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Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1891-05-13

In Persian theatre three horses. each
carrying driver, participate in genu-
Inc race upon the stage. The effect, part
ly due to illusion, Is very real. Each
horse is made to gallop upon an endless
belt moved back and upon an electrical
ly-driyen drum under the stage, 30 that
the racers, even when going at full speed,
are kept at point in the centre Of the
audiences field Of view The illusion Of
travelling around a track Is made COM
pleie by moving panorama, ninety five
yards long, which Is unrolled from one
cylinder at the back of the stage to an
other on the opposite side
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1891-05-13

"a HOUR Nickle Clock given away with
Z4 Soap Powder at @. D. RBY'S.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1891-05-13
REPAIR WORK A SPECIALITY
To the Public.

HAVING purchased the FLOURandGR
II MILL at Chariestown known as the
locke Mill, and pm 10 in thorough repair for
the manufacture of the very best quality OF
Burr. OF old process flour We respectfully
solicit public patronage There will always be
on hand q supply OF Flour. Corn Meal, Mil
Feed Ground Corn Cob Etc. for sale or eX-
change
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1891-05-13
lanes N. Ransom, Jr-
DR. e. DOUGLAS DAVIS,
DENTIST,

H located u Chariest0vn for the practice Of
his profession. lssuppied with all che modern
APPLIANCES and prepared t0 serve tne public in
b. satisfactory manner
Utle l building of Mr.. III. %. Talbot near
opposite First National Bank
June 20 i>s9
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1891-05-13
biggest STOCK Of Spring GOODS

in the history of our store at as low and lower
prices than in the past If anything, goods
for this Spring will be at lower prices in our
store than they were last Spring.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1891-05-13
y1irginia frrf gress.
W. ". X. GALLAHER, Editor.

JeGersc" County. "est Va.
May I3, 1871
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1891-05-13
PRICES2HIGHBR
LOWER, IF ANYTHING,
on NEW
SPRING GOODS.

During the past Fall months the old-time
credit merchants told YOU goods were advanc-
ing. and began the marking up of prices We
told you then there was 10 advance in prices
and would be none in our store.
We tell vou now that we have bought the
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1891-05-13
lrrORNET 1rTlrr.

(tlE0NMOoRE
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1891-04-03
5. W. PUBLISHING co. IL


NEW YORK. March pr. G. Dun &
Co. > Weekly Review Of Trade says:
If nc news Is good news. Is concerns
the condition OF business at this season,
the outlook i fairly satisfactory. Trade
has been rather dull and hesitating a.
Is natural at this season and there is
rather more complaint Of slow collec-
lions. but throughout the southwest bad
weather and the bad state of country
roads supply an explanation. Money is
in fair and increasing supply.
The outlook for the coming crops con-
tinues exceptionally good.
1t has been week OF unhealthy spec
ulation in food products, owing to des-
perate efforts of powerful con binations
10 force prices on which they can I'M
load without loss. The general aver
age Of prices reached its highest point
this year on Monday and though now a
fraction lower is still per cent above
last week, but manufactured products
do not share in the advance, except in
a few cases.
The iron market has better tone.
At Boston, money is easy and trade
dull because OF the weather. At Chi
cago, sales exceed last years for the
same week. and receipts of wool consid-
erably increased, while there is a de-
crease in flour and lard and a decrease
OF one-half in dressed beef. AT other
northwestern points trade is fair.
The business failures occurring
throughout the country during the last
seven days, number 256, as compared
with total of 275 last week. For the
corresponding week of last year the fig
ures were 2i3.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1891-04-03
Minister RnItchofI Murdered.

