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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-11-07
POintless Conversation,

Family life is apt to fall into narrow
grooves. and family talk to degenerate
into vapid discussion of persons or
TRIES, too often, unluckily. sharpened
by ill-natured satire. Each member of
the family is likely to chatter of his or
her favorite pursuit until the table-talk
resembles London street where each
vendor cries his wares. without regard
to the ears. intelligence or feelings of
the others. Nothing stunts the growth
of a child's mind or debases its aim
more that such habits.
A summer visitor to the country
describes the conversation among the
people at the farm, as follows. At
breakfast:
Joe-Father. Sam Prather says as his
calf weighs more'n ourn.
Father--Saoi A long pause. How
much does Sam Prather say his calf
weighs more'n ourn?
joel dunno.
At dinner: Father - see Sam
frather down Their, Joe. He says his
calf does weighs more ourn.
Joe-Sho! How much did be say?
Father dunno.
Joe Sam Prather's fool!
At supper: Joe - Father, Sam
frather told Jem that his calf weighed
more'n ourn.
A long pause Father--I'd like him
to prove that.
Joel don't think he kin. lie never
see our calf, an his'n is killed and eat
up.
Father-Sho! A long pause You
kin tell Sam P-ather for me, Joe, that
if his calf warn't killed an eat, it
wouldn't weigh mo!e'n ourn.
Now, of course, it is lamentable
enough that rational human beings
should spend any part of their time in
conversation SO empty of ideas and so
utterly aimless as that. But if our critic
al tOwnsman could read his own
morning talk set down in cold print.
while he would find the subject dis
GUESSED diflcrent-it might concern a
rise in this railway stock of quarter Of
a cent. or the fall of coLtons of the same
amount-it might prOye to be just as
inane and just as pointless--the over
flow of a mind perpetually running in
one narrow current. Could one find
any wisdom or wit or shrewd common
sense in 1t which would help or cheer
those who heard it?
What is the remedy?
Some pursuit in common, book
read aloud, a charitable work, the
study of the bees or dogs about them
anything, in short, that will break
down the fence that shuts the family
into the incessant observation of 4 few
people and few triiling ideas. - YOUTHS
Com panion.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-11-07
Age in the Army.

The Oldest Captain on the active list
of the army is Captain Pollock, of the
Twenty-tirst Infantry; he will be 65
years old during the month. The old
est Lieutenant is p. P. Barnard, of the
Fifth Cavalry, who is g.. being twenty
years older than his Colonel. The old
est Lieutenant of Artillery is +. C..
Nichols, Of the First, who is 81 years OF
age. The senior Major on the active
list in point of years is Edward Collins,
of the Fifth Infantry, who is 90 years.
He ent cred the service in 1876 as a
private in the battalion of engineers,
and has been in the service ever since
that time Brevet Brigadier-General
Joseph n. &. Whistler, of the Fifth In
fantry, is the oldest Lieutenant-C Colonel
in the line OF the army; he is 62; and
Colonel John Hamilton, of
the Fifth. who is 81, is the oldest OF his
grade in ,he artillery. General II. j.
Hunt, the senior Colonel OF artillery,
now retired. will be % years of age
during this month. General Gilbert,
Colonel of the Seventeenth Infantry, is
the oldest Colonel of his arm OF the SER
vice, being 90, and John p Hatch, OF
the Second Cavalry, is the senior in
years in the cavalry. The youngest
Ma or General is Schofeld and the
eldest is Pope. who is g. Hancock is
61: be retires in 1888. Mackenzie is
the youngest Brigadier. General in the
army; be is now - and retired. and
Mics. the next, is -. While promo
ton is slower in some respects in our
army than in any military service in
Europe, yet there is neither in England
nor ION the continent an officer OF
General Mackenzie's age, "outside of
royal blood" who has attained his
rsnk. Angler is the oldest Drigadier-
General. and is O.. A Brigadier-Gen-
eral will be appointed next year, a
Ma 'or-General and Brigadier in 1886,
and likewise in 1883.
The youngest Colonel of artillery is
Ayres; of cavalry, Merritt, who is 40.
and of infantry, Fennypacker. who is
~. The youngest Lieutenant Colonel
on the staff of the army is j. NJ. White
more, of the ordnance, and Morrow, of
the Sixth Cavalry. is the youngest Lieu
tenant-C Colonel in the line. S. Z. Till
man, Professor of chemistry. mineralogy
and geology at West Point, has the cor
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-11-07

