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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1889-04-05
An Humble But True Hero.

At an obscure station in Northern
Iowa three years ago there were two
ladies waiting to take train A
tramp, drunk enough to be ugly and
quarrelsome, whose hand, like Ish-
mae's, was against every man, came
in and amused himself by directing in
sulting remarks to them The opera
tor was receiving an order to hold the
coming train, and did not hear. AZ
he passed through the waiting-room to
put out the red flag the ladies APP
pealed to him. He ordered the fellow
out, and receiving abuse in return at
tempted to push him through the open
door when the brute drew a concealed
dirk and stabbed him. The operator,
knowing it to be his death wound,
made no outcry, had no word Of re-
proach for his murderer, no repining
at his own fate, sent no last message
to the loved ones whom this towards
act had bereft He simply extended
the flag which he still held. to the
ladies, and saying. 'Put it OUT" fell
ifeless at their feet--Minneapolis
Tribune.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1889-04-05
A FRENCH EloPEMeN1.


One That Took Place Under Exceedlngly
Peculiar Circumstances.
An elopement has just taken place
under rather peculiar circumstances
in Paris. Some evenings since gen
tleman living in the Rue de Courcelles
gave brilliant reception il his rooms
and also organized a concert for his
guests. The. singers and musicians
we're hired in the Faubourg St Denis.
and, although of cafe-concert cate
CORY. it was sedulously given out that
the vocalists were lyric artists of high
repute. One of them, the barytone.
was handsome fellow of thirty. with
the languishing airs of a Spanish SER
anader or a Provencal troubadour of
the olden time. and after his vocal
performances in the salon he was
eagerly surrounded by groups of
ladies. who complimented him on his
splendid voice. Among his most en-
thusiastic admirers was the young
lady of the house. the daughter OF
the host, on whom the serenader from
the Faubourg st. Denis bestowed his
most bewitching glances- After the
vocal and instrumental part OF
the evenings entertainment was over,
supper was served. preparatory to
Terpsichorean performances, and the
barytone. with his fellow-singers.
packed up their scores" received
their money. and duly departed. Dur
ing the supper the host missed his
daughter. and thinking that she Wa
indisposed he flew to her chamber and
found it lonely" The house was
searched from top to bottom. and the
Borrowing parent was told by the con-
cierge that his daughter had gone out
in her evening dress. which was only
covered by a macintosh. in the com
pany of tall, dark young man. whose
description correspondent to the identi-
ty of the handsome barytone that had
so enchanted the company by his fine
voice and good looks. The fugitives
have not been discovered: but lack of
funds will make them unable to hold
out long. for the young lady had no
money, and the awful truth has been
discovered that the attractive barry
tone owed fortnight's rent to his
landlady. was in debt to all the cater
ers of creature comforts in his neigh
borhood. and frequently patronizec
the local pawn office.-Cor. London
Telegraph
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1889-04-05
Enormous Fortunes.

Notwithstanding the enormous fortunes
accumulated through the use o: printers
INK, large sums of money ART annually
wasted In Intellectual and unremuner alive
Advertising.
The merits Of a really valuable commodity
properly portrayed In the columns Of an in
auential and widely read newspaper, like
this, will speedily become generally known
and appreciated, while the returns reaped
by the advertiser will be like those Of the
wise husbandman who planted his seed in
good ground, wherein it bore fruit and
brought forth, some an hundred fold, some
sixty, some thirty"
The wording Of an advertisement is an
all-important matter.
Clearness, attractiveness, brevity and sim
cerity must characterize any announcement
intended to catch the public eye and appeal
70 public confidence. An advertisement IN
serted in London journal a few days ago
brought instant and multitudinous replies
accompanied by an almost unlimited sup
ply Of bank notes, simply because it
touched the chord of nature which makes
all mankind akin. Its simple pathos and self
evident truthfulness appealed to every
heart
The advertiser sought for a lost relative,
and, giving his name, said: II am i'll and
friendless. My last half crown is expended
in paying for this advertisement Write me
at''-(glving the address). As already
stated, nearly every one who read the an
uouncement FASTENED to relieve the necessi-
ties of the suherer-a real sufferer in this
case, though many swindles are perpe-
trated in the divine name of charity.
Thus 1t is with really meritOrioIs COM
modify or preparation; il its virtues be
properly and truthfully set forth in the pub
lie press, its success is prompt and certain.
On the other hand, the public is quick and
unerring to detect deception and chariat-
anry; and, accordingly, no amount Of puff
cry" will force q vile nostrum into public
esteem and patronage. Untold sums have
been sunk in vain efforts to advertise into
popularity so-called medical preparations
which did not possess the virtues or proper
ties claimed for them.
Valuable medicines, however, like War
ner's Safe Cure and Warmers Log Cabin
Sarsaparilla, carry their own best common
dation in their power to cure the p ,rticular
diseases for which they are specific.
They require no labored panegyric to con-
vince the people of their power and efficacy,
for they have been tried and found perfect
Natures remedies, by their own intrinsic
merits have con Inferred a lasting loon upon
mankind, and they have secured an envia-
BILE reputation and unlimited sale through
out the civilized world
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1889-04-05
CHAPTER XIX.

