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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-10-23
The Greatest Engineering. Feat Yet.

The Ftsnch naval authorities and
Comte De Lesseps have. actually given
countenance to a plan, for constructing
shiP-caDal from she British Channel to.
the Mediterranean Sea; the proposed
waterway to be large enough ard deep
enough to admls the passage Of the
largest ironcladk The French AdmS.
rally say that thescherSe is feasible and
wsuld be very desirable, though it
would cost great deal of money. The
proposition involves making use of The
Seine, Loire and other French rivers.
The outlet being near arseilles. Should
SUCH ; watercourse ever be cOmplsted,
it would give the commerce Of the Ned
iterranean and the East 10 Franco, and
would be serious blow to Erefand's
maritime supremacy. Another gigan-
tic engineering scheme is also Oh the ts-
pis 1t is to connect the Caspian Sea
with the Persian Gulf by way Of the val>
ley of .he Euphrates. THIS would
make Asia an island, and would change
the tides of travel and business through
out tho eastern world. There are vast
Improvements yet to be made upon this
plane: Of ours. What q pity we can
not 60 to sleep and wake up . century
hence and see the changes which viii
have taken place during that time
Donoresfs Monthty.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-10-23
THE MOUNTAIN RAT.
An Interesting Animal Which Carries on
System Of Garter. .

An Interesting Animal Which Carries on
System Of Barter. Z
These interesting rodents are jewellers
in the Rocky Mountains and adjacent
hills, and are known amcng us by vari-
Gus significant names. as mountain-rat,
timber-rat and trade-rat. The first, of
course. refers to their native home; the
second to the sound Of their gnawing,
scarcely to be distinguished from the
saving of timber; and the last to their
peculiar system of barter or exchange.
SO curious habit that it is doubtful if
any other animal has ever b en- known
to practice it while in . wild untamed
state.
These animals are much larger snd
stronger than the ordinary house-rat-
SO much SO that cats are apparently
afraid of them, and can not be induced
to attack them. They are pretty, well
formed. have very bright black eyes.
prominent. beautifully shaped. pointed
ears and soft gray fur. Their tails are
not rat-ike. but are more like squir-
rers. only less bushy, being covered
with fur.
Such keen. intelligent-lookng little
creatures are they that. hut for our in
stinctive dislike to the name Of rat, we
would be strongly tempted to tame them
as attractive and teacAable pets. Until
they learn that they have an enemy in
man. they are quite unsuspicious, and
will allow any one to walk up to them.
Mr.. E. D. " Hatch, IN Popular Sci
! essce Acnkiiy.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-10-23
Drying Flowers.

The chief points to atterd 10. arc to
dry the specimens quickly. thoroughly,
and with a pressure that will not crush
them. A good method is to place each
specimen in a sheet Of brown paper, and
interpOse several empty sheets between
each that is filed; then to place them in
a napkin press. and press thsm gently
for the first day or two, just enough to
prevent the leaves and fcxers from
shriveling. When the tapors are quite
damp. separate them, and spread them
on the floor of a room where they can
dry little, then gather them toge:hes
and place them again in the press.
rather increasing the pressure. This
operation should be repeated daily till
the flowers are quite dry. A qaick and
better, hut more troublesome way, is to
shift the flowers daily cat of their damp
papers into hot and dry ones. immedi-
ately pressing them dswn.-Th. House.
hold.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-10-23
"CYGLONES."
What Herr Burwinkel Has to Say About
Atmospheric Disturbances.

