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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-07-09
A SAD LOT.


How the widow Of President Lincoln
Spent the Last Days Of Her Life.
Mrs. Lincoln, the widow of the Presi-
dent, returned from Europe in October,
1880. and went to Springfield. ILL.,.
where she was the guest of her sister,
Mrs. Edwards. During the following
holiday season she shut herself up in
her room. mourning the extravaganza
of the times, and Gliding those about
her who displayed gifts of jewelry and
the like. and there she stayed, like an
veritable silk-worm in its self-woven CO
coon. for many months. What did she
do all that time? Principally she over
hauled her many trunks. complained
that she was very sick. and ate full
meals of substantial food three times q
day. She reconciled i'll health and
hearty eating by insisting to the few
friends whom she admitted that her
malady was peculiar one, compelling
her to consume large quantities of food
She would rise from a repast Of roast
beef, coffee, ETC., and very dcjectedly
inform her attendant, or visitor. that
in all human probability she would not
see the light Of another day. and often,
in literal veriticatiOn of her prophecy,
she would close the windOw-shutters,
increase the opaqueness of the curtains
by pinning up shawls or quilts, and
light plain tallow candle. She reject
ed the use of gas. II asked to specify
where she felt bad in body, she would
reply sometimes: '.I'm on fire, burning
up; just feel Of me, and see how hot |
am" At the same time her
temperature would appear per-
fectly normal for a lady
! above sixty years of age. At other
times she would insist that she was '.be-
ing all hacked to pieces by knives; just
feel that cash in my shoulder; don't
think l can stand such wounding long.
do yOu?" Yet tender and cOmmiserat-
ing friends assured her that there was
no trace of either blood or scar. The
next year her mind wandered so that
her relatives were forced to present her
to the probate court, and to ask an Or
der that she might be committed to a
lunatic asylum. She was attired in
plain mourning black; the full figure Of
her Washington era had dwindled till
she appeared quite slender lady, whose
shrivelled face expressed no concern in
the dOings of the hour. She was gentle
and yielded without Il murmur to the
sad-faced wishes of her son and that
always firm friend of her great husband.
the Hon. Isaac N. Arnold, who appeared
in court as her counsel. She had then
been occupying rooms at a prominent
hotel for some time. and the testimony
before the jury of conspicuous citizens
ran chiefly to her vast accumulation
of unmade dress-gOods within her
rooms. and that she would carry too
much money about the streets upon her
person, even the sum of three thousand
dollars being found loosely pinned
within the folds of her walking dress.
The court awarded restraint that should
be only kind guardianship of her per-
sonal safety and financial interests, and
she was led away amid the tears of
many bystanders. and was made at
home for time at private asylum of
high repute.-Ben. Perlcy P0Ore, tn
Boston Bud0et.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-07-09
WIT AND WISDOM.

Only the lazy hope to attain pros
perity without work and self-denial.
The man who walks over the car
pet in bare feet is liable to painful taxa
tlon.-Tszas Figaro.
Hope without action is a broken
staff We should always hope for things
that are possible and probable.-Jan'es
Ellis.
An unconsciOnable punster says
that the wife of the Japanese Minister
took the cake when she got married.
That is, she took Kuki.
when is . man dead?" asks an
exchange. When he can gaze calmly
for five minutes at a showcase full Of
fishing tackle and not want to HE away
to trout stream.-C Chicago Tribune.
There are lots of people who mix
their religion with business, but forget
to stir it up we'll The business inva-
riably rises to the top as result-Wo-
burn Mass advertiser.
There is something in this little
fellow like" said an appreciative up
town visitor of a young hopeful he was
trotting on his knee. '.Say. now."
said the boy, chow did you know had
swallowed nickel?'-M Y. San.
buy some flowers" said a small
girl ON the avenue to Representative
Hemphill. WELL" replied the pun
ster, blandly, II haven't botany for .
long time, and 1 reckon I'll 60 you for
q small bunch. Washington Critic.
Are you papa's boy9" "Yes.
SIR" '.And are you mammals bOy?'
Eyes. SIR '.But how can you be
papa's boy and mammals boy at the
same timer" After pause: "Can't
nice carriage have two horses?"-Prai-
RE Farmer.
as this fish fresh?'' asked Mrs.
Brown of the dealer. Ives. marm."
was the reply; ''leastwise it ought to be.
1t hasn't been near salt water for .
week. to my knowledge. and Bill Sim
ker had it day or two before / got it."
Mrs. Brown didn't have fish for dinner
that day.-Roston Tra~serip<.
On the wedding journey: He-':My
dear, are you comfortable over there in
the cOrner?" She-''Quite comfortable.
darling" He-''You are quite sure
you are not cold?'' She-'.Not at all"
He-..No draught from the Window"
She-.None. thanks"-He-"Wel.
then l will change seats with you."-
Peck's Sun.
What do you think of the strike
Cadley?" what stwIke, deah boy?''
1.-The street cars, You know" DE
YOU mean those, aw, contwivances that
aw hawled ON two twaeks by hawses
and . lot of fellaws hanging ON Al
ovaw them like, aw, twick monkeysa~
1.-The same" II didn't heah of any
thing stwiking them. Was it q han
som aw q twucks''-N. Y. Indepsnlene
1t was Freddy's first experience
with soda water. Drinking his glass
with undue eagerness. he was aware Of
. tingling sensation in his nOstrils.
'.How do You like it?" inquired hin
mother. who had stood treat. Freddy
thought moment, winking his nose a
he did 50. and then Observed: ut tastca
like your foots was asleep. "-,Nosris1
tQsrn Herald
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-07-09

