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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-01-30
INITIATIVE COLORING.
1t Is Peculiarly Noticeable i'm Objects oi
Marine Life.

1t Is Peculiarly Noticeable i'm Objects oi
Marine Life.
The adaptation of the innumerabie
tints to every grade of change in the
color of the sea-weed is really marvel
Gus. The younger. lighter green crus-
taceans are always to be found on the
young, verdant fronds of tie plant
while the older parts of the weed art
inhabited by older. brown animals.
The older stems are often incrus:ed
with the white shells of bryozoa, and
corresponding with these We are SURF
90 find white spots on the brown armol
OF the crabs. The legs of the animal:
are frequently of an ol.ye-green ground
with brownish spots, deceptively like
the slender sea wced-leaves that are be.
ginning to turn brown. If one will. as
| did. pull one of the large plants upon
the deck, leave it in cask of sea
water for an hour or two. and Their
look through it for crabs without
disturbing it, he VIII find it very
hard to discover three or four oil
the animals, although he may be sure
There are iitTtcf VI d HuuuItu vi
them there; and, if he gives the mass u
lively shake, he will find curious as
semblage of the most varied sorts
tumblng OF the bush, whose behavior
will 20 far to verify W, ner's view:
for. if they are allowed the opportu-
nifty, they will all swim back to the
sea-weed, and each viii seek part OF
the plant most like it in color. tried
the experiment forty or fifty times. and
never saw a little green crab settle on
dark-brown stem. The crustaceans
keep to their color. and the brown ones
will, with amazing speed. dart through
the thick network of stems and leaTcs,
to the darkest spot they can find. where
they quickly escape observation.-Dr.
Hiiiiam Breitenbach, in Popular
Science Monthly.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-01-30
Drainage.

The subject of draining is attracting
attention among farmers and occupies
the thoughts and pens of agricultural
writers to a very considerable extent.
Farmers are sufficiently wide awake to
find out whatever concerns their own
interest, but are reluctant to engage in
such costly experiment as draining
their fields at an expense of $50 an
acre when the result may possibly be
disastrous to them, Some writers are
inclined to believe that because that
well-known farmer. John. johnson, of
New York, drained a wet-clav farm
and found it exceedingly profitable.
every other farmer should do likewise.
This is an unsafe conclusion, because
while wet-clay lands are undoubtedly
improved by drainage; light and gray
ely lands may be positively injured by
it. Indeed. in England. where sim
liar mania for thorough drainage pre-
vailed for years back, prominent farm
ers who have expended more than the
cost of the land in deep drainage have
stated positively that the land was seri-
ously injured by it, and that had the
drains on the wetteSt clay land been
put only foot or two at the most deep,
it would have been far better. and in
many eases the drains dried the land so
much as to destroy the crops in a dry
season.-N T. Times.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-01-30

In Queen Elizabeth's time, in En-
gland, red, yellow and black hair dyes
were in common use. the first. perhaps,
in compliment to the Queen. whose
natural hair. seldom seen, was reddish
in hue. She herself possessed eighty
wigs of var.ous colors. The demand
for hair at this time was so large that
children were often allured into corners
and SHARED; even the sanctity of the
grave wa not respected, and the dead
were robbed OF their hair. The fashion
Of dyeing the hair was by NO means
confined to women; men commonly
dyed their Boards.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-01-30

The cat, entering the trap to seize tbs
fowl, liberates the trigger and iscaught-
A more sportsmanlike method of hunt
ing the wildcat is with the rife and
hound, in the same manner in which
the Canada lynx is destroyed. Often
it will lie so close to a large limb or in
a fork of the tree it has selected, that
it is impossible to get a shot If not too
high to be so reached, it may be easily
dislodged by a few stones striking near
it, when it will attempt to bound to the
ground. and can be easily shot. II
only wounded, fierce struggle with
the dogs ensues, which, if the houn.ls
are good ones. ends in couple of min
utes by the cat being choked to death.
W. Seiss, IN Country Gentle
man.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-01-30
ROLLER SKATING.
It's Devotees Are Liable to Determines OF
the Limbs and Other Functional De-
Engagements.

