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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-11-20
PETROLEUM.
The Great Success Attending Its Uss -
Fuel.

The Great Success Attending Its Uss -
Fuel.
The use Of petroleum refuse as fuel be-
gan at Baku, where enormous quantities
of the crude oil has been suffered to run
to waste for years before this mode Of
utilizing it was discovered. As the rc-
fuse, called astatka there, costs only sixty
cents on the spot and as . ton Of it is
equal to ton and q half of coal for
making steam, it rapidly came into
favor after mechanical skill had devised
proper methods OF applying it. At the
present time the single firm of Nobel
Bros. at Baku turns out $50, 900 tons q
year, and all the steam marine of the
Caspian. together with the locomotives
of the Transcaucasian Railway
system and several of the rail-
ways Of Southeastern Russia burn it
alone. In applying the oil it Is pulver-
lied by . jet Of steam in very simple
way. and by this process the combus-
ton is perfect. There is no smoke, no
SCOT, no clinker. no residue whatever,
and no waste. The flame is entirely un-
der control. can be raised or lowered
instantly. and as instantly extinguished.
Wherever coal is scarce and dear tho
astatka furnishes an ideal fuel, and while
the flashing test is much lower than that
of refined petroleum, experience shows
that it can be handled without any dam
ger. On the Caspian large steamers
fully laden with oil have burned this
fSel for len years without single acct
dent.
The Russian experiment has now
been transferred to California, where
the Central Pacific Railroad Company
has recently introduced crude petroleum
into nearly all its steamers. including
the Oakland ferryboats. The oil is OBJ
tanned in the State, some of it at Ven
tura and some from wells not long
struck near LivcrmOre on the line of
the Western Pacific Branch. The
method of application is practically
identical with the Russian-namely: by
steam jet. The nozzle is fiattencd so
that the pulverized oil is blown in a
sheet of flame into the fire-box and I'M
der the boiler tubes. The San Francis
CO CHEOHICtS StStcS CndC tDc TcSultS 50 taE
have been most satisfactory. On
the freight steamer Thoroughfare
1.-THE cost of oil as fuel
was found to be A per cent. less
for the first five months than for the
corresponding period year ago." On
the great Central Pacific transfer steamer
Solano. which carries a whole freight
train of cars at load across the straits
at Benecia leading into the San Francisco
bay. the saving has been less hitherto;
but as the oil costs four dollars for one
hundred gallons rs against seven dollars
q ton for coal, and as one hundred gal
Ions of oil make as much steam as ono
ton of coal. the general average of
economy is obviously high, to say moth
ing of the saving in stokers' wages. 1t
is already demonstrated. in fact, by
these successful tests that no region
which possesses petroleum, or can OBJ
tain it economically, need be dependent
upon coal for fuel for manufacturing or
transportation. and it is equally certain
that eventually the refuse oil will be
utilized for household fuel. as has al
ready been done in some parts of Russia.
tChic0g0 Tribyne.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-11-20

The japanese are among the polit-
est people in the world. Here is an il.
lustration: A japanese gentleman
called on Washington lady. He was
asked to remain till lunch time, and
consented. They wanted him to 60,
but didn't know how to get rid of him.
He fingered till midnight, when. with
elaborate. almost abject apologies for
leaving, he took his departure. Next
day, while the hostess was telling her
friends how horribly she had been
bored, her visitor was deploring her
cruelty in not earlier in the day intimat.
ing to him that he might depart, Jsps-
nese etiquette requiring such signal of
permission before he could go.-Wlsh-
iRgt0H Star.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-11-20

Some time ago. Joseph Arnold. s
bank cashier. died and left the town Of
Derby, Ct. thirty shares of ths stock Of
his bank. Attached to the gift was the
condition that the town was LSt to touch
the money until il amounted to S5. O00.-
600. At the time Of Mr.. ArYbld's death
the shares were worth $1,000. Local
mathematicians calculated that it would
take 200 years for the money to aecumn-
late 10 the amount Of 8SOO0,O 900 II
was too long to wait, and . town meet.
ing has voted 10 give up all Chains &c
the money. which now roverts 10 Cash
Ter Arnold's heirs-at-lAw. = Hartford
Post
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-11-20

