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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-06-29

No one had said anything in the
bar-room for nearly two minutes. when
the gentleman with fringe on his pant
Atoms who had been warming himself
by the stove. broke the silence by SAY.
ing. bumptiously: '.All this talk about
bombs makes me tired. understand
that there amt no danger at all. Why,
Id fire bomb this minute for a drink"
Then spakc up the bar-keeper: I'D
fire one just for fun. said he. aud he
did-Drake's Kagazine.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-06-29

"A deed for piece of land in Wind.
sor. Conn.,. has recently come to light
which is made valuable and interest,"
ing by the fact that it bears the name
of Matthew Grant. the first American
ancestor of General Grant Its date
i April 9. 1861
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-06-29

- Any person wao takes che payer reeulne
~ from tae post-o:.ica. her directed - hs
name or whether he is SUBSCRIBE or NOT, II
responsible for the pay
fhe courts have a. eide sha: reIisine 10 take
NEWSPAPERS from The Lovt-o...e.. CO rs.ucria3
ard l"-''-, = \ y p" III, rr.:aa facte
0vf s.- zEst
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-06-29

Important platinum discoveries
have been made in Maricopa County.
Arizona The ore yields ten per cent,
which is perhaps the largest in the
world. The olatina veins in the IRA
Mountains of Russia yield only four
per cent
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-06-29

There is a very remarkable apple
tree in Rockingham County. S. c.. il
is said. which has borne fruit for q
number of years. but has never been
known to blossom. The fruit, while
resembling an apple in size and gen.
eral appearance. tastes like pine
apple.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-06-29

both were evidently awaiting the COM
ing of the prisoner.
Hello. Sandon." said Burt. Il am
sorry to see you in such prcdicament.
and am here both to help you ont of
it and also to help my cousin Jane.
here. beg your pardon for getting You
into it,"
Your cousin?" said Stephen.
YES" replied Burt. '.youknow I've
told you about her-that she was COM
ing to live at our house for the summer.
you know. Let me introduce you"
The usual forms of introduction
were gone through with, and then Miss
Jane said to Sandon:
Il received your note last evening.
and can't tell you how real sorry l
am that should have done such a
terrible thing. To have you arrested!
Like a common criminal! Just think
of it! shall never forgive myself for
it."
Stephen begged her to feel no COM
Functions for her conduct; that she
had only done right; was proud to be
acquainted with young lady who
possessed spirit enough to repel ungen-
tlemanly advances. real or imaginary.
from the opposite sex. etc.
Just rs he turned to speak. his offic-
ious right eye was about to perform is
oficious duty. but Sandon possessed
the pr essence. of mind to turn aside, and
one of the Jail officials near received
its attentions instead.
Sandon's case was now called tor
trial. and the three friends entered the
courtroom. John Burt had previ-
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-06-29

announce net1OuS OOru IN O8y. xne urSt
book ever printed was the Bible by Faust
ana his son-in-law, Sc0heffer, in 1460, and
that conservation Of type 10 the Holy
Scriptures Was . prophecy Of the great
mis- SION Of printing for the evangelizati0n
Of all the nations. The father of the
American printing press was q clergyman.
Rev. Jesse Glover, and that was prophecy
Of the religious use that the gospel minis.
try In this country were to make Of the
types.
Again, we shall sac ure the secular press
As . mightier reinforcement OF religion
and the pulpit BY making our religious
utterances more interesting aud spirited,
and then the press will reproduce them
On the way ~ church some fifteen years
ago o journalist cad . thing that has kept
me ever since thinking: "Are You gong
to give US any points t0day!' ''What do
you meanf' I asked. He said: II mean
by that any thing that will be striking
enough to be remembered" Then said
to myself: What right have we in our
pulpits and Sunday schools to take the
time OF people II we have nothing to say
that il me morab.e. David did not have any
difficulty ia remembering Nsthan's thrust:
Thou urt the man." nor Felix in remem.
boring Paul's point blank uttersnse ON
righteousness, Temperance and Judgment to
come; nor the English king any difficulty in
remembering what the court preacher said,
when, during the sermon against sin, the
preacher threw his hand kerchief into the
Kings pew to indicate whom no meant.
The tendency Of criticism in the theolcg-
icai seminarles is to file on from our young
men all the sharp points and make them
too smooth for any kind OF execution.
What We want, all Of Us, is moro point,
less humdrum. II we say the right thing
in the right way the press will DO glad to
echo and re-echo 1t. Sabbath school teach
ers, reformers, young men and old men in
the ministry. what we all want II we are to
make the printing press an ally in Christian
work is that which the reporter spoken Of
suggested-points, sharp points, memoir
able points. But il the thing be dead
when uttered by living voice. It will be Q
hundredfold more dead when it Is laid out
in cold type.
Now, as you all have something to do
with the newspaper press either In issuing
. paper or reading 1t. either as producers
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-06-29

