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He was Baid.seaded HIMSELF

During q. performance Of 4 Buch OF Keys"
o. re Capital rhear. me other niIht and Just ns one
hotel clerk. old fellow In the audience and T.
claimed " This things gone fur enough, and I don I
nyts on m.n's bald head am bald headed man my.
In this house" It WAS with diniculty that he wss
guetsd. but hnaiy he sat down After awhls ono Of ths
hotel men struck match he clerks head, and the
sympahxing citizen rave. unit the police removed hun
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1884-04-20
a Friendly Iavisaetsa.
H,on tAs PhiLdn<lphta Call.

politician whose name has been promi.
nentiy mentioned In connection with the Presidency
WAS recently asked
Are you Q candidater
4" No." was the prompt response
Thank you" replied the qusstonsr. ~ an . dele
gsts the Chicago Couvsntion. and don't believe In
noUiustion. Good morp-"
~. 0foD Q UouSns," saAd the proutusps polttctau
"Er-sS-SsrSapS We niSht discuss the mater Httle
further. WIN yoS-Sg-{on Ne h Siass o. so1stknG Z"
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Wsnas.
From the Philadelphia Call.

Last and best Of God's creations;
Builder. strength. and hope Of nations,
Whose name has dsck'd all historys pagss-
Mother Of warriors, martyrs. saEes;
With voice AZ full ct music's cadence,
Aud eye that beams with heavens radiance,
And touch that soothes when pain around NJ
ThrOwA her cloak, aud Death confounds Us;
30 gentle, loving sweet. forHivinY;
Made N love, In love believing;
No strong In others tribulntion-
To thee I how IN AdOr StiOn-
Thou blending OF divine and human
Noble womani MILTON 9. ALLRH
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1884-04-20

MrS. Gene We've Hummsl. q widow lady. who
hvee with her ton. FRANK TUNNEL, mile and half
sS1tnsass o. SsSris.SuE No " about 70 Yeas Of age
sns did rot tnoy vhs1 4 dlsspPssrsd Last wesE she
re. ~ shs hes be. ssssad sysdshs and rssds rssA
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-05-23
Airing Bedding.

When we remember that more than
rep esented by all taken as food and
drinks should pass OF through the
seven million of pores of the surface,
we shall see some reasons in favor of a
proper care of the surface. as we'll as of
the personal clothing and the bedd ng.
II it is true that the personal clothing,
the tiannels. need washing as certainly
as the face and hands-the whole BODY
as certainly-we may infer that the bed
clothes have 4 special demand for at
tention. 1t should be remem be- ed that
during the night, when the body is
wa mer than usual the pores more
open. that the waste must naturally
pass off more freely than by dav. 1t
fol ows that the bedding mutt be more
thoroughly affect d, soiled. demand ne
extra care. lOf course the thoughtful
and the clearly will not wear any cloth
ing by night that has been used by
day.
The Europeans have a custom of re-
moving the Leds and bedding, placing
all on chairs near au open window,
is ute possible that some will think
that INT ~, to allow the beds to re-
ma unmade for that length of time.
while the Eur pean, the n, at and clean
ly, may regard us as very untidy, to
make the bed almost as soon "a it is
vacated, ali wing the slrepers to lie in
perspiratiOn filth! | know of no
easier and more efectual way of
promotion this needed purity of bed
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-05-23
Beayer.'s kittens.0

One dwelling har Ors from four to
twelve individuals, RI ely more, though
eighteen to twenty have been noted, ali
of the same family. ut OF two genera
tiOns, representing litters of kittens of
two success We years. The young make
their appearance usually in May, and
are from four to eight IN number, five
being the average. Queer-looking lit
tie fellows they a:e. with their heavy
heads, big cutting teeth, Hat tails, and
fine. mouse-like fur. not yet disiigured
by the long. coarse hair, so not;ceab e
with adults. When taken at an early
age they are easily domesticated. and
are 20 esteemed as p Is in the far West
tradingpO or camp can exhibit three
our four. 1t is no uncommon &C .ur-
renee to see one running about an In
dian lodge, submitting patiently to the
wiles and caprices Of the little savages,
o. joining in their sports, and fire.
quently receiving with the papoo Q
the nouri hLent flom the ma
tcrnal breast. The cry of the
Kitten" to, is so exactly like that of
on unweaned child that one is readily
mistaken for the other by even the in
itiated. On one occasion visited a
wigwam at Little Traverse. Mich. for
the purpose of viewing real, live,
baby bea, err ale cry all the same as
papoose," remarked the sguaw, n she
brought the little fellow forward, at the
same time giving him an unmerciiul
piuch that caused him to set up dole
full little wall that had not been fore
warned, IL should certainly have be-
lieved to proceed from a minute. black
eyed specimen of an ABORIGINAL infant
that, swathed in cloth. beads and bark,
and bound fast, mummy-like, to a
board, stood leaning up against the
wall. By the way, do Indian babes
ever cry o. laugh? Isupposs they do.
occasionally. though do not remember
ever hearing one.-Dr. g. A. StockueA.
in Pop uLar Sci,n, e Monthly.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-05-23
Our Very Own.

