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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-02-12
CURIOUS NAMES.
A ClerEyman's Chat Concerning Remark.
able Given Names.

A ClerEymana Chat Concerning Remark
able Given Names.
"What name that young man has, :"
said clergyman yesterday to News-
gatherer. rs the person indicated left
his presence.
what is itp"
'E. P. Baxter, he writes it. Nothing
remarkable about that. but what amount
of hard thought is concealed in those in
itials. The man was born ON January
8, 1868, and his parents named him
Emancipation Proclamation Baxter in
honor Of the occasion"
That's pretty bad"
Eyes, but there are some parents with
cranky ideas on the subject of naming
children. One boy christcned Perse-
verance Jones, / endeavored to dis
suade the father, but he said the mother
was called patience. and he saw no rea-
son why the boy should not be called
Perseverance,, because the two always
went together. Within few PAGES of
the grave of Benjamin and Deborah
Franklin, in the old cemetery at Fifth
and Arch streets, there is hcadstone
bearing the inscription; Sacred to the
memory of S. L. U. Lloyd If the owner
of that name were living now his friends
would probably call him 'Celuloid.' /
had colored man named Alexander
doing some work around here once. l
used to hear the other workmen call
him 'Trib' and Hole, and it struck me
one day to ask him what his name was.
.Tribulation Wholesome Alexander,
sah, he replied.
ut may have been some relative of
his who came to me with twins to have
baptized
"What name will you call them?" l
asked.
'Cherubim' and .Seraphim, replied
the mother.
Why?" 1 asked, in astonishment.
Because" she replied. ''de pra'r
book says de cherubim and seraphim
continually do cry and desc yere
chil'en do nofin' else"
The News-gatherer edged toward the
door, and, when he had got in the lob
by. shouted chestnut and skipped
down stairs. Philadeiphia Ne,os.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-02-12
CANAL VILLAGES.

Indian Settlements in Mexico Where All
Transportation Is by Canoes.
For half mile on either side of the
grand canal, the country is threaded
with perfect network of smaller canals,
which lead away the water for irriga-
ton purposes. Each little garden plot is
an island, and it is impossible to go any
where except in a canoe. A stranger
would lose himself at once in this laby-
rinth of water courses, but the native
glidcs in and out. and comes and goes,
in his little skiff. happy in his native
element, and filling the canals and
shaded water courses with life and ami
nation. The scene ON the grand canal
in the early morning is picturesque and
fnll of interest. From a hundred side
streams suddenly appear crafts of all
descriptions, loaded down to the water's
edge with vegetables and flowers. An
Indian with a single paddle sits in the
stern of each canoe, and prOpeis it
swiftly and skillfully along through the
myriad of crafts toward the city. This
person is often a woman, and her black
: hair floats out behind her as she bends
over her paddle, and her white teeth
flash as she laughs and answers merrily
to the halls of her companions in the
other boats. Sometimes, if the canoe
is large one, the vegetable man takes
his whole family or board, and while
he stands up in the stern and paddles
his craft along his spouse sits forward
and nurses her dusky little ones or ar
ranges the vegetables or MOWERS for
market. On feast days and flower fes-
rivals the scene is full of beauty. Every
Indian twines wreath about his hat,
and women and children deck them.
selves with flowers, and the fleet of
boats comes down the stream with its
occupants singing. and-on the large
boats-dancing the jarabe at the
bows Overland Monthly.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-02-12
THE MARQUESAS.
Something About the Girl Inhabitants Of
These Islands.