feet over the end. Lying New York cor
respondents for ten years misrepresented
our church services, but we waited and
people from every neighborhood Of Christ.
endom came here to find the magnitude of
the falseho0ds concerning the church, and
now we have justice, full justice, more
than justice, and As much over-praise as
once We had under.appreciation, and no
man that ever lived was so much indebted
to the newspaper press for opportunity to
preach the Gospel As am.
Young men In the ministry. young men
in all professions and occupations, wait
Yoa can afford to wait. Take rough mis-
representation as Turkish towel to start
up your languid circulation, or q system Of
massage or Swedish movement whose
pokes and pulls and twists and thrusts are
salutary treatment. There is only one
person you need to manage and that Is
yourself Keep your disposition sweet
by communion with the Christ who an
swered not again, the society Of genial
people, and walk out In the sunshine with
your hat OF and you will come out all right
And don't join the crowd Of people in our
day who spend much of their time damninc
newspaper.
secular press IS mightier reinforcement
Of religion and the pulpit, let us make it
the avenue Of religious information. II
you put the facts OF churches and denomi-
nations Of Christians only into the column
Of religious papers, which do not in this
country have IN average Of more than TO-
coo subscribers, what have you done a.
compared with what you do il you put
these facts through the daily papers which
have hundreds of thousands Of readers.
Every little denomination must have its
little organ supported at great expense,
when with one-half the outlay column or
half . column Of room might be rented in
some semiomnipotent secular publication
and 30 the religions information would be
sent round and round the world. The
world moves % swiftly to-day that news
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-06-03
rnlc.. Ynn unyc the On.

To the question, how TO write, ! should
say don't write al all, unless you are
sure you have the gift. which is God
gwen, horn with you, and can no more
be made 10 order than "A a taste for
music when one has no ear for It.
Don't think you a write because you
are fond Of reading stories and deyuuT
everything which comes in your way. or
because YOU think yourself as capable as
your friend, who has achieved q success
you fain would emulate. You must have
the ideal world in you aud about YOU.
You must early be familiar with the
imaginary poo}ie you are 20 make real,
and who, II you ARE real yourself, Nili
come to you sleeping and waking, at day
dawn and sunset, and having their
shadowy hands on yours will hold you
fast until you tingle to your finger tips
and can no more keep from writing than
the bird can keep from singing when the
dew is on the grass and the morning Is
az its freshest. II you have mover ex.
]perienced this glow Of enthusiasm. II YOU
have no imagination and are taking up
writing as you would any other business,
because you think it will pay, VI you
want fame and money, don't try e
write, for IL you do il will hc stilted and
unnaturul,-Mary J. Holmes in New
York Mail and Express.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-06-03
THE OLD SQUIRREL RIFLE.
The Ancient Arm Of n Kentucky Hunter.
Londing "a Flint Lock Gun.

