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November "a was the coolest day of the mon tn
The thermometer at q. a. m. was o
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-12-07
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UUWN.
Bran and Shorts at H. Klaumann's
just received another carload.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-12-07
For Sale

One iron beam stirring plow.
One No. cooking stove.
One Poland China brood SOW with
pig). JOSEPH PIKE.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-12-07
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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-12-07
November Weather.

81. L. HENDERSON, lola, Kans.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1888-12-01
Reduced Postage.

The third assistant postmaster gen
eral, in his annual report on the busi-
ness of the postoffice department,
makes the suggestion that if one cent
postage should be adopted there would
be only two classes of mail matter,
letters of the matter now included in
the third and fourth classes, that is,
general printed matter and merchan
disc, being included in one class at the
rate of / cent for two ounces, and
newspapers and periodicals. sent from
offices of publication in another at the
rate of cent per pound as at present
The proposition to reduce the letter
rate from 2 cents for one ounce to
/ cent for two ounces and make it
the same as the rate for casual news
paper or magazine or book seems
rather startling, but in point of fact it
would not be SO greatly different in
effect from mere reduction to / cent
for the weight now allowed The
great bulk of the letters written would
not be increased in length or in weight,
and there would be a great gain in
simplicity in having no distinction in
the rates for matter mailed In the usual
way, whether sealed or unsealed or
containing writing or no writing. A
source of petty fraud and evasion and
equally petty search for it would be
avoided The only serious question
relates to the effect on the revenues
and expenses of the postal service,
which ought substantially to pay for
itself. This aspect of the suggestion
calls for careful consideration New
York Times.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1888-12-01
DREAM OF MAY.

To coming ice and snow shut my eyes,
And to the edg'd winds sigts
give no heed: Ielose the gates % sound.
Across the winters bound
How wen see waiting hand, and hear
A ripping voice draw near:
Fresh May fair May. old light heart Chaucer's
Thou beckonest me away
now am with thee and we smoothly pass
Through small and twinkling grass,
While soughs the watery sod beneath our feet,
And loses odors sweet.
Here stayest thou the wistfu banks to dght
With yioets blue and whita
CSilu colored vioets, tool; and wind flowers there
Thou givest to the air,
Gold dandAlions thou for aims dost drop,
Which weaning lambs may crop;
The early thIitls. sleesed by thy soft hand
LOOKS gem ike on the land
If3llow thee, as thou dost hasten on,
Wliere pied with green and wan,
Tie slow, deliberate woods take in thy joy.
What handmaidens so coy
91e these tAat press upon they progress glad?
Wild services snowy clad,
The cornell white, and white wayfarer's tree,
Are decked for thee;
And chai,,sd trum. and spring beauty frail,
And blood root passion pale,
Furred liverwort and crosses blending all.
Stlil Tiers heed thy call:
The misty blueysil, rosy crane's bill, too,
And starred sweet william true,
And fragrant Squirrel corn-all these are had
10 grace thy progress glad.
followed through the woods; follow now
Under the orchard bough.
q lsten-not a moments space is mute
For the orioles clear fiutel
gisten-surely It's not Grief but Love
Speaks through yon moaning doyeD
Ifollow thee. Above and arounds
White tented is the ground.
Oh, why with sennblance of the unloved snow
Erapst thou the orchard rows
Laughing, thou slyest (and thy blue eyes laugh):
Tis winters cenotaphl
6rudge not the poor old gray beard pomp of bloom
To build an empty tomb
An empty tomb, for he sleeps not beneath
The canopy and wreathr'
--Edith NJ Thomas in Pittsburg Bulletin.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1888-12-01
short ESSAY on wrinkles.

1t is customary to say that wrinkles
come from worrying, but the truth is
most of them come from laughing
To know how to laugh is just as inn
portant as to know when to do it. If
you laugh with the sides of your facc
the skin will work loose in time and
wrinkles will form in exact accord
ance with what kind Of laugh you
have. The man who always wears a
smirk will have series of semi-circu-
lar wrinkles covering his cheeks.
When gambler, who has been ac-
customed to suppressing his feelings,
laughs, deep line forms on each side
Of his nose and runs to the upper
corner of his mouth. In time this
line extends to his chin and assumes
the shape of half moon. A cadaver-
GUS person with waxlike skin is very
apt to have two broadly marked
wrinkles, one running up from the
Jaw and the other under the eye.
These meet at right angles at the
cheekbone and look as though they
formed knot at the apex. The
scholars wrinkles form on his brow,
while the scheming politicians come
round his eyes, where they look for all
the world like the spokes of q wheel.
London Tid Bits
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1888-12-01
Ncvntla and the Eelinse.

