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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-02-06
JULY WEATHER.

II was sunny July weather. and We made the
hay together.
And the air was perfumed richly with the
hay before us spread,
And the streamlet ran beside US, and the dis
tant rabbits eyed us,
And the cow-bells tinkled sweetly, and the
lark sang overhead;
When whispered softly in her ear and this
was all said:
sTti is sunny July weather! Shall we make the
hay together?
Shall we make the hay together, love, forever
and a. day?
VIII you come and be my BRIDE lover May
linger by your side, love?
May linger, Finger by your side forever
and dayT'
And this was really all she said to what had
10 say:
at is sunny July weather. wewill make the
hay together,
We viii make the hay together, love, forever
and q day,
For love you. love you, dear. and although
shed tear,
1t is only for this new Joy, which shall never
pass away
Which shall never have an ending, love, for
ever and day."
Richard r. Bean, In Current.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-02-06
GOSSIPPlNG.
3Ome of the Evils Which Result From
Miserable Social Practice.

5ome of the Evils Which Result From a
Miserable Social Practice.
There are social evils which appear
70 be impregnable to assaults of what
ever kind, and gossiping is one of them.
One of the beauties of the isolation of
the parent couple in Eden was that
there was no gossip between them.
Adam having no club nor street corner
familiars and Eve not not belonging
to any sewing society and having
no callers, We may reasonably infer
there was period in the history of the
human family when there was no neigh
borhood gossiping. The period was
brief, however, until we find men and
women telling tales on each other, and
from that age down to the present we
may read hOmilies and hear denuncia-
tons of the reprehensible practice.
But gossiping has maintained life and
iustiness. 1t appears to have, like OBJ
stinacy, thrived under abuse. If the
evil is ever suppressed it must be by
some other tactics than assault. 1t
might be successfully flanked if the hui
man family would leisurely contem-
plate the difference between the tattler
and the person whose tongue speaks no
ill. There are some of the latter class
both women and men. There are
those who not only do not thus talk,
but who fain would not hear evil spoken
of any, who Will even seek to disdain
hurtful words For one of these. who
can withhold admiration? What a
world of good is accomplished by these
in avoiding difficulties.
1t is easy for irreparable injustice to
be done good charactef by idle talk,
even when such is not intended Dame
Gossip is an arrant gad-about, carrying
. paint pct and brush by which fresh
coating is ont on any story with her
every repetition of it. From '.some-
thing black" she has but few calls to
make to produce '.three black crows. "
But for the conservative. scandai-hating
element Of society, the old dame would
have and keep the majority OF mankind
iu perpetual turmoil. A petted. only
daughter of wealthy widow welded
young lawyer. and the two settled down
to housekeeping where the brides
mother resided. After two months of
welded life the young wife rushed in
agitation to her mothers house. ono
day. to repeat silly scandal upon her
husband which she had just received
from the lips of a servant. She had
only begun repeating the story when
the mother rose. standing, and pointing
to the door, said: Leave my house.
and never put foot in it nor tell any one
you are my daughter again until you
have Sufficient self-respec. not to listen
to the gable of servants. and to never
utter a word Of gossip to any one con-
corning your husband Five years
later the wife told her husband. for the
flrst time. OF the incident. and declaret
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-02-06
THE FOX GOT AWAY.