LondIng "a Flint Lock Gun.
l Will describe the genuine ancient
Kentucky squirrel rifle, sketches OF which
i have in my possession, made from the
best models.
The barrel is four feet long and nearly
an inch in diameter, while the bore is but
little larger than a common round lead
pencil: Just great enough, in other words,
10 take into it a round leadeu bullet of
about one-tenth of an ounce avolrdupois
in weight, The stock is Of curly maple,
deliberately carved out of a single piece of
wood. and extends from the semi-circular
brass heel plate 3 the brass half ring Of
mounting under the fore tipof the barrel.
What is called the "drop,' or bend Of the
breech, is very slight rs compared with
the fashion NJ the latest guns; indeed,
some Of the old guns have almost straight
stocks and most of them have n grease
pot either opening in the heel plate or in
the left side Of the stock near that plate.
The trigger guard is of brass and fanci-
fully curved, whsle the thimblcs for the
ramrnd are placed under the barrel stock,
in which is q semi-circular longitudinal
groove that becomes a round hole in the
wood of the lower part of the stock.
The lock is the best model Of flint and
steel mechanism. deliberately carved and
perfectly lifted into the right side OF the
stock near the lower extremity Of the
barrel. The trigger is double, the pos
terror one setting by a hair spring ar
ranCement, regulated by an intermediate
screw, the forward one at the least touch
releasing the hammer that bears the flint,
which in turn strikes open tie steel pan
and drops its spark into the printing In
the under part Of the stock. just behind the
guard. is a tiny hole into which is thrust
a small Quill, probably a primary quill Of
the golden winged w~oodperkcr. This
feather is used TO put into the ''touch-
hole'' TO prevent the powder from rum
ming out during the process of loading.
The ammunition for this gun is the
finest Kentucky powder, lcaden bullets
nodded by hand and some sIrong, thin
white cotton shifting for patching The
bullets are carried in a pouch, the pow
der in a finely carved horn, and the charge
is measured in a boar's tooth charger.
To load the gun, put the feather in the
touch hole at the pan, pour in a boar's
toothful Of powder at the muzzle and
thcu, spreading the patching cloth over
the mouth of the bore, lay ON a buuut
and press il down even with the rim Of
the barrel, cut Of the cloth rs close 10 the
lead as possible, and with the ranrod
push the missile home TO lis bed on the
powder, Pat the ramrod back in The
thinlbles, take CIT the feather and I'LL the
pan with powder for printing; close the
pan and your rife is loaded.-Maurice
Thompson.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-06-03
Fasting aud poIsons.

The advance Of rational therapeutics
will be characterized by increased preci-
sion in Instructions az to the mode Of
taking indictments, their relation to
food, their state Of dilution, difference of
action according TO temperament. and so
forth-fastinc, as is already known, ex-
ercising an important influence on the
eject Of certain substances. NJ. Roger
has now Investigated the influence Of the
state Of hunger upon the power Of ami
mails to resist the poisonous action Of
alkaloils. the result being that such aka
loids a. quinine, %atropine or nicotine were
found 70 lie only four-iifths as toxic if
introduced during fasting into the peri
pheral venou5 system Of a rabbit. a com
pared with their action when introduced
while digestion is in progress; but il in.
troduced into the portal venous system
during digestion, the t~oEicity is only half
that during fasting. 1t is assumed, then,
that fasting dininishcs the power Of the
liver to arrest the alkaloid, and this coin,
cides with a diminished power of gly.
cogen formation. London Lancet.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-06-03
lincoln and HiA Reard.

Shortly after his first election TO the
presidency he received q pleasant letter
fpom a little girl living in a small town
In the state Of New York. The child
told him that she had seen his picture,
and ii was her opinion, as she expressed
II in her artless way, that he would be
o better looking man if he would let his
heard grow Mr.. Lincoln passed that
New York town ON his way to Washing
ton, and his first thought ON reaching
the n zee was about his little correspond
ent. In his brief speech 10 the people he
made q pleasing reference 10 the child
and her charming note. This little
lady, said he, ''saw from the first that
great improvement might he made in my
personal appearance. You all see that |
am not a very handsome man, and, to be
honest with you, neither ] nor any Of
my friends ever boosted very much about
my personal beauty He then passed
his hand over his face and continued:
''But | intend TO follow that little girls
advice, and if she is present ! would like
TO speak TO herr The child came for
ward timidly, and was warmly greeted
by the president-elect he took her in
his arms and kissed her a~iTectionately,
expressing the hope that lac might have
the pleasure of seeing his little friend
again sometime.
Shortly after this Mr.. Lincoln, for the
first time in his life. allowed his beard to
grow all over his face, with the exeep-
ton Of the upper lip; and this fashion
he continued as long as he lived. In
speaking of the incident which led HIM
10 sport a full beard he aftrrward re-
marked. rellectively: 'tHow small a
thing will sometimes change the whole
aspect Of our lives. Ward IL. Lamon.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-06-03
shot, by sl,ilIful Archers.

