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The Iola register., 1891-04-24
Contraito Voices.

A distinct difference must be made
between the mezzo-soprano voice, and
the mezzo-soprano-contr voice, says
Clara Louise Kellogg in the Ladies
Home journal. Any competent in.
structor Of singing Can distinguish
this difference and will guage his or
her training accordingly. While a
woman who possesses the former kind
OF voice may sing soprano parts with
little difficulty. the possessor of the
mezzo-soprano-con must exercise
the greatest care in the selection Of
music suitable to her register. l have
met many people who were ignorant
of the kind of voice they had, if one
could judge of their knowledge by
their choice of songs; iguorant, also,
| doubt not, of the incalculable harm
they were inficting upon their voices.
Good contralto voices are scarce, but
not any more so. l think, than good
sopranos. The deep. pure contralto
voice has always been more rare than
the more serviceable mezzo-soprano-
copralto, which fills better the large
repertoire required upon the operatic
stage from the contralto. In home
singing there is. of course, no occa-
sion for this double service of voice,
aud girl possessing pure contralto
voice will be wise if she uses it simply
in music suited to her register.
The Iola register., 1891-04-24
Strict Account with the Girls.

There is young man in this city as
well known in business circles as he is
to large number of young ladies. In
his business he is quiet. regular, and
industrious. and particularly prides
himself upon the neatness and ac-
curacy which characterize his books of
account. During the social season he
fits about from entertainment to enter
tainment, frequently attending the
opera and playhouses, always having
with him some one of about a score of
girls to whom he pays more or less at
tention. When asked recently why he
had so many girls he said:
oh! AL girls talk, as they write,
very much alike, but still there is more
variety in twenty than one. Besides
keep a regular set of books at home in
which l enter every cent l spend on
them, and it affords me considerable
amusement. For instance, l charge
cost of theatre tickets, flowers, supper,
and carriage hire and then credit it
with the amount of pleasure l. had, as
.Passable time Enjoyed the evening
hugely &c. The girls who afford me
the most enjoyment receive the greater
number of invitations. so think l NAV
fairly say that l seek relaxation and
pleasure in the same way that attend
to my business-on system. "-PhiLa-
delphid Press.
The Iola register., 1891-04-24
COLONEL ANTHONY HoRsEwHIPPED.
The Leavenworth Editor Publicly Horse
Whipped by Captain ". M.
ForteHcue

At $50 o'clock of the evening of
Thursday, April 18th as colonel Anthony
editor of the Leavenworth Times was
leaving the Office of the Pacific express
company he was attacked by Capt.
w. NJ. Fortescue with horsewhip and
as the former retreated diagonally
across the street he was lashed until he
reach the opposite side where bystsnd-
ers interfered and prevented further
assault. In an interview shortly after
the affray Col. Anthony said that he
had been hit with slung shet and had
received two of the worst blows on the
head he had ever experienced and
which dazed him and unabled him to
to tell what followed. He expressed
ignorance of any particular thing he
had said to warrant such an attack, and
said that he should prosecute Captain
Fortescue for assault with attempt to
kill. He was considerably bruised and
SCARED having large welt on the right
side of his face extending from the
corner of his mouth to above his eye.
His right wrist was also cnt and
bruised.
When Captain Fortescue was asked
the cause of the attack he said:
Everybody in Leavenworth knows
why did it. Anthony has been ira
ducing me for years. He has been as
sault:ng me and my character and my
family in his paper. He has been pro-
claiming me q thief to my personal
friends on the streets, but has
always avoided me. have been trying
to catch him for sometime. He is
born coward and ran like a turkey
when | struck him the first blow. l
would have been justified in killing
the old scoundrel. The Infamous wretch
does not think of the cowardly blows he
strikes in his worthless sheet, the con-
tinuous stabs he makes at innocent
households. No one has escaped his
villianous tongue. | gave the bastard
a chance to meet me on equal grounds,
for help like aw hipped and cringing cur.
saw Anthony come out Of the Pacific
express office and stepping up to him
said Anthony are you ready to
which he said no SIR and then | said
neither am l, so you can take this, and
suiting my action to the word | drew
the riding whip from under my coat
and gave him sound drubbing. Sever
al times as the sneaking coward was
running away l reversed my whip and
gave him some telling blows on the
head.
Captain Fortescue has been mayor OF
Leavenworth twice, is a capitalist, and
was the choice of the late republican
convention as the party's candidate for
mayor in the late city campaign, He
was bitterly opposed by Anthony, who
succeeded in getting up an independent
colOred ticket, which resulted in the
defeat OF the republican party.
The Iola register., 1891-04-24