SOFIA, March 30.-At o'clock this
evening. while Premier StambuIOti
and NJ. Baltcheif. minister of finance,
who had been walking together, were
about to enter their official residences,
which adjoin each other, man sudden
ly confronted them with q revolver and
fired three shots point blank at NJ.
Baltcheff, who fell dead. y crowd i'm
mediately collected at the scene OF the
shooting, but the assassin succeeded in
making good his escape, owing to the
darkness and confusion which prevailed
among the people. A number of per-
sons, who witnessed the murder, report
that the assassin had three accOmplices
who'assisted him TO escape. The shoot
ing of Minister Baltcheff has caused the
greatest excitement here, and the po-
lice are securing the city for all those
connected
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1891-04-03
Topeka GOsSin,

KANSAS CITY, March 26.-The Stars
Topeka special says:
Hon. Thomas NJ. Carroll of Olathe,
has rendered to the governor his resig-
nation as major general of the Kansas
National guards, and it was accepted
to-day, to take effect at once. No reason
is assigned.
F. +. Holiday of Topeka, and H. w.
Encle of Leavenworth, we're to-day ap-
pointed members of the state board of
pharmacy, to succeed r. +. Bryant and
j. p. Allen.
j. w. HenthOrn. a newspaper cores
pondent of Winfield. admitted before
the Cotfeyville investigation committee
this morning that he had faxed the dis
patches sent to the Chicago Times, st.
Louis Republic and the Kansas City
Times in October 1888. charging the
republican central committee with hav-
ing instigated it and that he had no in
formation whatever on which to base
his charges. He said that at the time
of the explosion he was city editor of
the Winfield Telegram and that in a
consultation with the owner OF the pa
per. c. \. Edwards. it was decided that
the republican party should be C harged
with the cause of the explosion for Po-
litical effect, and that it should be made
as strong as possible. He accordingly
wrote the dispatches referred to and
they were copied throughout the state.
The attorney general rendered an
opinion this morning on the bill. which
provides that auditors shall be ap-
pointed only in counties having at least
800 inhabitants. He decides that the
law does not affect auditors in Office
now. but that it will 90 into effect after
the time for which they are elected has
eXDired
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1891-04-03
Mrs. Frank Leslie.

During the present week. writes
''Vidette" from New York, Ms Frank
Leslie proposes to execute a new will.
which will devote the bulk of her es-
tate to the founding of an institute for
women exclusively. Her sale OF Frank
Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper has
made new will necessary and she has
this to say on the subject: Il want to
supply that lack in woman'S life, which
is so large factor in mans lire-the
ability 10 get the very best facilities for
improvement, relaxation and home
comfort at cost price. Educated and
able-bodied women who cannot help
themselves do not deserve help from
others. Paupers. children. lunatics.
the aged and the sick are all cared for
now. Men need no help. since the very
fact of their being men gives them
abundant opportunity to earn their
own living. Women are handicapped
in MANY WAYS and do not think anv
to them in the way | propose. Nv
idea is 10 have building with studios.
clubrOOms. q library, baths. offices, and
q restaurant in which meals will be
furnished al cost price. There should
DC iCOlNLiG IpoAliS. tOO. otIlu llCFUldltDIlN
endowed courses OF lectures. Art
students interest me greatly and want
them TO have every facility. Young
girls wishing to follow literature as a
profession shall also be provided for.
The general plan l have in view is
something like that of the Players club
presented by Edwin Booth to his fell
lows. Ny beneiciaries are to be wo-
men who earn their own living. either
by art, literature or any similar pro-
fession. Nothing will be done while |
live. BY hard work have earned the
right to enjoy the benefit of my fortune
so long as l can. l hope to remain in
business ten years longer and then re-
tire and enjoy the fruits of my labor.
Every bequest in my will is to be to
women or for the benefit of women, with
the single exception of Marshall P.
Wilder, who is the best little friend Il
ever had" Mrs. Leslie is supposed to
be worth now S600,0 In ali proba-
bility her Institute will have an endow-
ment OF about half a million.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1891-04-03
More Foreign Impudence.