unto us. A good prayer it was. and
thought: what good kind of man
you must be!' But about an hour
after happened to be coming along
the farm, end heard him halloOing,
and scolding, and going on finding
fault with everybody and every thing.
And when came into the house with
him he began again. Nothing was
right, and he was so impatient and so
quick-tempered.
"'Tis very provoking to be annoyed
in this way, Daniel. l don't know
what servants in these times are good
for but to worry and vex one with
their idle, slovenly ways!'
did not say anything for minute
or two. And then / said: "You must
be very much disappointed, sir?"
''How so, Daniel-disappolnted?"
Il thought you were expecting to
receive q very valuable present this
morning, sir. and l see it has not
come"
present, Daniel?"- he scratched
his head as much as to say: whatever
can the man be talking about?"
Il certainly heard you talking about
III, SIT, Sstlu, cOOlly.
Heard me speak of valuable pres
emit! Why, Daniel, you must be dream
ing I've never thought of such a
thing"
perhaps not, sir; but you've talked
about it; and hoped it would come
whilst l was here, for 1 would dearly
love to see it."
He was getting angry with me now,
SO thought l would explain.
'You know, sir, this morning you
prayed for Christ-like spirit. and the
mind that was in Jesus. and the love of
God shed abroad in your heart"
30, that's what you mean, is it?'
and he spoke as if that weren't any
thing at all.
'.Now. sir, wouldn't you be rather
surprised if your prayer was to be an
swered?-if you were to feel nice,
gentle, loving kind of spirit coming
down upon you, all patient, and forgiv-
ing and kind? Why, sir. wouldn't you
come to be quite frightened like? and
you'd come in and sit all in q faint,
and reckon as you must be going to
die, because you felt Heavenly-mind-
ed"
He didn't like it very much" said
Daniel, .'but delivered my testimony,
and learned lesson for myself, too.
You are right, Captain Joe, you are
right. We should stare very often if
the Lord was to answer our prayer. ~
Daniel Quorm and his Religious No
tons.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-11-07
Choice Extracts.
dztRe.

Genuine benevolence is not station.
airy, but peripatetic. 1t goeth about do
ing good.-Neuins.
Our grand business in life is not to
see what lies dimly at distance, but
to do what lies clearly at hand. Car.
Liie.
Turning sunshine into night, and
making misery gratis when we are not
miserable, is anything but Christian,
though. alas. some good people do
sometimes make merit of it.-H
Bushnell.
He who distrusts the security OF
chance takes more pains to effect the
safety which results from labor. To
find what you seek in the road of lite,
the best proverb of al. is that which
saws: Leave no stone unturned. y
But'cer-LyttOn.
I'm the Word of God alone are the
promises that never fail. hopes that
never disappoinu. Here is that upon
which we can lean. when friends are
gone, when health fades. and when the
last milestone o! OR earthly journey is
past. and when death and Judgment in
all their appalling realities are close at
hand.-G. Ecerdrd.
"A holy life is made up OF number
of small Things; little words, not elo-
quent speeches or sermons; little deeds,
not miracles or battles, nor one great
heroic act of mighty martyrdom, make
up the true Christian life. The little.
constant sunbeam. not the lightning;
the waters Of Sloan ''that go softly"
in the meek mission of refreshment, not
the waters of the river, great and
many" rushing down in noisy torrents.
are the true symbols of holy life.
The avoidance of little evils, little sins,
little inconsistencies, little weaknesses.
little follies. indiscretion and impru-
dences, little foibles, little indulgencea
of the flesh; the avoidances OF such
little things as these go far to make up.
at least the negative of q holy life
Bonar.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-11-07
What Should Be Done.

