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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1891-02-27
SPRUCE GUM.
How the Article IL Gathered from shs
Spruce Trees.

A newspaper writer describes the man
ner in which spruce gum is gathered and
prepared for the market. The fact that
tons of gum are sold every year is evil
dence of the fact that there rs no decrease
in the ranks of the victims of the gum
habit. Most of the spruce gum comes
from Canada and northern Maine, while
Vermont and New Hampshire contribute Q
moderate quantity to the total yield.
The best gum comes from no particular
section. but always from the biggest
spruce trees, and it begins to run in July
or August, when, in these high ATTITUDES,
the sun becomes so hot as to crack the
bark. On the limbs, in the crotcbes, and
even on the trunk of the spruce, the molten
gum forms during the heat of summer, in
all sorts of fantastic shapes. and when
cold weather sets in it becomes hard The
first year after its run the gum is white
and pitchy, tnen it begins to turn amber
and red. and the second year it is fiji to
''pick" for the market, although it is bet
ter if allowed to remain on the trees for
the third year After the third season the
gum remains in the same state for several
year, and then begins to turn DID," g.
the pickers say, and the consumer COM
plains that it "chews hard, and crumbles
up. A little more age makes it dark col
ored and bitter, and then its value is gone
Up in Canada much of the gum is picked
in the autumn, beginning as early as Oc-
tober, but there, as in Maine, the best time
for the work is during the deep SHOWS of
the winter, when snowshoes are used, or in
the early spring, when man can travel
along at lively rate on the heavy crust,
above the underbrush. The pickers are
provided with long poles, on the end of
which is fastened sharp chisel, and IN
derneath that cup to receive the gum as
it is Clipped off. The cup holds from a
pint TO a quart, and when it is full it is
emptied into long bag which the packer
carries slung to his back like a knapsack
The gum harvesters erect huts in the woods
when far distant from settlement o:
logging camp, and stay from two days to
q week on trip. When they have secured
as much as they can tote" they come
out, and then the women and children
have the tedious job of scraping each and
every lump free from bark and moss The
clean, bright article offered for sale in the
shops looks very different from the brown
nuggets in the picker's bag, although occs-
sionally clear, shiny piece is found on the
limb of a laryp tree
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1891-02-27
Tomatoes Injurious to Health.

Tomatoes have fallen under the doc
tors ban. and Philadelphia Gamers and
jobbers are in state Of mind. So are
the consumers, for as an article of diet
the tomato has front seat. One ply
stefan sends forth a note of warning in
the shape of statement that tomatoes
form an exceedingly hurtful article OF
diet.
He declares in all seriousness that
their continued use Injuries the walls OF
the stomach, interferes with the action
of the salivary glands, impairs diges-
ton, and sends untold thousands to an
early grave. To all of this the grower,
the Gamer and the grocer, not to speak
of the middleman. respond with sneer.
Thousands of bushels of tomatoes ard
hundreds of thousands of the canned
article are used every year in this city.
Nearly everybody likes and uses them,
and they are an indispensable dish on
the table. So, if their use produces i'll
health or may cause death if persistent
" continued in, the scientific warning
given is both timely and appropriate.
The tomato men say that the popular
vegetable is being libeled, or an at
tempt is being made to bear" the
tomato Observation-Disclosures Record.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1891-02-27
Telegraphic CIphers.

Telegraphic cipher codes, the use of
which was, up to within few years, con-
fined to comparative few, are now pre-
pared for almost every kind of business
which patronizes the wires to any extent
Each commercial line has its specially con
structed code. Several of these are Chi
cago inventions, including one or two de-
signed for cable telegraphing. The copy
right of a popular code is a valuable prop
erty. The one used most by grain specu-
lators netted its owner a competence Not
many mercantile concerns own exclusive
codes. Probably the most elaborate com.
mercial code in the world is published in
New York, and it is really model of hu-
man ingenuity. 1t contains 100, 900 words,
drawing upon every language in Europe
1t is arranged in tables in such a manner
that Chicago merchant may communi-
cate through it with twenty or thirty Eu-
ropean correspondents, using practically q
different cipher for each. Half dozen
kinds of business, with their peculiar
phrases and expressions, are covered by
this book, which is sold at $50 copy.
The military cipher used by the army dur.
ing the rebellion, which eluded all at
tempts by the COnfederates to fathom its
secrets, was for many years after the
war used by a well known detective
aUency
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1891-02-27

