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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-09-18
PKDE OF BIRTH.

lis pleasure to know that our fathers were
Ts pleasure to know they were great
As warriors. as judges. in science. in art,
Or as counsel In matters of state
But men sheuld remember their ancestor 8
fame
Isnot for descendants to wear;
TO the honored mans fame the family name
Is the only legitimate heir.
The fame that is yours is the fame that you
have won.
If is not vet won. look ahead:
But CLAIM rot an honor becaus Sc you're the
Or an ..nccstor centuries dead.
OF proud ones who live on the fame of their
sires
MANY samples around us are found:
Like the turnip andiearrot. tiey seem not to
That the hest of them lies under ground.
Lcok ahead TO the future. The past IS not
yours.
Make the Weld of the present your own.
The fame of the pas, il snothers reward,
For orr prze trust the future alone,
Inherited titles OF honor are vain:
In the heat of flames hand cap chase
The plain man looks forward. the titled looks
hack
And ofttincs thus loses the race
Look forward. toll onward anu when. in the
end.
Wei-neritcd honor you we won.
Be proud that YOUR title 20 worth did not lie
In tcing Lord Somebody's son.
10th Brittle :in Lcnor.st's Nonfh',.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-09-18
Novel Reading.

; Young Society Belle-''Oh, DR.. Port
man. 1 am so glad I me: YOU. l have
such an important question want tn
ask you. am so anxious, YOU know
no; TO do anything that do not think
my pastor could fully approve. and lido
want to know if you think novel reading
is wrong?'
DIR. Portman-'.No. my dear youn;
lady. / think l may say that do NOT
deem novel reading sin"
Young Society Belle-.'Oh. / am so
glad. I told the girls l did not think
on would"
DIR. Portman-'.No. my dear young
friend, think that the reading Of his
tory and science. and WORKS Of travel
is highly salutary to the youthful mind
And II am quite sure that would be
novel reading to you" -Losisriut L6se-
nal
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-09-18
FRENCH DETECTIVE POLICE.
A Bad System. n Small Body and Large
Amount # Work to DO.

A Bad System. q Small Body and Large
Amount II Work to do.
There is. or has been u:t.l very lA.ely,
an idea that the prefecture de police in
Paris commands the services of large
number OF agents. al! able and some OF
exceptional ability in their peculiar call
inc, who devoted themselves entirely to
the crime, who could Immediately be
launched on the track of criminal. and
of whom some had no ostensible conaec-
ton with the prefecture. and were thus
able To throw the most suspicious male
factors off their guard. From NJ. Mace's
book. plain and pruSaic and shattered
many cherished legends. it appears that
the ''agents lie IL Surete" are small
body with avast amount of work to do,
and that the system under which they
work is about as bad as it possibly can
be. As to their numbers. his statements
are surprising. In 1879 there were all
told in 237 men in the service. In 1881
there were. including the Police lies
Mpurs. fused in that year with the SUI
rete, and Of whose special work we do
not for obvious reasons wish 10 speak,
500 agents: in 1888 apparently about the
same. At first 81 ght this may seem a
large number, and certainly. if the per-
lecture commanded the services Of some
240 or $50 skillful detectives. excluding.
the Police DIES MPurs. always
NJ its disposition. it would be well
able to grapple with crime; but, as 4
matter of fact, it has nothing of the
kind. These men are not all skillful de-
.ectives by any means. Some are or
were sent from other branches of the
service as y punishment. Some are re.
cruits who have been very cArelessly en-
,olled, and it appears from one passage
in NJ Msce'. book that the best of the
recruits are apt TO leave early if they see
their way to other employment. Then
from the total number must Ee deduct
ed the considerable staff required for of
flee and clerks work, and a certain
number on the sick list. SO that practi-
cally the administration has not more
than 200 men at its disposal. The work
which these agents have to do is enOr-
nous. In addition to this not inconsid-
cradle amount of work the agents had
to deliver personally 6.195 summones,
notices ard letters from the Psrqnets.
OF this part of their duties NJ. Mace
speaks strongly. and seemingly with
good reason. The unfortunate agents,
with only short nights rest before
them, have to issue forth in the evening
FOR they never get the official docu-
p,ents befOre--and to discover all sorts
If disagreeab,e persons lodged in .he
bad quarters Ct Paris, W here. on the part
alike of the landlords a,,d Of the retiring
guests. there is the strongest possible
dislike to intrusion. end sometimes
marked tendency TO make the delivery
Of undesired letters IS unpleasant as
possible for the bearers. Needless To
say that the function is arduous and
perilous. and that it constitutes 4 severe
addition to the days work.-Sdturday
KecisU.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-09-18
SWEpE TURNl?S.
How the Turnip Fly Can he Subtluea
Plenty O, Seed and Manure.

