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The Iola register., 1891-10-16
Boxing For Boys.

There is absolutely nothing in the
way of recreation so beneficial in every
respect to boy as boxing. l am posi-
tive-and know whereof L write, for
as a boy and man / have tried them all,
fencing, wrestling, rowing, swimming
riding-that no one of them has as
many advantages as boxing. AS an
all-round developer it is unequalled;
not one of the boys muscles remains
inactive; back stomach, legs, arms, all
are called upon for vigorous service.
Bnt what consider its best feature in
its recommendation for boys is the very
thorough drilling which the disposition
of the boy must undergo. If a lad is
quick to loose his temper, boxing will
cure him; it will teach him that on one
who lets his temper get the hest of him
will become an expert sparrer; it will
speedily convince him of ohe necessity
of keeping cool and in entire posses
sion of his wits in order to sustain his
wits efforts and avoid defeat. The box
er who can not control his temper is
practically at the mercy of a cool skill
full opponent. One cannot spar sue
cessfully and becomingly tlustered. A
boxer must ever be on the alert, his
wits constantly alive, looking for an
opportunity of assaults; he must be
able to act instantly, and with cool de-
liberation, as distinguished from wild,
undirected action,-Harper's Young
People.
The Iola register., 1891-10-16
, Chinese Wh! sky Sellers,

Among the applicants for renewal OF
liquor licenses IN Collector Kerwin's
Office the other day were thirty China
men. They don't sell bad Melica
whisky, but eonfine themselves to the
important article. Their chief beverage
is called rice wine. An expert says that
it is about equal in affect to Jersey
applejack. When the Chinaman de-
sires some slight change from the
opium pipe or suffers from loss of ap-
petite he resorts to rice wine. Many
casks of the article are annually i'm
ported from China. A Chinaman
rarely touches American whisky. - ;,
The Iola register., 1891-10-16
&. D. MAC LEAN.
BY RALPH RICHARDS,

Feeling that if all our readers are as
deeply infatuated with the acting of r,
d. MacLean as ourselves, a story more
interesting could not be told than a
short sketch of the life of our phenom-
inally talented visitor of last week, we
will in as faithful a manner as possible
report the following, given us by a
friend who is acquainted with both Mr..
MacLean and his family.
The actors father, but two weeks
lead, was Virginia millionaire, and it
was against his wishes that the son be-
gan a stage career. When however he
found that bis son had determined to
attempt his chosen profession, he Of
fered him forty thousand dollars and a
richly stocked plantation of several hum
dred acres, to stay and comfort him in
his declining years. But with prom
Use given that the name should not be
disgraced, riches and ease were left be-
hind, for a small part in travelling the
atrical company.
This state of things did not, as we all
we'll know, exist long however, for the
name of K. d. MacLean was destined to
pdSs VIC VI buC 40 OuC
of its brightest stars.
The father, observing that the world
looked with favor upon his boy, soon
came to the conclusion that it was a
better Judge of talent and the fitness of
things than himself and was reccnciled.
About five years ago Mr.. MacLean be-
came associated with Marie Prescott. an
actress whose reputation has made her
too well and favorably known to need
any mention from us, and this combina-
ton has continued, much to the salts
faction of the critical public eye, to this
day.
Right at the beginning of that period
of enjoyment following fully developed
with the weight of his thirty
one years upon his head, Robert ID.
MacLean stands on the top round of the
ladder of fame, before an admiring aud
great American republic.
The Iola register., 1891-10-16
Saving Seeda

The average farmer and gardner had
better pay twice what his seeds now
cost him than TO save his own and yet
with proper care better article than
can De bought may be secured, and this
at little cost. Every man wants the
best, and that is best which suits him
best. There is greA diversity OF taste;
no two agree as to which is the best, as
the same seed grown under different
circumstances will produce different re-
suits. Some prefer one form, color or
flavor; another quite the reverse. This
is an Individual matter. and cannot be
settled by argument. We all have our
preferences as to species or types,
whether in vegetables, fruit or flowers.
and We want the best OF a chosen type,
and this can only be done by the selec-
tion OF tine plant that produces the veg
etable or flower as we prefer.
After choice Of plants has been made
the first flowers should not be allowed
to seed, as they are never 80 perfect as
those that come later; 50 that 1t is diff
cult to establish the type. II the sec
ond are all that is desired, do not let
others on the same plant ripen seed,
but let that have all the vigor of the
plant until the seeds are ripe. The
same is true Of vegetables. Do not save
the first squash, cucumber or tomato
that forms. Those that come later will
be much better. This means improve
ment, and adds to the pleasure and
profit OF gardenine.-A.L l. Charles of
New York, in American Agriculturist.
The Iola register., 1891-10-16
Raising .Poppys DOES,

