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Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1885-07-22

La population de Duluth est de
$4,000 ames.
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1885-07-22

Dormant les renselgnements les plus
REGENTS sur les resources de tous les
pays du G ODE ouverts a ,'emigration,
ayec cartes ct illustratiOns.)
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-09-11
A Rich Islander.

The business of this little cluster Of
islands which lie in the Pacific Ocean
just off the southwest coast of Patagonia
is sheep-raising and selling, and is near
ly all in the hands of one man, MI.
Kerr by name, who is the Governor.
He went there many years ago a poor
man, and is now worth more than
$5,O00.000. There are no bushes or
trees of any kind on the islands. aud
the entire surface is covered with bed
of peat many feet thick and of good
quality. There is sufficient fuel to sup.
ply the world for an indefinite length of
time. Covering the peat is thick
growth of short, but very nutritious,
grass, upon which the sheep thrive won
derfully we'll. The number of sheep on
the islands is about 100000. These
islands are very high, the hills rising
many hundreds of feet, and are covered
with points of sharp rocks that some
times rise 200 or 500 feet above the sur
face of the peat. Itrains nearly every
day in the year, and as the peat is water
soaked the water stands in pools every
where. 1t seems to be unable to run
down the hills. and the hill-tops are
nearly as wet as the valleys.-C0r. N.
y H,rdld.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-09-11
A "REMINISCENCES OF WEBSTER
How He Saw the Sea-Scrpcnt and Refused
to Speak of 1t.

How He Saw the Sea-Scrpcnt and Refused
to Speak of 1t.
B. II. W tells me that he learns
from pretty good authority that Web
ster once saw the sea-serpent- 1t seems
it was first seen in the bay between Man
omet and Plymouth Beach by perfect
ly reliable witness (many years ago.,
who was accustomed to look out on the
sea with his glass every morning the
first thing, as regularly as he ate his
breakfast. One morning he saw this
monster, with head somewhat like a
horses, raised some six feet above the
water, and his body, the size of cask,
trailing behind. He was careering over
the bay, chasing the mackerel, which
ran ashore in their fright, and were
washed up and died in great numbers.
The story is that Webster had appoint
ed to meet some Plymouth gentlemen at
Manomet and spend the day fishing.
After the fishing was over he set ont to
return to Duxbury in his sailboat with
Peterson, as he had come, and on the
way they saw the sea-serpents which
answered to the common account of this
creature. 1t passed directly across the
bows only six or seven rods off, and then
disappeared. On the way homeward,
Webster having had time to reflect on
what had occurred. at length said to
Peterson, "For Gods sake, never say
word about this to any one, for if il
should be known that 1 have seen the
sea-serpent, should never hear the last
of it, but, wherever went, should have
to tell the story to every one Imet." So
it has not leaked out until now.-Th0.
rean's Summer.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-09-11
Blind and Lame
BY an
Explosion.
Charity is the Noblest Work
of Man.
Our Hope is in Thee

This gentleman was touched with the
infirmity to which many ingenious men
in all ages have 3een prone. He looked
on the beer when it frothed, and fire.
quently became SO overcome BY the
sight that he couldn' hang on to a lamp
post. He had much method and order
in his deception. He took his regular
dinner recess, put away his begging
shield and enjoyed his lunch. his liquor
and his cigar among his acquaintance,
and was joyous, sociable chap, clear
in the eye, supple in the joints and 1.-the
In limb. When the one o'clock
whistles sounded, he was once more a
pitable object, blind and lame by an
explosion. He is always summering by
the river at the expense of his fellow
citizens. Then there is small coffee
pot, which was impressed into the dual
service of receiving aims and working
the growler," as the delectable pursuit
of draining the last dregs of beer kegs
for the means of intoxication is desie-
mated. And there are other cups and
other cards, with other inscriptions,
which to particularize would take up
more space than can be spared, and
would only emphasize the same story of
ingenious deception and misdirected be-
nevolence.
In discussing the scope and objects of
the Charity Organization Society, the
organizing Secretary, Mr.. Charles ID.
Kellogg, said in substance that it was q
clearing house of registration and 3 Co
operative bureau for the 206 charitable
institutions of the city. and of forty out
side of the city. The society was formed
IN 1881 by the State Board of Charities.
The constitution forbids the society to
dispense aims in any form, and every
department of its work is completely
severed from all questions of religious
belief, politics and nationality. Il ex-
changes information and sends records
ahead to Boston, Chicago and other
large cities. For example," said Mr..
Kellogg. there are mother and daugh-
tsr who have successfully and success
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-09-11
Sunshine Versus Moonshine.

