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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-10-03
CuriositieS OF English Schools.

Tie following were recently among
the written answers in examination.
on Scripture by her Majesty's Inspectors
OF Schools:
who was Moses?" "He was an
Egyptian. He lived in a bark maid of
bullrushes, and he kept a golden cart
and worshipt braizen snakes and he het
nothin' but qwahles and manner for
forty years He was kort by the air O!
his ed while ridin' under a bow of a
tree, and he was killed by his son Alb
sion as he was hanging from the bow
His end was peace.
What do YOU know of the patriarch
Abraham He was the father OF
Lot and had tew wives. One was
called Hismale and tother Haygur. He
kept wuu at home and ne hurried
tother into the desert, where she be-
came apillow of salt in the daytime and
q pillow OF fire at mite"
Write an account of the Good
Samaritan" "a certain man went
down from Jerslam to Jeriker and he
fell among thawns and the thawns
sprang up and choked him. Whereup-
on he gave tuppins to the boast and
said tax care on him and put him on
his hone hass. And he past bye on the
hotEer side. London Times.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-10-03
Forgotten ValuableS.

A messenger boy ran up to J. E.
Kingsley in the Continental Hotel and
halded him telegram. Fir. Kingsley
tore open the envelope and lead this
message:
SARATOGA sPRINGs--For heavens sake;
send my spectacles at once. can't see.
LET. them in room Is night before last.
Have this attended to at once.''
said MIR. Kingsley. handing the dispatch
to Cashier Stokes.
The cashier went to the big safe back
of The key-rack and pulled out bask-
etiul of gold watches, spectacles, rings
and other things. They had all been
LETT behind in the course of years by
guests of the hotel. The cashier tished
ont from the collection pair of specta-
cles. to which was attached a little tag
on which was written: "Found in room
IL, September 3, 1881" The specta-
Giles were immediately mailed to their
owner at Saratoga.
"Do you receive many communica-
tons like that telegram" Times re-
porter asked.
Yes; kilograms or letters inquiring
for watches. rings, pocket books, and
everything traveller carries, como to
us every day. We've got lots of things
that have not been asked for. We shall
keep them so long rs we have hotel
here, Everything found is put away
and carefully tagged with lis history"
'.Do guests frequently leave valuables
after them?" said Clerk Cormack, of
the Girard House. echoing tine report
er's question. 81 should say they did;
so frequently, indeed. that we've got \
man, known as the property clerk.
whose duty it is to take charge of
everything left in the rooms and try to
trace the owners. Sometimes he sue
ceeds and sometimes he does ;;ct. Only
this morning We received letter in
curing for y seal ring that was left on
u wash-stand The writer said he val
ued the ring because it was an heir
loom. We hunted up the mans name
on the register and found what room
he had occupied and then went to the
safe ana found the ring labeled. The
rings on it, way now to Wheeling. w.
Va. A guest with ba-ely time to make
q train and q thousand and one things
to do in that tiine will be pretty sure to
leave pair of slippers under the bed. Q
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-10-03
Girls, Beware !!
Browns brow was clouded.

Brown brow was clOuded.
'Some girl scrape?" queried his
friend, Bilkins.
'.Well, to tell you the truth" replied
Brown, ''there is girl at the bottom
of it. You see, ever since l made that
strike in Atchison. and-thank Heaveni
pulled out OF it, I've been kinder
keeping my matrimonial weather eye
open. as IL were. thought I'd found
her, but. weir'-heaving deep sigh
'.it's all over now"
''Ten me about il, old fellow" said
Bilkins, sympathetically.
''Well, you know I've been to New
port for the past four weeks. Imet her
there. She was bud-to look at
tell you. and was awfully gone on her.
Everything went smoothly until I found
out how much she knew"
Ignorant" gueried Bilkins.
"No; Just the other way. happened
to hear her talk the other day to Prof.
Buzzer 1t makes me shudder to think
of it! 1t was all about esoteric Bud
dhism. planetary changes, and world
periods! Think of it! 1t let me out,
of course. You could not expect such
. woman as that to take any interest in
housekeeping. now could you?''
There is much truth in what you
say," replied Bilkins. thoughtfully. and
Brown looked relieved and lighted .
dgar.-Bos;oa Globe
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-10-03
Barney.