What Herr Burwinkel Has to Say About
Atmospheric Disturbances.
dell you py chiminy dot meier I hat
see such sdorm-vind as dot cyclone. l
sdand me on my dore-vront sdep und
look my sbeckdakels droo und l see q
ink-sdain sky-gloud vot vos aboud dree
miles behind de CORPORATION line und 1
by minesef did visper: ''Now We rain
some will ged." watched me dot sky
CLOUD und burty quick I somdings see
vot Stands mine hair mine head on dop
ub sdraid. see dot budcher shob vot
Jake Bosensdine does pelong und id
did ub idsef lid und rount idself dwist
dree dimes und drop idself in wife places.
Dot dhunder glapped oud lout und de
air vas vlying vull mid house-bricks und
shingel-poards. l see me krouds of
boobies vot vas running quick und som.
dimes der heads lifd down to keeb de
clear way of some cOop-chicken vot vast
vlies de sidewalk ofer. Eferyding we're
I sdand vas so stiffness dot you could a
pin bick ub. Gwick soon some Wind
plows hard mine hat de yart-side rount,
/ runt me dot hat alder und l down
knocked de zuckel-honey bush vot
Stands de yart in. De Wind plows idseli
swifder und swifder, und de light
id darker geds idself, und de beebles
run und cry dot ode world vOs
ub ids pizness close" My parnsdapel
plows mine schmoke-house ofer und
sblits id oben vide; mine hat i'd away
goes; mine coad i'd pushed ids pack ub;
mine shudder vinders fall de vail down
und sboil all de push-roses; some weller
he drifes his tray-wagOn mine vront
vence ofer; dries mineself to run de
house in und knockt mineself pack NIT
a sbring maddress ped vOt vlies de air
droo; dc wire pells rings; I loose mine
sbeckdakels; de dhunder cracks like bolt
Tx gannons; mine boblar-silver drees
bull de roots oud py und Wy away like
chicken.vedders, Wished mineself mine
will l hat made. A man runs himself
mine gade-bOst in und says: ''Oxcuse
me. see YOU in dime not;" mine yart
ub wills NIT parcels und wood biles und
durkey-chickens und pasgeds und pug
gy-vagons und bipe. sdOves und wash
dishing bans und laties hoop-dresses.
und de thunder id cracked idself Won
more crack. und de Wind gifts anudder
pig vistle und plows sdeepel across
parber shOb. und dakes vlOck of shoad-
pigs mine cellar down und den id dunn
bles on idself ind sdops. grawls me
dot lnaddres ped sbring vrOm under Oud
und geds de inzide of mine house in.
und comes me not out some more dill de
morning nexd. l sbends me vifty-dree
dollars mine honse rebairs. und COLLECTS
me dree huntred und e!efen dollars OF
guriozidees worth mine yart oud vrom.
1 like not cyglones.-Ptck's Sun.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-10-23
DETECTIVE ACCOUNTANTS.

Defaication in Places OF Trust . National
Failing.
Defalcation by persons occupying po-
sitions of trust, which bids fair to de-
serve the name of the american sys-
tenn" has become SO common that the
number of expert accountants who I'M
dertake TO ferret out the mystery of
default has been rapidly swelled within
the last few years. The life of an ex-
pert is both wearisome and exciting.
Quitting his home at midnight he is
driven rapidly to the house where the
suspected cashier or bOok-keeper is en-
ployed and burries himself in figures
until the dawn of day. No one must
surmise his employment, least of all the
man whose methods are to be sifted.
Every book must be replaced precisely
as it was left at the close of business,
and not trace of the midnight intruder
must remain. Sometimes, too, the de-
tec,ive himself becomes an object Of
suspicion, and few who have been long
engaged in this nocturnal employment
have escaped arrest at some time or
other. Robberies have often been per-
petrated by persons protesting to be.
employed about the premises at night,
and the police have grown so suspicious
of this pretense that the lOudest protest.
atoms of an honest detective accountant
have sometimes been unavailing to save
him from arrest.
A resident of Chicago, whose long
experience in the examinations of ir.
regular accounts gives his opinion some
value, expresses his conviction that there
is hardly large establishment in the
city in which dishonest practices do not
prevail. There is remarkable differ.
ence, he says, between conservative bus.
mess concerns of England and Scotland
and the dashing. gO-lucky houses Of
America In the steady business Of
Great Britain, where the son succeeds
the father and is trained in the count
ipg-house from his early years, all the
details Of bis Office are carefully elabO-
rated, and no one can steal five cents
without being found out. But here
shrewd business man establishes an
enormous business without giving any
part of his attention to the routine OF
the Office, and as his employees usually
receive . beggsrly allowance. it is
scarcely to be wondered that they add
to their salary by theft. An employer
who expects fidelity should reward his
servants according to the responsibility
of their place. Chicago Tribune.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-10-23
A NICE CLEAN HOUSE.

] scarcely dared to tread within.
So neat was everything:
The porch was clean as any pin.
The stOop showed soap was king.
Almost with awe l strobe the floor
Into the parlOr prim,
And as l closed the nOiseless door
The light was soft and dim.
The sofa stood in stately form,
Each chair was in its place:
/ could rot say the air was warm,
Though orde- reigned with grace.
No speck of dust, no sign Of rust,
Profaned this nice. clean house;
No cat, no dog their bones discussed,
Nor cen nibblng mouse.
1 said unto my well-housed friend:
you're very quiet here"
And as he speaks. his cold words send
4 chill upon my ear.
"No, no." he said. .Our oh Id is dead:
There's none about the place
Alas. within the life he led
No signs OF dust trace.
No children round the weil-kept house,
No sound of pattering feet;
No little ones to kiss ami bOwse,
No dirty fingers sweet.
Give me the toys and dust and noise
And furnii are awry-
The W crS of baby girls and boys
And that will SUIT my eye.
u. ". Wdtso
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-10-23
LOST HIS TASTE.
How . Colored NIissis.ippian Learned to
Dislike Smoked Meats.

