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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1891-09-04

HARDIN DAVIS, young militiaman,
fznped for an apple while marching,
sd in coming down was impaled on the
snyenet Of q comrade near Frankfort,
EF. He is dying.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1891-09-04
Horrible Murder.

SPRINGFIELD. Mo-, Sept AT
Mount Vernon, fifty miles vest of here,
Daniel Mckenzie, white, killed Joseph
Cooley, colored, Friday, by seyering
his jugular vein with pocket knife.
They were In a dispute over Godley's
brother. who has been sentenced 70 ten
vaars Ia tia neuifeuffarY.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1891-09-04

GEORGE A. CowAN, now seventy
Eve years ola and blind, who taught
Emma Abbott singing, is in the Mil
Yankee county poor house.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1891-09-04
The Hearing Delayed.

LEAvENwoRTH, Sept. by
stipulation of counsel, the hearing OF the
motion for a new trial in the case Of
David E. Davis. the wife murderer, has
been continued to the October sitting
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1891-09-04

In the 5000. 00n letters that reached
tie dead letter Office last year, there
vas money amounting to s2S,642, and
sAecks and notes of the value of 81, AL
sS1
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1891-09-04

MAURICE BERNHARDT, the athletic
sun Of the ''divine" Sarah, and his
bride, are in New York. They will
SPEND their honeymoon in this country.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1891-09-04

The French still fight an average of
5000 duels year, but as they are mostly
Noodles affairs, the subject is not
PAINFUL one to dwell on.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1891-09-04

RUsSIA's Oldest inhabitant is 124.
his name is Nitchinorenko, and he
lives at Belgorod.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1891-09-04
GENERAL COMMENTS.

A CATTLE range in eastern Wash
Hgton is over 300 miles long and 200
miles wide.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1891-09-04

THE Edison of France is named Adler.
He thinks he has solved the problem of
aerial navigation.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-10-01
.# ELEPHANTS IN THE PLow.
ClngaIese Find Them More Service
able Than H0rsoe ~ R,,ff.Ioa

Slhgalese Find Them More Services
aoie Than Horses or Buffaloes,
Elephants are now turned to agri-
cultural use in Ceylon. Travellers by
the seaside railway can witness the
curious spectacle Of the huge earth
shaking beast breaking the stubborn
glebe with the aid Of ridiculously
dlsproportioned pillow. An elephant
pillow OF just proportion, as far as APP
pearances are concerned, would be a
Titanic implement, and would cleave
chimes and canons where the agricul-
turist looks only Tor q moderate fur
row But the Swedish pillow, which is
now much used in Ceylon, is more ef-
fectlve and heavier than the primitive
native instrument, and the disciplined
power OF the elephant makes him ali
invaluable substitute for the powerful
draught horses used at home.
+. The animals are employed i'm turn
ing up the soil between cocoanut trees,
to prepare the ground for cotton
planting. An elephant with it's driver
and a coolie acting as plowman can
thus pillow an acre a day, at little more
than half the cost of the usual prac-
tlce OF scratching up three or four
inches OF the soil by means of the
Dutch hoe. The Swedish pillow. drawn
by an elephant, does the work very
thoroughly. foreground is effectually
Weeded, and the ,cocoanut trees bene-
tit by the turning up OF the ground
about them: Where elephants, are
not employed the primitive light pillow
OF the country is used, drawn by bull
locks or the curious long headed ma.
tive ffaloes-long-headed in ply
steal sense. Intellectually, of course,
the elephant is incomparably super
lor. Buffaloes, for the heavier Swed-
lsh pillow, need to be. large and well-fed
animals, and the elephants are found
cheaper and more dependable.-Lon-
don Daily Graphic: :
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-10-01
ITEMS STUDIO.
Studio of the onderrul Painter at
1T. MartigueS.

