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TOPICS.
Sheridan is soon to have a newspaper.
So much wheat land lies near Buffalo,
the Echo wants a mill.

Sheridan is soon to have a newspaper.
So much wheat land lies near Buffalo,
that the Echo wants a mill.
This has been a great year for water
melons in johnson county.
The Echo reports cattle shipments from
johnson county at the rate of SO. 900 a
week.
William Savage, an old timer of Raw
Inns, has fallen heir to a considerable es-
tate in Engand.
Rawhide expects soon to have a smelter.
Register Priest, of the Evanston land
Office, has given up his place to his sue
cessor, Edwin d. Steele.
The big OK exhibited at tho territorial
fair by Thomas Alsop. of Albany county,
was killed by accident while on its way to
a stock farm in Nebraska to be fattened.
Frank Howard, under indictment for
murder in the first degree in the killing OF
Charley Williams, over a year ago, es-
capped from the Lander iaI on Tuesday
last. during the absence of both sheriff
and deputy. soon after they had left for a
lodge meeting.
A party of Sioux and Cheyenne lndi-
ans have been hunting On and around the
head of Lance creek. Their manner of
taking game is for q large number to
: round up" an extensive scope of coun
try. driving the deer and antelope toward
the center, and when they have them
coopcd to shoot them down. In this
manner they have succeeded in killing
500 head of deer in the locality named,
and crippled unknown numbers. -Lnisk
Herald.
, 1886-10-05

CITY OF MEXICO. OFT. A curious
phenomenon has occurred at Chimapla in
the state of Mexico. Within a few days
past tremendous s%ubterranean reports were
heard, though at the time the %meteorolog
ical conditions we're perfect. There was
no unusual aspect of the sky nor the
slightest rain. The people Of the town
were filed with alarm, and an investiga-
ton was made by which it was discovered
that a high hill in the vicinity had been
completely divided into two parts by some
powerful force.
At a largely attended bull fight which
took place near here yesterday six bulls
and six horses were killed. Two picadors
were gored, bnt not fatally. Crowded
wagons went to the scene OF the fight,
which was outside of the federal district,
where such spectacles are forbidden.
, 1886-10-05
IN A QUANDARy.
The Color Line Question and the
Knights of Labor.
An Important Decision on the
Store Order System.
Peculiar Antics of a Mountain
in Mexico.
The Black Knight.

RICHMOND, Oct. The race issue
raised when the colored delegate Terrell
Was refused admittance to a hotel, and his
white brother delegate of district 40, New
York, refused to go there without him,
has appeaied in another shape. The
knights of Labor of Richmond, arr anged
for a parade, tournament and ball next
Monday, in honor Of visiting knights, and
n committee Of arrangements appointed,
when fhe Terrell question again arose.
and it became a problem how the ball
could be given without it appearing anew,
and In a more vexatious shape. 1t is con
trary to local customs and prejudices to
have whites and blacks at a ball together.
If at a Knight OF Labor ball both be adj
mitted to the same hall, many white
knights here would refuse to attend. II
in halls separate, the visiting knights, es-
pecially after Powderly's redeclaration of
the principles OF the equality of the two
races to-day, might refuse invitations.
Another complication sprang from the
fact that William H Mullen, the master
workman OF the Richmond district, is a
candidate for congress, and his influence
is strong with the committee. If it is de-
cided to admit whites and negroes to the
same hall, many of his white supporters
would abandon him The committee on
arrangements held a meeting this evening,
and at at an early hour this morning I'D
not decided what to do. Pending the
settlement ofthe question, efforts are being
made to keep secret from visiting knights
the fact of its existeece. 1t is thought
possible hat 1t may result in leaving the
ball out of the programme Of the days
entertainment.
, 1886-10-05

