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Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-08-10

TyHE --latest and dnest deBigns In interior
Il decoration. Gw-Shop No. k9 on Capitol
81, between Fourth and Fifth streess, Yank-
on. 'oHN LANG.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-08-10

Pei; Estate Agent.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-11-09
THE PARNELL INQUIRY.
Examination of Captain O'Shea--Scns;
tional Testimony.

Examination of Captain O'Shea-Scnsa-
tional Testimony.
LONDON, Nov. Judge Hannen's court
yesterday was crowded, the Parnellites
being present in full force. PANEL. Har-
rinGton, Davitt, Arthur O'Connor, T. ".
Healey and Bggar keeping close watch
over the proceedings. O'Shea proved
good witness, giving his evidence in
calm, matter-of-fact way. He was clear
on the smallest detail, and equally cool
and precise during cross-examination. His
narrative of the Kilmainham negotiations.
though largely a matter of history, was
listened to with rapt attention. Expecta-
ton was at its height on the production of
the alleged forged letters. Taking up let
ter, he scanned it with careful deliberation
for few moments and then said in a dis
tinct tone, without over emphasis, ut is
Mr.. Parnell's signature" Several other
letters were scTutiniZtd in the same way
and evoked the same unqualified statement.
1T is Mr. Parnell's signature" The most
striking point ELECTED by the cross-exam-
ination was his charging Sir William
Harcourt with coming as an emssary
from Mr.. Gladstone to warn him to pre-
serve the utmost reticence in regard to tire
ness did not allege that Sir William Har-
court advised the destruction of the men,
Oranda, he explicitly stated that it was on
hearing OF Mr.. Gladstone's wish that lie
destroyed the documents.
Sir Charles Russell's cross-examination
was expected to elicit the reason for the
rupture between O'Shea and Parnell, bu:
both sides chose to leave this unrevealed.
The witness stated that up to June, ISS6,
he believed in Parnell's honor and knew
that he was opposed to outrages. Neither
Sir Charles Russell nor Sir Richard
Webster proceeded to inquire as to what
caused him to disbelieve in Parneli's
honor. Whatever was the cause OF the
rupture the animus of the witness was a2-
parent. The Parnellites probably felt the
quiet malignity Of the evidence more
keenly than the best informed.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-11-09
DON'T TALK TOO MUCH.
Hints for Retail Statesmen Who Desire to
BE s Iccessful.

Hints for Retail Statesmen Who Desire to
BE Iccessful.
To be successful salesman one must
maintain certain amount of reserve.
Too much talk has spoiled many good
trade. 1t is tiresome to purchasers,
who frequently prefer to be guided by
their own Judgment than by the sug-
gestiors of store clerks. People who
buy goods, particularly the ladies, gen.
orally think over what they want and
make up their minds before they start
out on a shopping expedition about
what they want and what they feel
they can afford to pay for it. When
they enter store and call for a certain
quality of goods they expect the sales
man to place before them what they
desire-not to suggest they know some
thing a good deal better. which they
are sure will give them far.greater salts
faction.
Customers as a general thing do not
like talkative and garrulous store
clerks, they prefer a quiet. obliging.
dignifed salesman, who will show them
goods without any ostentatious display
of his person or intellectual imbecility.
Clerks should never be impertinent or
snappish, even to their interiors. They
should learn to treat all customers with
courtesy and impartial politeness.
Jokes, stories and sloppy sentiment
should never by manner or expression
do or say any thing to offend the Dig
nifty of a matron or bring blush to a
modest maiden's cheek. They should
never remind any hOmespun agricul-
t,irist of any unpleasant mistake he
may have made in his past career. for
such men are always more or less sens
alive and do not like to be made butt
of.
Many clerk by trying to say somo
smart thing has lost a good customer
to his employer and made himself an
object of subsequent aversion to the
party whom he has offended. Sales
men should talk just enough and
should have sufficient com mon sense
to know when they have talked enough.
They should be polite and patient
under provocation and use their utmost
endeavors to make friends for employ
ers. thus aiding in building up and
successfully carrying on business.
Some may think these remarks COM
mon-place. but they play a more inn
portart part in the success or failure of
the retail storekeeper than many i'm
agine. -GrOcer's Criterion.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-11-09
Notes..

