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Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1886-09-18
dences convinced me that we were putting

dences convinced me that we were putting
out to sea.
Once more I raised my voice in loud cries.
1t had been terrible before, when I knew
exactly where I was, and when I could at
least feel that we were lying at anchor in an
English bay. But now, when I found that
we were steaming away across the waves, in
a direction which I was absolutely unable to
determine, bound, it might be, for some port
where civilized laws had no effect, and when
I remembered, too, that I was absolutely in
the power Of a ruffian whom I believed to
be capable Of any crime, fresh terrors
seized upon my Imagination. I exhausted
myself utterly in vain attempts to attract
the attention of the crew.
Soon, indeed, l realized the fact that if
had not been able to make them hear before,
there was o the faintest chance of my
doing so now. The yacht had passed beyond
the shelter of the Castle cliff and was breast
ing the waves, which ever and anon broke
upon its quivering sides with a roar that
must have drowned all other sounds. The
motion of the vessel increased so much that
if I bad not been an exceptionally good
sailor should soon have been placed hors de
combat; and my past experience of the sea
enabled me even in my gloomy prison house
to perceive that we were laboring through a
heavy gale from the nor'west.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-12-17
A SAFETY LAMP.

An Invention of a Ercnchman Which Has
Achieved the Impossible.
The unsuitableness of the Davy safety
lamp tor mines has become notorious.
and French inventor has supplied
''perfidious Albion" with light on the
subject. Now another French inventor
has produced lamp with which one
may almost play ball. and yet escape
alive. 1t is called the clamp etoile, -
and an artist by the name of Darte is
the deviser. He once had his studio
burned down by the upsetting of Pc
troleum lamp, and so set to work to
prevent such accidents for the future.
The great feature of this lamp is that
the burning wick is not the same wick
which dips into the oil reservoir. To
this it owes its almost absolute safety.
There are two wicks, one which carries
up the oil, and another pressed closely
in contact with part of its surface, which
supplies the flame by an ingen Gus sys-
tenn of air passages. The inflammable
gas, if any, which forms on the surface
of the oil, is carried into the open air,
and has no chance ofreaching the flame
except through the top of the lampglass.
BY this time. however, it would be so
attenuated that it would cease to be dam
gerous. The inventor knocked one down
before the eyes of the correspond
ent and the fame was Immediately ex-
tinguished. 1t actually looks as though
NJ. Darte has got around the incendiary
cook from the Emerald Isle with that
last device, so if families who object to
being roasted in their beds for their own
breakfast will purchase these lamps and
lock up the oil can Biddy may at Least
be induced to light her fire in q legiti
mate way. The impossible has been
achieved Nescs.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-12-17
JEALOUS COMPOSERS.
Cause of the Ill Feeling Which Existc
between BerliOz and Wagner.

Cause of the Ill Feeling Which Existed
between Berliox and Wagner.
Hector Berlioz, whose statue has late
~ been inaugurated in Paris, had vio-
lent hatred of Wagner. 1t arose out OF
simple jealousy. One day Berlioz went
to the reception at the Tu.lere, and had
the honor of chat with the Emperor,
who inquired about his opera Lies
Troyens," adding that he should like
to have look at it. Berlioz transport
ed with JOY. resolved to demand an au.
dience of his imperial Majesty, and
looked forward to the speedy produc-
ton of his work at the Opera. But days
and weeks passed by, and no news
came. Suddenly one morning he was
startled by the announcement that, in
pursuance of imperial orders, the
'.Tannhauser' of Wagner was to be
Immediately brought out at the
Opera. Berlioz flew into passion,
and from that moment spent all his
bile on Wagner. He attacked him right
and left on every occasion. Wagner. y
he wrote to friend, sis evidently mad;
he is sure to die in an asylum" To an
other person he wrote: 'Iwill not write
any criticism on .Tannhauser;;' l shall
protest by my silence" He was then
musical critic of the Dcbats. In another
letter he said: 1.-The public laughed out
right at the bad style and burlesque or
chestration of Wagner" When ''Tann-
hauser" fail he exclaimed: THANK
God. | am richly ayenpedt' At LENGTH
Lies Troyens' was produced at the
LyriGue and turned out a fiasco. 1t was
the deathb!ow to BerliOz. Wagner in
his turn was richly avenged. Pal
Mall Gazette
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-12-17
JuocLERs OF WORDS.