New York. Oct. 4.-On Friday last
Col. w. Fl. Debevoise, late chief stamp
clerk in the Brooklyn post office died sud
denly. 1t was rumured to day thar there
was a defalcation in his department in the
Office traceable to the time when he was
chief clerk, and that he had committed
suicide. The coroner held an inquest
over the remains today and the verdict
was that he had died of cerebral apoplexy,
presumably superinduced or fastened by
anxiety. All officials in a position to
know about the matter, are very r~eticent.
This much. however, has been cleaned:
Three packages of stamps containing
$4,000 stamps each, which were turned
over to the postmaster as two cent stamps
have been discovered to be ones instead,
making a shortage of 81, 800; that there
had been erasures and changes in the
books; that Col. Debevoise had been
called on by post office inspectors to ex-
plain the matter; that he saio that there
had been two Deficiencies in the accounts
of the Office, one for $1,000 and one for
: LBS, which had been recti6ed, the
money having been put up. There were
various other rumors, but none OF them
could be traced to any reliable source.
, 1886-10-05

Aot& 1ho wv
New York, with its busy, restless,
gain-getting. abnormally active and ever
roaring human tide; New York, with it's
self-satisfied air. its vanity. its provin-
cialism in a metropolis; New York, with
its almost universal gamblers passion
is unique. There is, indeed, but n
New York. To the stranger she presents
not much that attracts after the novelty
of her singular character is worn a little;
but once get into her confidence and she
gives of her hospitality with warm heart
and bounteous hand. She fetches forth
from the cob-webbed corners of her cell
lars her most cherished bottle and bids
you drink and make merry; she hands
you solid chunks of her creamiest and
oldest cheese, by which she sets much
store; she strengthens and tones your
fainting stomach with many clans; she
eau-de colognes your matutinal throb-
bling brow; she s~urrenders to you her box
at the play; she gives you inspiring spins
out ION the road" she invites you to her
steeplechase, and mourns with you over
the ~degeneracy of "the times that for
bid you to back your opinions with your
money in re the winning horse. In
short, with all her foibles. New York is
lovable, h~ospitable and generous. Her
house, and all it holds, is not too good
for her guest. but she insists on knowing
who is her guest Cor. Detroit Free
Press
, 1886-10-05

MINNEApoLIs, Oct. 4.-The directors
of the North American Telegraph com
pany met here to day. j. W. Mackay,
the bonanza king, was present. The fur
Their extension of the North American
lines was considered. No arrangement
as to details were definitely made, but it
was decided that very important extern
SONS should be made in lines in the near
future. Mr.. Mackay said the business
public was handsomely sustaining his
system of lines, especially commercial
cable parties. Mackay started tonight
for Portland. Ore.
, 1886-10-05
Revolution IN Enyelones

WASHINGTON, Oct. 4.-The new letter
sheet envelope has met with such favor at
twenty-seven post offices at which they
we're placed on sale, and the post Office
department has been so im%portuned by
other Offices which did not have them.
that it has been decided to extend them 10
the greater number of other large offices
throughout the country. Under existing
arrangements it will never be possible to
extend their sale to all offices, nor to small
fourth class places, because it would entail
too much trouble in keeping an extra set
OF books, which would be necessary, while
the company supplying the sheets under
takes all risks of transportation
, 1886-10-05
Pennsylyania's Sturdy Governor.

PITTsBURG, Oct. 4.-George A. jerks,
assistant United States attorney general,
was in the city to day, en- route to his
home in Jefferson county. In an inter
view, relative to Governor pattison's let
ter to Attorney General Cassidy regarding
the alleged lawlNsness of railroad corpora
tons in entering into combinations detri-
mental TO the public interests, Mr. jerks
said; II think Governor Pattison is
right. There is a constitutional law to
remedy the evils he sets forth. 1t may
take some time to bring about the change,
hut Governor Pattison is pursuing the
right course, and it mus come. have
no hesitation in saying that the railroad
companies, if they are doing what the
governor says in his letter to Cassidy, they
are acting in violation of the law
, 1886-10-05
A Good Showing.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 4.-The treasury
department has published a statement
showing the population, net revenue and
net expenditures Of the government for
the last fiscal year, with per capita of rev.
enues and expenditures. The population
is given at So, 42O, COO, aud the net revenue
at s336,43 727, being a per capita Of
$40, or .06 greater than the fiscal year
OF 1855. The expenditures were S242.-
4S3.lSs, a per capita of 81 Is, or "a less
than that OF the previous year.
, 1886-10-05