have a young dog which has not
yet been named, but which we call "the
puppy" says a writer in the House.
keepers weekly. One of my little
neighbors, a boy of five summers al
ways speaks of him as ''the poppy dog
7 he other day while 1 was planting
poppy seeds in my flower bed, this
youngster came behind me with the
question; "What are you doing, Miss
JuGe?"
planting poppys, dear" answered I.
"Ohl Miss Julie, what lots of little
poppy dogs you'll have, won't youI,,~
The Iola register., 1891-10-16
The Towers of Silence.

In Persia stands two towers called by
the Parsee the flowers of Silence
According to the religion they never
bury their dead, but have the body ex'
posed on the top of one of these towers
until the sun and the rain and the
fowls of the air have cleaned the bones
of all flesh. The bones are then collect,
ed and placed in another tower. These
Parasees, who are followers of Zoroa.
ster, and very devout. have almost dis.
appeared as people, there being only
about 5000 of them at the present
The Iola register., 1891-10-16
A Day on.

Mrs. Out-of- Town Ito her neighbor)- r
Such trouble as I've had todayl I'm
nearly dead.
Neighbor-Mercy! What's hap
penei."
"My husbands watch stopped last
night?"
II don't see why that"
"No, neither could we. 1t meyer
stopped before. and we didn't know it
was stopped this morning. because it
stopped last evening and so L set the
clock by it, and that was wrong and my
husband missedIthe train to the city
and the children were late to school,"
"Not pleasant, of course; but"
80. but haven't told you. You see,
my husband, after missing his regular
train, concluded to take day off and
mend all the furniture"
The Iola register., 1891-10-16

4 A strange accompaniment ofa recent
snow storm at Deer6eld, Me, was the
appearance of multitudes of little
black bugs that spotted the surface of
the snow as if shaken from a pepper
box. They were from one sixteenth to
one eight of an inch long, with two
feelers and six legs. They skipped
about like fieas and seemed to enjoy
burrowing in the soft snow" They
were first observed an hour after the
storm ended and disappeared during
the night. a
The Iola register., 1891-10-16
Senators May Ride.

Great interest is being manifested by
the citizens of Washington in the sue
cessful trail of the Edco electric car,
which is being moved by storage bat
terry called the "aceumulator. The
car moved steadily over the track and
at very rapid speed when desired. 1t
will be a success
The Iola register., 1891-10-16
~ He's q Shaver, Sure.

There is an infant near st. Joseph,
Mo-, that has been shaved as often as
his "dad." The child was horn with a
growth of hair on his face which grew
so rapidly that at the age of three
months it was eighteen inches in length.
This so distressed the mother that ii
was decided to have the hair removed,
which was done by barber at St
Joseph. The baby stood the orderi
surprisingly well, and may claim the
championship in the line of early shay
inU -
The Iola register., 1891-10-16
Rome's Progress.

As they say in this 'unclassicalr'
and slangy age, Rome has got a move
on itself" and the Eternal City is
again in the line of progress. OF ell
the European cities that had their pop
ulaticn counted recently Rome has
shown the most rapid increase. In
July, 1889, the population was about
100000; in September, 1890. Az, 1000; in
December, 425,271.
The Iola register., 1891-10-16
who Are You.