By "blarney' is usually understood
Guent power of persuasion the faculty
10 talk over" person to ones own
way of thinking by good words, often
containing more flattery than truth.
An apt illustration of it is related by
an old Western lawyer. as joke on
himself. in some "reminiscences of his
early practice. The incident would
make q curious appendix to ''Betsy and
l are Out" bringing laughter in the
place of tears. The narrator SAYS:
was sitting in my office one day
when in stepped an Irishman whom ]
will call John Wood. Of Union County,
and told me he had been recommended
to me for sound counsel in an import
ant case. He had arrived in America
directly from Cork, Ireland. only few
years before, bringing with him his
wife and several children as far as
Hamilton County. o., where by pure
accident he and his ..ould woman" had
somehow got separated, and had not
lived together since. and his business
with me was to employ me to file bill
for a divorce in the Union Circuit
Court. The lee was twenty dollars,
which he agreed to pay, and left.
Immediately filed the bill, and had
the notice published in the paper for
the next term. The old woman acct
dentally SAW the advertisement, and
thereby found out for the first time
where the old man had stopped after
he had left her, and came directly over
to the old mans residence. The whole
matter was soon reconciled between
them.
Soon after this settlement, the old
man called at my office in fine humor.
'.Misther Smith, the ould woman an
meself av' made up!''
Indeed! Well, / am very glad of
1t. You are both too old to separate. "
al know you're glad; you're good
man; L jist came over to see what yen
charge a poor man like meself that's
jjst made up with the 'ould woman. !"
81 charge you twenty dollars, Mr..
Wood"
"Ah. sure, Mr.. Smith, veil not charge
poor body twinty dollars. The min
ute | landed at New York l heard of
you, Misther Smith. that We was q
kind hearted man, and distinguished
sergeant In the law, as We are. Misther
Smith
81 charge you only ten dollars, Mr..
Wood"
surely, Misther Smith, veil not
charge poor body tin dollars for a
little matther like this. Misther Smith,
I've been acquainted with all the great
barristerS of Ireland-with the PonSon-
bys, the Emmets, the Grattans. the
Currans an the Burkes-but there's not
one of thin that 5 yer aqual. Misther
Smith-you are so approachable in
coort, and can take such grand dis
tinct.ons in the law, Misther Smith"
"a charge you nothing, Mr.. Wood"
''Ah, you are a gintlemanly man,
Misther Smith. Sure, an you will pay
the printer-Yoath's Companion.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-10-03

"A blushing young man called upon
a Madison avenue florist, one day re
Gently, and gave the proprietor sixteen
dollars to construct a bouquet which
would say, in floral language: Dear
est one, 1 love you-be mine," and
which was to be delivered that evening,
without fail, at the residence of a beau
ii III, accomplished, and auburn-haired
girl on Thirty-sixth street 1t evident
~ was delivered. because at an early
hour next morning the young lady
called at the same Torist and invested
$40 in bouquet. conveying the mes.
sage: mo. you bandy-legged clam. y
n. Y. Star.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-10-03
CHAPTER XVIII.

On the day arranged, early on the
morning after the dinner at Littel AL
resford Park. John Gordon went up tc
London. He has been much moved by
the intimation made to him by Mr..
Whi.tlestaff that some letter should be
written to him at his London address.
He had made his appeal to Mr.. Whit.
tleStaf, and had received no answer
whatever. And he had. after a fashion.
made his appeal also to the girl. He
felt sure that his plea must reach her.
His very presence then in the house had
been On appeal to her. He knew that
she so TAR believed in him as to be con-
scious that she could at once become his
wife-if she were willing to throw over
his rival. He knew also that she loved
him-or had certainly loved him. He
did not know the nature of her regard;
nor was it possible that he should ever
know that, unless she were his wife.
She had given a promise to that other
man, and-it was thus he read her
characteristic could be true to her
promise without any great heart break
At any rate, she intended to he true to
ii. He did not for a moment suspect
that Mr.. Whittlestaff was false. Mary
had declared that she would not with
draw her word-that only from her own
mouth was to be taken her intention of
such withdrawal, and that such inten-
Of her character he understood much
but not quite all. He was not aware of
the depth of her feeling.
But Mr.. Whittlestaff he did not under
stand at all. Of all those vacillatinr
softnesseS he knew nothing-or of those
moments spent with the poet, in which
he was wont to fight against the poets
pretences, and of those other moments
spent with Mrs. Baggett, in which he
would listen to, and always finally re-
jcct, those invitations to manly strength
which she would always pour into his
ears. That Mr. Whittlestaff should
spend hour after hour. and now day
after day, in teaching himself 10 regard
nothing but what might best suit tine
girls happiness-of that he was alto
gether in the dark. To his thinking,
Mr.. Whittlesraff was hard man, who,
having gained his object, intended to
hold fast by what he had gained. He,
John Gordon. knew, or thought that he
knew, that Mary, as his wife, would
lead happier life than with Mr.. Whit
tlestaf. But things had turned out I'M
fortunately and there was nothing for
him but TO return to the diamond-fields.
Therefore he had gone back TO Lon
don with the purpose of preparing for
his journey. A man does not start for
South Africa tomorrow, or. if not to-
morrow. then the next day. He was
aware that there must be some delay;
but any place would be better in which
to stay than the neighborhood of Crok-
er's Hall. There were things which
must be done, and people with whom
he must do it; but OF all that he need
say nothing down at Alresford. There
fore, when he got back to London, he
meant 10 make all his arrangements
and did so far settle his affairs as to take
a berth on one of the mail steamers.
He had come over in company with q
certain lawyer, who had gone out to
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-10-03