Hogs are expensive unless well bred.
The best breeds Of hogs are quiet. seldom
restless and sleep great portion of their
time. The quiet hog is the one that con-
verts the food into fat. The more active
the hog the greater the cost. Dry quarters,
with close shelter from the winds and a
soft bed of straw, will pay nearly as we'll
as the preparation of the food.
Brewers grains, glucose refuse and other
substances liable to fermentation can be
fed with advantage to animals that are
being prepared for market, but should be
fed to mich cows very sparingly, if at all,
as the milk may be injured in quality, IN
less the materials are fresh.
An application of plaster over the floor
of the poultry house two or three times a
week and the floors cleaned weekly will
prevent foul odors.
Turkeys always seek high roos.ing
places and become thereby exposed. Pro-
vide high roost for them in an open shed
and confine them therein for few DAYS,
and they will resort thereto at night.
The cultivation of various farm crops is
beginning to receive intelligent attention.
The idea that corn or potatoes, or Other
crops do not need cultivation because there
are no weeds is mistake, and that il.
blowing or cultivating the roots of the
crops ought to be broken, and the more
that are broken the better, is another mis-.
take.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-11-09
WIDOWS SCHEME.
How She Supported Herself without FER.
forming Any Work.


There was poor woman living in one
of the little shanties uptown, with a
large family of pigs, goats. geese and
children swarming around it. She sup
ports her family by taking in washing.
and her poverty and industry have Sc
cured for her the compassion and tho
washing OF a number of benevolent la
dies. One of these ladies recently
demonstrated with her on the sizo
of her bills, and said that she had
to pay much more for her washing than
she did at any Of the laundries. Tho
Woodworking widow admitted that this
was the case. but she respectfully, but
firmly, declined to reduce her price.
"You see, ma'am," she said, 81 do
the very finest handwork, and it wouldn't
pay me to do it for the price the laun-
dries get for machine work. If you
compared my work with theirs you
would see great difference. Those Chi.
namcn living in dirt like pigs are taking
the bread out of honest women's mouths.
/ don't see how any lady can be willing
to send her clothes to them. OF course
they do it cheap when they have no
families to support and can live on al
most nothing; but they tear your
clothes all to pieces, and dear knows
what you catch from them. No. ma am,
you'd Letter pay little more and have
your clothes done nicely by a clean. re-
spectacle woman, besides helping her
to support her family"
The lady was influenced by this cam
did statement, and decided to continue
her patronage. But a few weeks after
she was surprised to see emerging from
a Sing Sing laundry in her neighbor-
hood the well-known figure of the son
of the poor but honest laundress. stag
gering under a huge bundle of clothes.
A dark suspicion crossed the mind of
acquaintance with Sing Sing from a few
previous negotiations, she entered the
laundry and made some cautious inqui-
ries about the boy who had Just gone
out- clliS CihS ISduiiy tShio"i SussSu
that he came every week with a large
bundle. and it was too obvious that the
poor but honest and Woodworking laun-
dress was doing an easy and profitable
business by subletting the washing
given by her customers to the much
despised Chinaman against whom she
had warned them so vigorously.
cdd0 NcUS.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-11-09
FARM NOTES.

