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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-07-03
At Shiloh.

General Beaureguard was next in
rank to Johnston, and succeeded to the
command, which he retained to- the
close of the battle and during the subse-
quent retreat on Corinth, as well as in
the siege of that place. His tactics
have been severely criticised by Federal
writer's, but do not believe his fallen
chief could have done any better under
the circumstances. Some of these crit.
les claim that Shiloh was won when
Johnston fell, and that if he had not
fallen the army under me would have
been annihilated or captured. IFS de-
feated the Confelerates at Shiloh.
There is little doubt that we should
have been disgracefully beaten if all
the shells and bullets fired by us had
passed harmlessly over the enemy. and
if all their shell had taken effect. Com
handing Generals are liable to be
killed during engagements. and the
fact that, when he was shot. Johnston
was leading a brigade to induce it TO
make a charge which had been repeat
edly ordered. is evidence. that there
were ne. ther the universal demoraliza-
ton among the Federals nor the un-
bounded confidence of success with the
Confederates that was claimed. There
was. in fact, no hour during the day
when i doubted the eventual defeat of
the enemy. though / was disappointed
that the re-inforcements so.near at hand
did not arrive at an earlier hour--Ge1s-
eraL Grants Personal Memoirs.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-07-03

Il must be apparent to any one who
thoughtfully considers the question from
all points of view that more can be done
to discourage such feats by public sen,i-
ment than by statute; in fact, that
statutes would be Intellectual unless
there is a change in public sentiment.
So long as the morbid desire of so many
people to see great feats performed ex-
lists there will be men whose love of no
toriety will impel them to risk their
lives in doing all sorts of foolish things.
To be the hero of the hour. the subject
of talk everywhere for day or two. is
enough to impel many men and women
to crime; and the same inducement will
lead many more to risk their lives in
acts of foolhardy daring. 1t will be a
wonder If the sensation made by Odlum
does not stimulate some other foolish
person to make similar attempt
The responsibility for this kind of in
sanity-for it is little else--rests upon
those who applaud successful feats of
daring. and by so applauding encour-
age their performance. The education
of public sentiment is the thing upon
which chief reliance must be had for the
prevention of foolhardiness, not legal
enactment.-N. Y. Examiner
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-07-03
.nerican As She Is Spoke.

An intelligent young Mexican. VINO
had received thorough education from
private tutor, recently made his first
visit to the United States. While in In
dianapOlis few evenings ago be ex-
pressed an embarrassment at having to
engage in conversation with young peo-
pie in the States, owing to the. use OF
slang words and phrazss which he did
not understand. His first day ot travel
this side of the Rio Grande gave him a
foretaste of what he. was to encounter.
The conductor of the sleeping ear was
annoyed by n oaprieious laly passen-
ger, who exHted unreasonabsv numer-
Gus attentions and talked more than was
pleasant to hear. The conductor, tax
ing a seat sy the Mexican, volunteered
the crit cisn that che woman was ''too
flip"
What DO you mean by saying she is
too fips" asked the Mexican.
"Why, / mean she is too fly" the
conductor answered.
Flip fly, what do they mean"
"Why. don't you knowa Well. she's
too fresh!'"
IL do not yet understand. confessed
the Mexican. The conductor belabored
his brain for moment, and then, with
a relieved expression, said:
Il mean that she is too soon.' -
Indianapolis Sentinel.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-07-03
BIG BEAR.