even badly-written article, II psfd shod-
sand pounds down for doing it!
On the last day but one Of my sojourn
in Palermo was reclining in an easy
chair at the window of the hotel smok-
ing-room. looking out on the simmer
ing waters of the Gulf. II was nearly
eight o'clock. and though the gorgeous
colours of the sunset still fingered in the
sky, the breeze blew in from the sea
somewhat coldly, giving warning OF an
approaching chilly night The charac-
ter had adopted, namely, that OF
somewhat harsh and cynical man who
had seen life and did not like it, had by
constant hourly practice become with me
almost second nature,-indeed, L should
have had some difficulty in returning to
the easy and thoughtless abandon OF my
former self. i had studied the art OF
being churlish till really was churlish;
Il had TO act the chief character in a
drama, and knew my part thorough
ly well. l sat quietly putting at
my cigar and thinking of nothing in
particular-for as far as my plans went,
had done with thought, and all my ener-
gies were strung up TO action-when l
was startled by a loud and increasing
clamor, as of of the shouting of a large
crowd coming onward like an overflow
ing tide. l leaned out of the window
but could see nothing, and I was won
dering what the noise could mean, when
an excited waiter threw open the door OF
the smoking-room and cried breathless
iy:
''Carmelo Neri, Signeri Carmelo Neri!
They have him, poverino! they have
him at lastr'
Though almost as strongly interested
in this news as the waiter himself, /
did not permit my interest to become
manifest / never forgot for a second
the character l had assumed, and draw
ing the cigar slowly from my lips l
merely said:
"Then they have caught a great ras-
cal. / congratulate the government!
Where Is the fellow?"
"In the great square" returned the
garcon eagerly. "If the Signor would
walk round the corner he would see
Carmelo, bound and fettered. The
Saints have mercy upon himl The
crowds there are thick as flies round
honeycomb! l must go thither myself,
i would not miss the sight for thou
sand francsI'
And he ran off, as full of the anticipat-
ed delight of looking at brigand, as
child going to its first fair. l put on my
hat and strolled leisurely round to the
scene of excitement. 1t was pictur-
esque sight enough;-the square was
black with sea of eager heads, and
restless. geSticulating figures, and the
center of this swaying, muttering crowd
was occupied by compact band OF
mounted geGdarmes, with drawn swords
flashing in the pale evening
light-both horses and men nearly
as mOtionless as though cast in
bronze. They were stationed opposite
the headquarters of the Carabinieri,
where the chief officer of the party had
dismounted to make his formal report
respecting the details of the capture, be-
The Iola register., 1891-04-24

along with the easy audscity Of
privileged dandy. He came close up to
the brigand and spoke carelessly, with
a slightly mocking smile playing round
the corners of his mouth,
"Ebbene!" he said, ''you are caught at
last, Carmeloi You called me-here <
am. What do you want with me, ras-
cal?''
"Neri muttered a ferocious curse be-
tween his teeth, and looked for an in
slant like wild beast ready to spring.
sYou betrayed me-" he said in fierce
yet smothered accents-you followed me,
you hunted me downi Teresa
told me all. Yes,-she belongs to you
now,-you have got your wish. Go and
take her she-waits for you,-make
her speak and tell you how she loves you.
III you can.
Something jeering and withal threat
ening in the ruffian's look evidently
startled the young officer, for he ex-
claimed hastily
''What do you mean wretch? You have
not. . my God! you have not
killed her?"
Carmelo broke into a loud savage
laugh.
The Iola register., 1891-04-24
Indian TERRITORY Murderers.

ARDMoRE, l. T., April 2l.-Frank
Jones, Armon and Bill Burleson were
brought here to-day from forty-five
miles northwest of Ardmore for the
killing of Ed Howell, in January last
Burleson confessed to the crime a
week or more ago. He said that Jones
and Armon had offered him $500 If he
would put Howell out of the way.
After the killing he asked for the
money, which they were unable to pay.
He said further that Howell's body was
irst buried snd afterwards burned.
The officers found pieces of charred
bones near Armon's house, which
severa! doctors have pronounced to be
human bones. Jones and Armon were
tenants on Rowell's farm, and their
only motive fer the killing seems to be
to get Howell out OF the way that they
might get full possession of the farm.
All three were committed without
hOnd
The Iola register., 1891-04-24
Gen. Miles on the Indian Question.