How D Colored Mfssis.ippian Learned to
Dislike Smoked Meats.
Twas sleeping in second-story bed
room of planters house in Mississippi,
and it was not yet daylight, when some
thing reused me up. I was listening to
hear the noise repeated, when there
came such a yell as fairly shook me out
of bed. Iran to the open window, but
it was too dark outside to see anything.
As stood there listening heard the
clank of a chain, followed by groaps.
and then all was still. l went back to
bed with the idea that some crazy negro
was providing around. and slept until
sunrise. Then looked out and solved
the mystery. A few rods away was the
smoke-house. A big bear-trap had been
set At the door, and it had caught 3
prize. With one leg held a. in vice,
and with his hands grasping a young
tree to hold him up, burly big negro
looked up at ME and called out:
Say, boss, but l want to git loose of
disr'
When l went down and told the
Colonel he expressed no surprise and
took no action until after breakfast.
Then he walked out to the smoked house,
and, after looking the prisoner over, he
said:
'.Does it hurt?'
'.Nebber was hurried so in my life,
sah."
Cant YOU get out:e''
mo, sab. Tze bin irwin eber since
midnight. but can't do it,
81 have hams and shoulders in there"
Eyes. sab. reckon You has"
''Are YOU fond of smoked meat?"
mo. sab. 1 used ter be, but I amt
any mo- shall neb5er tech smoked
meat aginr'
Like to walk out nights?''
mo, sab. lie gwine ter bed cherry
night at shutdown arter dis!'
We got rail and opened the trap
and let him out. He went off dragging
his leg behind him. and as he reacaed
the gate he lifted his hat and said:
"Werry much obleeged. Kurncl. II
my appetite fur hams an shoulders eber
returns I'll keep cl'ar o. dis plantashun.
an doan' you forgit it!''-Deroit Free
Press.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-10-23
IN A RAILWAY Gan.
Earmark1 which Always Designate the
Travelling B0or.

Earmarhs which Always Designate the
Travelling Boor.
It il little difficult to find a place
where boor is intolerable He is like
boil-there is no good loca ton to have
him. It is true also that, like ''the COM
forter." there are some places where he
is less Objectionable than others. but
there is no spot where he is more out
of place, or advertises himself more
persistently, than in . railroad car
Unfortunately, the proportion of cars to
Doors remains fixed. for there always
seems to be about the same number of
Doors, in proportion to other passen-
gers. as there are cars. There are ear
marks about these Doors that always
designate them. He wants two whole
seats If he can get them, one for his
body and the other for his feet, regard
less of the number of other passengers.
II the brakeman obliges him to sur
render one seat to other passengers he
insists on monopoliziDg one entire seat
to himself. Another characteristic of
the railway-car boor is that he doubles
himself up. like half-closed ja'k-knife.
and punches his knees into the back of
the seat in front of him, with little
regard to the fact that such thing
is source of great annoyance to
the occupants of that seat. In this pO-
sition he will sit for miles. relieving
himself by bracing first with one knee
and then with the other. Innocently he
sits, advertising himself to every one in
the car that he is boor and that he is
more familiar with the practices of the
corner grocery than of good society, and
really wonders why people look at him
rs they do. Usually he is engaged in
munching tobacco. peanuts, some other
commodity of bar. room associations, III
interested in tempting the passengers to
solve the problem how he ever got out of
his pen and upon his hind legs, or in
defiling the place into which be has
broken. In the smoking car the boor is
rather more at home than in the other
coaches, for usually he can find assOci-
ates ''to get up hand" at some game
of cards, in which loud outlaws over the
highly important fact that he has taken
trick entertain the passengers. He
spits on his fingers as he deals the cards,
and he slaps down an ace with the vigor
of a man welding an Ak. He is rare
creature, this boOr in a railroad car, and
no one can for moment be mistaken in
his classification, whether he wears q
white hat and Prince Albert coat or a
straw head gear and blouse. for moth
ing he can do to satisfy his associates of
his identity is ever Omitted.-Caicago
Nfrs
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-10-23
CATTLE SHEDS.