Studio of the Wonderful Painter at
Martigues.
Before we had gone very far along
the shore of the great lake that
stretches between Martigues and the
Mediterranean 1.-THE Etang de Caroute
it is called on the map, we came to a
little building with huge window OPEN
ing upon the dusty road and facing
northward, and in the garden beyond
was something white and shining. A
man was experimenting some work
close by, and we asked him whose
house this was, for the window looked
nightly like a studio.
Don't you know?' he said in
amazement. cit is there NJ. Ziem
lives"
We had thought NJ Ziem dead for
years, and here he was alive in Mar
tigues, which he had discovered before
we were born. e
"Here," the man went on, che has
panied all MS Nenlces, and COnStan-
tinoples, and Caicos: Here is the
Nile, or the Adriatic, OIL the Bosphor-
GUS, as he wishes, flowing past his
doors. There on the near hillsides, are
the stone-pines and expresses OF the
south and east; on the water beyond
lies Venice; and in his garden are the
mosques OF Constantinople. Aleu-
We went and looked closer then,
and we saw that the little white shin
ing thing was a toy mosque with dome
and minarets, that oriental pots and
jars were scattered about in the gar
den, and that two or three men were
putting up another and larger mosque,
the framework of its dome and min
arets lying with. the stones and mortar
below it's unfinished walls.-Century.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-10-01
LOVELY. wOMAN,"'

a
If Men We're Built That Way They
Would Keep. Their HOUSES Forti-
fled.
Mrs. Gabbler, rising to- depart after
a. call on Mrs. Wearysome-"Well
really must go. I've stayed nowlater
than"
Mrs. Wearysome-"Oh, no, you
haven't, You come so seldom, and !"
$50 seldom? Why 1 call here oftner
than any other place, and
"Well, I'm always delighted to see
you, and Il
ooh, thanks. But I just must go
NOW. You'll come to, see me, real
soon, won't you, dear?''' ~
"Yes, indeed, and
'4Well,. do now, and-oh, were you
at the concert last night?''
"Yes, and -t
Lovely little affair, wasn't it?
How charnaingy Mr.. Tennerson
sang" s...
"Oh beautifully. And I liked Miss,
Screecher, too"
ssOh, so did I, very much. But 1
really must, must gonow. Goodbye,
dear"
@Good-bye."
"Mind that expect to see you very
soon.' .-.
"Oh, yes; but don't you wait for me.
You have more time than I, you know,
and" ... Sa@
"What! have more time than you?
My dear child, Pm fairly rushed to
death all the time
$50 am t. ~.
II really don't see where the time
goes. Goodbye, dear"
esGood-bye. .
tsIf you don't come and see me soon,
I'll-oh! where did you get that lovely
chair scarf? hadn't noticed it before.
It's perfect beauty"
s'Do you really like it?"
"Like it? It's just sweet! Did You
embroider it?''
EYES"
..You did? How lovely! I wish L
but I'll never go if l stand here much
longer, and I've five other calls to
make this afternoon. Good-bye. =
''Bye-bye.' ;"
.sLovely day, isn't it? lisa pleasure
to be out, and-oh, my dear, if Ididn't
nearly forget to tell you about
Mazda De Vere's wedding, and that's
lust what came for. I must sit down
and tell you all about It'll"
Two hours later she departs, after
a prolongation OF the goodbye bush
ness for fifteen minutes on the steps.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-10-01
HE KNEW.
It's AWfully Hard to FOOL an Old
Fisherman, You See.

II AWrully Hard to Fool an Old
Fisherman, You See.
He was old and weatherbeaten. and
his clothes We're the same, but there
was an expression OF supreme content
upon his tanned face as he sat on the
edge OF the wharf one afternoon
and let his legs dangle down. In his
mouth was a pipe that had been new
and sweet in the dear, dead long ago.
and in his right hand he held one end
OF q fish line. The other end was held
down upon the bottom of the river, a.
Long distance from the shore.
ANY luck, captain?" asked young
man VINO was strolling by. It is con-
sldered the proper thing to- call every
man along the river who is, old and
weatherbeaten s'captain."
"Nope-they amt bitin' much to-
day" ..
"They don't bitemuch amy way these
days, do they?"
'Nop-not like they ulster. "Tuseter
be soft I could come down here and
catch a. basketful in maybe an hour
or So"
"That was quitelong ago, wasn't it?''
"Yep, quite a spell ago. 1 member
one time-hello!'' .-.-.s
The old man had given his line q,
vicious jerk and was now all excite.
| ment.
! 'Got a. bite, captain?"
Yep, an he's, a whopper, too. 7
amt quite sure whether I've hooked
HIM. Yep, there he is. feel him a.
Wlegglln' on the line: He's great, bic,
striped bass" ~
All this was said in a sort of STAGE.
whisper.
> "How do you know what kind of
fish it ISL"
'How do know" repeated the old
man, as he began slowly and deliber-
ately to haul In his line, and hethrew
supreme pity for the. ignorance i'm
Piled by the question into his voice.
GLOW do know? Why, young man,
Lean tell jes' what kind of fish it's
oy the way he bites. Now. there's an
eel;: he kind O. makes little. bites O.
pecks'at yer line, an then he takes
holt an swims away with yer line
sort O. easy like. Then there's the
sucker; he jes' sucks yer bait. an We
can't hardly feel him pull. An then
there's the yellow perch; he takes holt
right away and swims away like a
streak"
"And how does the striped bass
blte?' interrupted the young man.
"Oh, he monkeys around a whole
lot, and then he takes hold all of a
student and swims away down stream.
l knowed right away when this teller
took holt he was striped bass. L
never make no mistake. -
just then the old mans catch came
to the surface. 1t was an old boot
Albany Express. e..
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pistol so as to prevent it from revolv.