THE WIDOW HEARS A REVELATION
Mrs. Penroy hesitated a moment about
ringing, until the Captain had made good
his escape from the house, then she rang
and to the servant who answered she called
for Grace
The latter was IN her room preparing &c
retire. For some reason she had not heard
the pistol shot. and was utterly oblIvious O.
the dangers that had menaced Lura joyce
after her departure from Lone Hollow.
Grace at once went to her mother.
80 you can answer when l call" uttered
the woman, in a tone most unpleasant.
'Ialways do. mother
| do your with a sheer. Real dutiful
all at once, aren't you. Have you seen
Captain Starbright this EVENING""
| Il have not"
did you hear that his life had been
assailed."
i did not
Il heard some commotion outside, but do
not believe it was any thing serious. The
Captain has been carrying affairs with q
! high hand hereof late, and 1 am determined
| 10 put stop to it,
Grace regarded her mother in surprise.
1t was through Mrs. Feuroy that Captain
| Starbright gained footing at Lone Hollow,
and Grace had seen the two much together
and believed them the best of friends.
There is little wonder, then, that she re-
| garded the present outbreak with wonder.
Il supposed Captain Starbright was a
welcome guest here. mother"
Nevertheless he is not" retorted the
faded widow, taking pinch from her gold
snuH-box. Il wish you would turn him the
cold shoulder hereafter He is simply a
fortune-hunter of the worst type. 1t is my
wish that you do not countenance him
further
at has been to please you that have
countenanced him at ALL" declared Grace
"Oh, it isl You have been very dutiful
Let Us see if you can be as much so in the
future. have ordered the Captain to re-
main away from Lone Hollow in the
future. He certainly Will not return if he
does not have encouragement from you"
HAS he gone away voluntarilyl''
mo. Iordered him to leave, tell you"
'But thought
NO matter what you thought, it's settled
that the Captain Is hereafter Q stranger
here. will call in advisers and settle your
grsndfather's estate to suit myself as his
oaIy herr
Grace was silent
She was puzzled to know what had come
over her usually docile mother, but she re-
fused to crafty her curiosity by asking
Questions
"You may 60 now, but remember that 1
forbid you having aught to do with Captain
Ssrbright"
trace rose to leave the room. 80 had
reached the door when Mrs Penroy said:
zone word further. It is possible that
you have some sneaking regard for Austin
Wentword. may be mistaken in this,
since have not seen him about in some
time: but let me warn you that he must re-
main away Is well I'll have no sneaking
beaux about-they're all fortune-hunters to
the last man"
Grace's cheeks Redeemed with indigna-
ton Her mother had always treated her
harshly, and now she felt that it was wholly
unjust 70 treat her a. though she were a
little child to be reprimaDded at will
Grace was like her father. honest and gen
ue. with trusting nature that made friends,
yet rendered her easily imposed on
70 BE CONTINUED
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1889-04-05

