. and the body left
10 hang for the prescribed time. 1t is
stated that the neck of the chief was
dislocated by the fall. and ii so, proba-
bly life was already extinct before the
body was suspended for the secoud
time The Government enforced the
attendance of the Eaffir prisoners vino
had been more or less compatriots Of
Mampoer, and they were compelled TO
witness the death-agonies OF the chief.
1t may be mentioned that the Govern
ment dil not consider it necessary to
provide the condemned prisoner with a
shirt, and he was hanged in all his
nakedness. The executioner was the
man Booth. who was condemned to
long period OF penal servitude for the
murder of his sergeant some time ago.
As reward for his meriiorious services
he has been pardoned, and the Govern
ment has literally provided him with
suit of clothes and sum of money 20
start him in the world. 1t is under
stood that he viii proceed to Natal very
shortly.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-02-15
The Initiative Mania in Japan.

Yokohoma was reached ut last, and
after some difficulty we landed. Here
it was our duty and delight first to
make the acquaintance OF the Japanese
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. which more here
after. A worthy brother of a most
worthy Judge-Mr. Justice Hammer
was passenger in the same ship 1 trav-
aled by, and coming, As be was, to live
in the island as Judge of the Supreme
Court, be was necessarily burdened
with many packages of luggage. Hap
PLY the Japanese did not open all, but
they insisted on seeing the inside of the
grand pisno. the kitchen boiler, and a
cage containing large tom-cat. All
these things they decided must be
stamped. .Stamped,' said the serv-
ant YES" was the reply. =. But
you can not stamp the Gait is only 3
cat, you know" '.Ah, but it is very
big one," responded the Japanese. He
knew that some circus horses had very
recently been stamped. and he ielt that
the cat ought to undergo the same proc
ass. japanese character, as matter
Of TACT, i n easy to describe; but it
may be safely indicated as one cons ST.
ing mainly of imitation. The Japanese
wac come to England. smart. dapper
little men in European costume. give q
somewhat incorr ct impression to the
English mind. The japanese at home
the person to see. He has come to
he conclusion that European clothing
may be adsantageousiy worn, and he
adopts it, not in is entirety, but rs q
sort OF blend. so you may see gentle
nan in pot-hat with rag round his
waist and nothing more; or you will be
net by a person in a swallow-tailed
coat and no trousers. We encountered
I noble in crush hat, brown vel
yet en- shooting Jacket and a pair Of
light green pants. His feet were moInt-
ii on Japanese clogs. Probably he
VIII buy pair of French boots som.
lay. At present he is in the transition
state.
My friend took as guide descend
mt of the old nobility OF the country,
who wore stove-pipe hat. Japanese
Eaistcloth. and pair of straw sandals.
He was just as affable IS though he had
oeen incunbered with . suit from q
london West-end tailor's; and this
,hows that the japanese are not q con-