| pistol SO us 10 prevent ~ from reEOlF.
ing.
But Martin meant business; so he
threw the revolver ut the mysterious
object, and then followed it up with
his bowie knife. But it soon dropped
from his paralyzed hand, as he was
ierked through the window, and found
himself in the. coils OF beacon
strictor.
The menagerie tent had blown down,
the pole OF it failing upon the serpents
cage and so bending the iron rods as
to let out it's inmates.
Some hours afterwards the mena7
gerie men were engaged in repairing
damages, when they were Mortified to
see the enormous boa returning to it's
cage with the insensible night watch
man in it's powerful folds.
If Martin had offered the least re-
sistance the constructor would have
crushed every bone in his body; but as
he tainted Immediately, it supposed
he was dead, and was conveying him
back to it's cage to preform the process
of deglutition at it's leisure; for it was
already surfeited by the dog which it
had swallowed. Upon being attacked
by the men, the boa an once dropped
it's prey, and Martin received medical
aid as promptly as possible, but re-
manned unconscious for upwards Of
twenty-four hours. >-..-@s W.
The morning after the memorable
night, Martins employer was taking
horseback ride at an early hour,
when he noticed that the front window
of the warehouse had been shattered
to atoms. So he thereupon entered
the building with his private key, but
found no clue to Martin except the
revolver, with one barrel discharged,
lying on the floor, and the bowie
knife upon the ground outside. He
forthwith made inquiries about the
neighborhood, and was informed of
the singular occurrence at the me-
nagerie. a
"What was the color OF the mans
hair?" he asked with view OF identi-
flying him.
"White as the driven snow" was
the reply. --.
"Then," said he, sit must have
been different man, for Martins
hair was black as COAL"
DO1 v AC WV 0ul q 1lC lSll U1lC S1lll0
man." observed the bystander; "for
such an adventure as that would turn
any mans hair white in five min
utes."
The proprietor OF the warehouse
evidently thought the suggestion en-
titled to weight; for he straightway
repaired to the bedside OF the wretch
ed man, and instantly recognized him
as the faithful Waterman, in spite OF
his snow-white hair.
Martin was ultimately restored to
health, and, strange to say, the order
OF nature is reversed in his case, and
as he grows older his hair is gradually
recovering it's pristine blackness, so
that by the time he is three-score and
ten his locks will beas dark as Chm
merriam darkness itself.--New York
World.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-10-01
lNHUMAN CHARITY,

A Cruel Challenge Accepted For
the Sake of Wife and Babies.
The other day a crowd Of men and
boys gathered on street corner in
Lewiston, Me-, says an exchange.
One man pulled a silver watch from
his pocket that was worth about $35.
From another pocket he fshed up a
dozen matches. H..
cpl give this WATCH" he said, ''to
whoever will hold a match in his
thumb and finger, blaze down, till it
burns up completely"
One fellow tried it and dropped the
match when it began to burn. Anoth-
er and still another did the same.
Then came one who was out of work
and had a wife and little babies at
home. He took the match and held
it till it. was charred between the
thumb and finger and the nails on the
thumb and finger were badly burned.
"Why did you do that for a watch?"
asked some one.
ooh, l must have money, and a.
burn is better than seeing ones little
children starve," he answered as he
walked away with the watch.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-10-01
A Colored ClaQuer.