The recent census in Massachusetts
shows that out of about $50 towns $50
lose in population. The gains are in
manufacturing centers, the marked
losses in the agricultural districts, and
certain compensatory gains liz towns
which would be expected to lose are duo
to their being convenient homes for
those whose business is in the cities.
Nantucket threatens to becoms depOpu-
lated in time. The population of the
island has fallen from 1904 in 1855 to
S,l4S in 1885.-B0stOn .JoHrnsl.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-11-20

-Spanish sailors arc the most super.
stitious Of the lot. One Of their pet
omens il that . ship whose decks are
wet the first day out viii have fine
weather The rest Of the voyage. For
that reason they often leave their moor.
ings IN . storm.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-11-20

There are SO many wheelmen in
England that much Improvement is mo-
ticeable in the earth roads and also in
the keeping of the roadside inns. thou.
sands Of people are constantly spinning
over the island on long-distance jour
neys.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-11-20

The latest novelty in mems wear b
} cuff that can also be used - . collar.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-11-20

-Keatucky's heaviest pumpkin thin
yesr weighed over ITO psaads
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1885-03-12
An ExhOrteP in Great Trouble,
fAIkansaw Traveller !

A well-known planter of South Ar
kansaw, man who has exhorted at
more revivals than any worker in the
State, had trouble last week. While
hauling cotton along a muddy road,
one of the steers broke the yoke and
away. The old fellow sat down on a
log and said:
'Lord, you know pretty well what |
have done fore the church, and how
many privations l have stood without
q Whimper of complaint. If you have
observed me very closely, you know
that l never said word when nv
fences were washed away, and that
even when Josh Chandler beat me in a
lawsuit | did not murmur, but now,
after mature consideration, am COM
PEELED to say something. Damn that
steer! think that under the circum-
stances am excusable. Very few men
would have stood as much as have,
especially man whose wife is in q
tiout half the time, SO | submit the
question: Don't you think that am
justifiable in the course / have this day
taken? Here | am, stuck in the mud.
BY the time can get another team the
boat will be gone, and I'll have to leave
my cotton or haul it back home. fl
leave it on the bank, somebody will steal
it, and If take 1t back home Anderson
will catch it with a mortgage. So you
see, l am peculiarly situated, and am,
before any court in the world, or out of
1t either, justifiable in remarking,
Damn that steer"
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1885-03-12
A Scientist And Philosopher.

Il hab nebber befoah dun noticed
remarked venerable colored gentle
man to hystander at the menagerie,
the other day; "how much the monkey
'senlbles de white man. I 'speets at
some time way back in de mists OBJ anti
quisy, prob'ly in de epizootic silurian
epoc OBJ de universe, and befoah de pri-
mordial atoms oh de great original
chaos had 'somed deir various present
notifications, dat de monkey must
hab eboluted from de white man. In
dis view OBJ de matter Use ware dat j
differ from de views oh dc scientists
dat de white man eboluted from de
monkey. But dey is all wrong. Now
1t am a indisputed axium dat one thing
can't come out oh anodder thing unless
it am first in dat thing. Now if desci-
entists am right, what want to know
am dis, de monkey bein' SO much
smaller dan de white man, how de
white man eber got into de monkey?''
Sytings.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1885-03-12
WASHINGTON LETTER.
tFrom our Regular Correspondent
WASHINGTON, ID. G., March q, 1885.