A recent issue OF the AbeadbldH Of
Vienna had most remarkable ac-
count of Edouard Strauss experience
in Boston. The concert" it says.
began late in the evening. Close up
on five thousand people filed the hall.
More than one-third of them sat in
their shirt-sleeves. All of these were
in comfortable circumstances. repre-
sentiHg the most respectable people on
the other side of the ocean. The first
piece played was Strauss waltz, then
came a second and third piece but no
hand applsuded. After the fourth
piece the audience whistled and Kissed.
Herr Strauss. not knowing what this
meant, asked his interpreter. who
stated that this was the way in which
American people showed their apPre-
citation of a good thing. Strauss also
stated that he was much embarrassed
by the temperance people, who preach
ed from the pulpit against him. When
he or his musicians asked for wine or
beer they gave them American water
to drink, stating that without recipe
from the doctor they could get no
wine.
Herr Strauss was also surprised at
the insulting conductors on tlse cars,
and at the black porters in the hotels,
of whom he was SO afraid that he hest
tated to leave his money or his clothes
in his room in fear that they might
take them.
He had also to keep his eyes on
the instruments of his players. for fear
that he might never see them again.
These and other interesting facts lie
relates for the instruction of his couu-
trymen."
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1891-04-03
Intruders Must be Punished.

WASHINGTON, March 30.-The case
of Harry Martin, the young man who,
while drunk, entered the White House
by breaking through the window on the
south portico last Saturday night, came
up in the police court this morning. At
the request of council the case was con-
tinued until next Wednesday on &C
count of the physical condition of the
defendant. Martin has not yet fully
recovered from the effects of his spree.
1t is understood that President Hsrri-
son insists upon vigorous prosecution,
he having been bothered many times OF
late by like offenders.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1891-04-03
:. August
Flower

How does he feel Pie feels
cranky, and is constantly expert
menting, dieting himself, adopting
strange notions, and changing the
cooking, the dishes, the hours, and
manner of his eating
Flower the Remedy.
How does he feel?-He feels at
times a gnawing, voracious, insati-
able appetite, wholly unaccountable,
unnatural and unhealthy. August
Flower the Remedy.
How does he feel?-He feels no
desire to go to the table and
grumbling, fault-fnding, over-nice-
ty about what is set before him when
he is there-August Flower the
Remedy.
How does he feel Pie feels
after a spell of this abnormal appe-
tite an utter adherence, loathing,
and detestation of food; as if a
mouthful would kill him-AuguSt
Flower the Remedy.
How does he feel?-He has ir-
regular bowels and peculiar stools
August Flower the Remedy. O
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1891-04-03
MONEY MAKING!

Probably you desire to be q MONEY MAKER
II SO and vol are perfectly satisfied with YOU
present opportunities and outlook then don,
read any iUrthgr-we have nOthingto say thai
will interest you. On the other hand fyou arede
SiTOUs of increasing your bank account anC
building yourself up Intellectually ana physi
caily ~ well - financially. then you viii hnt
Il greatly to your interest 10 correspond with u.
IN reference 10 some Of our latest publications
We baye been established here for many years
and have employed mary thousands of Inec
and women greatly 10 their advantage. Tier
are still many -TaEd openings. We offer TX
traorinary Inducements to live, eEergeti,
workers. Come carly. and we promise 20,
prompt and careful attention. Never mine
about sending stamp for reply.
Is. !. JDaS>D'' {: CO.. Publishers & Manu-
factuTers, 25y0-%-i-6-S East Main ST., Rich
uOud, Va
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1891-04-03

The workmen's congress nov in scs-
sion at Madrid, approved OF the propO-
sition to declare general strike
throughout Spain, if necessary, in
order to secure the adoption OF the
eiTht-hOur system,
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1891-04-03

One Boston horse-car conductor says
"deepo," another says ''daypo," and a
third says railway station" When
authorities in cultured Boston disagree.
what are the outside barbariars to do.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1891-04-03
1T BOLDLY DISCUSSES
THE GREAT
QUESTIONS OF THE
DAY.

Ii TELLS all about of the laborer.
II TELLS all about
IT TELLS all about Alliance.
II TELLS all about cooperation.
II TELLS all about the object of organization.
II TELLS aboutbo
IT TELLS all about question.
ITTELLS all about National Banks
a trusts
IT TELLS how the burdens the farmer have been doubled by fixing
o 10 contracting
the volume 0
1T TELLS a Bank is ationalcu
IT TELLS how
IT TELLS all about the power interest uuy
1T TELLS all
IT TREATS question
IT EXPLAINS the necessity of organized labor
IT TREATS production
points the only remedy labor
problem.
perfect cyclone of
Nothing like out
The bOdest and question.
following endorsing istoy
December Sd,
S. has Alliances
WHEREAS Said History
and
The book
with gilt side plated wanted
The book viii be mailed the low
s22 Exclusive territory given Address orders books
further particulars,
W.. S. MORGAN,
ST. LOUIS, MO.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1891-04-03

A young man always remembers the
first girl he ever loved, but if he is
wise he doesn't tell his wife about her.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1891-09-17
A Good Mans Dilemma.