How the Turnip Fly Can lie SubtluedI
Plenty O. Seed and Manure.
1t took me several years to get the
best of the tur, ip fly. For years they
destroyed the sSedes. and at last gave
itup. Last year, by accident. I found
that rank-gro~ing potato vines were
growing distas;eful to the potato beetles.
and that they did not disturb them. This
discovery gave me hint about the tur-
nip fly. and acting on it, large patch
of land from W hich the clover had been
cut was plOwe6 and covered with barn.
yard manure. The manure was so scat
tered that every inch of the ground was
covered. Rows were then marked out
with corn marker, three feet apart,
and the bottoms cleaned ont with a gar
den rake, so that the seed drill could
work on and in the fresh earth. The
bottoms of these rows were the only
places where the earth could be seen.
Although the weather was very dry. the
seed came up promptly, and such
growth never saw before. Either the
flies could not keep with the turnips. or
they did not like the Odor and taste Of
the leaves. and did not disturb them.
In couple of weeks the cultivator was
run between tie rows and manure, and
where it was covered and lodged On
them, was brushed off. The cultivator
did all Of the work required. except the
thinning out The liberal coat of man
ure kept the ground moist and served As
a mulch to kee;, the weeds from grow
ing The yield was immense. / never
raised \ crop of roots with so lit
tie labor, and there can be no doubt
that, with such culture. 4 crop of swedes
will always pay. when the rows were
thinned. the turnips taken out were
spread betweeL them. and served as ad-
ditional mulch. This crop of swedes
was not put in until the middle of July,
and still more than half of them were
about as large rs four-quart measure.
They were as solid as roots could be,
and found them excellent food for the
hogs when sliced and fed raw. They
also helped to get the cows and young
animals through the winter. 1t is best
to put in plenty of seed. for it is easier
topull ont extra plants than to put in
new ones. plant the common swede,
which is the old.time name for rutabagas.
-. d. Cxstis. u Country Geatlemax.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-09-18
Bees In India.

The Eaglishman, of Calcutta. states
that the experiment made BY Mr.. j.
{. Douglas. who has imported hive
of Italian bees. has been crowned with
complete success. The bees appear to
thrive admirably At Calcutta, and have
Welded during the present season
eighty pounds of splendid honey. This
is considered TO be proof that lucra-
cratiye industry may DE established in
India, and new dainty placed at the
disposal of teeming millions of its land
cultivators. We fear that this ex-
ultation is premature. The experiment
of establishing bees in countries OF per-
petual summer has been tried before
now. and has failetl si.rallv. For =
time the bees work diligently. and lay
up rich stores OF honey for their winter
food. But sd soon as the bee discovers
that there is no winter. and that from
years end to wear end the flowers Of
fer him daily supply of nectar. he
ceases To store up honey. Indeed. did
the bee do otherwise, he would forfeit
nuch of his title to our respect as an in
dustrious and thrifty creature. Did he
labor As he does. ceaselessly and earn
estly. for no other purpose than to store
up honey for which he can never have
any use, he would show himself to be
but an idiotic kind of insect, and in NJ
way superior in moral status to the hui
nlan miser.-L01ad0n Standard.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-09-18
RELIGIOUS AND EDUCATIONAL.

