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The Iola register., 1885-02-06
SN NEEZING.
A Curious Custom Imported from Conti-
mental Europe.

A Curious Custom Imported from Conti-
mental Europe.
Seven Hungarians-four men, two
women and four-year-old child-were
sitting at supper the other evening,
when the child suddenly began to
sneeze. Straightway all knives and
forks were held in mid-air, all eyes
were turned upon the afflicted one, all
tongues poured forth torrent Of bless
ings. The child sneezed five times,
and five times did her companions inn
plore the Almighty to blessher. When
the child's nostrils resumed their nor
NAL condition the knives and forks were
laid on the table, the chorus of benedic-
tions ceased, and the next act of the
drama was eagerly awaited. 1t was a
novel and curious one. The child
folded her hands in her lap and, fixing
her black eyes on each of her compan-
ions in turn, said slowly and earnestly:
II thank You, mother; / thank You,
aunt; thank you, Louis; thank you,
Geysa; / thank you, Paul; thank you,
Stofano." Those addressed smiled and
nodded and seemed peculiarly proud
that the little one had been imbued
with religion at such an early age. As
proof of their appreciation they piled
cakes and other dainties on her plate
and cautioned her never to forget to
ask Gods blessing on any one who
might happen to sneeze in her presence,
and to be sure to return thanks to all
who asked Gods blessing on herself
Should she fail to do so it was intimated
that death by choking would probably
be the result of such shocking ingrati-
tude. The child listened to the good
advice and then began to make havoc
among her cakes. Feeling somewhat
curious as to the origin of this custom,
a Herald reporter sought enlightenment
from a prominent Hungarian. II do
not know the exact origin" said that
gentleman, .'but l believe it is as old as
the Hungarian nation itself. Other ma
tions are accustomed to ask benedic
ton on whomsoever they may hear
sneezing, but, except in the case of our
people, / do not believe that they get
any thanks for their trouble. 1t is a
unique custom, and is as prevalent to-
day among all classes of the people in
Hungary as it was hundreds of years
ago" IN. Y. Herald.
The Iola register., 1885-02-06

full history of that fearful crime and
answer my questions fully and truth
fully"
He smiled bitterly. ''You forget my
position, Mr.. Vaughan, when you speak
of honor Yet promise all you ask. "
So told him, as shortly and simply
as could, all that had occurred; all l
had seen. He shuddered as again de-
scribed the terrible vision.
.'Spare me-" he said, II know it all
Thousands of times have seen it or
have dreamed tit will never leave me.
But why come to me? Pauline, you
say, is recovering her senses-she would
have told you alE''
II would not ask her until saw you.
She is herself again, but / am stranger
to her-and unless your answer is the
one I hope for, we shall never meet
again"
"If anything I can do to atone"
he began, eagerly.
"You can only speak the truth.
Listen. / taxed the murderer, your ac-
complice, with the crime. Like you,
he could not deny it, but he justified
it."
"How-tell me-, painted Ceneri.
For moment paused. l fixed my
eyes upon him to catch every change of
feat,lre-to read the truth in more than
words.
'.He vowed to me that The young man
was killed by your instructions that he
was-oh, God. how can repeat it!-the
lover of Pauline, who, having dishon-
ored her, refused to repair his fault.
The truth! Tell me the TRUTH
almost shouted the last words-my
calmness vanished as l thought of the
villain who had. with mocking
smile, coupled Pauline's name with
shame.
Ceneri, on the other hand, grew calm
er as he grasped the purport of my
question. Bad as the man might be,
even stained with innocent blood, l
could have clasped him in my arms as /
read in his wondering eyes the baseless-
ness of the foul accusation.
THAT young man-7the boy struck
down by Macari's dagger-was Pau
lines brother-my sister child-Antho-
ny March,
The Iola register., 1885-02-06
Turn.About Heels.

