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The Iola register., 1891-04-17
HOW SOLDIERS DRESS.
fndisn Fighters Pay Very Little Attention
to Their Clothes.

When fighting the Indians the sold
lers pay but little attention to the
clothes they wear, says the n. I.
Journal, and to the inexperienced man
of the east private would hardly be
liant army should he run across him ac-
cidentally.
When the soldiers start out on an
Indian campaign the bright blue uni
form is usually discarded for suit of
brown goods. very much like the cloth
of which overalls are made.
The regulation army cap is discarded,
and in its place a grayish slouch hat is
substituted. which is much easier on
the head, and protects the eyes from
the glare of the sun.
The soldiers take great pride in
their uniforms, and not only when
fighting, but when on long marches do
they don the brown suit which does not
show the dirt, and they wouldn't care if
it did.
1t is impossible to keep a blue uni
form looking halfway decent, half a
days march being quite sufficient to
make it look as though it had been
worn for years.
The officers rs well as the privates
wear the slouch hat and a regiment
out in the Indian country, under any
circumstances, presents a very unique
At Il distance an officer looks about
the same as private, except that he
has no gun, and especially in winter
time it is difficult to distinguish them.
Everybody wears the warmest
clothes he can find regardless of uni
form. If soldier has a buffalo coat
he is very liable to wear it if the mer-
curry is sauntering down about twenty
or thirty degrees belc " zero.
Another rather unique affair worn
by the soldiers is what is called the
California overshoes. They are moth
ing more nor less than q large piece
Of jute tied up over the foot and leg
and as high up as the knee. This is a
great guard against the snow and cold.
and the soldiers prefer it to anything
else they can find.
About the neck is worn a handker-
chief tied in simple knot. which,
among the cavalrymen. invariably
olts around to the back of the collar,
though originally tied in front.
In cold weather another handker-
thief is tied over the head and ears
md tied in knot under the chin. The
'louch hat is held on by a string,
Usually tied to the band and then
brought down through holes on either
ide of the brim and passed under the !
,ack of the head.
In company of 100 men almost
every style of rough costume imagine
Ib!e can be seen, most of which are
overed with grease and dirt. The
more grease the better, as it is said not |
Until the old brown overalls are well |
meared with all sorts of truck do they |
'ecome really warm, and they never
year out.
The Iola register., 1891-04-17
Shoe Backing and Cold Feet.

When the leather in your shoes be-
comes old and begrimed with backing.
YOU will ascertain that the feet will be
cold" remarked the old-time shoe
seller. Then it is time to cast aside
the shoes and use them beneath the
arctics or for some other purpose. /
have seen it referred to many times.
but if you want to keep your shoes in
good condition. you should use vase
line on them often. The life will be
kept in the leather. and, if rightly ap-
piled. YOU can shine the footwear Just
as well as if the preparation had never
been used. Put it on at night when
taking off the shoes. There is castor
and like oil, also, that will as well
serve the purpose, and keep your shoes
and boots in good shape, imparting
much greater warmth to the feet than
if you allow blacking and the like to
eat UP all the life in the leather. When
blacking commences to cake on the
shoes, wash them with plain water, no
soap.-Shoe and Leather Facts.
The Iola register., 1891-04-17
A Child's Sense of Justice.

Nothing seems to burn into the
memory and heart of child as an un-
deserved punishment however trifling
the matter may seem to the adult in-
fiictor. In some children of the sunny,
hopeful type the wave of Indignation
and helpless, unspOken protest against
unjust correction passes away. and
leaves apparently no trace. To other
children, with more sensitive natures
or mors rebellious dispositions, unjust
words of reproof kindIe fires of rage,
which shoulder with sullen persistence
under the ashes of seeming forgetful-
ness, ready to burst out violently and
unexpectedly. If this seems an over
drawn picture one has only to think
backward TO ones own childish days,
and TO recall the time when careless
treatment by the elder first taught us
to be bitter, unforgiying. resentful.
a child'S sense of justice is as keen
as his heart Is tender. and this is one
of the qualities most necessary to
noble character; a quality that must
be blended with truth and honor and
self-sacriiice to give the right balance to
dispositions that would otherwise work
harm. A child's justice is always tenn
pered with mercy to those he loves.
and when in the home he is justly and
teEderly dealt with, he learns little by
little that higher sense of justice to-
wards all with whom be comes in con-
tact. When his own small rights are
carelessly and continually thrust aside,
he, too. learns to play the 6rigand. to
invent devices to achieve the might
which he has learned makes right
HdrDer's BtizIr.
The Iola register., 1891-04-17
Watches for the Blind.