Such is the infinite variety Of uses to
which the maguey and its fibers may be
applied that it is to the Mexican Indian
what the rice plant is to the Chinaman,
or the reindeer to the Esquimau. 1t
seems a special gift of nature to supply
all his simple wants-its coarse cloth
sometimes making his first, last and
only garment, and its strong rope tying
down his coffin lid. Even after the plant
is dead its usefulness is not over, for its
valuable fibers may still be utilized, and
its leaves pounded into paper pulp.
When well beaten and spun the fiber Of
the maguey makes a fine and beautiful
thread, glossy as silk and stronger in
texture han linen, which latter it much
resembles when woven. 1t is also manu-
featured into various coarser qualities of
cloth, such as sacking, sailcloth, carpet
ing. etc. The rope made from it is
called manila hemp. and is by far the
best in use, of uncommon strength and
excellence, and for cordage is equal,
when pressed, to the best henequin and
jute of Yucatan.
Dried maguey leaves cut into coarse
straws make most of the brooms and
whitewash brushes of the country, and
serve as an excel ent substitute for
bristles in scrubbing and busting brushes
and the small whisk brooms which the
common people use in lieu Of combs.
Beautiful fancy baskets, money bags,
purses, sachels and a thousand other
things for use or ornament are made of
maguey ibers. Has your horse a sprain,
your donkey a bruise. or your COW an
ailment-a maguey leaf pounded and
bound on the injured part as a poultice,
is considered a certain cure. In fact, so
varied and manifold are the purposes
served by this remarkable plant that it is
impossible to enumerate them all.-Cor.
Kansas City Record.
, 1886-10-05

1t Is plainly due to his Hercnle IN frame
and iron constitution that Bismarck has
outlasted 80 many statesmen and dlplo-
matists who were younger than himself
Not only has administrative, diplomatic,
and parliamentary work of the most
arduous and incessant kind ever per
formed failed 10 kill him. but he has sur
vived a mt lie of life to which millions Of
idle men must have long ago succumbed.
According to his English b~iographer,
Bismarck has been the hardest liver of
his day and generation. He has always
been a great eater, deep drinker. and
heavy smoker. In his earlier days he WINS
what the Germans call a chain smoker,
whose morning and night are connected
by a cable Of cigars, zach link Of which
Is lighted at the stub of Its predecessor.
In his youth "A mixture Of champagne and
porter was his favorite beverage. and to
this day ID Is uncertain whether he drinks
more wine or more beer, for, as he re-
Gently declared. to settle a wager on the
subject. hc drinks both daily and with
equal fondness. But his tastes are
catholic ir drinking, and of spirits he ha,
a hlct opinion, laying down once with
uration tho principle, "Red wine for
-hildren, champagne for men, but schnaps
for generals The Ar.onRut
Proprietor Beckcl House, Harrisburgh.
o., recommends Red Star Cough Cure,
, 1886-10-05

The annual meeting of the stockhold-
ers of the Wyoming Development com
pany will be held in the Office of the
company, in the city of Cheyenne, on
Monday. October 4th, at IL o'clock. for
the purpose of electing trustees for the
ensuing year, and for the transaction of
such other business as may properly
como before the meeting.
THOMAS STuRGIs, Secretary.
, 1886-10-05
Commensurate Conduct.

HARRISBURG, Pa, Oct. 4-Attorney
General Cassidy will be in Harrisburg on
Wednesday or Thursday, when he will
take preliminary steps against the coal
pool men. A bill in equity will be filed
to restrain several corporations from en-
tering into the combination.
, 1886-10-05

In the throes Of rheumatism, which has
reached the intiammatory STAGE. the in
valid has Just cause 10 denlore the lnefhci
ency of medicines which could neither up
: the disease Mt its ouistart, nor avert
ed climax. Hostettcrs Stomach
medicine which, without the
Naing the use OF some Of the
for this malady, is in
Aching and effective.
Shccks the progress
~, or neutralizes.
Nc blood. WHO
il sure to
NNmatlsm,
Nsly for
Nstion,
kty OF
tso,
, 1886-10-05

