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SUAKIM, April |.

SUAKIM, April |.
Two of Osman Di2nd's most I'M.
portant chiefs during the recent fight
ing have JUS ONE INTO camp will Il
~Icttcr, prohirring IN til humhlest
toms The Immediate submission Of the
iiassab and I$akarai, boIh branches
of the powerfu' Nurub tribe living
near Pamanib.
Ttis submission is considered here
to be very important, apart aitoge,
Tier from the rank ot the chiefs and
The character oflhc tribe, rs tending
TO show thai the >hrikhs have at
length b en- brought TO recognize
British supremacy, and Fngland's
power and willingness to defend those
who may abandon OSman Digna.
The hostile force last seen in the
direction Of lIandab has since re-
tired.-Ibid.
, 1885-05-02
Russia and CentraV Asia.
From the Daily Telegraph

ftItlbiCO U Ito AauSSIhlI ANNHAINC III
Central Asia" 1t commences with
The following passage:
1t is easier 10 write about the
Russian advance at the present day
than it was a few Years back. The
ground has been cleared Of much Of
the rubbish which formerly encum-
bered it. Not long ago the apoIogists
Of Russia were won't to compare the
progress Of her arms in Central Asia
with the progress of our W in India.
We were warned of a certain law Of
nature which impelled civilization to
advance on barbarism, and were
asked to hail with sympathy, rather
than view with suspicion, The extension
of a Power which, as it swept on in
it's resistless course, dit1nsed the
blessings of order, Of knowledge, and
OF commerce over Il vast region
hitherto sunk in a savagery Of the
worst description. But public opin-
ion is now somewhat changed. No
one questions that Russia is entitled
to great credit for the civilisin9
influence that has attended her pro-
gress, for the large benefits she has
conferred upon humanity in her career
of conquest through Central Asia.
By crushing the Turcoman raiders,
indeed, and by aboli>hing the slave
markets of Khiva and Bokhara, she
has restored peace and prosperity to
districts which were grooming IN
misery, and has earned the gratitude
ofthousands Of terror stricken families.
Whatever may happen in the future,
she has gained m%periShable glory in
the past by her victories Of peace
along the desoIated frontier Of Kho
ras>an; but here the register of her
good deeds must end. To suppose
that she launched her forces across
The Caspian in 1869 and engaged in
Central Asian warfare with a view to
these benefcrnt results, is to ignore
the whole spirit and character OF her
policy. Fortunately there is 0 no
room for mlsconception. Her soldiers
and statesmen have recently laid
bare her springs of action with a
~plainness that Is almost cynical, hnt
ut the same time with a f%ullnrss of
detail that must carry conviction
to all unprejudiced minds. It was
during the Crimean war, we are told,
that Russia first realised her false
position in regard to England. In
her schemes of ACKNOWLEDGEMENT in
Europe she was liable to be met and
thwarted at every turn by British
alliances and British influence; and
when engaged in war she was open
to our attack in every quarter, in The
Black Sea, in the Sea of Azof, the
Baltic, or the coast of Georgia, without
any possibility Of retaliation. If she
was to d~evelope in due coarse, us had
so often been predicted, into the
leading Power Of tie world, it was
thus absolutely necessary that the
inequality complained of should be
redressed. Some weak point in u
armour should be discovered. Some
means must be found to shatter the
palladium of our insular security.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-10-30
He Was Not q Dude.

LET me state to you at first. Judge,
that am a dude. and l am proud of it
You ought to use due moderation in my
case on that account. plead guilty.
but l think. sir, that the justice you dis
pense should be highly seasoned with
mercy, for lam a dude and not entirely
responsible.
The foregoing statement came from
Edward Perkins, whom the old sailor
officer with ships and things dons ir
blue on his wrist had just led up to tho
bar of the Yorkville Police Court yes.
terday morning charged with petit
larceny. He was dude that had seen
agood many hard winters, and had Q
suit of clothes that had evidently re-
posed in an ash barrel.
''O course. you know what dude is.
Judge" he continued.
II do" replied Justice German.
''but it don't bear q red nose nor .
weeks growth of beard like you. A
dude Is good suit of clothes with moth.
ing in them. You are not . dude and
you are held. IN y Herald.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-10-30
PARIS FASHIONS.
Fancies That Will Find Their Way Across