In the days when The buffalo was
found in vast herds onthe western plains.
there were Indians who, wilde riding AZ
a gallop, could send an arrow through a
bufIalo's body. Remarkable as this
shooting WAS, yet il did not equal that
reached by the UrchgTs Of ancient times.
Mr. Dixon, in lis history OF Gairlock,
Scotland, SAYS that the NilcI,les OF HAT
district were such sliIful archer that
they could lit u man at the distance of
400 and even 800 yards. lie instances
the killing Of "a serving nun az 500 yards
and Of two men killing several McLeod4
at 400.
Lest the reader should discount the
distance az Tine uIugg, the author mon
tons several wonderful shots made by
Turks. In 1904 the Turkish ambassador
shot IN arrow. in a field near Lpudou
4l5 yards against the wind and is2 yards
with the wind.
The secretary If the ambassador. on
hearing the expressions Of surprise from
the English gentlemen present, said tho
sultan had She. 500 yards, This was Tho
greatest performance OF modern days
but n pillar, standing on a plain ncai
ConstaHtinoplr, recorded shots ranging
up 30 500 yauils.
Sir Robert Ainslie. British amhassado,
70 the Sublime porte, records that in lI0,
he was present when the sultan shot a.
arrow gi2 yards.-Nouth Companion.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-06-03
The Man wIIIInrr. Of rrnnce.

II ladies are invading the trades and
professions which they could not before
equal rights were thought Of, the men
are avenging themselves. Most of the
French haUtcrs nov work for both sexes,
and their shop windows vie with those
of the modistes in exhibition Of trimmed
hats. smart, neat, stylish. and. in short,
tempting as they can be. \ halter said
to me: II would not venture 10 make
up flowers and iiimsy smifs into hats
and boBuets. A wOman's fancy and
light fingers are wanted for that. But !
don't fear competing with no matter
what milliner when the trimmings are
rich and solid. We keep an artist, who
has had medals in the Salon, 10 design
hats trimmed as you STE them" High
art is running into the channels into
which il flowed in the Eighteenth cen-
tury, and which were left dry from the
time Of the revolution up 10 a few years
ago. The impetus was given by tne
Universal exhibition, and, must say it,
the corruption VI the French theatre, a:
well as the necessity under which man
ayers found Themselves Of pleasing the
eyes Of cilded ''rastouquoneres, iG,
norant OF French, AMI wishing TO show
Their w]umenkind what FagisLL style IL
dress was.-paris Latter.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-06-03
ImnertInence of NM Mind.

I am free TO confess that | love old
clothes, boots, hat AMI everything else,
simply because | dislike the unmannerly
remarks of those | meet. SO long as you
wear old clothes you are all right. But
put on a new suit and your the gaunt-
let Of criticism. Everybody has some
thing % say about ii. Let your beard
grow ard you have 100 reflections. Cut
IL or and you have 1000 more. Now,
all this Goes not arise so much from in
territorial impertincnce as gossipy sur
prise. The common mind hates innova.
ton in creed, politics or dress. To escape
criticism you must avoid change and be
an every day man. Most people like
light talk and so are Interested in triiles.
unlf the 50 called wit ia ordinary con.
sensation Is personal alldsion. A true
gentleman doesn't ask YOU where you
bought your hat or why you do moi
shave. The scholar does not either. Tho
ordinary man will, because he has little
thought beyond his ~pantalocns. Ian.
canister Examiner.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-06-03
scandinaylans In the United states,

A series Of articles on different nation
attic ia the CuiIel States forms ono q
the unique features OF the current vol
umc Of Tho Chautauguan. In a late
number Albert Shaw discusses the Scan-
dinayinns, and gives the following In his
valuable computation vi statistics; More
people have left Norway, Sweden and
Denmark during The last f7you years to
make their homes in the United States
than during the entire previous existence
Of our country. With ono-fortipth #
the whole population Of Europe tho
Scandinavian countries furnish nearly
one twenty-f0urth Of the aggregate
European emigration OF the United
States during the Xix decades from 1890
20 1880. Since 1880 we have admitted
in round numbers 1000, 900 European
recruits 10 our shores, OF whom about
800, 900 have been Scandinayians. That
n 10 say, we are during the current de-
cade drawing i2 i-2 per cent. OF our new
foreign population from a group Of Lin
dred nations which have only 2 1-2 per
cent. of the population Of Europe.-Pub'
Iic Opinion.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-06-03
A CURIOUS MlMETlc FRAUD.
One of the Phasmid@ Family-Like q
Wisp OF Hay.