The astronomers who visit Nevada
for the purpose of observing the total
eclipse of the sun, next january, will
occupy the most favorable position to
be found iii the United States They
will be in the center of the path OF
totality, and on the top of Winnemucca
mountain they will stand 5000 feet
above the level of the sea- This alti-
tude, however, is not the great advant-
age to be derived from the locality.
That which will most aid the astrono-
mers is the dry atmosphere of the
Great Basin region-an atmosphere
almost destitute of humidity. With
good instruments better results will be
obtained by the observers stationed on
Winnemucca than by any other party
in America.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1888-12-01
The Lady whistler.

In perfect consistency with her en-
tire bearing" says Boston critic,
Mrs. Shaw's whistling is free from
anything that is offensive either to the
eye or ear and it is highly refined.
Not only while executing a simple
melody, but with the most difficult OF
ronlades, there is not the slightest in
trusion ON the perfectly natural and
charming effect of her facial express
sion. Arditi's II Bacio' was given
with all the artistic grace, technical
huency, and plant floritura of a highly
ACCOMPLISHED vocalist.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1888-12-01

In China school begins at daylight and
continues until it is too dark to read.
This is a bit Of information for those who
wish to seek positions as teachers in the
Celestial empire, and may also account
for the diagonal slope of the Chinese
optic. which is probably thus bent out Of
shape BY study in the plant years Of inc.
maturity. Boston Budget.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1888-12-01

Meets in tae .,L..i ry and Lyceum Builds
ing, south street. first Friday evening of
each month. Geo. T. Werts. Mayor; Alex.
Chisolm. Recorder; Phanett c. Barker,
Collins Weir, Aldermen; James G. Dastan.
Robert d. Foote, James Scripture, D. NJ.
Compton, Councilmen; c. Augustus Muir,
Clerk and Treasurer.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1888-12-01
Trifing with SAFETY valves.

It is almost incredible that man in
his senses should walk up to boiler
which is discharging steam through
its safety value, and deliberately close
that only avenue through which the
surplus steam might escape to prevent
a dangerous over pressure.
And yet this thing is done with o
frequency which is salarming. Only a
few days since we learned from an in
spector that he had found battery of
boilers, every safety valve upon which
was wedged down by a pine plug, to
keep them from leaking;n and now
come the particulars of an explosion
in this state, reciting that one Arthur
Leavitt, annoyed because the escaping
steam from the safety valve of his
boiler made his horses restless, fast
encl the valve down with heavy
weight. The natural consequence en-
sued, and, although swift retribution
was meted out to the offender, he car
ried into eternity another and innocent
man, while as result of his criminal
act two men are suffering serious in
iulies, pair of valuable horses and a
large factory are destroyed, and a
prosperous business seriously inter
rupted.
The man who will deliberately tam
per with the safety valve of steam
boiler is a first class rascal. If the
consequences of his act reverted upon
himself alone he might be forgiven,
but there is no knowing how wide
spread and disastrous may be the re-
suits of his folly, and he should be
placed in the same category as the
man wno would put fuse to powder
magazine or lay the train to incite a
conflagration Power and Steam.
The Russian minister of railways has
issued an order that in future all pas
sengens who play cards will be Judi
cially pursued" /"
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1888-12-01

The Russian minister of railways has
issued an order that in future all pas
sengers who play cards will be judi
ciallY pursued. "
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-02-18
MOST UNFORTUNATE.

How an Unlucky Fellow Was Pursued by
the Demons OF Adversely.
/ Iam the most unfortun ate fellow in
the world" said man whose persist
ent bad luck had given him sort OF
reputation.
"What is your latest stroke of mis-.
fortunep" some one asked.
"Why. last summer rented the Sec
ond story of house in very cheerful
part of town, and after signing lease,
had begun to congratulate myself,
when some fellow started Turkish
bath on tho ground floor, with the
sweat-box Immediately under my sit,
ting-room. Well, sir. actually thought
we would melt, but we stood it, On
couragod by the fact that when winter
should como we would be put to no ex-
pense for coal. l did not think that
we could live thr ough August, but wa
pulled through after losing more tlesl,
than could be well spared. When the
newspapers began their annual howl
against the coal deal ers, my wife and
laughed. Wo were ont of tho clutches
of the dealer. The thermometer might
cut its zero capers, but our room would
be warm. Alas!"
"Any thing go wrong9'
well, yes. About tho time the mer-
curry fell to zero the internal fellow
down stairs moved his bath away, and
AS the money which would have been
our coal allowance had been spent, we
were left to freeze. Yos, ! am the most
unfortunate fellow In the world "-Ar-
koAsas, Traveller.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-02-18
PLAYING BALL.
How Blind Boys Engage In the S
Their Wonderful Success.

