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The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1885-01-14
THE RuNco sHARPRRs. 8.
A Game Tint is Played Among Them.
selves. e

Speaking of bunco fellows-did you hear
Of White Pines streak? No1 And don't
know who White Pine is Well, he's one
Of the most crooked men in the United
States and has done some mighty find work.
He educated the people of the East into the
mysteries of tho gold brick game. He came
from White Pine, Nevada, and that's all
that's known about his namo or early his
tory. think he had some misunderstood
ing with Vigilance Committee there, and
rather than stay to explain matters he left.
Well, he won $4,000 the day before the
round and got his watch out of pawn,
bought q big theatrical trunk. tho first one
he ever had, expect; filed it full of new
clothes, drove Immediately to the depot and
took the first train ont for New Orleans.
Why was he in such hurry Well, he
knew that as soon as the word went round
that he had made winning he would be
shook down Don't know what shaking
down is? Well, Us soon as crook
makes big winning, and it becomes gen.
orally known, his pals or any one else,
who know of his fine work would come and
say - White Pine, | want $500, and must
have it White Pine knows if he doesn't
give it up he is peached upon, and soon
finds himself n jail. So he jumped the
town in self-defence, and was half way to
New Orleans before ii was known that he
had made winning, and those fellows who
I \ i. -. 4 = II
dest follows you ever saw"
"Then it's policy for Hungry Joe not
to make a winninga" queried the reporter.
Well, Hungry Joe has very high re-
gard for money and he would go to jail
before he would give up much |; and he
would rather take the chances hero than to
leave town. Besides, no pleads the baby
act, and is not as sensitive about going to
Jail as the moro heightened sporting men,"
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1885-01-14
Nobody Took Dessert .

A story came to me tho other day, Of an
engineering party in Dakota that had seated
themselves at their dinner table in q tent,
when party of cowboys rode up. One Of
them dismounted, and, thrusting his pistol
into the middle Of rice pudding that was
placed in the center Of the table, called out /:
Whoever wants puddun must ask me-"
No one seemed to care for dessert that day.
4!Ch1cago Rambler.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1885-01-14

And you need not go to the Black
Hills !" cried Sadie, joyously.
Aad you will become farmers wife at
,nce 2" asked Charlie, slyly.
So it came to pass TINT, three months
later, Charles Davis wore pair of blue-and-
white double mittens Us he took his we'd
ding-tour to tho old Blake Farm, instead of
trip to the Black Hills to win fortune to
buy it.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1885-01-14
A FAIRY TALE OF THE TIME.
Fortified Prairie Dogs, Stone Snakes nnd
snch Said TO Have Been Discovered.


Editor Smith, of the Ainsworth Ne,os, ar.
rived here yesterday, bringing with him in
teresting specimens of petrifed prairie
dogs, snakes and OWLS to be added to the
Nebraska exhibit OF New Orleans. The
potrifactions have tho appearance of being
made of heavy yellowish clay, but are un-
deniably genuine. The country about
Ainsworth has long been noted for curious
fossils and petrifactions. It borders ON the
Bad Lands of Dakota, and while not so
much of q desert has many of the same fea-
lures. Mr.. Smiths story about the finding of
his specimens reads like fairy tale. He
says that some weeks ago party of hunters
struck q hitherto unexplored canyon near
Plum creek, about twelve miles northwest
of Ainsworth. As they rode into it they saw
prairie dog village, and at the mouth of
each of the mounds was one of the little
animals sitting on its launches with paws
folded across the breast in perfectly nat
ural manner. Contrary to their usual Gus
tom, the dogs did not dive into their houses
at tho approach of tho strange visitors. To
| tho great surprise of the hitter they remain
ed motionloss. Investigation showed that
| every one of them was " stone" dead The
whole village of dogs had been killed at the
same moment by somo unknown power and
then petrifed. Stranger still, the hunters
found scattered among the dogs, and in the
same condition, the owls and snakes which
ore known to share their homes.
There are many theories as to the entire
destruction of plant and animal life in the
Dakota bad lands." Tho most commonly
accepted is that of volcanic action-the
OVERLOOKING of the country with molten
lava from subterranean llres.-0maAa Bee.
AN OYSTER WHIPS A DUCK.
A rough-and- cambat between q
wild duck and an oyster occurred hero tho
other day. The duck was large and full
grown one, that had recently come from
tho North to enjoy our winter climate. It
was of the diving species, which inhnbit the
bays till the spring, when they return
North. When the oyster feeds, it opens its
shell till the full oyster is plainly visible. The
sight of such morsel was too much for the
Ing his bill between the oysters open shell.
Like fash and with the power of n wise
the shell closed ON the ducks beak. Then
came the struggle for life. The oyster,
which wN quite large one, was dragged
from its bed with three smaller ones cling
ing to 1t, the cluster being heavy enough to
keep the ducks head under water. In this
way the duck drowned. Its buoyancy was
sufficient to float with the oysters and thus
driftcd near the dock, where it was captur-
ed. When taken out of the water the ami
mal heat had not loft the duck. The oyster
still chung to the ducks beak. The duck
has been carefully prepared for exhibition
by an experienced taxidermist. The curl
osity may be seen this week at De Ryce's
drug store. The oyster still holds DEATH
grip on its feathery victim. 1t will be
among the curiosities exhibited by Nueces
county ut the Worlds FAN. Corpus Christi
Cutler. lses
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1885-01-14

