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The Iola register., 1889-12-06

last person on earth to have thought
OF catching q bear had circumstances
not forced me to turn trapper. Now, as /
have frankly acknowledged my weakness,
will ask the indulgence of the reader, and
hope that l will not be censured for any
cowardlce shown in the adventure / am
about to relate, which is as follows:
Twas engaged, along with several others,
In putting up telegraph line through q
wild part Of Arizona The day of which 1
am about to speak was our monthly pay
day, and after receiving our money one Of
the boys-Bill johnson by name-and my
self were detailed to 20 back on the line
about four miles to deserted mining town
to put up some wires that had been blown
down.
Bill was q great gawk of fellow who had
the reputation of being the biggest coward
In the gang, but as neither be nor saw any
danger ahead, we took little lunch in our
pockets and started out, thinking only of
the money in our pockets and the glorious
"blow out" we would have when we reached
town
We arrived at our destination and soon
had our work completed, and were just about
to start for camp, when suddenly, not ten
yards from us, a monstrous grizzly came out
from among the bushes, and as soon as he
saw us gave chase.
Our only show was to reach hut about q
hundred yards away, and both Of US in
stinctively turned in that direction and ran
like deer.
reached the hut first and to my infinite
delight saw that it had q good solid door,
which was open.
Iplunged in, grabbed the door and held
1t ready to close as soon as Bill could land
his lanky form inside, but as soon as
turned around saw that if he managed tc
The Iola register., 1889-12-06

think it very beautiful"
"Do you, now.'' said the other, halting to
take breath. "Why, the people here just
puItter along. They don't walk as we do in
Chicago. The street cars run as if they
were creased; there are no carts or cobble-
stones; there is no business, and the
streets are SO wide they make me lone
some"
"But, dear, look up the avenue" plead
ed the soft-voiced Washington girl. "Could
any thing be finer than that view of the
capitol? Somehow, that great white dome,
whether bathed in the golden light Of morn.
ing or the red fame Of sunset, or barred in
the white light Of noon, is the stateliest
picture " the world. And there, too, notice
the " dsnington monument With It's sum-
init touched by the sunset, it is turned to a
great jewel of shifting opalescent tints.
See the rosy lights and transparent mists
that soften the outlines Of this wonderful
shaft. Notice, too"
'Yes, yes, DEAR" shrilled the Chicago
girl, impatiently, s'that's all fine enough,
but you ought to see the Chicago water
tower or the belfry of the Polk street
depot" and she shifted disdainfully. Then
she keeps on smiling, at first suspiciously,
then eagerly and at last delightedly.
"Oh OH what's that? Where does that
come from? Why, now, it seems I'm home" !"
and tho now eager wanaerer in q strange
land darted in zig gag lines in front Of her
hostess, trying to locate the dear, cut in
tangible, reminder Of home.
"Why, dear, l don't understand what
odor you mean. There is nothing here but
that dreadful sewer gas, where they are
tearing up the concrete"
"Well, that's it," smiled the other, de-
lightedly; that's what l mean; only, of
course, the smell here isn't any thing COM
pared to Chicago" and the now reconciled
visitor trotted along, her eager, yearning,
longing expression giving way to one Of
dreamy retrospection. Washington Post.
The Iola register., 1889-12-06
There Was Something In It

Assistant ito editor)-Here;s little
poem that some friend has sent in for
publication. He doesn't care about any
pay for it. We are welcome to use it if it
suits.
Editor (without looking arourd)-Any
thing in it.
Assistant-The rhyming is clever, and the
sentiment seems to be all right.
Editor-Run it in.
Finds out next morning from LOT per-
sons who meet him on his way to the office
that the sentiment Of the poem, read down.
ward, is that "Editor Boggs Is Anybody's
Pudding" I-Chicago Tribune.
The Iola register., 1889-12-06
Compen.ation for An rhines,

