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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-08-24
Notes.

Take a bushel of air.slacked lime, ten
pounds of sulphur and about four ounces
of crude carbolic acid. mix thoroughly and
scatter anywhere in the poultry house.
This is the perfect specific against all man
ner of vermin.
For killing the peach tree borer it may
not be advisable to place fresh ashes about
the roots of the trees, but asnes partially
leached by exposure for some time to rains
proves decidedly beneficial.
More agricultural tools are worn out an
nually by exposure to the weather than in
the work performed by them. Where is
your pillow:
There are unquestionably better varie-
ties of the strawberry than the Wilson,
but there is none that gives better returns
under inexperienced management. Just
so the Concord grape; though not the best
it is the grape that will stand the neglect
and want of favorable conditions of the
general grower better than any other sort.
Farm better this year than you did last.
Read, study, think and plan to do your
work better each year. Raise better crops,
better stock and do this cheaper this year
than ever before.
Farmers in New Jersey are about insti-
tuting "bug days." wherein q concerted
effort will be made to exterminate the in
sects that just now are playing havoc with
fruit and vegetables.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-08-24
SUNSET COX'S LATEST.
He Could Adjourn the House OF Represen'
tatives by Ono Word, But MagnanimOus-

He Could Adjourn the House Of Represen-
tatives by Ono Word, But MagnanimOus.
ly EOrbears.
New YORK, Aug. 15.-The Herald has
he following special from Washington:
Congress- an Sunset Cox says one little
sentence from his lips would adjourn the
House instantly. What Mr.. Cox means
Is best explained by the state.
ment following made By him: Last
Thursday ran down to Moorhead City,
N. c., to obtain few days. rest. Return.
ing TO Washington yesterday my train
was detained at Greensborough to await
the arrival Of the Jacksonville express.
Ny presence on the train had been tele.
graphed ahead, and when I alighted
at Greensborough found a large
crowd ir attendance who insisted
npon my addressing them. I spoke
for about thirty minutes to as
intelligent and responsible an audience
as ever faced. When the Jacksonville
noticed that l had fallen among the
most scared and forlorn looking people on
earth. Suddenly 1 heard one man
propose to another that they should go
forward, but his friend replied that they
would not be permitted to do so. This
rather surprised me until found, upon
inquiry, that the majority of my fellow
passengers were flying from the plague.
stricken city Of Jacksonville. They were
all bound for New York, and
imagine that half Of them are
carrying the germs of the yellow fever in
their system. This is what mean in say
ing that word from me would adjourn
the House instantly, but out OF regard for
the feelings of my colleagues, will for.
bear to speak it.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-08-24
MAIL ROBBERS.

Wholesale Robbery Of Mali Boxes I'm Chi
cago Accidentally Discovered.
CHICAGO, Aug. IA system CT whole
sale letter-box robbery, extending over a
period of two years. involving the theft of
thousands of letters, including Enclosures
Of drafts, checks and post-o:s,ice orders ag-
gregating an unknown amount, thought &c
exceed $l0o, 900, and explaining in part tine
numerous complaints made against TIE
Chicago postal service, has been Giscov-
cred by the police ard the United States
pOst-oifice inspectors, and Frederick Won
Oberkampf aud Thomas J. Mack are in
custody and more arrests are likely to fol-
low.
Won Oberkampf claims to be the member
of a noble German family of Berlin and
Mack is a carpenter and native of the
United States.
The discovery of this gigantic differing
of letter boxes came about in a curious and
thoroughly unexpected manner. Won
Oberkampf was indebted to his lan1laav
and in payment offered her check which
she accepted, returning him difference of
about $50 in cash. The check turned out
to have been forged and she placed
the matter in the hands of the police,
who located the man in q room on
North Market street. In search
ing this room the officers were
astonished to find trunk filled to the top
with letters, all opened, bearing no post
mark, and each having had the stamp re-
moved. 1t was then ascertained that Won
Oberkampf occupied still another room.
and when this was searched another trunk
full of letters, all in the precise condition
described above were found. In a room
at n hotel was found a valise packed with
broken mail matter and bunch of keys.
One of the keys was one which opened
railway mail pouches, and another was
numbered lGs, and would open any letter
box in Chicapo.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-08-24
CHICAGO SOOTHSAYERS.