Who Are You.
A citizen of Detroit, who has resided
here for nearly twenty years. and who
has for the last dozen years run small
carpenter shop on his own hook, got a
check on one of the banks the other
day and stepped in to have it cashed.
Have to be identified, sir" replied
the cashier, as he handed back the
paper.
But l am John Blank the carpen-
ter"
Possibly you are, but you will have
to bring some one who knows you"
"I'll bring twenty in five minutesH
somewhat tartly exclaimed the man as
he walked out.
Standing on the steps of the bank lie
scanned the faces of the passers-by,
and to his own great surprise it was
ten minutes before he saw the phiz of
friend. The two entered the bank,
and the latter said to the cashier:
"And know this man to be John
Blank"
But who are yOu:"
I'm Stephen Dash"
"Never heard of you. lie must
bring some one whom | know is re
sponsible."
"See here. This is all nonsense" eX-
claimed the owner of the check, who
was in huray.
perhaps so," was the cool reply.
"NIr. Dash, do you positively know this
man to be John Blank?"
"Of course l do"
Have you ever had a legal paper
with his signature2"
MOO"
Ever pay him an account, or collect
one by that name?"
Il guess not"
Gould you safely make affidavit that
that is his real name?"
"I-I-dou't believe l could I've
just heard him called John Blank"
Mr.. Blank brought in three other
men, each one of whom started in with
the greatest of confidence, but came
out of the little end of the horn when
asked the usual questions. At length
he remembers a man to whom he sold
a piece of property to three or four
years ago, and he walked half a mile to
bring HIM to the bank.
You identify him as John Blank, do
you?,' queIi led the teller.
well he signed that name to the
deed"
Would you make an oath that he is
the same person?"
I'm! I'm. think he is"
"But will you sign bond to make
this 500 good if he isn't?"
"Oh, no, Now that l look at him
more closely begin to see differ
ence."
what" shouted Blank. Haven't
lived within stones throw of you for
ten years."
"Y-e-s," was the hesitating reply.
'Didn't build your barn for you?"
81 guess you did"
Haven't you seen me almost every
day for years and years?"
"Well, I've seen you or sombody who
looks very much like you. 1 think you
are John Blank, but Of course l can't
swear to il"
The money was paid, and the teller
afterwards said:
'He was the right party, of course
but had / carried out our rule to the
letter l doubt if he could have found
man among all his neighbors to swear
to his identity. l don't believe We
have ten men in Detroit who can prove
their legal identity without taking
an hours time to do it. One man
knows another as Smith, Jones or
Green, but that isn't legal knowledge,
and it would bother some of our lead
ing merchants to furnish legal proofs.
to establish the fact that they are the
persons they claim to be."-Detroit
Free Press:
The Iola register., 1891-10-16
The Trouble Over in China.

Chinese affairs continue to command
attention both in Europe and this coun-
try. 1t is not because the Occidental
mind lightly turns to celestial things in
the fall, but for the very simple reason
that the celestial governing mind bad
ceased to govern, and the celestial rebel
is poaching on the American and Eu-
ropean preserves. China is long wav
of, and her politics interest us not.
The natives might turn out the Man
chu dynasty and the deuizen Of the west,
viewing the action in the abstract,
would not care the snap OF his finger.
But when in the expulsion of the pre-
liminary movements toward that action
he maltreats the person or destroys the
property OF the European or American
who resides in China, the western gov
ernment concerned is going to interfere
with all its available might, and that is
just what has happened.-Washington
Star.
The Iola register., 1891-10-16
DanieI WeDster's Hat.

Hooking at the authentic hat of Dan
iel Webster in Boston hat store win
dow one feels as one does in looking at
the armOr of some OLD, warrior of the
middle ages, which nobody could so
much as stagger under nowadays.
There is no one to draw the bow of
Ulysses or wear the hat of Webster.
;Undeniably it is shocking bad hat,
but how many hair Drained statesmen
of the present day would be tickled to
death to be able to wear it. 1t would
be good idea for some of the caricatu-
lists os the Paint and Clay club to rep
resent the whole congressional delega-
ton from Massachusetts standing up
under that great square crowned hat.
One doesn't wonder that even Carlyle.
the Scotch Thersites, stood aghast be-
fore the bow that this ancient hat coy-
cred, and exclaimed: There is your
Yankee Englishmant" Carlyle records
the incident himself, and it seem that
he was so much taken back by the sug-
gestion of power in Webster that he
couldn't say anything more contemp-
tuous of him and was obliged merely
to content himself by getting in a little
hit at the whole Yankee race, intimat-
ing that they were only a variety of
Englishmen.
The Iola register., 1891-10-16

man who has practioed medicine for p
years, ought to know salt from sugar; reaw
what he says:
TOLEDO, O., Jan. TO- 1887.
aessrs. F. ]. Cheney & Co.-Gentlemen:-I
have been in the general practice Of medicine
for most 40 years, and would say that IN all
mypractlce and experience have never seen q
preparation that could prescribe with as much
confidence of success as can Halls Cstarrh
Cure, manufactured by you. Have prescribed
it many times and its effect is wonderful, and
would say in conclusion that have yet TO find
a case OF Catarrh that II would not cure, If they
would take 1t according to directions.
Yours Truly,
L. L. GORSUCH, MD
ONCE, 2l5 Summit St.
We will give 800 for any case of Catarrh
that can not be cured with Halls Catarrh Cure.
Taken internally.
F. s. CHEENY CO., Props, Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
The Iola register., 1891-10-16