WAsHINGoN, ID. G., March q, 1885.
The inaugural ceremonies upon Mr..
Cleveland's accession on the 4th, were
attended with greater enthusiasm and
more elaboration of display, both mill
tary and civic, than have been wit
messed in any of the score of inaugural
tions that have preceded it. There was
neither halt nor hitch from beginning
to end, and although participated in by
more than quarter of a million of peO-
pie, there was no fighting, no drunken
ness and no disorder whatever. The
ovation extended by the people to Mr..
Cleveland was quite as freely given to
Mr.. Hendricks whose well known
countenance was readily recognized by
the immense crowd that lined Penn
sylvania Avenue from one end to the
other. A feature of the ceremonial
which was peculiarly gratifying was
the reading of the inaugural address by
the President-elect, whose voice was
heard and whose utterances were dis
tinctly conveyed to the ears of more
than fifteen thousand people. The
Presidents delivery was not only ear
nest and fOrcible but at times was very
eloquent, eliciting laundering bursts of
applause. Of course by the time this
reaches you the address will have been
sent to you by telegraph, so that YOU
can then judge of its merits. | can on
ly say that here it has won the admira-
ton of everybody, friend and foe alike,
because it gave no uncertain sound of
what might be expected of Demo-
cratic administration that has the task
of correcting the numberless abuses that
twenty years of Republican rule has
inaugurated, tolerated and encouraged.
In the admirable closing address of
Speaker Carlisle, he paid his particular
respects to the modern Congressman
who deems it his peculiar mission to
draft bills and introduce them. The
Speaker said that from the organization
of the Government to the close of the
Twenty-Fifth Congress, period of fifty
years, there had been but eight thous-
and seven hundred and seventy-seven
bills introduced, while in the present
Congress alone there had been eight
thousand six hundred and thirty! If
this practice does not require some con-
stitutional or other treatment, know
of no governmental abuse that does.
Hardly a single appropriation bill in
the general class nowadays, is not a
draft upon the Treasury for more mon
ey than the appropriations Of ten years
would cover fifty years ago, when the
net expenditures for running the Gov
ernment annually did not amount to as
much as is now required to build an or
dinary public building in New York,
Chicago or San Francisco.
The withdrawal from the Senate OF
three such men as Bayard, Lamar and
Garland leaves vacancies that the South
will find it exceedingly difficult to fill.
The public men in the South who can
bring experience in public affairs
coupled with the requisite ability to at
tend to the interests of their constitu-
ents that these men have demonstrated
are very few and far between.
| PHONo.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1885-03-12
THE BOOMERS.
They Petition President Cleveland co
Give them "a Square Deal"

WICHITA, KAN, March Late last
night it became known to the Oklahoma
Boomers, at Arkansas City, who pro-
pose to re-enter the Territory on Mon
day, that General Hatch would inter-
cept them; that he had decided to first
shoot down their stock, and if that did
not deter them, to open fire on them
After conference, the following petit
tion was signed by large number of
cattle herders and boomers, and for
warded to Col. Wilcott, who telegraphed
it to Washington this morning:
ITO his Excellency, Grover Cleveland,
President of the United States: The un-
dersighed citizens of the United
States would respectfully represent
that, living upon the border of the
Cherokee strip and the lands known as
Oklahoma-and to many of the under
signed the said tracts of land being as
familiar as our fathers cow-pastures at
home, being empolyed as herders or
cowboys for different ranches, both on
the strip and in Oklahoma for several
years-we know whereof we speak when
we say that many cattle, horses, sheep
and hogs are held in enclosed pastures
fenced by barbed wire, both on the
strip and in Oklahoma, and further
more much of said territory is capable
of being cultivated, being rich land
well-watered and well-wOoded. The
major part of it is now occupied by
cattle-men having ranch and building,
occupied, winter and summer, by en-
ployes engaged in caring for said
stock. These are not molested by the
troops. Settlers have repeatedly under
taken to move on these lands, and have,
as repeatedly been expelled by the
military, their leaders arrested and
dragged to Forts Reno and Smith,
ostensibly for trial, charged with the
grossest crimes, and have been as re-
peatedly released without trial and left
without trial and left without means,
to get home the best way they could;
all these arrests being made by arbitra-
ry military orders, contrary to the
genius of our government.
Believing as we do that the civil au-
thority is the highest in our land and
so far never has been invoked in vain,
we respectfully ask your Excellency to
revoke the present military orders and
cause civil arrests to bemade ifnecessa-
ry, to the end that the proper civil tri-
bunal may decide the question of the
status of these lands. We are assured
that such action would be respected and
| obeyed by the settlers. We believe your
EXcellency speaks the language Of cur
tribe and, like cowboys, believes in "a
square deal.'"
Accompanying the petition is an affi-
davit made by Captain Couch in which
he declares that there are large num-
ber of cattle ranches in Oklahoma coun-
try owned by various individuals and
companies whom he names, among
them being the Standard Oil Company;
that all of them have good permanent
improvements, such as houses, cerrals
and fences, and the whole of Oklahoma
is occupied by herds OF cattle.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1885-03-12
There is nothing very unusual in the
fact that PresSG dent Cleveland appointed