1T costs %. 100 to pay the salaries
of the agent and assistants to distribute
postage stamps to the various post.
Offices il the United States Washing
ton Star. -
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-10-03

The following is literal copy Of a
sign exposed over an establishment in
the upper portion Of King street:
Hotp
Fanu
Tsfru
Itancand
Solutions to this puzzle are in order.
-CAarieston NeUs and Courier.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-10-03
AN OLD MANS LOVE.

BY ANTHONY TRoLLoPE,
Author of Doctor Thorne,'' " Frumlp pdrson
G1e," !" Is ne Popen5orf'' I" Phtneds Finn
The Irish Member s The Wdrden,"
'BGrciester Totrers," Etc. Etc.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-10-03


| London.
"What does well mean?'
'.Of course you went down there to
look after the lady9"
Il have never told YOU SOL
"But YOU did YOU not?''
Il have told you nothing aoout any
lady, though you ere constantly asking
questions. As fact, think shall go
back next month
ITO Kimberley?'
81 think so. The stake have there
is of too great Importance to be aban-
doned."
81 have the money ready to pay over
absolute cash on the nail. You don't
call that abandoning it?''
1.-The claim has gone up in valne
twenty-five per cent, as you have al
ready heard"
Yes; it has gone up little, but not
so much as that. 1t will come down as
much by the next mail. With diamonds
you never can stick to anything"
That's true. But you can only 90
by the prices as you see them quoted.
They may be up twenty-five per cent.
again by next mail. At any rate, al
going back"
THE dickens YOU are!''
'That's my present idea. As 1 like
to be on the square with you altogether,
l don't mind saving that / have booked
a berth by the Kentucky Castle"
The deuce you have! And you won't
take wife with you?"
Il am not aware that l shall have
such an impeachment.
Then Fitzwalker Tookey assumed
very long face. 1t is difficult to trace
the workings Of such mans mind, or
to calculate the meager chances on
which he is too otter driven to base his
hopes of success. He feared that he
could not show his face in Kimberley,
unless as the representative of the
Whole old Stick-in-the-Mud And with
that object he had declared himself in
London to hsve the actual power of dis
posing of GordOn's shares. Gordon
had gone dowa to Hampshire. and
would no doubt be successful with the
young lady. At any rate-as he de-
scribed it to himself he had "gone in
for that" He could see his way in
that direction. but in no other. Upon
my word. this, you know. is-what
cal-rather throwing fellow over"
no BE coNrINUSD.1
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-07-31
The Sinking of the Osborne.

CLEVELAND, o., July 30.--The details
Of the collision between the propeller
Osborne and the steamship Alberta off
White Fish Point Sunday afternoon are
meagre. A dispatch from Sheboygan
says the disaster occurred in dense
fog, six miles off White Fish Point. The
Osborne blew three whistles. The AL
berta answered and checked her speed
down to seven miles an hour, but in
moment the Osborne appeared under the
Alberta's bow. The Alberta struck the
Osborne between the mizzen and main
rigging on the starboard side, cutting
her almost in twain. While they were
lodged together the Captain of the o.
borne and his wife went up the spar and
got on the Alberta. A passenger volun-
teered to save the Captains children and
a young woman. This he did. He also
tried to save some Of the crew, but the
boats separated and the Osborne went
down with the steward and four others
of the crew In ten minutes in about
twenty-five fathoms Of water
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-07-31
An Interesting Lawsuit Growing
Out Of the Hill-Sharon
Suit.
A California Paper Publishes an Interest
ing Statement Of How an Old
Mans Wife Got His Heirs,
Bells Babies Believed to be Bogus
Winsome Womans Wiley
Ways.

