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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-07-30
LINCOLN'S SIMPLICITY.
Shaking Hands with the Soldiers After the
First Battle of Bull Run.

Shaking Hands with the Soldiers After the
First Battle Of Bull Run.
Without attempting to record with
any degree of consecutiveness the occur
rences that followed each other like the
quick reports of Calling gun, 1 will il
lustrate the simplicity of Abraham Lin
coins character. and the singular lack
of what We recognize as discipline, that
obtained in those days, by an incident
Immediately after the battle of Bull Run.
1t was either the day after the battle Of
Bull Run, or the day succeeding that,
a bright, beautiful day in the latter
part Of July, 1861. when General Nc
Dowell's troops were drawn up some
distance from Washington, that Presi-
dent Lincoln and Secretary of State
Seward visited the encampment.
The soldiers were what were known
as three months men. Their time had
expired prior to the battle Of Bull Run.
but with an esprit that was characteristic
of the times, they decided to remain,
and did SO, sharing in the great drawn
fight, known throughout all time as the
first battle of Bull Run. The troops
were drawn up by companies, the Presi-
dent, standing in his carriage, Mr..
Seward and General Mcdowell not Tar
of, addressing them, thanking them
for the loyalty which led them to re-
main rather than return to their homes,
complimenting them upon their gal
lantry under FIRE. and, in the name of
the Nation, assuring them of the 70
spect and regard of their fellow-citizens.
That's all very well. Imagine the
scene that followed. Drawn up in
double line, face to face, stood the
troops. Leaving his carriage, the Presi-
dent of the United States started at the
head of the line, and, with a God ble4s
You to each, shook hands right and left
with every man until he reached the end
of the first company.
Turning at the eod Of the second. he
did the same with them, and 50 on
through hundreds and hundreds There
was a narrow line there between the
sublime and the ridiculous, but Lincoln
didn't cross it, and although under Or
binary circumstances such procedure
would be absurd and indefensible, I'M
der these circumstances he did precisely
the right thing at the right time, and
nine-tenths of these men whose time
had already expired re-enlisted for
three years or the war.-Joe Hosc0sd.
in Boston Globe.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-07-30
MY PICTURE.
KANSAS

Out there in the shade of the maple,
Two dear little girls are at play;
The one is our own little Myrtle.
The other, OUT neighbors sweet May.
They feel not the heat Of the nOontide,
They heed not the strife OF the street,
One careiessly swings in the hammock,
One lies on the grass ut her feet.
Tossed idly about are their treasures.
Gay picture-books, skipping-ropee balla
Bright tea-sets of gold-bandcd china,
Work bask. is. and all sorts OF dolls.
In baby hood grace and abandon,
Shut out from hot summer sky,
These sweet hints of womanhood" idle
Cnhecding the world passing by.
They lie in the cool and the shadow;
To them life so beautiful seems!
Noon holds for them nothing but laughter
N CHIT holds for them nothing but dreams.
And lazily question and answer,
Their waking thoughts strong to keep.
jill siumbrous silence infolds them,
They both drift away into sleep.
/ sit just inside of my window,
With needle and thimble and care.
And wish were poet or painter,
10 imprison picture so fair.
Inc background of quivering leaflets,
Just stirred by the moons sultry breath,
The white robes and gay-colOred ssshes,
The green velvet carpet bencath:
The litter of cast-away treasure
There color and outline. I ween.
Have often baffled brushes and pencils:
But what of the sosil OF the scene:
That sweet subtle something that holds them
The Presence which warns you away
The great Arm which seems to Unfold them
What color or word can portray?
o. Poet! q. Painter, -Tfs useless,
Your touch only serves TO undo.
Fond Mem'ry alone must keep for US
The scene. and the soul OF ii, too.
Nellie Hdtts Nc Tcy, in st. Louis Magazine.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-07-30
1.-THE CURSE OF SLANG"
A Fair Girl Graduate illustrates the Truth
Of Her Essays Title.