gE-Anv person who takes tn. paper rey
aiarlv from the OGst-office, whether directe
20 his name or whether he is a subscriber c
not, is responsible for the paw.
The corrts have decided that refusing
take newspapers from the post-Of1ice, CT r.
2nOviug and leaving them urcallcd for.
Drima facie evidence OF INTESTIoNAT FRAT
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-07-09

The object Of those who prov'1s
doves for shooting matches Is to produce
birds which will rise rapidly from the
trap. fly erratically, and make strug-
gle to get cut Of tho bounds, even If hit.
In England the plan used to be to pull
. few feathers out Of the birds tail and
apply tar to the spot or to run apin into
the flesh. The practices were stopped
BY the authorities, and now new meth.
cd is in use. The only water given to the
birds for twelve to twenty-four hours
before the tournament ia salt water.
This almost maddens them, and Wht n
they rise from the trap they fulfill all
requirements.-NY =. Times.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-07-09

Two maple trees constitute quite an
attraction ut Glover, Vt One tree.
about seven inches in diameter. grows
nearly straight; ut the distance Of eleven
feet from this another tree of the same
size has grown in tho form Of an arch.
This second tree unites with tho first six
feet from the ground, forming perfect
trunk. which II NO larger above tho
union than either Of those below-Bos-
ton Herald,
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-07-09

"A lady Of Smethport. Pa, has q
geranlm plant which blooms regularly
every month In the year.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-07-09

The Sussex giant who died suddenly
at Appledore. E..g.. although only thir-
ty-six years Of age, 0ighed 5A6 pounds.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-07-09


arched roof and quivering walls rever-
bcrated the sound and hurled it out over
my body through the louvres into the
night. The tower having neither floors
nor jOists to break the waves, vibrated
and redoubled the din like q sounding
board. Yet while each spring of NY
beam was lifting me inches toward tt 9
descending bell and those awful circuls T
orifces were d zzily swooping over n .
like birds of prey, their mere din was
the least of my troubles. But now the
ringers began to fire the bells, and the
voneys discharged over my head like q
million of anvils rafting to the sledge,
beat into my brain like a fierce, re-
morseless tyranny. They began to ring
what at its third bell noted with pre-
scient and appalling pannge into the pit
OF despair. q triple grsndsire major set
of changes. These things take hours
to execute, and our conceited pedants
of ringers bate not jot Of them. And
how long would my shaken nerves and
tortured muscles hold out?
Minute by minute lay there sicker
and more and more unstrung. In the
voices of the bells and the shrill yelling
of the wind, l heard all the demons of the
pit shrieking in my ear: LET go! let
go! Ceaseless, endless, only more
for its measured variety,
came that series of metallic explosions,
bursting through the whirlpool of ring
ing resonance. the debris of each note
as it died, and knocking, knocking upon
my skull with veritable and agonizing
blows. / felt my reason totter, and to
save myself tried by reflection to win at
least a few moments of respite from
madness. Ishouted with all the force
of my throat, but for all my effort could
hea- not a sound of it. IF can not
hear myself" said l. chow shall they
hear me in the belfry? Yet hear me
they must" and l strained my eyes
through the gloom. Then an cxpedient
occurred to me, and . spark of hope
kindled in my darkness and blazed up
like wisp of straw in wind. Slowly
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-07-09

