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The Iola register., 1891-02-06
Truths for Sixteen-Year-OId Men.

Remember, nv son. that the world Il
older than you are, by several years;
that for thousands of years il has been
so full of smarter and better young men
than yourself. that their feet stuck out
of the dOrmor windows: that when they
died the old globe went whirling on and
not one man out of ten million went to
the funeral. or even heard of the d, ath.
Be as smart as you can, OF course
Know as much as you can. without blow.
ing the packing out of your cylinder
heads: shed the light OF your wisdom
abroad in the world. but don't dazzlC
people with it, and don't imagine Q
thing is so, simply because you say it is
Don't be too sorry for YOUR father be-
cause he knows so much less than you
do. Remember the reply of DIR. Way
land to the student of Brown University
who said it was an easy enough thing
to make proverbs such as Solomon
wrote: "Make few" tersely replied
the old man. And we never heard hat
the young man made any: not more
than two or three. anyhow. The world
has great need of young men. but no
greater need than the young men have
of it. Your clothes fit you better than
your fathers fit him: they cost more
money, they are more stylish. your
mustache neater, the cut of your hair is
better, and you are prettier, oh, far
prettisr than pa" But. young man.
the old gentleman gets the biggest
salary, and his hOmely seribbling
signature on the business end OF the
check will drain more money out of the
bank in five minutes than you could get
out with a ream Of paper and a copper
plate signature in six months.
Young men are useful, and they are
ornamental. ard we all love. them, and
we couldn't engineer picnic success
fully without them. But they are no
novelties, my son, oh no. nothing1of the
kind. They have been here before. Do
not be so modest as to shut yourself
clear out: but don't be so fresh that yor
will have to be put away to keep from
spelling Don't be afraid your merit
will not be discovered. People all over
the world are hunting you: if you are
worth finding they will find you. A
diamond isn't so easily found as quartz
pebble, but some people search for il
all the more Observation-Disclosures
Hawkeye.
The Iola register., 1891-02-06

When the tests are complete, tnen the
first voyage will be made, first to st.
Louis, thence to Chicago ana from Chi
cago TO New York. After that will
come the crossing of the continent, then
that of the Atlantic, and finally trip
ground the world. That done, we will
have proved how easy the whole thing
is. and then go to work to build ships as
business"
The big ship will cost not to exceed
81. 900.
It takes the breath away to think of
the vast revolution that will follow in
all civilized methods if Pennington has
really found practicable way OF lying
through the air, even at fifty miles an
hour. The north and south poles can
be made in month TO yield up their
frozen secrets. The Nile, the Congo
and the Amazon be traced from source
| to mouth.
The peaks of the Hymalayas, the
| Andes. and the Rockies will be as ae-
cessible as the tops of the dwellings.
| How will warfare he conducted. how
custom house lines be established anu
kept. how. indeed. all the ordinary ope-
ratiOns of civilized mankind are TO be
carried on if this quiet young man has
done what he claims to have done, be-
wilders the brain to imagine. Jules
Verne's widest flight of fancy will be
| tame compared with the reality.
The grand army of cranks has paid
full attention to Mr.. Pennington. He
has over 1,5O0 applications from people
desirous of making the trial trip. But
the men are all selected who are to 60
so they will all be disappointed. One
genius has begged for chance to buy
the big ship. He says that he is going
to sail to the pole and then go into Sym
mes Hole and discover the people he
believes inhabit the center of the earth
Mr.. Pennington has an indulgent smile
for these fancies and says: THAT the
results of this discovery may be ano
will be overwhelming | do not doubt
but they donOt concern me. All have
to do now is to make the trial trip and
prove that the problem is solved"
The Iola register., 1891-02-06