1t is claimed that an occasional rolling
with a heavy roller will SO compact the
soil that ants will be driven away.
Cold frames can be used for forcing some
of the hardy plants in winter. Early cab
bage and lettuce are grown in this man
ner.
Toads are the policemen of the garden.
They speedily transport insect depreda-
tors to place where they will do no more
harm. 81
1t is stated that enc best varieties OF
early raspberries are the Tyler and Sou
hogan. The Ohio aud Mammoth Cluster
are excellent late varieties.
Potatoes are dried as fruits are for use
on ships and in mining camps, where fresh
vegetables can not be easily procured.
The potatoes are sliced and dried i'm a cCm-
mon evaporation, just as apples are, and
when used are soaked in water twelve
hours to soften and freshen them.
The great secret in making underdrain-
ing permanent Improvement is in secur-
ing uniform fall when laying the tile and
maintaining a good outlet When this
outlet has been closed a year or two, if
there be good fall. rcopening it will
cause it to wash out Obstructing sediment.
The finer the condition of the manure
and the more evenly it is spread over the
surface the sooner it will be converted
into plant food and the better it will nour-
sh the plants. As the fall is an excellent
time to haul and spread the manure lit
tie care given the matter of spreading it
now will be amply repaid in the spring.
1t is well known that corn readily abb
he Stpr nd hot iaI
before grinding. and placed in air-tight
packages, it is apt TO heat. In the saving
of seed corn, therefore, it is especially
necessary that the corn be ripe, dried
thoroughly before it is frozen, and then
kept in a dry place, and preferably one
where it will not freeze.
1t was many years ago discovered that
lime was preventive of the disease
called "club root" in cabbage, caused by
growing this crop in succession OH the
same ground. There is, perhaps, no gar
den vegetable to which the commercial
phosphate of lime can be more profitably
applied than to cabbage. Even late in the
season phosphate diluted with water may
be used on cabbage with profitable results.
Some farmers are adopting the practice
of buying their own chemicals and doing
the mixing themselves, but compromising
the materials in the right proportion, SO
as to get just what is needed in concern
trated form, requires skill Us we'll as ex-
perience. So many manufacturers are now
engaged in the business, with all the ap-
pliances necessary for doing the work
economically, that it is thought in most
cases money will be saved by buying what
is wanted already prepared for use. Still
there are cases where home made fertili.
GERS compare favorably with manufactur.
ers, it is claimed, at less cost.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-11-09
TO RELIEVE WHALERS.
Steps Being Taken to Send Relief to Inn
prisoned WhaIers.

Steps Being Taken to Send Relief to Inn
prfsoned WhaIers.
WASHINGTON, Oct. SI.-Acting Secretary
Thompson, yesterday received a long
telegram from San Francisco, sgued by
Senator Hearst and others, informing him
of the perilous situation of the crews OF
about a dozen whalers supposed to have
been wrecked near Herald Island, in the
Arctic ocean, and asking that revenue
steamer be sent at once to their assistance
There are said to be nearly 500 men in the
party, and they are in no condition to
withstand the rigors of an Arctic winter.
The revenue steamer Bear is desired for the
purpose of sending provision and CLOTH
ing, without which, it is said, they will
perish of hunger and cold. Acting Secre-
tary Thompson visited the White House
during the day and laid the matter before
the President, saying that there was nc
vessel now in the revenue service fit for a
winter cruise TO the Arctic. The steamer
Bear, now at San Francisco, which was
suggested for the expedition would re-
quire extensive repairs, and Mr.. Thomp-
son added that there is no appropriation
which can be utilized for this expense.
The President said that the case was O
serious one and required prompt act
ion. He thereupon sent for Commo-
dore Harmony, Acting Secretary of the
Navy, and instructed him to take immedi-
ate steps for the relief of the whalers.
Commodore Harmony promised to do so,
and said he would endeavor to commune
cate with Commodore Emery, command
ing the United States ship Thetis, now
cruising in the Arctic, and which is ex-
pected to arrive at San Francisco in a
short time. The present plan is to fit this
vessel out for a relief expedition as soon
as she arrives at San Francisco, and to
expedite her arrival there with that end
in view
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-11-09
THE RIGHTS OF CHEROKEES.
secretary Villas Does Not Desire to Over
ride ANY of Their Acts.

MUsKoGEE, l. T., Oct. 31.-The following
letter to Chief Mayes from Secretary Villas,
received yesterday, explains itself:
Hon. j. B. EcysS, Principal Chief Cherokee Ma.
ton, TdhLeg,,Gk, l. t.:
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, WASHING
TON, Oct 23.-Dear Sir: / have duly received
your communication of October 10 and care
fully noted its contents 1t was deemed adj
yisable, if not necessary, to give the notice
contained in my communi, alton OF Septem
Der d in view Of the apparent probability
that your Nation would soon renew the pre-
the lands in the Cherokee outlet. l think that
he notice is sufficient to protect the rights OF
the United States, whatever they are. On the
other hand, l am SO far from desiring to trench
upon the rights of the Cherokee Nation that
| wish to see all their rights fully protected
II occasion should arise. and none has yet
arisen, for me to attempt to define a line
IF demarkation between the rights of the
United States and the Cherokee Nation,
shall then undertake ii with careful consIdera-
tor 81 the rights of the Cnerokees as well as OF
she Government Meantime no further action ap
pears necessary on the part OF the department
and ] write this more particularly to assure
you and your people that there is no disposition
to diminish or abridge either your rights or the
full exercise and enjoyment of them or depre
ciate the worth or value of them in any way
whatever. Very respectfully,
W. F. Villas Secretary.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-11-09
BARB WIRE FENCES.
How to Prevent Injury to Horses nj
Other Farm Animals.