was clear of the pursuing pendulum Of
Bartlemv's clapper, the way was cut
across by the steady sweep of his neigh
Dor bell, and between that and tho
beam was no hope of a passage for me,
l dropped over the side, and. clinging
with feet and hands to the under
side of the beam. wormed pain
fully along. l felt the blood
buzzing in my head, and my eye
balls swelled almost to bursting; the
muscles stood out upon my legs and
arms like cordage, but I knew that the
time could thus hang must be counted
by moments. crossed one leg over
the stay and gained some rest. though
at every swing the hells edge cut and
cut into the thigh: but taat was no time
to think Of such things, and then in the
moonlight saw one, and one only,
desperate way of escape. If could
throw myself on to the stay in the very
instant when the two bells, that crossed
it Just above me, were swinging away
in opposite directions. then before they
returned might poise myself and leap
ing out into space, clutch my sons bell
rope, end sliding down 30 reach firm
footing below. It was q gamblers last
throw, and the odds were terrible.
From such a feat, requiring the INCEST
balance of eve and limb, the most in
stance obedience of muscle to the will.
the fullest force of the body and coolest
decision of mind. even . gymnast,
trained and untired. might shrink. And
how was /. deafened and dazed. limp
and quivering. nerveless and unstrung.
to make that desperate adventurof And
what was tho penalty Of failuree To
be nipped and ground between tho re-
turning bells and be dropped llfeless
carcass, or leaping, to miss my hold.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1886-08-05
Parker County, Texas,

Mr.. Editor:-I take the liberty
of giving the CITIZEN a few items
L came to Parker county, October
9th, and we haven't had a good
rain since. Crops in this commu
nifty have burned up-wOnt make
the seed that was planted, and it is
even dryer west of here. Cattle
are dying by the hundred, and peo-
pie are moving away every day by
the dozen. The farmers have cut
their corn.
A cyclone passed over this place
recently, but no rain with it. The
lightning struck a man by the
name of Moore and killed him.
Several houses were blown to
pieces. It blew Weatherford, Tex
as away. Texas is a Ane country,
bat like Tennessee the best. A
man cannot live here as well as he
can there. Too much beef and val
Ter corn bread for me. Parker
county will starve a man to death
in twelve months. People here
will try to make you believe that it
is Paradise out west here, just to
get it filed up, but they can't make
me believe it, you bet.
The wells are drying up and
cattle are starving to death by the
thousand for the want of water and
grass. That is SO, certain! 1t is
cloudy to-day and may rain this
evening. They tell me it has rained
in Texas. 1 don't know. 1t may
in time but 1 have never seen it and
have no good proof of it. / have
one little place in my field about as
large as house out of which have
gotten two messes of roasting ears.
Got the last mess to-day for dinner,
so then will have to fall back on
beef and yaller cornbread.
CNupOu
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1886-08-05
GENERAL NEWS.

The democrats carried Alabama
by $4,000 majority.
Franz Llszt, the great pianist and
musical composer, is dead. He was
seventy five years old.
A terrible cyclone swept over the
state of Ohio last Friday. Two
small towns were literally blown
away. Entire families were killed
in an instant. Many lives were lost
and the damage to property will
reach into the thousands.
The house passed bill yesterday
increasing the pensions Of these
who left an arm or q leg on the bat
tlefields of the sonth. The presi-
dent will sign this bill and every
old rebel in the land will say
%'Amen."-C.-J.
Alexander B. Upshaw of Nash
Vile was nominated by the presi-
dent last week to be assistant COM
missioner of Indian affairs. Within
five minutes after the secretary
brought in the nomination it was
confirmed without reference, a very
unusual proceeding, and quite com
plimentary to Mr.. Upshaw.
Will theyP If they do they 10 Re
the north very dearly and care very
little for the south. The war is over
but the struggle for existence is
with US always and the south can
not afford to pen sion the north for
ever and increase the appropriation
every year. 1t would eventually be
an important item of expense if we
know anything about arithmetical
progression. Let Us veRerate the
old heroes more and pay them less.
Mollie Pennington, a young girl
who lives in Lamar county, Ala, is
creating great excitement there.
She claims to have been to heaven
and that she is only sent back to
this world for three years. She
says she is only waiting His com
mand to go out into the world to
heal the sick, TO prophesy and to
preach the word of God. She Is
daily visited by numbers OF people
from surrounding towns who con-
slider her a wonder.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1886-08-05
Brace Up.