HnAK,O COLLEGIATE INSTITUTE, for
OOOA - young ladies'. Advantages un-
surpassed. GEoReR W. Cook, Phi. d., Principal,
Poughkeepsie, N. Y. ~. ls.-3m.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1885-01-14
WINTER IN MINNESOTA.

How Comfort Is Secured Whom the Tenn
peraturc Tor Weeks Is Below Zero.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-09-11
SMALL NOTES.
Gradually Being WithsFswn-The substt
tuition OF silver.

Gradually Being WithaFswn-The substt-
tuition OF silver.
WASHINGTON, September a-Treasuref
Jordan said to-day that the policy adopted
by the Treasury Department to secure q
better circulation Of silver coin was meeting
with gratifying SUCCESS During the month
just ended there was paid out from the diff
ferent sub-treasuries 81, 677, 444 in standard
dollars and 81, 495, 900 IN fractional silver
coin, which amounts were largely In excess
Of the corresponding menth last year. Mr..
Jordan says that the withdrawal Of 81 and
So notes from circulation was made
necessary b. the Iapid accumulatioss
of silver in the snb-treasuriea It
was expected in this way to ere
ate demand for silver coin. That this
plan was successful is shown by the laree
output Of silver during the past month, So
far no formal complaints or protests against
the Withdrawal of 81 and 81 notes have
been made Applications have, however,
been received for large quantities Of small
notes. In each case the answer has simply
been made that the issue Of those notes ~
been suspended f0e the present
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-09-11
Burglar Shot.

SPRINGFIELD, Mo-, September "A 1t
tie before twelve o'clock last night }. c.
Rliule heard noise at one Of the windows
Of his dwelling house and on looking out
saw man trying to effect an entrance into
the room. Mr.. Rhule arose from his bed
and with his thirty eight caliber revolver
fired shot through the window, and on
going out saw the burglar hastily vanish in
the darkness. Early this morning James
A. Stoughton, who lives q short distance
from Rhule's, on going into his yard found
colored man lying against the picket
fence stone dead. One hand was caught
between two pickets and in it was
clutched an open pocket knife. Investi2a-
ton showed that the man had died from a
pistol shot, the ball having entered just
above the left nipple and passed clear
through the body. The negro, who. no
doubt, is the one shot at by Mr.. Rhule. was
identified as Joseph Hensley. aged about
twenty five who was known rs hard char
acter aud had served one term in the peni-
Tertiary. On the dead manS person was
found watch that was stolen little more
than week ago from the pOst-Offics ut
Stafford, this county. A justice held an
inquest, at which tho jury returned a YER
dict that the deceased came to his death 1t
the hands C some party unknown.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-09-11
YOUNG CALVES.