An old peasant on the south shore Of
Long Island was telling his visitor how
pleasant it was. "But," asked the friend,
slapping his face with his handkerchief,
don't you have a great many mosquitoes
and sand fiesln
"Ya'as," said the man; "but, then, we
sorter like them"
"How can that beln
"Wa'al, you see, we feel SO kinder good
when they go away."-N. Y Observer.
The Iola register., 1889-12-06
FIG. 4.-THE BINDER

under them, but on top of the side hori-
zontal pieces. When ready to bind
swing the short ends of the levers up
over the bundle; then lift up on the long
and outer ends. This encircles the
bundle. Lift up until the long ends
stand up straight and together. Now
cross and bring down with full weight;
tie, change ends with bundle, and do the
same again.
A stout tarred twine is made purposely
for this work. The tie should be made
about two feet from the end Of the bum
die Of the long hoops. Put fifty in
bundle Of the greatest lengths, and one
hundred of the short ones. To split and
shave three hundred of the long hoops
is considered days work, and of the
short ones six to eight hundred. These
bundles may be stacked away and kept
almost any length Of time, If in dry
place, as they have to be steamed in any
case before using in the large factories.
American Agriculturist.
The Iola register., 1889-12-06
A Practical Success. !.

The Spreckles beet sugar enterprise in
Santa Cruz County, says the San Fran
cisco Call, has proved practical sue
cess, and the world is thereby furnished
with another illustration of Claus
Spreckles' sagacity. This latest sue
cess increases the business prestige of
Spreckles to an enormous extent. He
said the enterprise would succeed and
was sanguine in the face of failures. He
held that previous experiments had not
been properly made and could not be
considered as true tests. The beet sugar
factory at Watsonville has been running
two weeks, and crushing of $50 tons of
beet day has yielded forty tons of
sugar. The enterprise is highly appre-
ciated by the farmers of the Watsonville
region and the people of the town, for
the very excellent reason that it has de-
veloped one season of prosperity and in
sured more. 1t is to be hoped that Mr..
Spreckles will look into other industries
after he has finished with sugar. A man
of his intelligence and force should not
confine his attention to any one product
Sugar Bowl.
The Iola register., 1889-12-06
UNCLE AARON;
Or
A WIFE REDEEMED.
a Pathetic Story OF woman's
Folly and q Mans Heroisn
BY MRS. ISOBEL H. FLOYD.
Copyright lSs9.l
CHAPTER v.

v.
There is spur in anguish that only the
cruelty goaded know. Jacob had hitherto
been fairly successful, but had attained nc
especial eminence in his profession, owing
to the easy comfort of happy surroundings.
He had shown occasional flashes of brill.
iaucy in some of the law cases he conduct
ed, but that was all.
Now all his faculties seemed aroused and
intensified and he lived as he had never lived
before. He threw himself into bis work
with force and recklessness that achieved
wonders.
In six months time he was famous. Peo-
pie crowded into the courtroom whenever
it was known that young Jacob Lane was to
speak. His logic was convincing, and his
eloquence carried his listeners along with
him, as If swept on bya torrent. 1t soon
came to be that he refused to take any but
great cases, and his time was worth more
in dollars and cents than that of any lawyer
in the city.
Within year he was rich enough to
lsave his modest home In Charles street and
move into one of the brown-stone mansions
The Iola register., 1889-12-06
Story of Edith md Alpbonse.

Edith wish / were q small orange
dealer.
Alphonse-Why should lovely orange
blossom desire to become a mere ple6eian
traderl
Edith-Because hear of trust which is
to be formed with the avowed intention Of
squeezing the small dealers.
Alphonse constituted himself a trust-N.
Y, Herald
The Iola register., 1889-12-06

fEh' not suffer at this
work, even with his coat off; but he
must have a room warm enough to thaw
the frost from his poles. They can not
well be worked when full of frost, as the
splitter will not follow the grain. and
the knife works great havoc in shaving.
five feet long, makes good heater for
this purpose. Set one end in sand
bed, as a precaution against fire on the
floor. Fit top to it of sheet iron, in
which hole is made for the pipe to be
attached. Cut huge door in one side,
through which may be crammed whole
The Iola register., 1889-12-06

REAT SCOTTl" said
the Chicago girl, as
she strobe along Penn.
sylvia n "a avenue Q,
"what a sleepy old
town your Washing
ton isl"
"Yes," murmured
the Washington girl,
who was strolliug a
pace behind her vigcr-
GUS guest. " Y c s q.
Washington is quiet,
but not dull, and we
The Iola register., 1889-12-06
An Unwitting Error.