You are feeling depressed, your APP
petite is poor, you are bothered with
headache, you are fidgetty, nervous
and generally out of sorts, and want to
brace up. Brace up, but not with slim
ulants, spring medicines, or bitters,
which have for their basis very cheap,
bad whisky, and which stimulate you
for an hour, and then leave you in
worse condition than before. What
you want is an alternative that will pu-
rify your blood, start healthy action Of
Liver and Kidneys, restore your vitali-
ty, and give renewed health and
strength. Such q medicine you will
find in Electric Bitters and only 90
cents bottle at ii, NJ. Grigsby's Drug
Store.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1886-08-05
Syrup OfFfgs,

Manufactured only by the California
Fig Syrup Co., San Francisco, Cal, is
Natures Own True Laxative. This
pleasant California liquid fruit remedy
may be had of Fl. NJ. Grigsby. Large
bottles at fifty cents or enc dollar. 1t
is the most pleasant, prompt and effec-
tive remedy known to cleanse the sys-
TEN to act on the Liver, Kidneys and
Bowels gently yet thoroughly; to dis
pei Headaches, Colds and Fever; to
cure Constipation, Indigestion and kim
dred ills. 4-20-1y
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1886-08-05
Cures for Piles.

Piles are frequently preceded by a
sense of weight in the back, loins and
lower part OF the abdomen, causing the
patient to suppose he has some:affection
of the kidneys or neighboring organs.
At times, symptoms of Indigestion are
present, flatulency, uneasiness of the
stomach, etc. A moisture like perspi-
ration, producing very disagreed BILE
itching after getting warm is COM
mon attendant. Blind, bleeding and
itching piles yield at ence 20 the appli-
cation OF DR.. Bosanko's Pile Remedy.
which acts directly upon the parts at
fected, absorbing the Tumors, alIayinp
the intense itching and effecting a per-
manent cure. Price so cents. Address
he DR.. Bos anko Medicine Co., Piqua
Sold by II. N. Grigsby. f4-6m
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1886-08-05
The Congressional Craftsmanship Trouble

The Congressional Craftsmanship Trouble
Inasmuch as both the state anC
the congressional conventions mr..
close at hand, at each of which new
executive committees will be cho
sen to serve for the next two years
1t behooves the democracy of thi.
congressional district TO consider
and to settle a question that has
come near causing trouble in the
past and that may cause trouble in
the future.
Every democrat who attended
the Franklin congressional conven
tion of 1884 rememb ers the Mckay
--Pearcy embroglio as to who was
chairman of our 7th congressional
district executive committee and as
such entitled to call that conven-
ton to order. This trouble was fin
ally amicably arranged. Mr.. Pear
cy called the meeting to order and
made a short statement of the
trouble, its origin and adjustment
and Mr.. Mckay was elected tempo.
rary chairman. Mr.. Mckay who is
the member on the state committee
from this congressional district has
continued to act as chairman of the
congressional committee, ex-ofIicio
under the following state OF affairs:
1t will be remembered that the
state convention which sat 10 july
1884, arrOgated to itself to say that
its member from each congressional
district should be ex oificio chair
man of that congressional district
executive committee and under
this clalm Mr.. Mckay has acted
Such a claim on the part of the
state convention was unheard of
and arrogant because the respec-
tive congressional committees, com
posed of one member from each
county in the district have had
the right to choose their own chair
man from among their own number
free from any dictauon of The state
convention.
That the Franklin congressional
convention Of August, 1884, Thought
the action of the state convention
arrogant in prescribing to US our
congressional chairman was clearly
shown by the adoption of rcsolu-
luton, introduced as soon as The
hOdy organized, by the Hon. Il. W.
Ewing, which declared that We rec
ognized Mr.. Mckay as our congress
sional committee chairman simply
as a matter not of right, but of
courtesy, and which expressly re-
pudiated the claim of the state con
Vention to any right choose for US
our congressional committee off .er.
As this matter will very probably
come up for discussion ut both the
state and the congressional conven.
tons 1T would be well for our dem
ocracy to remember the stand Ia
ken at Franklin and to act in such
a manner as will effectively check
any such proceeding on the part of
the state conventions in the future
Both the state convention. and the
congressional convention are indie.
pendent and sovereign, and one has
no right to dictate to the other.
sac
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1886-08-05
In Chancery at Pulaski
AUGUST RULES, 1886.