It's Devotees Are Liable to Determines OF
the Limbs and Other Functional De-
Engagements.
Concerning the roller skate there is
unfortunately little risk of eXaggerat;ng
lis evils. Although of only compare
lively recent introduction. its effects
upon the carriage and gait and upon
the anatomical development, especially
of growing children are already quite
marked. These obvious physical effects
are inherent in the muscular acton in
volved in the use of this form of skate
Unlike the ice skates, there is no Gid
Ing movement, nor are the opposing
muscles of the lower eXtremities
equally exercised. in the constant sue
cessions of side thrusts which make up
Ill there is o. exercise on roller skates.
When to this is added the fact that the
practice may be, and is by many, con-
nued throughout the year. while ice
skating lasts only few weeks at a
time with long intervals between. it is
easy to see why so many youths of both
sexes are acquiring the peculiar gait OF
Il Micmac Indian or Hudson Bay yoy-
ageur in the snow-shoe season. Exam
nation of the ankles of the majority of
tie children who ciatter among the
smooth stone sidewalks of our residence
streets will reveal thickcning of the
ligaments "a tne :ciIlS, ana an Undue
development OF the muscles and tendons
Of the outer side. which point to the
condition of one of the common kinds
OF club foot-and in which the subject
walks on the inner ankle. The results
are patent even to the non-profcs sional
eye, and are therefore proper topics OF
comment in the columns of a news
journal But there is another class OF
evils arising from the continuous use Of
rcller-skates which is OF a much more
serious nature, and to which only the
merest aIIus;on may here be made. The
care of the health of future mothers is
the especial sacred charge of those who
know, by personal experience. how pro-
foundly that health may be affected By
some apparently Insignificant cause
during adolescence. There Is sufficient
reason for the belief that the form of
exercise in question is capable of pro-
ducing both structural and functional
disturbances of lasting nature.
cago NeDs.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-01-30
ALONE.

The fire fits on the walls
And glitters on the pane:
Lol Memory's wand recalls
The happy past again.
sit alone.
A tender weirdsome light
O'ercasts the fading green,
Amid the leaves sad Hight
And Autumn's golden sheen
roam alone.
Alasi the wild winds sweep
Ger winters bosom white,
Like means of restless sleep
Or hollow sounds of night.
sigh alone.
The hyacinth doth peep
And spring-time lilies bloom,
Ger dearest ones asleep
Within the dreamless tomb;
Iweep alone.
The distant church-bell sounds
Ger fragrant meadows broad
And silent sleepers' mounds;
All pass to worship God.
i go alone.
Soft doth the music steal
Out DER the flow ring sod,
No grief these sleepers feel
Forever more. o God,
am alone!
z. B. p. Sterdrt. In Current.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-01-30

the earth rioting in flowers and along
the way curious pueblos, yielding rs
glimpses Of life among the Indians. II
was full, picturesque, beautiful day.
A cool and backward spring had left
almost the winters mantle of snow
still upon the mountain tops. An eS-
traordinary rainy season had made the
deserts literally to blossom as the rose,
while the Rio Grande and ella rolled in
great flood-tide. overlooking their
banks.-Cor. Philadelphia Times.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-01-30

There are evidences that copper
mines were worked in this country by
the mound builders. The first copper
mines worked in the United States were
chiefly in New Jersey and Connecticut
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-01-30

"A silver half-dollar is the only adj
mission ticket recognized at the New
Orleans Exposition.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-01-30

infrequently hunts also in the day
time. 1t is good swimmer, and read
lily takes to the water when pursued by
dogs, or wishing to cross pond or
river. The usual cry of this species is
much like that of the domestic cat. for
which it is not inf.equently mistaken.
The fur is not very clOse and the skin
possesses little value.
When hunted with hounds. the scat
often exhibits a cunning but little in
ferior to that of the fox When started.
he will make for the nearest briary
field, and there double and run in cir
cles, crossing and recrossing his track.
until any but the best hounds are soon
at fault. He will also wade through
shallow water and soft, dry bottoms.
well knowing that in such places the
scent will not lie. Should a burnt
wood" be at hand, the ''cat" will put
any hounds at fault, leaping from trunk
to trunk of the charred and fallen trees
in every direction. and efectualiy
battling the dogs. Ii hard pressed he
will take to tree, genera Il first
doubling several times on has track,
and then leaping Is high as possible
among the branches by powerful
spring. The wildcat may at times be
taken in common steel CT box traps.
but Is usually too wary to be captured
ia so primitive contrivance. The plan
promising best success is to make
strong. bOx-like trap, with one end hing
ed, aid shutting by a powerful spring,
precisely in the manner OF the COM
mon wire rat-trap. the trigger being
also arranged in exactly the same man
ner. A chicken cock is confined at the
extremity of the box opposite the door
by strong wire partition, which sep
arates it from the body of the trap.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-01-30

