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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1891-02-27

smiling dark haired beauty, whose deli
cate tint was as that Of peach ripening
in the summer sun. All that lovelineSs
had decayed into-what? ] shuddered
involuntarily-thenI knelt humbly be-
fore those two sad hollows in the cold
stone, and implored the blessing of the
dead and gone beloved ones to whom,
while they lived, my welfare had been
dear. While / occupied this neeling
position the fame of my torch fell d.
rectly on some small object that gilt
tered with remarkable lustre. went to
examine it; it was a jewelled pendant
composed Of one large pear shaped pearl
set round with fine rose brilliants! Sur
prised at this discovery, looked about
TO see where so valuable gem could pos
sibly come from. then noticed an IN
usually large coffin lying sideways on the
ground; it appeared as if it had fallen
suddenly and with force, for a number
of loose stones and mortar were sprin k
led near it. Holding the light close TO
the ground, ] observed that a niche
exactly below the one in which / had
been laid was empty, and that consid-
cradle portion of the wall there was
broken away. ] then remembered that
when had sprung so desperately out
of my narrow box had heard some
thing fall with a crash beside me. This
was the thing, then-this long coffin,
big enough to contain a man seven feet
high and broad in proportion. What
gigantic ancestor had irreverently dis
lodged? and was it from a skeleton
throat that the rare jewel which held
in my hand had been accidentally
shaken?
My curiosity was excited, and bent
close to examine the lid of this funeral
chest There was no name on it-nO
mark of any scrt, save one--a dagger
roughly painted in red. Here was a
mystery! ! resolved to penetrate it. /
set up my candle in little crevice Of
one Of the empty inches, and laid the
pearl and diamond pendant beside il
thus disembarrsssing myself of all e.
cumbrance. The huge Golfer lay on
side, as have said; Is uppermost co.
ner was splintered; applied both hand
to the work of breaking further asundel
these already split portions. As l did
so q leathern pouch or bag rolled out
ana fell at my feet / picked it up and
opened tit was full of gold pieces!
More exeited than ever, seized large
pointed stone, and by the aid Of this ex-
temporifsd instrument, together With
the force Of my own arms, hands .nd
feet. manaEed. after se0e ten minutes
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1891-02-27
We StorIe Of Ye DogCe

Once in We very olden TYNE merchant
savd too an Eddytur, Il doant thynke
advertiZing payes."
Let me show vow" said We Eddytur
II will pvt one lyme in my Papyr and moi
charge yov a pennie.
"All right" replyed We Merchant, land
we will See.
So Eddytur pvtte Us lyme in his pa.
pyr:
NANTED-A DOGGE. JOHN JONES, 80
w Olde street.
Now vt happened that 400 Peple cache
brovghte Dogge on We next dave there.
after, so that Mister Jones (whych was We
Merchants nayme) was overrunne with
Dogges.
"Synce there are so manye Dogges, "
sayd he, Il thynke might make some
BUSINESS and viii give yOv pennie for
cache Dogge."
Ye peple tooke We pennie cache for his
Dogge because there were so manye
Dogges, and Mister Jones SKINNED We 400
Dogges and made bootes and gloves from
We 400 hydes and thvs mayd
A BYG FORTUNE,
and thereafter added 10 vt by advertising
in We Eddytur's papyr.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1891-02-27

employ seven hundred to one thousand
men.
The large furniture factory and other
concerns are now in full operation, and
prosperity smiles on every face.
A 900, 600 opera house and . 80, ooe
ward school house are now under pro
cess of construction. The contract for
building the magnificent state normal
college will be let in few days, and q
| large number of business blocks and
residences will be built during the year.
Greenville, the capital OF Hunt
county, is situated in the richest belt of
land in the world. During the year 1890
this county produced agricultural pro-
ducts to the amount Of over "a, 900 600.
The several products consisted of g.,
600 bales of cotton, bringing 2,000, 900;
i 500, 600 bushels Of corn, never failing
to bring so cents January LIST, s750, 600;
| 81, 600 bushels of sweet potatoes at an
average price Of Is cents per bushel,
SEC, 600; cotton seed, s20O, 600; al other
crops, such as Irish potatoes, wheat,
millet hay, fruits, ETC., $500, 600; beeves,
mules and horses, $3.50, 600, making Q
grand total of over So, 0O0, 900.
Hunt county consists of s69, 900 acres
of land, OF which only 139, 900 are in Gull
tivation and only q, 600 acres Of
waste land in the entire county. At the
present rate Of progress among the new
settlers there will be 500, 600 acres in
cultivation in FIVE years, and the pro
duct will bring at least seven million
dollars per annum. To-day, with 139,
600 acres in cultivation, Greenville
the county seat, fourishes with pop
ulation Of over 1000 people. With the
increase Of acreage Of cultivated lands,
the city will sustain at least 20, 600 PEG
pie in three years hence, from this
source alone. To this add the many
thousands of employees Of the nsw car
shops, machine shops, car wheel foun-
dry, car body and art wood works, fur
niture factories, brick works, tile works,
railway repair shops, cotton congresses,
canning factories, planning mills, train
men of the various railways, also busi-
ness men and others who viii, from in
cidental causes, become residents OF
this city, and Greenville viii be the
most populous city in northern TexAs-
1t viii be the commercial and manufac.
turing center of the richest country On
the globe 1t is to-day the magic city
of the south, and the most inviting
place for merchants, mechanics, man
ufacturers and investors
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1891-02-27
A SILVER THROAT.
The Strange Operation Performed on .
Mans LarynI.