Hundreds Of Women Who Grow Fat at the
Expense Of CredulOus Fools.
There are between three hundred
and four hundred people in Chicago
who devote themselves to the business
of fortune-telling. Truly a peculiar
people are these dealers in futures, 4"
and from many standpoints they are
interesting studies. While they have
some striking characteristics in COM
mon, the same can not be said of their
methods, each of them having a pro-
ceeding wholly different from the
method of every other. Among the
entire number of ChicagO's soothsayers
there are not half dozen who in per-
sonal appearance answer the idea COM
mon in fiction and art of the witch
dealer in those uncamy powers which
are suppose to reveal not only the pos
sibilities and probabilities, but the &C.
Qualities of the future. The ideal nee
romancer is tall, thin and cadaverous,
with unkempt hair and piercing eyes,
and weird, unusual manner; but the
Chicago prophecies entire number
of fortune-tellers are, with one or two
exceptions, women-is fat, and if she
is not fair, she, as rule, is more than
forty.
Whether it is because they perfectly
understand how confidently they may
trust to the credulity of humanity, or
whether they implicitly rely on the
powers with which they profess to hold
communion, they certainly are the most
comfortable, care-free individuals, as {.
class to be found in a days journey.
And really, why should not this be so?
Like the lily, ''they toll not, neither do
they spin" and if they are not arrayed
like Solomon in all his glory, it is not
because they haven't the money to pay
for raiment gorgeous enough for king.
Chicago Globe.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-08-24
Wounded Marshal Dead.

Usage CITY, Kan, Aug. 16.-J. n. Will
liams, the city marshal who was shot by
w. h. Evans on Monday, died Tuesday at
four p. m, and will be buried this after
noon by the A. o. U. W., of which he was
a charter member, and in which he carried
81 900 life insurance. The deceased leaves
a wife and quite family Of children to
mourn his loss. Evans, the man who did
the shooting, claims that it was in self de-
fence, and when notified Of Williams
death manifested deep feelings of regret,
but it is about IS difficult to get correct
status of the affair as it was on the day OF
the shooting. Evans was given to drink.
ing, and it appears he was under the in.
nuence Of liquor the day Of the occurrence.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-08-24
CHARLES CROKER.

Death of the California Railroad Magnate
and Twenty Times Millionaire After an
Eventful aud Busy Life In the Far West.
MONTEREY, Cal, Aug. l5.-Charles
Croker, second vice-president OF the
Southern Pacific railroad, died here yes
terday afternoon, at half past three
O'Clock, from the after effects OF in
ternal injuries received in New York
about two years ago when he was thrown
from carriage. A short while ago his
condition grew worse and he was com.
peeled to withdraw from active business
entirely. Since the 1st of July he has
been at Monterey suffering from dia-
betes. His condition grew worse
every day and Mrs. Croker, who
was in New York, was telegraphed
for, and started Immediately. but did not
reach California in time. His two sons,
Fred and William, were with him at the
time of his death. He leaves three sons
and one daughter, Mrs. Charles II. Alex.
ander, who is now in Europe.
Charles Croker settled in California IN
1919, having come from New York State.
Shortly afterward he became associated
with Leland Stanford. c. P. Huntington
and Mark Hopkins in the Central Pacific
road, and afterward took an active part
in the affairs of the Southern Pacific. He
was sixty.six years Of age at time Of his
death. His wealth is estimated at So.
10000.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-08-24
FEVER RAvAGES.
Official Reports of the Yellow Fever Fl
demic-Its Ravages in Cuba.