How Mrs. Secretary Chandler Shocked
Washington Society and Saved Reynard's
Life.
For week past the society journals
have been full of gossip about a fox
hunt which was to take place at Gen.
eral Beal's farm, two or three miles
outside the city. Cabinet Ministers
wives, the ladies of Senators families
talked about it at their receptions, and
the young men about town discussed it
at their clubs Several young ladies,
amongst whom were Senator Bayard's
daughter. Were going to follow the
hounds as far as they could, while their
escorts, Lieutenant Emory, of the
navy, William Eustis and dozen other
gents with aristocratic names, were to
do the rough cross-country riding and
be in at the death.
The wretched fox which was to far
nish the amusement was exhibited In a
cage in Ninth street shop window,
and was nearly frightened to death by
the crowds which gathered around
Mrs. Secretary Chandler, however,
though a friend of the hunters, is
member of the S. p. c. A. She d;s-
approved Of the sport, and this morn
ing a card in the newspapers gave
notice that arrests would follow if it
were attempted.
Society was terribly exercised. hut
the young gentlemen and ladies stood
their ground, and q number of them
gathered near the Arlington Hotel at
the time announced to-ttay, ready to
ride to the starting point. when Sn
agent of the Humane Society bore
down upon them. He was astride a
very melancholy looking animal, with
cropped ears, very conspicuous ribs
and bob tail.
In spite of the manifest desire OF the
gentlemen to avoid him, ne managed
to make his horse shamble up to one of
them, and announced that he was go-
ing along. They started up Connect
cut avenue at a lively gait. but by
breaking the rules of the society he
managed to keep well in the rear, and
with y horde off small boys following
behind, added plenty OF excitement, il
not pleasure. to the expedition.
Most OF the passers-by thought the
fox hunt had already begun. Miss
Bayard and one or two other ladies.
handsomely mounted ard followed hv
grooms, joined them at the head of tho
avenue. and then the whole cayalcale
rode rapidly out into the country.
They reached the rendezvous in short
time, but not quickly enough to shut
the gates on the uninsitsd guess and
a consultation was decided an.
The gentlemen We're for going On
with the hunt. but the ladies' had the
terrors of the Police Court before them.
and begged that they would give it up.
The result was thai very well satis-
fed fox turned tail on civilization, and
ran for the woods. while yecy discon-
ISOLATE section Of Washington's best ko-
ciety, in very bad humor. rambled
back to the city HaskiastoB Ger.
Indianapolis Journal.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-02-06
THE INSECTS.
The Winter the Time to Look after the
Eggs of Destructive Varieties.

The Winter the limo to Look after the
Eggs of Destructive Varieties.
When the fruit has been gathered in
the fall, there are hundreds who never
even notice their trees until the beauty
of the spring bloom attracts their atten-
ton; and when the insects begin to
prey upon the trees or fruit, they hus-
tie about often to little purpose. The
winter is the time to look after the eggs
of destructive insects. The trees should
be carefully examined, and the
insect eggs destroyed. The eggs
of the tent caterpillar will be found &C.
mented together in large numbers; be-
meath the outer bark, in little Sits, will
be found the tree hopper's eggs, and
upon the -twigs of the last years
growth will be found the eggs of leaf
lice. These should all be DESTROYED.
and if any of them that are on the
twigs are not to be destroyed by crush
ing, the twig should be cut off and
burned. The leaf crumplers, drop worms,
cocoons, ETC., should be taken off; in
fact the trees should be cleaned. Old
trees that have been sadly neglected,
until they are covered with rough bark.
will often be benefited by scraping,
though as a rule trees ought not to be
thus treated. If trees are washed after
the warm weather of spring begins, say
from the middle of May to the middle of
June. with strong alkaline wash, they
will not become covered with rough
bark, and the insects which find shelter
beneath such bark, will be avoided.
The flat-headed apple tree borer espe-
cially will be met with remedy. It
may be well to remark in this connec-
ton that if the soil, little of it, should
lie removed from about the trees in the
spring, and sufficient lime or ashes
filled in to come little above the
surface about the tree, it will do great
deal toward preventing the depredations
of the round-headed apple tree borer.
This is terrible pest in the orchards of
the Northwest, and the trees ought al
ways 10 be examined for borers in Sep
tcmber, and the young borers the
larv1-if they are found killed.
The flat-headed Eorer, to which refer
ence has been made, or its larve, is not
only found in the trunk, but also at the
base of the larger branches, near sun
scalds, or wounds and at the base
of dead limbs. When they are found
on discolorations of the bark, as they
will sometimes be found, they may be
removed by taking off thin shaving
of the bark. and that should be done in
August or September. Sometimes the
larvae penetrate deep into the wood,
and when that is the case we should not
advise cutting them out. The cutting
will do more harm to the tree than the
borers will. The fruit grower must
keep up a steady warfare against in
sects. a large part of the diff
ference between fruit growing
now and fruit growing a half
a century ago is that there is now
a determined search for insects, while
then no attention was paid to the ORCH
ard. Even in our boyhood's days we
can remember scores and scores OF or
chards that never had anything done to
them from the time they were set out
nnsil they died or were living worthless
liyes.-H estegn Rural.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-02-06
LIVELY FOR a FEW MOMENTS.
Why Nervous Little Man, Who Had Much
Trouble in Catching a Stage, Left 1t.