Colonel Peterby. of Austin. who is
rather aged and whose bald head is as
bald as that of an eagle. bu. who does
not renew his youth like the eagle men,
toned in the Bible, married y young
wife. They were sitting on the veranda
a few nights ago, but Mrs. Peterby was
in bad humor.
Don't make such a discontinued
face. It is for You women to bring
sunshine into married life." said old
Peterby.
'.And it is for you men to bring
moonshine into il, l suppose" she re.
Piled. passing her hand scornfully over
Q bald place, the size of caEteloupe
on the top of his head, which hears .
startling resemblance to full blown
rese.-1sres Settings.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-09-11
SMALL POTATOES.

-ssWhy am like potatoes, kate?'
Remarked the little beau.
~s.Oh, dearI Because they're small and late,
She yawned; you ought to know"
-ssI do. Tn like the kind you eat,
Because by you I'm mashed.
And you are like the kind that's sweet"
He murrnurel, not abashed.
~~Well. mashed once they are sof. indeed"
She laughed. perhaps you mean
That like POTATOES, sir, you need
A dose of paris green"
SHOT yet. unless get the sack"
He C-inncd, like 'taters do:
But then guess you'll take me back
And pare me, wouldn't your"
''Yes, If you brought hoe" she smiled.
what for, Miss Kate" said he.
You might hoe 'em then. my child,
And-stay there" answered she.
N. Y. Morning Journal.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-09-11
THE GUINEA FOWL.
Experience of an Ohio Farmer-A Val.
liable Isirfl.

Experience Of an Ohio Farmer-A Val.
liable Bird.
l have q weakness for the guinea
fowls, and if their eggs were as large as
those of hen should breed them ex-
clusively. they are SO much superior to
everything else in the poultry line in so
many important particulars. Twoyears
ago, while in the south part of the State.
/ bought a pair of white guineas, for I
always looked upon them with the sus-
picion with which I look upon a Ken
lucky mule. l bought for their color,
because there were no white guineas in
my county. Last year the hen laid about
ninety eggs that we found. and l Matched
seventeen of them under hen. About
the first of July the guinea hen began to
sit, out in the edge of the cOrnfield. on
fourteen eggs, and in due course of time,
I suppose, she brought off thirteen
chicks; at least one time went down to
see her, and she was gone, leaving one
egg in the nest. The next time 1 caught
glimse of her, she came to the house
one evening with thirteen chicks about
rs large as quails, having kept every one
that was Matched, and the hen which
brought off a brood lost only two.
When cold weather came had thirty
guineas. that had cost me less to raise
than any five chickens in my flock.
kept them through the winter, and this
spring sold all but half dozen at q
dollar apiece, and could have sold as
many more if Ihad them. Two of them
we ate and found them excellent; the
flesh. unlike that of the pearl guinea. is
white, tender, and of gamey flavor
that is delicious. The ones kept laid
with the hens for long time this spring.
about the 5th Of April and
laying every day until they began sit.
ting, about two weeks ago. Before ]
got any guineas the hawks bothered me
considerably, but since that time they
have got but one chicken from me. The
of keeping guineas are
these: 1t don't cost a cent TO keep them
from early spring until freezing weather;
they are better for the table than any
breed of chickens; the hawks don't get
them. and when find guinea hen sit
ting on fourteen to twenty eggs feel
safe in counting my chickens
before they are Matched" Cor. Ohio
Farmer.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-09-11
FRAUDS ON CHARITY.
sSome of the Artful Tricks Of Pro.
fessional Aims Seekers.
Their Machinery in Trade-Exposure Made
by the Various Charity Organization
Societies = Some Remarkable Sta
tistics - Wealthy Mendicants.