The Strange Operation Performed on .
Mans LarynI.
Mr.. William Wilson, an engineer, GO
years of age, of Newburg, N. Y, owes his
ability to talk and his life as well to very
skillful surgical operation performed by
DIR. Bull, one of the surgeons at the New
York Hospital. About six months ago
Mr.. Wilson experienced some difficulty in
breathing. He thought at first that it was
mere throat affection caused by cold,
but finding no relief by trying to doctor
his supposed ailment he deemed it advisa-
bic to come to New York and consult DR..
Bull. To a reporter DR.. Bull described
the operation. An orifice was cut in Mr..
Wilson's windpipe. and a silver tube in
serted, thus allowing the man to breathe.
When feeding this opening was plugged
up with rubber cork. The larynx was
also opened, scrsped and cauterized. The
benefit derived from this last operation did
not last long. however, as in about three
weeks he returned for further treatment.
1t was then learned that the man was suf.
fering from cancer of the larynx
The operation then performed" said
DR.. Bull, ''is by no means unknown to
surgery. The mans vocal organs were
destroyed, and he was compelled to eat
and breathe by means of tubes, that took
the place OF the organs removed. In order
to give tone to his voice a little metallic
arrangement, similar in principle to that
of a ewsharp or harmOnica, was placed
in the tube leading to his mouth. The
tone that this will emit depends on the
nature of the instrument He will be able
10 make himself understood, but there
will be nc pitch to his voice
''Oh. no" he continued This idea is
not new with me. The instrument used
was made from a model of similar appa-
ratus invented by German surgeon
named Gussenbauer some twelve years
ago. The same operation has been per-
formed in this country four or five times,
and many times in Germany. The danger
attached is on account of inflammation of the
lungs following the operation, which has
been the fatal result of about half the in.
stances tried
Mr.. Wilson's case, however, is excep
tlonally favorable, any he will no doubt
he all right and able to talk, after fash
ion, in few days"
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1891-02-27
Important News From Europe.

Read the cablegrams in the big dailies
and you will discover that Kaiser Will
liam drank a glass of beer at the eX-
pense of DR.. Miguel, his Minister of
Finance, on Thursday night; that a
Gaiety girl danced a. a ball in London
without any stockings on; that the
Queen of Italy went to show in Rome
the other night and didn't like it; that
Queen Victoria invited Sir Arthur Sui
Ivan to dine at Windsor, and offered to
pay for the cigars; that Minister and
Ministries Whitelaw Reid took tea at a
new cafe on Friday, and that the Car
of Russia was not assassinated on We'd
nesday afternoon between the hours OF
five and six.
When Mr.. Cyrus NJ. Field reads such
interesting foreign dispatches as these
he must be glad he laid the cable.-Con-
tinent.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1891-02-27