come and we go. Some of us have
never met before. Some of us will never
meet again. But hail you across the
sea, and with reference TO the last great
day. and with reference TO the two great
words. cry across the water: "Whith-
er bound? Whittier bound?" / know
what service that craft was made for,
but hast thou thrown overheard the
compass? Is there no helm to guide it?
Is the ship at the Mercy of the tempest?
Is there no gun of distress booming
through the storm? With priceless
treasures treasures aboard worth
more than all the Indies-wilt thou
never come up out OF the trough OF the
sea? o, Lord God, lay hold of that
man, Son of God, If Thou vert ever
needed anywhere, Thou art needed here.
There are so many sins to be pardoned.
There are so many wounds to be healed.
There are so many souls to be saved.
Holy, Jesus! Help, Holy Ghost! Help,
ministering angels from the throne.
Help all sweet memories of the past.
Help all prayers for our future deliver
ance! o. that now, in this, the accept
ed time and day of salvation. you will
hear the voice of mercy and live.
Taste and see that the Lord is gracious.
In this closing moment of the service,
when everything in the house is so IA
vorable, when everything is so still,
when God is so loving and heaven is SO
near. drop your sins and take Jesus.
Do not cheat yourselves out of heaven.
Do not do that. God forbid that at
last, when it is too late to correct the
mistake. a voice should rise from the
throne, uttering just four words-four
sad, annihilating words: Zone thing
thou lackest."
The Iola register., 1891-02-06
She Had Them On.

''Aunt Louisa Eldridge has had a
long and brilliant career on the stage,
and has added not little to her reputa-
tion since she began to take ''Old wo-
man" parts. Her temperance in New
York at the Garden Theater. and let
ter in which she writes. Have been
abroad twice, but | am thoroughly Am
erican-believe in the Stars and Stripes
always and forever" reminds us of an
incident of her visit to London
a few years ago. Edwin Booth was then
playing here, and sent her box for his
performance of Hamlet. Remember
ing her well-known patriotic sentiment.
he also sent pair of red, white and
blue stockings. artistically decorated
with stars and stripes. The evening as
Hamlet strobe upon the stage the first
object that caught his eye was '.Aunt
Louisa" in proscenium box holding be-
fore her huge placard reading: i've
got them on" 1t is easy TO believe that
the Dane was just then anything but
melancholy.
The Iola register., 1891-02-06
How Many Ties are Required?

Assuming the entire railroad system
OF the United States to be 161 1896 miles,
as appears from POOr's Manual, with
the addition of the lines in construction
during the current year, and taking
264O ties per mile Of track, there are in
use at least 426, ,O88, ,0S0 ties. This esti-
mate, large enough as the total appears,
is under the mark, for on the word OF
the Superintendent of Pennsylvania
railroad construction corps, no road uses
less than 2640 ties per mile, and many OF
the roads with very heavy traffic have
2Sl6, and in few cases more.
In a recent lecture on "Americ can
Woods" Prof. Bickmore mentioned the
enormous consumption OF wood for this
purpose, but it is doubtful il the real
magnitude of it was properly understood
by his hearers. The life of those ties
varies according to their quality and the
climatic conditions. On the Eastern
roads, where only the best ties are en-
ployed, the average life is found to be
six years, while in the West,
where poorer quality of timber is often
accepted, and where dry rot and other
disadvantages have to be confronted,
the average life is from three to five
wears, SO that even after allowing for a
few exceptional cases in which ties may
last ten years, the average life of ties in
the United States can not be counted as
more than five years.
Therefore it follows that the an
nual consumption must be about s., ,2l7, :
GIG. which, with steady increase OF
railroad building, must soon exceed
100, 600, ,OOO-a gigantic demand to be
satisfied from the forests each year when
one considers the many other calls made
upon them.
The Iola register., 1891-02-06
Just Grounds For Divorce.

