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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-03-26
WHALE BONE.
A Branch Of Business In Which the FroAS
Are Uncertain.

A Branch Of Business In Which the Pro0AS
Are Uncertain.
''There is no article of commerce
that varies more widely in its market
price than whalebone," said New
York dealer to reporter recently. ''In
January it may sell for two dollars q
pound and in the following juno fcr
five dollars a pound. twenty-five
years ago the price was seventy-fiye
cents pound. 1t varies in price &C.
cording to the catch. and this in turn
depends upon the luck of the sailors.
If they find the whaling grounds closed
by ice, meet with a shipwreck. or fer
any reason fail to catch whales the
price goes up. This makes it very
speculative business and We can never
tell what our stock is worth until we
hear of the CATCH
What part does whalebone chiefly
come from?'
The main supply is brought from
the North Pacific whalers and comes in.
in November A smaller quantity
comes from the South Sea and arrives
about June. Now and then a small
supply comes from Davis Straits
and Hudson Bay. Whales are.
caught there at all seasons of the
wear, and the bone coming to New
York is apt to disturb the price
Many years ago it was the custom OF
whaling captains, when out OF stores
to stop at some Pacific port and ex-
change some of their whaiebone for
the necessary supplies and in this way
smaller lots would come in and trouble
the market. Ships are now so thor
oughlv supplied that there is no longer
anV reed of continuing this practice.
The supply comes from New Bedford
and San Francisco, which are the great
whaling points of this country. A
GREAT amount used to come from Nam
fucket, but the shallowness of its har-
Dor and the greater convenience of
New Bedford drove its trade away.
On board ship the slaps of whalebone.
as they are termed in, mercantile
phrase, are done up in bundles OF
about two hundred pounds each. and
are sent to the market in that shape
In cutting up whalebOne there is q losR
of about twenty per cent. on the raw
material. The hair is worth ten oen0
a pound for mixing with horse-hair for
upholstering purposes, and 1t is some
times used in the manufacture a.
brushes. "-B0ston Rec0r6.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-03-26
SIMPSONS pARTER."
Her Meeting with IN Old Friend On Rail.
road Train,

Her Meeting With IN Old Friend On . Rail-
road Train.
A gentleman travelling from Buffalo
to New York City tells the story:
At Albany, two ladies, dressed in the
extreme Of fashion. entered the car.
Their manners indicated great affecta-
ton and consequent shallowness.
The only unoccupied seat in the car
was directly behind quiet-looking
lady, evidently from the country. Her
dress was Of calico. her bonnet Of
plain straw. and her gloves were Of
cotton. She could not. however, have
looked neater, and she had q good,
honest face.
As the fashionable ladies adjusted
their dHaperies in the unOccupied seat,
one of them said to the other:
Don't you think it too bad that
there are such poor accommodations
on railway trains nOw?"
''How-in what way?" asked her
companion.
"Why, here we are crowded up with
all classes of people, some of them so
common. Look at that person in front
of u.s."
"Horrid, isn't she?'
Perfectly dreadful"
''Looks like common laborer.
"HOw annoying to have to come in
contact with such people,
Belongs to some ordinary family.
If one could only exclude ones self
from such persons when travelling even
short distances! suppose it's hOrrid
in me to say it, but l have all my life
had such a repugnance to common
laboring people.
The lady in the calico dress must
have heard part of this conversation,
but her face was perfectly composed.
At that moment an elderly man in
the home-spun and home-mad gar
ments of farmer came down the aisle.
He stopped before the ladies of fashion,
closely scrutinized the features of the
one having ''such repugnance to
common people," and, just as the train
stopped at the station, cried out loud
enough to be heard by every person in
the car:
"Lookee hyar, hain't you old Bill
Simpsons darter? But | know you
'thout askin'. How dc do, anyhow?
You don't change speck. Got the
same nose YOU had when you wOr a
little gal O twelve or fifteen years.
trottin' b'arfoot round my old farm in
Podunk County. Yer mind how
youst to give yer two bits a day an
your dinner for helpin' my young uns
dig taters? Ho! no! hO!'
The young lady had dropped her
beaded veil and was nervOusly biting
ut her fan, but the old farmer went on
heedlessly:
'.They's been mighty changes sence
then. Your pap went out to COlOrady
and made a big fortin' thar, an hear
you live in great style. But Bill Simp-
son amt the man to forgit old fren's,
and you tell him that you've saw old
Jack Billings. what youst to give him
many a days work when he was so
pore his family had ter wait till the
hen laid fore they could hcv any
breakfast. You kin remember that
yerself, l reckon. An there want
nobody gladder nor me when yer pap
did Git so rich so suddint, for he was a
mighty hard-workin' blacksmith. an
always pore cause of bad luck. My
wife seq she lost an awful good washer
woman when yer ma moved. AM git
off here. Goodbye! good-bye!"
The meekest, most subdued person
on that train during the rest of the trip
was "Bill Simpsons darter. Chris
tan Union.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-03-26
liMEKIlN CLUB.

