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Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-05-22

Taken for Gentlemen's Outftting from any
part of the world. The Largest and Finest
Stock Of Mems Furnishings in the States on
hand at popular prices.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-05-22
HOW TO USE
CREAM BALM

Place a particle OF
the Balm into each
nostril and dra W
strong br eat h )
through the nose. 1t
will be absorbed ana
begin its work of
cleansing and heal
ing the diseased
membrane. Ii allayS
inflammation and pre-
vents fresh colds.
N0I AlI0lIIn nr SNlIEE
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-05-22
RAILROAD TIME CARD.
Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati and
indianapolis Railway.

No. IL has through sleepers To New k0rk and
Boston without change.
No is the famous limited express, com
posed entirely of Sleepers. east of Cleveland.
Through sleepers from Springfield. Makes
New York in 3o1I hours.
q. II. KNIGHT,
R. R. Ticket and Ocean Steamship Agent.
A j. SMITH, Arcade Depot,
q. ?. A. Springfield o.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-05-22
SPRING and SUM MER,
1886.
ORDERS

The above goods are all "Hand-fraine
Made. and manufactured especially for thl'
House. Warranted the best of the kind known
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-04-16
A Prudent Father.

There is a village not quite one hun.
dred miles from Boston which contains
. minister who is, Motel for the number
of marriages Of minors consummated
during his pastorate. Ministers who
for the sake of a petty fee will ruthlessly
destroy the happiness of two homes by
their ''no-question-asked" policy, ought
20 be locked up as dangerous members
of society. With two children scarcely
out Of their grammar school likely to
fancy that they love each other. and q
minister of this kind within fifteen miles,
no home is safe from these clandestlne
marriages. and parents. to protect their
homes, would do well to do as the father
of q ''spoony' young son did recently.
He filed the Correct ages of his son and
his intended with the town registrars
and resident clergymen within a radius
of ten miles, and warned them that the
marriage would be illegal because his
son was minor.-Boston Troceller.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-04-16
RELIGIOUS AND EDUCATIONAL

Prof. Dana of Yale College, says
geology furnishes no satisfactory testi-
mony AZ to changes of species.
The University of Southern Cantor
mia has received requests of land and
money to the value of 100000.
&C. !. Romanes, the distinguished
Canadian naturalist. has been appointed
lecturer on the philosophy of natural
history in the University Of Edinburgh
for five years.
"A man said to me the other night:
''Jones. wouldn't have missed your
sermon for ten dollars" and vet when
the plate was passed around that man
put in . copper cent.-Sdm Jones IN
Chicago.
Rev. James A. Little, for the past
seventeen years pastor of the Presby-
terrain Church of Hokendaqua, Pa. has
not missed a single service during that
entire period on account of sickness
most remarkable record.-Phiiaielphi0
Press.
Chinese children turn their backs
on the teacher when they recite. There
is no catechising of children in the
Chinese schools: they simply learn a
thing by heart and go up and repeat it
with their faces turned from the black
board and teacher.-CAicago Journal.
The Philadelphia Sunday Breakfast
Association furnishes eight hundred and
fifty poor people with breakfasts every
Sunday morning. Four corned beef
sandwiches and three cups of coffee,
with milk and sugar. make the break
fast. and singing and regular church
services follow until ten o'clock.
The Indian Witness. speaking of
the Hindoo charities in Calcutta. SAYS
that they usually take the form of the
daily distribution of food. 1t mentions
one Rajah who daily feeds from three to
six hundred persons, and several others
who feed from thirty to fifty every day.
'.Go back and tell your people to
send an immediate invitation to the
Angel Gabriel" was the reply of a
prominent divine to the committee from
Meriden church. after they had stated
the qualifications which the pastor must
possess to be eligible to call from their
fastidious cOngregatiOn.-NeU L0ndo's
Telegraph.
"A mission band of children in the
little village of Keehonkson. Ulster
County, N. Y, is trying to raise money
for missionary purposes by gathering
and selling trailing arbutus. which
grows luxuriously on the Shawangunk
Mountains. The children have already
received a good many orders from this
and other cities where their novel
scheme is known.-N y. Sun.
Steamboat Frank. Modoc Indian
who was captured at the time of the
ModOc war. and who is still prisoner
of the United States. is attending. by
permit of the Government, the Oak
Grove Seminary in Maine. He now
calls himself Frank Modoc, and Is study
ing for the ministry. He is making
good progress in his studies. and is APP
parently a devout Christian. He is
proud of his descent from a long line Of
MOdoc chieftians, and conducts himself
with true Indian dignity.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-04-16
ills So Different Now.