There is nothing very unusual in the
fact that President Cleveland appointed
two cabinet officials from one state.
The president has plenty of precedent
for that. Goiag back to the time of
John Adams we find that he had two
members of his eabint from Virginia.
President Jefferson had two from Mas
saehMsetts and Prerident Madison had
two Pennsylvanians in his cabinet
during his second term, John Tyler had
two Kentuckians and Polk had two
members from Tennessee. Buchanan
at one time had two members from
Pennsylvania, and Lincoln had two
from Indiana. Grant, when he made
up his first cabinet, appointed two from
Illinois, but one of them declined.
Subsequently, he had at one time
Boutwell, and Hoar, both of Nassachu-
setts. So that in appointing two MEM
bers of his cabinet from New York
President Cleveland is justified by
abundant precedent.-Pain Dealer.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1885-03-12
The Republican party is dead.

The Republican party is dead.
Its career was brief, brilliant, and in
famous,
1t was conceived in sin, born in in
iquity and expired in corruption.
Hate was its father, Ambition its
mother, and Public Plunder its brother
and sister. 10
1t was great in numbers, great in
wealth, and great in stolen virtues.
But yesterday it might have stood
against the Democracy; now lies it there,
a putrid mass.
Opposed to Negro slavery, it attempt
ed to place the shackles of poverty on
the white man.
Opposed to infidelity, it hugged to its
the great Apostle of infidelity.
Opposed to land grants, it gave away
to corporations three-fourths of the
public domain.
Opposed to stealing, it despoiIed the
public treasury and stole the Presidency.
Opposed to corruption, it bought the
votes of whole States, and paid for
them with stolen funds.
Opposed to intemperance, it fostered
every whisky ring in the country.
Opposed to high taxes, it made each
purchaser pay dime for cents worth
of matches.
Opposed to low tariff, it reduced the
duties an wool.
Opposed to the Rebels, it gave to
Chiefs of Rebels high placesin the Gov
ernment.
| Opposed to prescription, it impris-
l oned and eXiled citizens and DESTROYED
/ newspapers for opinions sake.
Opposed to sectionalism, 1t arrayed a
united North against the rest of the
country and floated sixteen stars on it,
1 banners.
Opposed to a public debt, it contract
ed one i'm magnitude, never before
equalled in the history of the world in
the same space of time.
Opposed to the abolition of slavery, it
waged a war to free the slaves.
| In short, it was party consistent
only in Inconsistencies"
1t tlegislated for the wealthy few as
. against the poor many.
1t was friend to dishonest monopoly
! and foe to honest labor. 1t died in
I the prime of manhood, because it was
/ wicked. 1t died thus early because il
prostituted its strength and powers to
! base unholy uses and for ages to come
its history and fate should stand as a
beacon tower of warning to any and
every party that attempts to trample
public virtue under foot or to usurp the
rights of the people.
The pall-bearers will now remove the
eorse, with decency and in haste.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1885-03-12
GREATEST ON RECORD,
Old Times Sleighing i'm Ohio.
Milan (O.) Advertiser.1


I'VE are indebted to Mr.. John Hewet.
Pref. b. b. Halls father-in-law, for
the following facts, which are from
Medina county history. ain the winter
of 1855, in which there was something
like three months ofsleighing, occurred
the greatest sleighride Of history.
Sometime in February, the people of
Scion township, Cuyahoga county, got
up sleighing party consisting of seven
four-horse teams, and among the deco
rations for the occasion was small flag,
with the stars and stripes and in addi-
ton, the device of the jolly looking face
with thumb and nose upon it. The
people of Twinsburg interpreted this as
challenge, as the Solon people passed
through that place, and resolved to
take the banner" They harnessed up
IA four horse teams, went to Solon and
brought the flag home. Royalton,
Cayahoga county, then rallied SO four
horse teams, and took the flag. Then
Cuyahoga, Medina and Summit count
les took the matter up, and met at West
Richfield with all the teams they could
muster; Medina having IA, Cuyahoga
15l, and Summit 172 four horse sleighs,
and-the banner. Another meeting
occurred at Akron on the 18th of the
month. The procession entered Akron
at noon amid the firing of cannon, ring
ing of bells and shouts of the populace.
The teams were counted and Medina
county rolled up 1S2 four horse teams.
President Pierce, of Hudson College,
presented the flag to Medina county.D
Mr.. Hewett remembers the occasion.
and vouches for the truth of the story.
Who can beat it?
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1885-03-12