Proprietor Ito waiter reported for incivili
ty)-What do you mean, sir, by being inso-
lent to one of my patrons!
Waiter-That's all right, boss, he never
orders any more than coffee and crullers.
To the waiter)-'I beg your PARDON
Time.
The Iola register., 1889-12-06
CATCHING A GRIZZLY.
The Novel Trap Improvised by
Two Linemen.
Lanky BIZ Loses His Months Wages and
the Scat OF His Pants, but Ii Re.
venged A Triumphant
Return to Camp.

HE majority of
people who have
caught or killed a
bear, in relating
their adventure,
usually mix q GER
tain amount Of
gore and gun
powder in to lend
tone to their mar
ratives and give
the public a great
Impression In re-
gard to tn cir
valor. I, for one,
am not addicted
to vanishing the
truth, and am
willing to admit
that ! am a cow
ard, and though
not afraid of the
cars, I would
have been the
The Iola register., 1889-12-06

NEVER whip horse for not doing
what he can not understand is wanted
of him. Few horses willfully refuse to
perform service required. But they
do not understand. Spend your energy
in patiently making the animal under
stand instead Of spending it in whipping
him.
The Iola register., 1889-12-06
Invetorat0 Enemies.

Simeral-Ars Jones and Briggs friends !
Grimsby-Friends! No, indeed! They
couldn't hate each other more if they sang
in the same church choir.-Time,
The Iola register., 1889-12-06

will spring up to
take the places Of
trees removed. A
constant supply is
thus kept up. Care
should be used not
toinjure the smaller
poles in taking out
the arg Q on e 8
wanted for immedi-
ate use. A small
shop may be built
at little cost ex-
pressly for making
the hoops, as it may
be wholly Of rough
lumber of a cheap
gra de. 1t should
be m a de tOlerably
tight, not to protect
the workmen from
the cold, for if he is
;ndnctrinnr ho mill
The Iola register., 1889-12-06
BARREL HOOPS.
Their Manufacture from Planting the Pols
to Shaving the Hoop.

to Shaving the Hoop.
Assuming that the poles have been
artificially grown, the first cutting will
probably be made the fourth or fifth year
from time of planting. If grown thick
ly, as directed, there will be from 2O,0eo
to $4,000 poles on an acre. Perhaps not
more than one-fourth of these willbe of
sufficient size to cut this first time. The
lengths required are as follows, For mo
lasses barrels, eight-foot poles; for pork
barrels, seven-foot; for smaller-sized bar
rels, four-foot six inches, fve-foot six
inches and six-foot. Thegreatest demand
is for the two longest mentioned. The
poles to be manufactured into these
lengths must be at least one inch in
diameter at the top end. The smallest
size mentioned need not be over five
eighths of an inch in diameter at the top
end. As rule it will not pay to cut
the poles until they have attained the
larger size named, as the price is so low
for these small sizes that it will be more
profitable to give tie timber another
seasons growth before cutting.
The cutting should be done in late
autumn and winter, so that new sprouts
The Iola register., 1889-12-06

You've chicks Matched at this season
can not be raised as easily as in late
spring owing to the dampness and cold.
and should, therefore, be we'll cooped
with the hens until partially feathered
before given their liberty. If fed on
clean boards they will not be as liable
to gapes as when fed on the ground.
The Iola register., 1889-12-06
REMINDED OF HOME.

A Smell That Made n Chicago Girl Think
Of Her Native City.
The Iola register., 1889-12-06

No DEFINITE rule can be laid down
as TO the amount of food to be given
a sheep. 1t depends upon the animal
and the conditions, of course. If it
is growing animal it will require more
food in proportion to its weight than
mature animal, unless the later is being
fatteued
The Iola register., 1889-12-06

Thirty-seven seconds later.)-I can let
you have any one Of these elegantly bound
volumes, magnificently illustrated, sold by
subscription only, at the absolutely low
price of-etc., etc.-Puck.
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A Simple Remedy for Lung
TrO.lbltS,

1t has long been known that pine
needle pillows would allryiate p"rs ons
afflicted with lung troubles, and Flor
ida editor relates an incident in support
of the fact as follows: During a visit
to the the home of most cstimable
lady living on Indian River this editor
was told of discovery that had been
made which may prove a boon to SUIT
ferers from lung or bronchial trouble.
This lady having heard that there w; S
peculiar virtue IN IL pillow MI lie from
pine straw and having none of that ma
terial at hand made one from fine, soft,
pine shayIngs, and had the pleasure Of
noting immediate benefit. Soon all the
members Of the household had pine
shavings pillows, and it was noticed
that all coughs, as Innate or bronchial
troubles abated at once after sleeping a
few nights on these plloNs. Az inva-
Ind suffering from Inng tronb' e irriye1
much beEeti from sleeping upon a mat
,ress made from p,itr shaying%. Tie
matelill is cheIp anl make, Il vrly
pleasant ami comfortable mdtre s, the
"l"r of he pine penetrating The rn'i"e
room and ab.oroln or d'p | NJ all un
pleasant ouolo.
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Haste and h! ea!tle.