}
Why Nervous Little Man, Who Had Much
Trouble in Catching a Stage, Left 1t.
A small and nervous man stood on
the corner of Broadway and Chambers
street yesterday signaling stages which
passed rapidly uptown. Every one has
observed the total blindness of the aver
age stage-driver when one wishes to
catch his eve, and the extraordinary
manner in which he pursues man who
is anxious to escape ride in stage.
After number of vain efforts the small
man started in pursuit of particularly
active stage. The stage had good
start of him, in the first place, and the
cartmen and truckmen on Broadway
were facetious; the result was that the
unfortunate man plowed, slid and stum-
bled the whole length of the block be-
fore he landed on the muddy steps of
the stage After pulling very violently
he succeeded in getting the door open
and stepped up in the stage. At this
instant the stage stopped suddenly. The
man shot forward, and after several
collisions fetched up at the head of the
stage and wormed his way into the seat.
The stage remained perfectly still for
some time after he was seated, and then
started ahead. This is the habit of
stages. Then the arrival put his fare
in the box and attempted to ask the
driver where Spring street was. 1t was
not success. No man has ever vet
had a satisfactory conversation with a
driver through the pigeon-hole of a
stage.
The nervous little man then sat down
looking very red and very much out OF
breath, but suddenly sprang up again,
made wild gestures toward big ex-
press wagon which was passing, and
attempted to open one of the windows.
1t was not until he had nearly ripped
the fastenings off that he discovered
that the widow was nailed up. The
other passengers watched his efforts at
the window with languid interest. Fl
nally he scrambled down and began 10
struggle with the door. After great
effort he succeeded in sliding out side
ways and climbing down the slippery
steps to the street. Then he ran along
the sidewalk, making the same wild
gestures to the expressmen. who looked
at him stolidly and continued to rumble
heavily up Broadway. After the little
man had rushed along frantically for
three blocks the expressmen took pity
on him and drew up to the curb.
''Whad's up. Willie?' asked tbs
driver, with great concern; Ibid yer
wanter ride up town."
'.N-no," gasped the man; 81 only
''Praps you'd like ter ride on the
purity brown hossie," suggested ths
other expressman, facetiously.
NO. said the little man. who wa.
now quite plaintive and very much on,
of breath; 81 simply want to tell you
that you dropped Your delivery book
some blocks back there. saw it from
the stage window, and / ran after you
to tell"
Upon this the truckman cursed him
with fiuency and vigor for not telling
him sooner. and turned back to look for
the book, while the little man turned
cp teMn with q look on his face of ono
who loves his fel]ow-man.-N Z. Ssn
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-02-06
Observation-Disclosures.
Revelations That Will Not BE Conducive
to Cleanliness.

to Cleanliness.
Americans, as q rule, do not take
kindly to secondhand articles, but. not.
withstanding this prejudice, they use
them many times without their knowl-
edge, For example, man would as
soon think of buying secondhand
coffin as to purchase a toothbrush
which had before done faithful service
in another mouth. Nevertheless, many
secondhand tooth-brushes are used by
thousands of unsuspecting New York
ers.
Very few persons who purchase fine
tooth-brushes at low prices know where
they come from. They only stop long
enough to think that they have found a
good bargain, without suspecting for an
instant that they have purchased a
secondhand article, but where ig-
norance is bliss tbs folly to be wise. -
One Of the ways by which hotel
chambermaids make extra money is by
collecting the tooth-brushes which are
left in the rooms by forgetful guests.
Thousands of them are collected in the
hotels of this city every year and again
placed in 4 sphere of usefulness By en-
terprising chambermaids and dealers
There are several buyers who almost
daily visit the back-doors of the great
hotels and lodging-houses in search of
these toilet articles. which are known
to the trade as seconds"
For fine toothbrush which origin
ally cost from so cents to 81 and is
still in good condition, the collectors
pay five cents, while inferior brushes,
or those which are little the worse for
wear, bring only .v.. -. three cents each.
The majority of the brushes collected
are of good quality and show no marks
of use, save, perhaps little yellowness
on the bristles or handle. for, as rule,
there is no toilet article about which its
owner is so particular as the brush
with which he cleans his teeth, and as
soon as it shows traces of wear it is dis
carded.
An industrious chambermaid who has
charge of large number of rooms can
collect from two to six tOOth-brushes a
day, for no article of common use, not
even an umbrella, is forgotten with such
case as toothbrush. OF course, the
larger the hotel the greater the collcc-
ton of tooth brushes. and many eco
nOmical chambermaIds add from so
cents 10 81 per week to their salary by
the sale of seconds" As rule, the
girls figure upon this item of income in
addition to stipulated wages much as a
waiter does upon the customary tips
When the dealer in seconds" secures
a large bundle of brushes he returns to
his little repairing room and begins
operations. Each brush is plunged into
C strong solution of chlorate of lime,
which in an hour or two makes it as
white as snow. Every blotch and dark
line on the bone handle has disap-
peared. the bristles become as bright
and glisteninS IS when they were new,
and the brush IS in fact completely re-
juvenated, then the brush is thoroughly
washed in clean cold water and care
fully dried Within week afterward it
has probably been resold and is again
in use, perhaps in New York City, per-
haps in Chicago, or some other Western
city, where it has been sent as ''su-.
perior imported article.''-N. Y. 7cle-
0TQN.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-02-06

