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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-10-02
nELlolous AND EDUCATIONAL:

President McCosh. Of Princeton, has
been investigating the relations of col
lege athletics to scholarship. He finds
the leading athletes the poorest scholars.
"A professor at the university in Ber-
lin, having tried it, says that it takes
ten times as long to commit to memory
eighty meaningless syllables as it does
to master eighty that have meaning.
BY an agreement with the heirs Of
the late Judge Parker, the $4,000 left
BY him to found law school connected
with Dartmouth College will be used to
end.,w q professorship Of law and pOliti-
cal economy in the college.
"A "Christian Colonial Union" has
been formed in Emdeu, Germany, for
the purpose of founding community
of Christian settlers, emigrants from the
Fatherland. in some of the colonies re-
Gently acquired by Germany in Africa.
We regret that Sir Moses Montefiore
was not q Christian. but we ourselves
would not be Christians if we failed to
recognize and appreciate with admira-
ton and gratitude q life devoted by one
of natures noblemen to the good Of
Others.-Soufhern Baptia.
The English Church Union, which
was established for the defense of the
creed and sacramento, the eucharistic
worship and the spiritual rites of the
church, now numbers. it is said. twenty
one Thousand members, including sixteen
bishops, among them the new bishop of
Lincoln.
Rev. Alexander Pitt, Baptist min
lister at Seacombe, England. was lately
found dead in his bed. At his funeral,
Rev. Hugh Stowell Brown gave sketch
of his various pastoral charges. and said
that he had written and printed 157
Gospel tracts. of which more than
5000. 900 had been distributed. He was
sixty-three years old.
Rev. w. S. Rainsford, of Toronto,
was called to st. Georges Church,
whore Rev. DIR. Tying was formerly rec
tor, in 1888. He insisted that the seats
should be free, and it was granted.
though many doubted whether the nee
cssary funds could be raised. The
church is crowded every Sunday. and the
collections for the past year were $48,-
OOO.-M Y Christian at Work.
The Spectator was talking recently
with the Principal of one of our larger
institutions of learning for girls. 1.-The
girls" said she, do not like to hear
women speak. The announcement of q
lecture or address by any well-known
gentleman will always fill our lecture
room; but if the lecturer is lady there
is q small audience. %, it was a
woman: we don't care to hear a woman
speak, is the common saying" The
Spectator wonders if this is all prejudice;
or is it wOman's instinct against an un-
womanly Christian Union.
What would become of an I'M
watched public garden in this city to-
dayp In brief space it would be desc
latiOn. The grounds of the Rochester
University are an example. There is
not Towering shrub on these grounds
that is not despoiled of its beauty every
year by those who have not learned to
respect public property. The children
are not taught to respect such property
as they ought to be. And here it may
be well to suggest that such respect
ought to be inculcated in the schools, if
it is not at hOme.-R0chester Democrat.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-10-02
HOW IT HAPPENED.

Once on time a beauteous maid
Of figure most divine,
OF graceful carriage. high-tOned ain
Just cut ont right to shine.
Had for husband such a man
As women most do crave
A million dollars and cough,
And he her abject slave.
'1is true he wasn't very old,
Nor either very young,
But he was strong in solid cash
And very weak in lung.
He furnished all that wealth could buy,
Il palace for a home.
Her summers where she might select,
Her winters all in Rome
The rarest Jewels. finest silks.
And viands fit for queens.
All these and more were at command,
Because he had the means.
But strange to say. the girl refused
The prefer of his hand
With naughty scorn. and wed lad
Who kept a peanut stand
L'ENvOI.
You think this stranger Well. so do ali,
Until they've hcen told why
That poet was TO get a prize,
Who told the biggest lie.
Cincinnati Commercial Trdrcler.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-10-02
BEEF.
Will the Price Of Cattle Continue?-A Cole
RADIO View Of the Matter.