rhs Weak-Minded and sickening COncslt
or Many Literary Mon.
Literary men. dare say, have their
merits. should be very sorry to deny
all merit to any class of my fellow
creatures; but literary men have also
their faults, whereof (since life is short.
however tedious art may be) will only
mention one-viz: their intolerable and
aggressive self-conceit. Here is some
wretched little knock kneed. weak
chested fellow, whose back is bowed
and whose eyes are practically blind.
who can do nothing in this world but
write, and can't do that if = child cries
in the next street or an organ grinds
in the next parish; yet he gives
himself the airs of . commander-in-
chief at the very least If you ask him
to dinner you and all your guests must
sit mum while he relates some inter-
minable anecdote, or fires of Gf they
will 90 off, but they often miss) the ter
rible ..impromptus" which he has spent
the whole afternoon constructing over
his study table. He has done nothing
in his life worth doing; he knows moth
ing in this world really worth knowing;
he has no science or skill or art. under
heaven. except the art of stringing
words together, and he can't even do
that at all decentlv unless he is given
plenty of time. Yet on the strength of
having written half dozen morbid
and unnatural stories, or some
poems that nobody can read without
going to sleep. or having put to-
gether bundle of ill-na.rred criticisms
or edited some wrong-headed news
paper or magazine, he spreads his
wretched little jackdaw tail with all the
arrogance of a genuine peacock. To
hear him talk you would imagine that
if he did not actually make the world,
vet he is quite equal to taking it to
pieces and putting it together again.
remember picture in an old number OF
Punch in which the belle of the evening
is represented rs surrounded by crowd
of these notwithstanding young geni-
uses" as they are denominated. In the
corner are two human beings, and one
of them says to the other: Rather a
scrubby, grubby lot, the rising young
geniuses. eh?" Well, l must confess
that a good many of the eminent liter
ary men of my acquaintance seem to
me to answer to these adjcctives ''scrub-
by" and "grubhy." should not like
to be brought into terms of very familiar
intercourse with them. l should not
care to go long voyage with them or
spend wet day with them in country
house. Punch.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-12-17
SURFAClNG ROADS.

Burnt Clay one of the Host Excellent
Methods for This Purpose.
1t is not generally known that crude
clay-the purer the clay the better
when burned forms an excellent mate
rial for metaling or surfacing roads
where broken stone may not be had.
Yet such is the fact. 1t has long been
so used in England. In the West this
material is coming into rather extensive
use for metaling railway beds. The
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy, Han
nibal and St. Joseph, Chicago, st. Paul
Minneapolis and Omaha, and the Union
Pacific railways are using burned clay
successfully on such portions of these
roads where better material may not be
had. 1t is not SO good as stone or
gravel, but is the next best medium.
Road Overseers may make note of this,
and it would be well to experiment
Herewith in all that portion of the prai-
rie region where clay and coal are cheap
and stone scarce.
1t may be prepared for about eighty
cents per cubic yard. and the success
this metaling has met for many years in
Great Britain places it entirely beyond
experiment. Burned, it is entirely free
from any tendency to become sticky and
pasty under travel. and upon the recur-
renee of dry weather the surface of the
road is said again to become firm. The
manner of preparing clay for use is de-
scribed by the Rajiroad Gazette as fol
lows:
To prepare the ballast, the soil is
stripped for a length of 800 to 1,OOO
feet-whatever length of train for load
ing is desired-and fire started with
kindling. On this mixture of slack
and pea coal is spr;n kled. then thin
layer of clay two to three inches thick.
then another good spr mixing of coal,
then more clay. and SO on indefinitely,
in the proportion of about one ton Of
coal to eight cubic yards of ballast.
When fully burned the pile is about
eight feet high and twenty to thirty
feet wide. and from four to five months
are consumed in burning it, a small
gang of men being on hand constantly
to feed the pile. One gang will ordi-
narily burn from q, 600 to $1,000 cubic
yards at once, and its cost at the cars in
the pits is about eighty cents per cubic
yard. After the first rain the ballast is
not dusty and it does not crumble.-
Chicago Tribune.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-12-17
SETTLED.