Official Reports of the Yellow Fever Epi-
demic-Its Ravases in Cuba.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 15.-Surgeon-Gen.
eral Hamilton has received a telegram
from the Secretary of the State Board Of
Health at Wilmington, N. c., saying that
there are no cases Of yellow fever in VIII
mington, but there is a suspicious case,
isolated three miles from Goidsboro. thir-
ty-four miles from Wilmington, which is
supposed to have come from jacksonville.
The official bulletin from Jackson
vile. Fla. received at the Ma
rine Hospital Bureau to-day shows
three new cases. no deaths and
twenty-three patients under treatment
There have been twenty-eight cases to
date and four deaths. DIR. Wall announces
one suspicious case and one death at
Tampa and no sickness at Plant City. DR..
Ur9uhart telegraphs from Way Cross, Ca,
that there are five men engaged in fumi.
eating mails there.
SANTIAGO DE CUBA, Aug. 15.-There
were twenty deaths from yellow fever in
this city up to July 81. New food is fur.
nished the disease by lot of freshly ar
rived Spaniards, who are working at the
Paraguay mines near this city. Many
children and native Cubans in the in.
terror are dying of yellow fever. AS
many as twenty-four children at Sancti
Espiritu have been swept away in a single
day by the disease.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-08-24
Coming Out ut the Small End.

PITTSBURGH, Pa, Aug. 15.-Pittsburgh
Phil, the noted horse race plunger, his
brother, George Smith and Samuel Mig.
Mercy have returned home from New York
for . rest. Phil is not the same cheerful
confident winner Of thousands that he was
this time last year. Up to date be is said
TO be nearly $4,000 loser on the season.
Things have not been coming his way,
and. in common with many more people
who follow the horses, he has been making
much the worst of it. In addition to his
losses he was sick about four weeks, and
some good things got away from him in
consequence. He has rather low estimate
of the honesty of many racing events, even
on such famous course as that at Long
Branch
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-08-24
BlAINE IN BOSTON.
Ovation to the Great Republican Lead
on His Way Home.

Ovation to the Great Republican Leader
on His Way Home.
Boston, Aug. l4.-The Blaine party ar
rived here yesterday afternoon. On
alighting from the train Mr.. Blaine was
conducted to an open barouche and DR..
Burden. chairman of the Republican State
COMMITTEES, took seat beside him. The
four horses attached were driven slowly
along the streets to the Vendome Hotel.
Mr.. Blaine appeared tired and worn, ever
and anon stroking his beard. The party
arrived at the hotel at Gas o'clock. From
that hour on TO nine O'Clock people gath
cred until 0,oO0 were about the hotel ball
cony. There was band music, fireworks
and cheers.
When Blaine appeared he was escorted
to balcony by DR.. Burden. Henry c.
Lodge, A. ". Beard and others. His ap-
pearence evoked tremendous cheers which
were renewed again and again. DIR. Bur-
den introduced Mr.. Blaine TO the audience
and the latter returned thanks for the
fatte-;ng reception gwen him. He Their
spoke of the duty of Massachusetts, in the
impending political contest: referred tn
the tariff in his usual style. thanked the
people aad retired. Tie display of fire.
works was fine.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-08-24
A Ne.erinarinn MiSh2n.

Topeka. Kan. Aug. "a. - Chemicals
being mixed in a mortar this morning by
d.. A. E. Detler, we!l-known veterinary
surgeon, exploded. tearing of the Doctors
lett hand al the wrist and three fingers of
the right hand, necessitating ampu:ation.
Pieces of the mortar, which was cast iron,
penetrated his abdomen, his breast was
terribly lacerated and a wound was in
ficted on his thigh by piece of the
broken mortar. He is still alive, but the
doctors think his injuries end the amputa-
ton will prove fatal. DIR. Shevakier,
standing by the doctor at the time of the
explosion. received a number of severe
cuts on the arm. DIR. Detler was mixing
sulphur, nitrate of potash and glycerine in
a cast iron mortar. the Office was demol-
isned
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-08-24
STOCK ITEMS.