When a New York uptown shoe
dealer was asked to repair a pair OF
boots that needed new soles and new
heels, he said:
s.WiI you have patent heels?"
What is the peculiarity?"
'.They are reversible. Both ends ol
the heel are trimmed alike. The heel is
secured with screws, and can be re-
moved by any one with a screw-driver.
BY turning the heel end for end after il
begins to wear offon one side, the wear
is thrown equally on both sides, and
the heel is kept square. Eventually the
wearer learns to stand mp squarely on
his heels. They will cost you fifty
cents extra.-N Y. Times.
The Iola register., 1885-02-06

"A Second Adventist has published
. note stating that the fixing Of Jam
uary 5 as the time at which the world
was coming to an end was unauthor-
lied. The adventists as q body do not
set any time for the end of the world.
believing simply that 1.-THE great event
is fastening on" Most orthodox people.
as well as skeptics, win admit that it is
nearer than it was five or even ten yeara
ago.-Ch9cago Journal
The Iola register., 1885-02-06

A conductor in Massachusetts, put
tramp off his train and threw him
bundle which he supposed was his bag.
gage. The tramp threw it back, and
It was afterward found to be package
of bills containing S4.5OO.-Bostoa
.Iourncl
The Iola register., 1885-02-06

1t is now claimed that the wood Oi
Usage orange furnishes the best timbe-
for making wagons that has ever been
employed. 1t is also excellent tor max
ing plow beams and the flames Of har.
rows Chicago Times.
The Iola register., 1885-02-06

!, The following table from the Wheel
mans Gazette, gives the various ways
Of going a mile and the time required.
The bicycle stands fourth as regards the
time taken to cover q mile:
The Iola register., 1885-02-06

Poets are nearly all smokers. This
doesn't necessarily indicate there is any.
thing wrong with the tobacco, however.
Chicago Herald
The Iola register., 1885-02-06

The silk hat is only fifty years Old,
-CAicago Herald
The Iola register., 1885-02-06


could not be mistaken, you We're blind
you saw nothing
81 saw nothing, but l heard every
thing"
"And now Pauline has told you what
happened'''
Pauline has not spoken"
Ceneri rose, and in great agitation
walked up and down the room, his
chains rattling as he moved. Il knew
it" he muttered in Italian. Il knew il
such crime can Tot be hidden
Then he turned to me. "Tell me
how you have learned this? Teresa
would die before she spoke. Petroff is
dead-died, as l told you, raving mad. "
From his last words l presumed that
Petroff was the third man l had seen.
and also the fellow-prisoner who had
denounced Macari.
'Was it Macari-that double-dyed
traitor? No-he was the murderer
such an avowal would defeat his ends.
Tell me how you know?'
81 would tell you, but 1 suspect You
would not believe me"
believe you." he cried, excitedly.
Il would believe anything connected
with that night-it has never left my
thoughts-Mr. Vaughan. the truth has
come to me in my captivity. / am not
condemned to this life for a political
crime. NY sentence is Gods indirect
vengeance for the deed you witnessed. y
1t was clear that Ceneri was not such
a hardened rutfian as Macari. He, al
least, had-a conscience. Moreover, as
he appeared to be superstitious, he
would perhaps believe me when I told
him how my accurate knowledge had
been obtained.
81 viii tell you," I said, provided
you pledge your honor to give me the
The Iola register., 1885-02-06

all, though anybody who didn't know
1t. might be willing to swear it was.
Ii is nettle fibre from a place l know
near Newark, N. j. This piece OF
gray cloth you see was made Of the
same stuff; so were these hankerchiefs,
and these stockings, too. They are
almost indestructible. 1 wore a pair
of trousers made of the cloth several
years; wore them at work in my gar
den. but they seem practically inde-
structible, and have been washed a
dozen times. Most of these articles
we're manufactured for me at Passaic,
\. j. The gray cloth came from the
Germania Mills in Holyoke. This
,heviot cloth can be washed twenty
times without injur;ng the material. 1t
would be splendid for worsingmen' $
clothes.
Though possessing SO great power
Of resistance to the action of water, a
lint can be manufactured of American
nettle fiber superior to the best cotton
IS an absorbent. See. ] drop this piece
of nettle-grass lint in this tumbler of
water. In an instant it has become sat
urated with the fluid and sinks to the
bottom.
These nettles grow in prodigious
quantity all through the Jersey swamps.
This year the yield on my place near
Newark was twenty to twenty-five per
rent. of pure fiber from this dried stock.
The nettles must be cut about the end
II September. when the sap begins to
ripen in accordance with the laws of
your climate here. Of course, as one
goes further south the nettles will ripen
aarlier. The plants attain height of
five or six feet. Ten days ago l received
a stalk from California eleven feet in
height and three-eighths of, an inch in
thickness. 1t was sent me by a Mr..
Drnry. druggist living in Lower Cal
iiornia. who takes great :utctust in bot
any.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1885-09-12
Oscar Wildc's Baby.