The History Of the Savage Who Has Been
Trying Conclusions With tho British.
Big Bear is a plain Cree. native Of
the Carleton region, and about sixty
years of age. He is of short stature,
thin. and old-looking. His appearance
is anything but impressive. He speaks
with loud voice. but is short of
breath. and Is not an orator by any
means. About twenty years ago he re-
moved from Carleton to Pit, and be-
came the head man of small band of
his relatives who resided at Pitt, num-
bering about twelve tents or perhaps
twenty men. He was never recognized
as Chief until after treaty six was
made and he removed to Cypress Hills.
At Fort Pitt he was frequently en-
ployed by the Hudson Bay Company as
buffalo hunter. and he had the repu-
tation of being a good Indian. His
band, however, were generally rascals.
the greatest being his nephew Little
Poplar. During famine which &C.
CURED thirteen years ago, caused by
the buffalo leaving for the South and
the Indians being unable to follow
them, they began to kill the H. b. cat
tie, but were prevented from continuing
the practice through the efforts of Big
Bear. He and his band seldom engaged
in war, but they were notorious for
stealing horses from the Blackfeet. He
was thought to be rather cowardly. On
one occasion four Crees were at
tackled opposite Fort Pitt by a
large band of Blackfeet, while
Big Bear was in the fort with
eight men. He refused to go to their
assistance. The four Crees, however.
succeeded in escaping. On several other
occasions his actions showed that his
courage was not of the highest order.
At the making of treaty No. 6, in 1875,
Big Bear refused to accept the terms
offered to and accepted by the rest He
wanted to see first how the promises
made by the Government would be car
rieI out. Pending a decis on he re-
moved to Cypress Hills, where he re-
manned for six or seven years, gather
ing larger number OF disconnected
spirits around him each year. Between
frequent spats with the Blackfeet and
incursions into the States. his men be-
came much more expert than formerly
in the art of war, and he came to be
looked upon as big chief, equal in i'm
portance to Pie-a-pot. At last circum-
stances, in the shape of few buffalos and
many United States troops, coupled with
profuse promises from the Indian Depart
ment, induced Big Bear to return to his
old stamping-ground near Pitt some
two years ago Although he took treaty
money he refused to go on a reserve,
always having an excuse ready. During
the winter before last he fpighted one
trip from Pitt to Edmonton. He always
kept moving about, and fomented dis
content wherever he went, which The
management of the Indian Department
made easy. especially among the Fort
Pitt Indians, who never had a good rep
utatiOn, and of whom he seems to have
secured control. Toronto Mail.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-07-03
WHO is RESPONSIBLE

Feats of Daring q Species of Insanity-Ne-
cessity of the Education of Public Senti-
ment.
The attempt of foolish fellow
named Odlum to surpass the feats of
Sam Patch by jumping from the Brook
lyn Bridge had fatal result. There
have been demands that the men who
aided and abetted him in his dangerous
feat should be punished, but it is diff
cult to see what can be done to them or
what ofense they have committed. The
only section of the Penal Code that
could by any ingenuity be stretched to
cover their act is section It's, which is:
IA person who willfully, in any man.
ner, advises, encourages, abets or as
sists another person in taking the lat
ter's life is guilty of manslaughter in
the first degree" But in preceding
section suicide is defined as ..the inten-
tional taking of ones own life" 1t
would be impossible to prove to any
jury that Odium intended to take his
own life; on the contrary. he expected
10 perform the feat with safety. If he
was not guilty of suicide, under the le-
gal definition, his friends can not be
punished as abettors of suicide.
There is, in fact, no provision OF law
to the effect that men snail not be fools,
and throw away their lives in the vain
attempt to accomplish some great feat.
Perhaps there ought to be some such
law. but the difficulty of enforcing one
is apparent Every man who jumps on
or off moving car, who rides frac-
tious horse, who performs athletic
feats demanding skill and courage,
may be sad to risk his life, and oc-
cas;onaily fatal accident occurs. Men
take these risks daily, and entirely to
prohibit them by law is an impossible
thing. 1t is very difficult to draw the
line and say where there should be pub
lie interference. In athletic exhibitions
the line has been drawn at the trapeze,
and performers have been required to
protect themselves in part from ac-
cident by the use of nettingS Leaping
into the water from a moderate height
is not dangerous thing. and for one
who is practiced leaper great heights
are not very dangerous. At what pre-
else number of Ieet should the line be
drawn?
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-07-03
LOCAL IMPROVEMENTS.
A Suggestion as to How They May b
Secured.