Something About the Girl Inhabitants Of
These Islands.
As our men took their meals on the
spardeck the women, and as many Of
the native men as could be provided for,
ate with them. The natives are not
dainty, but cram their mouths full, and
eat voraciously. The women are very
fond of meat, but are not allowed to eat
il on the island, where it is taboo to
them-another instance of the selfish
character of the men. 1t is too scarce,
however, for the men to indulge in, on
cept at festival. The taboo is laid
merely by the proclamation of priest.
They have a pair of goats on the island,
and that they may increase undisturb-
eddy they are taboo to all persons for
five years. Our dinner table in the
ward room being under an open hatch,
they clustered round the hatch and
watched the manner of our eating with
great delight. Anything that was
handed to one of them from the table
was thankfully received. and divided
among the rest, and eaten with
SO great satisfaction and greedi-
ness that they reminded us of monkeys.
Once, for curiosity, we took several of
the prettie.t and cleanest girls below to
dine with us. They behaved with a
great deal of decorum. and in order
that they might make no mistakes and
do nothing wrong they watched us
closely and did exactly what we did.
Each officer attended to the girl that he
brought down, and he was the model
by which she governed her actions. She
would put no more in her mouth at a
time than he, use her knife and fork as
he, lay them down when he did, be
helped when he was, drink when he
did. One of the officers attending on a
girl had a nervous affection in his under
jaw, and every now and then would
screw up his chin and face in verv ri
diculous manner, and he was very sem
sitive of its being remarked on. His
girl, anxious to initiate him in every
respect, to be perfectly decorous, kept
an eye on him all the time, and when
he screwed his mouth to one side she
would instantly do the same, to our in
finite merriment, AMI no less to his
Christian at HorE.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-02-12
THE MINE MULE.

Tho Sport Created BY the Descent Of .
Mule to the Depths Below.
One of the most amusing and at the
same time most pitiful sights to be
seen about the coal mincs. says o cor
respondent writing from Nanticoke, is
the descent of a mule to the depths be-
low. The shaft is, say, six hundred feet
deep, and yawns at ones feet like a spot
of ink on the ground. A car lowered
and raised by perpendicular wire cable
shoots up and down with breathless
velocity. On the car is fastened q mar
row stall, with iron bars, which can be
fastened across the entrance. BY va
riOus methods the unfortunate mule is
brought as far as the mouth of the shaft,
but when he sees the car he knows what
it means. That mule fully realizes that
if he walks aboard he will never see
daylight again, and will have to work
in the dark, as only mine mule must.
So he kicks. Argument is useless, per-
suasion falls on deaf ears. He kicks
with vigor and precision that means
business. His heels are battery that
would terrify even the fatalistic valor of
a follower of the Elahdi.
But long beam is brought and one
end put against one of the uprights at
the side of the shaft. At the other end
four men push, bringing the beam like
a lever against the mules TANKS. Now
the beasts backbone curves until his
head is next his tail, and his four feet,
planted firmly together, seem riveted
to the ground. The beam is decided
failure, though two men are at the same
time Juggling at halter. But there is
another resource. Even mule resist
ance can be overcome by steam power.
A rope is fastened around the mules
neck and looped around those vicious
hind legs. Then steam windlass is
slowly turned and the unlucky beast is
dragged on the car. The iron bars are
put up, bell rings, and the car drops
downward, while last melancholy
bray floats up from the black hole.
There is one mule under Wilkesbarre
that has spent twenty-one years of use
full life hauling coal in the dark. The
miners are proud of him, and he has
twice been hoisted to the surface to
walk proudly in miners parades. Mules
do not, as has been often said, 20 blind
in the mines, but when they are brought
on. a bandage must be tied over their
eyes for several days.-N Y. Cont
niercidl advertiser.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-02-12
He Knew Them Well.

'.All aboardr' shouted the conductor,
and the engineers hand was on the
Unbelievable, when it was discovesed
that the coupling-link between the
''tender" and the baggage-car was
broken.
''Get new link" ordered the con-
ductor.
Haven't got another on the train. "
replied the brakeman.
swell, never mind" said the conduc-
tor, after moments reflection. Run
in to the lunch-cOunter and bring out a
.we-cent cruller. guess that gill hold
until we get to ALBANY" Then he
added explanatively to the crowd: Il
haven't eaten my lunch at Poughkeepsie
for twelve years not to know what to
depend on, and what not. "-1fG-Bits.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-02-12
THE BICYCLE.