Considerations with Respect to their Feed
and General Condition.
The feeding Of young calves is now a
timely subject for consideration. Full
feeding up to the point of perfect diges-
ton and assimilation should be the aim.
1t is easy to discover when this point is
reached. The condition of the bowel
discharge is an accurate test. As soon
as the dung has an offensive odor diges-
ton is impaired, and either the food il
given to excess or the character of it is
not healthful. As rule sour food is not
wholesome for calves. If one goes to
the cattle markets and visits the calf
pens, the ''buttermilk calves" arc read
lily found by their filthy odor. The
calves may be plump and appear all
right, but the contrary will soon appear
when purchaser gets them home. The
fasting will soon affect injurlously the
soft, faccid, unhealthy flesh, and the
calves will fail in serious manner, and
time and food will be wasted in bring
ing them into condition again. This
experience should warn the owners of
calves to study carefully the feeding.
and to use only the best of food. 1t is
easy to have sweet milk for the calves,
and it will pay to warm this TO 900. At
this time calves are sufficiently advanced
to take considerable ration of the meal,
but the full feeding of this should be
cautiously reached by gradual increase
of the ration from small and safe guam
tify The moment diarrhea OccurS food.
ing should stop for forty-eight hours.
and then small doses of hot sweet mill
only should be given.-N. Y. Times.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-09-11
DIAMONDS.

The Diflculty of Identifying Them IL Re-
moved From Their Settings.
Wanting to buy few precious stones
to distribute among my friends before 1
get my life insured and go to the sea-
side, l interviewed diamond merchant
down town. and while we were compar-
ing the gems the conversation turned
upon the difficulty Of identifying dia-
monds. Some people assert that they
can recognize certain stone as accu-
rately as other people can recognize a
certain man. You take your diamonds
to be cleaned or reset. and you are sure
that you receive the same stones again.
although others less valuable. or even
paste limitations, may have been substi-
tuteL. But the experts are sure that
they can never be deceived unless the
stone has been recut. Upon this point
the diamond merchant told me a good
story. ..
One day another firm in the same
hEsiness-call it Smith & JOnes-Sent
him diamond which was very fine and
he could not weigh it; but after exam
lining it carefully he. concluded that its
eheapness must be- caused by some de.
feet. and so he returned it to the owners.
The next week an agent called
with another fine cheap stone, which
my friend concluded to purchase. Be-
fore binding the bargain he thought he
would take it over to Smith IL Jones
and see what they said about it. They
praised it enthusiastically. why, rs
q bargainr' cried Smith; and 80. my
friend bought this. diamond.
"Aha!" said jones. when they met
the next day. '.you did buy our stone
after all. and yoG paid fifty dollars more
for it than we.asked for it originally"
This was gall and wormwooE NY
friend hurried back to his Office. and
looked at the diamond. Sure enough,
it was the stone which Smith & Jones,
had sent to him. The clever firm had
angled for him through an agent and
caught him nicely. He matched the
diamond. hnd a pair of earrings made
and bided his time.
At last he. gave the earrings and his
price to IN agent ard sent him out TO
sell them. The agent came back and
said: Smith & Jones want one Of
these stones. VIII YOU sp,a the pairs'
Yes said the diamond merchant
..sell them this one" and he took one
of the stones out of its setting; 1.-The
price is so much carat. As the color is
very inc"
When the agent returned with the
cheek nay friend sat down and wrote
Smith & Jones the following note:
-Quits! You have bought back your
own stone and given me ninety-seyen
dollars profit. l prefer Pomery Sec. y
1t was case Of diamond cut diamond.
and is confirmed my doubts as to the
possibility of ideAtifying unset stones
n. J. Star.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-09-11
The Dead Prince consorr. Roon>

A long time. ago I went oser the
house and came to room which Aaa
been religious.y closed for years. b
was opened ts special order and, there
issued from b certain halloMed sdDna
which exhs2es on opening q leag>
closed sanstnry. The bands were
drawn and ssni-darkness prevailed We
drew near table and NIX guide az
planned that this wa, the late Prince
Consort' 8 neon. and everything Was to-
day just as he had left it when he died.
The dusa was nearly inch thick on his
writing-dpsk; half-used anill was lying
crOsswSe where j: had fallen. from his
hand crias rack; there were several ar.
ticles shout . paper-weSght, a book, and
to the night near the a3andoaed quill. .
little aervedl frame. and in tbs frame .
PORTALS. think csn see ID nOw-the
yorahfml Victoria painted By Winterhal
teE Her majesty Las q sweet, fair face.
md rosebud mouth. and she wears aa
xpple-green gown. the tint just gliu,>
xaesing through some folds OF lace. Th1a
picture was alwsys by the Prince Coar
Sort side, and when this sanctum Wa6
vacated forever no one dared to toach
il or even tho smallest object in tho
room. By tie Queea's orders it Stands
today as it stood then. The dust IS =
little thicker on tapestry, chair, and t.
bic. the Quill still lies in its old place.
and the little royal picture smiles a.
sweetly a. a yore from its half-dimmed
frame Ineed not say that this cham-
beg j. never opened ON . revel niRAA
bat Icould not help thinking Of it = We
walked once moro through other lovely
but less sacred apartments. ke1doa
Cor. Charleston (S.C .l Newa
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-09-11
GETTING OUT.
Immense Herds leaving the Cheyenne and
ArAuahOe Reservations.