Mrs. Schoeppenstedt was reading the
paper the other evening, when all of q
sudden she burst out crying.
.Well, well. well!' exclaimed Schoep-
penstedt, petulantly. What's the
matter now?"
.'Oh. d-d-dear." sobbed Mrs. S.. tu-
multuously. '.th-there's an article in
the p-parsr here (sob) th-that says a
G-german chemist has (sOb) d-discov-
cred an extract from (sob) c-c-coal-tar
that is (sob) 230 t-times sweeter than
sh sh-sugar!" and the good lady al
most went into Mysteries with grief.
WELL" said Schoeppenstedt, sar-
castically, Il don't see any thing in
that statement that is peculiarly liable
to excite feminine emotion"
mo, d-dear," returned Mrs. Schoep-
penstedt. trying to calm herself a little,
'.b-but it d-did 80 remind me (sob) OF
the w-way you used to t-talk (sob) b-be-
fore we were Unmarried. "-Somerrills
Journal
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-04-16
A SPIDER SHOWER.
A Remarkable Phenomenon Witnessed in
September, 1873.

fnenOmenOn Witnessed
September, 1873.
On the merning of the shower there
had been some electrical disturbance.
There had been one loud peal of thun-
der but no rain. About ten a. m. no
ticed small spiders running over my
coat-sleeves. and had to brush off sew
eral trails of gossamer-web. Looking
round. found that brick walls, houses.
branches of trees. ETC., had these webs
dangling from them. and that other
gOssamer-webs were continually falling
from above, and adding to the accumu-
lation. BY midday. a long fence was
festooned from point to point of its tri-
angular railtops with ribbOn-like lad
der of gossamer; and this was growing
broader and broader as the tiny crea-
lures kept running along this ladder.
each increasing the breadth by adding
its own contribution of another silken
thread. All along this ladder the little
strangers were running in an excited
and hurried manner. as if they had lost
their way, and got into strange coun-
try. Some. in travelling over their i'm.
provised road. made mistakes. and got
into bordering webs of the garden spi-
ders. where they were speedily de-
vOured.
About one p. m. the clouds cleared
OFF. the sun shOne out. and l noticed
that some of the spiders had begun to
re-ascend into the atmosphere. Fixing
my eyes upon one of them observed
that rs it left the gossamer pathway, it
selected n clean spot on the iron railing
and gathering its limbs closely together
it projected from its spinnerets several
threads which expanded Outwards. and
stretched upward from nine to twelve
inches. Then this parachute seemed to
show q buoyant tendency, and suddenly
the tiny creature left hold of the iron
rail, or was lifted of it, and quickly
vanished into thin air." Possibly the
real home of gOssamer spiders may be
in the blue ether, where in the wonder
full economy of nature they may have
their appointed work to do. Or it may
be that these Lil;putian roamers through
space, like the migratory birds. have
their appointed periods for going in one
direction and returning in another.
Who knows? He only who made them
and us, and whose ordained ministers
are. humanity speaking. infinite in their
number and variety Chambers Jour.
naI
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-04-16
CURIOUS NAMES.
Tho Pretty Romance Concerning the
Oueerest Of Them.