Beside that. within the memory or man
there have been worlds that were born
and that died. A few years ago astrom-
ers telegraphed, through the Associated
Press. to all the world-the astronomers
from the City Of Washington-that an
other world had been discovered. Within
a comparatively short space Of time,
astronomers tell US, thirteen worlds have
burned down. From their observatory
they notice first that the worlds look like
other worlds, then they become a deep
red, showing they were on fire; then they
became ashen, showing they were burned
down; then they entirely disappeared.
showing that even the ashes were scat
tered. Now, I say, il God can start
world, and swing a world, and destroy .
world, He could stop one or two Of them
without a great deal of exertion. or He
could by unusual refraction of the suns
ravs, continue the illumination. But
infidel scientists say 1t would
have been belittling for other worlds
to stop ON account OF such . battle. Why,
sirs, what Yorktown was for revolution.
ary times and what Gettysburg was in
our civil contest and what Sedan Vas in
The Franco-German war, and what
Waterloo was in the Napoleonic destiny
that was this battle of Joshua against the
five allied armies of Gideon It Was that
battle that changed the entire course Of
1t was battle to Jos hua - i'm
portant as though battle now should &C.
cur in which England and the United
States and France and Germany and Italy
and Turkey and Russia should fight for
victory or humiliation. However much
any o,her world. solar, lunar or stellar,
might be fastened in its errand Of light, it
would be excusaole il it fingered in the
heavens for . little while and put down
its sheaf Of beams and gazed ON suca .
In the early pars Of this century there
was what was called the dark day. Some
of these aged men perhaps remember il.
1t was known in history a. the dark
day" Workmen at noon went to their
homes and courts and Legislatures I'D.
journed- No as tronomers have ever been
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1889-04-05

An American who recently heard
Bismarck deliver q speech in the Ger.
man Reichstag says: 1.-The old Chan
cellor stands without stoop. His
broad shoulders are very square His
head is thrown back upon them His
fine eyes Chis eyes, very large and
piercing, are what one first remarks
on seeing Bismarck) glare out from
under his shaggy brows as the Chan
cellor faces his bitterest enemy IL
German politics"
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proof thai she had escaped death It must
be true; in fact, Grace never thought to
doubt for one moment.
at is . strange story" breathed Grace,
at length. at seems like q dream to me,
and can not be too thankful to have you
back, alive and well"
ITO you am alive and well, to others
must yet be as one dead" said Lura, in q
low, guarded tone, as though she feared
the walls might have suddenly acquired the
gift Of hearing.
"Why is thatT
THAT I may the better Illustrate his
wicked schemes"
ITO whom do you referi"
"Surely you can guess"
81 can not"
Lura regarded her friend in apparent as
constituent.
us it possible that you do not yet under.
stand the true character Of Clinton Star
bright"
~ understand him perfectly" answered
Grace. He has been very kind to me
since grandpa died, and has taken all the
responsibility OF my hands of looking after
affairs about Lone Hollow"
And he will gladly assume control of
the million or more your poor grand
father left" returned Lura, grimly.
THAT is what he is after. Don't trust him.
Grace. He is q serpent two-sided and
treacherous. I beg you to beware Of that
man. who is evil from the sole of his foot to
the crown of his head You will beware of
him, tell me you irilif"
For once Lura Joyce seemed in deadly
earnest, and there was an intense pleading
in voice aud mien as she bent toward her
cousin.
~ do not fear him, but regard the Cap
tain as friend" returned Grace. "Yet,
to please you, will be ever on my guard"
"Thanks. DO not mention the fact Of your
seeing me to living soul Keep my secret
until bid you speak, and you will never re-
greet it. Promise me this. Grace"
81 promise. certainly"
Then Lura sprang up, embraced and
kissed her cousin, and turned toward the
door.
Unjust go now, dearest, but we shall
meet again ere long. Goodnight"
Quickly turning the key Lura opened the
door and glided from the room. Swiftly
she passed down the stairs and thence out
into the night.
Barely had she gained the gate on the
road when she felt a touch on her shoulder
The moon just Thea disclosed its face.
"Hai ! thought so, Lura JoyceI Not
dead, but you shall die in an other minute ~
A pair of digits, cruel as death, closed
about the throat of Lura, and she felt her.
self sinking, fainting, dying, to the ground.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1889-04-05

Mrs. De Culture-"Horrors Going
70 marry that young Mr.. Hayseed!
Are you crazy? He eats pie with
knife" Miss De Culture-"l know H.
ma, but / love him" you'll die OF
disgust" mo won't Tllnever have
pie. n-Philadelphia Record
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1889-04-05