"A Fair Girl (sr00u0te ILLUSTRATES the truth
Of Her Essays Title.
Mamie" said a grammar school
girl to a member of the graduating
class, shave you finished your essay?'
20. yes" gushed Mamie; land it is
too lovely for anything-s princess slip
of white surah, the back cut off a little
below the waist line. and full breadths
of silk gathered in so as to hang grace
fully over the tornure, and three bias
ruffles on the"
"Why, what are YOU talking about?''
interrupted her friend. Il mean. have
you finished writing your essay. you
know"
..Er-no." said Mamie, her enthusi-
asm rapidly diminishing; ..but have
begun it, and l wish the awful thing
was in Halifax
whats the subject?"
THE Curse of Slang"
'.Gracious! Isn't that difficult sub
ject to write up?''
difficult! Well, should giggle! III
have to hump myself to get it finished
in time for the commencement, and I've
q good notion to let it slide. might
shut up the Professors optic by plead
ing illness, but I'm not that sort of a
hairpin. But come, waltz up into my
room and look at my stunning gradu-
ating harness. It'll paralyze you.
Norristoscn Herald.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-07-30
RELlu.Ous AND EDUCATIONAL.

-Fifty-seven Of Yale's graduating
class Of one hundred and forty viii
study law.
Five points are deducted from .
students grade at Lafayette if he b
found guilty of acknowledgements
journal.
-Four times . month the Catholic
priests Of the diocese of New Yorkmee4
and discuss theological subjects in the
Latin tongue.
Mr.. w. T. Russell. q Scotch gentle
man formerly resident in Calcutta, has
given @S5. 900 recently for Christian 10
male education in India
Too much study is said to effect the
mind. A teacher says he knows . num-
Der Of cases where it would affect 10
very favorably, too.-Albany Journal
Cornell University, departing from
its custom, bestowed its first honary do
gree this year by granting its honorable
ex-President, Andrew d. White, the de-
gree of LLD.-Bufaio Express.
The Episcopalian friends of the late
Bishop C. F. Robinson have preseateds
home to his family at a cost of $40, 900.
and DR.. w. G. Eliot. chancellor. has
given to the late Bishops children life
scholarships in Washington University.
Washington Star.
Kings County (Brooklyn) has 26s
Protestant Sunday schOols-with los, 97s
scholars. The conversions reported the
past year were 2,271, and their contri-
buttons were $77,91S; is of the Brook
lyn schools have q membership of over
1000 each.-Brooklyn Eagle.
Among the many schools ON Beacon
Hill is one for instruction in carpentry,
conducted by q young lady. She mas
had twenty-five pupils throughout the
past winter. composed of boys belong
ing to some of our leading families, and
she goes out of town twice week To
instruct class of seven.-BostoH Bud
get.
Mrs. John B. Gibson, of Cincinnati.
at a meeting Of the Childrens Home in
that city, offered to assume all the ex-
pense of school which, in memory Of
her husband, is to be called 1.-The Glib
son Free kindergarten" She desires
no part in the management simply the
privilege of paying all the bills.-Csn.
cinnG.: Times.
The International Missionary Union
is an association composed Of returned
missionaries of all evangelical churches,
the object of which is to promote mu-
tual sympathy and cooperation of mis-
sionaries in their work. and to hold an
nual meetings for the discussion of i'm
portant questions connected with their
work. and the diffusing of missionary
intelligence.-N 7. Examiner.
The Young Women's Christian As
ISOLATION of New York has grown in ten
years to a magnificent institution. II is
now completing handsome home Of
its own, which will be occupied in Sep
TENDER. 1t will contain q library, read
ing-rOom, class-roOms, and all the latest
improvements. The association has
classes in photography, type-writing.
commercial arithmetic, bookkeeping.
machine and hand-sewing. cutting and
fitting, photo coloring and drawing, and
bureaus for obtaining situations and
work for seamtresses. Last year in
struction was given to more than SIX
hundred girls, 100 situations were
secured, and over $1,000 was paid &c
seamtresses for work.-N. y Tribune.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-07-30
REeukiMo cnATTERsRs.