Its Slow Development Before It Suddenly
Jumped Into Popular Favor.
In the year 1916 Baron Won Drais
constructed a curious vehicle, consist
ing of two wheels of equal size, placed
one in front of the other, and connected
by bar on which was small seat.
The rider sat astride the bar and pro-
PEELED the vehicle by striking his feet
against the ground. The machine.
very simple in mechanism, was named
the Draisine, and was the progenitor of
the modern bicycle. In 1918 his con-
trivance was introduced to use in Eng
land, and the year following made its
appearance in New York, Philadelphia
and Boston, and was for a time quite
popular. In 1868 Frenchman APP
piled cranks to the fore wheels of the
Draisine, having discovered that a GER
tain speed would maintain the equjlib-
rum of the two-wheeler, and in 1866
further improvements were effected,
the new machine being introduced in
New York. 1t received little or no at
tention until 1868, when sudden popu-
larity honored it, and everybody began
to use it. This continued something
more than year, when it was as sum-
marily abandoned as it was enthusiast
tically taken up. Some English me-
chanics continued to work upon tho
plan, however. and in 1876 the first i'm.
proved bicycle was imported and put
on exhibition at our centennial fair. In
1878 the first American company for
the manufacture of bicycles was organ
lied, and the traffic in these articles has
since increased SO steadily that no less
than 5000 were manufactured and sold
in this country last year, and it was
estimated that there were then 5000
in use in the United States, exclusive of
boys Observation-Disclosures Record.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-02-12
DON'T YOU THINK SOP

It's all very well to he jolly
When everythng's goin jus right:
When, in summer. skies showing no hint Of
A shadow, the sun shining bright;
When around you your merry friends cluster
With many laugi-bringing Jest,
And wherever you turn you discover
The world in its gala robes dressed.
But, ali! it's sublime to be jolly
When mrth loving spirits have fed;
When YOUR path is I'm gloominess shrOuded
And the tempest bursts over your head:
When fainter hearts beg you to cheer them,
Though your own heart be lonely and drear
And you scarce can help doubling If ever
The darkness will quite disappear.
The bird that sings sweetly when golden
The earth lie and gentle the wind,
When the bees hum their Joy DER the honey
That. hid in the flowers they find,
When, vying In beauty and fragrance,
Red roses and white lilies grow.
And butterflies, splendid in rament,
Through their airy realm fit to and fro,
Is dear little song ster: but dearcr
AZ the bird with its iOy-givng strain
Cndaunted trills loudly and rayly
40 spite of the chill and the rain:
For that to be jolly it's easy
IN Sunshine there isn't doubt;
55it, an. It's sublime to be jolly
Nssn there's Daught TO be jolly about.
MA 3, Etc Eytingc, III Ha' pers Weekly.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-02-12
HARD ON NOSE.
a Commercial Transaction In which Mr.

a Commercial Transaction In which Mr.
sehaumburg IL the Loser.
Nose Schaumburg. Of Austin, is mp to
all the tricks of trade, and was in the
habit Of playing it pretty sharp, not
only on his customers but also on the
firm of Schwindelmeyer & Co., from
whom he purchases his goods in New
York.
Schaumburg, on receiving an invoice
of goods, was in the habit Of deducting
several yards from every piece of goods
he received. He claimed shortage on
every piece of goods, even when the
piece contained full measure or even q
surplusage.
Schwindelmeyer & Co., of New
York, suffered great deal from this
system of stealing. but rather than lose
Schaumburg's trade they allowed him
the shortage, until it became such .
regular thing that they resolved to play
for even, even if they did lose his trade.
Schaumburg ordered big bill of dry
goods. The New York firm cut each
and every piece of goods in two, kept
One-half, sent the bill for the full num-
Der of yards ordered, bot kept the goods
back.
In due time Schaumburg received the
bill, and expecting the goods would ar
rive in day or SO, acknowledge the re-
ceipt of the goods and sent on a check
for the amount, deducting as usual
several yards shortage on each piece.
As soon as the New York merchant got
this reply he shipped the goods and adj
mitted the deduction for shortage as
just and proper.
Imagine the establishment of Nose on
opening the goods to find that each
piece lacked half the number of yards
it should contain. As he had already
claimed several yards shortage on each
piece and as the New York firm had
allowed it, the only thing for Nose to
do was to keep quiet about it.
1t is needless to add that he deals no
longer with Schwindclmeyer & Co., Of
New York.-Teras Sittings.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-02-12

One of the officers of the British
force in Burmah concludes that
stOmach-ache is a widely prevalent
malady in that region. At Koonlah he
found an idol which effects a miracu-
lous cure when the sufferer plasters a
fake of gold leaf upon the part corre-
spending to the seat of his own dis
order; and the abdomen of the idol had
been caused to protrude in most ex-
traordinary degree by the plastered Of
ferings of health seekers.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-02-12

