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Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1885-09-17
NOTICE 40. is4I.
L. S. Land Office wa-Kccney. Kans.

NOTICE no. isiT.
L. s. Land On.ce wa-Kconey. Kans.
Aiig. 18th 1855.
Complaint having been entered at this offsce
by Carries J. Faik against Lily DaGford FOR
failure 20 comply with law as to timber-calture
entry No. 2ssi4. dated May 18th lag. upon the
NV or section NJ township ii south range -
west. in st John, county. KANSAS with view
alleging that said LILY DanfOrd has failed to
break or plOw cause to he broken or plowed
FIVE acres or any portion Ut said land since
entry and has failed to plant or cause 10 be
planted any trees, seeds or cuttings thereon AT
any time since entry, and has tailed 10 cnlti-
ya;e or improve any portion OF said tract of
lari stree cate OF entry.
The said parties are hereby sunInond 10 APP
ear ..t tn,s office ne I'd day OF Oct, l'S5 al
o >..c.. p III. 10 respond and furnish teSti-
Inony CONCERNING SAID alleged failure.
Ii. J. +. Hanna, REGISTER.
W. II pilkenton, Receiver.
Osborn & Monroe a6-3is3
Notice For Publication No. 1898.
Land Office at Oberiin. Kansas.
Sept iih. 'S..
Notice is hereby given that the follow
ing named settler has fled notice Of his in
teutioa to make final proof in support Of
ms claim. aud that said proof will De made
before Register aud Receiver at Oberlin,
Kaus on Oct %. 1885, viz: ID. r. Mcneil
Nv, ID No lS0l. tor the ne or sec 80. town
6 south, range 81 wet. He names the fol-
lowing witnesses to prove his continuous
rrsuieuce upon anu cultivation Of said laad
viz: John ID. Vawter. Clarence W Blossom.
George ". smith, Patrick Turney. all OF
Oitrrbourpe, Kansas.
A. L. PATcnIN. Register.
VIC rorter 27-32slO
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1885-09-17
Law, Loan and Land Office OF
NllCOYOn& VanCieaYe.

TO a general law business.
Decided and School land tor sale.
Money to loan Oh chattel or real
estate. Correspondence solicited.
Ohiee Cor FIR. nklin Az. and lS,.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1885-09-17
NOTICE mo 39lc.
Z. s. Land once. Oher,n. Kan.

NOllIE no 3JIC.
Z. s. Land once. Oher,n. KIN,
Aug Is, 1885.
Complaint having heen entered at this Office
by Edgar A. Rohthaugh against Eetty Held
for failure to comply with law To timber
culture entry No. .Ul5. dated June o. IsSl
esusty. Kansas. with view to the
ing inst the said Hetty Held has failed TO
break or pillow or cultivate or plant to seeds or
cuttings any portion ot>said tract or cause il
IN he done. for years last past and there is
10 trees growing on said Tract. TIE said parties
are hereby eunmond to appear al this office
on thes day Oct. 1sS ut 10 o'clock 4. NJ. to r.
alleged failure.
wilson racha a. l. rA''0'n' hesi: ssssiss
NOTICE No. $500
Us. Land Office, Oberlin. Kan-
Aug. ii. 1sSs.
Complaint having been entered a; this o:iice
BY Prank Palmer against Thomas Thompson
Ter failure to comply with law rs to timber
on the sw or sec .. township 8 south. range a
west, IN Thomas 60 Inty. Ran. with a view Ia
the eanceilation of said entry; contestant al
leging that Thomas $. ThomrSon failed TO
plant to timber. seeds or cuttings any part
OF said land during Sd or 4tiI years after en-
try or since or caused it to be- doue.
pear at this Office on the 18th day of Oct, lsa..
at 10 O'Clock q. m. to respond and furnish ties
tmony concerning said alleged failure.
A. L. PArCHIN, Resister.
ksyS Emmahi1er. .,-3l-lJ
Notice For Publication 70 $3.50.
Land 0f6ce at Oherlin, Rams.
Sept. 4. 50
Notice il hereby given that the follow
Log asmed setter has fled notice OF his i'm
seation to make final prcot in Support o.
Ms claim. and that said proof will he .aade
before Register and Receiver at 0aerii.
Kans. on Oct. %. 1875. viz: George n
Smith, z S No ls03. fcr he ss or see -
Gown 9 range 33. lie Names tile fgl'oSsin.
witnesses g row his scn,iaTsas -sslaen
asGssM-ion of-sai6 i4na. W; lei .
P,entSsncs is BIsssom, b +.
coun5 Dspti;f MI of OF .
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1885-09-17
NOTICE NO. 1919