The Pretty Romance Concerning the
Oueerest of Them.
Westminster Abbey is dead. l knew
him well as a thrifty business man. and
for many years he was at the head OF
the firm of Abbey l. Freeman. l al
ways wondered why his parents gave
him such a name, but perhaps they had
heard of Westminster Abbey as place
of fame, and therefore determined to
give their child immediate distinction.
1t is difficult to imagine why parents
make such ridiculous selections-Pre-
served Fish. for instance. This man
was very successful merchant. and
founded the Opulent house of Fish.
Grinnell 4 Co.. ut present Grinnell,
Minturn u Co. An ingenious fiction
says he was babe east on the beach by
the waves that broke over a wreck. and
his rescuerS named him in memory of
this event. All nonsense! He came
from New Bedford (where the family is
well known) in company with the Grim
nells. and they established themselves
here in trade. Some other odd names
are found among our old families. and
l mention ''Return Jonathan Meigs" as
one instance in which the 0ddity may be
explained. Jonathan Meigs was q
Connecticut youth who courted girl
with such little success that he deter
mined to make final effort. and then,
if refused. to finally withdraw. Accord
ingly he called on the hard-hearted fair
one. and being again refused he took
his departure, but before he got out of
the house he heard the exclamation:
Return Jonathan The youth re-
turned. and found the hard heart had
suddenly become tender; the fair one,
indeed. had changed her mind with that
rapidity which is the privilege of the
sex. They were married. and as a very
natural result the first boy that blessed
the happy union was named in honor of
that critical time in their courtship.
Return Jonathan Meigs became a man
of some distinction. and held the Office of
POstmaster-General under Monroe's ad-
ministratiOn. may add that Rowland
Fish, cashier of the First National Bank
of Johnsontown, has the certificate of
appointment of his grandfather as post
master Of that place in 1916, signed by
Return Jonathan Meigs, Postmaster
General-N L. Cor. Troy Times.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-04-16
ExPENslve SPORT.


How IN Innoceat' Agrieulturist's Wife L.
ereasss Her Pln-Naoney.
Occasionally . mighty Nimrod from
the city comes out to hunt game in my
neighborhood, said a Greenfield farmer.
"A few days ago l saw q swell of chap
edging up through my sugar bush to
the wheat field. He had on long legged
boots, and was toggled and belted and
strapped out in regular hunter fashion.
He looked just too purity for any thing.
He carried darling Of . gun. and he
went lodging around as if he expected
to start up Bengal tiger from behind
every stump. / took short cut to the
barn and turned the old peacock loose.
The old bird understood what was
wanted of him. He pulled down his
eye at me and started for the back lots.
/ followed down along the fence. and
pretty soon l saw that swell hunter
break cover from the woods. He was
after quail, and he soon sighted the pea
cock. The bird had his tail famed out
and his head up. and could be seen hall
mile away. Nimrod got his gun of
his shoulder and began to creep up, and
BY and by he blazed away. l saw the
whole charge of shot tear into the
ground yards away from the old bird.
but he knew his business. Down he
fell. wings and legs Hopping. and pretty
soon he expired. The young man with
the darling Of a gun reached him about
the same time did.
"' Beautiful shot, says he.
SCI reckon says I, but what are you
hunting?"
"'Grouse.' says he. and this is the
finest one ever saw
"'GrOnse. you numbskull, but you
have killed my peacock"
"'Well, the usual results followed.
His chin began to culver, the cold sweat
started out, and he wanted to know how
much would take to let him of. ]
sent him to the house to see the old
woman. She has got way of wiping
her eyes and choking her voice over the
death of that peacock which always
brings in five dollars extra. She let
this young swell off for ten dollars.
which is the usual price. and as he
started down the highway for Detroit
the old bird got up and marched back
to the barn with chuckle that set every
hen to laughing. That's five times
we've played it on the swell NimrOds
within six months. and 1 expect more
fun this summer than a horse can
draw. Detroit Free Press.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-04-16

"A man named Hall recently sold
ont what he supposed was worked-out
claim. near Sonora, Tuolumne County,
Cal, to some Cinnamon for five hum
dred dollars. The Cinnamon entered
into their work with the usual energy
characteristic of that race. and the first
day unearthed a can filled with twenty
dollar pieces. An examination of the
contents developed to the Mongolian's
eyes one thousand seven hundred dollars
in real bright twenties. They at first be-
came frightened and offered to divide
their find with Mr.. Hall. but that gentle
man refused to accept the money. and
ut the same time informed the Mongol-
ians that they had paid him all the
claim was worth, and the treasure found
belonged to them-San francisco
Chronicle.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-04-16
THE HUNGER CURE.
Reasonable Fasting Curative Measure Of
Some Value.