,-An economical truth 1t is singu-
lar how the pocket argument tells. Tho
people are coming to understand that q
pcorly-grown tree, or trcs not true to
name. Is desr ~ q gift
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-02-06

-Professor" Does my question en-
oarrass you? n.Not at all, sin" replied
the student, !" it is quite clear. 1t is
the answer that bothers ma"-From
tle German.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-02-06

we're nearly home"
''But, Daisy, must talk about it, :"
pleaded Tom, Selling her hand. '.Do
you mean you never can care for me?
Oh. Daisy, Daisy, don't say it!''
His manner was eager, his tone peril
ously sweet; though now at the door, he
made no movement to alight: it seemed
as if he could not let Daisy go till she
had promised to love him.
'.Don't be absurd, Tom,' cried she,
almost beside herself with the fear lest
she might yield in spite of everything.
'1'l never marry you-never! never.
Why. Tom Raymond, I'd as soon mar
~ that hen-coopn'
To do Daisy justice, she hardly knew
what she said. Bent on convincing her
overwise lover that she was not his to
be had for the asking, she had hurled
the hen-coop into the sentence simply
for emphasis. 1t wounded Tom beyond
all expression. To offer himself to
young lady as husband, only to be re-
jected by her as hen-coop-this he
felt was too much for human nature to
bear Without further dallving he
helped Daisy dismount, and drove away
with curt adieu
Wretched Miss Daisy gazed after him
with lack-lustre eyes, feeling as spirit
less is glass of yesterdays soda-water.
How angry he must have been, 20 have
left her to unlock the door for herself
And. oh dear! what allied the KEY?
Would it never, never turn? Oh, for
strong fingers Toms fingers ? Pre-
sently it dawned upon Daisy that there
must be some obstruction. in the lock.
By the aid of the moon she peeped in at
the kt whole and saw the trouble, In
locking the door on the inside Aunt
Abby had forgotten to remove the key!
Daisy pulled the bell frantically till the
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-02-06

Any psrson Who taheo sns pspor reru
erfy from the poet-ofnce. whether directed q
III name or whether he Il eubocrtber or po6
= Irresponsible for the pay.
The courts have decided that rsfusing D
eakc newspapers from the postofkce, or -
moving and leaving them uncAlled for, =
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-12-23
n MADAGASCAR.

The conclusion OF peace between the
French and the Heyas, which II Just
announced from Paris, marks the IN
successful end OF var which vas
undertaken for conquest alone AID
vithou, the pretense Of Justification.
The efforts Of the French to conquer
the Hovas and reducs the island OF
Madagascar to province have extend
ed over many years. Persisted in AZ
they we're. they would almost certainly
have been crowned with success, had I,
not been fosthe anyieldinR aud uncom-
promising resistance made 90 the In
vaders of their island by the Hovas
snder the lead Of their wise and en-.
iiahtsncd Queen. Although beaten BY
che Preach along tho coast, the Hovas
retired int the interior Of the island
where. a. the Queen said. she had hel
two generals Heat and Fever TO dahi
for her and where che French could no,
cssne. Heat and Fever proved them
selves 10 be able defenders. for thu
French we're utterly Unable 10 piercs
into the interior Of the island. The
mortality among the TROOPS vas 81 great
thssevcry expedition undertaken proved
. disastrous failare. The Hovas in the
meantime contentea themselves With
harassine the French ss mach ss they
were able aud absolutely declined 90
entertain proposals. for . pace which
would recognise the right ef France 10
interfere In their affairs.
Tue trrsty actually concluded is Prob.
ably very diaerens from the treaty an
noanced In PARIS. Il has been known
for some time that the situation II the
Preach troers IN MADAGASCAR vas des-
perate. and the Governmsut has FIRE.
quensiy been on the point Of absnisn-
ms the island without waiting to nego-
ttats treaty Of peaee with the stub
bsrn hovas. The presen, treaty 10
probably one ia which the Hovas have
been conceded everything for whieh
they fought OF coarse. however. its
terms are toned down Ia the official an
noancsment. This Is 10 tickie tie
vanity Of the French people and save
the prestige Of the GovernGent, hn, all
the toning down IN the world will no,
alter the fact that the French troops
hsvs o<ea SUCCESSFULLY resisted hy ths
hsvas ssd their allies Heat and Fever
80 may all unhcly wars Of eoaqses,
end.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-12-23