Fancies That Will Find Their Way Across
the Atlantic.
Pointed bonnet brims are still to be
worn, and the crowns are of all shapes,
as the back hair is now worn in many
different ways; velvet or plush strings
are added to render the bonnets warmer
and more comfortable looking. Some
of the brims are slit across the top, and
the pointed ones are filled in with plait-
ing of double velvet. Coronet fronts
extending from ear to ear, and always
becoming to large faces, are likewise
made. Bonnets for ordinary occasions
are of felt and of silk webbing, the for
mer being trimmed with wool lace,
clusters of fancy feathers and long
quilts. Chenille lace and applique vel
vet figures. such as dots and palm
leaves, are to be seen on felt bonnets. A
new combination consists of narrow
strips of felt interviewer with straw of
the same color.
Wooden dresses being in such favor.
and the fashion of wearing bonnets to
match the costume still obtaining, q
number of wooden fabrics have been
manufactured especially for millinery.
There are wooden laces in the piece en-
broidered with chenille, metal and beads,
cloth with boucle loops, and even As
trakan cloth-all now used for bonnets.
Fancy pushes in stripes. plaids and
beaded, and velvet embroidered with
tinsel of various colors will be worn
later on.
The ribbons have picot edges, and the
rough, shaggy effect given to dress ma
ribbons are entirely of frazee velvet.
others have boucle stripes of silk OF
wool, and some are of curled plush;
even wool ribbons, that look like Astra-
kan bands. are to be seen. Faille rib.
bons have boucle borders, some are
partly of either MORE or velvet, the
wrong side being satin. High loops of
ribbon are arranged in front Of both
bonnets and hats, intermixed with
slender wings or quilts. powdered with
beads.
There is no diminution in the popu.
larity of beads. Small plomb and jet
beads strung on wire are mounted into
gallons, crowns, brims and entire bon
metz. and lined with scarlet crepe or
wool; large fsceted beads in
rows form brims, the crowns
being richly embroidered velvet.
Rosary beads in carved woods
of natural colors and in green and blue
are the greatest novelties. In colors.
sphynx-blue. which inclines to pomp or
lead. heliotrope, asparagus green and
beaver brown are among the most
PROMINENTLY Y Herald
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-10-30
just Like His Father.

The other evening there were several
visitors at Colonel Grandson's house.
The Colonel takes great delight in
showing off" his little son, and when
the boy appeared at the parlor door, the
Colonel said:
"Come in, Henry. Speak TO the
ladies and gentlemen. Alb. that's a
man.
.sHe is fine little fellow" said Mrs.
Graftney. one of the visitors. ''Come
here. my little man."
The boy approached her and permit
ted her to lift him on her lap.
"Why, you are heavy How old are
you'''
six years, goin' on seven"
"Yes. you'll soon be 3 man. What
are you going to do when you become .
man."
''Do like pa does"
'.How does he do?"
"Oh, sometimes when he comes home
at night he falls over chair"
'.Henry" exclaimed the Colonel.
'.Falls over a chair and when NAV
gifts mad he says its pretty way for .
woman to 60 on just because . man
takes two beers and"
The Colonel had seized him.-ArkG's.
sGs Traveller.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-10-30
RUINED BY MELONS.

