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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-06-13

e This black-coated visitor is not very
popular, though some kind-hearted peo-
/ pie have tried to say a good word for
him. He is q great scavenger, being
fond of meat, and not at all particular
as 10 its age; and it is common to say,
when his tribe come cawing around the
back meadows in the spring: 1.-The
crows have come after their taxes" ii.
e., the farmers dead lambs).
Much as he likes meat, however.
Corvus rather prefers grain. when he
can get it, especially the tender and
swelled grain in sown or planted fields;
and rs this is handy in the season of in
sects which the farmer would like TO
have destroyed, the good he might do
as bug and worm-k killer is pretty much
neutralized. in popular opinion, by his
mischief in the corn-patch.
His defenders have maintained that he
is only after the Uor7,ly grains. the
kernels that have weevils, ETC., in them,
but naturalists who have watched him,
and made post-mortem examinations
of crows shot in the act of field-steal-
ing, say that this is a mistake. Put a
fat worm and fat kernel of corn be-
fore a crow and he would probably eat
both, but would swallow the corn first.
He. is fond of eggs, and does not
s:ruple to rob the nests of better birds
to crafty his apperite; and since the
victims of his plundering are as apt to
be the little singers of the woods and
meadows as the favorite insect-eaters OF
the orchard and garden, the poets and
-. -, he -,
scoring black marks against him.
On the whole, as bird on the farm,
the balance of evidence stands against
the crow, The verdict that hands him
at once to the shotgun should perhaps
have Recommendation to mercy"
for the thievish fellow may become an
insect-eater-in cold aOeather.
The Norwich CO.. Telegraph tells
the following curious story of a crow
that made himself familiar, and ap.
parently somewhat useful, last winter
among flock of sheep on the farm OF
Lorin Wilcox, about two miles from
Oxford in that State. A great intimacy
sprang up between the crow and the
lambs, and the crow hoped about the
backs of the flock with deal of famili-
srity. So great was the attachment
chat the lambs exhibited much uneasi-
tess if his crowship was not perched
,spon one of their backs. Amid a
storm, or at night when the flock was
driven to the fold, the bird hoped upon
the back of one of the sheep and went
with them into shelter, anu was seen in
the same position next morning. ready
to 60 out with the flock. The bird
grew fat and sleek. and his plumage
was bright, glossy and black as jet.
Mr.. Wilcox said his sheep never did
better than they did last winter, and
they were perfectly free from ticks.
All birds and animals were created
for purpose, even the abused crow.
When tanned, he becomes very familiar
and interesting.-Youths Companion
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-06-13
Domestic Servants.


Denis kearney proposes that severa
thousand working-women he imported
from Europe. to take the place of China.
men as domestic servants in this coun-
try. Let the proposition be tabled al
once. 1t will bring no relief TO Ameri.
can housekeepers.l You might bring
five million women here from Europe.
you might bring them from lonely huts
in the Black Forest, where they were
born and where they grew up scores OF
miles away from any human being save
their own family; you might CLEAN
them out of mountain cottages in the,
Alps where the sound of a human voice
had To them as great rarity as clean
shirt; you might rake them from lonely,
drifted Russian steppes, and take them
from far-away islands in Scandinavian
waters. where the landing of a mail
steamer twice year was the only sign
of the existence of an outside world:
you m ght bring them from mud-hoee.s
in desolate Irish boys, and when you
got them here and offered them $3.50
TO do hOuse-wOrk in a family of two
grown persons and no children, they
would tell you they .swouldn't. 90 into
the country" Dearly beloved. this is
free country; its gates are opened to
the oppressed and needy of all nations.
the poor are ever welcome to our
shores, but if one five-cent piece could
bring all the ''woykingwomen" in'l
Europe to America next week, and if
could get hold of the nickel that was to
pay the fare l would throw it SO fa,
over the Rocky Mountains 4 hat it would
and about two hundred miles west OF
he sunset-Burdette. IN the ,HaWkeye. |
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TIVE Feels.