Gen. Miles has some very positive
opinions as TO the governments treat
ment Of the Indians and its duty in the
present crisis. 1t is his firm belief that
an Indian can be made submissive by
feeding and clothing him properly. II
the redskins received all they are en-
titled to, there would not be, in the
opinion of Gen. Miles. any more out
breaks like the one of the past three
months. 1t costs less money to feed
an Indian than it does to fight him,
and the results are better all round.
Gen. Miles is also in favor of the
speedy and liberal adjustment of the
claims of those Indians wh3 remained
loyal to the government, and who lost
everything but the tepees in which
they now live by the raid of the ghost
dancing hostiles. who broke away
from the Rosebud and Northern
If an Indian is 10 lose his
cabin, his horses, and his cows for be-
ing loyal to the government, and then
be compelled to sit in squalor and
misery until the administration makes
up its too frequently sluggish mind to
reimburse him, there should be no
surprise, in the opinion of Gen. Miles,
if the neglected sufferer turned savage.
and sought the sport the Brules in the
present campaign have enjoyed with
out punishment and almost without
Gen. Miles is slso of the belief that
the chances of further trouble in the
spring can be minimized by the re-
moval to distant territory of some of
fhe leaders of the irreconcilable ele-
ment, as was done with the Apaches in
the southwest,-G g. Seymour, iH
Reeklv. -
The Iola register., 1891-04-24
EgYDtian Harps.

The Egyptians possessed various
kinds of harps. some of which were
elegantly shaped and tastefully orna-
mented. The largest were about six
and one-half feet high. aud the small
ones frequently had some sort of stand
which enabled the performer to play
upon the instrument while standing.
The name of the harp was "buni,"
says writer in Saturday Night. Its
frame had no front pillar; the tension
of the strings, therefore, cannot have
been anything like so strong as our
present harp.
The Egyptian harps most remark
able for elegance of form and elabo-
rate decoration are the two which
were first noticed by Bruce, who found
them painted in fresco on the wall of
a sepuIcher at Thebes. supposed to be
the tomb of Rameses I'LL, who reigned
about 1850 B. c.
Bruce's discovery created a sensa-
tion among the musicians. The fact
that at so remote an age the Egyptians
should have possessed harps which vie
with our own in elegance and beauty
of form appeared to some so incredible
that the correctness of Bruce's repre-
sentations as engraved in his "Trav-
els was greatly doubted.
Sketches of the same harps, taken
subsequently and at different times
from the frescoes, have since been
published, but they differ more or less
from each other in appearance and in
the number of strings.
A kind of triangular harp of the
Egyptians was discovered in we'll
preserved condition, and is now depos-
tied in the Louvre. 1t has twenty-one
strings, a greater number than is gen.
orally represented on the monuments.
All these instruments. however much
they differed from each other in form,
had one popularity in common
namely, the absence of the fore pillar.
The Iola register., 1891-04-24
MCKINLEY DID TIL!
A sheep Boom.

The Mckinley tariff has added SUD
stantially to the value of every sheep in
the farmers hands, and sheep boom is
coming along, only farmers must not
overdO it. A dealer in Champaign
county says that sheep worth four and
FIVE dollars each year ago are eight
and nine dollars now. Yet the surviving
liars of the last campaign say that sheep
farmers are worse off than they were
before the new tariff went into effect.
The present high price is caused by the
fact that farmers are buying sheep for
wool growing purposes.-Chicago
Journal
The Iola register., 1891-04-24
"McKinley Prices"