Z. ;. Lalu OinCS "a Att..Ic!. hH,IS.
Aug 18th ISs5
Complaint having been entered az this o.hce
nv John A. SaInuelson against Ruth Dauford
tor future to comply with law 10 timber
culsur,. eatry- No. :sc;5 dated May .6.h 1873.
upon the re or section - township IL s1rth
r,;nce :, west ia st John couury, Kansas.
yg.-.l yiew to the cancellation q sid entry:
c.lf,.es;a0t s.le..in.. tist SAID Ruth DaDfDrI.
has r,.ii.d to break or pioS o. cause 10 be:
y, e,kei or piawei i've aces or aiiy portion OF
said iRn5 sissce entry. and has iail.d 10 PANT
or cause 10 he planted ANY tres seeds or
cut :nss thereon as aiJ time since entry; rrd
Of S;i.,. s-act az land since dste CT entry
TIE sS.i.s parties are ffertcy ss1mme.a1 20 ep-
,ss.r az this ofiee % si,s- md day Of Oct N-5.
al o'clock n TO rezp0ssd asd iufnish testa-
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1885-09-17
Notice For Publication No 1910

Land Oflice At Obsriiu. KAns
Sept !. l6Sa
Notice IL hereby given that the following
named settler has died notice Of his intention
to make final proof in support OF MS ciaam soo
that said proof win be made before the Reg
lister aud receiver ut O0eriin- Kans. on Oct q.
lssi. viz: NJ w withaIn. ID No l5s@ tos tno
nv or sec II. town south range a weee
He names the following Witness - Yfoye
his continuous residence upon 80 9uueSor
ton of said land. viz: Andrew Beolt, samuel
Stephenson, Ira Jennings, willlaD q kqssofs'
- AL PATCHN. Ree1.ese
Notice For Publicati6n No Ss75
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1885-09-17
Notice No. 3S9S

&C Reynolds
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-07-03
For the Fun Of 1t.

There are many people who indulge
in fishing and cunning simply for the
fun of it, not stopping TO ask whether or
not it be right to kill a creature for
sport merely. However this may be.
morally considered. the supposed fun OF
the thing is not unfrequently accom-
panied by the keenest feelings of re-
morse. A Boston boy, now an ener-
get:c business man in Western city.
tells the following story touching this
matter:
| was floating round in NV boat in
the lower harbor one brigk day in
June, when n sea-gull, which on the
wing is one of the most graceful OF
birds, but whose flesh is not used for
food, came sailing over my head.
what splend d shot!' l said, and,
seizIng my gun. fired at him. He
fell near the boat, not dead, but mortal-
" wounded As drew HIM into the
boat. suffering much agony, he turned
his dying eyes upon me. rs If he SAID:
'.Why did You shoot me? L have done
you no harm. l was enjoying myself
floating in the air, as you on the water
in your boat; why did you shoot me-?
Having done what l had. it would
have heen merciful to end his suffering
at once. but I had no more heart for
killing; and the minute that passed. be-
fore he died seemed an hour to me.
The remorse for the wanton shooting
preyed on my spirits for days; and the
remembrance of it has most effectually
cured me of any desire to kill. for the
fun of it, any creature that God has
made. Youths Companion.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-07-03
RELIGIOUS AND EDUCATIONAL.