While two nations are extending fclicita
tions to Mr.. Wilde ami specializing
whether an csthctic baby Is as red, help
less, and vacuous as other babies, the
Daily News hastens to invite the pre-
sumably fond fathers attention to the new
theory which processes to account for the
decline of the esthetic faculty. This Is
based upon the fact that large proper.
ton, probably not less than one-third, of
all babies born in highly cultured circles,
where n love of the beautiful would
be most naturally anticipated, are
brought up ON the nursing bottle.
Now, according to the elder Darwin, the
impressions received during this early
plastic period are among the most lasting
which influence our future tastes. Soon
after babe is born into this cold world, he
says In his "IOOnomia,h lit is applied to
its mothers warm bosom, which it embraces
with its hands, presses with its lips, and
watches with its eyes, and thus acquires ac-
curate ideas of its form. les pleasure ut
length becomes associated with this form;
hence, in our maturer years, when any OBJ
iect Is presented to us, which, by its waving
or swelling lines, bears any similitudc to
this form--whcthcr it be found in land
scapc with soft gradatiOns of rising and de-
sccnding surface, or in the curve of an an
tiquc vase, or in the works of pencil or
Chisel-we feel II generous glow Of delight
The inference is obvious Those who, as
infants, were brought up by hand instca Il
of ut the breast, will be found deficient in
this ''warm glow of delight ut the sight of
the beautiful In art or nature. In such the
esthetic faculty will be dormant, and not
even the big helianthus waved by the pas
sonate pilgrim, Oscar himself, will move
them to rapture. Many corroborativc
illustrations might be cited to thus prove
that the fountain of the esthetic faculty is
located In the mammary gland; that II
women had no breasts Il love of the beauti-
full would be impossible. 1t may even be
shown that the development and integrity
of the breast bear relation to the influence
exerted, as, for example, among the ANA
IONS, of whom 1t is asserted that the re-
mOval Of one of the breasts has resulted in
their becoming celebrated as athletes but
not as esthetics Clearly Oscar owes It to
himself and to his disciples that the juve-
nile Wilde be furnished his tactical tipplc on
draught and not in bottle,
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1885-09-12
PRICE % AND 80 CENTS a BOTTLE,
DOSToFFICE NOTICE.

Letters for foreign countries need not be specially
addressed for dispatch by any particular steamer,
except when II Is desired to send duplicates Of bank
ing ana commercial documents, letters not spr-
ciIliy addressed being sent by the fastest vessels
available.
Foreign mails for the week ending Sept. IL, will
close tPROMrTLI in all cases. ut this Office US fol-
lows:
Hnyt, per steamship lInNtien Republic, via Bns-
tom AZ . II. IN. for Europe, per steamship Fulda,
Via southampton and Bremen; ut . u, N, for
scotland direct, per steamship AnChOriu, via
Glasgow (letterS must Ice directed "prr An
chOraD; ut , a. III. for the Netherlands direct,
must lie directed "pcr Ednm'D; Ut . H. M for
Belgium direct, per steamship NOOTdlund, via
Antwerp llettcrS must he directed "pcr Nuurd.
landD; At 2BO p, N. for Europe, per steamship
directed per City of Bcrlin'D; At $50 D. III. for
Bluehelds, GreytOwn, aud LimOn, per steamship
Lucy I. Miller via New orleans.
SlNDAi.-At $50 y. IN. for Honduras and Guate-
nnla, per steamship city Of Dallas, via New Or.
leans,
Mails for the Sandwich Islands, per steamship
Alameda (via San Francisco close here September
20, at p. IN. Mails for Australia, New Zealand
FIJI, and SAmaOn Islands, per steamship city Of
sydney VIA san Francisco, close here september
steamship Britannia, with British mails for AUS
tralia). Mails for the Society Islands, per steamer
via san francisco, close here september ga,
At Z p. m. Mails for CUBA by rail TO Tampa,
Fla, and thence by steamer, via Key West Fla,
close at this office daily ut $50 a, III.
sThe schedule of closing Of Trnns-PaCih mails Ia
arranged on the presumption of their uninterrupted
overland transit to san Francisco, Mails from the
east arriving on TIME at san Francisco ON the day
OF sailing of steamers are dispatched thence the
same day .- -....-
HENRY G. PEARSON, Postmaster,
POstOhce, New York, n, v, september I, 1880,
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1885-09-12
HOME DECORATIVE NOTES.