There are nany people 10 Arkan-
saw who remember the following IN
cidenr: During the war certain parts
Of Arkansaw were infested with iooi
burners These wreiches cared not
for the success of either army. out
were intent upon robbery. Gener-
ally the foot burner" lived nesr, or
81 least was well acquainted IN, The
neigh borho3d where he operated
tie knew who had money. When
the foot burner" asked man 10 re-
veal the hiding place Of MS valuaoies
and were refused they seized the man,
bound him and proceeded to roast
his feet
One dsy, in the Northern part OF
this State, Judge Grimes. who was
known TO be wealthy, carried heavy
square box TO q well-known preacher
Rev. Mr.. Aldrich-and said:
Brother Aldrich. am going away.
and | wish you would keep this box
until return. All ! want Is your
promise 10 keep 1T
IN be running risk IN taking 1t,
Mr.. Aldrich replied, but TO accom-
MEDIATE you, | will take it and Sc
crete il until your return.
The Judge thanked him and took
his departure. 4 few weeks later a
party OF foot burners" went to the
preachers honse and demanded the
box.
Il can not give it to you," replied
Aldrich.
Seize him, men"
The preacher was tied and thrown
on the ground. A fire kIndled and
the unfortunate mans feet were
thrust into the blaze.
Now will you tell US where that
box isr"
NO
They threw more fuel on the fire.
Finally. seeing that be would not tell,
the wretches went away. For a long
time il was thought that the preacher
would die. Both feet were burned
off and, during many months he was
confined to his bed.
Shortly after the war closed, the
Judge returned home. The next
day after his arrival, the preacher
had the box brought from its hiding
place, then, after the old man was
placed in a buggy, he drove to the
Judges house. and, when the Judge
had come out to the gate, he said;
Here is your box, sir. 1t nearly
cost me my life, and shall never be
able to walk again, but have kept
the promise l made you"
II am very sorry to know that the
foot burners got hold of you" said
the Judge, but why didn't you give
them the box"
Because | knew that its contents
were valuable"
"Oh, no, my dear sir, the box is full
of horse shoe nails"
The scoundrel had given the
preacher a box of nails in order that
the attention of the foot burners
might be drawn from himself. SO
that he could. with his money, leave
the observation-disclosures Trav
eler.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-12-23

fnx LEsTyRk therr vss an inter
essins lecture Al the N. 4. Church las,
evenisg by Rev. SAmasl Annsa On the
sahiscs " Western Africa It's eos L
tineef. fruits. newers people. climate,
etc" The lee,u~ wsii be eoattrs d
thss evening. Il IL interesting. and tree
30 all who eAooss 10 60, Mr.. Annsar
went to Afrssa a. wears ssa, - usts-
sienary from ksgland. lie has sea
human saorifee. and eli Fslsts iaes-
dsnss 81 life among The bart arisn race
af Africa thai hold TIE heAFes spegl-
hosnd from .he hexiaatne 20 tie erd.
His sxp~rienee u more interesting thsn
romance.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-12-23

said the tramp 10 the policeman.
fheuss yoa spot . msnuef siry.
he, eesveea rs there's no dffisren. Q
Exceptisg in ecnceit,
And however yoa uay szke 10.
Ia ons thing ve do not vary.
fef The fac, Is Qsit- apparent
That ve both are On tie beat"