-Woman's education is defective; so
is mans. but it is far more practical
than that of woman.-Louisriite Court
er-JonTRdt.
Boston expects to entertain over
1000 guests at the seventy-fifth ami
versary of the establishment of the
American Board of Commissioners for
Foreign Missions october 1919
Princeton Theological Seminary
recently celebrated its seventy-tifth an
niversary. One-fourth of the gradual
ing class of thirty-five have gwen them
selves to foreign missionary work.
Only two students, it is said. from Con-
gregational Seminaries have decided to
become foreign missionaries.-M l.
Herald.
"A Presbyterian Church has been
organized in Portland. Me. During the
last century there were many in tina,
territory, several of the towns having
Scotch Irish settlers. But these churches
became extinct or were changed into
Congregational bodies, and the recently
organized body is the only one of it:
kind in the State.-1roy Times.
The Baptist Union in Germany last
year had l6l churches, with 50, 4ss
members; net gain of l, 100 over the
previous year. There were 1886 bap-
tied. The churches raised for all pur-
poses about $50. 900, and their property
is valued at about 1882, 1902. They lost
32l members by emigration, and the
exclusion of 1914 shows good standard
of Christian character.
The institution of agricultural
learning established by Messrs. Mood,
and Sankey at Mount Herman. Frank
lin County, Mass, occupies severa
hundred acres of excellent Land. and is
now in successful operation. 1t. ha:
cost already S25O,OOO, and much more
is needed to complete it on the plar
contemplated by its founders. A new
building was dedicated last week, the
cost of which-$2O, OO0-was betrayed
entirely by the royalty on Mr.. Sankey'C
gospel hymns-Boston Post.
OF the British Company of Old Tes
lament Revisers as originally appointed,
the following have died: Bishop Thrill
wall, of st. Davids, in 1875; Bishop
Ollivant. of Llandaff. in 1882; Bishor
=" dusNottu. VI LiuColus, III 1000, hiCh-
deacon Henry j. Rose. 1873; Rev. Ben
jamin Davies. Professor of Hebrew in
Regents Park Baptist College, London.
in 1875; Prof. McGill, 1871; Canon
Selwyn, of Ely, 1875. Of the American
Old Testament Revisers. Rev. c. p.
Krauth. died in 1888. and Prof. Tayler
Lewis in 1S77.-N Y Tribune.
Frances E Townesley was ordained
by council of Baptist churches in Ne
braska This is the first instance. in
modern times at least, of the formal
setting apart of a woman to the office
and work of the evangelical ministry.
The Methodist Church, though it per-
mits women to speak in its pulpits, has
declined to ordain them. There have
been a few women preachers like Miss
Anna Oliver and "Bible readers" like
Miss Smiley. but none of them have
obtained ordination. This Nebraska
case is distinctly new thing.-M l.
Sun
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-07-03
WIT AND WISDOM.