There" she said. as she raised :
window in Pullman car the other day
NOV 1 can breathe The air is SC
sitting. Why don't they haze better
ventilstion? If eo9lan't sit next t.
an open window / certainly believe
shonld die" Presently slea der fe.
male sitting directly back leaned ovel
and asked her if she wouldn't lust a.
LET close that. window NOW, IS the
draught Sas more than she could stand.
No, madam. shall not close thiswin.
dow. | eGsld not live with it down.
was just thinking how delightful il
with il open. and now you want it shut.
'buf fshall not shutit: so there ..Ther
YOU are a selfish thing, and shall hav.s
to change my seat Just then a gen
tleman sitting by reached over ano
said: Ladies. chat window being raised
makes no Difference. as the ear has
double windows. and not breath OF
air can possibly get through the one
that is still down. Then the one thai
raised the window turned to the other.
md with a crushed look on her face
said: Madam, 1 beg your pardon,
but l think two fools have met at last
-BnfatO Times.
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Speed OF Thought.

a. Many people have noticed the 70.
markable quickness of thought il
dreaming, how a long story, with many
details and extending over great
period of time, will flash through. the
mind in few minutes, but they sell
dom have any means of even approx
mately measuring the quieknesS with
which they sometimes dream. There
Is now going the rounds of the press a
story purporting to tell the dream of a
railway engineer, which, if true. af-
fordS means of measurement, and
the story itself has every appearance
OF. being genuine relation of expert
ence. The engineer hal been without
sleep and ON duty tor many hours, and
at last fell asleep on his post. Then he
dreamed quite an elaborate story of an
accident resulting from confusion Of
train orders; how he studied over the
words of the dispatch, trying to make
ort their meaning, and then how, his
train coming into collision with
another. he was thrown into the air
and dropped back into his seat in the
cab with his hand on the throttle. At
that instant consciousness returned,
and be found that it was all a dream,
and that, although his train was travel
ing at the rate of forty-fi~e miles an
hour. it had gone -enly two hundred
and fifty feet while the dream was pass
ing through his mind. this distance be.
ing fixed by the position of the train
with respect 20 signal lights on the
line. This is the interesting part OF
the story, for if these measurements
are approximately correct, the dream
occupied less than Tour seconds OF
time. Ledger.
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How TO GefsRid Of Beggars.

EEFtg| L 2 = kHH g.
There are more ss3ys of killing a dog
than choking him t0sieath with butler,
and there are several ways of getting
rid of bsggars. besiiesft ling them TO so
o HALIFAX Whenan unto rtunate mendi-
cant applies to Glhooiy for aid. that
philosopher cheerfully responds:
20. certainly. Have you got change
for dollar?" eTsa.',t I.
In ninety7nine cases out of hundred.
the mendicant replies that he ,has not.
I'm sorry, but I've not got anything
smaller. | am always happy to- help
the deserving poor"
In case the beggar says that he has
got change for a dollar, Gilhooly hoAyls
ont:
police, Police." and denounces the
unfortunate man sass an impostor for
begging when he has got his pockets
full of money. which be must have
stolen from somebody, whereupon the
mendicant skips of.-Ienas STttsags.
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KElsdoJs AND BDucIrroSll.,

-TheE ewYor ssbbath Comnaittss
sos sisPsa ssi ssd Sro5sts p sss
observance of the Sabbath as day OF
rest.-N. Y Tribune.
i'm the church edifice at Komatsu,
Japan, are two hundred stones which
were once used as missiles against the
Christian missionaries when they first
begun work in that city.
The ministers of Elgin, Scotland,
by general consent, on a recent Sunday,
read a statement of admonition and
Christian counsel in all THAR, churches
on TIP unusual persistence Of profanity
in that TOWN. :. I'LL i80
Reduce salaries everywhere. but
increase them in schools. Now, not
one in twenty teaches school, except
as a stepping stone to something better
by and by; yet the teachers are Of more
value than all the lawyers, doctors and
ministers rolled up together.-Renry
Ward Reecher.
Plainly, our only security is in pro-
vid:ng for, the proper education and for
the moral Instruction of the whole pop
ulation. To look for safety in any other
policy, TO expect that the jewel of liber-
ty and good government will be guard
ed by an ignorant and lawless people,
were to look for grapes from thorns and
figs from thistles. Attodnce.
So soon, as Catholic parents are
made 10 understand the true meaning
of education, and the real nature of
their responsibility, religion and prac-
teal training will go hand in hand.
After the teaching of Christian doctrine
comes the necessity of teaching young
people the duties of their state in life,
and the first duty of that state is to
earn an honest living. s
Journal. i'f
If union is strength, some of the
Maine villages are better prepared for
the warfare with the devil this spring
than ever before. SAYS the Lewiston
JousaGg Oh several cases two, three,
and in one case four. different denomi-
nations have united in hiring minister
and supporting a church organization.
1t is claimed in these places that more
and better work can be done by one
strong church than by q number of
feeble ones TEA .r . ...
How the Scotch people treat their
ministers is told in the story that st.
James Place United Presbyterian
Church, Edinburgh, at a recent meet
ing resolved to accept the resignation
of then. pastor, Oh. Morton, to give him
an annual retiring allowance of ESQ.
to present him with $1,000 and to con-
tinue payment of the premium on the
assurance policy for 81, 800, which had
been previously effected upon his life by
the congregation, for the benefit of his
family.
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FlOrida's New Product.