lou may be sure that this excited
my curiosity. Who was this man
whom Miss M had evidently met by
appointment in the cottage, and to
whom she had con.ided the custody of
her bag? Furthermore, what did that
bag contain? | quickened my pace,
and the stranger and myself entered the
ST at on at Warwick at the same mo-
ment He bought ticket for London,
and did the same. In ten minutes the
train came in. and the stranger entered
the car. l followed him. He kept the
bag on his knee IN the grasp of h hand
all the time. bennington was only two
miles away, so had not much me 10
think if l intended TO do any thing
there. The train, / knew. would stop
seven minutes there for refreshments.
las the speed slackened. placed nv
hand on the ann of the stranger and
said:
s'.Exeuse me-rm an officer, and
want to know wna. YOU have in that
bag. There was robbery of jewels at
Sir George Ms yesterday, and
know that lady from the house was in
communication with you an hour ago
and gave you the bag.
The stranger grew pale and appeared
as though he would spring on me and
crush me. As the train stopped. he
glanced through the window. Then he
turned to me and said:
You may take the bag if you will
let me CO."
But are the jewels in it?' asked.
Look was the reply. 1 opened
the snap and under silk handkerchief
there sure enough We're the precious
gems.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1885-07-23
WASHINGTON.

The deficit Of the Postoffice Depart
ment for the qusrter ended March 81 last
was q, $50. II 10 estimated that the de-
lacit for the present fiscal year viii reach
o6,eo0.0o0.
The total value Of exports Of bread
etu6s for the six months ended June 30 was
go, 167, OeS, as compared with $67, 49,, 2s1 for
the corresponding period OF 1884.
A decision by Second Comptroller
Maynard IL to the effect that the moneys APP
propriated to Georgia BY the act Of March 3,
leS3, to reimburse the State for expenses In
CURED III tho revolutionary war, must be
covered INTO the Treasury and credited to
tho amount due from Georgia under the di-
rect tax OF 1851. levied upon all the States to
defray the expenses Of expressing the re.
belliou.
Fire at Washington destroyed the
presses and composing and editorial rooms
Of the Post, Republican, Gritic, and Sunday
Gdzette. The loss is estimated ut $50, 600.
At present there are 1927 distilleries
in operation in tho United States, producing
daily l64, - gallons Of sptrits.
Ex-senator Francis Herman, Of New
York, has declined the appointment Of Gov.
eminent Director OF the Union Pacific Rail-
road lately offered him BY the President.
Secretary Manning has addressed Z
circular to manufacturers and others inter
ested in the industrial arts, asking tlaeiE
views 40 to the feasibility Of simplifying the
tariG and substituting specific for ad-valorcm
duties. The results Of the inquiry viii be
a~sA s.NSo~a nuoresa
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1885-07-23