The man who always agrees with
you may be pleasant companion. but
when you want advice go to some one
else.-To!edo Blade.
EDO not say "it does not pay to begin
what we will probably never finish. "
The beginning may be the part assigned
to you. " H. Best.
The difference between a play bill
and landlord is. one is often stuck or
a bill board and the other on board
bill.-Boston Commercial! Bulletin.
When in convention two factions
are so evenly balanced that neither one
nor the other bosses things. it is called
tie. Hence the term. marriage tie
Philadelphia Gail.
-..Ah. Miss, have not the pleasure
of your acquaintance" my name is
Jones. I'm composer" "A COM
poser?" '.Yes-a chili's nurse, y
Pittsburgh Chronicle Telegraph
MIR. Jenkinson's wife must be
awful Jealous" said Miss Smith; "he
gave me his seat in the horse-car, and
when | thanked him he begged me moi
to mention it. ''-Boston Transcript.
Think Before You Speak
Think all you speak: but speak not all yor
think;
Thoughts are you own; your words are so nc
Where Wisdom steers, wind can not make you
sink;
Lips never err when she does keep the door.
Had Been There Before
Come hither. come hither, my portlie
fricnde.
And trie on We skates withe NEE"
Zach, nein! Ach nein.' said that portlie
II hef been dere shust recentlee:
We're fount shust so soon as mein h. COO,
schwim.
Mine feet were my hands should pee,
You can hear dem menting dot hole L made
IND ich will NIGHT skate init thee
II dStington Hatchct.
There" said merchant. picking
up what appeared TO be 4 marble paper
weight from his desk. SIS the only
thing | ever stole in my life. got that
at a hotel when l was on nv wedding
tour eighteen years ago. That's cake
of hotel soap and after trying for seven
years to wear it out in my bathroom
have been using it as paper-weight
eleven years. Chicago Tribune.
-Gabe Snodgrass recently applied to
Rev. Aminidab Bledso, of the Blue
Light Austin Tabernacle, for some Pc
cuniary assistance. Il jess can't do
hit" replied Parson Bledso; Il has to
sport my pore ole mudder." "But yer
pore ole mudder says yer don't &c
muffin for her." ..Well. den, eff l don ,
do muffin for my pore ole mudder
what's the use OBJ an outsider like you
irving to make ME shell t"-TeIas
Settings.
When Rev. DR.. Y. Peyton Morgan,
rector of Trinity Church, Cleveland, o.,
was married. some thoughtless friends
threw an Old shoe after the departing
carriage. When the terrified horse.
saw that Cleveland shoe sailing darkly
through the affrighted air, they thought
it was barn waited upon the wings OF
Kansas cyclone. and they made for
the timber, broke the double-tree, went
smashing into another carriage and
raised Cain generally. When Cleve-
land girl heaves her shoe out into
space. the abashed earthquake that
happens to be providing around in that
qusrter of the universe crawls under
the bed and STAYS there until the shoe
has settled. -indianapOiis Journal.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-07-03
FOB DUB YOUNG FOLKS.
THE TOAD.

Oh q queer little chan is the honest old toad,
A funny old fellow Is he:
Living under the stone by the side of the road,
Meath the shade of the old willow tree.
He il dressed all in brown.
From his toe to his crown.
Save his vest, that Is silvery white.
And walks in the cool dewy night.
"Yaup, yaup," says the frog,
From his home in the bog:
But the toad he says never word.
He tries to be good.
Like the children who should
Be seen, but never be heard.
When winter draws near Mr.. Toad goes to bed,
And sleeps Just as sound rs q top,
But when May-blossoms follow the soft April
He comes out with skip. jump and hop.
He changes his dress
Only once. / confess,
Every spring. and his old, worn-out coat,
With trowsers and waistcoat, he rolls In ball,
And stuffs the whole thing down his throat
"K-rruk. k.rruk," says the frog,
From his home in the bog:
But the toad. he says never q word.
He tries to be good.
Like the children who should
Be seen, but never be heard.
His legs they are long. and he leaps when he
walks,
Outstepping us all at a bound:
He wears both his eyes on the top of his head
Queer place for ones eyes to be found!
You may think him fright,
. And of course you are right;
: But his ugiiness would defend.
For he dimes on the bugs that destroy the
sweet flowers.
He's the gardeners assistant anc friend.
"Yaup. yaup," says the frog,
From his home in the bog:
But the toad. he says never q word.
He tries to he good.
Like the children who should
Be seen, but never be heard
Nellie NJ Gdrdbrdnt. IN Our Little Ones.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-07-03
CORAL.
The Variety That Is Found in the Medi-
t.rranean Sea.