The sea coast of Southern Florida is
to be brought into competition with
Ceylon, the Malabar and Coromandel
coasts of India, the tropical islands OF
the Pacific, the West Indies and South
America, where immense groves of CO.
coanut trees may be seen. An enter
prising capitalist of New Jersey, who
sees millions in the project, has started
an extensive plantation of cocoanut-treeJ
in Dade County, along the coast of
Southern Florida. The seed cocoanuts
were brought from South America and
given careful attention in a nursery,
where tie nuts were placed in squares
containing about 400 each. These were
covered an inch deep with sand and sea-
weed, or soft mud from the beach. and
watered daily till they germinatcd.
One hundred thousand plants have been
set out on tract of about LOCO acres,
at cost of nearly $40. 600, and next
winter the number will be largely aug
mented. The plants were placed in
holes three feet deep and from twenty
to thirty fee: apart. 1t requires six
years for the trees to begin to yield re-
turns, but it is estimated that in ten
years the grove will pay ten per cent.
on a valuation of $2,000.O00. A full
grown tree will mature about sixty nuts
annually. The Florida co1oanut cult
ure is limited, however. as it is confined
exclusively to the sea-coast, and the
trees can only be grown to small ex-
tent in Southern Florida. In their native
regions the cocoa palms grow to height
from sixty to one hundred feet, with a
cylindrical stem which attans thick
ness of two feet. The tree terminates
in crown of graceful, p,nuate leaves,
and is very, beautiful. In Ceylon alone
the number of cocoa palm.t trees grow
ing is estimated at 10000, 000.-BOSton
Globe.
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The Court Of the Liberty OF Savoy.

The manor and honor of the Savoy
lies Immediately to the west of the place
where Temple Bar formerly stood, and
extends for some distance westward
along the bank of the river, as far. ]
believe, as the middle of Cecil street.
1t is divided into four wards, and has 8
court-leet, which meets twice year,
within a month after Easter and .
month after Michaelmas. Special
courts can be held if required. The
court consists of the steward, who pre-.
sides, and eight burgesses, two from
each of the four wards of the manor.
A jury for the year, consisting of six.
teen, is annually elected at the court.
The steward fixes the day, and the
bailiff summons the burgesses and the
Jury, as well as the proper number O;
residents to be sworn in as jurymen TO,
the year following. The jury are called
over, and absentees, if any. having beer
fined are sworn; the form Of oath be.
ing the same as that which is admins.
tered to. a grand jury. at assizes and
quarter sessions. They then make
their presentments, which are in writ
ing and are signed by the jury. These
presentments are brought about as fol
lows: If any inhabitant thinks that
neighbours house is unsafe, or that
house is disorderly or the like, he com.
plains verbally or otherwise to the fore
man Of the jury for the time being.
The foreman calls the jury together.
and they satisfy themselves in any way
they please as to the matter compliance
of, and if the nuisance is not abated tt
their satisfaction the matter is embOd.
led in form of presentAent, which is
given in ut the court dayto, the steward
The steward inspects the present,aent
tie see if it is in proper form and relates
to matter within the jurisdiction O.
the court, and if he approves Of it, ane
if the jury think that the party pre-.
sented ought to be fined, four of theiI
number are appointed affeerers, anc
they ''affeern or settle-the fine The
finding of the jury is thus conclusive
upon the facts. although they hear nc,
evidence, examine no witnesses, and gs
through nothing in the nature of trial
Of tie Criminal LaU of En-.
gland.
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Frettiug.i