she had come to land of freedom, and
hoped she would live long to enjoy it.
The crowd stopped surging and looked
and listened. while the only sound when
the great general had finished was the
sobbing Of the old ex-slave from Geor-
gia. Then the crowd broke into cheer
which rang out block away. At Lar
ned some friends presented him with .
mammoth watermelon, which Hayes
boys. a trifing lot, proceeded to steal
from the locker and eat. The old fell
low got very mad at this, and forbade
their coming into his car Mayor Bacon
and Col. Tourtelotte of his staff were in
structed to throw them overheard if
they crossed his platform. When we
reached Topeka it was a. m. There
were 5000 people at the depot and a
dozen bands OF music, and the city was
ablaze with fireworks. Hayes said,
sticking his head into Sherman's car,
where he was entertaining a lot Of cor
respondents: Come, General, we've
got to 60 up and show ourselves to those
people, Not by a. sight said old
Billy; I'm going TO bed directly, and to
bed he went, while the rest OF the party
bundled out and paraded the streets for
an hour"
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1891-02-27
THE DEADLY RESTAURANT. 7
The Poor Mans Perils When in Quest OF
Inner Refreshment.

Inc ROor mans PeffI8 "nen In quest OF
Inner Refreshment.
The poor man, suddenly wrenched from
the fond encircling ties of family, and
doomed to wrestle with the mysterious and
highly spiced program Of the average res
tsurant, takes his life and his appetite into
his own hands and trifes with them bot.
True, there are restaurants and restau-
rants, but our luminous remarks apply
only to that cave of gloom known as the
cheap eating house, into which some of us
are occasionally driven by stress of circum-
stances, the circumstance being that there
is no better restaurant in town.
The waiter is no dude-nOt bit of it.
After awhile you become the waiter; you
wait and wait, until you become faint in
the region of the watch pocket The neg
lige aspect of the walters apparel suggests
the fact that he dressed hurriedly in the
night to attend fire and had not since
found time to rearrange his toilet. He
brings you choice variety of entomolog
ical specimens in glass of water and some
day before yesterdays bread, and then
carries his athletic breath around on the
windward side of you and takes your
order for food as though you were q
Duke. We mean by this that your being
genuine Duke would make no difference
to the waiter. He would not bring you a
single cockroach more or less In your
soup, or purer grade of house flies in
your coffee. Everything Is the same price
and no extra favOrs are shown the nobil-
ity. The milk for the coffee, though not
soured, is at least badly frightened, and
causes the hair in the butter to stand on
end. The waiter comes within hailing
distance of your table, stops and com
mences to lombard you with the various
curious dishes of chopped food and grease
enameled brio brac. and before you can
get his ear to suggest the possibility of a
napkin and the removal of some of the
embalmed members of the bug family, he
is off like scared wolf. and you see his
genial features no more until he slips up
and fires large plate containing a small
segment of prehistoric pie, and away he
goes to make some of the other tables look
like broken up picnic struck by light
ming, and you are left alone with your
grief and bone check for two dollars and
q quarter.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1891-02-27
A, EItr.ordinary MInd-Reas.,.