NEW YORK. Oct. t-Chieago, 9; New
York, :.
PHILADELPHIA, Oct. Philadelphia,
Z; Kansas Cty, 0.
BosroN. Oct /. Boston, 7. st.
Louis. e.
WASHINGTON, Oct L-Washinston,
3: Detroits, I.
, 1886-10-05

That anyone purchasing five dollars worth
Of goods for cash at any one time, will
receive a chance in the grand drawing for
Ii beautiful Cabinet Grand Upright Piano
worth One Thousand Dollars at $. Kcll-
ncr's Dry Goods Store.
, 1886-10-05

Piles are frequently preceded by a sense
of want 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 nclghboring organs. At
times, symptoms ofindigestion are present
fatulency, uneasiness Of the stomach, etc.
A moisture like perspiration, producing a
very disagrceable itching, after getting
warm, is a common attendant. Blind,
bleeding and itching piles yield at once to
the application of DR.. Bosanko's Pile
Remedy, which acts directly on the parts
effected, absorbing the tumors, ~allaying
the intense itching, and effscting a per-
manent cure. Price SO cents. Address
The DR.. Bosanko Medicine Co.. Piqua,
o. Sold by W. N. Hunt.
, 1886-10-05


WASHINGTON, Oct. 4.-Last year the
department of agriculture began to ex-
pertinent in a small way at Ottawa, Kan.
with the diffusion sugar making pro-
cess rs applied to sorghum cane. ln-
stead of crushing the cane, as in the
sugar cane process, il was shaved off in
minute slices and the sucrose, or sugar
yielding sap, extracted by streams of
water. The results obtained were so en-
couraging that the field of operation, was
removed to Fort Scott this year and with
a largely increased plant, experiments are
now in progress on a scale Of some mag,
nitude. To day a telegram was received
from Prof. Wiley, chemist, of the de.
partment, who is in charge of the works,
announcing the complete success oil the
experiments. The telegram states that
syrup has been obtained from sorghum
cane of light color, good favor and crys-
tallzine yell. There was a complete ex.
traction arose in six of the cells of
the h ''ssioner Colman is
very - the ex-
peru great
vail
In
Il
, 1886-10-05

Engraving in all its branches Il done At
LEuNFR. JACKSON X BUECnNERs
, 1886-10-05

Proprietor Beckel House, H%arrisburgh.
o., recommends Red Star Cough Cure.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-10-08
A New Lincoln Story.

Among other stories told about Mr..
Lincoln is one by Mr.. Rosewater. who
was telegrapher in the War Depart
ment during the war. Lincoln was a
queer genius" said Mr.. Rosewater.
..When 1 boarded at the navy yard it
was in the family of a fat woman who
was strong Southern sympathizer.
She was short, and she weighed in the
vicitity of two hundred and fifty pounds
One day she called at the White House
to get q pass through the lines to the
South. President Lincoln suspected
her and did not want to give it to her.
He put her oil. She persisted, and he
finally said: Won't you walk down
town with me?' They then passed out
of the White House together and started
down towards the Treasury. Lincoln
took very long strides, and he kept the
woman on the trot keeping up with
him. At last she could 60 no further
and grasped his arm and said: MIR.
President, l want a pass to Norfolk.
and want you TO give it to me right
away PresidoAt Lincoln replied, as
he looked down at her: Madame. 1
think your face ought to be enough to
pass you anywhere He then walked
away, and the woman came home de-
nouncing Lincoln and calling him a
.darned baboon.' Zen. Perley Poore,
in BOstGD Budget.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-10-08
OF ROYAL LINEAGE.
Why . Pittsburgh Sencg.mbian Has Beoom,
IntOlerably Proud.