After careful experiments q dairyman
concludes that bran 10 profitable for the
mi1kman. but that oats are much more
profitable for the butter-maker.
Wherever sheep feed, new sweet grasses
flourish and weeds are DESTROYED. II farm
ers fully appreciated how great q benefit
sheep are to land they would raise more Of
them.
No aged SOW who has proved herself q
good breeder or sucker should be disposed
of to make room for young and untried
sows, rs long as she will raise large litters
Of good pigs.
1t is estimated that the food of one cow
and 100 hens is twenty cents per day on
an average. As to which will prove the
more profitable depends on the mode of
management
Many allow the lambs to run contin.
uously with their mothers, but it is an I'M
wise practice. The latter need to be freed
from maternal cares, whether they are to
60 to the shambles or be retained for re-
production.
Young colts are as fond Of petting as
kittens are, and little fondling every day
will do them good. By being handled
kindly often they soon become gentle and
dOcile, and are much more easily handled
when they become grown.
A lump of rock salt fixed in box and
sheltered from the rain, should be placed
in the pastures, accessible to the cattle at
all times during the summer, and in the
yards and sheds during the winter. There
is no plan for sailing stock SO desirable as
this, or SO economical and effective.
As dairying increases in the Northwest,
the hog will become q more important in
dividual than he is at present. The hog
and skim milk agree, especially when there
is plenty Of corn to 60 with the milk. The
money which the hog brings every fall is
about the easiest to earn that ever gets
into the farmers pocket. A few good hogs
are an indispensable part of a good farm
er's outfit.
When the pigs are confined in the sum-
mer they can be advantageously used as
manure makers. Every thing that can be
converted into manure should go into the
pig pens, SO as to permit the pigs to work
it over and mix all the materials together.
They will also at the same time consume
much of the material that would otherwise
be wasted.
Nearly all the so-celled improved breeds
of sheep which claim prominence at the
present time go back to the Southdowns
for their chief merits, the same as a horse
pedigree, to be complete, must finish off
with thoroughbred ancestor. But it must
be kept in mind that the Southdowns have
been in good hands all this time and their
good points have been intensified and the
Objectionable traits, if they ever had any,
eliminated, and there is no more reliable
sheep for general purposes at the present
time.-Erchdnge.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-08-24
The Trials of a Drummer.

The country storekeeper carefully
examined the samples of cloth while
the drummer patiently waited. A GUS
toner came, the stOrekeeper waited
on him, then went back to examine
the samples, to pull out and untwist
the threads. Another customer, and
more examination; still another GUS
toner, and as the storekeeper began
again he said:
"Are these samples in style?"
''They were," replied the discour-
aged drummer, "when you began to
look at them, but that was SO long
ago that can't answer for them now"
Detroit Free Press.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-08-24

WASHINGTON, Aug. H.-Representative
Lawler, of Illinois, yesterday introduced
oil amendatory of the Interstate Com
merce law by providing that it should be
unlawful for any common carrier, subject
to the provisions Of the Inter State Com
merce law, to carry or transport any COM
modify for any shipper in car or vehicle
owned, leased or in any way controlled by
such shipper. 1t also makes it unlawful
for any shipper to make a contract with
any carrier to convey his property in cars
or vehicles controlled by such shipper. 1t
further amends the act by gi~ing to any
person complaining Of violations of the act
all fines imposed and collected Tor such
violations
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-08-24
ANOTHER PARTY.

The National Convention OF the Americas
Party Convenes at Washington.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 15.-The first Na.
tional convention OF the American party
began its sessions in Grand Army Hail, ON
Pennsylvania avenue, yesterday after.
noon. Chairman Sharp called the conven-
ton to order. There were about 200 dele.
gates in the hall, representing twenty two
States and Teri tories. Hon. P. d. Wig.
CLINTON, Of California, was elected tempo.
rary chairman. He predicted that the
day was not far distant when il could be
truthfully said that America was for
Americans. He believed Americans had
the courage and ability to manage their
own affairs, Notwithstanding the fact that
America was becoming the cesspool of the
world.
At five O'Clock the committee on creden.
tials reported 126 delegates-sixty-seve
from New York, fifteen from California,
seven from Illinois, seven from New Jer.
sey, five each from Maryland and Massa-
chusetts, four from Pennsylvania, three
from Virginia, two from Maine. Minnesota
and the District of Columbia, and one each
from Alabama, Kansas, Florida, Louisi-
ana, Mississippi, South Carolina and Yer
mont.
The pending motion, allowing each Con-
gressional district in the several States
and Territories represented in the conven-
ton one vote and two at large to be cast
by the delegations present, was called up.
Mr.. Lipehard, cf New York, opposed this
and declared that his delegation was made
of Americans in favor of nominating u
ticket and fighting for it from the start.
A. s. Tharin, of Charleston, S. c., ia
vored the motion. He denounced the old
parties and charged them with disloyalty
in trucking to the foreign vote.
General Hawley, OF Chicago denounced
in emphatic language the declared pur-
pose of the New York and California
delegations to act IN concert, eject their
own permanent chairman, nominate their
own candidates for President and Vice.
President and, brooking no interfsr-
ence. run the convention to suit them
selves irrespective of and without the least
regard to the wishes OF the delegates from
other States. He declared that the New
York and California delegations were try
ing to gag the others and run the coaven-
tion in their own personal interests. Ee
gave notice that Illinois would not sit in a
convention where the gag process was
permitted.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-08-24
TIMES ARE CHANGING.