1t is astonishing how much is accom-
plished by some persons physically dis
advantaged. When the right kind of
religion takes hold of man il seems to
give him additional eyes, additional
ears, additional feet. additional hands,
or to provide substitute for having no
eyes or ears or hands or feet at all.
There are great hulks of health float
ing about, unserviceable either for
church Or State, while others with govt
or partial paralysis or dim eyesight.
that can only distinguish between light
and darkness, or linping by the aid of
two crutches, are every day making
substraction from human sorrow, and
an addition to human comfort. 1t is 8
shame to have hands or feet or ewes,
and not employ then1 for good service.
IL was evidently intended that the race
should average for each man, two eyes.
two ears, two feet and two hands. But
as through casualty so many lose one
or two of these organs, the plan sug-
gested is that those who have full equip
ment of limbs should make them do
surplus of work for those who lack.
So. if there should be small commun-
ity of three persons, but one of them
should be blind and feetless, the two
with complete faculties must must each
take the work OF three eyes and three
feet. in order To supply the defect of
the unfortunate In word, the bur-
dens of life must be divided, less weight
put upon the invalid, and more upon
the athlete. Il this were done there
would be no use in almshouses and
orphan asylums, and the world would
be sent on many leagues toward the
miIIennial day.
Meanwhile, let those who have been
rheumatized out of foot or cataracted
out of an eye, or by the perpetual roar
of our cities thundered out of an ear,
look forward to the day when this old
tenement house of flesh will come down,
and better one shall be builded. The
resurrection morning will provide you
with better outfit. Either the I'M
strung, worn-out, blunted or crippled
organs will be so reconstructed that you
will not know them, or an entirely new
set of eyes aad ears and feet viii be
given you. Just what it means by cor
ruption putting on interruption we do
not know. save that it will be glory in
effable. No limping in Heaven; no
straining of the eyesight to see things q
little way off; NO putting the hand be
hind the ear to double the capacity of
the tympanum, but faculties perfect, all
the KEYS of the instrument attc ned for
the sweep of the fingers of ecstaey. But
until that day of resumption comes let
us bear each others burdens, and SC
fulfill the law of Christ. Sunday Mag
dzine.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-11-07
Religious Reading.
BY SIMPLE FAITH.

saw poor man in my path
His day was densest night;
He stumbled not, nor missed his way,
But went as il by sight
He leaned upon the arm of friend,
Loving, and strong, and true,
Whose piercing eyes were eyes to him,
In all his journey through.
No care was his, nor troubled thought
Nor fear of threat ming harm:
Joyous he walked by simple faith
In that strong heat and arm.
That friend could guard as well as guide,
And every want supply
Ever supply, and guide and guard,
Till called to realms on high.
O Christ, Thou art that loving friend
The mighty friend ! need;
Thine is the arm on which lean;
Thou art the Friend indeed.
My'faith in Thee Is more than sight
The basis of my. hope,
The proof and pledge of future bliss
While in this world grope.
Yea, IL shall bind my heart to Thee
In true, transforming love,
And fit me, in this world of sin.
For the pure world above.
-Rer. james Uphdm. d. d.. in Waterman.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-11-07
Praying for What He Did Not Expect.

l happened once TO be staying with a
gentleman-a long way from here-and
y very religious kind Of man he was.
In the morning he began the day with
q long family prayer that he might be
kept from sin, and might have Christ
like spirit, and the mind that was also
in Christ Jesus; and that we might
have the love of God shed abroad in
our hearts by the Holy Ghost given
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-11-07
THE FIRST STEP.

NV little one begins his feet TO try,
A tottering, feeble Inconsistent way;
Pleased with the effort, he forgets his play,
And leaves his infant baubles where they lie.
Laughing and proud his mother fiutters nigh,
Turning to go yet joy-compe led to stay,
And bird like, singing what her heart would
say;
But not % certain of my bliss am I.
For bethink me of the DAYS in store
Wherein those feet must traverse realms
unknown,
And half forget the pathway to our door,
And / recall that in the seasons flown
We were his alias he was all our own
Bat never can be quite so any more.
-ARdretc r. SdTton, IN Century.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-11-07

"A handsome income is made by a
Frenchman at Berlin, who has intro
duced the Partisan system of window
cleaning by contract. He charges two
shillings month, and has six thousand
customers in the German capital alone.
where he employs forty men.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-11-07
1.-THE END.l

-Sleeping-car porter Ito the heaviest
passenger ever carried on the road:
''You can roll into your berth when.
ever you want to-" Fat man: "Yes.
and roll out when don't want to-
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-11-07

The Bible mentions 620 places il
Palestine. west of the Jordan, and $50
have been identified, 1S2 by the staff O
the Palestine Exploration Fund.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-11-07
AN OLD MANS LOVE.
BY ANTHONY TROLL0PE,