"This is one of the cutest things in the
watch line that has yet appeared" =" said a
Jewe!er of New York City, holding up one
OF the new Swiss watches designed fer the
uSe of the blind. The old raised figure
watches are clumsy and the blind people
were constantly bending or breaking the
watch hands by touching them. In this
watch small peg is set in the center of
each figure. When the hour hand is ap-
proaching certain hour the peg for that
hour drops when the quarter before it is
passed. The person feels the peg is down
and then counts back TO u. He can thus
tell the time within few minutes, and by
practice he can become so expert as to tell
the time almost exactly. They have been
in use about six months, and there is q
steady and growing demand for them.
The Iola register., 1891-04-17

hood is unknown? Was there one
world among them where no women
were born? Vague fancies-odd theories,
fitted through my brain. lived over
again the agony of my imprisonmsE: in
the vault; again forced myself to con-
template the scene had witnessed be-
tween my wife and her lover-again l
meditated on every small detail requisite
to the fulflment of the terrible VEN
geance l had designed. | have often
wondered how, in countries where di-
vOrce was allowed, a wronged husband
can satisfy himself with so meager
compensation for his injuries as the
mere getting rid of the woman who has
deceived him. 1t is no punishment to
her-it is what she wishes. There is not
even any very special disgrace in it ac-
cording to the present standard of social
obseryances. Were public whipping the
recognized penalty for the crime of
married woman's infidelity there would
be fewer Of the like scandals-the d.
vorce might follow the scourging. A
daintily brought up feminine creature
would think twice, nay, fifty times, be-
fore she would run the risk of allowing
her delicate body to be lashed by whips
Wlelueu Dy Ine IHCECileSS udHuS VI u
couple of her own seX-Such prospect
of degradation, pain, shame and out
ragged vanity would be more effectual to
kill the brute in her than all the impos-
ing ceremoniIls of courts of law and
special iuries Think of it, kings,
lords and commons! Whipping at the
carts tail was once legal punishment
If you would stop the growing immoral
ity and reckless vice of women you had
best revive it again-only apply it to
rich as well as to poor, for it is most
probable that the gay duchesses and
of your lands will need its
sharp services more frequently than the |
work-worn wives of your labouring men. |
Luxury, idleness, and love of dress are |
hot-beds for sin,-lOok for it therefore, |
not so much in the novels of the starving |
and naked as in the rose-tinted, musk |
scented boudOirs of the aristocracy-
OOk for it, as your brave physicians |
would search out the seeds of a pesti-
ince that threatens to depopulate a |
great city, and trample it out il you can
md will,--if you desire to keep the
lame Of your countries glorious in the
The Iola register., 1891-04-17
Hen and Kittens.

Daniel Parsons who resides on the
old Salem (Mass.) road. has a curiosity
in the shape of hen which has adopt
ed q litter OF five kittens. The kittens
have but just reached the opened-eyed
period and will follow the hen around
the yard, she diligently scratching
meanwhile for the festive worm or
bug, as the case may be, which she
tenders them as food as she would her
chickens. When the kittens begin to
cry the hen will tuck them under her
wings. where they rest perfectly cou-
tented. Not being endowed by nature
with the means of feeding her charge, it
has been found necessary to capture
the hen and tie her up while the mother
cat attends 10 her duties in this line.
At other times she has full sway, being
valiant even to blows in the protection
of the children of her adoption.
The Iola register., 1891-04-17
One OF the Heroes of Everyday Life

There is a man in Atchison who is a
hero. though if You should call him
one he would scarcely know what the
word meant. His wife recently died
and left him with eight children. He
labors hard by day and manages his
housework after night. After doing
hard days work he will begin the FAM
lily washing, to be finished aud hung
on the line next morning, the ironing
to be done the second night. He could
not afford a sewing woman. so he has
by constantly trying learned to run a
machine, and cut and fit. The Oldest
girl is growing up and will be a great
help to him in few years. His little
children are sent to school every day,
and they appear as neatly and comfort
ably dressed rs any in the school. He
did not scatter his family among his
relatives nor send them to an orphan
asylum. He kept them together, and
their home is almost as comfortable as
it was when the mother was alive. He
is a hero, and the greatest kind Of q
hero, from the fact that he does not
realize that he is hero at al.-Atcb-
is0n Globe.
The Iola register., 1891-04-17
One Eject of Rage and Jealousy.