This morning / got up cross Is bear.
felt IS rough and tingly as q chestnut
bur. I was all out Of sorts, and il
seemed to me it would be pleasure to
snap up anybody who spoke to me rs
short as could. ''9t
Most likely would have done so AID
set the whole household by the ears for
the rest. of the day. but that have had
such moods before, and learned 5y expe-
rience the best way to manage them.
'Now," thought l. "my best plan is
not to influence the whole family, but
to remain neutral, and let them infiu-
ence me-" Accordingly, tried to con-
troll myself little, and await events.
Well, the two elder children got up
merry and as happy as crickets; papa
was in pretty good humor; and the
baby sat in her high chair and displayed
all her. little airs and graces, and her
newest funny little capers. and We must
breakfast was over, l was laughing and
smiling as cheerfully as the rest, and
passed pretty comfortable day after
all.
And as l was thinking ofthis at even.
ing, thought how easily little fret
ting might have upset the whole family
and spoiled the day.
Now, fretting is both useless and un.
necessary; it does no good and great
deal of harm; yet it is almost a univer.
sal sin. More or less we are given to it.
We fret over almost anything. In sum.
mer because it is too hot, and in winter
because it is too cold; we fret when il
rains because it is wet; and when il
does not rain because it is dry; when
we are sick, or when anybody else is
sick. In short, if anything or every.
thing doesn't 60 just to suit our particu-
lar whims and fancies, we have Just one
grand refuge-to fret over it.
am afraid fretting is much more
common among women than among
men. We may as well own the truth,
my fair sisters, if it isn't altogether
pleasant. Perhaps it is because the lit
tie worries, cares and vexatlons of our
daily life harrass our sensitive nerves
more than the extended enterprises
which generally take the attention Of,
men. Great wants develop great re-
sources, but the little wants and wor.
ries are hardly provided for. and like
the nail which strikes the saw. they
make not much of mark, but they
turn the edges terribly. think if we
looked upon all the little worries of one
day as a great united worry, self-con-
troll to meet it would be developed.
But as they generally come, only one
or two little things at time, they seem
SO very little that we give way. and the
breach once made in The wall soon
grows larger. -. ...
l know many mother has turned
her son against her own sex, and made
him dread and dislike the society OF
women, by her example constantly set
before him. l know tina: many
mother has brought up and developed
a daughter just like herself, who, in her
turn, would wreck and ruin the COM
fort of another family circle. And
knowing all this, know that we ought
to set our faces like flint against this
useless, sinful. pcace-destrOying and
Notwithstanding habit of fresaDg.-,
Baptist Weekly.
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A rHRILLlNG EPISODE.


- ks ~. s..a...x - .t~--.i>~4
oa o y .uN ~, -.
nights O. sne recent unnsual win.ersm s e4-
press on one Of the leading New York rail-
roads wes moving westward from Albany.
Tbe pips,s bea iIi1ht threw a strong reflec.
- .s-.... h,,t -. ,t..,, 80 =, Ma.
ion ~ s - :. " ~ a. ~ s
ing It WAS simoss impossiDis 70 oistingu,sn
anything even 1t = short distance. Under
such circumstances instinct necessarily
takes the p,scs of sight. All seemed to be
cong we'll when. in an instant. the engi.
neer reversed his engine, n, Piled the AIR
hrnte., and rsma To a fmII stop. Whv he
did "a he could not tell any more than any
or us can account for the dread of coming
disaster aud death. and to the wondering
inquiry Of his fireman he simply said: II
feei that sounekhinoss wrong Sizing a
lantern he rWunv hjmself down from the
CAB and went FORWARD TO Investigate. Ev-
eIy Ming appeared to be right, and he vas
atous 10 return to his engine when his eve
caught.sieht of peculiar appearance ut
the ioirit OF tho rail next to him. Brush.
Ing The Accumulated snow away, he looked
a moment. and then uttered an exclama-
tion of horror. The rails on both sides hid
been upspiked and would have turned over
the instant the engine touched them. What
inspired this attempt at train. WI ecking is
unknown, but It was presumed the confed-
crates of some prisoners who were on the
train hoped, in the confusion of an acct.
dent. to deliver their friends. ~ -Tt
Engineer John Donohoe, of ALBANY, to
whose wonderful instinct was due tue sal.
walton of the train, when asked by the
writer why he stopped his engine, sad:
: a. can't tell WY. l only know felt
something was wrong.o :.
I" DO YOU have these feelings often when
upon the road!" continued the writer.
"No, very seldom, although for the past
twenty wears have been in q con iition to
feel apprehension at almost anyIhing.n
"How is thst:n a. -s.r..
."Why, have been q victim of one of
the worst cases of dyspepsia ever known.
have not been confined to my bed, rs like
thousands of others, l am compelled to
work whether able or not Indeed, when
it first bes an had only loss of appetite,
a faint Ieeling that would not go away and
a bad taste in the mouth, but / finally got
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THE HAMPTON INSTITUTE. :