Public Hints to Persons who Tailed end
Laughed D1fis4 Concerts.
Theodore Thomas. the famous orches-
trail leader. has on several occasions ad-
ministered public rebuke to those i'll
bred persons who talk and laugh during
q concert Once in Washington, where
3 large and fashionable audience had
gathered to hear his renowned orchestra
be raped to the musicians to cease
playing. Turning to q part of the
room where several distinguished ladies
and gentlemen were loudly talking. he
said:
1.-THE music viii not be played until
the disturbance ceases"
The persons who had committed the
offense were indignant, but the rest Of
the audience applauded. and during the
rest of the evening silence reigned.
Paganini. the renowned violinist, once
administered q rebuke to Voltaire for
his rudeness. A company had gathered
at the house of 3 leader to hear Vol
taire recite some of his verses. and to
listen to Paganini's violin. Voltaire' s
recitation enchanted the violinist, and
he loudly expressed his pleasure. But
when he began to play, the poet, who
had a contempt for bad playing and
was Indifferent towards good, began a
loud conversation. The artist played
for few minutes, but as VOltaire con-
tinued to interrupt him. he suddenly
placed his violin in its case, saying:
Monsieur VOltaire makes very good
verses, but he understands as much
about music as the devil does, and no
m ore"
1t was the custom in London. hun
dred years ago. to serve the audience
ut concert with tea throughout the
evening. An Italian violinist once
gave a concert in that city. and while
playing q concerto was much annoyed
by the conversation of the audience and
the Gathering of the tea-cups and
saucers. The Italian stopped the or
chestra. saying to them: These peO-
pie know nothing about music. Twill
give them something better suited to
THEN taste. Any thing will do fol
drinkers of warm water"
He struck up a jolly French air. 81
have some good tobacco" and was
overwhelmed with applause. The au-
dience evidently took the hint, for dur
ing the second piece the circulation Of
the tea-cups was suspended.-Youth's
Com p7njon.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-07-30
PUMPKIN SEEDS.


The Peculiar Properties Of the Seeds and
their Value ~ . Food.
One effect of pumpkin seeds is their
action upon the kidneys. They are
given as diuretic medicine, as stated
by Wood 4 Bache in their DispensatOry,
and also used to expel tape-worm.
Those who have watched their effect
upon mich cows, believe that this ac-
ton upon the kidneys reduces their
Weld of milk. And this is certainly the
natural effect that extra action of the
kidneys must have upon the secretion
of milk. Strong action like this must
also unfavorably affect fattening animals
hogs or cattle. Pumpelly. in his work
ACROSS America and Asia" says the
Chinese eat pumpkin seeds between the
courses at dinner. This may be as an
appetizer or digester.
These seeds are rich in nitrogen and
oil. They are certainly very nutritious.
ard cattle and hogs arc often eager to
eat them. Some feeders of swine have
hecn very successful in feed ng puAp-
kins as a large part of the ration in fat
tening then. Experience seems to have
been contradictory on this matter, but
the explanation is simply this: The
seeds in small quantity are not delete
riOus to animals in good health, but
when it happens in breaking or cutting
up pumpkins that the seeds get separat-
ed from the body of the pumpkin. and
these accumulated seeds are thrown to
the animals in mass, and an extra
quantity is eaten by few, it produces a
bad effect.
1t is to be presumed that if hogs or
Young cattle eat only the common pro-
portion of seeds-that is, if it eats a
pumpkin and the seeds that belong to
it, no harm will be done, unless the pig
or steer is in an unhealthy condition.
But as the seeds are so liable to get
separated from the body of the pump
kin, it is safer to separate them, and if
fed, give them in very small quantity.
1t is the seeds alone that act deleteri-
ously upon the kidneys.
The pumpkin is profitable crop to
raise for feeding all the animals on the
farm. Two to three tons per acre may
be raised with very little labor in the
corn field. and the food value per ton is
greater than the best corn fodder. But
it is not advisable to feed the seeds to
mich cows-the danger is greater than
the advantage.-Prof. StcUdrt, tn Cou''-
try Gentleman.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-07-30
A New Sort Of Engineer.

Mrs. Bagley-Who was that young
man we met yesterday at the Academy
of Fine Arts, William?
Bagley-That was Ironhead, of Chi
cago. He is civil engineer.
Mrs. B. with asperity) -Idon't think
he is, William.
Bagley-Why, Clara, I have known
him for five years
Mis-. B. DISQUALIFICATION me.
William. but / know better. In the
course of fifteen minutes conversation
he contradicted me at least four times.
If that wasn't incivility, what was ia2-
Philadelphia Call.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-07-30
WATCH THE COLONIES.
Serious Mistakes In Bookkeeping Which
Can Easily be Avoided.