The Rev. Chas. KOerner of the La
Sale sve. Lutheran Church Chicago last
Sunday preached q short and very
unique sermon on divorce and the scrip
tural causes for divorces. The bible, he
said, recognized but one cause for di-
vorce-adultery or its kindred sins
The other pleas-drunkeness, neglect,
wife-beating, and crime of other varie-
ties-he said the bible did not sanction
as lust grounds fog divorce.
"Cain committed murder" he said 4,
'.but do you read of Gains wife getting
a divorce? No she followed him.
JOB was without money, and covered
with boils from the soles of his feet to
crown of his head. But do you hear
of Jobs wife applying for divorce? No.
''Now, there was Abraham, 100 years
old, and his wife was no less than 80;
but do you read about any divorce:
No.
But my friends. continued the Rev.
Mr.. Koerner. Il can't 90 through the
whole list. Whom God hath Joined
together, let no man put asunder.
Just as the child should not be taken
from its parents so should not a hus-
band and wife be separated. Even
heathens abhor divorce. Marriage ID
divine. The grandest wish of all is thai
a man and wife might die together.
But God can not always grant this
request,
1.-THE Lord said it was not good fer
man to be alone, so he made a woman
from the rib of the man.
Are all matches made in heaven? Yes.
But. young friends, do not be carried
away by a beautiful face or smooth
words. Neither by what We call 'gooa-
heartedness." Are you going to build
in some bog? You want solid founds-
ton. and the foundation is the Rock OF
Ages.
Marriages come sometimes from
Youthful enthusiasm, dollars and cents,
carnal lust, necessity. But are all
matches made in heaven? They are;
but what man has sowed that must he
also reap. He makes his bed and hs
must lie on it.
God is not to blame if these couples
have to pass through the wilderness"
Three-fourths of all divorces, Mr.
Koerner said, came from something oil
this sort: MY husband, says wife.
s'has neglected me. He comes home
intoxicated: I ask for money, Rns
he beats me; 1 ask him for bread, and
he says harsh words"
''Now, we sympathize with this poor
woman, but has she grounds for divorce:
No. Our Lord never justified divorces
on these grounds. A husband may be
languishing N prison for some gross
crime, but the wife should not have 2
divorce for this reason. The Gooa
Book does not sanction divorce for such
a reason as this"
The solution of all these difficulties,
the minister thought, was that the hus-
band and wife should '1go the Lord to-
gether; they should be united in Him;
they should sit together at the COM
munion table and make a common
journey to heaven, happier as they grow
older because they are united IN tins
Lord"
The Iola register., 1891-02-06
DUN'S REVIEW.
yOLUMN OF BUSINESS LARGE A-..i
SATISFACTORY.
Grain Advances in Price. FeEer Business
Failures.

New York. January 3l.-R. q. Dan =;
Co.'S. Weekly Review of Trade. saws:
Business continues unprecedented il
volume and satisfactory in character.
Measured by clearing house returns
trade exceeds that of year ago by
about q per cent ir amount, and that
means volume of business larger than
any other year at this time. The tone
in commercial circles throughout the
country is hopeful. and the money mar
kets are now comparatively easy at
nearly all points.
The dry goods trade is, on the whole.
very satisfactory for the season.
The increasing demand for wool.
though still confined to actual need for
consumption. proves that the current
prices. low as they are. do not arrest
production.
The trade in boots, shoes and leather
is somewhat retarded by monetary I'M
certainties, and there is some reason to
suppose that consumption may not be
quite up to expectations.
While copper. tin and lead are all a
shade lower for the week, the consump-
tion of each is very heavy. The embar-
rassment in iron and steel manufacture
and trade is now clearly perceived to be
the result of marked shrinkage in de-
mands for consumption. Accounts from
southern cities indicate only fair trade
with improvement at some points in the
west and southwest. The northwest
notes larger trade than year ago in
nearly everything Throughout the
northwest it is noteworthy that country
banks are well supplied with money.
The startling death of Secretary Win
dom caused a sudden fall in the price OF
silver from Az to 46s in London. But
no change whatever in the financial
policy of the government is likely
to result, though it may easily
happen that successor, however, able,
may not possess the faculty of resources
which Mr.. Window has shown in meet
ing emerginces. The operations of the
treasury during the past week has in no
way effected the money market which
is well supplied. Speculation according
ly grows more active.
Wheat advanced {: corn /; oats ]; and
coffee 15c per 100 pounds. Cotton 2sc
lower.
The business failures occurring
throughout the country during the last
seven days numbered go as compared
with $50 last week. For the cores
ing week last year the figures were
oQI
The Iola register., 1891-02-06
Just Comfortable.

Mamma had just got back from a
shopping expedition down town.
Bessie had enjoyed the afternoon a lit
tie more, perhaps, than if mamma had
remained at home.
''Well, Bessie" said her mother,
Have you been good girl to-day?"
mo, mamma"
'Why, Bessie, hope you have not
been a bad girlr'
"No. mama" said the little thing,
Not weddy bad, not weddy good, just
conferble little girl"
The Iola register., 1891-02-06
Cause of His ParsImopy.

Juan has become very economical; in
fact he may be called avaricious.
why are you so econOmicalY" demand
ed his wife.
''For the sake of our children" he an
swered.
But we have no children"
Then, for the sake of-our grand
children !"
The Iola register., 1891-02-06
Want to Sci Their Land.