Author Of "Doctor Therne,'' &" FRANKLY Pdrson
age" Is he Popenjopf' Phineds Finn,
the Irish Member 4" The Wdrdea,"
"Bdrchcster Toue,s," Etc, Etc.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-11-07

1t is quite the proper thing now fcl
English noblemen to make the tour o
the States"
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-11-07

lduN y " tHsht
way" said Miss Hail. But Mary bold
ly and quickly followed him, without
another word.
MARY" he said, turning round upon
her as soon as they were both out OF
sight among the trees, MARY, you
have come at last"
s.Yes, l have come"
Sand yet, when / first showed nv
self at your house you would hardly re-
ceive me-" But this he said hold no
her by the hand and looking into her
faee with his brightest smile. Il had
postponed my coming almost too late. v
..les, indeed. Was it my fault?"
..No-nor mine. When was told
that / was doing no good about the
house, and reminded that 1 was pen
niless, what could do but 90 away?"
But why 90 SO far:?'
Il had TO 90 where money could be
earned. Considering all things, |
think | was quick enough. Where else
could have found diamonds but at the
diamond fields? And | have been per-
laps the luckiest fellow that has gone
and returned.
80 nearly 100 iate!
But not too late.
'.But you were TOO late-only for the
inexpresSible goodness CT another.
Have you thought of what / owe what
you and L owe to Mr. Whittlestaf?'
my darling?'
But | am his darling. Only il
sounds so conceited in any girl to say
SO. Why should he care so much about
me?--or why should you, for the mat
ter of that2"
MARY, Mary, come to me now"
And he held out both his hands. She
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1884-11-30
WEllSBURG.

An estimable lady, the Mrs Ruth Barnes,
wife of VIM Barnes and sister of Chas.
Scott, of Parkersburg, was buried on Friday
last.
Tie new Steubenvile and Wheeling
passenger and packet boat, owned by the
O'Neils, fSteubenvile, made its trial trip
10 day. Quite a crowd gathered at the
wharf to admire it when it landed here. 1t
takes the place Of the Abner 0'Neil the
boat that succeeded the Forest City some
years ago and is much like them in appear
ance, but is superior one with respect to
speed and is better adapted to low water.
A New York company is leasing territory
of our farmers for the purpose Of prospect
ing for oil.
John l.. Rylaud, Of Collier Station spent
the day in town.
Jas. Henry, Esq, returned from Wheel
ing THE morning.
Miss Mamie Jones will spend Sunday in
Wheeling.
The Masonic fraternity has moved into
their new hall on Main street.
The Wellsburg Corner band aud a mum:
Der OF our citizens went to West Liberty
his evening to participate in Democratic
;olliGCation.
The Fair Association has dispOsnd Of
heir personal effects and settled up all out
standing Indebtedness and dissolved.
This week witnessed q boom in the matri-
uonisl line in this county, there being three
x;ddings Mitchell Elson to Lizzie Crissi
J. S. Churchman to Ella Letter, and ChaS
. Cox 10 Alice Reese.
Our town is not troubled with mist of
smoke to make these dark days more dark.
There is little smoke ascending from Wells
burg Chimneys.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1884-11-30
BRISK REMARKS ABOUT THE BUsTLs

some Of the Reasons why American Ladies
Like this Freak OF Fashion.
t7sro Bci> in CT~cinnn'i Enquirer.
It's an exasperating fact that the
average hustle is like flea for hopping out
of the place you put it in.
You hitch the thing on ever SO carefully,
and guy it By means OF all its strings to
such parts Of your anatomy as seem relia BILE;
you study the side views and the rear views
By means OF your mirror, and satisfy your
self that the distortive horrors Of the style
are at least in accord With the ridiculous
design, and then you go out for a promen-
ade, Joyous and blithesome for a while in
belief that you are strictly correct as fash
ion plate.
3 BY and BY you pass o reflective window
and give u side glance at your shadow
Tare and sounds You mentally use that or
some other execration which does not come
under the category Of outright American
swearing, but which serves the feminine
purpose Of profanity.
The reason why is that the hustle has slid
round to one side, making you lock ike q
dot snd-go-one cripple or the doomed posses
sor of a gigantic tumor.
You readjust it furtively, and know no
further peace, so keen is your apprehension
But it is in sitting down that disaster to
the hustle is commonly precipitated. The
ball toilet Of the season is very intricate IN
its resr mechanism.
The shape of the drsped protubersncee
bears no relation to the person within, and
the tslsity,oi countour must be shoced up
with exceeding care and skill in order to
form the structure intended BY the dress.
maker. The bean may brush aside the tails
Of bis coat to save them from wrinkhug
under his weight when he takes q seat, but
the belle cannot do otherwise than squat
souarely on so much Of her hustle as hangs
low enough to interpose itself
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1884-11-30
LABOR NEWS.
rhs Latest Industrial lntelll-
genes
so1H AT HOME AND AssoAO.
,,,workrsn are Saying and Doing
Movements Of Manufacturers
and the State Of the
Markets.
A PSoPEcTUS.