How to Prevent Injury to Horses and
Other Farm Animals.
Notwithstanding the several simple
means for preventing injury to horses
and other farm animals from barb wire
fences, we are repeatedly hearing Of
severe injuries inflicted by these fences.
In all cases. so far as we have heard,
the injury has come from the fences
made wholly of the barb wires. Where
bitches and banks have been made at
the bottom of the fence, or a rip-rap
wall of cObble-stones foot or two high
has been plnced beneath the wires, in
the manner we have repeatedly recon-
mended, not a single accident has &C.
Cured within our knowledge.
Some persons have strongly advo-
Gated the prohibition, by law, of all
barb wire fences next to neighbors or
along highways, to prevent the many
accidents which frequently occur, but
no general law of this kind can be
passed so long as farmers find these
fences so much cheaper, more efficient
and more durable than any other farm
fence that can be constructed. ItwOuld
be equally impossible to prohibit the
running OF railway trains on account of
the disasters which often occur from
them. All that is necessary is to adopt
the simple and cheap remedies recon-
menied. among which the earth bank
and double ditch is capable of nearly
universal application, and which has
some advantages in cheapness of con-
struction, in addition to the protection
II affOrds.-Countrg Gentleman.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-11-09
FIGHT FOR a TRUCK.

Republicans Capture a Platform From
Democrats in "A Political Row at New
York.
New YORK, Oct. ga row occurred in
the Eighth Assembly district last night be-
tween the Tammany organization and the
John J. O'Brien Legion of Republicans,
the latter capturing a truck from which
the Democrats had been making speeches
to a crowd at Eldridge and Canal streets.
The meeting was about to close when the
O'Brien Legion, who had been parading.
raided the truck. The leaders were well
acquainted with each other and regarded
the affair more as a joke than seriously,
but some of the followers on both sides got
excited and there was quite a fracas. in
the course of which two pistol shots were
heard. Whether the firing was done in a
Pickwickian sense or in earnest is con-
iectural. At any rate, the police thought
it justified them in taking serious view
Of the situation, and the street was soon
cleared
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-11-09
THE hAYTIAN TROUBLES.
A War Vessel to BE Sent to Port N
Prince.

A War Vessel to BE Sent to PORT an
Prince.
Nrv yoeK Oct. ao-Tbe seizure NJ tina
American steamer Havtien Renpb,ic ba.
become an international episode. os will
he seen nv the following letter from Sec.
retarv of State Bavard:
N,ssrs. lord e 1ustin. New York CTR.
DEPARTMENT OF STATE, wAsHISGToN, Oct. q
Gents: have to acknowledge the receipt Of
your letter OF the eth inst. in which you inform
The department OF the seizure OF the American
steamer hayuen hepuonc, ~ 81 Marc, ana
ra;.a ss t W,t INV so vus s'a,e ,s "
;eonardx IN which the I;yss and rrnnertr -,
Americans are now placed. a man.of.var be
sent ,hither Immediately The department has
received information of similar purport from
the United States Minister at Port an Prince
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-11-09
SUFFERING SAILORS.
A Norwegian Crew ShipwreckeG Among
BarbSrIsns in the southern Seas.

A Norwegian Crew ShipwrcckeG Among
BarbsrIsns in the Southern Seas.
PHILADELPHIA. Nov. Ia Norwegian
steamship arrived here yesterday from
Jamaica having on board Captain Jnrob-
sen and one sailor belonging TO the Nor
wegian lark Inga, which was wrecked on
the Island of Cayman. September I7,when
on voyage from Montevideo 10 Ship
Island, Miss. Captain Jacobson SAYS that
soon after the vessel struck Oh the island
she was boarded by nearly 30 co.ored
wreckers, who made a bold and dar-
ing attempt to take possession o.
and rob the vessel. They made an
attempt to gain entrance into the
after cabin, and were only prevented
from doing so at the point of pistol.
When they were driven from the YES >ei's
deck the crew landed in their life boats on
the island They were the only civilized
people there and subsisted two week on
cocoanuts and little gin they had saved.
AT the end of this time Captain jacobson
got possession of small sloop, in which
he and his crew made sail for Jamaica.
They only had a small quantity of pro-
visions, and expected to reach Jamaica in
two days, but instead of this they were a
week. Their sufferings from exposure arl
want of sufficient food Were beyond de-
scrjptiOn
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-11-09
.Rreakers Close Ahead -