Guthrie, Ok, January 2S.-Two OF
the chiefs of the Kickapoo tribes a.
rived in this city this afternoon. They
say that they are ready and authorized
to sell their lands to the government.
Ochquamnos-ah-Sey is the head chief,
and in conversation said to-day: I'VE
want to go to Washington and sell land.
We know that the great father will
hllv IL ="
The Iola register., 1891-02-06
Arrested in Mexico.

FL Paso, Tex, January go. T
Won Petersdorff, formerly agent fol
Palmer Bros, ore buyers of Zacatecas
Mexico, and who defaulted for $4,000
was arrested in Paso del Norte, Mexico
this evening. 1t was reported after hi
defalcation that he had committed sui
eide, and afterward that he was killed
at a bull fight IN the City of Mexico
For this reason he was not looked for
He was met to-day by c. W. Palmer
one of the firm, whom he told he wa:
going to Mexico. He was on the train
when he was arrested by the Mexican
authorities.
The Iola register., 1891-02-06
French Physicians Favor a Device for
Deafness.

Paris. January 27.-Physicians look
with favor upon the invention for re-
lieving deafness, which has recently
been introduced here by Fl. A. Wales OF
Bridgeport, Conn, and say it is un-
doubtedly the highest development
which science has reached towards aid
ing the deaf.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-09-21

Most Of those who have dono mich
horseback riding have sad rccollcctIous
Of having had 10 one tiino or another 20
jog along for weary miles on tho back Il
an VI bred, straight patterned nag,
whose every stop jarrod every nerve In
the body and aroused the most pro-
nounccd fcolings OF resentment. Accord.
ing 20 tho inventor OF new saddle. such
memorable incidents as these need mover
more occur aud tho horseback riding 81
THE future will be- pure, uumixcd delight.
This saddle owes Il peculiar merit to a
series Of springs. The upper mddlotreo
or scat Is connected with the lower sim-
Ply by these fpTiuga. 40 there Is nothing
60 Interfere with that free working with.
out which no spring saddle can fulill
tho purpose and object Of ~ construc.
ton, VIZ, "a relieve tho rider from tho
constant jolt experienced In riding on %
spunglc's saddle. The springs arc cone
shaped, working within each other. and
ara made Of tempered stool wiro 10
placed between the wooden tire and the
upper tree or frame slat consisting OF u
steel wire bent b. The shape Of tho lower
tree and olaspcd by brass bands which
cross cuch other 90 20 work freely
wherever tho motion oi tho horse may
bring the weight Of the fidgr.-phiia.
dolphia PEGS.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-09-21

Eighty.throo eases Of money. chnrrcd
- a. 10 crumblo at the touch, came
from tho great Boston Hire. ono case
was found by slN ladies 10 contain $50
900, How they did Il Is described In
this manner by one Of thcmi
AFTER unpanking tho money from
the raw cotton In which Il travelled. ni
zcalously swathel rs tho most preciou.
Iowclry, tho ladies separated each small
piece with thin knives made for the
purpose; then laying tho blnckcncd
fragments ON sheets Of plotting paper
they decided by close scrutiny tho value,
Hcnuinencss and nature Of tho note.
Mngnifying glasses woro provided. but
seldom used, except for the dcciphcring
Of coupon numbers or other minute
details.
''The prices were then pasted on thin
paper, tho bank notes returned To- their
respective banks, AM The United S;a'cs
money put In scaled envelopes aud do
livcrcd 10 a committee OF four, who
superintendent tho final burning. The
amount Of all tho money from the cities
Of Chicago and Boston Identified was
si,22G,3il. or over 20 por cent Of the
whole" Six months were required to
identify tho money saved from these
two fires. 10.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-09-21