What can be more benefcent than
that dispensatiOn of Providence which
gives us all so deep an interest in our
own concerns? What we do ourselves
always possesses for us an attraction
which no one else's work, be it ever so
brilliant and successful. can command.
The writer of these lines will look upon
them with fatherly interest VIII ch
nothing can justify, save that divine
sentiment of appreciation for our own
with VIII oh we are all imbued. He will
turn forthwith this present page and
read it appreciatingly from beginning
to end, noting every typographical
error, and recognizing with shade of
irritation the places where the editor al
pruning knife has left its marks.
Others may perhaps read it, but to
none of them will il seem to be sur
rounded with the halo which it wears
in the authors ewes. The only other
mortals for which it has personal in
terest will be the compositors who set it
up, and they will look at it merely with
a professional eye, each facilitating
himself on the even spacing and the
ingen GUS way. perhaps, in which he
avoided an awkward division Of word
at the end OF line. The editor who
read it in manuscript will never look at
it in type if he can help it. He will turn
to his own paragraphs and find in them
the solace that is his just reward.
fancy every one who has put pen to pa
per in the production of this number of
The Hour W II turn to his own work
He may not think it better than the rest.
but it is his very own, and for him it has
destinations. Then there is the printer,
who will turn over the leaves and think
that his part of the work is conspi u
ously meritorious. The man who fur
nished the ink will admire its glossy
blackness. The paper-maker will rub
leaf between his fore-finger and thumb,
and hold it admiringly up to the light,
10 note its texture. The advertising
agent will contemplate his own pecul-
lar pages with something like affection.
and each individual adve riser when he
receives it will think that his own pecul-
lar Ines, 5 Iuares or pages ought to
catch the eye of the public, e en- if moth
ing else IN the edition is so much as
glanced at. Such are some of the per-
sonal in erests that 90 to the makingup
of single utilization. They are re-
ferred 10 here because they are neares
at hand. All the interests of life, how
ever, afford parallel instances
Hour.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-05-23
Feeding Too Much Corn.

Can the great truth be too often re,
peated, if it be u truth that corn is not
the food for working animals. or ior
growing ones? 1t is a serious truth
known to thousands OF observing, ex-
/ per.enced farmers, that it causes two
| thirds of the sudden deaths among
healthy horses. And yet people 90 on
feeding it carelessly year by year. The
will pride himself on his fat corn-fed
horses. Let any reader of this keep q
record for one year, of the deaths
among the work horses and mules OF
his neighborhood, that are under ten
years of age. and the known or proba-
bic causes. and he will agree with me
that corn is the canse of two-thirds such
deaths. and perhaps of half the diSabili.
ties. Had We not seen whole nations
of men pursuing an equally fatal
course, with regard to themselves and
children, in the matter of strong and
poisonous drink it could not be believed
that such ignorance and folly could ex.
ist. Only lately l knew a blear-eyed
person who has expended hundreds of
dollars to cure his eyes, and who knows
hence from his daily rations of grog for
one month does more toward COM
pete cure than all his doctoring. /
knew of this mans permitting q fine
blood five hundred dolla' mare. to feed
at a trough full of corn with his fatteh-
ing animals. and eat at all times OF
corn, to safety. When, warned, he
drawled out, II want to see her fat,
good corn never hurt anything His
mare became beautiful object fat
as butter" and just then laid down and
died.
Venture the assertion that hog chol-
era becomes intensified just exactly as
corn fal in price, and almost disap-
pears when corn reaches its highest
price. Let some persons take note OF
this.
Yes. that magnificent grain, that
grand source of wealth. that beautiful
object when growing in the fields, that
most useful product of mans labor,
corn, has literally become curse to us
by our abuse Of it. 1t can be DEM
onstrated that it cannot be produced for
less than fifty cents per bushel, yet
thousands of hard toiiers grow it year
after year, and sell It for twenty cents,
and wonder why they are poverty
stricken. They iced it so wastefully.
one might suppose it cost nothing-all
this is the result of ignorance and folly.
Along this river are hundreds of persons
who feed cattle and neglect 10 give them
hay, saying it is waste of time and
stomach room to feed anything but
corn-ignorant that hay contains prop
critics essential to the existence of the
cattle. and so aids digestion that much
less corn gives more tat with hay.
Those who have pursued plans more
in accord with nature, and feed their
stock with variety, and give their horses
and mules barley. oats and sound hay,
chopped feed, some roots. etc, assure
me that they make more money out OF
one-fifth the corn they formerly used,
and have healthier animals. and that
their farms are in better condition
Cor. Rural World.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-05-23
A Story Without q Moral.
Is John Occult wealthy?