The gift of tongues has hitherto
been considered a special blessing COM
municated by the spirit of pentecost But
a peasant in Westernhausen, in the king
dom of Wurtemberg, Germany, is reported
to be possessed of that gift now. The girl
is 10 years old and reported to be sound
and hearty every morning, but hardly do
the shades of evening to fail when she is
attacked by nervous twitchings. In that
condition she is troubled with knack Of
mind-reading, and if asked questions
in tongues she does not understand while
the sun is shedding his full light upon her
she will answer in the same tongues dur,
ing the hours of darkness. Less remarka-
BILE is the darkness in which her medical
attendants profess to be regarding the true
inwardness of her condition. She is also
reported to shed her hair periodically, as
four-footers will do in the summer time,
and to grow a new periwig as regularly
So the medical men are dumbfounded at
the phenomenon
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1891-02-27
A DOGS MEMORY,
Now . Setter Recalled o Trick Once
Taught Him.

heard dog story the other day that
should serve as text in reformatory
school, or to bring 1t nearer home, to some
people as an argument of educational dis
cipline, The hero of this tale is an Irish
setter, amisblc enough, but stubborn, and
trained only to be good: He never showed
any special talent save TO keep house"
and live up to his canine instincts of bark
ing at seedy looking strangers and evincing
q proper affection for the family whom he
honored with his maintenance. Not very
long since young relative of this family
undertook to teach Jack q trick.
He was told the dog was too
stubborn to learn anything, i was useless
waste of time over him; but the more OBJ
lection thrown in his way the more the
young man persisted, for he said it was
time Jack knew something, and he had
just taught his own dog several amusing
tricks, which Jack must and should &C
quire forthwith. Whereupon he called
Jack into the dining room, shut the door
and began his task of making the creature
sit up and give his paw. In itself nothing
could be more simple. 1t is
the very kindergarten of canine cul-
ture. but Jack didn't see it in that
light. He would not sit up. nor would he
give his paw. Over and over again. with
the greatest patience. was the instruction
given. while Jack, in the most idiotic way,
refused to hear what was told him. After
two hours labor, the poor dogs kind mis-
tress begged that he might be excused.
MOI was the stern answer, I've begun
and must go on now or the dog will be
ruined" F nally. owing to the lateness of
the hour, the disciplinarian led Jack into
the cellar, where the household would not
be disturbed. and then renewed the con-
test with little more severity. As the
clock struck ~ the brute seemed to get il
through his pate that, unless he Obeyed
like a gentleman he would have to stay
there all night So he sat up, and Topped
tawny paw just oncel This was enough,
the fight was over, and the victor rushed
away to take the last car home. Jack
never told anyone of the nights exper-
fence; perhaps no one thought to ask him
about it, or if he would kindly exercise
his dearly acquired accomplishments. At
all events, weeks passed away ere his new
master and conquerer came again to the
house. One night Jack heard the voice al
the front door, and with the impetuosity
peculiar to his race he threw himself head,
long against the visitor, and then, sudden
ly Withdrawing, sat down upon his launches
and held up paw The victory had been
complete, and Jack had remembered his
lesson.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1891-02-27
Portraits on Our Coins

When the United States mint was first
established. Mr.. Spencer cut an exact me-
dallion of Mrs. Washington, wife of Gen.
Washington, and the first few coins were
struck with her portrait When Gen.
Washington saw them he was displeased,
and requested the figure to be removed.
Mr. Spencer altered the features little,
and put a cap upon its head, calling it the
Goddess of Liberty. The goddess has
been reproduced down to the coinage of
our present deprecated silver dollar, the
head on which is the portrait of young
woman in Philadelphia. Would it not be
well, now that the century has almost
elapsed, to begin the second century with
the head of our first President on our coin
age, and to follow it. at regular intervals,
with the heads of other presidents, le
gend stating the dates of their services?
This would teach the names of the presi
dents to future generations and give them
some idea of their features. We have the
heads of some of them on our postage
stamps; why not have TENN on our coinsi
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1891-02-27
. MEASLES,
eusgsstions IS to Treatment and Diet
During Their Occurrence.