viii the Price Of Cattle Continue:-A Cole
RADIO View Of the Matter.
Because we may take an elevated po-
sition on Pixies Peak and cast our eye
over millions of Broad Horns. Short
Horns and Muleys, that is no reason why
the earth should be Overstocked with
cattle. Remember, from the north Of
Texas to the British possessions. along
the base of the Rocky Mountains. is the
greatest grazing field of the earth. Here
in this belt of grass country 800 miles
wide by 5000 miles long are one-fifth Of
all the grass-fattening cattle of America.
Therefore. because we are in the center
of 10000, 900 of grass-eating cattle, let
us no. deceive ourselves in believing
that the whole earth is SO fully stocked.
While in the last ten years the cattle
supply along this grazing belt has been
increased but five millions, it will be
proper to mention that the Defeating
fifteen million and more. Another mat
ter is.wnrthy of note in this connection.
and that is the fact that the same num-
Der of people to-day eat double the
pounds of beef the same number of peo-
pie did twenty years ago. With the
rapidly Increasing refrigeratOr-c and
steamship system it is but rational to
believe and expect that in one year moro
the shipment of dressed beef to Europe
will at least be doubled. There is no
danger of a decline in the cattle-grow-
ing industry.
1t must be remembered that the
Plains cattle proper are really not .
chief factor in the worlds production Of
meat. There are two-really three
important integers not mentioned by the
Record, that have been more pronounced
in enabling feeders to keep peace meas
urably with consumption. These are,
cheap corn, enabling feeders to largely
increase the weight of cattle slaughtered.
increased size Of beet by better breeding.
and early::maturity. Export cattle are.
and must necessarily be, the better bred.
heavy. stabbed cattle. while grassfed
cattle of the plains of Texas will furnish
ordinary butchers cattle, packing cat
tic, and such as are used for canning
purposes. There is no reason, however,
why the United States should not fairly
Keep pace with the increasing wants Of
foreign nations. until our own fast-in-
creasing population obliges us to rele-
gate the foreign supply to the foreign
regions heretofore mentioned. II by
10000, 900 the Record means range cat
tie, it is probably about IA. GOO, 600 Of cat
tie too high. The plains integer is only
about Onc-scventh of the cattle of the
United States. The other six-seveEth
are bred and fed ON farms. Neverthe-
less. Colorado may be somewhere near
the center of 20, OOO. 900 of cattle coming
from the Pacific to the trans Mississippi
farms.-C0torado Lire Stock Record.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-10-02

A certain pompous lawyer was telling
mis- exploits at the bar to crowd Of
lawyers, one of whom was . very sar-
castle man.
''Why. SIR" said the pompous party.
II have defended more criminals at this
bar than all the other lawyers CON-
bined."
''Of course you have" replied The
sarcastic party. land you have done tie
county great deal Of good BY your r.
forts"
II should say had, SIR"
Certainly you have. for every one q
your clients have gone to the peniten-
tiary on long sentences and the county
i rid Of them. zfaue1G.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-10-02

When some Americans. who had
overheard the remark that Strassburg
was famous for pate De foie gras.
reached that old town one day recently
they sailed forth in questof the thing in
question. 1t is said that they actually
went into book store and asked the
clerk for ''pate de foie gras," and that.
being true-hearted human being, he
took them aside, whispering that what
they wanted was goose liver pic"
Then, unabashed. they went to an eat
ing house and found the pie-a thing
awful to look back upon they say, since
it was SO very "high" as to suit only the
trained palate Of the epicure. PhiiadeI-
pkia Press.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-10-02
Green Cropping for Fall Sheep.

Our farmers could very profitably
borrow from their English cousins some
system Of green corn cropping and feed
ing on the ground Of such fields as are
intended for the fallow. The thick
growth of the feeding plant would
smother and prevent all weed growth.
and the eating off of such a heavy
growth by sheep would, while fastening
the latter. greatly enrich the ground.
and especially SO if with the green crop
the sheep were given a daily feed Of
grain or oat meal. For this purpose the
fields should be plowed early. thoroughly
cultivated and sowed to some such crop
as mustard, rape or spring vetches, or
if sown at intervals, possibly oats and
peas would make a good crop. When
the crop has made suitable growth the
sheep should be put on one side of the
field, and SO kept as to eat the crop
ciean rs they advance.-R~ al New
York;.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-10-02