Immense Herds Leaving the Cheyenne and
ArapahOe Reservations.
LITTLE Rock, ARK, September An
Indian Territory special says the removal of
cattle from the Cheyenne and ArapahOe
Reservations is progressing as rapidly as the
condition will permit Several of the larg-
est cattle owners have removed their entire
herds excepting such stock as escaped the
recent roundup. For fifteen days past the
area of country comprising the leases has
been the theater of activity in which i'm
mense herds Of cattle, drOves of horses and
an army of cowboys were the central fig.
IRE. Within the past two weeks
more than $4,000 head of cattle
have been driven off the reserva-
ton, which number added to those already
removed makes a total of over 100000.
The estimated number remaining is between
5000 and $1,000 head and these will be
taken out rs speedily rs possible. Only a
few weeks beyond the date fixed by Presi.
dent Cieveland'S proclamation will be re-
qured to clear the entire reservation of all
cattle which do not rightfully belong there.
Cattlemen accept the situation cheerfully.
There is no grumbling as far as learned, but
concerted action among all the leSsees to
comply with the executive mandate. The
loss il estimated at sums ranging from
$4,000 to $4,000. The bulk of the stock
is being driven and shipped to Western
rauyeR
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-09-11
A Point for Garter Harrison.

CHICAGO, III, September 2.-Juage
Prendergast in the County Court yesterday
afternoon gave . decision upon the de-
murrers argued in the election contest be
tween Judge Snyder Smith and Carter h
Harrison, ~ affecting the Mayosalty OF
Chicago. The attorney for Mr.. HarrisD
filed . SERIES Of dsmurrefs to t. petition
by Judge Smith for recount Of the votea.
The court oveEFaled . number q tho d.
murrers but sustained the ono citing that
IN a1Edavit signed BY certain citizens adog-
ing specific frauds W1s not SUFFICIENT
Leave WAS granted to amend this a6Adaxik
This win involve further delay.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-09-11

n F.
n1ssssnse Ce1aaa 01vss ~ Opaaiss
- tAs AasltsraAisn 81 Fsea.
WAazarN0roN. Sepsembsf 2>-The Assn
citation Of Onlcial Agricultural Chemists
met in annual conventton Ut the Depart
ment Of Agriculture to-day, Vice President
Prof. Il c. White. Of Georgia, in the chair.
Mr.. Colman, Commissioner Of Agriculture,
delivered an address In which, after declar-
ing his entire sympathy and that of the
farmers Of the country in the object of the
association. which was to secure uniform
method Of analysis of fertilizers. he ex-
pressed the hops that the association would
extend Its deliberations to the methods of
chemical analysis. Mr.. Colman thought
the association should also fix standards of
purity for the different kinds of food and
establish methods Tor the detection of adul-
terstionA He thought that the General
Government ought to cooperate with the
respective State Governments In passing
the most stringent laws against the adul-
teration Of foods. Upon this point MIR.
COlman said: I'm so simple a matter n
the adulteratiOn of milk. 1t would b. hard
to secure conviction in court of Justice
for any persons practicing it, because of the
absence Of any official standard BY means
of which the extent of the adulteration
could be measured. It should not only be
the object of agricultural chemists that
abundant crops should be produced, but
also to see that the products Of
the field should be delivered to consumers
free Of any cheap or deleteri0us adultera-
n,, 4, ~ al,
have been greatly interested and anxious
which the extent of it may be diminished.
l have already directed the chemist of this
department to give attention tn the adulter-
alton of foods The frauds that are prac-
ticed upon the public in adding cheap and
frequently harmful Ingredients ~ the food
We eat in order to make greater profits
ought to be exposed in no uncertain way
and the perpetrators of them held
up before the public Is objects
of scorn and detestation. To such
All extent is the adulteratiOn Of but
ter the manufacture of q counterfeit article
carried on that the great dairy interests Of
our Nation are now almost PROSTATE. The
honest producer of pure article is impov-
erished, while the manufacturers of and
dealers in fraudulent article are enriched,
some of them having become miIlionaires
by this illegal work. The same may be
said in relation to the adulteration of flour,
sugar and syr,ps." At tho conclusion Of
Mr. Colman's address the reports Of the
committees appointed at the last meeting
of the association upon the best methods Of
determining phOsphOric acid and potash in
fertilizers were read aud debated. Prof.
I. II. GladdiHg read paper on each OF
the subjects. The committee on the best
means of determining nitrogen in fertilizers
will make its report tomorrow.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-09-11