The superintendent Of Pittsburg
Sunday school was told by the librarian
a few Sabbaths ago that two or three
playing cards had been found in one Of
the books returned.
Taking the painted pasteboards in
his hand the good man delivered to the
school a lecture bearing on the subject,
and closed by holding up the cards and
remarking;
'The scholar who left these in his
book may step forward and get them. "
Singular as it may seem, no one was
anxious to claim the property, and the
superintendent placed the pasteboards
in the breast pocket of his Prince AL
bert coat.
Later in the day he was walking
along the street with the pastor of the
church. His brow becoming heated he
drew forth his handkerchief from the
inside pocket of his Prince Albert and
the cards fluttered to the pavement.
AS the pastor had not been at Sun.
day school and knew nothing of the
previous occurrence it was necessary
for the superintendent to enter into
an exhaustive explanation. -Pittshure
Chronicle Telegraph. 49,,
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1891-09-17

In his recent lecture on fire proven
ton Professor Goodman states that,
generally speaking, wooden joists are
better for buildings than steel or iron
ioists. The two latter materials, he ex-
planned, lose their strength at q not
very high temperature, whereas wood
would sustain q heavy strain for much
longer period when exposed to great
heat Besides when wood has once
been charred it does not burn SO readily
again.
Iron and steel soon expand under the
influence of heat. Brick and stone are
Objectionable; the former become fused
under great heat, and the latter is liable
to crack or fly when suddenly cooled
after heating The drawback to tiles
is that when fire plays upon the joists
of floors fitted with them the joists ex-
pand and allow the fire to play upon
the joists through the tiles Portland
cement is Objectionable, as it flakes off
when heated, but if wire netting or
bars are imbedded in concrete this de-
feet is remedied.
A joist padded with silicate of cotton
and incased in salamander plaster "a
mixture of silicate, cotton and plaster
of paris), the professor holds, is q splen-
did fireproofng material Such a ma
terial is not only a nonconductor, but
it's elastic and would yield with the
joist. In an experiment undertaken by
Professor Goodman it was found that @
joist of this kind withstood very fierce
heat for eight to nine hours without
sustaining any serious damage. =
! Builder.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1891-09-17
Babies That Are Safe.

The Flathead mother makes her pa
poose into round bundle, with folds
of bark and thongs of deerskin, and
carries it in a wooden receptacle some
thing like canoe, slung on her back,
with little penthouse or shade pro-
jecting over the baby's face.
1t is worth noting that this complete
swaddling of infants is almost universal
among barbarous and civilized peoples
who dwell in subtropical or temperate
climates. 1t is done not SO much (or
not only to keep the child warm, but
to prevent it from scratching itself,
from moving about and hurting itself
and from bruising itself or breaking its
tender bones if it should chance to fall.
A baby, however, that is done up tight
and fiat as redskin baby is, must be
almost as safe on top shelf as on the
ground. -Strand Magazine.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1891-09-17
Two Americanisms.

The London Athenaum recently
printed hitherto unpublished letter of
the poet Gray, written in 1851. 1t has
to do with the shipping of some goods
to Cambridge, and contains two fragrant
"Americanisms, " so called The goods,
he says, may remain packed till he
comes, (which will be in about three
weeks, / guess" and then he adds,
''Mr Gillian, l reckon, will stay for his
money till arrive"
Gray was one of the most learned
men of his time, and a person of the
most fastidious taste, yet he guessed
and "reckoned" like any countrifled
Yankee. In other words, these two
"Americanismsn are simply English
forms of speech which have gone out Of
vogue in The mother country, and which
for that reason have novel, "Ameri
cam sound to the modern English tour
ist.-Youth's Companion
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1891-09-17
Tho Head of More.