President Gardner Demonstrates the Nc
cessity of Drawing Lines.
There was a painful silence as the
regular weekly meeting was called to
order, and it seemed as if something
was about to happen. 1t was noticed
that Elder Toots had a frightened look.
while Samuel Shin, Whalebonc How
ker and Old Man Davis moved about
on their chairs as if to avoid carpet
tacks. BY and by Brother Gardner
said:
'.Accordin' to de constitushun of dis
club, wheneber any member feels so
inclined he kin demand vote of de
club on de queshun: 'Hev we or hev
we not lost confidence in our Presi-
dent?' l has now to inform you that
Major Exclamation Harrison, an active
member of our club. has demanded in
writin' dat such vote be taken. Dis
am de first time in de history of dis Or
ganizashun dat such q vote has been
demanded. De seckretary will call de
roll"
Amidst the deepest silence the secre-
tary proceeded with his monotonous
call, and of the one hundred and
lightweight members present one hum
dred and eighty-seven voted that they
had not lost confidence in the Presi-
dent. The exception was the Major.
When the result had been announced
Brother Gardner said:
s'My frens, some explanashun seems
to be demanded by desc purceedins.
Three vars ago de Major begun bor-
rowin' my hoe an spade an axe an
wheelbarrer. As time wore on his
family borrered sugar an butter an
flour. As confidence increased, l was
axed to lend de Major my Sunday
butes an plug hat, and my wife was
axed to hand over her shawl an breast
pin, wheneber a funeral was to come
off. De odder eavenin' dc Major come
ober to borrow my pink undershirt fur
hisself, an Mrs. Gardeners zebra hose
fur his wife, dey hevin' bin invited to a
'lasses candy leree. 1 felt it solemn
dooty to draw line sOmewhar's, an l
drawed it dat night on undershirt an
stockings. De Major went away in a
huff, and de call fur dis vote which
has jist bin taken am de result. l OBJ
sarve dat de Major am heah in pusson,
an p'raps he would like to state his
side of de case"
Il hasn't got muffin to say. 'cept da:
l wish l hadn't done it," replied the
Major from his corner.
'Wcry well. Dis chair has no feel
ms toward you. De meetin' will pur-
coed wild de reg'lar rowtine of bizness. -
Detroit Free Press.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-03-26

The sayin' th't it's better to give
thin to receive is a good un, giner'ly
speakin'; but when l heerd a Teller
crack it wunst, in refusin' to receive a
bad shillin' from poor cuss th't he
had give it to hisself only a minute
afore, thort to m'self b'gosh, that
even the best O. sayin's was liable to
warp leetle, wunst in while. Speak
ing o. sayin's tn hain't no truer one
thin th't charity begins to hum. II
thur any Teller ez wants to be chart
able. an hain't got no hum to b'gin at,
l want to put it on record right here
th't tn hain't . word in the good ole
sayin' that pervents him from goin'
right to work an beginnin' at mime
I'd. Mott, in Puck.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-03-26

Connecticut gives State bounty
of ten cents for any person planting,
protecting and cultivating elm. maple,
nut, hickory. pear or cherry trees, not
more than sixty feet apart. for three
years. on any public highway.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-03-26