A Watermelon Crop That Carried Away s
Prospereu us Plantation.
"This year has taught me sad expert.
ence in the watermelon business" he
remarked as the boat left Memphis.
"Have you been shipping?' asked the
tourist from Ohio.
mot ship. live over thar on the
Arkansaw bottoms. I heard so much
about the watermelon bizness-the
profit which could be made-that
planted hull side hill last spring. Il
was bad move"
Didn't the seed come up?'
'Come right up as if somebody had s
rope and tackle on EN-"
'.And the melons crew.
Borrowed like a mud hole in wei
weather. That was the trouble-they
growed too large"
Couldn't be handled?"
''Not without the help of two niggers
and q yoke O. steers, that was toe
expensive. When you git an eight hun
bred pound watermelon on a side hill
you've got to leave it thar. The steam
boats won't handle 'em if you git 'em
down to the landing"
"You don't tell me that you had mel
ons weighing eight hundred pounds!"
"Oh! those were the little ones. The
big ones cum higher ton. hadn't nc
scales, but all my neighbors are mighty
peart on guessing"
''And what became of them?"
That's what occasions my grief,
stranger. Them melons threatened to
roll down and do me damage. drew
logs to prop EN- up. and I started fol
town to git some dynamite to blow some
Of the biggest to pieces. While l was
gone the calamity took place. You see
before you ruined man."
"Wh-what calamity?" gasped the
tourist.
why, them ere melons broke loose
and rushed down hill in body. House,
Darn, corn cribs and orchard were clean
'wept away"
'You don't say!'
I'm serious, straDger-very serious.
might have recovered from that. per.
laps, but one o. them melons rolled into
The creek, damned up the water, and the
nundashun carried the sile off my farm
,lean down to the rocks. There wasn't
huff dirt lett on one hundred and twenty
acres to put in your eye"
"Well, that is tough, and I pity you. y
'Don't, stranger-don't talk to me
that way! I kin face hurricanes,
cyclones, earthquakes and SIGH as brave
IS q lion; but when anybody pities me-
when soft words of sympathy are shot
into my soul by total stranger-ii
breaks me down, aud have to shed the
childish tear. Stranger, excuse me
while l cry real hard. ="
The Ohio man considerably withdrew
from that sacred spot, and the water.
melon man wrestled with broken
heart-M r Sun.
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was voluntarily coming back to his reg
iment, but the next day the Colonel Of
that regiment came to look at me, and
he pronounced me . liar and an impos.
tor.
Next day when . court-martial was
convened. had no defense to offer.
They tried me as spy, and while moth
ing could be proved, I was condemned
and sentenced to be shot. ! was given
to understand that, but reckoned that
some of the officers were not quite sst-
isfied. Instead Of carrying out the sem
tence right away, the findings were sent
to higher court for approval.
What am telling you in q minute
consumed about two weeks. / was
pretty comfortably fixed in the barn.
but SO zealously guarded that there was
no possible show for escape. The pa
pers had been sent of, and was daily
expecting to near their approval, when
one night just before dusk, the chaplain
of Pennsylvania regiment came in to
console me. He was about my Size and
age with the same colored hair, and the
mint saw him I grasped at . plan.
When we had talked . little asked
him:
'How did you git IMP"
'Why, showed my pass to the
guard" he answered.
That was all desired to know. He
talllEd for about quarter of an hour.
He advised me to give up all hope and
make my peace with God. and I gave
him to understand that I might be more
contrite on his next visit.
tell you, that next day seemed q
week long. Ihad plan, and it prom
Used success. When the day did begin
to fade away I was so nervous and ex-
cited that l could not keep still. The
chaplain came in just at dark, and, as
he grasped my hand, he said:
1.-The papers have come back and you
must prepare to die!'
''Pray for mel" says I.
He knelt right down. and he had
skeercely uttered word when had him
by the throat. 1t was SO sudden, and I
had SIGH q grip on him. that he skeercely
kicked. didn't want to kill him, but 1
choked him until he was like a rag.
Then l off with his coat, vest and pants,
and was into 'em before he showed signs
of coming to. 1t was too soon to 60
out, and choked him some more.
Poor man! 1 felt powerful sorry to do
him SIGH injury, but my life was at stake.
In about twenty minutes l felt it was
safe to 60 out. dragged him into a
corner, set him up on end. and then
knocked at the door. 1t was opened at
once. and as squeezed out the guard
shut it without even glancing in.
How is he. chaplain?" asked the
guard as he locks the door.
Resigned, poor man." answered,
and off l goes.
As afterwards learned, Ihad a good
hours start. 1 didn't head for the
river, as might be expected. but for the
North. and it was over q month before
I saw Lees lines again. A Washington
paper had long story about my escape,
and it said would have been shot next
day, and that the chaplain would be
laid up for month.-Detro,t Free
Press
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-10-30
WIT AND WISDOM.