Int0lerably Proud.
THAT gentleman, sir, is Hoco Pc, an
African Prince, sir, of royal blood, deer
dyed" wildly exclaimed a little dried-ur
old man. with blue goggles and q
cracked voice, as he pointed long.
claw-like finger toward negro who was
leaning lazily against post at the
Union depot last night.
'Yes, SIR he continued, "he's q
Prince. He can't talk word of Eng
lish, but if you want an interview l will
act as interpreter"
Without waiting for reply he began
talking in q language that had a SUSPECT
GUS Hibernian ring to it, although it
might have been Greek or Sanscrit
equally as we'll. The negro who was
fully six feet and half tall and heavy
in proportion, came forward and was
about to answer, when a rather pretty
little mulatto girl came forward, and,
grasping him BY the hand, exclaimed:
''Oh, Gawge, Use run all the way.
and l was 'fraid I'd be too late to say
goodbye to you. but Use here"
''G'way, can't ye." exclaimed the
Prince. as he shook her off and strobe
maiesticaily toward his place IN the
Panhandle train. The interpreter gath
cred up his two valises and . box con-
tanning q monkey and a tame snake,
and followed him rapidly without saying
q word.
OARS dat Gawge Washington, now,
since he's jined dat show and b'cum
Prince, he dOan care muffin fer his frens
no no. sadly exclaimed the pretty mu-
latto, as she wandered back toward her
Webster avenue home.-Pitts6urgh Dis
patch.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-10-08
SOUTH AFRICAN Po,sons.
Some Fatal Fluids Employed Among the
Bush People.

Some Fatal Fluids Employed Among the
Bush People.
There are several poisons in use
among the aboriginal tribes of Southern
Africa, but that extracted from . cater
piller, and designated by the natives
'.mangue. is the most fatal. The pain
which the victims suffer who have been
inoculated with it must be fearful in
deed; but it is not long endured. for
two or three hours generally puts an
OF course, this time is more or less pro-
tracted by the size of the wound, the
locality in which it is situated, and the
quantity of the venom used; for instance,
on one of the tributaries of the Fam
bezi, lioness that had been wounded
at shutdown, did not expire till the fol-
lowing daybrcak, during all which time
the cries of anguish which she kept
repeating terribly told how fearfully
the poor creature was suffering. On
examination, this victim of the poisoned
arrow only had a slight puncture be-
meath the skin close to the flank, but
the firmness of the hide had prevented
the missile from falling from the wound.
As the habits of semi-barbarous peo-
pie always possess great interest for me,
trust they do SO for my readers, and I
will therefore describe the two other
poisons in use among the Bush people
and the manner in which they are en-
ployed to serve their purpose. First. I
will advert to the juice of the euphorbia.
This is family of plants all alike for
eign to the European eye in appear
ance. although not by any means strict
~ tropical. Some species possess much
more poisonous matter than others, the
most deadly being in appearance like a
crooked pole with bunch of long. hard
leaves decorating its summit. When
employed by the natives for the purpose
above spoken of, it is collected in guam
titles on the margin of small vley or
pond of water, when it is beaten be-
tween the stones till the necessary guam
tity of the juice impregnates the water.
At night unconscious game. probably
thirsting from the hours they have
passed in the sun-dried desert come to
the valley to satisfy their craving for
drink, but scarcely have they done so
when they become intoxicated, and
soon after lie down to sleep the sleep
that knows no waking. In this death
do not think the victims suffer much
pain, for all that have seen that have
been killed in this manner were in the
positions they would assume if they had
aid down to take their usual sleep.
1t is strange that this poison is much
more injurious to horses, zebras and
quaggas than it is to the cloven-hoofed
or horned animals. Why state this is
that while the former will not proceed
over half = mile after they have inn
bibed the subtle fluid before being in
capacitated from going further. the
latter will travel many miles ere they
drop, they do. for am convinced that
many escape death from this poison,
although possibly brought very close to
it--Pdrker Gilmore, in Popular Science
Monthly.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-10-08
Divorces in France.

The French Journal OEciel publishes
some interesting statistics concerning
the number of applications for divorces
made between the 9th of July, 1884.
the day on which divorce was re-estab-
lished in France and the 31st of Decem-
Der of the same year. During that
period LIS divorce cases came before
the divorce court, but out of that total
1.649 cases were for the tranformation
of legal separations into DEGREES Of
divorce. Notwithstanding the adoption
of divorce, the number of demands for
legal separation in 1884 was not so
much smaller as might have been an
ticipated. In that year there were
$500 demands for separation, whereas
in 1888 there We're STA.