He who goes barefoot should not
plant thoEuA
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-10-02

and hold ON for mere life. But 1 was
labOring for that which was infinitely
dearer to me than life and seemed to
possess he strength and courage of q
dozen men.
s'Once / looked back. Masses of
masonry we're falling from the pier, and
it shook so violently that the rope was
jerked as if by a strong hand. For the
moment my courage failed me. and my
blistered hands slipped from the rope.
But only for moment; l set my teeth
and went on.
I'VE were within dozen feet of the
shore and score of hands were already
outstretched to grasp us, when there
was frightful tug at the rope. a gen.
eral cry Of horror, and as the remainder
of the bridge fell with hideous crash
into the water WAS dashed violently
against the bluff.
l remember nothing more until
awoke and found myself lying upon the
wet grass, bruised and bleeding, with
Octavia bending over me.
".You are SAFE Whispered Thank
God for that
'''Yes." she answered. softly: thank
God and the devoted love of q noble
heart
..She kissed me before the spectators,
and am bound to say that they APP
peared to regard it as . very justiiiable
proceeding.
But little more remains to be told.
My wounds we're not serious, but they
confined me to bed for several weeks.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-10-02

CEOWu. WHICH udO QuichIN SdtucIcu
upon the scene, and drawn back.
"'What are You going to do, sir?'
cried voice. You will be dashed to
pieces
".What do care returned, strug-
Cling with those who held me. Men,
men. in Gods name let me go! The
woman love is in that carr
TOO late. sir: look!'
There was a grinding, tearing sound.
a roar like near thunder, and torrent
of water upfiurg even to where We
stood. The second section had fallen.
The middle span, supported upon the
two piers, bearing the car, alone re-
manned.
THAT won't stand half an hour l
heard voice saving near me. Look,
there goes a brace! Poor girl! Poor girl!'
Il turned upon them tiercely. Help
me save her if you are men!'
Gladly, sir. But how? Look for
yourself: nothing but 8 bird could reach
that Car now
Il looked and turned pale at the
sight. A boiling gulf of water inter
vened between me and my loved one.
and could l have passed it alive. by
! what means could have mounted three
hundred feet of masonry as smooth a.
the walls of house?
''Oh, heaven! was she indeed doomed!
Must she die 20 young by death 90
horible-die under the very eyes of the
man who loved her more than his liies
II believe ! was shout to end my
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-11-27
A Great Painters Methods.

NJ. Meissonier does not object to visit
ors, and is fond of showing them per-
sonally through his studio, says Paris
letter to the Chicago Tribune. He cx-
planned to me that he almost always
paints from a model "Here." said he,
taking up small wax image, SIS the
model of horse prancing. 1t would
have been impossible to draw direct
from nature. So had horse brought
around here and made to prance while
/ modelled him in wax. 1t was terrible
job. had the horse brought here every
morning for four weeks before the i'm
age was perfect. But it is finished now,
and l can draw from it at my leisure.
You see, too, had miniature set of
harness made and fitted on the image, so
as to have every strap and buckle just
right. Here is another figure of horse,
rolling upon the ground as if struck by
a shot. 1t is for battle scene. l had
them throw horse down and make him
roll and struggle while i modelled him.
and they had to it more than a score of
times. You see this image of a horse
man with his cloak flying in the wind ?
Well, made that and soaked the cloak
with a mixture that would gradually
stiffen. Then set it in the mind, and
it blew out naturally and became fixed
in just the position | wanted.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-11-27

case would be reached by imposing the
sentence of the law, which was that the
prisoner be hanged by the neck until he
was dead, and he hoped God would have
mercy on him.
The attorney for the defence jumped
up and asked if the court had not absent
mindedly passed sentence of death when
his remarks logically tended to a less
severe penalty.
1.-THE remarks of the court" said the
judge, "were in full harmony with the
law, and the attorney now before this
bench will be imprisoned one day for
contempt as the logical result of his
impertinence.
At another time when there was
pressing need of expedition and economy
he addressed a jury in these words: "The
case now goes to you, gentlemen.
have no doubt of the prisoners guilt,
and presume you have not. 1 have,
however, some instructions from the
prisoners counsel, which it is desired
that should read to you, and will do
so; but want you to understand right
here that they are not good law"
The instructions were read, and verdict
of guilty was rendered.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-11-27
Cut His Own Leg or.