-"Let every person see if he can
draw a monkey, and then sign his
name to the slip of paper" said prac-
teal joker at an evening company.
The joker collected the slips. and the
rex. day leading citizen and candi-
date for the office of mayor was horri-
fed to see his sketch stuck up in the
pcst-otlice with his own autograph I'M.
der i;.-London Exchange.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-02-12

The pecan tree in the United States
grows chiefly in Louisiana Texas and In
dian Territory. The nuts grown in
Louisiana rank the first in quality.
These nuts are shipped to all parts Of
the United States and into Canada.
There is no European market for them.
The trees grow from sixty to seventy
feet in height, sometimes higher. They
yield heavy and durable wood.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-02-12

enable her to live in affluence for the
rest Of her life." The next day, after
settling up Thurston's affairs. Lena and
the old gentleman departed for their
eastern home.-DenUer NesCs.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-02-12

Over S6. 900 worth of feathers have
been sold from the twenty one grown
ostriches at the Anaheim ostrich farm,
Los Angeles. Cal, during the past seven
months.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-02-12

Three to four thousand pounds of
sugar to the acre is not an unusual crop
in Louieiana this year.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-02-12

and the foolish threat had made. and
all at once horrible fear possessed me,
and, like the coward | was, l fed
Every word of the story impressed
ME as being truth. and believed him:
but what was to be done? In vain l
endeavored to persuade him to accom-
pany me home in the carriage. He
said he was lost: that a suspicion he
could never remove and a guilt of which
he could never prove his innocence had
fastened upon him. and he was ire
trievably los. After vainly reasoning
with him for some time left him, ar
ranging TO visit or communicate with
him the next day. Well, the long and
short of if was that he was determined
to leave home, and. As could not per-
suade him otherwise, assisted him to
come 10 Colorado. promising to send his
wife and child after him, which did.
Since that time, and for period of sew
eral years, have lahored indefatigably
to solve the mystery. employing the
best detective talent in the country. and
it was only about fortnight ago that a
criminal serving lie sentence at the
Concord penitentiary died, before which,
however. he confessed in writing. prop
erly witnessed. the murder of Mr..
Thurston. his whole object being rob-
berry; that he had stolen into the room
and awakened the old gentleman while
endeavoring TO open the safe, and that
a fearful hahIto-hand encounter in the
dark took place. during which he stab
bed his victim several times.
No sooner was the document prop
erly authenticated and approved than 1
made my arrangements and came here
at cs.ce, but alas! too late. Miss Lena
here is the heiress of very large for
tune, which although it will not restore
to her her unfortunate parents, viii yet
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-04-12
.Low AND BEHOLD -
How Low should the Dress he Cut an
How Much Should Man Bsholds
New York Sun


Throughout the civilized world the full
evening dress for women falls below Miss
Cleyeland's line, and is expressly de-
signed to show what she declares SO en-
phatically can not be revealed without
outraging taste and decency-the swell
OF the bosom. The fashion, too, is not
recel t, but has prevailed in all ages, ana
no less in times when social morals were
strict than In times when they were
lax. II Is true that the portraits by
Sir Peter Ledy OF the beauties of the
court Of Charles Ill, snow that the bosom
was then exposed to an extraordinary
degree, as was also the case in France
under the directory; but portraits of the
women of courts and times equally dis
tingnlshed for dissoluteness represent the
women closely covered from Sead TO foot
and from shoulder to waist. Marguerite
of Lorraine, famous for her beauty and
her bad morals, appears In full dress cos
tune which reveals only her face and
hands, while La Belle Hamilton, the
chaste beauty who escaped the breath Of
scandal, even In the Scandaions reign of
Charles H., shows her bosom almost with
out any covering at all. Queen Victoria.
who Is everywhere honored as bright ex-
ample Of womanly dignity and propriety,
at the present time requires ladies to APP
pear at her court in costumes which
frankly expose what Miss Cleveland de-
clares cannot be revealed except ut the
sacrifice Of modesty, and the queen her
self makes a display that would shock the
presidents sister, who prohSbly has seen
nothipg equal TO II among tire women
with whom she has been brought into con
tact since her brothers elevation.
I The truth is, that notions as TO modes
y or immodesty IN woman's dress are
largely, ii nOt chiefly, conventional, so
I that no 20 certain point, Whist is Gus.
I tOmSry seems modest. The Turks estl-
nation Is low and gross, and yet he will
not endure TIE sight Of his wives in pub.
1 lie with their faces exposed; and 10 otAeI
countries where women are degraded
they sre kept bundled np from view, ex,
eept In the presence OF their lords or a
each other. But Christian civilization
everywhere demands that iemioine
beauty shall be seen. and where.
ever that civilization has reached is
highest development the practice against
which Miss Cleveland inveighs 50 VIC.
lently has continued TO prevail, although
other fashions Of woman's dress have
undergone s multitude Of changes. II
every country where womSp are mos
ssssSseiy seslored and most iend-Ely cher
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-04-12