The latest article to be manufactured
from corn is soap. Experiments have
shown that bushel of corn, with the
proper amount of alkali, will make 200
pounds of soap.
The Iola register., 1891-10-16
Very Unfortunate. =

Harper's Bazaar: Chappie-I knelt
befoah her and awsked her to be my
wife. - -
Chollie-And she wejected you?
Chappie-Yaas.
Chollie e-That was waugh.
Chappie-Yaas. 1 got my twosahs
bagged at the knees for nothing, bah
JOyel
The Iola register., 1891-10-16

The brain of an elephant is remarka-
bly, small-not more than one twenty
third as large as that of human being
in proportion to the weight of both.
The Iola register., 1891-10-16
9 August
Flower

How does he feel Pie feels
blue, a deep, dark, unfading, dyed
in-the-wool, eter1fNl blue, and he
makes everybody feel the same way
August Flower the Remedy.
How does he feel?eHe feels a
headache, generally dull and con-
slant, but sometimes cXcruciating-
August Flower the Remedy.
How does he feel?-He feels q
violent hiccoughing or jumping OF
the stomach after meal, raising
bitter-tasting matter or what he has
eaten or drunk-August Flower
the Remedy.
How does he feel ?-He feels
the gradual decay of vital power /;
he feels miserable, melancholy,
hopeless, and longs for death and
peace--August Flower the Rem
edy.
How does he efeel?-He feels so
full after eating a meal that he can
hardly walk-AuguSt Flower the
Remedy. %
G. G. GREEN, Sole Manufacturer,
Woodbury., New Jersey, U. S. A.
The Iola register., 1891-10-16
He was Absent Minded.

There is young man In Brooklyn so
absent minded that he is likely to slide
down the banister of time along with
the man who forgot his own name. lie
Is very sensitise on the subject of his
weakness and endeavors to conceal II,
but he leads him into many scrapes,
and recently he had very vivid Illus
tration of the disadvantages of abstrac-
ton when indulged in too freely.
: In rare interval of observation, so
the tale runs, he lost his heart TO a
young woman whom he met at re-
ception. The young woman recipro-
Gated and the love affair progressed
smoothly for time. Then, unaccount-
ably, the fair ceased to smile upon the
young man as of yore and slowly froze
him out.
: Explanations were sought, but none
were given, and after a painful search
through an apology of a memory fol
the cause of the sudden change the
young man gave up the conundrum
and went on his absent minded way.
s Not long ago he had occasion to don
his dress suit, neglected since the even
ing from which he dated his decline in
the young woman's favor Something
in one of the pockets attracted his va
grant attention, and when the some
thing was dragged into the light of day
1t proved to be well filled purse.
> Finally the recollection of how it got
there came back to him and he remem
bered siyly abstracting it from the
pocket of the young woman, with the
intention OF having some innocent
amusement at her expense when the
Loss was discovered. But he was not
an adep in this peculiar kind of alb
straction, and the young woman was
perfectly aware of what he was doing.
and it was only because SHE was deeply
engroSSed at the time with a thrilling
scene on the stage that she failed to
protest.
Her conclusion, when week elapsed
and the young man had failed to re-
turn the money, was uncomplimentary
but natural.
! The young mans explanation when
he returned the purse was accepted
To his disgust he found that his rival
had been accepted also.
The Iola register., 1891-10-16

A man will get over any trouble il he
lives long enough.
How very few men there are in the
world whose wives people do not say are
to be pitied.
The first thing a man does after he
has patted you on the back is to turn
his own back to be patted.
The Iola register., 1891-10-16

High heels. it is said, owe their origin
to Persia, where they were introduced
to raise the feet from the burning sands
of that country. -
The Iola register., 1891-10-16

A fugitive poem is one that has es-
capped from its author after it has been
out doing time in scrap-book.-New
Orleans Picayuue.
The Iola register., 1891-10-16

Before marriage people use their
tongues to tell what they think Of each
other, after marriage to conceal It
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-02-17