Has Reen Done In Our Industries
Tn,t the Nail Manufacturers Expect
there has been no material change IN
=, market during he last week. The
ICES have remained at about the same
,.,,dayd, though i; must be Acknowledged
.,,-sis s,ill the same downward tendency
-, has been experienced for the last SIX
~,,,hs The manufacturers will meet IN
pu,5urrh on the 10th prOx. The inten-
son q the meeting is TO advance the card
..,a If nails. At the last meeting held
here al the nail mills were no; represented
.rgthev were compelled to adjourn until
TIL representation would be present
Yesterday prominent Rsil manufacturer
xss sccoS,ed and his opinion Of the pros
IT, of an advance in the card rate asked.
Ia aid i do not think the meeting on
,ts 10Th OF next month viii amount 70
inch simply because some o. the nail mills
I've no, vet become heartily SICK OF cutting
-s,ss Now. | believe that !: will take a
I'M noyrh vet before those certain mills
lsvs enough os this cutting. and the card
"a vii = advanced prO5sbly about the
Tvs, ~ January. The production viii also
have 20 lie cur,ai,Si 20 \ great extent but
.rrb thir-s are naturally expected among
nil men Who k1ov how much the prOduc-
ion IS n excess . the demand
The Wheeling pottery Is doing very little
ok NOW S-g,r. u the decorating depart
on, vl;cS has ha5 Tor the last tSO months
more w1-N 70 90 ;hsr il can finish 5v the
s-~.ct .'ar.s-r. The SIN expect TO run
,,r.- .4c.o57 GOO portion Of the time
frrir. - vir,r-. bit that will depend 70 a
,-sa, .,.-1; a9oa the market.
Al :.e Ia. nails IL the city will De in
..' .r,ra"ca Monday excepting the Top
...i. sa:yl : idle, and will probably con
-..t IN .l.s condition until a change taxes
.,.e 10 tie demand for nails.
Io,.s. Urockuu;er { Co. 5 glass works IS
na-k.a- TO Of their three furnaces
TIE Csr-ral clsss works is now on full
r--- The trouble With the bows having been
.sa-,I the arm being victorious.
The North Wheeling bottle works is
s:A.r. 20 rs ful,eS; capacity, though trade
E, -agor.sd dull in their line.
lie Crescent iron works is working four
...s seven mills tour DAYS per week, the
zen doubling up thus giving al o. them
me work.
The toaudries throughout the city are
-a. making more thsn half time.
rel,, 4 Fading, q popular planning mill
I'm are basily engaged erecting new
ding 8, the corner OF Nineteenth aud
ted streets They expect 10 move into
illr .r~ mill on the frSl Of January.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1884-11-30

and consequently administers the proper
dose If the subject ism one of the private
rooms she attends them there, the process
being the same In the private rooms
some Of the ladies make themselves more
comfortable by disrobing. and often in the
lower rooms they remove their outer gar
ments.
The effect Of the drugs various; some of
the patients 60 to sleep at once, while in
others the nerve tension is almost painful
to behold, however evidently pleasant to the
subject Tbs ultimate effect of the drug
on the constitution is as disastrous as
opium smoking or arsenic eating, and win
in time undermine the nerve energy and
vital force of any organization. The pro-
prietress ofthe establishment is the wife Of
one of the most profound German scholars
in the country, who somehow has never
been able to earn living. Several years
ago his wife bethoaght herself OF this insti-
tuition, and has not only coined handsome
living. but accumulated money as we'll