Paymaster Groser, Of the Richmond
and Danvillo Road, went to bed in his car q
Atlanta. Ca, and when he woke up. early
tho following morning, was being whirlcd
over the line at the rate Of forty miles an
hour. He went to the platform, set the
brake, and demanded of the men on the 10.
connective where they wore taking him. They
punctuated their reply with bullets, and
Mr.. Groser lcapcd from the car. When be
returned with help. half an hour later, the
men mad ned, leaving the safe. which con.
tanned so, 90, undisturbcd. There has been
one arrest on suspicion.
The National Cotton Convention. in
session at White sulphur Springs, elected T.
I. Avery, Of New Orleans, President. A 70
port was adopted asking Congress to pass .
law making common carriers responsible for
the acts OF their rs ents.
David Ackles, colored, was hanged
at Helena, Ark, for the murder of Frank
Burrcll and Felicia Flanagan. At Halifax,
n. G.. Eaton Mills, notorious colorcd
despcrado. was hanged in the presence Of
nve thonssnd people.
Thomas ). Boass0, an aid on the
Governors star, was fhot at New Orleans BY
Miss Mary G.. Kuhn. aged eighteen, who
claims that Doaeeo deceived her by means Of
. forged marriage certificate.
j. j. Howard & Son, bankers,
Gainesville, Ca, made an assignment. Their
liabilities amount to $4,000.
There il great excitement in the VII
lage of Stcpstone. kentucky, over tho kill
ing Of three ~ by Marshal Jerry Oakley.
Oakley represents the local option party,
and his victim ere il.rfi,ic with the liquor
interest. Fro ia a.. In S.,l.s arc arminR.
and further is nsl ,pr.chc ndcd.
An III In Aas lis,., ell states
that MI ca IL. - ..:n.a + passenger train
was wrec. q: 20. ..ae texas, Ivy stril.
Ing a culsera necn washed out b
j rain-storn. !. n ." lion, two llrcmen
and an extra ~ III Mcr. killed, and one
passenger, name unknown, had his lea
broken.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1885-07-23
White Hellebole.

Professor Lazenby, in his report
OF the Ohio experiment station. says
Of this well-known insecticide: III
has been used for many years as a
reinfly f4f the "urrant.woIm, and
may be regarded as n specific fol
this pest. Il is the powdered root
Of the Vecatrum album, ~ plant b.
longing to the lily family, comm only
called white hellebore. 1t Is either
used us II dry powder or is mixed
with water. Besides acting MS Il poi
son hcllebore also kills by contact.
We have used it with good effect us
d remedy for the rose slug. Two or
three tabiespeonfuls stirred in eight
quarts OF mild soap suds, carefully
sprinkled or sprayed Vverthe bushes
three or four times it intervals OF
two weeks, has kept this pest COM
pletely in check.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1885-07-23
FOREIGN.

De Lesseps and Admiral Galiber
have submitted to the French Government
plan for canal from Havre to Marooilles,
which shall be navigable for the largest iron.
Clads.
By permission of the Ameer, English
officers will supervise work on the defenses
Of Herat.
4 run on the Hibernian Bank o
Dublin was caused BY the failure Of the Nun.
mends the Government to aid the latter con-
eern. As precautionary measure, tho
oficials OF tkS Hibernian Bank demand tbat
depositors shall give them weeks notice Of
their intention TO withdraw funds.
It is estimated that the cost of put
ting the French navy in first-class condition
will be S6,0OO,OoO.
The announcement that the Earl Of
Carnarvon will personally investigate the
Maamtrasna, Darbaville. and Castle Island
murder cases Is hailed by leading irish jour
mails as . substantial concession by the BRIT.
ish Government to the demands of justice.
The Marquis of Salisbury and the
Marquis Tseng signed the new opium treaty
between China and Great Britain, by which
the interior Of the Chinese Empire 10 opened
up freely 10 the opium trade.
Two German banking houses are
negotiating loan OF slOO.OO 900 to China
for the construction of railways. wharves,
ssAso.-r-- -. improvements ue
o similar character.
Considerable commotion has been
caused in London social circles BY the black
balling or number Of Americans in tho
Bachclors' Club for apparently NO other res
son than their nationality.
Teams representing the two houses
Of Parliament had Q shooting match at VIM
bledon, tho Peers defeating the Commoners
BY q score OF 81 to go. Earl Spencer, late
Lord Lieutenant OF Ireland. made the best
record among the Lords.
The Marquis Of Salisbury. Sir Stat
ford Northcote, and Sir Michael Hicks Beach
held q consultation with Ilaron De Staal,
Russian ambassador to London, and mot.
withstanding the reported advance OF Rus
sian troops to" ard Hcrat assurance u
again given that the settlement Of tho
Afghan question Is progressing In satas-
factory manner.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1885-07-23
NEWS CONDENSED
Concise Record of the Week.