When l was in Louisville, KY, Il
while ago, visited the Constitution
for the Blind" While walking across
the grounds saw some boys under the
trees playing with bat and ball. ]
asked: "What boys are thosep" They
are blind boys" said the superintend-
cnt. "But what are they doing?' said
l. thinking there must be some mistake.
When he told me that the blind boys
regularly played ball, could hardly
believe him, and begged that / might
be allowed to see them play. He said
the boys would play for my special
benefit.
Five or six of the best players were
to play, and l believe that all but two
f; of them were stone blind. The two
could only see little, like the trunk
of tree, man, or gravel walk. l
do not think they could see ball on
the ground or in the air.
They took turns ut the bat, and each
one was anxious to make his bases.
Their way of pitching and catching
was this: The pitcher stood about six
PAGES from the batter, while tho CATCH
cr sat squarely on the ground imme-
diately behind the bat. When all were
ready the pitcher would count: Zone,
two, three. and gently toss the ball.
The batter would just at the prol er
moment, swing his bat. and the catch
er would spread out his hands and feet
to stop the ball. He seemed to hear
the ball as it passed the batter (and it
generally did) and struck tho ground,
and it was most surprising to see him
catch it in his arms on the first bound,
and yet perfectly blind! If he failed
to stop the ball. he would pursue it on
hands and feet as spry as dog and al.
most as keen on its track. Either he
could hear the ball roll along on the
grass, or he could judge from the ma
ture of the surface and the known
speed of the ball just how it would
roll. His hands would sweep the
ground with great rapidity, and when
he had the ball he :wauld jump ON his
feet and rush for the home base.
With the exception of the home base,
all the bases were trunks of large shade
trees. / was astonished to SEQ how
rapidly tho boys could run. They Just
flew over the ground, making great
stamping OH tho smooth earth, until
they were in five or six feet of the base,
and then they would feel up to it. Not
once did they run against tree, though
it made me shudder to SEQ how near
they came to doing so.
Occasionally the batter would make
good hit; then all hands but the run
ler went in search of the ball. As
soon as he had made his run he would
join in tho hunt. They always started
off in the right direction and did moi
hunt in each others tracks. Once the
superintendent helped them to find q
ball that went som1 fifty yards, but
generally they fouD1 1t themselves.
Though the garae was played for my
benefit, the well worn turf gave abund-
ant proof of the fondness Of the boys
for the sportduring their hours Of play.
American Teacher.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-02-18
EXPENSIVE FLOWERS.
Roses That We're Sold at Eight Tim
Their Weight In Gold.

Roses That Were kold at Eight Times
Their Weight I'm Gold.
The cut flower business, which we
might almost call another phase of
Horticulture. is perhaps greater in the
United States than in any other part of
the world. Certainly tho use of cut
flowers in New York for bouquets,
baskets and other designs, is far
greater than In either London or Paris.
and the taste shown in their arrange
ment here is vastly superior. 1t is
estimated that $4,000, 900 was paid for
cut flowers in New York In 1880, one
third of which was for rosebuds. I'm
mense glass structures are erected in
the suburbs for the special purpose of
growing cut flowers to supply the
bouquct-makers Of the city. Not less
than twenty acres OF glass surface is
devoted to tho purpose of forcing
roses alone during the winter months.
At some seasons tho prices paid for
these forced rosebuds are perfectly
astounding, One grower, of Madison.
N. j., took into New York three
hundred buds of tho crimson rose
known us General Jacqueminot," for
which he received at Wholesale $500.
and which, no doubt. were retailed at
$3.50 to ~ each. A flower dealer in
Fourteenth street, u few days before
Christmas, received the only four of
this same variety OF rose that were
offered in tho city, and found GUS
toner for them at $50. or el5 apiece.
or eight times the value Of their weight
IN gold. Christian ~ Work.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-02-18