yards and switches, and erect elegant
passenger and freight depots.
The Mineola branch will also be ex-
tended south and east through the
great forest of timber and mountains OF
the best iron in the world. This extern
sion will be of great importance to the
manufacturers at Greenville, also to the
railway company, as it will provide SUI
perior facilities for procuring lumber
and iron for the factories, car and ma
chine shops, and for other purposes, at
low price. A thirteen-foot vein OF
coal recently discovered, lies a few miles
south of Greenville, on the line of the
NJ, K. & T. railway; several carloads OF
which have been shipped to the city,
and those who have used it pronounce
it an excellent quality of coal. 1t can be
delivered here in small lots at two dol
lars per ton, and to manufacturers at q
much lower price.
A company of eastern capitalists have
been testing the iron of eastern Texas
with satisfactory results and now con-
template locating large car wheel
foundry in this city to manufacture car
wheels and other castings for several
extensive systems of railway. The mas
ter mechanic Of the NJ, K. & 7. at Par
sons has given severe tests to wheels
made from iron procured in east Texas
and pronounces them ''the best of any
make in usen To the date of his re-
port trial set of these wheels had run
90, 900 miles without single evidence
of break. He says $4,000 miles is q
good run for any other make of wheel.
These wheels have also been tried on
the Texas Pacific with the same good
results, and Superintendent Elliott says
''they are the best wheel made" Twen-
ty-fve hundred of these wheels are also
in use on the l. & G. N, and not one
has yet broken, and their work is con-
sidered marvellous. The plant to be
built here will employ from 300 to 500
men.
Another company Of capitalists have
had a representative here for several
weeks contemplating arrangements to
build plant in which to manufacture
all kinds of woodwork, including pas
senger coach, sleeping car and street
car bodies. also newly patented, much
improved dining car. 1t is said the
last named company will cooperate
with the car wheel concern and the two
will fill special contracts for all kinds of
cars complete. The two companies will
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1891-02-27
Relies of the Age of Fables.

The excavations at the Acropolis,
Athens, have resulted in the discovery OF
bronze statue of Minerva PromachOs. be.
longing to the period before the Persian
invasion, and said TO be the best specimen
of the work of the period which has vet
been discovered. Another very interesting
discovery was made recently at the
Acropolis in the shape of five marble
statues. Two of them are over life size,
and are good examples of the art Of the
period before Phidias. They represent fe,
male forms. and are in fair state of pres
ervatiOn. All the statues have been sent
TO the Acropoiis Museum, which has al.
ready been greatly enriched by the discov
cries made during these excavations
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1891-02-27
CHAPTER ".

!. !: !.
81 81 UMBERS Of lizards Gid.
TzS ed away from my feet as
EGGza descended the steps, and
49, IE when the fare of my
EMSGt4N& torch penetrated the
D&S0S;J On, darkness heard a sour
IN sSZO ryiIfg of wings mingled
NtA%E with various kissing
~N sounds and wild cries.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1891-02-27
The Lawyer and the Cashier.

A bank cashier who had stolen $50, OOC
from the bank and skipped out to Cincin
matt. went to a lawyer and said:
How can fix matters so as to be safe
from the law"
II will arrange to have the bank settle
for half the amount" was the prompt re
ply.
When this had been done the thief ex.
pressed his great pleasure and satisfaction,
and inquired:
And now what shall I pay you for your
Gervicesp
The other half, was the calm reply.
Moral: It's q wonder the lawyer left SC
much for the bank.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1891-02-27

The Indiana lunatin, John W. Greater,
who killed Conductor Leach and Sales
man Meyer on a train In Arkansas, was
made insane by his fiancee clipping with
Cincinnati drummer on the day set
for her marriage to Greater.
Los Angeles herald., 1891-08-21

sons, but after they had reached an aggre-
gate $50 some of the managers say of a
round half million, Mr.. Thurber wearied
of the scheme and it was abandoned, at
least in that form.
One portion of the plan had proved a
handicap, but Mrs. Thurber clung to it.
She is fond of the ballet, and to her appre-
citation large corps de ballet is an essen
tial part of a successful representation of
grand opera. Accordingly a large corps
was engaged. 1t not only proved to be
disproportionate expense, but it offended
the tastes of many persons who would
otherwise have been good patrons of the
company.
All this, however, could not possibly re-
fleet upon the magnitude of Mrs. Thurber's
achievement. Neither did her commercial
failure discourage her in her aim of estab-
fishing an American opera. She maintains
musical school, or conservatory" in
New York city, and last winter performed
a remarkable feat, to which the attention
of the public will be more directed in a
little time than it has yet been. She went
to Washington and by personal effort sue
ceeded in having bill passed by congress
for the establishment of national con-
servatory of music President Harrison
signed the bill, and an appropriation by
the next congress is now in order.
Actresses who have married men of con-
siderable distinction, after having them
selves goodly measure of fame, are not
few in number. Edith Kingdoms marriage
to George Gould is an oft cited instance,
but by no means a good one, since she was
not specially noted, and his title to fame
rests on his fathers money
A much better illustration is the mar
riage of John B. Schoeffel and Agnes
Booth. Mrs Schoeffel was not only a ia
nous member of famous family before
she married the we'll known manager, but
was fairly distinguished for her personal
beauty and her loveliness of character, in
addition to her histrionic talent. There
have been few actresses indeed who have
in this country reached higher place than
hers.
And she did not stoop in marrying.
John B. Schoeffel is one of the few theatri-
Los Angeles herald., 1891-08-21