"A clergyman in the County Of
Bruce preached. Sunday before last, to
his delighted congregation from IL am.
until 5p. m.-Toronto (Canaia) Matt.
Andrew d. White. ex-president of
Cornell, doubts whether any man
should continue full executive duties in
university for more than about twenty
years"
AT Yale seventy-three per cent. Of
the students come from other States
than Connecticut; at Harvard fOrty-iive
per cent come from other than Massa-
chusetts. Post.
There are in the world 397 institu-
tons for the education of deaf mutes.
Germany has 80 of these. France 81,
Great Britain 46, and the United States
SO. Recent careful estimates place the
number of these unfortunates ut 800
600.
"A Baptist Church at Park River. in
Dakota, has devised q new scheme to
raise money. A liberal member do
mated large tract of land to it, and the
people got up blowing bee. Next
season the church will have seven thou
sand bushels of wheat if the weather IS
Chicago Herald.
The result of the recent election Of
members of the corporation of Yale Col
lege is as follows: For the term of SIX
years William NJ. Evart5 received 2.243
votes, Mason Young 160 votes, and VIII
liam W. Farnam IS votes. For the
term of four years to fill the vacancy
caused by the resignation of Henry b
Harrison, William w. Farnam received
1880 votes. Mason Young ,54S, and s.
c. Perkins So votes.
The Josynal Of Education is very
much alarmed. 1t has reason to believe
that a determined effort is making to
undermine the common school system
by persons interested in obtaining pub
lie funds for sectarian schools. 1t finds
indications of this in all the larger cities
1t, therefore, calls upon the friends
of the common school to rally and Of
Sanize for tire purpose of preserving tho
schools from their ''clerical enemies"
Chicago Current.
The cross which the Princess on
Wales recently gave to St. Peters
Church, St. Louis, is of gilded brass.
with triple-formed points. beautifully
engraved, with four Irish crystals ut its
extremi.ies and 4 garnet sesin . royal
star at the junction of the cross. 1t has
been plsced upon brass pedestal Of
three steps, on which the inscription Is
Engraved: ITO the Rector and Con-
greSation of St. Peters Church. ST.
Louis. from Her ROYAL Highness Alex
andria, the Princess of Wales, 1855
st. Louis Pot.
What would be thought If the
Metropolitan Opera-house of New York
were seen filled with people assembled
to hear the simple preaching of the
Gospel by any-the most eloquent
preacher in the country? Yet. not as
supposition. but as fact, the largest
theater in Japan has been packed, en-
two successive days. BY attentive list
eners to plain sermons by native preach
ers. Only fifteen years ago there was
not q Christian church in Japan.
and probably there were not half
Dozen native Christians in the Empire
Christian ut Work.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-09-18
A FINNISH CUSTOM.
How tho People of That Rus.ian Provinc
Indulge I'm Their ANN Il !: sth.

How tho People of That Russian Province
Indulge In Their !AnnnL I:sth.
'In crossing the country l noticed
that near every farm or settlement
there was a small log hut with openings
all .darkened BY smoke. and on asking
what it was always received an answer
that it was the savna.
1.-The savna is in fact the common
bathroom OF the farm and sometimes of
the neighborhood. Every Saturday the
savna IS used By the whole family. the
servants OF tn. farm. and any guests
that NAV be DESTROYS of participating.
A huge 10. fire IS lit on hearth in the
room and when the bricks or stones
are red no. cold water is poure on
them. which soon fills the room with
steam. When nj Is ready the bathers
gather of both sexes and all 4 yes
simply in the state in which we are told
our first prOyenitors d;sported Them
selves. and this even ii the mercury is
frozen 20 4 lump in the bulb. When
the room is full fresh water is poured
on tn, stones. and the bathers begin tt
belabOr each other with birch tw rs. an
operation VIII en- mas abou. the same
effect As rubb:ag dowl the nude fern
by har,! BRUSH and q powerful iiostler
wou!d have The proceeding, are
natural: CARED OF under great deal
Of fun from ;he -oulgcr members OF
the company. Wne1 tn. bath is ovc:.
and l.roi.ise p.rspirasOa has been
caused by the whipping and the steam.
the whole company adjourn TO the snow
ou:s de- IN which another bath takes
place TINS over the bzthers al oura
To var oIS Il rect ols IN tine same cloth
ing ,hes cane. had many Opportuni-
ties Of witnessing tns spectacle OF my
lengthy journey into the heart of Fin
land. ''-SOph0S 2r0nsbOt..
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-09-18
WIT AND WISDOM.