Is John Occult wealthy?
He is well to do.
Then he is doing well?
Splendidly. He belongs to no less
than half 3 dozen secret charitable so
cieties.
Is that of any advantage to him9
Advantage? should say so. Why.
look at Charley Grips case. Charley
only belonged to two societies, and
when he died he had a bang-up funeral.
Both lodges turned out with full ranks,
and marched all over town, in stunning
regalia, and headed by q drum corps.
And then you ought to have seen the
flowers! The interior of the church
looked like conservatory.
Yes, that must have been very graft
fying to Charley. supposing that he was
fond of flowers: but didn they do any
thing for his widow?
Do anything? They did everything.
They passed splendid resolutions, chuck
full of illusions to ian all-wise Provi-
dence," .'our beloved brother" '.loya
and regard" heartfelt sympathies."
and all that sort of thing, and printed
them in all the newspapers, besides
sending her a copy. If two lodges did
all that, what might not one expect OF
six? That's why say John is well-to-
do.-Boston Transcript. -,...
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-05-23
English Customs in the Middle Ages.

1t was possible for a woman to purchase
a royal license to marry whom she
would, always granted with the pro-
viso that it was not to be one of the
Kings enemies. Widows very often
had recourse to this measure; maidens
more rarely. With the former il might
denote either an attachment to some
particular person, or q mere desire not
to be forced into remarriage; but .
spinster who was not nun was never
heard of in the middle ages. There
were a very few old bachelors-rare
phenomena, but an old maid was never
seen outside the cloister. The nearest
approach to it was in the case of q few
ladies difficult to please, who delayed
marriage until middle age was reached.
1t was rarely that this could be the case,
since they were seldom allowed to
please themselves. The color which
was pretty certain not to be worn at .
wedding was white, for white was The
deepest possible mourning, and was
worn by widows Immediately after be-
reavement. Medieval education was
very different thing to that of the
present day. Among tho higher classes
WILL sOuS anu uouShpHS "cIc scHt
into the service of gentleman or lady
and educated in the necessary
duties of gentle people. Why they
were not taught st hoihe is not quite
clear; probably better discipline was
secured under stranger guardianship.
A girl was thoroughly trained in house
wifery. medicine, and some slight
surgery, if fortunately placed. needle
work, ETC., sometimes to read and to
write also. The boys we're trained in
warlike arts, to ride, to shoot. and so
forth; most frequently the reading and
writing were omitted in their case.
Royal personages were obliged to study
both reading and writing, and the royal
signatures are interesting and often
characteristic. Henry wills hand is
very characteristic; doubtless, as
Isaac Disraeli has said of him, "he split
many a good pen." Mary wrote q
pretty Italian hand, but rather sprawl
ing and irregular. "Never could any
lady write a more beautiful hand than
the early Italian one of Elizabeth; and
hope no lady ever wrote any uglief
than the horrible scrawl of her queenly
years" The food. cookery, and medi-
cine of the middle ages were alike in
respect that they were most elaborate
and astounding connections. often re-
pulsive to the last degree. Only iron
constitutions, it would seem. could sls-
tain such fearful admixtures of indigest-
ible and unlikely food, yet our forefath-
ers and mothers throve and grew hearty
upon them" Ye Oiden Tine" 6y
Emil S. Holt
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-05-23
RELIGIOUS AND EDUCATIONAL.