One Of the Washington theaters en-
joys the distinction of having pro-
fessional claquer on it's roll of en-
ployes. He is a negro of athletic build,
with an extremely dark skin and
enormous mouth, and a fine set of
shining worries. But his most notable
characteristic is his laugh. It is by
turns soft, resonant, harsh, strident,
and mellow. He is in his place in the
top gallery throughout summer sea-
son OF light opera, and he never miss
es farce comedy or a minstrel show
He always knows when and how to
laugh. He sits with his chin on the
rail and enjoys himself in a highly in
fictitious fashion, the audience fire.
quently laughing more heartily at him
than at the performance. A clever
touch OF comedy will provoke an APP
preciative chuckle, COOK joke elicits
a hearty guffaw, while fine sample
OF "stuffed-club" humor fairly con
vulses him. After each performance
ne stops at the box-office and collects
ms salary OF 25 cents q night.-New
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-10-01
A MiIIIonaire's Notebook.

Ever since he went into business as
boy John I. Blair, the millionaire
railroad magnate, has made it a
practice to jot down in q notebook
carried for the purpose brief resume
OF what he has been doing every hour
OF the day. His notes are concise, but
by their aid he can tell to a minute
what he was doing at almost any
period of his life. A few years ago.
when Mr.. Blair was defending several
suits brought against him in Kansas
City, the lawyers endeavored to weary
him by asking him irrelevant cues
tions. ''Mr. Blair" said q
lawyer one day, what were
you doing January Is, 1892" cat
what hour sir?" TAT the time this
contract was executed" II will tell
you in moment, SIR" Looking
over his book q moment he answered:
"At 2 o'clock in the afternoon OF that
day was in the room with and look
Ing over the gentlemen's shoulder
when he attached his signature to the
instrument. New York World.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-10-01
A WOMAN's CRIME.
Extraordinary Attempt at Murder
Brought to Light in Paris.

EXTRAORDINARY attempt at MctrOer
Brought to Light in Paris.
An extraordinary crime has just
been brought to light here by the ar
rest OF woman and her father,
charged with the attempted murder OF
the woman's husband by pouring melt
ed lead into his ears.
The intended victim was 3 cab
driver named Lombard, and the crime
was due to his wife's desire to rid her.
self Of him in order to become possess
ed Of certain property belonging to
him
The couple had been married about
two years, when Lombard was sud
denly attacked with mysterious ill.,
ness, accompanied by symptoms OF
poisoning. Lombard had no suspi-
cion OF his wife, however, until one
evening when he lay in bed asleep, he
was aroused by a terrible pain in
his right ear, and found his wife stand
ing by the bed side.
The woman showed herself entirely
Indifferent to his intense sufferings and
left the room, locking the door behind
her. The unfortunate man remained
there five hours before he was released
and allowed to visit physician, who
found Lombarb's ear seriously burn
ed by hot lead, a globule Of which still
remained there.
A search OF Lombard's house after
ward disclosed al alcohol lamp and
ladle which the conspirators had
used in melting the lead. Information
was given to the police and arrests
speedily followed. Paris special to
st. Louis Star Sayings.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-10-01
!. Girls Try This.

I made a call on a very pretty
young friend the other day, and was
moved to comment upon the exquis-
lite whiteness OF her complexion.
begged her to tell me what particular
face-bleach or cosmetic, or wash she
had been using, and then with a be-
witching little pout, she said; ct is
just buttermiIk.'
"Mamma told me about it," she
went on to explain, "and her old
colored nurse told her years ago
down in Kentucky when papa used to
come and see her. And so the other
day, when l was worrying over the
freckles and sunburn on my face, she
bethought herself of that old remedy
and advised me try it. did so and
behold the RESULT"
els there any particular way to
apply it?" I asked.
"Just wash your face well with
water and then take a silk sponge
and pat it on all over your face and
neck. Then when you get up in the
morning wash in clear water, and
then in some more buttermilk, and
dry your face thoroughly with a
crash towel. You can get your milk
man to bring you a pint or so every
morning, and you will find it a cheap
as we'll as a perfect cosmetic" Gin
clnnati Commercial Gazette.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-10-01
Keeping Baby in His Carriage,