Reasonable Fasting . Curative Measure Of
Some Value.
Not favoring any thing which may be
fairly called starvation. it is unquestion-
ably true that there is manifest adj
vantage, as q curative measure, in
reasonable fasting, at least to an ex-
tent to allow the system to rid itself Of
all Instructions. As when we have
more labor on hand than can be posi-
bly, done to-day, some of it must re-
main till tomorrow. so when we take
more food than can be digested in the
allotted time, or that so difficult of d.
gestion that it can not be disposed of in
the usual time. there must be an accu-
mutation. something which serves as
an obstruction, an accumulation of ma
terials which need to be disposed of.
the whole system being more or less
clOgged.
Fasting, therefore, under such cir
cumstances, is among the most inn
portant of the remedial measures.
When this is not done, nature, As the
next best means to b. employed. throws
off such offending matter by vomiting or
purging. thus avoiding other forms of
diseases if as disease these friendly mani
festations may be regarded. well
know that there are persons who be-
lieve that one must eat or soon die, but
they forget that DIR. Tanner lived for
forty days, taking only water, and that
others have lived still longer, and that
in high fevers and acute diseases, when
the appetite is entirely suspended,
several weeks may pass while the pa
tent is fasting.
The danger of starvation is not as
great as is usually supposed, by any
means. since the body is composed
mainly of the elements of air and water.
which, as I suppose, may be appropri-
ated in an emergency. Therefore. i
am firm in the opinion that at the COM
mencement of an acute disease, decided
sickness may be averted. in nine cases
out of ten. BY reasonable fasting, at
least so long as there is no appetite.
with extra bathing, friction of the sur
face, quiet, rest. a good supply of air
and sunlight.-Dr. Ha,satord, IN Golden
Rule.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-04-16
fro BE CONTINUED

"a locomotive engineer, with rec.
ord of forty years uninterrupted serv.
ice and no accident" says the Boston
Transcript, sis not . man to be met
with every day. Such one is 4 Saxon
Ofthe name of Hence, who has Just
gone into retirement. During his forty
years of service he travelled over 253,.
S47 geographical miles, equal to forty.
seven journeys round the earth"
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-04-16

"A Georgia farmer, who was care
fully rearing nice litter of Berkshire
pigs, couldn't account fos the disappear
ance of all but three. One day he heard
one squealing shrilly in the air, and saw
. big buzzard sailing of with it. Tho
farmer shot the buzzard, and buzzard
and pig both fell 70 the ground dead
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-04-16

One lady in q Massachusetts, town
does not admire crushed roses" A
bonnet was sent her from New York
through the mail. Uncle Sam, as might
be expected. sat down on it hard, and,
O, what bonnet!-Bost0n Journal.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-04-16

"A justice of the peace in Sonoma
County, Cal. fined a boy $40 for snoot-
ing a dog. The boys father appeared
and asked for a reduction of the amount.
explaining that he had soundly thrasbec
the boy. The justice CONSIDERABLY re-
duced the fine to $50, thus establish
ing the legal value of . whipping IN
Sonoma County at $3.50
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-04-16

"A Connecticut editor was married
he other day. and had his paper printed
N rose color to signalize the event
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-04-16
Shadows on the Snow,
By b. L. FARJEON.
PART I.-Coxrrxrxn

AUTHOR OF "BLADK-O'GRAss;" "0oLuDl
CRAZE" JOSHUA MARvS T." Ere, mo
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-04-16