During Their Occurrence.
Measles begin with the symptoms of q
bad cold; hoarseness, q cough, sneezing
and weak eyes. On the fourth day a rash
appears on the forehead, spreads over the
face, and extends to the body. 1t is q
darker red than the rash in scarlet fever,
and feels slightly raised to the touch.
When the rash first comes out It looks like
flea bites arranged in little half moons on
the skin.
The great danger is of taking cold,
which may bring on Inflammation of the
lungs, and of injury to the ewes from over
use, or exposure to too strong light
The patient should be kept in bed in Q
well ventilated room at temperature of
must be lowered few inches, at the top,
if possible, the opening being covered with
strip of flannel to prevent the draught
As fresh air is indispensable, if this makes
the room to cold, fire must be lighted to
counteract il.
A warm sponge bath should be given
each day, folded blankets being placed
over and under the patient in bed, the
night-dress removed and the hand holding
the sponge being passed under the upper
blanket while bathing to avoid exposure.
The window should be shut during the
bath. IL the rash causes much irritation
it may be rubbed with cOsmoline, or sweet
OIL
The eyes should be carefully shaded
from the light, and no reading permitted
until they are strong again. Serious in
tiammation and permanent weakness of the
eyes may follow, if these precautions are
not taken. 1t is often very hard to keep a
child amused and happy under these re-
strictiOns. This is one of the difficulties
that good nurse will overcome, and she
must remember that the child's comfort
during life may depend upon the care il
receives at this time.
To avoid cold, all clothing should be
warmed and aired before being used. A
flannel jacket worn over the night-dress is
a great protection.
If delirium comes on, and the rash sud
denly disappears, the sufferer should be
put into a warm bath containing four
tablespoonful of mustard to each pail of
water, taken out after a few minutes.
qU ckIy dried with warm towels, and
wrapped in blankets until the doctor
comes. If the child has a quick pulse and
seems very sleepy, the breathing should be
carefully watched to detect any symptoms
of trouble with the chest.
Milk should be the chief article of diet.
1t may be used in cruel, cL.tard, and
blancmange, and varied with beef tea.
chicken broth, mutton broth, toast, and
any light food.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1891-02-27
Sherman's Visit to Kansas.

'Itwas my good fortune to travel
with General Sherman for several days
some years ago, and made nattentive
study of him, you may be sure. He was
a gruff old fellow, very vain Of his re-
cord and correspOndingly careless of his
dress. He called spade a spade, and
was greatly on joke. He persistently
passed Harry Richter on the crowd for
Sheridan and when the ruse was discOv-
cred Sherman was inside the car laugh
ing with the boys and the president had
to invite him the second time before he
consented to don his regimentals for a
reception at Parsons. While the party
was receiving the crowd an old colored
woman who had followed Sherman's
army out OF Georgia. tried several
times to work her way into the line. but
was repeatedly crowded aside. Sher-
man saw it, and saw, too, that her efforts
were steadily bringing her nearer, al
though not within reach. At length.
when the old lady sobed out her regrets
at not being able to " grab NASSAU
Sherman's hand" the greathearted old
man STEPPED forward, and thrusting his
hand between two persons in the line
grabbed the black hand and held on to ii
while he told her how glad he was that
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1891-02-27
Gallant Act of H.roism. =

A heroic act was performed at the New
Haven railroad drawbridge, Sept. 2, 1887,
by . brakeman named George III. Nor
daily. of Bridgeport, CT. He is attached
to one of the gravel trains running be-
tween the station there and the Housatonic
river
The train was moving slowly over the
bridge, when Nor !abv, happening to look
down. saw u lady and two gentlemen
struggling in the water Their sailboai
had been struck by squall and capsized,
and the two men were fighting for dear
life, unable to save their fair companion.
1t took but q moment for Nordaby to
comprehend the situation, and without an
instant of hesitation the brave man leaped
to the ties. poised himself an instant, and
plunged headlOng into the river below. a
distance of fOrty-five feet. He rose to the
surface within three feet of the drown NC
lady, and bore her to the shore.
1t was bold deed and nobly done She
proved to be a lady from New York occu
plying a villa for the season on the bank OF
the river near the hriI"o
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1891-02-27
WHY PEACH TREES DIE YOUNG.
The Stock and Breed of Peaches Fast Dying
from Disease and Feebleness.