"A luxury Is thing you dont't wane
until you see somebody else with it.
The wealth Of our language =
shown by the fact that chang it up and
'.chalk il down. mean precisely tho
same thing.-PAiladelphia Cult
Teacher-What is an engineer? Boy
No. IA man who works on an engine.
Teacher-What is pioneer? Boy No
26The man that works the pianO.-CAs-
eogo Tina
never had a notion that all there
was in this world was made expressly
for me. On the contrary, 1 have had to
hump myself to get share and then
keep it.-CAicago Ledger.
Jones has just returned from . Va
cation trip to the South Shore. When
asked if he saw any Duxbury CLANS. he
said he did not. but he had seen dogs
bury bOnes.-Boston Transcript.
I'm order to explain in n clear and
simple manner the necessity Of regulaf-
ing our conduct by some fixed standard.
3 school master asked a pupil what he
ought to do with his watch if it went
sometimes too fast and sometimes too
slow. "Sell it." was the immediate re-
sponse.-Golden Days.
Have you heard the news, Pat?''
said jester to an Irishman. IAN
that's that. sor?'' 1.-The devil is dead"
Take that. sOr. It's all have BY me,
or might do betther." said Pat. hand
ing him 3 penny. whats that fOr?"
II niver sind an Orphant away Imply
handed. sor. "-Chicago L,dgr.
What do you call those animals
that live partly OF land and partly in
water?" asked New York teacher Of
the new boy. ''Bathers." replied tho
little boy. who had been to Coney Island
on several occasions. '.You are getting
to he bright. Perhaps you can give mo
the name of some of the migratory
birds" Bank cashiers. "-7sras Sft-
inga
did your story win the prizeF'
mo. but it came near winning it. II
failed only in one stipulation" "And
what was that?" ''Itwas tn have made
the editors hair stand on end" ''Oh, 1
see. 1t wasn't exciting enough" ''Yes,
it was" Then why didn't it make the
editors hair stand or end?" ..He hadn't
any. He was bald-headed. "-Paitddet-
paia Cali.
PA" said Johnny Caution, 81 you
remember that poem about "A Chieftain
to the Highlands Bound telling the
sculler to hump hisself because he'd
come the Charlie Ross act on some old
duffer and stole his gal?" .'Your de-
scripiiOn is very inelegant. John, but !
recall the verses you speak Of" ''Well.
I'll go you one that the girls name WAS
Juliet" "Why?" "'Cause the Teller
with her said he'd put up dross if tho
ferryboat man would Romeo the
water. "-Erchange.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-09-18

"A Maine paper says: There is
preaching in certain rural town in
Maine gentleman of fine culture. of
rare literary attainments. of great gen.
eral information. Of profound religious
experience. OF original powers of thought
and expression. He receives . salary
of eight dollars q week, Ho has vO-
luminous library. is walking encyclo-
pedals the village factotum. He is
college bred and is the best definition
Of Christian-a perfect gentleman.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-09-18

"A writer upon coaching in London
concludes that the use of the whip is
now nearly a lost art. one reason for
which is that whereas. in old times al
most any animal was considered good
nough for . coach. and the stimulus Of
the lash was necessity. now only high
Fed and not over.worked horses are
employed. and there IS little occasion
for urging.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-09-18
is fouad in all parts of ii

Gold is fouad in all parts of the
world. 1t is said to be everywhere.
Professor Foote recently made a state
iuent to the effect that there is more gold
in the clay under the city Of Philadel-
uhi, than would equal the entire valu-
alton of the city. In 1912 men made
sixty cents day washing the sands near
Chester, on the Delaware River, where
William Penn first landed.-Philadet-
phj0 Prcss.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-09-18
-Delic;ors little puddincs are madc

Delicious little puddings are made
by this receipt: Weigh four eggs and
take the same weight in butter, sugar
and -four. Mix the -four and butter
smoothly together, then stir in the
sugar. and lastly the eggs. Bake in
small buttered cups in quick oven for
twenty minutes; turn on warm dish and
serve with any desired sauce. The
weight of four eggs will make sixteen
small puddings.-PhiIodel Call.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-09-18

George w. Childs owns and keeps
in order lot in Philadelphia cemetery
where poor printers may be buried.-N
7. Sun.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-09-18

The United States produces nearly
sc, 900 lawn mowers annually, and ex-
ports to every civilized country on the
globe.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-09-18

Ileave this true little sketch without
comment. l. carries its own lesson,
both to struggling Young teachers with
hearts and brains. and 10 prosperous
men of affairs who may lerd 4 helping
hand to deserving ones.-Philad.iphid
Call
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-04-09
DueliDg No Longer in Fashion.