owner of business which is considered to
be worth many millions. He bought out
his brother, who retired with an enormous
fortune. f. B. Thurber, however, enjoys
business too much to retire. He is tall
man with gaunt, but powerful frame,
and a homely, but very striking and very
pleasant face He is active in all sorts of
movements, and is working member
of scores of committees of the chamber of
commerce, the board of trade and trans
portation and like organizations, and is al
ways named by the mayor whenever citi-
zens' committee is organized.
Mrs Thurber is not less conspicuous
than her husband, and like him is person
of tremendous energy, untiring in her ef-
forts to accomplish anything upon which
she has set her mind. She is prominent in
society. where she is a great favorite, not
only by reason of her great influence, which
might perhaps be attributed to her wealth,
but also for her personal characteristics.
Her pet enthusiasm is music, and the
whole country is at least somewhat ia
miliar with her successes and failures for
half dozen years in her struggle to estab-
lish an American opera. She organized in
1884 the National Opera company, and
after elaborate and very costly prepara-
tions began in the following year the pres
entation of grand opera on scale that
has never been surpassed in this country.
She engagetr good business managers, but
insisted with all the positiveness for which
she is noted on being the actual head of
affairs herself. There could be no real op-
position to this, since Mr.. F. B. Thurber's
checks were relied upon to make good
those differences between receipts and ex-
penditures which often embarrass the
most meritorious enterprises.
The checks came promptly and with a
lamentable regularity for two or three sea-
Los Angeles herald., 1891-08-21

Agassiz, Thoreau, Emerson and high
strung souls like unto them. Possibly it
Is more vulgar to strive for the potentiali-
ties wealth carries than to feed ones van
tiles with the prayer Of the Pharisee-
which is ordinarily the handspring of the
hunger for distinction-and possibly it is
not. And perhaps even this reflection is
the idle philosophy of man who has
achieved neither.
However that may be, America has plen-
ty Of distinguished people as well as plu-
tocrats. We have indeed outlived the days
Of Martin Chuzzlewit, and we are no
longer all distinguished; but even now the
woods and prairies of the entire land are
full of those of us who are distinguished,
as every good American knows. And great
is our qualification thereat. Let us crowl
One curious thing is noteworthy. Even
in the days when women-many of them
are as eager in the race as men, it is not
common to find q married couple who are
both distinguished. The theory of a gen.
GRAFTON or SO ago was that genius, if it
should wed at all, should be mated with
commonplace soul; but while the theory is
not so strenuously advocated as it used to
be, the practice remains the same. Mrs.
Fott and Mrs. Lee Hunter still find hus-
bands to suit them, and the Shakespeares,
Byrons and Goethes of the present age dis
cover enough consorts among the common
herd Of mankind to avoid poaching on the
preserves of Olympus.
There are exceptions though. No reader
needs to be reminded of the Brownings,
nor yet of Professor Stowe and Harriet
Beecher. Henry Ward Beecher, too, had a
wife whose fame was large. Perhaps it
would have been larger, perhaps not so
large, If her husband had not been famous.
It matters not which. There are great men
and women who find consorts of distinc-
tion. George Elliot did.
And even now, among Americans, there
are several couples who march hand in
hand in the procession of public characters,
Los Angeles herald., 1891-08-21

cal managers against whom no voice ia
raised in reprobation. Careful, conscien-
tious, kindly in disposition and of unques-
toned integrity, he is one of the best liked
and most respected men in his business.
just now he is associated with Abbey and
Grau in partnership, and assists in the
management of a very large business. 1t
is pleasant to know that he has won
wealth as well as popular esteem, and is
one of the most successful men connected
with the stage.
The list is not long one, and perhaps
may be criticised as not being inclusive Of
the highest order of genius, but genius,
whatever that may be. is not easily found,
and it would be too much to expect to find
two geniuses in one married couple. His
tory doesn't afford many examples of that.
DAVID A. CURTIS.
Los Angeles herald., 1891-08-21