Harry once had an ardent affection
For two lovely giris-but confessed
He was puzzled - make selection,
Since each in her turn seemed the best.
He constantly tortured his mind to
Determine the endless debate:
Sometimes II was Maud he inclined to-
Sometimes IL was Kate.
II Maud had face like fairy.
Yet Kate had a form like queen;
As Maud was vivaci0us and airy,
So Kate was sedate and serene:
While wears passed with Maud as his wifi
would
Bring happiness nothing might safe,
An equally rapturous life would
De given by Kate.
And long he remained undecided
Which one he preferred OF the two;
Between such attractions divided,
What was the poor fellow to dor
The doubts in anxiety kept him
Until he attempted his fate.
To find-that Maud wouldn't accept Inn,
And neither would Kate,
-M1nlsy II. Plcc In Life.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-12-17
Why He Was in a Hurry.

They had the pavement on Park
street torn up from curb to curb the
other day when a potato peddler's horse
and wagon came rushing along. The
repairers shouted to the driver to stop,
but he would not, and horse and wagon
were rushed over the loose blocks and
through the ditch to the solid road
beyond. .
:.You must be in an awful hurry"
remarked one of the PAYERS to the ped
der as he was gathering for fresh
start.
sYou bet ann
''Any thing special?"
''Well, / sold a woman back here
three pecks of potatoes for bushel.
and if there's any git in this boss the
next ten minutes is the time to show
it!'-Detr0H Free Press.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-12-17
VERY CONSIDERATE.
A Suicide Who Respected the Property of
His Friend and Partner.

A Suicide Who Respected the Property of
His Friend and Partner.
If Colonel Bluford is more precise
about one thing than another, it is his
razor. He is so particular about it that
he has almost come to the conclusion
not to allow himself even to use it on
his own chin on Sundays. Bluford
went off fishing a few weeks ago. and
while he was gone, his partner, who
was also his roommate, committed sui
eide. The Colonel was asked by tele-
graph to return. He came back as fast
as he could. Meeting friend at the
depot. he asked in voice husky with
emotion:
us it fact that my partner has conn
mitted suicide?"
'.Yes; he was buried this morning."
The blanched face of Bluford be-
came paler than ever, and his voice
sounded unnatural as he whispered
hoarsely:
'.How did he do it?''
"Morphine."
Thank Heaven!" cried Bluford, fer
vently. ..my razor is safe; but l might
have known it would be, for George was
one of the most considerable of men. l
shall always revere his memory. y
TerGs SJtinJs.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-12-17
RELIGIOUS AND EDUCATIONAL.

-Lehigh University has Mustard
and Cbecse Dramatic Club. "-Phil0-
delphia Press.
"A sailors chapel 10 to be built in
New York by money left by w. H. Van
derbilt for that purpose.
Herr Heider. noted tailor Of Ber-
lin. who died recently. left $1,000 marks
to the Catholic Church.
The Presbytery of Boston now COM
pr;scs twenty-seven churches and forty
five ministers. Journal.
Two teachers at Ratibon, Germany,
were fined one hundred marks each for
tea ching Polish chants to the children
under their charge.
The Young Men s Christian Associa-
ton of Charleston. S. c., has lately es-
tablished several free night schools in
various parts of the city.
The number of deadly sins has been
reduced to five by preacher of Liver.
pool, Eng, and this is his new catalo-
que. Theater-going. card-playing,
novelreading. dancing, drinking.
The Canadian Booksellers Asso-
citation has, by q vote, requested all
city governments of Canada to prohibit
the sale of American Sunday papers on
account of their pernieious influence.
Hon. George A. Pillsbury. one Of
the flour manufacturers of Minneap-
oils, and an ex-mayor of Concord. N.
H., has built dormitory to be known
as Pillsbury Hall. at Owatonna, Mimi,
and given it to the Baptist school at that
place.
Ground has been broken for new
building for the Carleton College OBJ
servatory at Mortified. MINI. 1t is to
be 100 by 80 feet in dimensions, and be
thoroughly fitted for astronomical pur.
poses, as to library class rooms and APP
paratus.
The first Provincial Council of the
Romish Church which ha, been held in
Scotland since the Reformation met re-
Gently in the Benedictine Monastry. Fort
Augustus. A code of canons or rules
for the better organization and govern
men, of their church in Scotland has
been adjusted.
AT the recent meeting of the OLD
Catholics at Vienna. Prof. Logger pro-
posed the immediate introduction of the
Bible in all Old Catholic families, and
expressed the hope that the British and
Foreign Bible Society would aid them so
that every school-child might have
copy Of the Book Of books.
"A Bible in State Schools League has
been formed in Australia to secure the
daily reading and study of the Word Of
God, which Is strongly desired by par
ents there. Public opinion is resisting
the prescn. "evil policy" as q leading
newspaper styles it, (which is rearing
generation of practical pagans in a
professedly Christian land"
Gratifying evidence of the advance
ment of woman in England appears in
the statement that of about one thou
sand students from the Liverpool region,
examined in science and art at
South Kensington, more than two hum
dred were women. Two young girls
passed in magnetism and electricity,
twelve in inorganic chemistry. and two
in agriculture. One woman who passed
the elementary examination last year
in machine construction and drawing
was again successful in more advanced
stage of the same subject.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-12-17
WINTER FANCY WORK.
How Ladies' With Plenty of Leisure Time
Employ the Idle Hours.