AUGUST RULES, 1886.
Martha S. E. Gibbons VS.. William b. Glib
bons.
TN this cause it appearing to the satisfse-
L ton of the Clerk and Master from an atfi-
davit TO the bill that the defendant, William
Fl. Gibbnos is a non resident of the state o,
Tenn essee, SO that the ordinary process OF
this court cannot be served on him.
On motion it is therefore ordered that pub
LEGATION be made for four weeks ia success
sion in the Pulaski Citizen, newspaper
published in tho town of Pulaski, in said
state, requiring the SAID defendant to De ano
appear on the first day of the next term OF
the chsncery court to be held for the county
of Giles, at the court house in Pulaski, on
the first onday in August, next, and an
swer compliments bill or the same will be
saken for confessed as to him and set ioT
s-5-9t J.B. STACY c. & NJ.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1886-08-05

Sick headache is the bane of many
lives; this annoying complaint may be
cured and prevented by the occasional
use of DR.. j. II. McLean's Little Liver
and Kidney Pillets. They are pleas
ant to take, no larger than pin head,
and are the ladies' faverite for bilious
ness, bad taste in the mouth, jaundice,
for leucorrhea and painful medstrua-
tion- % cents vial, at Pope & Cor.
don's- july1-3m
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1886-08-05
lis Bones PrOtubed Through
His Flesh.

A prominent Alabama physician said
ga patient who was almost dying from
the effects OF Tertiary Syphilis and who
had been treated by several noted ply
sicians without benefit used one dozen
bottles of B. b. b. and was entirely
cured. He had ulcurs on his arms and
the bones protruded through the flesh
and skin at the elbow, and death seemed
inevitable"
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1886-08-05
Most ExcaiIant.

J.J. Atkins, chief OF Police, Knox
vile, Tenn, writes: "My family and
L are beneficiaries of your most excel
lent medicine, DR.. Kings New Discov-
cry for consumption having found it to
be all that you claim for it, desire to
testify to its virtue. My friends to
%nom a! nave nnn [ecOm%e9deo ~, praise It
New Discovery for consumption is
guaranteed to cure Coughs, Colds,
Bronchitis, Asthma, Group and every
affection of throat, chest and lungs.
Trial Bottles Free at H NJ. Grigsby's
Drug Store. Large SIZE 81.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1886-08-05
The Verdict Unanimous,

w. D, Suit, Druggist, Bippus, Ind,
testines: 81 can recommend Electric
Bittsrs as the very best remedy. Every
bottle sold has given relief in every
case. One man took six bottles and
was cured of rheumatism of 10 years
standing" Abraham Hare, druggist,
Bellville. Ohio, afflrms: The best sell
ing medicine / have ever handled in
my 20 years. experience, is Electric
Bitters. Thousands of others have adj
ded their testimony, so that the YER
dict is unanimous that Electric Bitter
do cure all diseases OF the Liver, Kid
neys or Blood. Only half: dsllar
bottle at H. M. Grigsby's Drug Store.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1886-08-05
A Strange Verdict.

DENVER, COL, Aug. In the
district court yesterday afternoon
Frank Mason, charged with murder,
was acquitted. According to the
evidence the murdered man applied
approbious epithets to Mason. The
Jury in its verdict declared that any
one who called another man such
names deserved killing.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1886-08-05

= Rem Jones was a capital fellow,
1211t he was so confoundedly sallOwI
That his friends all forsook him.
Fen his sweet heart she shook him,
Which made poor Ben loudly below.
Now Ben had a friend named McS9qeenS
Who told him to take SMITHS BILE
BEANS,
And now he's as rosy, as any pink poseY
And has married a woman OF means.
. Bile Beans will clear the complexion
and sWeeten the breath. 25 c.per bottle