..Nonssnss, = q = 4 e = sf - .sxSd
ant afraid, Brpnoo - ypel q
ssNors she ansW6t61 mo- W.
you shootI''
He cooked his weapon. threw 4 up
and slowly lowered it until the tiny coek
was In range. We watched him IN breath
less silence, and It seemed to me that
his hand trembled. He threw up the
pistol again, somewhat impatiently,
and. dropping it quickly. pulled the
trigger when his keen eye caught The
bead over the bright barrel.
There was flash. q loud report, a
stifled scream, o chorus of Mortified cries.
the Broncho recled and fell and we
rushed toward her. The bullet had
struck her curly head just below the hair
line, making an ugly wound from which
the blood and brains were OOzing. We
raised her up. but there was only fiut-
tering, trcmulous gasp for breath and
she was dead.
The murderer stood in the same posi-
ton. staring straight forward. Sudden
" he raised the smoking pistol, pressed
the muzzle to his temple and fired be-
fore anyone could interfere to prevent
him.
That night group of fearful. sorrow
stricken men gathered around the wide
grave which had been prepared for both.
They had loved each other in life, and it
was fitting that they should sleep to-
gether in death. Few words were
spoken, but our mute grief was more
eloquent than could have been the most
glowing eulogy. To this day no man
passes the little cairn of rocks which
marks the double grave without rever-
emily lifting his hat.-C0i. g. W. Sym
Onds in Detroit Free Press
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-09-11
Tho SkAlrs Convicted.

NEVADA, Mo-, September 2.-The case
of the State against Henry Stair md wife,
Manet.as Stai, charged with the muir
der Of the Sevcils. was called in The Circuit
Count on Tuesday morning of last week and
q. SIX O'Clock last evening the arguments
wens concIaaed. The jury was ont two
hours and returned verdict ct guilty in
tes first degree against both prisoners, and
81 the arMcunceMent Of tho verdict both
prisoners bsOke down and the woman had
% be assisted to her cell Judge Burton
will pass sentence to-day. Tho court rooM
was crowded during the entire trial and the
verdict meets with general approval by the
people here.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-09-11
The Girls in the Philadelphi. Mir

The girls in the Philadelphia Mint
made favorite of sparrow that was
permitted to pick up their lunch crumbs.
A little boy stole its nest the other day.
and upon drawing his hand from the
box it was found full of shining par
ticles. An examination of the box
showed it to be flecked not only with
gold dust, but that it was carpeted with
sparkling. soft. yellow gold. The spar.
row had been regularly carrying away
gold dust in its feathers. which Il shook
ont when making its toilet-P&iaodet'
2Ais Press
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-09-11
Preachers In Politics.

CINCINNATI, September "A paper has
been quietly circulated among the promi
nent members of the Methodist Episcopal
Church In this city and throughout the
State, and . great many signatures have
been obtained. It Is addressed
to the Cincinnati Conference,
which meets Thursday next, and
requests strict investigation By that body
of the charges brought against Rev.. DR..
Leonard, Prohibition candidate for Cover
nOr. it asks that the gentleman be called
up0a TO resign the position he has
taken in politics. Since the issue Of the
petition, il is looked OH as certain that an
Investigation will DO made,
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-09-11
r~x.s Fever In IOWA

OMAHA, NEB., Septeuber Seattle dis
sase, which many stock men pronounce
Texas fever, is raging throughout Potts.
watomie County, Western Iowa Nuuof-
Gus farmers in Boomer, Garner, Hazel Dell
and Crescent Townships have lost large
numbers Of cattle during the past ten days.
Veterinary surgeons have visited these dis
tricts, but up t. the present time
very few u the stricken cattle have 70
covered As Pottawatomie, in which coun'
" Council Bluffs b located, b large cat
tie growing country, the State bas been ap'
sealed to and the eali has been answered %
the State officers visiting that sech0I