Tue Unemployed OF Eng1aad and the Ia.
borAGitAtors-The Changing Condition Of
AfIAirs in Some Of the Great Manufact.
urinE Centers.
LONDON, Aug. 1a-The labor agitators
and their organs are bewailing the adj.
tournament Of Parliament without that
body having enacted any measures for
the Improvement Of trade. OF course
many of these parties believe that
through some mysterious legislation
the army of unemployed artisans.
the incompetent as we'll as tho
skillful could be supplied with work. but
the most blatant and specious Of them are
the leading spirits Of trades unions and
professional orators, who would describe
themselves as disinterested patriots seek.
ing to right the wrongs of workingmen,
but whose enemies do not hesitate to
charge with being mischievous scoun.
drels, cunningly keeping within the
limits of the law, protracting a lazy
existence from the wages of their
poor dupes. That they do not agree
in their plans for reviving the business
prosperity OF the country might be ex.
pected, and each Of them has his own in.
falible process and his own particular
group of admirers, but they and their
satellites are firmly of the opinion that
Parliament, as constituted, is the deadly
enemy of the national industries. One
thing is sure, that in spite Of the reports
of Parliament committees and the conf.
dent tone Of nine.tenths OF the
members in depI coating and med.
ding with trade matters, there
is growing minority, already
respectable in numbers, which is decid.
eddy opposed to the theory Of Cobd and
Bright, and which looks with uneasiness
upon the prospects of the coming winter.
Business is changing its methods, too.
The seats Of recognized industries are
fearful of losing the reputation Of superb
GRITTY and the control Of specialties tor
which they have become famous. Neigh
boring cities, friendly for hundreds Of
years, are exhibiting a jealousy which
sufficiently shows the bitter struggle for
existence.
Manchester spends millions for ship
canal to avoid paying tribute longer to
Liverpool, and the merchants of the latter
city predict nothing less than failure for
the enterprise. and sneer at the attempt
to make a seaport of an inland town.
Be this as it may, other places have
caught the alarm. Birmingham is
lamenting her lack Of commercial
facilities and is fearful that her
diminished trade is too heavily
handicapped by the freight charges in.
Cured by her distance from the sea. while
Sheffield sees branches of her business
declining or being transferred elsewhere
without being able to prevent the loss.
In her desperation estimates have been
made for ship canal via the TIMBER, and
though her manufacturers stand aghast
at the expense, it may prove the only re.
sort for the preservation of the towns OF
ancient industries.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-08-24
INTEREST IN POLITICS.

The Great Questions Of the Day ON Every
Good Citizens Lips.
In brief, there is evidence Of en- in
sreasing number Of men who take the
iiveliest possible interest in politics,
not as q game, not for the sake Of in
creasing their own power, nor for Sc
curing places either for themselves or
their friends, but because, as they
have clearer consciousness of their
political nature-and thu whole move
ment of American history has been to-
ward the development OF this con-
sciousness-they take a keener inter
est in politics as an expression of
human thought, as an element in large
problems.
Time was when there was more
marked trace Of boyishness in the Ma
tional conception of politics. Before
Jackson, the old traditions made
statesmen a privileged class. and pol
itics was dignified profession. In
Jackson's time there was almost DIS
much of a real addition to the polit-
ical mass in America as there was to
the English political world when the
bars were formally let down and the
right of suffrage extended. From
Jackson's time to Lincoln's politics
was the National game. Partly from
the simplicity of social conditions,
which offered fewer distractions than
now, but more from the inherent force
of the American character which found
herein its proper outlet, politics was
the theater, the opera, the baseball
game, the Intellectual gymnasium, al
most the church, Of the people, and a
man suffered two great interests to
divide his life-his business, that is,
and his politics.-zAtlantic Monthly.