Another free trade howl has gone
wrong. Mckinley prices was great
political war cry for three months fol-
lowing the passage OF the new tariff law.
Importers and greedy storekeepers
combined to give it force. But it was
temporary exDedient only, "a good
enough Morgan until after election"
Like the phrase ''tin plate liars" il is
coming back to plague those who Origi-
mated it. All example of what present
Mckinley prices" are comes to The
Press all the way from Kansas, where
the opposition to the Mckinley bill was
said to be the cause of the political
revolution by which the farmers alli-
ance come into power there. One of
the largest retail stores in Kansas City
publishes daily bulletin of its offered
bargains, from which this extract is,
taken:
That Pestiferous Mckinley Bill gain.
Con Ap IL sugar will drop from TO 2I3 cents
a pound. This is due TO the Mckinley bill
which placed sugar on the free list and at the
same time protected home sugar growers and
sugar manufacturers by sufficient bounty.
On April l. or as soon thereafter as IS pos
sib.e 10 get our sugar ont Of the government
ulated sugar
20 POUNDS FORsIO
Our present price is 10 pounds fo= S1.00. You.
save 81 in three.
Heretofore you paid 81 for 90 pounds. You
can now buy the same - pounds for 81.
WHAT DO YOU THINK OF IT?
a prominent grocery store in Allen
town. Pa, also has something to say
in its advertisements about Mckinley
Lrices." This is what it tells its GUS
toners:
MCKINLEY DID It'll
BIG REDUCrTOS IN THE PRICE OF sUGARs!!I
We take this method Of notifying the public
that in the month of April the prices of sugars.
in all grades Will be reduced several cents a
pound. This VIII be material advantage to
each OF our customers. saving them yearly the
neat sum OF
FROM 10 TO s25
according to the amount each family con-
sunes.
We must thank Major Mckinley OF Ohio. for
this reduction and knowing no better method
for doing it, We make this public mention Of the
fact.
There does not appear to be anything
wrong with Mckinley prices on this
liue.-New York Press.
The Iola register., 1891-04-24

A Bucks county hen is now sitting on
an egg and also judge in law suit,
for if she matches a peculiar breed OF
chick, a negro who is accused OF having
stolen the fruit will go to Jail. The hen
is in 'er nest about this, but she may
have been deceived and have nothing to
crow over when the Matching job Is
done'-Picayune ---7
The Iola register., 1891-04-24
Phnhe conzins stin Defiant.

CHICAGO, April 2l.-Miss Phoebe
Conzins, removed from the secretary
ship OF the board OF lady managers of
the worlds fair, remains defiant, insi St
ing that the executive comm ittee had
no right to oust her. She has removed
her headquarters from her Office to the
Grand Pacific hotel Colonel Jones of
st. Louis yesterday telegraphed Miss
Couz rs, upholding her in her position.
The Iola register., 1891-04-24
A Whopper.

From the New York Sun.
Il know it's asking great deal
Smithers," said Bronson.
'Well, what is it? Lets hear lit"
quick. What is this tremendous thing
you want?"
"Lend me your ear for five minutes.
The Iola register., 1891-04-24

I'll bet," said Chollie, Judging
from the way these trousers shrink, the
wool was shorn from an unusually
timid lamb. b."-Pack-
The Iola register., 1891-04-24

BETwFEN THESE ARMED AND wATCHFUL
GUARDS, WITH HIS LEGS STRAPPED 10
AsTURDY MULE, HIS ARMS TIED FAST
BEHIND HIM AND HIS HANDS HEAVILY
MANACLED WAS THE NOTORIOUS NERI
AS DARK AND FIERCE AS 4 MOUNTAIN
THUNDERSTORM.
Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1891-08-08
ANiMromTANT MOVEMENT.

The movement now on foot IN Denver
IN favor ~ new line from that city to
the gulf IL one ~ much more than ordI'
nary Significance, The people Of that
town ara m earnest IN the matter They
have made up their minds that II is 90
sentai ~ the prosperity 81 their city To
have u line from Denver To deep water
not under the control oi the Union paci
lie, aud when denver HIS mnde up her
mind that II IL necessary Tor her 10 have
such y line she can command the capital
81 build It, The present move means
"huslucss;" the mon ut the head ~ II
have had experience in such work, and
have always been successful, They are
tue men who, by their sagacty and their
enterprises have made Denver what she
II, and the people Of the place have con.
fdence in them aud will back them with
their money.
by the article which ws copied yester
dap fram the News It will be seen that
the chamber Of commerce has taken hold
~ the matter IN earnest, and commit
tee composed OF some Of the leading men
Of that body and Of the state has been
appointed to outline plan Of action.
Now Is the time Tor Albuquerque TO
strike. The proposition TO extend the
Denver X Rio Grande 10 this poiut has
Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1891-08-08
Pair Attractions.

Ihose Of Demlng and Grant county
Who contemplate going to the territorial
far viii he Interested in knowing that IL
II proposed Ia have grand street pro
cession aud trades review On on" 81 the
evenings ~ tho fair term. On Friday
morning Sept, 18Th, special car filled
with capitalists from Wyoming and Col.
orado will arrive in that city. Also n
special car from the Ames Mnnuiactur-
NJ company on the way 10 Old Mcrico
to represent the company. The Flam'
beau club have ordered their iirew nrks
and they Will give Rrander display than
has ever been witnessed wes' u Chicngo
The Ra2zle Dazzle club will le u new
feature Of the parade. the gun club, the
wheelmen, the tire department, the mill.
tary bands, drum corns and many other
organizations will assist 10 make the day
one % the graudest Albuquerque has
ever known, Demlug Headlight
Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1891-08-08
rrr-rott Runn,ng Team.