Nova days men begin to die before
they haye known to live. There are no
more MethuselaLs. The race is being
railroaded along at steam speed. Peo-
pie are too hurried to think of health
are under too much pressure to pause
for physiology They bolt their meals,
race for the cars, jump for boat.
Those who live fast do not live well.
The steady, moderate, methodical man
does more work and better than one
who tries to do in day the work of
a week. The racer gives out sooner
than the plodding draft horse. There
is nothing winch can be won by work
in this world that can make amends for
shortened and enfeebled lives.
The farmer who hurries to his field
by early dawn is fool. The mechanic
who works after dark and seven days
in week is fool. Th.Nare Simply
wasting natures reserve fund Of force,
wasting all that is worth living for IN
this world. They are not only fools
but sinners. Right living is the only
rewarded righteousness on earth. Dis.
ease is the devil Of this earth.
Now, there is no gain in haste and
overwork in the long rnn,---The farm
er gets tired and gives out at noon. -
The mechanic is soon unable to sleep
at night, and fails at is. The student
who sits up nights ere long becomes
disqualified for study. lie shakes and
walks totteringly. His constitution
becomes shattered and he is obliged to
take his bed. Fret and worry, disease
and de tn, are Improbable returns for
an effort to force nature.
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Words Of Wisdom.

Keep your temper.
A fool is a wise mans ladder.
He who is born fool is never cured.
A fool may by chance say wise
thing.
A fool always finds greater fool that
admires him.
Only trust myself and another shall
not betray thee.
A fool who speaks the truth is better
than hundred liars.
Both men and women belle their na-
ture when they are not kind.
Life is not so short but that there is
always time enough for courtesy.
Whatever you dislike in another per
son, take care to correct in yourself by
the gentle reproof.
Nothing more impalrs authority than
too frequent or indiscreet use of it.
If thunder itself was to be continual 1t
would excite no more terror than the
noise of II mill.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1889-09-26
Year Of Disasters.

Judged by the record of its first six
months the year 1889 bids fair to be
remembered as the year of disasters all
over the world. During the month of
January there were no serious railroad
wrecks except the collision on the New
York, Pennsylvania and Ohio load,
in which eight persons were killed and
as many more seriously injured; but
there we're fifteen marine disasters, in
yolving loss of 65 lives, included
among them being the steamboat Paris
G. Brow, which went down IN the Mis-
slssippi river, costing the loss of eleven
lives.
February and March also were sin.
gularly free from railroad disasters, but
the marine losses in February were 24S,
an increase Of l18 over January. Dur
Ing the same month, 90 persons lost
their lives by a railroad disaster in Bel
GUM, 10 by windstorm in Nebraska,
% by the terrible hotel fire in Hart
ford, Conn.,, 200 by an earthquake in
Costa Rica. Is by cyclone in Georgia,
and II by powder explosion in Wilkes
barre, PA. In March the marine losses
further increased to 35l, the number
being swelled by the 146 sailors of the
German and American war vessels who
were drowned during the hurricane at
the Samoan Island,
In May the floods began their work
of death I'd devastation. The first in
telligence came from Austria and Be-
hernia, where 1856 lives were lost. The
contamination was in the Conemaugh
Valley on the last day Of the month
when more than 5000 persons persisted
and $lO,O0O,O0O worth Of property was
destroyed. The month was character
lied by a frightful series Of disasters
Thirty persons were killed by an accl-
dent on the Pennsylvania road at La
trobe; 70 by railroad disaster at Ar
NAH, Ireland; l 200 by fire in China;
40 by falling market building in Mex
leo; 70 by Il mine disaster in Austria,
and 70 by a cyclone in Cuba. July
we'll kept up the record with railroad,
mine and storm disasters. Altogether
during the first six months Of the year
nearly $4,000 lives were lost in disas-
tiers of all kinds. Besides the loss of
property involved IN these disasters fire
has swept away property amounting to
over $70,OOO,OO0 in value in the United
States. 1t adds to the moulnful record
of the six months that suicides, MUIR
ders, hangings, lynching and crimes OF
all kinds have also shown a marked in
crease over the corresponding period
for many wears p st.
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Pat EN- rs