BANKING HOUSES.
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J1ARMERs AND MERCHANTS BANR OF
LOS ANGELES, CAL.
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OFFICERS.
1SA1As W. dELLMAN ......s...... resiuent
HERMAN w. HELLMAN. .. ...... V1ce-PreslQent
JOHN ulLNhk .OdsHtSi
Ii. j. FLEISH@AN.. .AkSlbCanG ChSuleI
W. HI. Perry, Emeline Childs, ]. B. Lanker-
shin, q. L. Thorn, G. Ducommun, Il. W. He'll
man, l.. G. Goodwin, A. Glassell,t w. He'll
man.
W. II. Perry, J. B. Lankershim, Chas Du-
commun, Domingo Amestoy, Sarah J. Lee,
Emeline Childs, Sarah J. Loop, L.. L. Bradbury,
T. L. Duque, Jacob Kuhrts. Louis Polaski, F.
Lecouvreur, Estate D. Solomon, Prestley G.
Baker, L. G. Goodwin, Philippe Garnier, A.
Haas, Cameron +. Thorn, Oliver H. Bliss, Chris.
Henne, Estate .. w. Childs, andrew Glassen,
Herman w. Hellman, Issias w. Hellman. jul
Los Angeles herald., 1891-08-21

each rejecting luster upon the other. Pos
sibly it may be worth while to pay some
Difference to that small section of human
ity which calls itself society-whatever
that may mean-and to specify as the first
of these couples one which literally belongs
in the upper ten"
Mr.. Henry Clews is said to be worth ten
millions Of dollars. l don't know how
anybody knows whether it is ten or seven
or fifteen, but that is the way he is rated.
He also owns and lives in one of the ten
best houses in the city. There are just ten
of these and he has one. Augustus Schell
used to own and occupy it. 1t is a few
doors away from the old Stewart mansion,
now q clubhouse. And in this mansion,
with the aid of the ten millions, plus or
minus, the social talents of husband and
wife have full play. He is distinguished
in the worlds of finance and fashion. and
she is pre-eminently leader in certain ex
alted social circles.
Mr.. Clews has made his own way. He
was English, and his parents intended to
make q curate of him, but he, taking a
trip to America, decided to stay here, and
found for himself when only boy place
in Wilson G.. Hunts counting room at $3.50
q year. Hestayed here, and is one of the
best talked Of men in Wall street today.
Mrs. Clews is not only beauty, but is
as nearly aristocratic as any American
woman can be by descent. She was Miss
Lucy Madison ,Worthington, inheriting her
middle name from her great-uncle, Presi-
dent Madison. One Of her ancestors. Gen
eral Lewis, of Virginia, was pronounced
by George Washington to be the fittest
man in the United States for the position
of commander in chief of our army. Her
father, Colonel w. H. Worthington, fell
while in command of a brigade in Pope's
division, fighting for the Union.
She was married to Mr.. Clews in 1874,
and has three children.
Descending % from society to the intel
lectual world, we find it not SO easy to pick
out an equal match, yet it may be DONE
DR.. Edward Payson Terhune married
Marion Harland. He is a clergyman who
stands in position of eminence and fills it
well, physically as well as mentally, his
bodilv appearance being handsome and i'm
posing. He is the pastor OF the Bedford
Avenue First Reformed church, and al
though the field of his renown is perhaps
narr0wer than that of his wife, as clergy
man's circle Is narrower than the authors,
hn = vet q man of no small distinction.
she fs the author whose writings have
enbertained and instructed two genera
tions. Her first novel. "Alone," was pub
lished in 1854, and was followed by many
others, nearly all of which met considera-
BILE success. Later in life she wrote "Com-
NON Sense In the Household, :" of which it
Il sid ORR ak, 900 copies have been sold.
N. and Mn Frank b. Thurber are two
1urnruo Whp M lnxee places in public
g. = - 40 ~ fhG foremost meH-s
Los Angeles herald., 1891-08-21
CELEBRITIES Welded.
FAMOUS MEN WHOSE WIVES ARE
EMINENT.

n ne 01A Days It Was Thought That
4enAus should Always Consort with
1Gsdiocrity, but Nowadays the Reverse
II ofeen the Case.
Especial Correspondence.1
NEW YORK, Aug. Sit has been said
that Americans are not SO ambitious for
distinction as for wealth, and possibly it
Is true, though the statement is usually
made Is reproach. Why it should be a
reproach is not so clear to the minds of the
multitude, as it seems to have been to