StIuCk MS enemy. IL lie StOOu OcIOre MN.
He was nv friend. and he sat at nv
hearth like my brother. He was my
friend. and was witness of my love
and happiness. He was nv friend. and
l Landed him to my wife. and sung his
praises in her ear in our moments of
confidence. He was my friend. and he
betrayed me. Curse his soul for ever
and everr'
Again he struck the tree, and waved
his bloody hand defiantly to the beauti-
full clouds.
II will hunt that man through all the
worlds. Whatever may be the life we
live when this is done within what
ever sphere or shape I meet him-he
shall expiate the blight he cast upon
me and mine! l pray that the power
may be given me. have prayed for it
on my knees! But for that thirsting
hope, should not believe in immortal
ity.''
The crimson blood dropping from his
wounded hand upon the snow seemed
to William Fairfield a fateful witness to
the curse of the wronged man. Gazing
upon it in fascination. a lurid light
ioated before his eyes, distorting his
outward and inward sense of sight.
my wife bore me q child. 3 daugh-
ter, perfect in form and feature, beauti-
full as the day. The lovely and won
drous creature opened out to me . new
world of which 1 had hitherto no con-
ception. Higher and holier thought
than that by which had hitherto been
animated began to stir within me; q
spiritual sunrise dawned upon my soul
/ declare that never returned home
and saw my darling in her mothers
lap asleep or drawing nourishment
from her bosom without being impelled
to bless God for his goodness. Even
Is her little fairy fingers would entwine
themselves around one Of mine 80 did
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-02-02
saAeELY LEGS IN TIGHTS.
stock Company Theatre Managers Do Not
think They are Proper.

stock Company Theatre Managers Do Not
mink They are Proper.
Nav YORK, January 30.-Shsrp warfare
has broken out between art and burlesque
in theatrieala. Not since the original
Black Crook" shocked and entertained
the New York public has there been such
an cutlery against stage improprieties. The
managers OF the three legitimate stock
companies, Wallack, Palmer and DAILY,
have banded togetherins al onslaught upon
~indecorously eostumed burlesque and CON-
ic operas, and the 6rst hattie is set down
for next Thursday afternoon.
They have prepared benefit matinee per.
formaaces for the Actors Fond, and from
the entertainments, which will be given in
their own theatre's-Wsllseks Days and
the MSdison Squsre-unskirted actresses
are to be rigidiy excluded. Engaged"
The Rivals" and Love on Clutches viii
be performed, but the companies viii go
the rounds Of the three houses, giving one
act Of their plays on each stage, so that an
audience will ges s third Of every comedy.
Between acts there will be singing, but all
in conventional clothes, and the three
lesgusd managers will make addresses, in
which they are expected to define the po-
sition as to what they have already charae-
terizsd IS pernieious smusenents.
Palmer and WRllsek have 10 Published
interviews denounced the current taste for
actresses in tights. and this psculisr matt
nee is under the personal direction Of
DAILY That they have suffered from the
competition Of the entertainments which
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-02-02
STARTLING FRAUps rs UrAu:

The people of this country are certainly
to be congratulated that they have now
gotten q Land Commissioner who Is no re-
speetor Of persons end who is grasping the
western land frauds with the grip of q
giant. The condition OF affairs in Utah,
as Just brough. to light by Mr.. DEXEST,
who was recently appointed Surveyor
General of that territory, is enough to
rouse the indignation of every citizen
irrespective OF party and make the guilty
persons tremble in their boots.
Mr.. DEMENT, Gays he has proofs to show
that nearly oil the public lands of Utah
have been stolen either by the railroad
companies or the settlers; that about so
per cent. Of the entries BY Iormons have
been fraudulent and about Is per cent. Of
those that have been made by Gentiles are
Of the same character. Mineral lands
have been entered az homestesds and rich
farming country as desert lands, These
frauds, Mr.. DEMENT, claims, have been not
only winked at, but participated in BY the
Federal officials in and outside Of the
Land Office. and there is ring in which
have Joined all the Federal officers from
the Governor down, for the plunder Of the
Government. He claims that he has
abundant evidence to fill the all Of Utah
with officials aud ex.oficials.
Not onis are the documents to be sub
mitted said to be sufficient to prove these
gigantic land frauds but are to show a
state Of ~rotronuess in regard to the Gov
eminent Of Utah. Several Senators, Rep.
resentstives, Judges Of the Supreme Court
ard officers of the Interior Department,
are to be shown Is accepting bribes from
the Mormon corruption fund ior services
rendered the Mormons. .
Ii is no wonder the Government has
been usaSle to deal effectively with the az
fairs of Utah. No guilty man should be
allowed 10 escape.