Your thoughts shape your face, and
give it its peculiar expression. Your
thoughts determine the attitude, carriage
and shape of your whole body. The lew
for beauty and the law for perfect health
is the same. Both depend entirely on the
state of your mind; or, in other words, on
the kind Of thoughts you most put out and
receive. UglGeSs OF expression comes of
unconscious transgreSsion of law, lie the
ugliness in the young or the old. ANY
form of decay in the human body, any
form of weakness, anything in the per-
sonal appearance of a man or woman
which makes them repulsive to you, is be-
cause their prevailing mood of mind has
made them So
The Iola register., 1891-04-17
bedtime Fanc;es.

Out from the corners aud over the door
Come 1ocking and focking the shadowbsnd;
VIII get in my little white coach and drive
Through the Valley of Dreams into Slum.
berland.
have four black horses that night has lent,
call the name of my coachman Sleep;
And the little white coach is cOZy and soft,
As nestle down in its cushions deep.
Heiehol we are OF. The horses go slow
At first. then fast and faster still,
With silent hoof-beats speeding on.
Down to the foot of the Drowsy Hill.
This twilight place Is the Valley OF Dreams,
Where all the wonderful dream things are,
And the balsam groves and the poppy fields
That stretch on ever and ever so far.
The dream forests rustic their secrets out,
The lights of the dream town twinkle and
shine.
And the white dream-shps from the harbof
sail
Away 10 the dim horizon line.
Ali the sounds of the Valley are growing
faint,
Its sights are fading on either hand,
cross the border still and dark
And enter the real Sunderland.
-Indcpendent,
The Iola register., 1891-04-17
Treatment of Yellow Fever.

A Venezuelan physician. Dr. Dagnic.
becoming satisfied that the liver was
the organ mainly affected in yellow
fever, commenced the routine practice
of giving quinine to destroy the virus
and calomel and rhubarb to act on the
liver, with the result that for many
years Re lost only from 8 to 10 per cent
of bis cases.
The Iola register., 1891-04-17


showed document author
izing them to search the brig for Carmelo
Neri. l was somewhat anxious for the
safety of my good friend, the captain
but he was in no wise diSmayed; he
smiled and welcomed the armed emissar-
ries of the government as though they
were his dearest friends.
ITO give you my opinion frankly" he
said to them, as lie opened flask of fine
Chianti for their behoof, 81 believe the
villain Carmelo is somewhere about
Gaeta. would not tell you lie-why
shonld I? Is there not a reward Of
fered, and am not poor? Look you,
would do my best to assist you"
One of the men looked at him dubi-
ouSly.
1--WE received information" he said in
precise busincssiike tones, That Neri cs-
capped from Gaeta two months since, and
was aided and abetted in his escape by
one Andrea Luziani, owner Of the coast
ing brig Laurey, journeying for the pur-
poses of trade between Naples and Pa
lermo. You are Andrea Luzianf, and
this is the brig Laura, we are right in
this. is it not sop
LAS if you could ever be wrong, carol
cried the captain with undiminiShed
gaiety, clapping him on the shoulder
Nay, If St. Peter should have the bad
taste to shut You out cf heaven, you
would be cunning enough TO find another
and better entrance! All, Dio! l believe
it! Yes, you are right about my name
and the name OF my brig. but in the other
things"-here he shook his fingers with
an expressive sign of Gsnial-''you are
wrong-wrong-al wrongm He broke
into gay laugh. "Ees, wreng-but we
will not quarrel about it! Have some
more Chianti! Searching for brigandS is
thirsty work. Fill your glasses amici-
spare not the flask, there are twenty more
below Stairs!"
The officers smiled in spite of them
selves. as they drank the proffered wine,
and the youngest looking of the party, a
brisk, handsome fellow, entered into the
spirit of the captain with ardour, though
he evidently thought he should trap him
into confession unawareS, by the ap-
parent carelesSness and bonhomie of his
manner.
''Bravo, Andrea,' he cried merrily.
$50 let US all be friends together, Be-
sides, what harm is there in taking bri-
gand for paSSenger-no doubt he would
pay you better than most cargoesi'
But Andrea was not to be so caught.
On the contrary, be raised his hands and
The Iola register., 1891-04-17
Raw yenison for Snake Rites

An old hunter in California has discov-
cred that the bite of a rattlesnaKe may he
cured by applying a piece of raw venison
to the wound. Hunters vino kill deer in
the close season will carefully note this
prescription.
The Iola register., 1891-04-17

Yes" said old Aunt Wisdom, 81
cut out every good thing that see in
the papers; but what puzzles me is
that the best articles end by mention
ing some cure. One of the new lit
erary fads, suppose.
The Iola register., 1891-04-17
CHAPTER Y.