Keeping Baby in His Carriage.
Many mothers are continually wor-
ried while giving their babies an air
ing in their cab by having the restless,
mischievous little mortals insist on
climbing up and standing in the
seat, holding onto the back and
swaying from side to side in an alarm
ing manner. To all such allow me to
suggest that if a broad ribbon be Sc
curely fastened about baby's waist
and each end tied in ring secured in
reach of the seat in front, it will effect
ually prevent his climbing up, and the
mother can go her way in peace, hap
py in the consciousness that baby can
no longer endanger his precious neck
by a quick, unguarded climb.
It will, however, be found necessary
to retain the ordinary carriage strap,
to prevent the child's lurching for
ward, as the band about the waist
only prevents climbing. These waist
bands will also be found just as con-
venient and serviceable in keeping the
baby in his high-chair as in his cab,
providing the ends are fastened low
enough to prevent his rising upon his
feet. *5-~ 81, ." ~.
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e /. &. r s ]
splashed with mud, but she will be
safe from any real injury. Mud can
be washed away. Only wounds leave
scars.
The youngest or most friendless
girl who uses her wits and heeds the
warnings which she will surely receive
from her inward sense Of propriety
whenever she is tempted to violate its
laws, can never go very far wrong It
is safe rule to leave undone every
thing whose perfect propriety is not
certain, unless some larger considera-
ton is involved. There are cases
where q noble and unselfsh aim will
atone for breaking the laws OF pro-
prlety, but they seldom occur, and
even the few that do bring many evils
upon the law-breakers.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-10-01
The Discreet Woman, 4

Discretion or q sense OF propriety
by either term IS the virtue known--is
like a perfume. It cannot be touched,
seen, weighed or described, but it
exists, and makes its presence and it's
absence known, and is as essential to
every womanly woman, no matter
what her age, intellectual accomplish
ments, beauty or social position, as
is it's perfume to perfection OF the
rose.
The woman who has this precious
gift is by it alone protected from harm
by an invisible armor Of proof. She
may not be safe from the tongue Of
Islander, for the finest armor may be
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-10-01
Knew the Ropes,

Experienced Traveller lat railway
restaurant when did that man at
the other table give his order?"
Waiter Bout ten minutes ago,
sah.n +;
'sWhat did he order?"
tsBeefsteak and fixin's $, sab.
How much did he fee you?'
tsQuarter, sab.
q s'''Well, here's half q dollar. Cook
him another steak and bring me his :
Eyes, Good News. ss#
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-10-01
The FRAMES .Revenga.

Sour-faced Woman-ssYou get right
out OF here or I'll call my husband.
Tramp-"Y'r husband amt at
home.'
I sour-faced Woman" How do you
know he ain't?"
Tramp alters noticed, MUM,
that w zen q man is married to q w0Nll-
an wot looks like you, he never is at
homo except at meal time. New
York Weekly,
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-10-01
Why People Get Married,

Though it is very common to re-
proach old bachelors with their cell
bacy and to pity old maids, as if sin
gle-blessedness were misfortune, yet
many married people have seen fit to
offer apologies for having entered into
what some profane wag has called the
'holy bonds of paddock" One man
says he got married to get a house
keeper; another to get rid of bad COM
pany. a&
Many women declare they got mar
ried for the sake OF a man; few &C
knowledge that their motive was to
get a husband. Goethe averrsd that
he got married in order to be "respect-
able" John Wilkes said he took a
wife to ''please his friends" Wycherly,
who espoused his housemaid, said he
did it to "spite his relatives
A widow who married q second hus-
band said she wanted somebody to
condole with her for the loss OF her
first. Another, because she thought a
wedding would 'samuse the children"
Another, to get rid Of incessant I'M
portunity from a crowd Of sultors.
Old maids who get married invari-
ably assure their friends that they
thought they could be "more useful"
as wives than as spinsters. Never-the-
less, Quilp gives it as his opinion that
nine.tenths of all persons who marry,
whether widows Or widowers, spins
ters or bachelors, do SO for the sake
OF getting married.
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MARTINS BURGLAR.

S q general rule,
night watchmen
are the most
sombre and I'M
com m un icative
OF men. What
there is in them
is not Of the sun
shine, but OF the
aurora borealis.
But we do not