1t is easy enough to tell what you
know about everybody else, but hard to
tell what everybody else knows about
you.-Dsncer (Colo.) Journal Of Com
Merce.
The sleepy boys thought:
THE Pilgrim Fathers! Where are theyr'
The shouting schoOlboy said,
While the sleepy boy in the corner replied.
II think they must be dead?'
First Hen: There comes the wo-
man to drive us out of the garden
Eyes, and she's picking up a stone, too!
Let's fly out, quick? mo. no, stay
here" "But she's aiming right for us. I"
Eyes, and If we move we might get
hit. IN y Sun.
"A catastrophe-Going into q dry.
goods store to f1irt with the salesladies,
and meeting your wife, who takes ad-
vantage of the situation by persuading
you to look At those lovely silk dress
patterns. which are so cheap. you know.
Bottom Posk.
is today your birthday. Mr..
Gingerbread" asked Johnny Of the
young man in the parlor. mo, Johnny.
Why do you ask?" isis is going to
make you a present. She said so.''
Indeed. What did she say?'' "She
said you'd been coming here long
enough. and that she'd give you the nit
ten tonight. Chicago Tribune.
1t was Boston girl who. having
received . written invitation, out West,
to ride ''burro," wrote him as follows:
II am invited to ride 'burro.' This is
funny country. 1t is almost As strange
to ride on q bureau. IS it is to spell it
that way. but these people are very un-
conventional, and do not care much for
education "-OI City Derrick.
Lady Customer-"Have you any
book devoted exclusively to the negro
race?'' Bookseller-"I don't think
there is any such work published.
Lady What is the best thing
you have in that line?" Bookseller
swell. we have . number of books on
racing and nearly all contain colored
illustrations. Take your pick. madame,
here's half-a-dozen. IN T. Ladependeat.
"A New Yorker in looking for rooms
for winter quarters struck . goOd-lOO
ing landlady on Shawmut avenue. and
after terms were arranged for aboard
and lodging" rem .rked that he wanted
something hot for supper, and was met
with the reply that they always had it.
On taking his seat las: evening, with .
slim-looking spread before him. he re-
marked to the girl that he expected
something hot. when Bridget said:
''FOt's the matter wild the tay? '-Bos-
ton Globe.
-"Clarence." said Miss Penelope
Waldo. q Boston young woman, didn't
I hear you say that every time you 60 to
the races you return home on Shank's
horses?" '.You did," said Clarence
Gloomily. ''Well, don't you think.
Clarence" continued Miss Penelope
quietly, ''since Mr.. Shank is 50 kind
that he would let you have his horses
occasionally to take me for . driver"
And Clarence groaned in anguish as he
reflected how modest and retiring Miss
Waldo is and how utterly impossible il
would be for him to disclose the identity
Of Mr.. Shank m 7. Life.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-10-30
A Friend as is a Friend.

Hostetter McGinnis is . man who
promptly takes up for his friends. He
has got into innumerable fights by
championing the cause of men with
whom he was on friendly terms. Moth
ing pleases him SO much as chance to
fight for friend. One day McGinnis'
friend Swipes. who is an inebriate. ex-
perienced q feeling Of remorse. and he
said to McGinnis:
do you know. Hostetter, what !
think about MYSELF"
II have no idea" replied McGinnis.
"Well, / think that am . miserable
drunken sot, who does not deserve to
live"
''Look here, Swipes," said McGinnis,
threateningly. Il am your friend. and you
must not talk that way about yourself.
or I'll hold you personally responsible. :"
After that Swipes always spoke Of
himself in McGinnis' presence as . per.
feet gentleman.-zszos Sysings.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-10-30
~. KINDNESS.

How softly on the bruised heart
A word Of kindness falls,
And to the dry and parched soul
The moistening teardrop calls.
Obi IL they knew, who walked the earth,
Mid sorrow, grief and pain,
The power q word Of kindness hath,
Twere Paradise again.
The wealthiest and the poorest may
The simple pittance give.
And bid delight to withered hearts
Return again and live.
Oh! what is life. If love be lost,
If name unkind to man;
Obi what the Heaven that waits beyond
This brief and mortal span.
As stars upon the tranquil sea
In mimic glory shine,
So words of kindness in the heart
Reflect the source divine.
Oh. then be kind, whoe'er thou art
That breathest mortal breath,
And II shall brighten all thy life
And sweeten even death.
PircnOiogtcal Journal
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-10-30
BROWNS EXPERIENCE.
Ihe Punlshment He Received Tor Deeelv.
Ing Hls wife.