ave call this our bric-a.brac," said
an official of the Charity Organization
Society to a reporter as he stood curl
-ously examining the captured proper
ties'' or paraphernalia of the begging
impostors whom Officer Chiardi has
bagged in the course of his explorations
in this city. The bric-a-brac occupies a
conspicuous recess on the second floor
of the society's building, No. 81 Uni
versity Place, and in certain sense re-
calls another collection of bloodhound
ling curios in the office of the District
Attorney. But whereas in the latter the
weapons of the murderer and the stools"
of the burglar predominant and cause
the flesh of the spectators to creep, the
br:c-a-brac is solely of the 'artful
dodger'' kind, rather provocative of
mirth than of any graver emotion.
Here, for instance, are couple of such
tincupS as we have seen children play
ing with among the sand at the sea-
shore. or the alleged wife of an Italian
organ-grinder pushing industriously be-
meath the noses of her would-be tribu-
taries. One is painted red. the other
blue, and both are properties" of i'm
posture. There is an elaborate oval
card. constructed substantially of block
tin, and evidently intended for longer
service in mendicancy than it was des-
tined to subserve. It's inscription was
not without merit. Although it exhib-
Its Photographed defects. it has nice
adjustable attachment, as witness:
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-09-11

"A Boston terra Gotta company have
completed what is said to be the largest
terra Gotta frieze in America. to be
placed on the memorial arch now in
course of construction in Hartford in
honor of the sailors and soldiers Of that
city who served in the civil war. 1t
measures one hundred and eighty feet
in length and seven feet vertically. Its
sculpture, which is in full relief, presents
nearly one hundred full length human
figures, besides which there are figures
of horses and the various paraphernalia
IF war ON land and sea. The frleze will
be placed at an elevation of fifty feet
from the ground. and the figures are
nodded to adapt them to the vision
under these circumstances. - Boston
Journal,
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-09-11
A SALESMAN'S REMARK.
How = Clerks Error in Judgment Los
Him an Advantageous Sale.

How = Clerks Error in Judgment Lost
Him an Advantageous Sale.
One of the requisites of good sales
man is knowing just wha: to say, and
when to say it, to customers who are I'M
decided and hardly know what they
want, and to whom word spoken Mt the
right time is sufficient very often to effect
sale. Sometimes. however, statesmen
with the desire of assisting hesitating
customer. say things which have the OPP
posite effect from that intended, as the
following anecdote will show:
A gentleman who was several wears
younger than his wife, and who was be-
sides small and rather boyish in appear
ance, entered a dry goods store in one
of our towns with his wife and requested
to be shown some carpets. The pro-
prietor himself, to whom as it happened
they were unknown, waited on them.
He showed them very politely his ex-
tensive stock of carpets, and exhibited
with great pains their beauty and excel
lence of quality. The gentleman and
his wife both seemed somewhat unde-
cided as to what suited them among the
various patterns displayed, and the pro-
prietor, with the laudable desire of as
sisting them to decide, remarked bland
" to the gentleman. pointing to one of
the carpets: II think, sir, this is the car
pet your mother likes.
The gentleman looked q little sur
prised. but quietly said: ''She is not my
mother, sir, but my wife,"
The lady said nothing. but it is need
less to add that she did not find any car
pet to suit her, and they left the pro-
prietOr, who felt that he had lost sale
by his unfortunate remark, sadder and
wiser man. II there is anything that q
woman will not forgive It is to be
thought older than she is.-Detroit Free
Press.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-09-11