Their Construction q Saving in Food and
Future Labor.
Cattle sheds or barns should be built
wide enough for two rows of cattle, and
long enough to accommodate the herd
to be provided for. There are two plans
for the stalls: One for the cattle to
stand facing each other. and a feedway
between them. But after careful exam
ination and trial we prefer the cattle
facing toward the outside of the shed.
We are opposed to feed boxes, but the
floor of the feedway should be two feet
above the floor on which the cattle
stand, on which can be placed the hay,
meal or other food. This feedway
should be five feet wide. and made of
boards planed ON the upper side, SO that
a man with q fork can shove the hay on
the floor. which can be done much
faster than carrying it. The floor of the
stalls should be five or six feet long, ac-
cording to age or size of the csttle. This
should incline few inches towards the
rear, but not too much, rs that would
derange the natural level position of the
animal, and interfere with the intestinal
operations. The passage way in the
center of the shed should be at least
eight feet wide, and the door five or six
inches below the floor of the stalls. This
should be arranged so that the wagon
or cart can be run through to gather up
and haul out at once the manure to the
farm. If the cattle's heads stand to-
ward the center the manure will have to
be thrown ont of the windows, and
probably remain under the eve of the
shed until it is bleached of all its vir-
tues. With an eight-fcet driveway in
the center the manure can be pushed
back and be hauled out once a week. or
in case of bad weather or emergency,
every two weeks. But in this arrange
ment, when taken out, it is almost GER
tain to be carted out to the right place
for future usefulness. In the other way
it is almost certain to be left and wasted.
For milk cows the stalls should have
partitions, which should be as high as
the cows head, sloping down to few
inches at the back end Of the stall floor.
For other cattle. unless it is found there
are some vicious ones, there need be no
partitions to the stalls. From our cal
culations. for two rows of stalls, the shed
or barn should be thirty feet wide. If
one side be designed for cattle and the
other for horses. it will be necessary to
have the shed two feet wider, as horse
stalls should be eight feet deep. When
barns are built wider 80 as to accommo-
date more than two rows of stalls it is
done at a great sacrifice of light, which
is an important item. And by facing
stock towards the sides instead of to-
wards the center, the question of light
should be taken into consideration.
Windows are cheap. and there should
always be an ample provision for light.
It is beneficial 70 the stock. and an ad-
vantage in the care and feeding.-Des
Aoines (Ed.) Register.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-10-23

She fastened 10 the door as she
heard the familiar ring she had not
heard since before the vacation days.
"Oh, George!-why. aren't you glad to
see me?" Certainly, my dear. but I'm
Just from Montreal, and the papers say
smallpox can be carried by q kiss"
''Oh, IS that all? Why George. I'm
thoroughly vacclnated." All, there!-
Hartford Poa.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-10-23

The skins of young ostriches make
beautiful robes. which are very highly
priced and difficult to obtain, rs only the
soft short feathers of the breasts Of the
young gan be used. and each robe rep
resenfs the slaughter Of from fifteen to
twenty young birds.-E 7 Sun.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-10-23

"A Buffalo woman last spring ne
ceived telegram announcing the death
of her husband. who had deserted her.
In the summer she married again. and
the other day was distressed to SEE her
first husband return. proving her biga-
mist. He had sent the lying dispatch
himself to get his wife il Jrouole.-
Buffalo Express. :,
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-10-23

~ Any person whe takes tho paper regu.
larly from the post-ofice, whether directed to
his name or whether he IL Q subscriber or not
10 responsible for the pay.
The courts have decided that refusing to
take newspapers from the post-offce, or re-
moving and leaving them uncalled for, is
prfvnN ~o-'si ey-'5nuno Of v.--r~vyOy Ar FIJI ar-D
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-10-23

The rearing Of stock is the best ap-
pliance yet discovered for tie enrich
ment Of the soil.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-10-23

in Louisiana the Baptists r.urte:
$4,000 white members, gathered In 81
churches
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1885-11-13
STIE 81 COOKIE
EX MENDOZA" and Other Late Arrivals
From New York and S Francisco Ige and
Merchant disc 70
Plantations. Country Stores and Families,
CONSISTING IN PART OF.