-.-.-.,
-CatnoIc scnoOis "ere recentiy sup
pressed In basie' o"itzeriana.
There are in the United States
eighty-seven New Jerusalem churches,
ninety-two ministers and four thousasd
COMMITMENTS.
The first sermon ever preached In
America was delivered on the site OF
Boston IN 1871. The subject was Sin
ana Danger OF Self-Love. y Boston
fost.
The Colorado Methodist reports
cheerfully OF the real and substantial
growth OF our church in the Great West
Six churches have been built during the
year and Improvements made valued at
$4,000.
The Congreqationalist saws of the
New Departure with regard to the doc
trlne OF future probation that lit can
not longer be doubted that the defec-
tive and offensive theology in question
is on the increase among rs, nor that is
is time for the friends OF . poor gospel
to take counsel together as to their sub
sequent duty. Sc
The Presbyterian Board of Foreign
AiSSiOuS, IOTcScclHS tuc pIOD6Uillly Ck u
serious deficit in the Treasury at the
close of the fiscal year, resolved at re-
cent meeting to appeal to the churches
and to individuals who love the cause
of missions to go replenish the t.easu-
~ as to fully meet the expenditures Of
the year. ~. y. Examiner.
Rev. c. T. Wells, d. D., pastor Of
the Reformed Dutch Church of Flat
bush, L. l., preached his twenty-frss
annual sermon few SUNDAYS ago. He
is the fourth pastor the church has had
in $50 years. Its present MEMBERSHIPS
comprises l60 families. Its last annual
contribution to benevolent objects out
side of the church was $1,000. and its
total contributions for tweIty-one years
have amounted to S120,0OO.-N. z
Tribune.
Andrew Carnegie. the PITTSBURGH
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-05-23

ding than by airing and summing. as
the air and sun are the great purifiers,
demanding no compensation for i'm
portant services rendered. The
breezes that should be allowed to pass
through the rooms, carry of the foul
ne 8. prepared for that purpose by the
action of the warm sun, rarefying the
noxious gases, the two effecting very
important changes in our sleeping
rooms.
Air and sun as manv rooms as posi-
BILE. if you would be neat and clean, re-
tanning the eyesight in its test condi-
tion.-Dr. HaadJorJ, in Golden Rule.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-05-23

A benevolent citizen writes to the
amateur house painter, the hairs OF
whose brush came out and were fas :
ened in with glue: "My heart is moved
with sympathy for You and your bald.
headed paint-bruh, though l am in
clined to think that some of the hair you
found in your plaster dropped from
YOUR own dome of thought When an
amateur is hard at work and his mind
bent on the rartic lar details. his hair
is as apt t. fail out as is that from the
brush. How would it do to pour little
hot glue on your scalp? Ii it is good
for pa mt brush can't see why it viii
not hold good As 4 restorative for the
toilet "-Chicd % H,rdid.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-05-23
LNTHE GRINDING OF 7HEDRLFE.

Twas little Southern town,
Bv the river nesting down.
Quaint and quiet tucked away
From the busy world. IL lay
Where the stranger seldom found IL,
With its cypres, swamps around it
Rain. from morning until night;
Rain through darkness till the dawn
Time for dawn: but scare the light
Pierced the voii eAe world had on,
And the night came down again,
Softly in her robes Of rain.
Peaceful lay the village, covered
By Silence strangely deep;
For the human brood was lowered
by the drowsy wings Of sleep.
But the oppressed stained lagoons.
Natures somber-souled QuadroOns,
Felt the tonic of the rain
Stealing through each sluggish vein.
And through deep and dismal fens
Slid ehey from their shiny dens,
Whispering low: I'VE come. We oomeI
Lead us, river, strong and freei
We vii sound Deaths muffied drum
From the cypress to the sea-"
So the river heard the tramp
OF the waters through the night,
Saw the demon of the swamp
Swing his jack-o-lantsrn light.
Silent as an srny stealing
On its unsuspecting foe.
Roar OF rain it's steps concealing,
Rose tho river from below;
Climbed the hill with stealthy tread.
Sent its skirmish waves ahead.
Captured. each unguarded boat,
Set the wooden walks atioat,
Turned the str sets to rivers wide.
Touched the houses. stole inside.
Climbing higher still, and higher.
Til IL sang amidst the fiIe.
While the embers answered, screaming.
But the warning was in vain,
FOR the people lay a-dreaming
To the lullaby of rain.
Suddenly the thunder spoke
Till the Wort rocked TO and fro,
And the little town awoke
In the clutches OF its foe.
sit is miner the tempest cried.
mol Ills mine!" the flood replied.
"MiEe! The waters p Dut has sent me
Reinforcements. 1t is miner
Roared the hi1eous cloud: Content
thee!
Wreck and ruin join the liner
Burying deep the cypress knees.
Rushed the furious waters down.
And with batter1ng-ramg Of trees
Smote and crushed the lit o town.
What was manf A bcing dizzy
In the terrible up lift.
What was homer A fragile bubble
In the grinding of the drift
What was love? A lifetime focused
In an RgoDiZing kiss,
sc King still one last exprc ssion
Through the waters angry hiss.
What was IifeI A lighte taper,
Which the furious tide put out.
Wha "a m lined? One stubborn chimney,
With the waters all about
W. w. Fink. in ". Y. Independent
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-05-23