A good number of years ago people
were startled by a report respecting a
young man in the western part of what
was then Upper Canada. He went to
the woods one winter morning to fell
timber. During the day he feled a tree
which lodged. He attempted to fell an
other on the first one to bring it down,
but did not succeed. He went up to
one of the leaning trees to attempt to
dislodge them, when suddenly the upper
tree fell and caught the young mans
foot between the two at the same time
throwing him over backward so that his
shoulders Just touched the snow. He
was alone, for in the bush his voice
could not reach his friends, and it being
cold day he soon must perish But he
was man Of strong will and was equal
to the occasion. He took his knife
from his pocket and cut the flesh around
the bone of the imprisoned leg. AS he
came to an artery he held it until the
cold congealed the blood and then pro-
ceeded. If he felt his strength begin
ming to fail he bathed his face with
snow. When he had the bone barred he
reached his axe, and with one blow sew
cred it and was free. He crawled out Of
the woods and across a field to the road.
where a passing team took him home
That young man, said Mr.. Dougall, G.
c., of this city, was afterward member
of the Dominion cabinet, a cabinet min
lister, and is now known as Mr.. Justice
O'Connor. who is on the bench at the
Belleville assizes. -Bellecite ontario.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-11-27
Faces Made 10 Ordnr.

The latest nonsense set down to the
discrcdit of feminine frivoIity does not
actually belong to the bellies, and so l
hasten to describe it, writes n New York
correspondent of the Chicago Inter-
Ocean. The placard, Faces beautilicd
in expression" caught my eyes in the
district of retail trade, and l went up
stairs to the room occupied by Professor
Plausible, as | will christcn him. lie
waited for no questions, but with volu-
BILE vehemence said: The facial lines
in human being depend principally upon
his or her mind. Ny meaning is that if the
corners of the mouth be habitually drawn
down in frown, and the brows wrink-
led in perpleXity, these features gradu-
ally assume a fixed aspect of repellant
seriousness. On the other hand the
countenance that smiles great deal will
get pleasant shaping. have invented
an apparatus to he worn at night, and |
warrant it is only to produce pleasant
expression in a face that has not yet be-
come set, but also TO displace, obliterate,
and rearrange the lines that time and
circumstances have already established. "
| requested him to show the machine
to me.
81 would do that" he explained,
"but for the fact that have not yet OBJ.
tanned a patent, and therefore cannot
safely exhibit it except to persons of
whose probity I have had proof. The
price is $40, and on payment of that
sum deliver the apparatus complete,
with full directions for use 1t is placed
on the face on going to bed, and it holds
the mobile features specially the
mouth-in shape calculated to improve
the expression. | am skilled artist,
and adapt the contrivance to each par.
ticular case. The improvement is won.
derful. | have cultivated the sweetest
imaginable mouth in woman whose
lips had previously known no beauty,
and in the cases of men l have frequently
changed heavy, frownng vlsage to one
of light and urbane dignity"
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-11-27
SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL.