Occasionally monetary troubles unsettle
citizen of America as much as they DO
European nobleman. This seems to be the
case with Henry Thompson, an eccentric
tradesman of New York city, who has not
been heard of for two years, and who 1t Is
now supposed committed suicide at Yonk-
ers and received Identification, afJerward
disproved, as o person named Edgar.
Twenty years ago Mr.. Thompson was a
man of wealth and standing in the COM
munity where he lived. He failed in 1873,
built up new fortune, failed again in 1873,
and thereafter went steadily down hill.
When LAST heard of he was practically a
pauper. whose family had been scattered
and whose friends had forgotten him. One
day he left his humble lodgings and never
returned.
Soon after his departure intelligence ar
rived that through the death Of English
relatives he had fallen heir to an estate
valued at 100000 The question now to
be decided is whether he is the man who
took his own life at the Getty house in
Yonkers, or whether he is still alive, a
warderer upon the face of the earth and
not cognizant of the wealth that awaits
him.
If there is any moral to be drawn from
the stories here set down il is that suicide
is cowardice; that the man who doesn't
know when he is whipped in the battle of
lie generally wins, and that il one viii
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-02-17
MOI A MAN ESCAPED.
A Pennsylvania Mine Horror of AppsiI-
ing Proportions.

A Pennsylvania Mine Horror of Appail-
ing Proportions.
mine explosion! Over 100 men instant
" killedr' Such was the appalling dis
patch flashed over the country the other
research has but increased the magnitude
of the calamity, for ninety-seven victims
have been identified, and ten more recovered
in a state which forbids Identification
"The whole region seems 20 have gone
wild" is the report of the operators; and no
wonder for there is reason to believe that
the accident was the result of negligence.
The officials at first asserted that the mine
was carefully inspected by the fire boss,
and that gas was never known in the
workings, and in proof thereof produced
the usual certificate in printed form that
''the working places in the Mammoth mine
are in &c condition for the workers therein"
Although this certificate begins, I'VE,
the undersigned" it has but one ma me af-
fixed, that of William Sheath. He at
tended ball the night before, and left it at
235 a. m. to make his examination. The
men went 10 work at 5 q. M, and at 9 the
explosion occurred. There are comments
as to the condition OF the fire boss at the
time he left the ballroom, and regret is ex-
pressed that in order to lessen expenses
the company had lately dismissed Pete
Lowry, the assistant mine boss, leaving
but one man to do the work of two.
Superintendent Keighly, of the Nam
moth shaft, is in a peculiarly unfortunate
condition, as it was under his superintend-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-02-17
4 Singular Church Attraction.

Many people will remember the recent
hanging of Tom Voolfolk, a Georgian,
who committed wholesale butchery. No
one ever thought that Toms hideous deeds
would form the basis of religious attrac-
ton, Yet such Is the case. A colored church
in Albany, GA. several nights since. says
the Macon News. was the scene of theat-
rical presentation of that terrible tragedy.
The presentation was rare and roaring
success, and the pantomime ak was not
long in crushing the life out of nine panto-
mime bodies; and then came the gallows
scene, when the life of the bloody axman
was given up in expiration of toe terrible
crime
Ii the presentation Of the tragedy within
the confines OF q building devoted and con-
secrated to divine worship Is a little out of
the ordinary run Of things, it nevertheless
shows that the competition for increased
membership among the colored churches
Of Albany is warm enough TO exact a cast
ing about for new and original features Of
attraction in order 10 maintain the hold
upon members. and the church which
presented the Voolfolk tragedy in pan,o
mime seems 70 have found the kind of at
sion necessary.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-02-17

Mighty are the mysteries OF existence,
but mightier still are the mysteries Of
mans taking off. Death calls halt to
human activity, as in the case Of Secre-
tary Window at the banquet table; the
captain, cheering on his troops in the full
flush of victory and health, receives lead
en- messenger and is no more; the bidder
guest, who hastes to the wedding feast,
succumbs to the accident of a railway col
lison, and finds for bis host not the smil
ing bridegroom, bGs the dark angel whom
all must meet In a thousand and one
ways the summons comes, but when it Is
not only welcome but self invited by those
who can command the resources of the
world TO satisfy their desires, the ordinary
mortal pauses in wonder, and puts to him
self the query: "If the great and powerful
of earth disdain existence, why should the
average mortal cling to life in which the
clements of toll and sorrow dominate those
OF happiness and comfort?"
Who, for instance, would have thought
that the wealthiest noble of England, the
premier landlord of Great Britain, could
find this world of so little value as to has
ten his exit by the aid of the pistol? Yet
The famous Duke of Bedford courted death
and won it through suicide. He was ~
years of age and the ninth of his line. He
had been a soldier and a statesman, and