Bees quickly detect individuals who
are strangers, being. no doubt, guided
by scent, and they also have a repug-
nance to articles that have been painted.
creased. or in any manner rendered OF
\ disagreeable odor. The new hives,
therefore, should be as clean as possible,
and free from any faint of impurity.
They should not be painted, nor should
any thing be placed in them but small
quantity of sugar or pure syrup. The
bees will carefully clean the hives after
they take possession, and will keep
them in good condition. 1t is very easy
to make mistakes in Bookkeeping. and
they should be avoided as much as
possible. DO not waste the comb. If
the combs are gradually returned to the
hives the bees will give them a thorough
cleaning and utilize them, thereby saw
ing a vast amount of labor that would
otherwise be devoted to the production
of honey, ana extra combs should al
ways be on hand for the use of new
swarms. II a colony leaves the hive
late in the season, when the harvest of
honey is nearly over, the bees will have
an arduous task to perform, if they are
compelled to make both comb and
honey. All hives should be covered in
order to protect them from the rays of
the sun and from dampness. One of
the essentials in Bookkeeping is a dry
hive. Dampness is more injurious than
cold and the mistake of not properly
protecting the hive may entail loss.
Keep q watch over the colonies, and
avoid the mistake of being compelled
to make or procure hive just about
the time the swarming is to occur.
Have every thing in readiness, SO as to
locate the new colony as soon as pos
sible.-Fdym, Field and StOckmdn.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-07-30
A VISIT TO PASTEUR.
The French Savant theoretically Defends
HIS incubation Theory.

The French Savant EnefgeticalIy Defends
HIS incubation Theory.
Dr. G. II. Brandt writes concercing a
visit he paid to Pasteur: Nothing can
exceed the politcness and kindness OF
NJ. Pasteur in explaining and answering
our numerous questions. He is CON-
pletely wrapped up in his subject, and.
contrary to what has been limited BY
some authors, keeps nothing hidden
from any one. He generally finishes BY
saying: Gentlemen, l have told YOU
everything l know, you have seen all l
do. and now you know as much as lido. ,
As we were questioning him, paper
was shown him in which there was =
paragraph which said: We can place
no reliance on NJ. Pasteur's work, as so
many cases of rabies appear many
months-eighteen, twenty and even
twenty-four-after the bite of mad
dog To this NJ. Pasteur answers:
This is not good reasoning. for statis-
tics show that the great majority of
cases have an incubation period of from
twenty to sixty days. Cases of rabies
happening before the twentieth day
are very rare, and those after the
sixtieth day are still more rare,
SO that our treatment includes
the majority of cases. Six months have
elapsed since young Mcister was bitten
by mad dog and treated by my system;
he is alive and well. So that it is not
fair to condemn q treatment because
time has not allowed the extremely
rare cases of long incubation to show
the result of our treatment. Statistics
also show that there are about fifteen
cases annually Of hydrophobia admitted
into the Paris hospitals, followed BY
fifteen deaths. Since we have begun
our treatment there has been only one
case admitted; this case was not inocul-
ated, and death was the result To the
unbelievers NJ. Pasteur says; Wait;
time will reveal many facts connected
with this question; and it is only by con-
tinued experiments and constant
observations, carried on for q consider
able time on hundreds of cases, that we
shall be able to arrive at positive and
definite results. It is satisfactory t.
know that no evil results have followed
the numerous inoculations already
made. Several of NJ. Pasteur's students
have inoculated themselves with attenu-
ated virns, and, barring q slight red
areOla formed over the seat OF pune
ture. no unpleasant symptom has ever
shown itself. ~ Y. Evening Post
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-07-30

If Zula girl or woman violates
the laws of morality her parents take
her to = precip;ce and throws her and
her child over. They sometimes tie
their daughter on the ground ans'
break an ant-hill over her and leave hes
in the hot sun to die of thirst and be
eaten by the ants. This is something
fearful. The African ant is . formids-
Bile insect With the power of life and
death in the hands of these savages,
what horrible torturcs they devise! The
death is so slow and the pain so intense
that it is said the unfortunate victims
die raying mad.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-07-30
WIT AND WISDOM.