from Disease and Feebleness.
The cultivated peach is supposed to
have descended from small native tree
of Persia. or at least South-Central
Asia, bearing an acrid; poisonous fruit,
scarcely, if ever eatable.
The almend is considered a selected
off-shoot from the peach, amp both bred
from time immemorial, the peach in the
line Of its goodness of pulp, and the
almond in the line of goodness OF its
kernel or seed, for food or luxuries for
man.
The peach has been selected from
seedlings, since long before the dawn OF
mans history, in the line of its deli
cious pulp, or, as we call it, its fruit
alone, without any reference whatever
to the health, vigor or hardness Of the
tree. This BREEDING constantly in one
line alone has resulted in the whole
race or stock becoming enfeebled and
diseased. This feebleness and liability
of tree, foliage OF tree to diseases, such
as the yellows, rot Of the fruit, curl of
the leaf aud the inability to stand cold
and climatic changes, seems to increase,
rendering this, the easiest Of all fruits
for the pioneers OF this country to grow.
the hardest now to fruit successfully.
Farm s. Fireside.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1891-02-27
Only q woman's Voice.

The bell had rung and the car was about
to start ON its downtown trip from the ex-
position grounds, yesterday afternoon,
when he boarded the car. 1t did not re-
quire more than glance to convince
everyone who saw him that he was drunk
very much so, in fact. He sank into an
unoccupied seat in the corner, leaned his
weary head against the fare-box and in a
moment was in that stupor which too
much whisky produces. The driver evil
IDENTIFY knew him and smiled as he said:
IN attend to you when we get down here
piece"
In few minutes the car stopped and
the driver stepped inside, shook the sleeper
and told him in an auctioneer tone of voice
TO wake up and get off" But the pas
senger did neither Then a gentleman
sitting next to him endeavored 10 arouse
him, but beyond muttered remark that
could not be understood he remained q
fixture in his seat
This sort of thing was becoming mon
otonous when little woman was seen ap-
preaching the car A slight rain was fall
ing, and she daintily picked her way across
the muddy street and stepped upon the
car She glanced inside, but did not en-
ter, and spoke but one word-"John. 1t
was not loud John" but through the
befuddled brain of that drunken sleeper it
seemed to flash. penetrating and starting
into life every faculty, and as though an
electric battery had completed the circuit
directly beneath him, he sprang up, and
as gracefully as was possible to him left
the car supported by that little woman,
whose voice had almost sobered him.
The moral of this little incident. can be
arranged TO suit the taste, but the superior
ity of the female voice under such circum-
stances can not be doubted.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1891-02-27
MARK TWAIN ON THE STAGE.
The First Public Lecture OF the Note


The First Public Lecture OF the Noted
Humorist.
twenty-five years ago, when l first
went TO Carson" said a well known gen,
tleman of that city recently at down
town hotel, Mark Twain was Just begin
ging to come to the front as a humorist.
he was quiet, gentlemanly sort of fellow
who could tell good story and take his
liquid potations with the boys and not
show il much, even if he would drink all
day.
I'm those early days most any sort of
an entertainment broug ht out big crowd,
and when it was announced one day that
Mark was to deliver lecture for the bene-
fit of something or other at the Episcopal
church, it was understood from the starr
that there would be perfect crush.
well, Mark assembled the steps into the
pulpit about s o'clock, there being a whole
lot of the boys and young women, friends
of his, as well as good many old people
in front Mark made a very polite bow.
and then unfolded gigantic roll of brown
paper. People thought at first it was big
map, but it turned out to be his lecture,
written on great sheets of grocers' brown
paper, with an ordinary grOcer's marking
brush. After his bow he turned his back
around TO the audience and craned his
head up to the lamp, and thus read from
the big sheets, as though it would be i'm
possible for him TO see any other way.
The lecture was on The Future of
Nevada, and was the funniest thing |
ever heard. He prophesied the great era
of prosperity that was before us and
sought TO encourage US residents of the
sagebrush region BY foretelling what ap-
peared to be Golconda-like tales of impos
sible mineral discoveries. Right on the
heels of it, however, came the marvellous
discoveries of Virginia City, and then we
thought he wasn't so far off in his humor-
Gus predictions. Many a time have
thought of that lecture of Mark Twain
1t ought to have been published have
read all his books. and / never saw any
thing in any of them better than this"