A Suggestion as to How They May BE
Secured.
"rve got an idea," remarked MIR.
Levellhed to his partner, Mr.. Veri.
SMART.
s.What is it?" asked Mr.. Verismartt.
1--WE been thinking if we could get
Blank street cut through to Business
avenue it will be big thing for us.
Not only will it double our trade, but ii
will enhance the value Of our real es.
tate seventy:fve per cent"
But how are we going to get the
thing done?"
..Oh. that's easy enough! I'll get
my friend, Lawyer Pleadwell, to start
a petition. We needn't be known in
the matter, you know. We VIII prob.
ably be called upon when the hearing
comes off. but we can fix that all right :"
Mr.. Levellhed, being called upon to
testify at the hearing, says that the inn
provement will be of inestimable ad.
VANTAGE to the city and it ought to be
done Immediately. He wishes to say,
however, that he has no personal in.
tereSt in the matter. 1t will not bene-
fit him to the extent of one dollar. In
deed, so far as he is concerned. he
would rather not have Blank street ex.
tended. 1t would only result in crowd
ing the street, and making it very IN
convenient for his customers. Yes. he
owns real estate on the street but the
Improvement would tend to dep:eciate
it, for all would be noise and confusion
where now all is peace and quiet: still,
he hopes he is not the man to stand in
the way of the city's welfare. He isn't
the man to let his private v7ishe; pre-
vent the consummation of the desire OF
the Public with a big P.
Mr.. Verismartt also believes in the
extension; not that he has anything to
gain by it. Oh, dear. no. Quitethe con-
tra-y. twill be thousands of dOllars
out of his pocket. But he is entirely
disinterested in that matter, and far be
it from him to interpose any objections
to the manifest will OF the public.
Lawyer Pleadwell had no personal
knowledge of the particular parties who
will be benefited by the proposed inn
provement. He appears simply as the
moutn-piece of thousands of his fellow
citizens, who have done nothing for the
last twelve months but cry for the ex
tension. On general grounds he is OPP
posed to all measures OF this kind, but
when he hears universal demand, rs
in the present instance. he can do nc
less than relinquish his personal preju-
dices for the good of the city.
Blank street is extended, and neither
Mr. Levellhed nor MIR. Verismartt loses
any flesh in consequence, nor is Lawyer
Pleadwell utterly cast down. They
probably understand that what is gooo
for all is not altogether bad for EACH
Boston 1rGoascript.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-07-03
NO MERMAID THERE.

How n Put-Up Job Was Made o. Nc
AvaiI-A Detroit Liar.
He was leaning against the railing
at the ferry dock looking decidedly out
of sorts when along came an oily,
smooth-faced man and said:
"How are you Off"
"What for?'
money"
Haven't got red.'
"Say, can you tell lie?"
Il can"
Then you are the man want Old
Captain Smith, of Buffalo. is over in
that saloon and has got a crowd
around him. He's great liar, but al
ways sticks to one anecdote. 1t is
about his vessel being wrecked, ard
of a mermaid taking him in her
arms and swimming ashore. Now,
then, want you to 60 over and sit
doy>n and hear the lie out. and when
he is through just get up and claim that
you are the identical mermaid who
saved his useless old life l want to
set him back, and it will be fifty cents
in your pocket"
The matter was arranged and the
pair went over to the saloon. Captain
Smith was feeling good, and in little
time he worked around to remark:
THAT was a curious thing that hap
pened to me in 1S4S. Did l ever tell
you of the wreck of the Mary Amp"
mo"
He sat down to describe the imagi-
nary wreck. and when he got along to
where the vessel showed an intention
to founder the chap who was to play
mermaid 1t the wink and pricked up
his ears.
"Well, SIR" continued Smith. "she
finally went d..I>1, and l found myself
struggling in the lake. 1t was twenty
five miles to land, and how do you sup
pose got there?"
Il have heard that mermaid towed
you ashore" answered one of the
gang.
s.Humph. an internal lie! l fioated
ashore on the main hatch cover. and
never had nicer ride in my lifer'
The man who hired the liar seemed
completely broken down, while the lar
stumped off out doors with his courage
all gone Smith had seen them in con-
versation. suspected job, and left the
mermaid out altogether.-Detroh Free
Press.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-07-03

In relation to the controversy going
on between an English ana American
agricultural journal As to whether the
same person should always milk the
same COWS it would make very little
difference if the law of kindness were
always observed. A brutal person
should never be allowed about farm
of any kind, and the assertion
is of especial Importance in connection
with milch-cowS Chicago Tribune.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-07-03