-Tarts: One-half cup butler. o..
hAR cup sWees milk, two te1spooq
cream tartar, one Of soda A6asei
hold.
On every American farm Of 90.
hundred acres Is waste land enough 10
raise two hundred dollars worth of stuG'
Detroit Free Press.
After wheat is stacked it should not
be threshed until it has gone through
the sweat. which generally takes aboue
six weeks.-N r. E1Gniser.
Cows should not be heated up by
being hurried, excited by bad usage.
ETC., and should have q shade from tAo
extreme heat of the sun.-Chv;stias 6f
WORT.
Corn Fritters: Crate twelve ears q
corn, scrsping the ears with silver kni1e
SO that all the milk may be removed.
Mix the pulp with three eggs and 0ne
teacupful of flour. Fry in hot drip
pings.-IndsdHo State Journal.
When putting away the silver tes
or coffee pot, which is not used every
day, lay q little stick across the top un-
der the cover. This will allow fresh air
to get in and prevent mustiness of the
contents, familiar to hotel and board
ing-house MISUNDERSTANDING.
Pudding Sauce.-One egg beaten 70
froth, one cup of white sugar, One-half
cup butter, twO-thirds of cup or moro
poured on it of hot water. Flavor with
q little lemon and nutmeg. II moro
water is used, take q little corn starch,
AsSsn1vo md Nhfrnra .Inn.xa1RR
"A bushel of corn when compacted
into lard, or cheese, or butter. can find
its market anywhere in the world where
the cost of sending the corn itself would
make q market for it impossible. Be-
sides this, in the making of the lard or
butter, manurial residue is left on tho
land. instead of being carried away TO
fertilize foreign fields. This is the ker-
mel of the argument for mixed farming.
instead of grain farming. Chicago
Tribune.
Don't put your autograph to paper
in trade unless the individual can b,
vouched for by some respectable bust
ness man of your acquaintance who
knows him. An Ohio farmer signed .
contract for "a. 6 to q lightning rod man.
The rods were put up by another, and
the wealthy but unbusiness-like farmer
found himself in for s. cash and his n0te
for $75 more. OF course, the wealthy
but ignorant man didn't believe in
newspapers."-ME sam.
in warfare with coarse weeds. and
especially with Canada thistles, most
useful weapon will be found to be .
broad, sharp-edged chisel fitted to the
end of staff, such as hoe-handle-
This is used to thrust into the ground so
as to cut off the weed afew inches under
the surface. Burdocks, golden rods,
and all other persistent weeds which
come up among the hoed crops after
having been plOwed under are quickly
and effectively subdued by this MEANS
Prairie Farmer.
An Irish settler who had amassed .
handsome independence in the cattle
ranches in the West advises all intend
ing Irish emigrants when they reach
America to go to Nebraska, Wyoming.
Kansas, Ohio, Minnesota, Illinois or
Territory. Laboris in great
demand, and a workman who would only
get SIS a month and board in the Eastern
States would get $50 q month and board
there. The climate is good, and there
are no Irish pOer who cannot. by sObri-
ETY. attain independence.-N. y. Sun.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-09-11
NY tcup) dog
Leads me
Blind.

This gentleman was apparently led by
awhite French poodle. and was himself a
antive of Gaul. He was most ingen-
ious fellow. sound in sight. hearing and
speech. and unsurpassed as an exrac-
tor of sou[harrowing discords from n
violin. He is exceedingly well off. Sat
isfactory proof was obtained by the So
ciety that he was worth $4,000. His
wife is said to be an ambitious woman,
and his children carry their heads high.
He pursued his mendicancy for the pur-
pose of amassing sufficient to return to
Europe and live on their income There
is another big begging card. with the
following deliberately false appeal:
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-09-11
1.-THE case of William Brennan is

THE case of William Brennan is q
remarkable one" says the New Haven
Register. ''FOr the past five years he
has been totally blind. He was ped
dler of notions. and he and tho little boy
that led him from door to door were
familiar figures on our streets. Last
Thursday, while walking in tho strong
sunlight, his vision suddenly returned in
. measure to him. He could see. The
world that had been so long shat out
from hts gaze is his again to look upon.
His eyes. which were for 80 many years
of no use to him. are now believed TO be
rapidly becoping strong again"
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-09-11

-Borings which have been executed
at Kolomea, in Galacia, Austria, have
after several years labor opened up
number of petroleum springs. The
yield is abundant. In the Finance Min
ister's statistics for the current year it
is reckoned that more than half the inn
ports of petroleum during the first
quarter of 1885 came from Russia
Those from America have been grow
ing less and less. and the discoveries at
Kolomea will perhaps. stop them alto
gathef.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-09-11
Poor Men. wive. Love Them Best

No woman will love a man better for
being renowned or prominent. Though
he be first among men. she will be
prouder. not fonder; as is often the
case. she will not even be proud. But
give her love, appreciation. Kindness.
and there is no sacrifice she would not
mako Tor his content and comfort. The
man who loves her we'll is her hero and
king. No less hero to her though he
is not to any other; no less king
though his only kingdom is heart and
home. 1t is mans own fault if he is
unhappy with his wife in nine cases out
of ten. 1t is a very exceptional woman
who will not be all she can to an atten-
tive husband. and very exceptional
one who will not be very disagreeable il
she finds herself wilfu!ly neglected.
alabama BaDtisf.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-09-11