Miniature hail clocks, with their mahogany
and rosewood cases, are decidedly ornamental.
Amber beads strung loosely from the cross.
bands ui curtains and portierrcs, ure very at
trnClivC,
The newest style purses are of fancy leather
In the shape of watch with chuleluiuc ut
tHChed, They are worn suspended from the
belt.
The width of iriezc is matter of tnstc,
varying from six To eighteen inches, ace rding
10 the height of the room aud the decorators
fancy
ianclful catch.all consists of branch of
the birch tree IN bronze, sustaining on one of
its divisions II Dasket.like net Of SILVER bronze
wire.
1t Is hardly possible TO have too many cush.
ions about the room ut the present time; all
easy chairs are supplied with one, and placed
one upon another, Oriental fashion, they
serve MS seats
Decoration Is now considered necessary in
all parts of the house; the hall has its jHrdi-
nIeTes its rich skin rugs its walls decorated
with nntlurs heads OF animals, old DrlsSCS,
arms, and urmOr.
Splendid cupboards of carved oak. wardrobe.
shaped or to be hung on walls, have the door
pauclcd with large painting; smaller cup
boards ARE frequently glazed, showing the
carved aud inlaid shelves which are to hold
art treasures OF pottery and glass.
Inc chNlrS Ol the colonial period were Ideals
of comfort, being fashioned to conform rs
much Us possible to the human outlines, and
within the past few years many of these quaint
pieces have been reproduced aud restored to
places of honor once again,
\ monte cTcpe tapestry crctOnne Is hand.
some In It's designs, representing sculpture
painting, Sc. Among different designs suit
able for wall hanging in this material is Il
tournament scene while representations of
Faust aud Marguerite are adapted for screens
and sofa pillows.
Very pretty pillow covers are Of linen or
sCrim, the decoration consisting Of drawing
out the threads aud making Il lncc.likG pat
tern IN the ordinary stitch, aud using instead
OF cotton extremely narrow ribbon IN various
COlOrs; the work Is done short distance from
the hem, which is broad and hCmstitChed; u
fancy bow Of ribbon udorn1 one corner.
DrawingrOOms are intended ms II rule, to be
uriiicially lighted, and the decoration and fur
nishings must, IN Il measure, be made with this
IN view; the prevailing idea in furniture for
the drawing room Is very Ornumuntnli the
Louis Ky style is highly favored, but is mixed
with other periods. Gold and damask chairs
mud the lovely painted and mlaid tables give
brighlnessand a taste Of color 10 the room,
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1885-09-12

The sunday school was hushed and still
And the parsOn led in prayer
Then said u speech would now be made
by II stranger who was there.
The lesson told, that day, the iute
Ofthe cities ruzrd by lire,
And of the great reward OF those
Who did the Lords desire.
And then the stranger spoke of those
Who disobeycd Gods law,
Said they the end of such as sinned
In the death of Lots wife saw.
To impress the fact he asked class,
Small S-ycar urChinS they,
Why God had turned Lots wife to salt
ON that Inflated day.
one little rascal made response,
With grimy hand upheld:
His shrill voice sounded loud and clear;
"She was too fresh" he yelled,
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1885-09-12

lHt
1t would not be surprising to find that
the financial crisis in Mexico, and the Grip
ping OF the American railway enterprises
in that country, were moves ON the part of
President Diaz to pave the way for Eng
fish and German commercial supremacy in
the young republic. The success of the
English in Chill is complete. They would
surely have failed had Mr.. Blaine remained
in the State Department in 1881. But their
success has only whettcd the British appe-
tite Already English traders talk of buy
ing out the BOstOnians us soon rs the MeXi-
can Central wreck shall have become com
plete, Nothing is less to the American
peoples taste than foreign conquest or ac-
QUESTION, us was shown in the San Domingo
imbrOgliO, yet there he trade questions
which put n free and friendly people in
places where the choice of two evils lies
right before them. The United States was
stronger in repute before Chilli insulted II
than IL was aftcrward. At least Lord
Lyons and Prince Bismarck thought 50
when they posted us.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1885-09-12

TnE most popular man in the United
States to-day with the Democratic masses
is the first assistant postmaster general, for
the simple but sufficient reason that he
"has no civil service nonsense about him."
nut is glad to cut of heads by the thousand
because they are the heads of his political
ODuOneuts
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1885-09-12
nLnI u. IInNe penCe.n