Till 1870 France held the supreme con.
troll ~ the peace Of the woSld. No sworl
ould BE- uusheathcd Ia Europe without
her consent Napoleon III was tho great
nrhiicr. A frown from him darkenod
tho horizon Tho day after hc expire sed
regret TO Baron liubuer ut not being
IN accord with Austria. the stock cx.
changes were Ia q panic. and Austria
and Prussia concluded a hasty peace be-
fore tho master had timo TO show dis
satisfaction. Since tho war Of 1870 this
role has ceased TO belong 10 France.
Germany has usurped II, and her claim
10 II Is what has royoltcd tho car, who
remains alone, striving BY bis deliberate
isolation 10 nentralzo the unwelcome
supremacy Of Germany. allowing France
TO runder him apparent homage Ia order
TO emphasize hts attitude. hut really
knowing himself 10 Do doomed TO immo.
bIlity as long rs no remains outside the
alligd cmpirvs.-Do Blowit1 In HarpurA
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-09-21

swim Voyages Made When American ship
pin. Led the World.

pin- Led the World.
Writers Of maritime history give 70
the United States the credit Of cstab-
fishing long lines Of communication by
sea with far distant countries As ear
ly as 1850 tho merchants Of Boston d..
patched their ships direct 10 China and
the East Indies. some time before Eng
land entered on this trade, for the
American vessels not only brought thc'f
cargoos 10 the home markets. but also
transshippoi spices. silks tcnss sugar
coffee and cotton 70 Europe. In thoac
times a skipper falt satisfied N he made
tho outward voyage Of Is, 900 miles. by
way Of the Cape Of Good llbpc. Ia 100
days. and came back via Caps Hofn.
some IL. 900 miles. In the samo time
The development Of tho resources o.
tho east by the Fast India company and
the richness u tho frelglits carried by
the United States vcsscll-the proceeds
Of n single voyage often deiraying the
first cost u the ship-induccd England
10 enter into competition; thus start.
Ing that rivalry between tho sailing
fleets Of the two nations TINT was long
the admiration II the world.
In 1916 tho American clippcn-lonr.
low, Of good beam. very tine lines and
with yards ~ square and spars 30 lofty
~ 10 sct n greater spread Of canvas in
proportion 10 their tonnage than any
ship hitherto snlloi-cnicrod the race
aud left all rivals far nstcrn. Then fol.
lowed the days Of which tho old "fad
soa dogs siill love to tell, when every
stitch Of sail was carried until the tlerco
wind blow Il from the bolt ropes when
for weeks the leo scuppou lay buried
In the secthing waters and the flying
ilb boom plunged deep into the white
capped waves; whcff tho good ship
Sovereign Of the Seas came into port
ninety days from Ilong.Kong, and tho
town gathered on tho wharf to welcome
the daring navigator, while tho cargo
Of teas and colIccs was sold at fabulous
prices
And these old snlts still discus. tho
dinner given tho bold captain that
night, when tho log Of tho voyage
would be read and tho men would ut
amazed NJ hearing that In twenty two
day. tho ship had sailed over 1891
miles, that fos four days her daily run
had bcon 3ii.S miles, and that In ono
day she had done Ji5 miles. at tho rate
Of 1876 knots. 90 Lieutenant Ridgcly
Hunt, U. S. ~, Ia SchbnorA
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-09-21

In some parts Of tho Colorado desert
water boils up from springs, which are
surrounded by circular hillocl,s OF ear.
bonato Of limo from four TO oight feet
In height, tho material Of which Ia,
been deposited from tho flowing fluid.
The laltor Is 40 highly charged with gas
that 1t Is very difficult 10 keep corks in
bottles filled with H. II seems queer to
find In such dcsolato country real soda
water fountains supplied by nature.
sirups arc not offered 10 order, unfortu.
natcly. The lime deposited ON the rocky
shores was contributed by such syringe
u those. bubbling up from what was
then the bottom OF tho lalle,-Washiug.
ton Star.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-09-21

We cannot rest with tho assumption
that, since tho sun Is evidently no Mira
aud no Sirius, therefore It Il practically
an unchanging radiator which for an In.
definite period will continue 10 cause
the carth 10 bloom IA tho bonehcent n.
fulg9hco Of it, life inspiring rays A sun
may affect the welfare Of It's planets
either through tho gradual mutations
which 1t undorgoci in tho coure Of II,
evolution, or through tho moro rapid
mud violent changes that characterize
the stars that arc ranked Rs variable
We have seen that most Of these latter
belong TO tho third and fourth glasses,
but there IL reason TO suspect that the
majority OF all tho stars arc variable 10
slight degree, and evidence Of yaria.
bility In the case Of tho sun Is furnished
by the phenomena Of sun spots a. T..
seryiss In Popular Science Monthly.