Any person who takes the paper res
ularlv from the post-office, whether directec
to his name or whether he Is SUBSCRIBER Oh
not. is responsible for the pay.
The courts have decided that refusing u
take newspapers from the pOst-ohice, or re
moving and leaving them uncaiied Tor.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-03-26

skins in the towns and villages through
out the country, and the hundreds of
women and girls occupied in pulling"
and in other operations preparatory to
the telling. when the hat manufacturer
enters upon the mysteries of his special
trade.
The value of the rabbit-skiil trade in
England alone last year was over one
million dollars. There are no statistics
at hand of the trade in this country,
but it is very important. and there are
even places where rabbits are bred in
order to provide skins for the market.
This is, however. a perilous expert
ment, as the experience of Australia
and New Zealand with their rabbit
plaques will demonstrate.
AUSTRALIANS RABBIT PLAGUE.
In the natural history of aboriginal
Australia there were no rabbits. Ma
Il ure knows better than man and had
decided that Australia was not a rabbit
country. A few years ago an agent
| sent to Australia from England had
difficulty in procuring from Tasmania,
Melbourne and Sydney sufficient num-
Der of skins to serve as samples. Man,
in the weak person of foolish settler,
| thought he knew better than nature,
| and introduced rabbits one OF
two to shoot at. The climate and food
exactly suited the rabbits constitution,
and enlarged its normal fecundity.
Moreover, not having provided rabbits,
nature had not provided the carnivOr'
Gus police whose function it is to pre-.
vent undue increase and multiplication
of these and other small deer. In the
second year of rabbits in Australia the
foolish settler had good sport with his
gun, and was glad. In the third yeal
the rabbit had good sport with his
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-03-26

The people of this country use
160. 000, 900 steel pens . year.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1886-07-15

II. n. Manasgo. iorsacfiy 10 business
In Rutland and for . number Of ycsrs
past manager 81 the stacks farms 81 Will
liam A. Raasel. Il Bellows Ealls. met With
"a accident last week which resulted In
his death.
WHY WILL You SUFFER from Agus
and Malaria when Gilmore's Aromatic
Vino will cure yonf
Frank Durgin, fireman on the Boston
a Lowell railroad. slipped from the back
tender "a train was backing 81 North
Concord. The tendef.pAssed over bis lsfi
thigh and the lover part Of his body.
allowing the insestines 10 prcdrude. II is
thought be cannot survive.
William strceter Of Monroe N. H..
while Ut work ia vAndyke 4 Merrill's saw
mill At MeIndoes Falls was caught in
the gearing aud held about half an hour
before released. Both legs had to be
AmputAied, one 81 tho ankle and the other
below the knee. He is 20 years old and
unmarried.
The latest move in the soldiers' nonu-
mcnt business at Brattleboro Is the cir
culation Of petitions for the voters Of the
town TO sign-the one asking the select
men to adopt the Mead design Of the
Recording Angel. and the other asking for
the figure OF soldier. Both petitions
have already been numerously signed.
A horse stolen from b. L. Foster Of
Derby Line year Or twoagO. no trace Of
which could be fouud 4 DE time, was
driven into the village and recognized
as his property. 1t appears that drum
mer had hired the team at livery in
Burlington and driven there on business
Steps have been taken 10 reclaim the
The valuation made four years ago OF
all the taxable real estate in the town OF
with the additions for improve
ments aud new buildings. up to April 1,
1886, was s7,033.l36 The new appraisal,
which has just been made, amounts to
b. 500. 1876, an increase Of $500, 400.
While Clarence Cook OF Landgrove
was at work in the woods Wednesday
forenoon cutting hemlocks and peeling
bark. be struck his axe into his foot split |
ing il from the toes nearly to the instep.
making fearful cash. Ellsworth Wood
yard was at work with him aud they |
lid it up with handkerchief as best they |
,ould, until medical assistance could be
occurred.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1886-07-15
~ GA 7 d.

To oil who are from the errors and in
discretions Of youth, nervous weakness,
early decay, loss Of manhood, &c., / will
send send recipe that will cure you
FREE OF CHARGE This great remedy
was discovered by q missionary in South
America. Send . se)f-addressed envelope
to the Rev. JOSEPH 7. INMAN, Station ID,
New York Gin.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1886-07-15
WILLIAM G. WILSON'S EsrArr.

w srArx o. yEnnoxr. Distriet Of Manchester y
In Probate Court held At Manchester, within
and for said District on The 18th day OF June
4. D. 1855.
The AdmlnistrstrK on the estate Of william
q. wiison lstS Of Dorset, In said District de-.
csastd, proposed 10 render N account Of her
administrators on said sststs.
whsreupon, q session OF said Court 10 be held
u the Probate Once In Manchester, in said Dls-
trict, os the 2fih day OF July 4. D., 1856. "a
appointed for lbe examination and allowance Of
said account. and for distribution Of the cstsh
ties thereof vas ordered 10 be given 10 Ill per.
sons interested by the publication hereof 10 ths
Manchester JorESAt. nevspapss pristed 81
said Manchester. thres weeks successfully pre-
vious 70 the time % appointed.
$50 10 L0vELkAD krxsoS, yudss.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1886-07-15