The Arbitration League is an organiza-
ton of patriotic citizens who have united
in this association for the advancement of
rs good n cause ms has ever enlisted the
sympathics of the human heart or inspired
the efforts of the mind of man. As the
name implies the object of the association
is to sneed the coming Of the time when
"swords shall be beaten into plowshares
and spears into pruning hooks and the ma
tions shall learn war no more" AS the
means to this great end it is proposed that
international disputes shall be settled by
arbitration that when two nations have a
difference of opinion, growing out Of con
dieting views and interests SO serious that
an amcnhle agreement cannot he reached
by diplomatic intercourse, they shall refer
the matter in dispute to referees or, in
other words, to board of arbitration, and
shall accept the findings of this tribunal as
II linulity.
At the September meeting of the league
which occurred last Tuesday evening, it
was declared eXpedient to have a congress
sUnal committee appointed at the Novem-
Der meeting, representing every state in the
Union, with view to u complete canvass
of Congress during the coming winter in the
hope of securing the passage of bill in
favor Of new treaty between Great Britain
and the United States. reuuirinp all uues-
tinns of international controversy between
tines, two countries 70 he referred 10 orbi-
trltiOn.
No possible harm could result from such
II canvass or CONGRESS- from the ennctmen-
Of snoh q lao ar ,ror, t,o roootiot;or and
,1o,,tinn ~ such n treoty Jndood tboro
"a ma roosor 10 Doubt thot tho nronosed
initiation viii ho rrodrctiyo If GOOD results.
for n ia necessary IN keen tbe worlds
ottontion dxod on the waste and woe of
war nm the nrosneritv and honniness that
come of peace, II there is ever To he n time
when mind, not muscle, when reason, not
mission. when the podlike. not the brute
attributes of the human race will assert
asccndency I'm great international crises.
II would be Il grand spectacle If the two
great Notwithstanding nations, after proper
confcrcnce and with mutual good will.
would stand M before the world in the
light of nineteenth century civilization and.
clnspinp hands across the ocean which
steam and electricity have almost bridped.
solemnly covenant never again to appeal to
force against each other, hut to refer all
their international controversies to the
peaceful solution of arbitration.
The world has witnessed no sublimer
spectacle since the morning stars sang to-
gether than will be presented If the only
rreut nution of the new world and that
power of the old world "whose morning
drum beat, following the sun, circles the
globe with the martial airs of England
win take this step toward making the uni
yersol brotherhood Of men n prapdly
benciiccpt reality,
And vet such n covenant would not he n
cuorontee thot the Irnitrd States and Enc
land would 0oht ma more Man. wors
have begun by violation Of treaties Anv
,,nvnrnmert cau ot any TINA tromnIo nm n
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1885-09-12

SpARTANBURG, S. e., March II, lSSi.-I have
for fourteen years been Il sufferer from run.
ming sore on my face that everybody called Il
cine aud found no relief About four months
ngo bought one bottle of Swiil's Specific from
Dr H. l.. llcnitsh and since have bought five
others; have taken it, and they have cured me
sound aud we'll My face Is H. free from II sore
MS anybody's and my health is perfectly re.
stored. feel like forty years had been lifted
oil my head. Yours thankfully,
ELIZA TINsLEY.
Treatise on Blood and Skin Diseases mailed
free.
The Swift Specific Co., Drawer 3, Atlanta
Gu, and l57 W. I'D street, New York
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1885-09-12

WHOSE business is it If the head of the
navy gets his sea terms mixed in writing II
novel; An admiral has a right to close
haul the lee scuppers and lash the pinnacle
twenty years that have elapsed since the
ar, has achieved such miracle as the tor
do ship Holy Terror, should not he criti-
for slips in nautical phrases.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1885-09-12

NOBODY suspects that any member of the
administration has wished or intended the
appointment of disreputable persons to of
lice, but the fact that Il good many such
have been appointed, on recommendations
Of leading Democrats, is about as ugly II
fact as the political situation holds at this
timp.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1885-09-12

The republication of that old letter in
which Admiral Porter spoke SO falsely of
Gen Grant is not altogether kind consider
ing that the admiral long ago repented him
of his great SIM and set up a group Of wall
Ing women at the foot of TIE capitol to
weep over IL.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1885-09-12

The people have II right to the various
kinds aud denominations Of currency pro-
vidcd for by Congress To deny them this
right is an arbitrary stretch of authority
unwarraLted by the facts of the financial
sitnniinm.