CaycatcS, and Trade Marks obtained, and
~ pn'frt Business conducted for NOD.tR-
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O{R OFtITE IS opposite L, s.
pt?ENTO h'F!rE We have no SUBJ gcn
Il. :, al business direct he zee can transact
patent A0Nncs, in less time and at LESS
CO$T than tlio.c remote from Washington
Send model, drawing, or hot with de,
s"ription. We advise il pnicnlab>c. or not,
free If charge. Our fee not due till patent
is secured.
\ book. GLOW to Obtain Patcnts,' with
references to actual clients in your State,
county, or town, sent free, Address,
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TbeyEzs's':>::;',aee &5S>n1.
FOR
4 = 89
And For The Democracy.

The SIN believes that the campaign for
the election of a Democratic Congress in
1890 and a Democratic President in 1882
should begin on or about the fourth of next
March. The Sun will be on hand at the be-
ginning and until the end of the most inter
csting and important political conflict since
the war; doing its honest utmost, rs ever, to
secure the triumph of the Democratic party
and the permanent supremacy of the princl-
plcs held Ivy jefferson, jackson, and Tildcn.
The great fact of the year is the return to
absolute power of the common enemy OF all
good Dcmocrats-thc political organization
for whose overthrow the Sun fought tor tf-
teen years, the memorable years of Grant
and the Fraud Hayes, and Garfield and Ar
thur.
1t is the same old enemy that Democrats
now confront, and he will be intrenchcd in
the same strong position, 1t has been CARR
ed once by brave and hopeful fighting. Do
you not believe with the Sun that the thing
can bc done again? Wal, and see.
The hope of the loyal efforts of united
press, chcrighing no memories OF the past
differences in non essentials, forgetting cv.
cry.hing but the lesson of experience, and
that victory is duty
Probably you know the Sun already as Il
newspaper which gets all the news and
prints it in incomparahly interesting sh"r"
which chronicles facts as they oc ur and tells
| the truth about men and events with ahso.
lutc(fcarlcssncss, making the complc:cs' and
most entertaining journal published any
where on earth, and which sells It's opinions
only to lis subsc hrrs and purchasers al two
cents n copv--on Sunday four cents. goa
do not know the Sur, send for it and lean
what wonderful thing il Is to be ia the sun.
shine
Daily, per month 50 %
Daly, per year y VI
Sunday, per year : u"
IN.,;I,
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The Art VOmsOrial

MIR. AMOS LUCAS,
(ot Long Branch
Having arrived Mt the Conclusion that the
columns of the CLARION are the only means
whereby he can bring his business to the
proper standard gives vent rs follows:
SHAVING, HAIR CUTTING, SHAM
POONING AND DYElNG
In the latest style of the art tonsoral.
SHARP RAZORS AND A CLEAN
SHAVE
Is the motto Of this enterprising artist, and
by strict attention to business can't help
but please all. Will 30 in his shsp at all
times.
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A CARD.
DIR. HIRAM BUHRMAN,

physician and surgeon, takes pleasure in an
noncing to the citizens of Mcchanicstcwn
and vicinity that he has located here in the
practice Of medicine. For the present he
may be found at his Residence. opposite the
Lutheran church.
He would further add that he has come to
stay and hopes by strict and upright deport-
ment to merit the confidence and support of
discerning public.
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stretched to the desired place by using as lever
all purposes In putting down carpet. The only
stretcscr that draws the carpet close to the base
board and into the corners.
Manufactured ct malleable and wrought Iron,
making too, that will last a life time.
Each Stretcher is packed in neat wooden boz,
with directions for using. Sample sent on receipt
OF 81. co. Special pricesto dealers on application
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A "a ESD.
DIR T 7 UENSITAW

DIR. J. J IIENSlIAW,
Offers his Professional
Services to the citizens of Mechanicstown
and vicinity in the practice of medicine and
surgery. Having an experience Of ~ years.
Residence one door west of Clarion office.