The Variety That Is Found in the Mcdi-
t.rranean Sea.
The British Consul at Leghorn in his
report for the past year makes some in
teresting observations on coral in the
Mediterranean: Some centuries back
the Mediterranean coral fisheries were
carried on exclusively by the SpaniardS,
and the principal establishments en-
gagged in the manufacture of the coral
ornaments were in the hands of Jews
residing in Spain. Toward the close of
the sixteenth century, to escape the per-
secutions 10 which they were exposed, a
large number of these merchants re-
moved to Leghorn. in order to enjoy the
secure ASYLUM afforded by the liberal en-
actments of Ferdinando de Medici. Crews
were obtained from the Neapolitan
coast, principally from Tore del Greco;
hence this place at an early period be-
came the chief seat of the coral fishery,
and most of the boats engaged in it are
still fittei out at that port, although the
manufacture of coral ornaments and
pS.iuS - fCN oh
horn aud Genoa These ornaments are
met with in almost every part of the
world, and in many countries, even in
Europe. Coral is believed to be pos
s,ssed of peculiar charm In Asia
and Africa it is regarded with sort of
religious veneration, while in India it is
largely used for the adornment of
corpses when prepared for cremation
But the present situation of the coral
trade is d sast~ous- In 1880 4 coral
bauk several kilometer, in length was
discovered near the island of Sciacca.
on the coast of Sicily, and consequently
the yield of raw material has been far
in excess of the demand, and the reef is
still very far from being exhausted. A
great depreciation in value has ensued,
and as a consequence an extensive trade
has sprung up in coral with Africa,
where the natives now purchase coral
ornaments in place of glass beads of
Venetian and German manufacture
The raw coral comes from Naples, and
is worked at Leghorn by women into
beads, British India and Egypt being
the chief customers for them.-Ndture.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-07-03
sPANSY-EACES.

Heres bsx of valvet-lnnsies-white and pur-
ole blre and gold.
Lovely tints OF light and beauty. springing
from the DUB dark mold;
Smiling in the eastern sunlight, cleaning from
their morning shower,
They are something more than blossoms, each
is something else than flower;
They have faces, they are people, they are
friends of ether years.
OH these pensire pansy-faccs, smiling on me
through their tears
Yellow pansy; little sister-once the sunshine
of our home,
All our Loving eyes would follow where her
light steps used to roam:
Shy, yet giadsome little maiden, bright yet
tender was her air,
And her younasface shone out purely from q
halo of god hsr.
In her presence anger softened, pride unbeut
and SORROW smiled,
And withered age upon his staff turned around
TO bless the child.
Here's a pale ard tender blue one she's a
pensive maiden, born
With nature far too gentle to encounter
pride or scCrn:
But the rude worE trampled by her pressed
her back and crushed ner down.
Till she hHghted in it, GOODNESS, till she dropped
beneath its frown-
Then. one day. the gentle Gardener, plucking
her from earthly bed,
Turned the dropping face up softly, TIL il met
His smile instead.
Then this next one-0hl the picture rises
clear before NE now.
OF CLEAN of bridal vesture and pure, pale
cheek and brow;
Marriage draping soft and misty drifted
round like falling snow,
And her eyes. like antique sapphires, burned
with loves deep. earnest glow,
And her sweet lips did not falter as they took
the vows {. wife.
And placed within another's hands the keep
ing of her lire.
This deep purple ones a lady, known and
loved in days of old,
With her face of rich. dark beauty, and her
strong, bright heart of gold;
All life's richness. warmth and bounty crowned
her ike a noble queen,
Lovers praised her grace and beauty-"sweet-
est eyes were ever seen"
Yet her heart grew never naughty, and her
look was soft and mild.
And she knelt to God as humbly as the sim.
plest little child
SO these tints of light and beauty, springing
from the dull. dark mold.
Royal purple, bridal whiteuess, pensive blue
and virgin gold,
Bring the well-remembered people, and their
unforgotten ways,
Gathering round me from the bygone, troop
ing backward from the days.
They are people, they have features, they are
friends of other years.
OH these pensive pansy-faces. smiling on me
through their tearsi
Mary B. DtnOnd. IN Chicago Advance.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-07-03
Made His Choice.