LII the next day the wind
was in our favour, and we
arrived at Palermo an hour
before sunset. We had
scarcely run into harhor
when a small party of Of
ficers and gendarmes, heav-
lily laden with pistols and
carbines, came on board and
cbn-nd a document c,+bCr
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1891-12-19
Actor FIorencc,s Estate.

NEW York, Nov. 29.-lt may be said
with safety that the late W.. j. Florence
left a modest competence to his widow.
Exaggerated estimates of his profits are
current. The truth is difficult to get at III
matters of this sort, but it is known that
Florence found his best fortunes in THE
Mighty Dollar He used tt at piece al
most uninterruptedly for a dozen years,
and he probably reckoned his profits at at
least $500, OCO. That he did not save all
that money is palpable. He lived extrav-
agantIy and ne kept expensive company.
Besides, he often took a flyer in Wall
street. Indeed, 1T is pretty well known
that he lost heavily on stocks even as late
rs the past year. There were many steady
demands upon his purse which he could
not. or did not, ignore. During
Mrs. Florence's tours with her hus-
band she received a handsome weekly
salary for her services, and she al
ways got it whether business was good or
bad. The real estate owned by Florence
is yaluabIe, not very heavily iucumbered,
and has increased in worth Of late.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1891-12-19
AVENGED HIS WIFE'S HONOR.
George Wisnor Shoots and Kills Daniel
Bickel Mt Kansas CITY.

KANSAS CITY, Mo, Dec. 14.-Daniel
Bickel, an employee of Wheeler & Gilmore,
city grading contractors, was shot and
killed by a man, George E.. Wisner, at l
O'Clock to-day, near the corner of Spring
field avenue and Main street.
Bickel is said to have been paying i'm
proper attentions to Wisner's wife. Beck
ell lived at q boarding house kept by a Mrs.
eager, at the corner of Main street and
Springfield avenue, and Wisner lives in a
little cottage three doors west.
They had some words right after d inner
to-day. When the women heard the first
shot they saw Wisner running after Bickel
and he fired two more shots at him, the
last one taking effect just below the small
of the back and causing death in two min
utes.
When Wisner saw Bickel fall he re.
turned to the house and told his wife what
he had lone and Immediately walked down
to the Fourth precinct police station and
gave himself up.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1891-12-19
ANOTHER DREAD DISEASE.

A Peculiar MaIady Affecting Eaiti-
RsVagas nf Ia Grippe
BALTIMORE, Md, Dec. IA peculiar
malady prevails i'll this city, which the
doctors pronounce n new form of grip
The victim is first attacked with shooting
pains through the limbs, and as these in
crease in severity they settle in the
muscles, producing soreness to the
touch. The trouble lodges in the
joints, and the sufferer thinks he has
s~ciatica. The pain is not confined to any
one section, but jumps about, preferring
the thigh. The doctors say the trouble is
muscular and neuralgia, and is epidemic.
There is a very little influenza, nor are any
other features Of the old grip noticeable
to any extent. Those most severely al
fected go to bed. In the cotton and duck
mills in Woodbury. many looms are idle
owing to the grip. and work is interfered
ruith
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1891-12-19

Der, when material Improvement was seen
in most fields. In some districts tho Hes
sian fly made it's appearance, causing some
dhmag" Tho average condition of the
crop Is Sob, the figures for the principal
states Of the great wheat belt being:
Ohio -, Michigan %, Indiana 81, Illinois
80, Iowa 90, Missouri 13, Kansas -, Ne
lraskH 80, California 81. The average for
Now Go i i, -. Pennsylvania -, Mary
land 81, Virginia 81, Georgia 9j, Texas -.
The condition of rye is Il little higher than
that of wheat, making an average OF So }.
The prices of all cereals have been re-
markably sus uained in view of the abun-
dance of production.
The cotton returns relate to average
prices on plantations. The complaint Of
remunerative values is general and the
declaration frequent that the crop does
not return cost of product. A feeling
OF encouragement ~pcrvades tbs report
and Il disposition to reduce area is ex-
uraocad
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1891-12-19
THE A SKY CLEAR.
THE PRESENT AND THE FU-
TURE ALIKE BRIGHT.
Tho Low Prioe of Cotton in the South
the Only Disturbing Ii"ature-Fair
Activity In Merchandise In All
Parts OF the Country.