When the wise and witty Sir Thomas
More was beheaded his head was stuck
on a pole on London bridge, where it
was exposed for fourteen days, much
to the grief of his daughter, Margaret
Roper, who resolved to secure it. Zone
day." says Aubrey, "as she was pass
ing under the bridge, looking at her
fathers head, she exclaimed That
head has lain many time in my lap;
would to God it would fall into my lap
as pass underp She had her wish,
and it did fall into her lap"
Probably she had bribed one of the
keepers of the bridge to throw it over
just as the boat approached, and the
exclamation was intended to avert the
suspicion of the boatmen. At all
events, she got possession of it and pre-
served it with great care in leaden
casket until her death, and it is now
inclosed in a niche in the wall of hel
tomb in st. Dunstan's church, Canter
ury.-Gentleman's Magazine.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1891-09-17
Horse Sense.

There is trick practiccd by one Of
the west end tow horses on the Cam
bridge street hill which the Listener has
no doubt has been noticed by great
many people, and which is well worth
being put ON record. The horses stand
in line at the foot of the hill, each
when he returns from tow, taking a
position at the rear. In this way each
horse gets his turn at towing.
Among the towhorses at this hill is a
big necked gray, a stout and wise old
fellow. He has been seen, when the
cowboys are temporarily around the
corner, as they sometimes are, to sneak
out of his position when he has got to
the head of the line and quietly move
around to the foot. In this way he
lodges his turn at pulling the car up
the hill. Boston Transcript.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1891-09-17
Coffee CUP Barometer.

People will undoubtedly be glad to
hear of a way by which they can ascer-
tain, by the inspection of their morn.
ing cup of coffee, what the weather is
going to be for the day. A cup of pure
coffee, with the addition of a lump Of
sugar, forms an excellent barometer.
The sugar should be put into the coffee
without stirring, and a moment after.
ward a quantity of bubbles, due to the
air contained in the sugar, will be seer
to rise to the surface of the liquid.
If the bubbles collect in the middle
of the cup the weather will be fair; if,
on the contrary, they leave the center
and adhere to the sides of the cup
forming a ring of bubbles, with clear
space in the middle, there will be rain
if they scatter themselves indiferently
on the surface the weather will be va
riable, while a cluster of bubbles at one
side of the cup indicates rain. No one
apparently, has attempted to explain
the connection between the behavior
of the bubbles and atmospheric condi
tons, but it is said that the indications
of the coffee cup barometer generally
agree with those of mercurial barome
ter placed near by.-Exchange.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1891-09-17

A machine has been designed for
making bricks and tiles on the semi
dry process. The clay or material to
be formed into bricks is fed into hop
per in graduated state. The fin
ished bricks are delivered as the charger
returns to refill the empty mold. Each
brick receives four distinct presses,
whereby the air is thoroughly expressed.
All the labor required is one man to tip
the clay into the grinding pan and one
boy to take off the bricks as the ma
chine delivers them. Among the various
purposes for which this machine is EN-
ployed besides brick and tile making
are the forming of purple ore, or "blue
billy" into briquettes for the smelling
furnace, the forming of nickel oxide
into cakes for the assaying furnace, the
forming of dry cement compound into
blocks ready for clinkering and the
pressing of coal and coke briquettes. -
Boston Transcript.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1891-09-17

A traveller who has visited Bibb
county, Ala, says that near a place
called Six Mile creek he came across a
field of two or three acres which is over
O subteranean lake. The soil is only
three or four feet thick, and you can
take sharp pole and drive it through
to the water beneath. Half dozen
men jumping up and down at once in
any particular spot will make the corn
stalks tremble for ten or twelve feet
around.
In the driest seasons that patch OF
ground is always damp, not to say wet,
and it can be distinguished from the
rest of the field by the luxuriant dark
green of the corn planted on it. In
one place a well has been dug to the
water, and they say a 100-foot line
failed to reach the bottom The water
is clear and as cold as that of an ordi
nary spring, but there seems to be nc
current. New York Sun.