Iho Punlshment He Received Tor Doeolvs
ing His Wife.
Invent to the skating rink The other
night. didn't tell anyone I was going.
not even my wife. l knew if did she
would want to 60, too. and as I intended
to try skating preferred to make my
debut unattended by my friends and
relatives. So told Mary Ann-that'a
my wife-that 1 was going to prayer.
meeting. She looked rather surprised
for am not generally a regular attend
ant--but at once laid aside her sewing
and announced her intention Of accom-.
panying me. saw that wouldn't do,
and so when she appeared few minutes
later with cloak and bonnet I assumed
an annoyed tone and said: II declare.
Mary Ann. l have . pressing business
engagement for this evening which had
entirely slipped my mind: However. y
seeing her countenance fall, 'I'll 20
round by the church and leave you at
prayer-meeting." She looked rather
grieved and disappointed. and alto
gether was SO innocent that ] almost re-
pented and mentally called myself .
brute for deceiving the dear little woman
30. but I had determined to 90 to the
rink. so I Quoted my conscience BY
registering . solemn VOW that Just rs
soon as I had learned to skate would
take her along with me-to look on.
Well, after leaving my wife at thu
church door. brought up at the skating
rink in due time. somewhat timidly
took my place among the skaters on the
floor, but ~ watched their graceful
evolutions, and noted the apparent ease
with which it was performed, l boldly
struck out. I immediately-if not
sooner-struck something else, too. 1t
was the floor. Yes. sat down little
more '.forcible than elegant" My head
flew back and my jaws snapped to ether
like turtle catching at ahy. The sud-
den conclusion set my brain in a whirl.
but after two or three vain attempts.
and graspings at the empty air. I righted
myself. BY this time the perspiration
was starting from every pore, but I
wasn't going to be discouraged by one
fall; so, after relieving myself of my
coat. cautiously started in again. l
thought this time I would 60 slow and
easy like till got accustomed to the
motion; but, bless you. the moment
those rollers got the least little encour-
agement to start away they went like
chain lightning. and you either had to
keep up with them or you would be
most unceremoniously left behind.
got left. So did several other fellows.
At about twelve o'clock that night
reached my own door. With the as
sistance of a policeman and a cane ]
had managed to hobble there from the
doctors office, despite his earnest en-.
treaties to call an ambulance. My wife
-unsuspecting little woman-is in a
constant state of worriment lest have
another attack of acute inflammatOry
rheumatism. don't think l shall-not
this fall.-Detroi Free Pres.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-10-30
HORSE SENSE.

Rules to be Observed When Purchasing
or Training o Horse.
Inever buy horse with low mar.
row forehead. Such forehead belongs
to all vicious horses, bad runaways, etc.
in fact every vice is found in a horse
with low, narrow forehead, and never
in the opposite. In the high and broad
forehead we have predominating cere-
Drum or intellectual brain. In the low
and narrow forehead we have the pre-.
dominating cerebellum or low brain.
Never buy such horses on any account.
Suspending a sack (or any thing else)
behind horse to prevent kicking is
worse than ridiculous. Such an act is
quite contrary to the commonest groom
ing, and in every point illogical. Ihaye
seen q basket tried instead of q sack.
1t ruined the animal. There is no edu-
cation or training in such 3 foolhardy
act.
Nothing is more true than the fact that
the kind Of bit used on horse has very
much to do with his conduct. Many
horses will be fretful and unsteady with
chatting, sharp bit, that would other
wise be gentle and pleasant with less
severe one. A sharp. severe bit is not
the subduer of a horses temper by any
means. 1t does quite often excite many
bad habits and unpleasant acts in a
horse, which would be dormant if other
wise treated.
No horse requires 50 good and thor
ough breaking as the family horse.
A good family horse is one of the most
valuable in the horse market at all times.
Much of the family's comfort and safety
depends upon the qualities of the family
horse. None but q thoroughly broken,
good tempered animal should be used
for family horse.
There is no question in my mind Is to
the correctness of the assertion that a
medium sized horse is in every respect
the best for the farmer. He will do
more work and last longer, and can be
used occasionally for . roadster with
out injury.
A habitual rolling horse should have
either q loose box or narrow stall. A
horse in a box stall would not be much
better off than in an ordinary stall il
tied. He should be loose. All horses in
box stalls should be loose. as the name
of box stall suggests this.-Dr. Horne,
IN National St0cEman.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-10-30

DIR. George R. Elliott was the micro.
scopist employed by General Grants
physicians. In the early stages of the
malady bits of the throat were clipped
off tor examination. 1t was published
that the microscope had proved the can.
Ger to be epithelial, but the physicians
did not divulge the fact that every stage
of its progress was watched through
lenses SO magnifying that a scrap Of
flesh became as big as q plate to look at.
Eighteen of the prepared slides were
kept by DR.. Elliott He has now had Q
cabinet shaped for them, and on it stands
Q bust of Grant.-N Y. Tribune.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-10-30

Tho boundary between Massachu.
eetts and New Hampshire has been in
dispute 100 years. No strictly legal line
exists. In 174l the King of England di.
rected representatives Of both provinces
to jointly make . map. in accord with
some general directions. but Massachu.
sets did not obey, and New Hampshire
did the work alone. A strip Of Merri-
mac Valley is the doubtful ground
Boston Gl06e.