NEW YORK, Dec. l2.-R. G.. Dun & Co.
in their Weekly Review of Trade say:
"As the holidays draw near all signs indi-
cate IL large volume of business at the
present, with growing confidence OF i'm
provement In the future, except in parts
of the South, where the unusual accumu-
latiOn of cotton and its low prices
have u depressing influence. There
is no lack of money in any part of
the country, except at southern points,
and the mere fact that cotton now acch-
mulated at q few ports and interior towns
represents fully 500, 600, 900 in value paid
to planters at once explains the difficulty
and suggests that it is not permanent. 1t
is a good sign, also, that collections on the
whole are improving, though slow at New
Orleans and some northern ports, and
only fair in some lines at eastern cities.
RUSSIA'S PLIGHT VERY BAD.
The Situation Growing Constantly Worse
Famine Funds Frittered Away.
LONDON, Dec. 12.-The Chronicles st.
Petersburg correspondent says:
Matters here are drifting from bad to
worse. The whole energy of the depart
ment of nance seems conferred in manlpu-
lating funds on the Berlin and Paris ex-
changes. Despite reports of gold imports.
the imperial bank return does not show an
increase. There is nothing to show
whether the gold is locked in the war
chest or what has become of it.
All classes are discouraged because of
the half heartedness of the measures
taken by the government to cope with the
famine difficulties. The consequences of
the famine are only beginning to be real
lad Mnrahnnfc alotTn fhnt tho n1.OhIhI-
ton of grain exports has locked up capital
and that there is no circulation of money.
The mobiles are unable to collect their rev.
enues and therefore decline to pay what
they owe shop-keepers. The cessation of
court festivities causes dire distress to
small tradesmen.
The famine funds have been frittered
away by local authorities. The grand re-
medal measures exist only on paper. Com
plants of enormous expenditures on the
army and navy have been taken advantage
Of by those u~nfriendly to the government.
The whole empire appears to be a seething
mass of discomfort
The Rev. MIR. Francis, The pastor of the
British and American church, in an inter-
view after his tour Of the famine districts,
said that he believed that the full horrors
Of the terrible affection were yet to be de-
ecrihad
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1891-12-19

WASHINGTON, Dec. 1i.-Mr. Bates, COM
missioner of navigation, who has super
vision of the laws relating to vessels and
seamen, has submitted his an
nua report to the secretary of
the treasury. He states that on al
most all points the American shipyard
excels the British in its productions. In
regard TO marine insurance, he says: at
appears we are fast driving into a DEEPEN
dency on foreign underwriting. Syndi-
Gates or rings of foreign capitalists already
control the business of covering cargoes of
our exports to all parts of the world"
He recommends the abrogation of the
treaty with Great Britain which prevents
the building OF armed vessels on the lakes.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1891-12-19
TERMS MADE PUBLIC.
h Reciprocity Agreement ARA nged
With G~ermRnY-The COrrespondenCe.

With Germany-The Correspondence.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 12.-The president in
his annual message stated that the out
lines of an agreement had been reached
with Germany looking to equitable trade
concessions in consideration of the
free importation of her sugars, but
that the correspondence bearing on the
subject had not yet been submitted to con-
gress. The diplomatic restrictions affect
ing the correspondence do not apparently
apply to the statistical details of the ar
rangement itself, which has been made
public by the state department. The ar
rangement was submitted to the German
reiohstag on the 7th inst, hence its publ
cation i'll the United States.
If the German parliament should ap-
prove the agreement, it will 30 into effect
on the 1st OF February.
In return for free ad mission of German
beet sugar into the United States, Germany
agrees to rake i reduction in the tariff OF
American products rs follows: Wheat q
per cent, rye 80 per cent, oats So per cent
corn 20 per cent, butter ID, sailed anC
picked pork and beef II, wheat, -four anC
corn meals 30 per cent.