One of The Phnsmid@ family-Like a
wisp of Hay.
My introduction to them occurred on
the borders of Lake Shirwn-one of tho
smaller and less known of the great
African lakes-and / shall record the in
cident exactly as | find it in my notes.
/ had stopped one day among some tall,
dry grass to mark a reading OF the an
eroid, when one Of my men shouted
s.Chirombol' Chronic means an
inedible beast of any kind, and | turned
round 10 see where the animal was. The
native pointed straight at myself. I
could see nothing, but he approached,
and pointing close to 4 wisp Of hay
which had fallen upon my coat, repeated
sFChirombo." Believing 1t must be some
insect among the hay, l took it in my
fingers, looked over it, and told him
pointedly there was no ''Chirombc"
there. He smiled, and, pointing again
to the hay, exclaimed: ''Moio!' c''It's
alive.')
The hay itself was the chirombo. / do
not exaggerate when | say that that wisp
of hay was no more like an insect than
my aneroid barometer. / had mentally
resolved never to be taken in by any Of
thes~ mimetic frauds. / was incredu-
lous enough TO suspect that the descrip-
tons of Wallace and the others were
somewhat highly coiored. but | confess
to have been completely stultiiied and
beaten by the very first mimetic form l
met. 1t was one Of that very remark
able family, the phasmid@, but surely
nowhere else in nature could there be
such another creature. Take two inches
of dried yellow grass stalk, such a one
might pluck to run through the stem Of q
pipe; then take six other pieces nearly as
long and a quarter as thick; bend each in
the middle ut any angle you like. stick
them in three opposite pairs, and again at
an angle you like, upon the first grass
stalk and you have my chirombo. When
you catch him his limbs are twisted
about at every angle MS if the whole were
made Of one long stalk Of the most deli
cate grass, hinged in a dozen places, and
then gently crushed mp into a disheveled
heap.
Having once assumed a position, by a
wonderful instinct, he never moves, OF
varies n of his many angles by half q
degree. The way this instinct keeps up
the dclusion is, indeed, almost as won
derful MS the mimicry itself; you may
turn him aOout, and over and over, but
he is r0ere dried grass, and nothing will
induce him to acknowledge the animal
kingdom by the iaintest suspicion Of
spontaneous movement. All the MEM
bers of his family have this power Of
shamming death; but how such enact
ated and juiceless skeletons should ever
presume TO be alive is the real mystery.
These phasmide look more like ghosts
than living creatures, and so slim are
they that. in trying 10 kill them for the
collecting Eox, the strongest squeeze be-
tween finger and thumb makes no more
impression upon them THANH il would upon
fine steel wire, and one has 70 half gull
lotine them against some hard substance
before any little life they have is sacri.
feed TO Science. Good Words.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-06-03
COTTON NM Of the snniI,

Cotton mill building in the south Is
being pushed with almost blind zeal.
Within two months announcement have
been made Of sixty now mills. One at
Athens Is 10 double it's capacity from
1000 10 10000 spiudles. a thread fac
tory Is to be built neal Barnett Shoals,
Ga. A Merchantyille, N. j., protector
will put up a large amount of knitting
machinery at Monbo, n. c. spartans-
burg, n. c., IL 10 have a 800, 900 mill,
New Orleans Tines Democrat.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-06-03
savdust by the bate.

Baled sawdust il the latest output Of
the saw mills of Maine. IL Is put up in
neat half cord packages covered with bur.
laps. A powerful Hydraulic press Is used
TO press the packages, and the entire
supply is shipped 10 Boston, where IL Is
used by the street car companies for bed.
ding for horses. A portion Of 1t is used
for packing. The cost Of transportation
is reduced about one-hhlf by the baAmg
process. expect TO see the sawdust Of
all the mills in the northwestern lumber
district utilized In this way before long
Globe Democrat,
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-06-03
Experience In Dreams.

There are soine very remarkable things
about dreams. In the first place they are
twice as real rs reality. Did you ever
fall down stairs in dreamsl II you have,
you must have observed that IL is q much
more terrible experience than falling
down stairs when you are awake-exocpt
that you don't have the bruises 10 nurse
sfterward. But the mental experience
Of falling down stairs IN a drean il some
thingIawfuL Cleveland Leader.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-06-03
Mrs. Lnnrtrr,a Mnnn.tnnn.

Mrs. LAugtry is particularly partial &c
Che moonstone, and owns one Of the most
beautiful Of lbs kind known to connOis.
seurs. 10 Is large and Of oval shape,
almost transparent. and flashes the colors
Of the opal under certain lights. its
beauty is enhanced by a setting Of small
diamonds, which brings out It's tran
sarency, and its owner asserts that she
always succeeds best in her play when
- wears this ornament, which IL used
- n pin amid lace rufles.- Public
Qpinjon.