SAN Francisco, Call, July 30.-Ihe
Hill-Sharon trial promises to come to an
end in about two weeks, but numerous
difficulties have sprung from it, likely to
keep the courts busy many months
Papers are being prepared by Thomas
Bell for criminal action against the
Argus, aud James A. Johnson and Walter
Turnbull, publishers OF the Alta. Also u
damage suit for $4,000 against each OF
the latter. The offense charged is the
publication of an atroclouS and highly
improbably story last Thursday in rela-
ton to Bells wife, the substance OF
which briefly follows Thomas Bell Is u
capitalist; one of the directors of the
California Bank, and about seventy years
old. He married about twelve years ago,
woman scarcely half his own age.
Thomas Bell desired progeny and agreed
to set aside sum, conceded TO be $780,
900 for each heir born, and soon merry
childish laughter ran through tho Bell
household, until after scarcely twelve
years VI lllC oCNCh bhS thiiNiNh
bear the name of Bell. Bell and Sharon
were friends, and the latter, we'll versed
In the ways of the world, Gnally yentured
to whisper to the friend that the
heirs were not bona tlde. Bell
discarded the suggestion, and GOODNESS
sprang up between them. The Atd al
leges that housekceper Nanny Plalscense
in Bells house, came TO the aid of Mrs.
Bell with the foundlings hospital as her
hacker. Sharon's expressed doubts
made Mrs. Bell and Nanny Plaiscense
his sworn enemies, and the latter figured
considerably as friend in Sarah Althea's
suit against Sharon. The paper goes on
telling of the arrival in the Bell house.
hold of twins, q boy and girl, last year,
to one of which the paper says another
woman lays claim. In ali interview with
the colored nurse, she Is alleged to
have said that not two of the seven
youngsters resembles each other, and
that they have red, black, brown and
blonde hair, all kinds of eyes, some re-
sembling the Irish, some the Germans,
and others being Frenchy. The Alta con-
cludes another evidence. There Is a
law requiring all physicians to file records
of birth, and the Alta says search OF the
records fails to disclose single entry OF
birth in the Bell family.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-07-31
Notifying Hendricks.

SARATOGA, N. Y, July 80.--The COM
mittee appointed at the Chicago Conven-
ton to notify Hendricks of his nomina-
ton for the Vice.Presldency has arrived
here. They will hold meeting at noon
to sign the address to Hendricks and fix
upon an hour for the formal ceremony.
The address expresses the same senti-
ments as that to Cleveland yesterday.
Colonel VIM. f. Villas will make the OPEN
Ing speech. Hendricks says he is ready
to meet the committee at any hour they
name. The time will probably be 8 p. m.
The committee was In session nearly
an hour. Messrs. Villas, Hooker, Walter
and Stockton were appointed sub COM
mttee to ascertain Mr.. Hendricks pleas.
ure. They reported that two O'Clock
would suit his convenience, and that time
was chosen. A resolution was then
passed extending thaRks TO William 4.
Wins and n. N. BAH fee tina dignltasd and
efscisut usoRner In yAank ,tesy mo ,psf-
lornsd their reaudStiye dallAs tlhsrhatr.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-07-31

A Notorious Crook Captured in st.
Louis.