The dueling code is certainly going
out of fashion in the south. A case in
point occurred the other day. The
city editor of great paper took a holt
day and appointed one of the reporter
ial corps his pro tenn. This promoted
reporter requested another of the corps
to attend to certain matter, which he
refused, saying it was the city editor S
business, not his. Words multiplied, a
blow was struck, a scuffle ensued, and
they were parted. Next morning the
temporary editor, grandson of a famous
Napoleonic general. sent his brother
reporter n peremptory challenge, i. e.,
one that leaves no room for apology,
instead of one that bears the provision
of unless or if.
The challenged reporter, son of q fl
nous southern senator, was clearly in
the wrong from the start. His friends
felt so, and would have made him apol.
ogize, but no chance of that was given.
With as much secrecy Us possible the
meeting took place under The Oaks, "
as the old dueling ground of the city is
called, and where many a famous duel
has been fought. The seconds were
measuring off the ground, when letter
signed by some of the most prominent
citizens and old soldiers of the town,
was brought to them, praying for a
postponement fora day, land submission
of the matter to their arbitration. The
seconds decided to grant it, and placed
their principals under arbitrament.
The result was that the committee or
dered the senator's son to apologize,
which he did. The apology was &C
cepted, and friendship reigned again.
So much for the progress of peace in
southern society! The long night OF
brilliant barbarism is passing away,
and the day cometh in which all men
may work.-Nea0 Orleans Cor. Nashville
Anle19can
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-04-09

There are our acquaintance whose
names we do not know; the many per-
sons with whom we are more or less
concerned, day after day, week after
week, or even year after year, yet in
whose places in the great circle of
humanity we have not sufficient inter-
est, ever for a moment to have consid-
cred by what names they are known.
Let any man reflect little and he will
become conscious that a goodly proper
ton of all those with whom he is upon
nodding or speaking terms belong to
this category or but just escape it.
We have all of us our strong likes
and dislikes in regard to countenances
which are familiar, yet really are those
of absolute strangers. We ride day
after day in the cars with a man whom
we would gladly order to execution
simply from the objectionability of his
personal appearance; or we pass on the
street every afternoon a woman whose
physiOgnomy entities her, in our opin-
ion, to canonization. In either case the
sentiment in regard to the face is so de-
finite and genuine as to exercise an in
duence upon her character and tenn
permanent, yet we in reality know no.
thing whatever concerning these peo-
pie who thus change our lives.
A third class of semi-acquaintance
are the many people whom we know,
more or less well, through report; of
whom we have heard anecdotes, Incl
dents and facts of different sorts, and
for whom we have built up a character
from single characteristic. as a COM
parative anatomist constructs a skele-
ton from a single bone. This host of
beings is pretty largely imaginary, yet
in each there is something of truth and
reality which binds him to earth and
classes him with mortals. The human
family is large, but each of us is eS-
posed to influence from all the other
members of it.-B0st0n Courier.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-04-09
Guarding Against Diphtheria.

l. If one is subject to catarrh, or in
tiammatory affections of the throat, es-
pecial care should be paid to the condi-
ton of the general health, and to the
general hygienic surroundings. There
IS reason to believe that diphtheria
originates spontaneously in such per-
sons when the system is debilitated
from any cause.
2. During the existence of diphthe-
ria avoid crowded gatherings in badly
ventilated rooms, as in theaters, public
halls, and even churches. This is o.
special Importance during cold wealth
er.
3. Secure thorough ventilation and
perfect cleanliness of nurseries, kinder
gartens, schooi-rooms and other places
where children are cared for. Parents
should make it their personal business
to secure these in the home and nurs-
cry, and to see that those in charge of
schools, ETC., are also mindful of these
important matters. Children are more
subject to diphtheria than adults, and
the disease is more fatal with them;
hence the necessity for these precau-
lions on their behalf.