The residence Of Josiah AZ. Evans,
in Clearneld County, Pa, was destroyed b.
l1rc, and six OF his children, ranging in age
from to Is years, were trcmated. Evans
was awakened by strange noises, anc, under
the impression that burglars were about
took his gun and went outside to investigate.
10 his horror he discovered his humble
dwelling in flames. He quickly gave
the alarm, but before he could reach
his six children who were sleeping on
the second door the roof fell In. and in few
minutes the building was Ill ablazc. His wife
and three younger children. who were sleep
ing on the lower floor, were taken out safe
", but the parents wero forced TO ecc their
other children perish in tho flames.
Joseph F. Cottringer, ex-s;ecretary
and Treasurer Of the Central Transportation
Company Of Pennsylvania, charged with the
endorsement OF sl4s,jOO and forging Ger
tilcatcs Of the company, has been sentenced
at Philadelphia to imprisonment :or tour
years in solitary confinement.
John Roach, the ship-builder, has
made an assignment to George T. Weed and
George ". Quintard. His preferred claims
amount to about $l....OOO. No statement ID
made in regard to bis financial condition, cx-
cent that the trouble about the Dolphin. and
the more recent decision OF tho Attorney
General that no valid contract existed between
him and the Government are the causes lead
ing to the assignment. Roach has ex.
pended great amounts OF money on tho Dol
phin and the three now steel cruisers, the
Boston, Atlanta, and Chicago. and secs NO
way by which he can be reimbursed. It 4
said that the trouble with the Govern
ment has prcyed 90 heavily on his mind that
| II has been necessary to keep . constant
watch on him. when he found that there
Was no prospect Of being reimbursed by thu
Government he decided that the best thing
Dc could do would b to make an assignment
ne he'd $3l,O0 ia bank which he drew oul
| and paid to his men. His employees number
n600.
Petroleum has been discovered at l
depth Of l,220 feet on q mountain near -
mira. N. Y.
The Rev. Dr.. s. Irennus Prime, foa
yc0ID VultUI Va VuC INV 4VIA
Observer, died 1t Manchester, Vt, aged q.
The car-shop and other buildings o.
the New York and New England Railway .
Norwich, near Boston, were burned. Loss
5000, 600. J. D. Kings & Co.'S plaster o
paris works at New Brighton, N. Y, wer,
destroyed BY fre Saturday afternoon. IN
loss is placed at $50. 100, with insurance o
el2O.O
At Hoboken, New Jersey, JOIN
Gaunt, while intoxicated. murdered his VIII
with 4 butchcr-knife. The couple had boel
married thirty years, and had nve children
Gaunt ID In jail.
In an accident on the West Jerse,
Railroad Engineer, George Murphy, who. b!
remaining at his post, prevented a shocking
loss OF life. was killed, and u number OF pal
sengers slightly injured.
Notices have been posted announcing
the suspension OF work throughout Angus
Of the Utica Steam Cotton Mills and the Nc
hawk Valley Mills 1t Utica, n. y. 1t
thought the suspension may continnc for
longer time. Overproducti0n II given 40 on
Of the causes of the sioppagc.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1885-07-23
MISCELLANEOUS.

The first annual convention of the
Master House-Paintcrs' Association OF tho
United States and Canada, was in session at
Chicago last week. The Union of American
Hcbrew Congregations was in session ut st.
Louis. They recommended tho organization
Of q Sabbathscho0i Tnssn, It,c Bust
ness Educators Association of the
United States met ut Jacksonville,
III. New York City was selected -
the next place Of meeting. The National
Curling Club Of America held its nineteenth
annual meeting at Milwaukee, when SEIZED.
nle for the coming winter was arranged, and
James Stewart, Of Yonkers, New York, elect
ed PRESIDENT tor tAe ensuing year. The Ma
tional cotton Exchange Qf AMsYie4 was in
session at White sulphur Springs, W. M,
and the newsdealers and stationers held 3
ut Philadcl phia.
A mass meeting at Toronto, which
demanded the restriction or prohibition OF
Chinese immigration into the dominion, was
>,e.sAad nsa. hy the Navnr Of tho city.