When planting pot plants in the
open ground, and the ball of earth is
matted with roots the ball should al
ways be broken by slightly brriising il
between the hands before placingit in
the ground, to lessen the resistance.
Healthy. vigorous. growing plants can
hardly be watered too much at this sea-
son. provided the pots are well drained.
Such plants take up and evaporate wa
ter with great rap.dity.-BoSten Budget
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-07-03
1T has become evident that orga

1t has become evident that organi-
zation is necessary to meet vice in what
is particularly an organized FORM The
statements of Anthony Comstock
show that large capital and concerted
effort are active in behalf Of vice in its
various forms-Philadelphia Erening
Call
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-07-03

The house in London which Dickens
describes in david Coppertield' as
containing an extraordinary staircase,
down which David describes himself as
tumbling and having at the time a
vague impression that somebody was
falling downstairs. is now occupied by
William Black, the novelist.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-07-03

e. An communications for this paper
should be accompanied By the name Of the
author; not necessarily for publication, but
as an evidence of good faith on the part Of
the writer. Write only on one side Of the pa
per. Be particularly careful in giving names
and dates TO have the letters and figures
plain and distirok
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-07-03
USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.
If you wish protection from insects,
tie birds from the boys

If you wish protection from insects,
protect the birds from the boys.
The hens of Kansas are said to pro-
duce FIVE times as much in value as the
orchards of the same State.
"A wise observer says there is too
much pig-pen and not enough pig past
urc. A truthful ALTERATION. Chicago
Times
Mixed husbandry is generally best
in the long run. although there Is .
wide range of choice among crops in
that The time to take up specially
is when everybody else is quitting il;
the time to drop it, if ever, is when
many stand ready to catch at it.-N 4.
Herald.
Orange Ice: Squeeze the juice
from six large oranges and two lemons;
pour about five gills of boiling water
over the broken peel and pulp and let
it stand until cool; then strain and add
the water to the orange and lemon
juice. Sweeten to taste with loaf sugar
and freeze. The Household.
Complaints are becoming more and
more rife of the ravages of the army
WOKIu anu culuCu DuS III FdIiOus SeC-
tons of the West and in California
Seeding to wheat year after year is sure
not only to impoverish the soil disas-
trously, but also favors the multiplica-
ton of insect pests whenever favorable
Seasons occur for their breeding.-Cht-
cag0 Tribune.
Farmers make a mistake when they
slight the advantages to be derived from
keeping good horses, and from breed
ing a pair or two of colts every year,
remarks the american AgricutturisA
A three-year-old colt can be reared as
cheaply as cow of the same age, but
while an ordinary price for q young
three-year-old COW is forty dollars,
young colt is worth seventy-five dollars,
ut the very least, when year old, and
one hundred and fifty dollars when
three years old.
The report of the Bureau of Agri-
culture for the year 1884 states the
annual value of the forest product at
S70O,0OO,OOO The products of tho
country, on the score Of value, stand
in the fOllOwinp order.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-07-03

The process OF making paper hang
incs is similar to that of calico printing
Machines are now in the market that
will print from six to a dozen or more
colors in one operation.-M Y. Post.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-07-03

CALIFORNIA; has State Board of Ed.
ucation which has elected a literary
prootcreader and editor-in-chief' at d
sale.fY Of 300 per month.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-07-03

Speak well of your friends your
say nOthiDg.-M y. HeraLsl
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-07-03

The american Cattle Gros1er says
that it is not the heaviest nor the fat
test animal that should bring the high
est price for the butchers block, but
that animal giving the largest per cent.
of lean meat to live weight Such an
animal will always contain fat enough
with the meat fiber to make it palata-
BILE. juicy and nourishing The fat
parts of beef cattle OF mutton sheep arc
little used as human food. Hence the
crucial test must ever be the greatest
proportion Of lean meat (muscle) to the
carcass.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1885-10-14
Some Weather Signs.