"A Lake Keuka trout was sold st
Penn Yam recently, the weight of which
was thirteen pounds. Soon after it was
left at the market it was opened, and a
quantity of gravel and stones was taken
from its stomach. They had been
forced through its mouth and added q
pound and half to the weight of the
fish.-Bufalo Express.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-09-11
Total examined and classified. {

Total examined and ciasSifed. g, 964
In other words. of 1854 cases. 1917.
or over IS per cent. were men with or
without children. and so far as appeared,
able-bodied; and hut 1.90S cases out of
$3.50, or less than 274 per cent. were
widows with children and families
where the bread-winner was reported to
be sick, while only 81 per cent. were
destitute and helpless, and even for these
there was full provision existing some
where. This shows most undesirable
state of things, even allowing fora very
large percentage of cases of exception
able hardship" One of the important
missions of the society consists in OBJ
tanning employment for able-bodied
men in and out of the city. Bat your
professional pauper, male or female,
will seldom consent to work for living.
There are fifty similar charity organi-
cation societies in England. with which
the New York society exchange infor-
nation. 1t is a healthy '.sign of the
times when the practice of indiscrimi-
nate alms-giving is practically dealt
with. All the facts tend to show that
unless directed by some such organiza-
ton as has been briefly outlined, and
thus restricted to unavoidable suffering,
it is a source of corruption and mis-
chief and an aid to intemperance.-N
Y. Mercury.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-09-11

1T costs about q. 900 for family to
spend the season at NeVport-that is it
costs $S. 600 for cottage. 1,5O0 for
horses, 81 500 for servants and market
Ing, and o, 900 for clothes. -Propi
de5,ce JounaL
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-09-11

The adjustable portion of the appeal
was in the word .'lame." Some times
the wife was dead" sometimes .'sick,"
sometimes diving" This property"
belonged to a fellow whose hearing and
sight We're acute as most peoples, but
he had slight impedimentin his speech.
To have seen him on the Jewish Sabbath
day tripping along Hester street. elab-
'orately betogged and gay of carriage,
was a revelation in the art of imposture.
AT present he is in the country at the
-city's expense. Here is another tin dial
similar to the last, but with different
attachment. At the top of this disk
there is cleverly inserted u emp to receive
the aims of the charitable, evidently the
wo-k of 4 skilled mechanic. The ap-
peal reads:
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-09-11

"A woman always shades her eyes
by turning her hand over-the palm up
ward-sO that the back win not sum
burn. During the civil war woman in
the army. in male attire, was discovered
by this gesture. B0stos S0wnak
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-09-11

fully worked twenty cities n the coun-
try. They left New York ten years
since, and returned lately. But We had
their whole record, and made it too hot
for them. They went to an interior
city: description of them came to us,
and full information was at once sent to
the authorities. In this way the bust
ness of the impostor will gradually be
extinguished.
Again, in the matter of fOundlings,
the society does valuable work. Know
ing and keeping register of all the five
hundred nurses in the city, those little
waits are watched and cared for. and
mot farmed out" to be slowly starved.
1t may surprise people not acquainted
with the dark ways of big city's life
to be told that there is great deal of
professional abandonment of children
going on. There are numerous cases in
which children are abandoned in in
fancy and claimed when they art old
enough to earn money for their Heart
less parents. All such cases are care
fully and extensively investigated by
the nine district committees and paid
district agents of the society.
The clearinghouse statistics of the
society comprise over 10000 reports
concerning over 65,0 900 families, all ar
ranged and classified by street and by
name in bureau in charge of the two
lady clerks. The various aliases OF i'm
posters, the streets in which restitution
most abounds. the houses that become
begging centers and schools of mendi-
cancy thus admit of classification ready
for instant reference.
As an illustration of the amount of
perverted bencvolence which character
ICES this city, MIR. Kellogg said: "A
year ago We took at random the reports
in our bureau relating to about 10000
cases. Of these cases. the information
of about 1000 was full enough to admit
of exhaustive investigation. The re-
suits. divided into classes, were as fol-
lows:
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-09-11

4. SITiZENS: Please be so kind and buy
!. something. i ain deaf, Dumb and blind
: of one eve. / have five children and a
: tlanc, wife.