what This BeneAeent Enterprise II
Doing for the Educaeion Of Indians
and Colored People. 80
The Hampton Normal and Agricul-
tural Institute at Hampton, Va, held
It's anniversary exercises on Thursday,
May %, and the reports made on this
its sixteenth year show q good degree of
prosperity. There have been on its
rolls the past year FIVE hundred Negro
and one hundred, and twenty Indian
students-the former preparing to go
South to teach their people, where
nearly Q thousand already trained in
this Institute have established them
selves and are doing a great work in
the colored common schools, especially
of Virginia and North Carolina OF In
dams seventy have already graduated
and gone back to their homes in. Dakota
and in the Southwest, and are employed
at the agencies as teachers, mechanics.
farmers and hired hands, Not. over
seven have gone back to Indian ways,
and eight have died. On the whole the
record of educated Indians who have in
the past three years returned from
Hampton to their homes has been salts
factory. '.iI Fr-.rt iIah
The school has been built up since
1868 at cost of about $40O, 600; and is
free from debt. 1t is now seeking an
endowment for its annual expenses,
which are $4,000 in excess of aid re-
ceived from the Government. 1t is a
private, not a public, institution, duly
Incorporated, and is aided only in a
moderate degree by the Government,
which helps the Indians only.
The Trustees are making a special
effort to secure sixteen thousand dollars
to build new dormitery for colored
girls, two hundred in number, who are
now greatly crowded and suffering for
want of room. General S. C. Arm
strong, the principal of the school lad
dress, Hampton, Va.). will gladly re-
ceive and acknowledge contributions
for any of the purposes of the school,
which is an attempt to solve two of the
race problems Of our country. 1t is
conducted on the manual labor plan.
Students work out on the farm, or in
the shops, the most of their expenses.
They have earned this year over $751;
600. The whole six hundred--a little
less than one-half are girls-are literally
working out their own salvation. This
feature of self-help commends the school
to the confidence and interest of all
good citizens. H. 80 ~ I.a1
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Cancer for Fourteen Years.

SPARTANBURG, s. c., March IA, 1884.
have for IA years been a sufferer from
a running sore on my face that everybody
called CANCER. / have used over IS %
worth Of medicine and found no relief.
About four months ago bought one bottle
of Swift's Specific from DIR. II. E. Heinitsh,
and since have bought five others, have
taken it, and they have CURED NE sound
and WE'LL My face is as free from a sore
as any body's, and nv health is perfectly
restored. l ieel like forty years had been
lifted off my head. Yours thankfully,
ELIZA TINsLEY.
Treatise on Blood and Skin Diseases
mailed free. THE SWIFT SPECIFIC Co.,
Drawer 3, Atlanta, Ga.
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On the farm of John Reese, clio

VII tut IdIW Oh JOIu hTtSS, CIUSt
Z Kimberton. East Pikeland Town
ship, Chester County. Pa. is plot OF
ground, which, it is thought, viii pet
rify things buried in it. A quantity Of
re.rified chips was recently picked up
there, which still bear the marks of tn
AK. In that spot the earth is of an en-
tirely !. different character from tina.
foundin other parts of the farm. TIL
soil IS Of rather a gummy nature, and
it differs'in color from the surrounding
dirt. In order to test whether the soil
will petrityeforeign substances, pieces
of wood and the Carcass of a small ami
NAL are to be buried there and to be ex-
amined after lapse of four year,
PhilGaeifsaa Times.
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NJ. NJ. Devereaux, of Ionia, Mich, was a
ton Of the Kidneys and suffered terribly.
My legs were as big as my body and my
body as big as a barrel. The best doctors
gave me up. Finally tried Kidney. Wort.
In four or five days a change came,
in eight or ten days I was on my feet, and
now lam completely cured. Il was GER
tainly a miracle. All druggists keep Kid.
ney-Wort, which is pus up both in liquid
and dry form.