went under, and Noah speaks after the
manner of men when he says every thing
did go under. An eyewitness. There is
no need Of thinking that the kangaroo
lsaped the ocean or that the polar bear
came down from the ice. Why did the
de uge comet 1t came for the purpose Of
destroying the outrageous inhabitants of
the then thinIy populated earth. nearly all
the population, probably very near the
ark before it was launched What would
have been the use of submerging North
and South America, or Europe, or Africa,
when they We're not inhabited?
And as 10 the skeptical suggestion that
in order to have the water as deep As the
Bible states, it must have rained 800 feet
every day, l reply, the Bible distinctly
declares that the most Of the food rose
instead of falling. Before the account
where it says 'the windows of heaven
were opened, it says, all the fountains
Of the great deep were broken up" All
geologists agree in saying that there are
caverns in the earth flied with water, and
they rushed forth, and all the lakes and
rivers forsook their bed. The fountains
of the great deep were broken up, and
then the windows Of heaven were opened
Well. then, another thing in regard to
the size Of the ark. Instead OF being mud
scow, as some of these skeptics would have
rs understand, il was . magnificent ship,
nearly as large Is the Great Eastern, three
times the size of an ordinary man-of-war.
At the time in the world when shipbuild.
ing was unknown, God had this vessel
constructed, which turned out TO be almost
in the same proportions as our staunchest
modern vessels. After thousands Of years
OF experimenting in nava: architecture
and in ship carpentry, we have at last got
up u Hoah's ark. that ship leading all the
fleets Of the world on all the oceans.
Bot how coald you get them into the
aykp ask iR6dsl scientists "How could
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1889-04-05

TIE Car OF Russia wears ring IN which
ID embedded piece Of ths true cruaA
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1889-04-05

Bot how coald you get them into the
srkp ask iR6dsI scientists "How could
Wichita eagle., 1889-09-08
onn FEIlows ExCUKsIoN.

The cantons of Wichita and Denver of
the / o. O. +. will escort Erigadier Cen
eral Pond to Columbus to attend the soy
ereign grand lodge and participate in the
competitive drill The Wichita canton
will leave this city Saturday morning
next, September "A, on special vestibuled
coaches through via Chicago over the
Santa Re, and viii be joined at Newton by
the Denver canton. The party will in
elude Captain Spears, Major Nathewson
and Grand Representative NcMillen. 1t
promises to be one of the largest gather
ings of the sort and the parade the grand
est ever witnessed. Several thousand dol
lars have been set aside for drill premiums
and entertaining the cautons.
Any outside OF the order wishing TO Join
the excursion should apply to Major
Mathewsou. Major Mathewson above r.
ferred to is Uncle Billy, the original Buffalo
Bill 50 intimately associated with the his
tory of Kansas. His story reads Ike
romance and Is familiar to every hausan.
His generosity during the days OF famine
in Kansas and the lndomItahle courage
displayed in killing buffalo with which 10
supply the uimid early settlers with meat
has won him the sohriQuet OF Buffalo Bill,
aud although the name has been appro-
prlaJed 10y others al lis worth j. inherited
from the noble qualities Of this man TO
whom 1t was first given.
Wichita eagle., 1889-09-08
THE CHURCHES.

Church of Christ (Scientist)-Sunday
school and services as usual, this after
noon at go in the Garfield opera house.
All will be welcomed.
Friends church, on Cleveland avenue,
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. religious services this
morning at II o'clock and at o'clock D.
m. SABBATH school at $50 o'clock a n.
Prayer meeting every Thursday evening
at o'clock.
Rev. \. E. Hartman breaches at the Bur-
ton car works at II O'Clock. Services Will
be held at the store room occupied by the
VI. E. Sunday school.
The Stock Yards Sunday school will
make today their rally day, and will meet
at 3 D. m, in charge of Mr.. J. r. Davies,
superintendent. y good organ has been
secured and a fine organist presides at it.
At the close of the school Rev. David
Winters will preach to the people.
High mass viii be resumed at the Pic
Cathedral today. Professor Purdy's
choir viii sing Farmers fine mass, Mrs.
\. y. Weed rs leading soloist; and in the
evening at Nespers, at 30. they viii sing
Peters magnificent magniicat, Mr.. Fran
els Higgins taking the tenor solo.
Wichita eagle., 1889-09-08
BIRTHDAY SURPRISE.

Friday evening the many friends of
Edith Mercer managed Il complete sur
prise for the little lady, the occasion being
her twelfth birthday. The jolly company
poured in upon her about o'clock, and
until near midnight the residence Of the
representative of the Sixth ward was left
in control of the young people, who, with
games and refreshments, drove dull care
from the minds of all The names of the
pleasant young people were: Rose Yazel,
Myrtle Mcmillan, Pearl Long, Wick Clark,
Laura High, Jessie Barnes Allie Dodge,
Birdie Fisk, Bessie Stewart, Nettie Stay
den, Dora Martin, and Masters John Nor
cs, Bert Clark, p. W. Clark, Charlie
Story, Grant Charles, Dan Bayless, VIII
Bayless, Louis CusIck and Al Mercer, who
all voted in favor Of many returns
Wichita eagle., 1889-09-08
ANIUSENENTS.