1t is Of no use to submit license
amendment to the people of Ohio, for
they will not put the brand of legality
on the whisky business. Marion hide
pendent.
The editor of the Independent has
repeatedly stated that the people of the
State endorsed the Scott law, which, in
violation of the constitution, the Re-
publican Legislature placed upon the
statute books. Did not the Scott law
s'put the brand Of legality on the whis-
ky businessW We rather think it did.
and that most effectively. What is the
real difference between recognizing the
traffic by q tax or by a license? Dela-
adre Herald.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1885-03-12

John Dolan, an employe Of the Erie
Railway, died In Susquehanna the other
day. He weighed 450 pounds, and had
been i'll a long time. There was not u
coffin to be had in New York city large
enough to receive his remains. One
was made to order in Binghamton. It
had to be taken into the house through
double window, and removed In the
same way. No henrse being large
enough to carry it it was drawn TO the
cemetery on a'sled. The corpse had to
be let into the grave by means of d
wifdiass, managed by four men.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1885-03-12
Where President Cleveland Kissed
the Bible.

WASHINGTON, Mar. THE Bible
upon which President Cleveland was
sworn was open at the 112th psalm, and
when the president kissed the book his
lips touched the following six verses:
A good man sheweth favor and lend
eth; he will guide his affairs with dis
cretion:
Surely he shall not be moved forever;
the righteous shall be in everlasting
remembrance.
He shall not be afraid of evil tidings;
his heart is fixed, trusting in the Lord.
His heart is established; he shall not
be afraid, until he see his desire upon his
enemies.
He hath dispersed, he hath given to
the poor; his righteousness endureth
for ever; his honor shall be exalted with
honor.
The wicked shall see it and be grieved;
he shall gnash with his teeth and melt
away; the desire of the wicked shall
perish.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1885-03-12
Thousands Saw Sn

Mr.. W. T. Atkins, Girard, Kan.
writes: II never hesitate to recommend
your Electric Bitters to my customers.
they give entire satisfaction and are
rapid sellers Electric Bitters are the
purest and best medicine known ana
will positively cure Kidney and Liver
complaints. Purify the blood and reg
ulate the bowels. No family can afford
to be without them. They will save
hundreds of dollars in Doctors bills ev-
cry year. Sold at so cents a bottle by
7, G.. Saur.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1885-03-12
Times are hard, money is scarce, busi-

Timesar hard, money is scarce, busi-
ness is dull, retrenchment is duty
please stop iny--beer? Oh, no! times are
not hard enough for that yet. But
there is something else that costs me a
large amount which wish to save.
Please stop my--tobacco, cigars and
snuff? Oh, no, not these; but want to
retrench somewhere. Please stop my
ribbons jewelry ornaments and trinkets?
Not all; pride must be fostered, If times
are so hard, but I can see a way of saw
ing in another direction. Please stop my
tea, coffee? No, no, not these. All,
have it now my--my paper; that will
take me through the panic easily.
believe in retrencbment and economy
of brains. En-.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1885-03-12
A List or Life Men Now in the Ohio
Penitentiary.
MAHARBA.

ED. Allow me the priv
ilege, through the medium of your val
uable paper, to inform your readers of
the number of convicts now in the Ohio
Penitentiary under life sentence. The
list gives their names, number and
date of arrival; Also the counties from
which they We're sent. The total num-
Der is "a, and there are in all 1892 COR
victs now in the prison.
Respectfully,
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1885-03-12
Bucklin'S Arnica Salve.

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letter, chapped hands, chilblains, corns
and all skin eruptions, and positively
cures piles, or no pay required. 1t i
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or money refunded. Price 25 cents pei
box.
For sale by J. G. Saur. apl 24-1y,
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1885-03-12

Time tried and true is DR.. Bigelow's
Positive Cure, which combines the good
qualities ofall the best cough remedies
without the defects of any Of them. It
cures promptly, thoroughly and per-
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'hoarseness, incipient consumption, and
all throat and lung diseases, healing to
the lungs; safe and pleasant for chill
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