HALLS HONEY is the best Cough Cure, Is. &c., D.
CLEMNS SULPHUR SOAP heals and beauties, 25c
GERMAN CORN REMOVER kills Cous Bunions Csc.
HILLS HAIR 1 WHIsKER DYE-Black Brown, 50c
PIXIES T00THAcHE DROPS cure in Minute 25c
DEANS RHEUMATIC PILLS arc sure cure, 5Oc
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1886-07-15

FITS ALI Fits stopped free by DR.
KLISE's GREAT NERVE REsroREB No
Fits after FIRST days use. Marvellous
cures Treatise and 80 90 trial bottle free
to Fit cases. Send to DR.. Kline. 031 Arch
st. PhiIa., Pa.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1886-07-15
stock Owners Attention.

Don't forget that one of Weare's Condi.
ton Powders is worth five Of any other
kind. Guaranteed to cure swelled legs
and to rid horse OF worms. To build up
q run down animal, COW, horse. or hog, it
excels everything. Sold by G. J. Wait,
Factory Point,
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1886-07-15

Flies, reaches, ants, bed-bugs, rats,
mice, gophers, chipmunks, cleared out by
Rough on Rats loo.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1886-07-15
STATE NEWS.


The number OF female convicts at Wind
Sor is now only four, since the entrance 81
Mrs Sloan. with sc male prisoners.
Ayers Sarssparilla is the most effective
blood purifier ever devised. 1t 10 recon-
mended by the best physicians.
The French people Of Rutland have pre-.
scented Rev Father Gelot with $3.50 in
gold and two large'iron vases valued d
$50.
Fred Smith Of Reading. aged % years,
was drowned 10 the Connecticut river
near Claremont, N. H., while bathing
Tuesday evening.
Halls Vegetable Sic;lisn Hair Remover
never fails in restoring gray hair to IT.
youthful color. lustre. and vitality. DR..
A. A. Hayes. State Assayer Of Massschus-
etts, indorses 1t, and all who try it testify
10 it's many virtues.
The Bennington Knitting company has
just added the fifth set OF machinery.
With oil running tho daily capacity Of
their mill will be 90. dozen.
JAMES PYLES PEARLINE is con-
sidered the best Washing Compound Of
the day by all who once give it, trial.
II clesnses the most delicate fabric with
out inJnrins it Sold BY al grocers.
Tires men. who were arrested at New
port for gambling on the day Of the races
have been sentenced: One for 300 days
and the Others for sbont los days.
A typographical survey IL being made
OF the recent land purchase Of the New
Workers in Shelburn and South Burlington
BY New York civil engineer and six as
sistAnts.
JOHN II. YATES. Of Batavia, N. Y,
says:
! chserfuliy recommend
Your AROMATIC WINE:
II did new life and vigor ssnd
Through this weak frame Of mine
], aid for Sli my stomach Ills
More than ths doctor and his pills.
Herbert n. ItStsArna. con Of W. N.
Stesrns Of st. Albans vas badly bitten
by horse the other day. The animal
took hold Of the boys arm below the
elbow and bit with such force - 10 break
it,
MIDDLE AGED MEN Who lack vigor
add vitality can be cured BY Gilmores
Aromatic Wine.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1886-07-15

COMMISSIONERS NOTICE.

COMMISSIONERS NOTICE.
~ Estate OF ELISHA r. HAMILTON.
The undersigned. having been appointed b.
the Hon. Probate Court for tho District OF Man.
chester Commissioners, TO receive, examine and
adjust al cl,ims and demands Of all persons
against the estate OF
Elisha Y. Hamilton, late Of sandgate
Ia said District, deceased, and al claims sxhib.
tied In Offset thereto, hereby give notice that
We will meet for the purposes Aforesaid, q the
late dwelling house OF the said deceased,
on the Sd day OF January neat. from . O'Clock,
y. until O'Clock p. r., OF said day, aHd thai
six months from tbs 50 day Of Juiy, A d.
ipation and allowance,
Dated At 8andgsts. this ID day Of 5uls
4. ID. 1886.
w.g. RANDALL. oom.,.
ssw MINER z HURD. ~"
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1886-07-15