other IL was like battle between
two doves. One grow to be n gallant
Maior-Gcncral in our great war, and
the other became resolute and fcar-
less guerilla soldier in the widest
fighting on the Kansas line in that great
strife.
What did Wordsworth mean about
the child being the "father of the
manp" Character is often question
of health. Out-of-doors is great
steadcr of nerves, and these lads
should get it early and in large doscs.
If wars were fought indoors, every
body would run away ut once.
rode once through the Yellowstone
and across Montana in days when Sit
ting Bull was name of fear, and tho
common, daily risks of travel were Sc
rious enough. A bad ford was our first
experience, and my saddle turned an
hour later on rocky path in n canyon
eight hundred feet deep. / dccli,e to
say how scared was; but week later
we were all of us more or less indiilcr-
ent to danger. 1t was worth while to
go into the woods once year to get
made over again in this fashion, and
"kind of feel yourself persimmoned up
n Bit" as my guide Dan Harrington
used to say, when we iloatcd together
down the swift Allegash.
Among the indoor boys are often
good scholars, who lead their classes,
and at college take honors, and then
some fine day merely stop living for
want of good stomachs or sound hearts.
1t seems as if some of them were wound
up to run just so long and no longer
But suppose that they go through,
and come to the bar, or get to the no.
bier position of physician, and are
looked to rs the successes of the future.
Then something happens, and the man
ceases to live. Meanwhile some young
scamp who spent his youth in the man.
ufacture of legs, and took honors at
baseball, picks up the peach the other
follow let fall, and goes on comfortably
munching it, with health for partner,
having illustrated the fact that life is
essential to success.
What want to say to the boy who
merely studies or reads, and does not
also play. is that plenty of mon win in
life who never did much with their
heads in youth; but, that, rs Il rule, the
great winners in the contest of man.
hood must have healthy bodies, and
that youth is the season for play.
Very often it is not the boys fault
that he has no outdoor life and no
taste for it, The father, u lucky mer-
chant or manufacturer, proud of q
clever lad. sets him to work early, and
sees with JOY his eager ambition. Col
lege life the father looks upon rs time
lost, as four years given to games and
the learning of what makes no man
materially richer. At last. years after.
the lad grown old, and broken in the
dull monotony of successful trade,
comes to me or to some one and says:
II am rich, am wretched, what shall
doP"
answer: Go and shoot ducks. lure
trout, kill salmon, ride horse" He
has neither vigor nor enterprise to do
any of these things As to travel and
pictures, books and music, he lacketh
custom of liking. He has been forty
years in trade-prison, and being driven
out of sudden, knows not what to do
The gentle art of being pleasantly idle,
he can never know. l have not yet
learned what to say to that maH.-S.
Weir Mitchell, NJ d., in Youths COM
D0ni0N.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-02-18
TO PREVENT EXPLOSIONS,
valuable Suggestions for Dwellers In tn
Natural Gas DIatrlcts.

valuable Suggestions for Dwellers In the
Natural Gas Districts.
The following suggestions for avoid
ing explosions are offered by natural
gas expert:
ITO light fire, place small piece of
burning paper or other flame upon the
CRATE or burner, and then turn on the
gas. separately ut first, afterward regu-
lating flame as desired.
"Should gas fail to ignite at once, turn
it of, open the damper and draft wide,
and wait for . few moments, allowing
the unconsumed gas to pass up the
chimney before making mn other at
tempt to light fire.
"Never introduce flame in any form
into stove into which gas has first been
turned.
"Alwavs see that the valves are
closed and open damper for momcnt
before lighting gas, to ventilate the
stove or furnace. 1t is easy to cultivate
this habit, and its observance is a good
method of insurance against accidenk
"Obscrve invariably the simple rule
Flame first, gas afterward.
"As rule the best service is obtained
by keeping bottom drafts closed tightly
at all times, and dampeEin pipe nearly
closed, but at night leave dampcrs
nearly open.
''Do not turn fires too low at night.
Leave them burning moderately.
1T is not necessary to fill stoves OF
furnaces with broken fire brick or any
other substance. On the contrary, as
rule, better service is obtained by
leaving burners bare and unobstructed
except in open CRATES, and it is much
safer. But where consumers insist upon
filling, great care must be observed
not TO clog the burner openings, which
might cause dangerous escape of gu.
through the mixers.
"There should be no odor Of gas il
the house, If any is detected turn ou
fires at once, vcntilate thoroughly, and
notify the company promptly.
"Should fires go out by reason of gas
supply falling, close valves at all fire,
Immediately. ."-Indianapolis Journal
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-02-18
FOE OUR YOUNG FOLKS.
A lLosr WORD.

/ lost very litilc word
Only the other day;
A very naughty little word
had not meant TO say.
II only 1t were really lost,
] should not mind n bit;
] think should deserve priso
For really losing II.
For II no one could ever find
Again that little word,
So that no more from any lips
Could 1t he ever heard,
I'm sure we all OF us should say
That IL was some thing fine
With such completeness to have lost
That naughty word of mine.
but then II really wasn't lost
When from my lips 1t few.
My little brother picked IL up,
And now he says II, too.
Mamma said that the worst would be
could not get 1t back;
But the worst of 1t now seems to mo
I'm always on its track.
Mamma is sGd, papa looks gricvcd;
Johnny has said 1t twice;
or course IL IS no use for mo
TO tell him it's not nice.
When You lose other things, they're lost:
But lose naughty word,
And for every time twas heard before
Now twenty times It's heard.
II 1t were only really lostl
o, then should be glad
let 1t fall so carelessly
The day that got mad
Lose other things you never seem
To come upon their track;
But lose n naughty little word.
It's always coming back.
-dHce wellington Rollins, IN Wide drake.