-Faithfulness is higher attainment
than mere success: and, unlike success,
it is within the reach of every man.
Sunday School Times.
-Teacher-'.Can any boy tell me at
what time the sun rises now?" Small
boy (shrill and prompt)-''Just the
minute father calls, down at our house.
-Teras Sytings.
Mrs. Murphy say. Pat. what
would yez do if Their ould house would
tumble on yez an crush yez to death:
Pat (complacently)-Faix. I'd fly fox
me lOife!
Let whatsoever you say be clean.
The organic law of decency in human
intercourse is clean speech. One whose
mouth is foul is the tainted wether that
infects the flock.
Plain Enough. Little Girl-Mam-
ma, why doesn't the sea run over if all
the water flows into it? Nonsense,
child! Don't you know its full a
sponges?'- Burlington Free Press.
Experience begets wisdom. 1t is
only once in q lifetime that the corpu-
lent man hires fourth-hoor apartment
in . house where there is no elevator,
simply because he can get it cheap
Albany journal.
The origin of hamaneggs is lost in
the mists Of cloudy antiquity.
York journal 1t can be traced. how
ever, from the time of Hennery the
First down to Lord Bacon.-Boston Conn
meycial.
Proprietor to Clerks-I have pro-
cured a complete stock of medicines.
gentlemen. and should any of you be
taken suddenly i'll while the baseball
season continues at the polo grounds,
YOU will not need to 60 home, as can
prescribe for you myself right here ON
the premises.-Pack
Dear, dear" said Mrs. McGudley,
looking over the top of her glasses.
there's piece in this paper all about
the horrible things done BY the Black
feet Indians. should think the Gov
eminent could send them soap and
make them wash their feet any how"
-C2ieago Ledger.
1--we . perfect antipathy for the
mountains" said Mrs. Gush to Mrs.
Pavenu as they sat talking together on
the summer hotel piazza. s.Have you?'
said Mrs. Parvenu. well, I've an Al
pine stick. and the man said it was Just
the thing, but I'm sorry DOW l didn't
buy an an6pathy like yours
He was the Fool: Il don't UNDER
stand why women dress that way," said
. man. pointing at q lady who passed
along the street Il don't either" re-
Piled . bystander. That WOMAN
continued the first speaker. rs dressed
ridieulOusly. Her husband must be .
fool" Il know he is" said the by
stander. ''DO You know himS ''Oh.
yes I'm the man myselI''-& y
Ledger.
Mother" said little Ned, ono
morning. after having fallen out Of bed.
Il think know why fell out of bed
last night 1t was because / slept too
near where got in" Musing little
while. as If in doubt whether he had
gwen the right explanation. he added:
mo. that wasn't the reason; it was be-
cause slept too near where fell out. :"
~ T. Independent.
Say. conductor. aren't we run
ming about twice IS fast IS usual?'
YES" II guess we're going down
aill?" mo" wind changed and
helping US along. perhapss" Il guess
not The fact is, we've sighted man
walking about . mile ahead on the
track, and I'm going to catch him and
make him get on and pay his fare d
run the wheels of. The rules forbid
any man trying to beat the company
this Way."-N Y, Her0!d
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-07-30
-German enoineers have succeed.

German engineers have succeeded
in diminishing the swaying of locomo-
tives, and with it the wear of the rear
driver danges. BY making TIE tender
coupling more or less rigid laterally,
and, indeed. four-wheeled locomotives
have been used On some roads for line
engines by having heavy shoot bolts on
each side entering sockets on the ten
der-in this way preventing either yer
teal Or horizontal swaying,
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-07-30
There seems to be a conspiracy

There seems to be a conspiracy be-
tween two hens, horse and the dog of
South Windham Comm farmer to
deprive him of his rights in eggs. One
of the hens daily lays an egg in the dog
house. and the dog daily eats it. The
other hen lays her eggs in the horse
manger, and he eats it. Indeed. so
fond is the steed of fresh eggs that he
sometimes lifts the hen off the nest to
see If the egg has been laid.-Hurtford
Pnef
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-07-30

AT a fireman's picnic in Chicopee
the other evening three young men
called for lemon beer at one of the
stands, and in the darkness the bar
keeper gave them three cups Of kero-
sene oil. They drank half Of it before
discovering the mistake. and then
thought they were poisoned. A doctor
gave them an emetic and they recover
ed.-BostoA Journal.
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In MANY parts of Chemunp Count

in many parts of ChemuDg County.
New York, and in other southern tier
counties, there is an unusual growth Of
red soFrel this season. Fields are COW
cred with it where it was scarcely ever
known before. Nor is its appearance
confined to poor or inferior land.
Some of the best wheat and tobacco
land in the county is covered with it,
n. r Tribune.
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Electricity is now used TO record
the weights indicated upon scales or
steelyards. the application being espec-
tally designed for the weighing of
freight cars while in motion. T.
Tribune
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-07-30
.ssNod Npfo~,

Med Uptegrove. of Corso. Eseoln
County, is the owner OF q COW that gave
birth to calf . few days ago that
hasn't . sign of hair on its body, the
skin being As smooth as the palm Of .
mans hand. The COW refuses to own
or suckle it. and it is being raised by
hand. Mr.. Uptegrove is also the owner
of a turkey-gobbier that has . top knot
Of feathers which are over three inches
in length, and has q eve that has four
teats, like . COW. He is the father of
fourteen children. eight girls and six
boys-Bosrlisg Green No. Times.