ToRoSTo, Ont, Oct. Sl.-The Globe to-
day in an article headed Breakers Close
Ahead" says: Though Lord Sackvi!le
is tn victim of a despicable trick, ne is
also the victim of his own folly. He stuck
his nose into American home affairs by
counseling an elector about how he should
vote and influence others to vote. The
United States Secretary of State argues
with great force that the British Amhas-
sador thus transgressed the amenities
and the necessary rules of diplomacy in
such degree as to warrant Washington
in demanding his recall. According Lord
backville has been informed that he is no
longer acceptable to the President aad
Administration"
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-11-09
Terrible Bridge Accident.

DUoUoIN, H., Oct. 3o.-A gang of men
were repairing the iron truss bridge yes
terday which spans the Big Muddy river
near Blairsville, about sixteen miles
from here, and an order was given one
Of them 10 loosen a girder fraction OF
an inch. The girder was one of the
main supports and one turn of the wrench
swung the bridge out of plumb and
without moments warning the vast mass
dropped to the water, fifty feet below.
William Thompson was instantly killed
and Arthur McRea, James Campbell, D.
Maffeld, John Edmunds and Theodore
Harris fatally injured. ". II. McRea.
Thomas Robinson, Miles Harris and Frank
Leech were seriously injured.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-11-09
TRAIN ROBBERS.
Bold Robbery of Mexican Central Trair

Bold Robbery of a Mexican Central Train
Near FL Paso, Tex.-Partially Fooled.
Ell PAso. Tex. Nov. 1.-When the Mex.
lean Central north bound passenger train,
consisting of an engine, five freight cars,
a baggage and express car and two passen-
ger coaches, had reached a point twelve
miles this side of San Jose aud sixty-two
miles from Ell Paso three masked men
crawled over the tender of the engine,
covered the engineer and fireman with
four six-shooters and compelled them to
stop the train. They then uncoupled the
two passenger cars and leaving them ran
on with the rest of the train. The Wells
Fargo messenger tried to get Mexican, NJ.
7. Villeggs, started out of the car, but the
robbers fired into the car and drove him
back.
Six miles this side of the first stop the
robbers stopped again and broke in the
end door of the express car. While they
were doing so the messenger jumped out
of the side door and ran off in the dark
ness, carrying the key to the big iron safe.
in which most Of the money aud ya'"nhles
in his charge Were stored. The robbers,
therefore, got only two packages of coin
silver amounting to 5000. The outlaws
next uncoupled the engine and came On
with that alone, running to within three
miles of Juarez (Paso del Norte), where
they abandoned the engine. Before leav-
ing it they started it back down the road
with wide open throttle and it ran about
four miles stopping for want of steam.
The robbers are supposed to have come
across the river, but there is no clew to
their identity except that they were Amer
leans.
There is but one telegraph station be-
tween San Jose and JuareZ-at Samald-
yucca, forty-five miles from San Jose and
thirty from Juarez-and' the robbers, or a
confederate of theirs, had cut the tele-
graph wire below San Jose before the
hold-up They also cut il where they
stopped the train and again just this side
of Samalayuca, thus preventing connec-
ton. The agent at Samalayuca sent out
section hands who found the break aud re-
paired it.
The train was due at Juarez at 1:25 a. n.
and the first news of the robbery was q
telegram from the agent at Samalayuca
to Superintendent Comfort received at
7:45 a. m. and an engine was at once sent
back after the engine AMI train that had
held up and the train was brought in al
$3.50 p. m.
The only blunder of the robbers was in
failing to get the KEY 10 the safe, in which
was a considerable amount of money j
valuables The messengers action IN get
ting away with the key is generally COM
mended. The amount of gold and silver
coin and bullion brought up by tie Wells
Fargo messengers is very lar2e-sCme-
times amounting to over $100.0J0 at one
time. Fortunately this happened to be a
light run.