Louis.
ST. LOUIS, Mo-, July 30.--City Marshal
John Powers of Elgln, ILL.,, called on
Chief Harrigan this morning and re-
quested to see c. II. Newman, who is
now in jail on a charge of victimizng the
Mermod, Jaccard Jewelry Company.
When admitted to the prisoners pres
ence, the Marshal instantly recognized
him as Albert c. Blakeslee, whom he had
known for twenty-five years. Fourteen
years ago Blakeslee, alias Newman, lived
in Elgin and acquired a
REPUTATION FOR DISHONESTY.
Three months ago Blakeslee went to
Elgin and hired span of horses valued
at $500. He sold the horses, pocketed
the money and fled,
Marshal Powers followed him to Ohio
and captured him. The prisoner secured
several continuances of the charge
against him by representing that a large
amount of cattle belonging to him would
arrive in few days, and that all claims
against him would be settled. This de-
vice becoming stale, the day preceding
his trial the prisoner became
VIOLENTLY SICK
and was taken to private house for
treatment. That night he disappeared,
leaving no trace of himself. While out
West he assumed the name of George
Parker, by which he was known here.
When the authorities here are through
with this man of many aliases he will be
turned over to the Elgin people.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-07-31
THE CATTLE DISTEMPER.
Too Much Water After q Prolonged
Thirst Said to be the Cause.

CHICAGO, ILL.,, July 30.-It was decided
not to shoot the cattle suffering from the
strange distemper at the stock yards, nor
those exposed to it. The healthy animals
will be killed at the slaughter houses
under the direction of the health officers.
The bodies of the dead animals were re-
moved as fast as life became extinct and
were taken to the rendering establish
ments. An investigation of the organs
of the slaughtered animals will
be made by the health inspector,
and II any disease Is found
the meat will be condemned. It
Is believed here and at Kansas City that
the animals were allowed to founder
themselves after having been exposed to
prolonged thirst. There Is no reason
to believe that the Texas or Spanish fevers
have anything to do with the deaths, as
the symptoms arc entirely different. The
disease does not appear to be contagious,
Us no other animals have been attacked
outside of those among which the disease
broke out. Reports from Nebraska say
that some herds are affected, but 1t Is be.
lleved that the disease existing in that
State Is also due to local causes, and Is
not infectious.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-07-31
Mississippi Prohibition.

VIcKsBURG, MISS, July 27.-The State
Prohibition Convention of Mississippi met
in jackson to-day with a large attend
ance. Resolutions indorsing the work OF
the National Woman's Christian Temper
ance Union were passed, also inviting
Luther Benson, OF Indiana, to visit Mis-
sisslpi after the November elections and
canvass the State III the cause OF temper
ance. The platform declares that prohi-
bition should not be entanglcd with poll
tics, and, without disturbing party aflilia-
tions of citizens, asks their support OF
this great reform, which should be en-
throned above the contest for place and
power.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-07-31
A BAD NEGRO.

His Capture, Dead or Alive, Ordered.
PARSONS, KAs,, July 30,-Navasota, q
negro who assaulted Missouri Pacific
engineer ut the Belmont House last fall
with razor, nearly sevcring his head
from his shoulders, and made good his
escape to the Indian Territory, came up
from that rendezvous Monday hight &C
companIed by two lesser lights in crime
and undertook the capture OF the town.
They commenced by firing into the air,
and when the officers approached they
opened fire upon them. A battle ensued,
in which one of the negroes wa shot in
the leg and captured. Navasot md the
other escaped in the darkness, but aSday-
break yesterday one of them was cap.
tured. Navasota Is yet ut liberty, but
will probably be caught, as the Mayor
gave orders to capture him dead or alive.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-07-31

NEW YORK, July 30.-A special from
Montreal says: ga movement is on foot
by leaders of the French Canadian party,
who are working for the independence of
Canada, to secure for Blaine the large
vote controlled by French Canadians In
the United States. The reason, as stated
by one OF those at the head OF 1t Is, that
Blaine has declared himself favorable to
The Independence of Canada and 10 a
commercial union Of the whole Of North
america. 'sThis, Aoontipued tho gentle
nm III Uu0att0n, sstRA0p. saule pol1cy
p10Ss4s Gssasid AZ \ .eams61n, I'D
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-07-31
The Cantiery Trouble Not Yet Over,

MINNEAPOLIS, MINI, July 80. Those
who think the trouble in regard to the
murder of Officer Mclaughlin is over
are probably mistaken. 1t is said on the
street that an organization has been
effected to see that Cantiery is never re-
turned to Minneapolis alive. 1t Is stated
that watch is kept upon all trains, and
vigilantes will board the one upon which
Cantiery is u passenger. The plan is to
rescue him from the officers at some
suitable point, and lynch hlm. 1t Is said
that the mob about the jail Monday night
were not there for the purpose of lynch
Ing Cantiery, but to kill any of his friends
who attempteda rescue. 1t is certain that
many In the mob were fully armed.