Dr. IRA NJ LANa-a prominent physic-
ian in New York. says;--I am greatly
pleased with your Emulsion. Have found
it very seryiceable in above diseases, and
il is easily administered on account OF its
palatableness.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1886-07-15

when Baby w sick, w gave her CastoriA
When she was Child, she cried for CastorA,
When she became Miss she chung TO Castoris,
When she had Children, she gave them Casteria
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1886-07-15

Wells "hough ON Corns'.
Ask for Wells Rough on Corns." l5c.
Complete, permanent cure. Corns, warts
Conions.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1886-07-15
Scott's Emulsion Of Pure

Cod Liver OIL, with Hypophosphites
As Remedy for Pulmonary affections and
Svofulons Diseases.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1886-07-15

Decline Of Man.
Nervous weakness, Dyspepsia, Impo-
ence, Sexual Debility, cured by wells
Health. Remover 81.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1886-07-15
chserfuiiy recommend
Your AROMATIC WINE:
II did new life and vigor ssnd
Through this weak frame OF mine

MIDDLE AGED MEN Who lack vigor
add vitality can be cured BY Gilmore's
Aromatic Wine.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1886-07-15

A reireshins rain Saturday apd Sun
day morning.
Temperature cool. atmosphere clear
and farmers happy.
"A lev Of our farmers have finished
hsying and report fall average crop.
THE remains Of Mrs n. H. Crossmsr.
who died on Monday esenipg last we're
taken 10 Rupert for burial
--Mn John q. Walker has bcen very
III the past week but il nov conyalescing.
DE-. Wood Of South Londonderry aitsnd-
Ing the case.
M J. Hapgocd. Geo. L. Richardson.
M. Spear d GreerGeld and Master Geo.
Simonds Of Hstict. have beea camping :,
BufIan Pond part Of the past week.
MI. Spear occupied The pulpit a tbs
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1886-01-28
GALvEsToN's INCUBUS.

Sundays News gives an account of Il
movement in the Galveston city council
in favor of the city selling out her inter
est in the famous wharf company. The
plan originated with Alderman Weis, Il
leading member of the present city ad-
ministration. 1t is held by those i'll favor
of the movement that the shares owned
by the city and valued at half million
dollars, produce no taxable revenue, but
taken out of the company, would yield a
revenue of $4,000 per annum, which
might be utilized to cancel some of tho
municipal debt. 1t is said the disposal
of the stock was attempted several years
ago, but abandoned as impracticable, Il
vote of four-tifths of the property owners
of the city being necessary TO effect the
that n scheme requiring practically Il
unanimous vote of property is al
most certain to be defeated if interested
parties throw obstacles in the way. If
Alderman Weis' plan could he carried
through, il would certainly be of advan-
| tage to the Island city, otherwise than
financially. Besides adding to the rev.
enues of corporation, like Houston
loaded down with debt, it would relieve
Galveston of much of the prejudice ex-
listing against her by reason of her being
part owner in the wharf company, which,
with the commercial classes of Texas,
has never helped her financially, or any
other way. Indeed, it would be q God
send if Galveston could, in any possible way
not only get rid of the stock in the wharf
company, but entirely squelch tyranni-
cal monopoly which has, for half cen
fury, been an eye-sore to Galveston. and
a grinding incubus TO the commerce of
the state. Like the old man of the sea.
in the story of Sinbad, the sailor, this
graspmg monopoly has fastened itself on
the shoulders alike of the producer and
consumer, of the state of Texas. and clings,
Inc u weight Ol ltHu' hTOuuu lue tlEOul Ol
what should be, and might be, the great
mart and seaport of the commonwealth.
Il the whole thing could be kicked to the
bottom of the gulf, with no possibility of
rising again, the state would be better
Off, and Galveston take a fresh boom
by regaining trade which the wharf com
pany has driven to st. Louis and outside
emporiums, besides standing fairer
chance of procuring national, perchance,
state aid, in securing twenty feet of
water on her bar. But there is little prob
ability of the Island city, at present, free
ing herself from this deadly incubus.
Like Sinbad, she will have to journey on
till, as in the case of the famous sailor, an
accident turns up to get rid of her tor
mentor.