Talk about keeping log" during
a voyage, the most persistent case of II
seems TO lie Dock hennedy's trip down
the Pitt River, alifornia. In order to
ascertain VIII Their logs could be fioated
from Shasta County to the Coast, Ken
nedy was sent out upon log enca ed
in waterproof c othing and supplied
with p enty of food, He travelled 35C
miles upon it, making the Quincy in
four days. The log was twenty-four
feet long and our Ieet in diameter
Detroh Free Press.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-05-23

~Any person who takes the paper regu.
Larry FROM the post-ofice, whether directed to
his name or whether he Is q subscriber or not
Us responsible for the pay.
The courts have decided that refusing Il
take newspapers from the post-ofhce, or re
moving aud leaving them uncalled for, 10
arims facir evidence of INTENTIONAL FRAUD
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-05-23

"A Swedish tourist has undertaken
to visit within the present year all the
cities of Europe which are. or ever have
been, capitals, numbering according to
his computation, 100. In case he sue.
ceeds. he is to receive S25.oJO and bis
travelling expenses.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-05-23

"A writer in the London Agri-
cultural Ga ette is o tie opinion that
the polled or no Mess cattle are the
elder type, and that the horned form i
the intrusive modern style.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-05-23

Long Branch has the largest roller.
skating rink in the wosst-A e
Times.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-09-09

\ lady who Is an expert in The gentle arr
ot angling has designed fishing costume.
which nas The merit oi being pretty as we'll
Is practical. 1t is To- De seen al Rcdfcru s.
The material Of which J.; IS made is Cheyiot
.Seed, l'--h; but waterproof The ingen-
ipu~iy-cuuivyi SKIRT is double from The
knees downward. he under part being
quite short. ovcrguitcrs and knicllcrh1ckyrs
The upper part, when let down. forms a
graceful, skirt, just comfortable walking
length. This i useful for getting To the
scene Of action. When the river is reached
and business begins. the upper part turns
sap and tas'cns on the hips by means Of
leather straps. Tn" under -idcis jheu found
10 hc furnished with two liberal pucaciS
I'm edgjny of some two inches Of brown
i...,hc. protect, tEc edges Of the p.t,icoat
The jGc;.e. is also ci-ed with leather and
i, maze duub.e-brea>.,l. Straps Of leather
are placed ra the shoulders 10 relieve the
pccncusc from the dragging weight the
fishing Iva he, would otherwise be. \ very
becoming hat. made of the ChcyiOt and
bound with the leather, completes very
busiuuSs-likc and UecoW;n costume. which
is also suitable for shooting or 4 walking
exFclition.-[ The London World.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-09-09
Department Two-Armstrong, Judge.
MERCHANDISE REPORT.

The following freight passed Ogden septem-
Der 18th and 6th.
For Sacr,mento-Balcr IL Hamilton. - coils
rope; Bcuham Il Co.. barrel whisky; Vein
stock X Luhn, > eases hats; Kirk, Geary u Co,
boxes bit;crS; Hall, iuhTs u Co., % boxes
soap, rs tierCcs hams. boxes shoulders; l..
Lyon * Co, box crash, box hannels, box
dry goods. [ box buttons, : box pins, = crates
hosiery, ! ease and bales cotton goods, II
bales and boxes quilts: Liudley i Co, 10 bar.
rc> . hall barrels. 10 kegs and - cases syrup;
Burns, Church * Haucock cesk china ! bar
rel glassware; L. J.. LOWS q Co, cases cutlery;
". K. strong x Co, 6 bags seed; Holman, stan
ton x CO.. half barrels cAain; \. 4. Van Noor-
Ines 4 Co, ca2e hardware Barber !; Pealer, :
boxes millinery goods; NeDius Il Co., iGu hall
boxes candles; t;a,tHann X Wilson, box cor
sets.
For -WhittaScr& Ray, sewing machine.
FoT Red Eiut-A tchn, case c,oaSs
For N3ry-Yilic-W. Klein, cases clothing:
MarySvitia Bug Factory. 10 bales cotton goods;
G. u. Libby, / case books.
For Oroyi.lc-H. g. Ecll 4 Co, tierces hams,
, boxes bacon.
For StocktoH-J. Cohen. case cigarettes;
Wa>hlcv II Co., cases shoes.
For LathGoi, -StNckpole x Lincoln, barrel
Risky.
Tor CoIusa-Rey NJ. Walrnth, barrels tin