ished, and where respect for woman is
most complete and sincere, il may be
said generally that the line drawn by
Miss Cleveland is always ignored 10 The
full dress OF the best women.
This style OF dress has been worn by
the most admirable OF women in all gen
erations. II was worn by our grand
mothers, the ball dress at the beginning
of this century, for instance, having been
described as s'nothing but a chemise OF
pink silk and yet Miss Cleveland would
hardly denounce the women Of that
period as immodest, or deny that, In spite
Of their low-cut gowns, wOinanly purity
continued untarnisned among them. The
evening costume OF the present time, so
far from being more generous In Its dis
play OF feminine charms than that Of
past periods, IS rather more reserved
IN that respect, even In its freest
manifestations, although those who have
but lately become familiar with the social
customs OF great capitals may think
differently Perhaps dresses may now
be worn a trihe lower in the United
States than was the case ten or fifteen
years ago; but in Paris and London the
line drawn by Miss Cleveland has never
been respected during that time. Nor Is
there intrinsically any more immodesty 10
showing the beautiful curve OF the bosom
than there is Ia exposing the neck and
chest, the arms ana shoulders. The ex-
hibition, too, is quite as unasseilable on
esthetic grounds as 1t is on grounds Of
taste and morality. We observe also
that as a general thing the denunciation
of the fashion is apt TO be more ardent in
the young to whom niggard nature has
denied the beauty they insist should be
concealed, or IN the old and sickiy in
whom il has passed its bloom, so that
they no longer dare TO confront the air
for fear OF ague and catarrh.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-04-12

y. j. Nah, for the thief, I. \
the value Of 81. The is, y n
PENDANT guilty and asses az y.
ment at twenty days n ' ~
and $50 1ne; and the S,.,.
Swenson and Others. 10, ~
70 remain around land ,'
they were ali dlsmissed ..
son, about twenty-tbree M
his went to trial. On y
wherein Alfred Dyer and g .'
were defendants, and ss., ns'' !
hard fight, the Jury ~. \
last night about 10 o,clnesss I
assessing their punishmens,
each, making q fo,s, y
The case will be carried !, 4
appeals and there the co, ~ - v
the Enclosure act win he fss v (
The state was represen oss''Q
Attorney Fiynt, Jones X cnsr,l
Col. II. L. BentIy Of Ahglss,.''
PENDANTS by Col. a. J. pee,s.
and G ID. Davis of MI &
Peeler IS confident Of ~ 1.!l
higher courts. t's
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-04-12

ATHENS, April lin ths 4
deputies yesterday several 81,
made in favor OF war Wiz
Many members demanded q
ment Of cloture, but the prIr,
Dely annis, declared in favo, N
of speech. After the deta.
lasted a week, a vote Of copsls|
government passed by l2p to q
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-04-12

special to the aass aSA""A

Special 70 the GaIettS
BoNRAN, TEX April lO.-The men
who were taken TO Dallas this week
charged with contempt OF court came
back last night. They report having !
iine time.
McRea Bros, from near Ragsdale,
Tex, are fitting up the building for.
merry occupied by the postoiIice, and viii;
open saloon.
new paper, called the Centlpede. WAS
found at the front Of the business houses
this morning. It has no ones name Is
editor, eut evidently has rood
one from its piihy articles. II
Is published here hut by whom NE can't
und out. Il is anti knight Of Labor.
The band advertised themselves This
afternoon on the streets by giving a fine
progrSmme Of music.
MT X. ). Hammond, who has been in
bonhAm for some time as uaehinist AZ
me shops here, left yesterday Tor an ex-
tended trip North.
Nitialns Siii1el have given orders
LOT 4 large amount OF machinery. AMI
VIII Y nps roller mill of the one thew are
now running. '' ~