For five nights and Saturday matinee,
commencing Tuesday, September 10. the
Cora Van Tassel company will present its
new and original play entitled '"The Little
Sinner at the Crawford Grand. The
Kansas City Globe comments as follows
on the play and its presentation:
Two performances, "A matinee and the
evening entertainment, were given at the
Ninth Street theater yesterday. The
Little Sinner with Miss Cora Van TasSel
a the heroine Of the drama, was given at
both performances. The attendance was
large and the audiences were appreciatIve,
the fun provoking the proper response and
the TatEos sympathy The ATTENDANCE
asst night was so great that patrons had
20 be turned away from the doors.
Wichita eagle., 1889-09-08
PERSONALS

Judge Foster leaves this morning for
Topeka where he Will spend Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. II. ". Brown returned TO
thei- home in Pottsdam, \. y, this morn
ing
Rev. ". Reed, OF the First Baptist
church. returned last evening from two
weeks excursion.
Mr. l.. A Walton, cashier Of the Wich-
National hank and family returned yes
,erday from Chicago and New York.
Mr.. Theo. Barrissow. who has been at
tending the Southwes;eV Business college
for several months, has accepted POS t.oa
in Denver, Col.
Mr.. Charles W. Biting. of Biting Bros.
clothing house, and family have just rc-
turned from the east. where he purchased
IN elegant line Of novelties for the fall
trade
DR.. w W. Williams left yesterday for
knoxville, No, on a visit to has parents
The doctors family who have been visit
ting in that city for some time, viii re-
turn with him
Wichita eagle., 1889-09-08
ST. JOHNS BENEFIT.

The following excellent program has
been arranged for the concert to be given
Friday evening, September -, for the ben
eft of st. Johns Episcopal church:
PART l.
Selection. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. Mandolin Club
Messrs. Fred Baldwin, B. b. Cushman and
Ed Lauck, mandolins; Charles Baldwin,
and Charles Beal, guitars.
Piano Duett. Mozart Sonata
Mrs. d. Hays Miss Mosceline Baldwin.
Bass Solo-Calyary, Rodney Paul
Mr. Bion Hull.
Duet-Her Me, Norma. Bellini
Mrs. Edward =. Hovey, Mr.. Crawford.
Vocal Solo-Alpine Flowers.
Recitation. ............. Selected
Mrs. c. c. Furiey.
Violin Solo-(Pian accompaniment. ...
Mr.. Brandon, Mrs. VIM. Bond,
. PART SECOND.
Mandolin Club.
Vocal solo-The song that reached my
heart Mrs. G. &. Forjsy qlian JoFdon
Tenor solo. Observation-Disclosures.
Mr.. Crawford
Duet-What makes the spring. g.. Abbott
Mrs |. West. Mr.. Bion Hull.
Vocal solo-Adelaidc. .......... Beethoven
Mrs. Edward p Hoxey.
uarteette-Cantique de Noel.
..-...................A dolph Adams
Mrs. l. West, Mrs Edward p. Hoxey,
Mr.. Crawford, Mr.. Bion Hull.
Accompauists-Mrs. VIM. Bond and Miss
Mosceln Baldwin.
Committee on arrangements-Mr. Muir
ray Meyers, chairman; Mrs j. S Hill,
Mrs. c. Junkerman, Mrs. c. Z. Owen,
Mrs Frank Young, Mrs. O. Reed, Mrs O.
H. Bentley. Mrs. T. j. Humble, Mrs J.
H. Alley, Mrs. 7. J. Evans, Mrs. c. f.
Frizelle.
Wichita eagle., 1889-09-08
--xsSS>NfIaa
a1ltl Ga8le
MISSIONARY CONCERT.
MAKE 1t PLAIN.

To the Editor OF the Eagle.
We have IN our city now some fifteen
or twenty school buildings and expect in a
few years to have twice that number Ii
they were named after great men, as there
seems to be disposition to do, there
would not be one in a hundred of the peo-
pie that would know where to find them
by the names given. For colleges That
would do. for there is not likely TO be more
than from TWO 10 half dozen in the city.
Or it would do for small town where
they meyer expect to have more than half
a dozen school houses. In large cities II
they are named after wards or streets they
may be easily found. IL surely IS better,
In all matters of this kind, TO make Things
As plain as possible II. +.