IT," running team Il iiremen selected
g. practice tor tie Aluuluerpuo ialr, and
from which fifteen N,lI b" chosen are ~
foI.owt Iuughs /, ". French. "
Nnhler John Cuylc, Richard Brown,
Dudes ", H. ia! i"ss, q, :. Ferguson,
j VI and IT, u. A,tkrn, +, 4. rrltIe, Ed,
Portland, "a Roberts, t. H. oliver,
- k J Nelson, !, Spear \, { Gil.
more, Miles Archibald, Il, Carter, -. Ken
ucd!, t., ), Clark, II &, Bruwdre. I. f.
\rdrrwf thas, hkerT, Geo. Schucrman
and Thomas Scholey have been apI"lnt
eel Ur committee g. solicit the necessary
funds journal Miner.
Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1891-08-08
Anisht- or Labor Convention.

Lansing, Mich Aug, THE state con
vention Of the order 10 the Kniglts OF
Labor opened here to-day, with Henry
I. Allen, State Master Workman, pre-.
siding. Although the order in Michigan
IL not az strong M II WAS IN tho olden
days, tho proceedings will bc u more
than usual interest To politicians owing
~ the fact that the question % commit
ting the order TO future political action
will be- taken into consideration aud
acted upon. There will be laid before
the assembly this afternoon n letter
from geucral secretary aud treasurer
John W. Hayes, and which has already
been communicated TO every member ~
the order in the state, In il the eIecu.
tive board declares pointedly IN favor OF
Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1891-08-08
About the Roads.

Editor tltlksn.
The road To old town from the acequIa
past lluuinR's, IL in deplorable condi-
ton rate, rocks, ragged edges, 10 front
OF the court house the park covering the
waste sewer ia above the level % the road
several inches aud broken buggy springs
il the consequence. The crossing OF the
street cur track IN front Of Frank Ar.
mljo's residence Ia unsafe. The road
from the city 10 the fair grounds is as
much uscd as any street IN the city, and
the county commissioners should be urg-
ed TO repair the road ut once, IN in few
days many strangers will be- here TO at
tend the far races, and IT, 'ir praise Of u
cool roadway would be better than their
censure.
Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1891-08-08
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The Indications are that there will be
a much larger attendance ~ scholars this
rurk NJ term at the Agricultural College
than any term previous. II IL very
probable that the number will reach
over one bundled. Tnls wll cntitle the
College 10 am,,ltary PROFESSIONALLY, lieu
truaut hcug detailed 10y the war dc
pattmcGt for the purpose oi teaching
thts important branch OF study, Las
Cruces Republican,
Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1891-08-08

church aud tho Sisters ~ Chhrisy have
schuols a, Albuqustquc, aud there II nj
~ maintained there "a precinct school Tor
girls.
Situated practically vt the junction Of
the two gtrHt southern overland thilsals.
Albuquc,qur pos-rsscs u con n,ctc,al 20
stuu ~ great advantage From II the
Atlantic y Pacific railway runs westward
into California, through u country which
from the Eiu Gtsndc 10 the Colorado, IA
a line grazing, mining aud tmb-r region.
Crossing New Mexico ftum North to
south, the Atcht~rn. Topeka \ Sauta fe
rnilwuy mAkrs II junction with the Allan
", \ paHii' road 1T albuquerque, and
continuing soutl ward, connects With the
Southern Pacific road nj Dem,ng, and
with the Meii,an Central aud It, con
meeting roads NJ III pHso. Texas, ~ that
Albuquerque has railway connection with
the great channels ~ trad" on the north,
south aud wet Several prospective
tnilNnyt sum- ~ which ara now build
ing, viii connect with this city, ar find
~ It u terminus. The extension % the
81 lnuls n san Francisco road wrst
ward from the Indian TERRITORY IT, n juno.
tIou with the Atiant,r \ Pacific railway,
eat IN hy the Atch!son, Topeka y san.
tn Pc railway, from kiamrc, Kansas
snuthWept t. the RIO Grandr, aud rund
CONNECTING the cIty with the Texas sys
among these PROJECTED lln'p"