Cats-The cardinal point to which a
cat turns and washes her face after a
rain shows the direction from which the
wind will blow. Cats with their tails up
and hair apparently electrified indicate
approaching wind. If sparks are seen
when stroking cats back, expect a
change of weather soon. When cat
washes her face with her back to the
fire, expect thaw in winter.
Buzzards-A solitary turkey buzzard
at a distance indicates rain. Buzzards
flying high indicates fair weather.
Crows-One crow flying alone is a
sign of foul weather; but if crows fly in
pairs, expect fine weather.
Geese-If the breastbone of a goose
is red or has many red spots, expect a
cold and stormy winter; but if only a
few spots are visible the winter will be
mild. If domestic geese walk east and
fly west expect cold weather. When
geese or ducks stand on one leg expect
cold weather.
Roosters-When the roosters go crow
ing to bed they will rise with watery
head.
Spiders-When they are seen crawling
Ol tu6 walls lnOI6 Judu uSudl luulCdL6S
that rain will probably ensue. This
prognostic seldom fails. 1t has been OBJ
served for many years, particularly in
winter, but more or less at all times of
the year.
Snakes are out before rain, and are,
therefore, more easily killed.
Electricity - Increasing atmospheric
electricity oxidized ammonia in the air
and forms nitric acid, which affects milk,
thus accounting for souring of milk by
thunder
Lamp wicks:
The nightly virgin, while her wheel she plies,
Foresees the storm impending in the skies;
When sparkling lamps their sputtering lights
advance,
And in their sockets oily bubbles dance.
Corns giving trouble indicate bad
weather. When corns ache rain follows.
Logs-An easy splitting log indicates
rain.
Milk makes cream most freely with a
north wind.
Rheumatic diseases:
Therefore the moon, the governor of floods,
Pale in her anger, washes all the air
That rheumatic diseases do abound
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1885-10-14
COfcen Drnnkards.

''What a bright-eyed man" said re-
porter who leaned against the cashier
desk of a restaurant near the public
buildings one day last week. The man
in question had Just paid a ten-cent check
and slipped out of the door with jerky
movement and a swinging OF the cane he
carried which decidedly endangered the
peoples peace.
"Bright-eyed2 Yes, said the cashier
"he's coffee drunkaTd."
''What's a coffee drunkardW
"a man who comes in here four times
in two hours, as that man has done this
morning and does every morning, and
takes a half pint of coffee every time, is
a coffee drunkard. Bright eyes, Well
/ should say so. That mans condition
all the time is the same as tina. of man
who is getting over a big batter
mean his nerves are up in g. his mus
Giles are all aquiver, and his mental vision
is abnormally clear. He is living at a
9 08 34 rate
"Why does he do itln
"Has to. Must have a brace. Used
to drink rum. Had to quit that. and
now does worse. He never sleeps, they
tell me-"
do you know many such men2"
SAT least half adozen. "-Philadekphia
Press.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1885-10-14
Is the Air Colorlessq

The Challenger has dredged from the
bottom of the ocean fishes which live
habitually in great depths, and whose
enormous eyes tell OF the corresponding
ly faint light which must have de-
scendcd TO them through the seemingly
transparent water 1t will not be as fu-
tile a speculation as it may at first seem,
to put ourselves in Imagination in the
condition of creatures under the sea, and
ask what the sun may appear to be
to them, for if the fish who had never
risen above the ocean-floor were an in d.
telligent being, might he not plausibly
reason that the dim greenish light of his
heaven-which is all he has ever known
was the full splendor of the sun shin
ing through a medium which all his ex-
perience shows is transparent.
We ourselves are in very tact, living
at the floor of great aerial sea- whose
pillows roll hundreds of miles above our
heads. Is il not at any rate conceivable
that we may have been led into like
fallacy from Judging only from what we
see at the bottom2 Nav we not, that is,
have been led into the fallacy of assum-
ing that the intervening medium above
comes through it is sol
freely admit that all men, educated
or ignorant, appear to have the evidence
of their senses that the air is eolorless,
and that pure sunlight Is white, so that
if | venture TO ask you to listen to con
siderations which have lalely been
brought forward to show that it is the
sun which is blue, and the air really acts
like an orange veil or like seive which
picks ont the blue and leaves the white,
do so in the confidence that l may ap-
peal to you on other grounds than those
could submit to the primitive man who
has his senses alone TO trust to- for the
educated intelligence possesses those
senses equally, and in addition the ability
to interpret them by the light of reason,
aud before this audience il Is TO that
Interpretation that | address myself. -
Pref. Langley, IN Popular Science Monthly.