How Ladies' With Plenty of Leisure Time
Employ the Idle Hours.
As foundation for fashionable fancy
embroidery unbleached sheeting OF
muslin and flannel are used quite as
often as the expensive satin. velvet
and plush. Velveteen and diagonal
serge come in for good share of popu-
larlty.
A handsome table cover consists of a
square center of buscuit-colored Roman
dapered sheeting with a deep border
of white satin. edged with biscuit
colored fringe, and painted with pea
cock feathers at each corner and sprays
of elematis and passion flower at each
side.
Foreign ladies who have plenty Of
leisure, find amusement in embroider-
ing coarse sacking cloth for the walls
and door curtains of their bOudOirs.
The wall panels can be easily removed
when changing house, and thus in the
end are cheaper than paper. No lady
of fashion in Paris would ever dream OF
having the walls of her bed room and
sitting room papered These, her espe-
cial home living apartments, are hung
with silk or satin and even with velvet.
The most simple are hung with Gre
tonne. These hangings are fixed top
and bottom to three brass rods, which
with the hangings may be removed
from house to house.
Easily made and very prettyis hand
screen of palm-leaf fan cnt in oak-leat
shape and bound with embroidered rib
bon. edged with gold beads. A center
piece Of the leaf-shaped old gold
plush is ornamented with an autumn
leaf in various colors, in silk-embroider-
ed applique. The cooled handle is tied
with silken cord and plush tassels finish
the screen.
Decorative chair backs are made Of
Madras muslin, with the pattern out
lined in gold. Strips of muslin, border
ed with lace, have often a band of gold
embroidery across one end. The thin
curtain silk in delicate maize and pink
shades is a good ground work for an
outlined design on gold. Another easy
way is to lay q cheap light pattern lace
acfoss the end and outline it with gold.
For serviceable wear chair backs are
made of coarse brown linen. embroider-
ed in red. blue and gold wooden zephyrA
PHILADELPHIA Times.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-12-17
GOOD FARMING.


Reforms In the Dairy and Other DEPART
ments Of the Farm.
According to the profession we err in
the following particulars: We take
three acres on which to keep q COW.
We feed to waste for want of accurate
knowledge of the best methods of max
ing and preparing foods. We can not
absolutely trust our men to carry out in
its entirety q careful system of feeding
and managemcnt-they frequently
smoke in the cow-house and invariably
dip their fingers in the milk. We do
not fully understand the management
of milk and the science of making and
preserving butter and cheese and other
edibles prepared from milk. Many Of
our diaries average not more than 500
gallons of milk in o year, although We
have cattle in the country able to yield
LOCO gallons. We are seldom able to
obtain much more than $50 pounds of
butter in q year, although we have cows
in the country able to yield 800 pounds.
We consider 500 pounds of cheese a
good average. although we have cows
which will produce 1000 pounds. In
all these points we have to improve,
and have yet to discover. among other
things. why two animals fed on the
same rations and kept under similar
circumstances differ in their yields OF
milk. Referring to extra uses of skim
milk. Prof. Long has made novel sug-
gestiOn, which is worthy of consider
alton by those concerned. It's in refer
ence to the use of skim milk instead of
water in the making of bread. Exper-
iments have been made with this object
in view, and it has been found that a
four-pound loaf would require little
more than pint of milk, most of which
would be evaporated in the process OF
baking, but it would add to the bread
two and a half ounces ut least of the
ilesh-forming foNd which the milk con-
tains, thus materially improving its
feeding value; and what, perhaps, is OF
more Importance to the pnblic. it adds
to its tastiness, and it is the generally
agreeable quality which. as bakers have
admitted. would enhance its appreci-
alton by the pubic at large. A cent a
loaf extra would enable the farmer to
receive eight cents gallon for his
milk. This is question which refers
rot so much to the poorer as TO the bet
ter classes; they would no doubt duly
appreciate. and gladly buy, an improved
article of this kind if the bakers would
take it in hand. Philadelphia Record.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-12-17
WIT AND WISDOM