Jinks-"You appear to be in =
hurry"
Minks-''Yes- I'm going to meet a
train. My mother-in-law is coming on
a visit"
ALREADY! Why, you haven't been
married q month.
'.No. She is coming at my earnest
solicitation, though"
'.But l thought you wouldn't care for
that kind of a change so soon.
"Well, I'd rather have a mother-in-
law than the dyspepsia "-Pailadelphia
Call
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-07-03
Almost an invalid.

During a scarcity of ice. gentleman
applied at :he factory for dimes
worth. but was told that there was not
enclgh for the regular customers. He
shook his hsad and said:
Il hope you VIII let ne have piece.
as it is for sick man who is an init
mate friend ct nine
This appeal melted the iSe man. and
he handed out a chunk. As he went
out of the door with it, the ice man
called out:
"Who is that sick mani"
''Why, it's me-"
'You amt sick"
''Of course am not sick now. but 1
felt awful bad when You said eouidn's
have any ice. "-TeTGs Siflings.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-07-03

An experiment designed to test the
efficiency of crude petroleum as steam
generator in fire engines took place In
Brooklyn recently, but sixty pounds
pressure was the highest that could be
maintained. -Brooktyn Eagle.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-07-03

Very beautiful women and fine
looking men are raised" as the Amer
lean would say, in Persia and the
Khanate of Central Asia. Europe Or
America never produced SUCH par
agon of loveliness as General Nazar
Aga's wife. Some of the noblest types
of the Caucasian and Semitic races ara
still found in the Valleys of Central Asia
They are physically as superior to .
civilized European as khiga steed il
to a Partisan cab-horse. However. when
not in the first bloom of youth. the
women have 3 sorrowful, not to say .
morose, look which impairs thei4
Observation-Disclosures Truth
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-07-03

| the abdomen beng converted into what
appeared to be a brown mold.
- 1t is astonishing what n wide
spread fear exists of the cicada on ac-
count of its supposed singing power.
! There is scarcely paper in the United
States but published some account of a
locust sting in 1868. while unpub-
lished accounts were equally numerous.
One of the editors of the st. Louis Re-
! publican was kind enough to clip out
/ for me all accounts of such stings
I which he found in its numerous en-
changes, and the number which had
accumulated before the end of the
! locust season was truly surprising.
I Some people even denied themselves
the pleasure of eating blackberr es.
raspberries and other fruits because
! they feared these fruits had been
poisoned by the eggs of cicadas, while
Others believed that the insects
poisoned water. l have enGeavored to
| trace a number of these reports. but
have invariably found that they were
either false or greatly exaggerated, and
there is no doubt whatever that the
great ma ority of such accounts owe
4 lutI VI LSil " liic lcilllc IiutSIIdtiOLS
of newspaper reporters, who are ever
ready for the sensational Yet, as the
saying goes. it is strange there should
be so much smoke and no fire, and l
VIII briefly review the only three
methods BY which singing can pos
sibly be produced. At the same time /
give it rs my conviction that there is
but little cause for fea-. as l have
handled thousands of them. and know
hundreds of persons. including chill
dren. who ave done the same, and vet
have never been able TO witness SIN
! gle case of bona tide singing by the
cieada-
There is very large digger wasp,
the habit OF which is to provision its
nests with cicadas. The burrows made
by this digger wasp, or hornet are
about three feet long. with two or three
! galleries about one foot long, each ter
minating in a chamber considerably en-
larged. The female catches cicada,
which she stings and paralyzes and
drags into one of these chambers; and
it is not very unlikely that she should
occasionally alight on some human being
with cicada in her grasp. and upon
being brushed off should retaliate BY
singing the offender, and then fly of.