oil in
and Cylinder OIL Albany Compound
Wrought
Springs
Pump I. r.
sand eandf al
style Anvis
Planters Hoes make,
and quality; Lawn Mowers Road
Pick Machine ard
Shelf Builders
Of al
Mlnist@ tools of all kinds Hammers Paints
andG Glass
small Oils
DENNIS g.. 9and1O OF a BIO rates
SALMON, in
Family Flour.
CRUSHED and GRADUATED SUGAR i'll barrels
GIANT POWDER GEIATINE POWDER, fectve
New foods Expec perS steam
BOILER, FEED
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1885-11-13
STEAMER LIKELIKE,
tLorenzen, Commanderj

Leaves Honolulu every Monday at p. NJ. tor
SKEunakakai, Rahului, every week: HueIO, Hama
and Kipahulu, Keanae, Mokulau and Nuu every
other week, Returning, will stop at the above
ports, arriving back Saturday mornings.
For mails and passengers only.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1885-11-13
STEAMER KILAUEA HOU,
(weisbarth. Commander

VIII leave regularly for Paauhau, kOhOlalele,
OOkala, Kukaiau, HOnOhina, LRupahOehOe, Haka-
lau and Onomea
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1885-11-13
Aartftisfnlents.
Marshal's Sale.

DY VIRTUE or a DECREE MADE BY THE
ID Supreme Court and Of an order of Mr.. JUS
tice Preston Hereunder i'm the cause ]. K. Silva
ct ais vs.. A. J. Lopez ct al:
will cause 70 De sold at public auction the
premises Of J. r. Silva, situate at ManOa, on the
Island OF Oahu. Cunless the amount Of Prncipai
and Interest due De previously satisfied on
TUESDAY, the Eths day Of November, 1885 at
land:
l. That certain piece or parcel Of land situate AT
WaiIele, ManOa, Island Of Oahu, being the same
described in Royal Patent No. 27l, Kuleana Helu
I,744, containing an area Of 75-lO0 OF an acre
2. That certain piece Of land situate at MauOa
aloresaid. being aPana Of Royal Patent Z2ya,
Kniean2 Helu 72s, containing an area Of lo7-l0O
acresi
8. That certain piece Of land situate at ManOa
aforesaid being the same described In Royal
Patent ,54d, and containing an area Of 36.lo-lOO
acres
4. That certain piece of land at wailele, Manoa
aforesaid, being the same more particularly de-
scribed in Royal Patent 49, containing an area OF
1O.4S-10O acres.
5. That certain piece Of land situate at Manoa
Aforesaid, being the same more particularly de-
scribed In Royal Patent $50, containing an area OF
81 acres.
g. That certain piece Of land situate at Manoa
aforesaid, being the same more particularly de-
scribed in Royal Patent 2,5Sc, Ruleana Helu 67l2,
containing an area of I.3O-10O acres
Z. those certain pieces of land situate at KAMA
papa, Waianae, Island OF Oahu aIsreSad' Delng
the same more particularly described in Royal
Patent 2,151, KuleanR Helu 1884, containing an
area OF acres 5.62-10O chains.
3. That certain piece Of laud situate at kHinOI-
I'LL, waikiki, Oahu, aforesaid. containing AN area
of and &C. 100 acres.
Also, all the right title and interest Of the COM
plainants In the said suit in the Hui Alma of ka-
paliluahine at MaDoa aforesaid.
Also, 100 head cattle more less, branded
PIC, and running Mano aforesaid pair
working oxen, 40 head cattle more or less,branded
Et running at said ManOa; so horses, mares and
colts, branded PKG, and horses, branded CT, at
said AanOa,
Also, bullock art, yOkes and ID chains, and
also certain lease made by Simon Kaai, attorney
ia fact for Ruth KeilikolaHi TO J. II. Silva, dated
July L. 1879, and recorded in Liber 6l, pages 2O5
and 2Oc, being the property comprised in certain
mortgage deed dated the 18th day of August, 1888
made by the complainants TO the defendant Lopez
For further particulars apply to
ASHFORD & ASHFORD,
Solicitors for Complainants.
CECIL BROWN,
Solicitor for Defendants.
JNO. H. SOPER,
Marshal.
Honolulu November ,, 1897.
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8LH uBS
.OXH .SL]lNVHOH

TIE LETTERS received till HIS Five
extra fee due on each letter Late letters
'e received at the Post Office up to the time
osing the late letter bag.
BIN order to expedite business on mail |
the public are respectfully requested to afIix |
own stamps on letters and papers, and send |
frespondence to the Post Office and not to the /
her. H. NJ WHITNEY P NJ O.
! Office, Honolulu, November 10, 1855.