1T is the struggle and not the attain
ment that measures character.
-Teacher-Hans, name three beasts
of prey. Hans-Two lions and a tiger.
Never buy any thing you don't
need because it's cheap. This includes
beer.-Pnck.
There is q report around, Jinks.
that you have inherited landed es-
tate.'' ut is groundless, my dear fell
low"
The easiest and best way to expand
the chest is to have a good large heart
in it. 1t saves the cost OF gymnastics
Chicago StandQrd
If you would be pungent. be brief,
for it is with words as with sunbeams,
the more they are condensed the deep
er they burn.-Albany Journal.
-"Patrick, you told me you needed
the alcohol to clean the mirror with.
and here l find you drinking it."
Faith, mum, it's a drinkin' it and
brathing on the glass Dim doin. y
Life.
-"How long since your father has
given you a good licking, sonny?" He
never DID," '.Look out. youngster! You
know where liars go to?" Il amt ly-
ing. ,IIe never gave me good lickin.;
but I've had plenty of t'Other kind. -
Ha,per's Bazar.
-Paterfamilias 1t is remarkable
what a large number of doctors claim
that diseases are transferred by kissing,
and Miss Ethel-What kind of doc
tors, pa? "Why. the aliopathic doc
tors ..But, pa. you know we're
homeopathic Chicago Tribune.
"A little girl who is just at the age
when her table manners are beginning
to be looked after, called out at supper
recently: ''Give me some cake. ;" '.How
do you ask?" said mamma, corrective
~. please give me some cake" re-
turned the little miss, and added, I'M
abashed: II don't forget, was saving
it up.''-Prairie Farmer.
"A barrister. noticing that the court
bad gone to sleep, stopped short IN the
middle of his speech. The sudden ST.
lence awoke the judges, and the lawyer
grdFcly IcSulucO. nS ACAAoa A0A %
terday, my lords" - The puzzled
Judges stared, as though they half be-
iieved they had been asleep since the
previous day.
Dom Pedro's venerable aunt, the
esteemed and beautiful Princess Isabella
Maria Conception Jane Charlotte Gaul
berta Anna Francis of Assist Xaviers
Paula d'Alcantera y Antoinetta Rapha-
Ella Michaela Gabrielle Joachina Gonza-
ga-eh?-where were we?-w what was
It? = oh, yes, is dead Washington
Post.
Mamma, said St Paul urchin.
II think all little children should be very
happy tonight" '.Yes. dear, of course.
but they should be all the time" '.But
tonight especially, mamma" "Why.
darlinee'' because heard papa read
from the newspaper that big Single
mill had burned down in Wisconsin. -
st. Paul Globe.
He had left his saddle with Bar
Harbor saddler to be repaired. and the
saddler sent his man with it, when the
lob was completed. to Mr.. Padelfords
cottage. els Mr.. Roddleford in? asked
the fellow of the gentleman's valet ac-
centing the first syllable. '.A1r. Padel-
ford is at home" retaEne1 - man.
emphasizing the accent q ~ second
SYLLABLE. .:Well. then, adaA - sad
dler's apprentice. will yo9 IN Mr.
Padelford that have . sa15t1 laeo tOe
him?'-Tocn Topics
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-12-17
Perils Of an Ocean Trip.

81 hope and pray" remarked gen.
tleman as he left the steamer, 'that I
shall never have occasion to cross the
Atlantic again."
though passage. eh?" queried a
friend.
':Rough is no name for it. had four
kings beat three times. IN o. States.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-12-17
1t would seem that with age poo,

1t would seem that with age people
outgrow the tendency to commit crime.
Mr.. z. r Brockaway. in the Forum,
points out that of fifteen thousand pris-
oners in New York State ten thousand
of them are not more than thirty years
of age. while probably eight thousand
are under twenty-five years.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-12-17

a ANY person who takes the paper reg.
ularly from the post-Ofiice, whether directed
to his name or whether he is q subscriber or
not, is responsible for thu pay.
The courts have decided that refusing to
take newspapers from the post-ofiice, or re.
moving and leaving them uncaled for. is
prima facie evidence of INTENTIONAL FRAUD.