The French government has had con-
structed machine which, with the en-
gine operating it, weighs thirty-fve
tons, which will cut steel plates an inch
in thickness. 1t is used in cutting plates
for cruisers.
A French scientist, who says he has
investigated 8, 400 shocks Of earthquakes,
attributes them, like the tides, to the
influence of the sun and the moon. The
interior sea of fire, he argues, is subject
to the same laws as the surface sea of
water.
A German paper says that forty parts
of paper pulp, ten parts of water, one
part of gelatine and one part of bichro-
mate of potash, with ten parts of phos-
phorescent powder, will make paper
which will shine in the dark and which
will be suitable for labels, signs, etc.
In response to some thousands of cir
culars, Dr. Sophus Trombolt has received
the testimony of 144 persons in Norway
concerning the emission of sound by the
northern light. OF these persons, 81
believe in the aurora sound, and 53 as
sert that they have heard it themselves.
The sound is variously described as sizz-
ling, kissing, whzzing, cracking, rush
ing. ripping, rolling, Tapping, cracking,
roaring, etc.
The longest spans of overhead tele-
graph wire in the world have recently
been put up by the French authorities in
Cochin China. These are erected across
the river Mekong, posts 100 feet high
having been placed on each side of the
river at spot where the width is 2, $50
feet, and from these silicious bronze
wires-one Oh of an inch and the other
.055 of an inch in diametcr-are sus-
pended across the stream.
The action of superheated steam on
molten cast-iron, rich in carbon, has
yielded product identical with the hy-
drocarbons forming crude petroleum.
Berthelot thinks this discovery offers a
possible explanation of the origin of
petroleum, viz: Sea-water penetrates
assures to depths where the earth is very
hot forming super-heated steam, which,
coming in contact with melted iron rich
IN carbon, is decomposed into hydrogen
and oxygen. The oxygen unites with
the iron to form oxide of iron, and the
hydrogen combines with the carbon, the
resulting hydrocarbons passing in a
gaseous state to a rock strata suitable for
their condensation as oil.
BY means of an ingenious machine,
wood intended for paper pulp is shaved
off so finely that it is ready to go at once
into the boiler. The machine takes Il
log twelve inches in length, which it
revolves at speed of 1000 revolutions
per minute, ard sharp cutter shaves off
shaving so thin that it would take $50
of them to make an inch, a nicely of ex-
ecution which may be judged of by the
fact that 200 sheets of ordinary paper
are required to make an inch. AS de-
scribed. the knife of this machine has a
sliding motion and gradually moves
forward as the block decreases in diam
eter, and, in order that it shall not be-
come dull and the fiber consequently fail
to be of uniform thickness, there is pro.
vided n unique arrangement of whet.
stones constantly at work on the knife.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-11-27
Warming Rooms.

A correspondent writing from Vienna
says; "The stoves are large, about six
feet high and two broad, but have a
small place for the fire. So, when the
fire is kindled. heat is given out to the
sides of the stoves before it can lose it.
self in the tlue. In Russia the stoves
have number of fues, usually six, up
the first OF which the heated smoke goes,
down tie second, up the third, etc, so
that by the time it reaches the chimney
it is almost cold. A handful of wood
warns the stove enough to heat large
room. When the fire is burned out the
communication to the chimney and room
are cut off, then the stove slowly radi-
ates its accumulated heat into the room
Where am writing this letter is large
white earthenware stove six feet high
with forty eight square feet of surface.
A pound of coal sets it going and keeps
the room warm for the greater part of
The day. "-HeraH Of Health.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-11-27

"The average man is a good sort of an
animal, and ii he has reached the dis
tinction of being able to read and write he
is also possessed of sufficient intelligence
to know right from wrong-knowing
that he would, in nine cases out of ten,
be genteel-mind you, now, Pm not
speaking of dress-if it were not for lack
OF selDpossession. Self possession.
That's my hobby. Want to hear about
itln
I'm deeply interested"
"Nine men out of ten would raise
their hats if, while strolling through a
cemetery, they should suddenly come
upon group surrounding an open grave
as the clergyman read the burial service.
and they would do so because their sur
roundings would have placed them thor
oughly in accord with the solemnity of
the scene. They would be perfectly
seIf-possesscd. They would do the same
thing on the busiest street in the mos t
busting city, upon meeting funeral
procession, if they were only sclf-pos-
scsscd."
"Possibly."
"iIavc you not many time failed to
unhitch horse for lady, or pick up a
package some lady has dropped at the
instant when you were passing her, and
when dozen feet beyond the opportu-
nifty have you not regretted the omission
of the courtesy Can you not recall
scores of such chances in which you have
neglected to do yourself Justice"
Eyes, | believe can"
"Of course you can. Every man can.
They're happening every day. aDd the
myriads of such mistakes are all account
able to a lack Of self-possession. The
men are few and far between, as believe.
who are not sufficiently delicate of appre
citation to known when they may bestow
a courtesy, but they are also not numer-
Gus who get hold of the idea instantly
and in time to act without making Il
botch of it,"
"Have you any theory to advance on
the cultivation of quick wit3'
"None whatever. 1t is a quality which
is born in few, acquired by many and
lost by default to the great majority.
When it becomes universal, then will
this world be perfect place to stay in"
"What about superstitious peope?n l
asked, as rehearsed in my Introduction
to the man with a hobby.
Everybody is more or less given to
the weakness. and there you are again -
self-possession is also an infallible cure
for the disease n-UetrOu Free Press
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-11-27

The Paris catacombs contain upward
of 8, 200, 900 skeletons